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  2. THE STATE PARLIAMENT

    Something of a sensation was created in the Council on Tuesday by the somewhat unexpected attitude adopted by Mr. Howe to the Pastoral Bill. It seemed to have ...

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  3. STATE PARLIAMENTS.

    The whole of the sitting of the Legislative Assembly this evening was devoted to a discussion on Mr. John Norton, and his position in regard to the attack on members ...

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  4. FEDERAL POLITICS.

    Messrs. Knox and Skene took their seats to-day on the Opposition benches. This is the sequel to their change of attitude towards the Government. They have also ...

    Article : 531 words
  5. A MONSTER CRUISER.

    The King Alfred, a. first-class cruiser, now being built by Messrs. Vickers, Sons, and Maxim, at Barrow, for the British navy, was launched yesterday. The new vessel ...

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  6. A NEW ZEALAND REPRESENTATIVE.

    It is announced that Captain Coutts, of the Seventh New Zealand Mounted Contingent, has been commanded by his Majesty King Edward VII. to attend the ...

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  7. CONCENTRATION CAMPS. PUNISHING BURGHERS. REPORTED CAPTURES.

    The Right Rev. John Percival, Bishop of Hereford, the Rev. Charles Gore, Canon of Westminster, and others, have appealed to the Government to remove all the ...

    Article : 126 words
  8. BRITISH POLITICS.

    The first meeting of the British Cabinet since the prorogation of Parliament on August 17 was held vesterday. Lord Salisbury, who has returned from France much ...

    Article : 52 words
  9. QUEENSLAND.

    In the Assembly to-day Mr. Bell, the chairman of the Select Committee appointed to enquire into the charge of inaccuracy against the "Ha[?]sard" staff, reported to ...

    Article : 110 words
  10. LIBERALS IN LONDON.

    A determined attempt is to be made to recapture the London seats in the House of Commons for the Liberal Party at the next general election. Principally with that ...

    Article : 77 words
  11. THE WRECKED DESTROYERS.

    The "Times," in a leading article to-day, deals with the recent series of appalling accidents to British torpedo-boat destroyers, and is very outspoken on the subject. It ...

    Article : 169 words
  12. BOERS DEFEATED.

    Colonel Benson, who has for some time been operating east of Pretoria, surprised a Boer laager on the 22nd, and captured 37 of the enemy. Soon afterwards he ...

    Article : 196 words
  13. FRENCH MINERS' STRIKE.

    It is reported that the French miners at Montceau are now surrendering the Gras rifles, which they obtained in such large quantities, to the civil authorities. It was ...

    Article : 105 words
  14. TASMANIA.

    Dr. R. S. Bright, who for some time was said to have been suffering from an affection of the heart and bronchitis, retired to rest last night in his usual state of health, ...

    Article : 178 words
  15. ANTARCTIC EXPLORATION

    Sir Clements Markham, president of the Royal Geographical Society, under whose direction the fitting up of the steamer Discover for the national Antarctic ...

    Article : 144 words
  16. FRANCE AND TURKEY.

    Unusual activity is being displayed at the French naval station at Toulon, and it is alleged that preparations are being made for a demonstration against Turkey. Much ...

    Article : 85 words
  17. VICTORIA.

    A prosperous farmer at Tarrum, named Francis Robinson, aged 40, committed suicide this morning by cutting his throat. Deceased, who was a single man, and ...

    Article : 44 words
  18. SHEEP IMPORTATIONS AND DUTIES.

    Some difficulty has arisen regarding the duty to be paid on sheep now on their way from England to Hobart. A lot of 13 are due this month, the average value being ...

    Article : 161 words
  19. THE NATHALIA FATALITY.

    Donald McLennan, who accidentally shot John O'Hagan dead at Nathalia on Saturday has been arrested on a charge of manslaughter. Peter Pridmore, who ...

    Article : 112 words
  20. SOUTH AMERICA.

    It is reported that the Chilian Government have issued instructions for the immediate mobilisation of the army, and that similar activity is being displayed in the ...

    Article : 449 words
  21. COMPENSATION TO FOREIGNERS.

    The work of the Commission appointed to enquire into the claims for compensation made by persons deported from South Africa, and which has been sitting for some ...

    Article : 222 words
  22. THE COLONIAL CLUB.

    The Governor-Designate of Victoria, Sir George Sydenham Clarke, was entertained at dinner last night by the members of the Colonial Club. In the absence of Sir ...

    Article : 239 words
  23. VICTORIA.

    As soon as the Legislative Assembly met to-day, Mr. Trenwith (the Minister for Railways), who has been in hot water a great deal lately, had to confess that he ...

    Article : 487 words
  24. LAUNCESTON, October 29.

    A fatal accident occurred at the loading of the Koonookarra, at the wharf this afternoon. A seaman, James Brown, who is married and has a family, slipped ...

    Article : 67 words
  25. THE BLACKMAIL CHARGES.

    The Railway Carriage Lighting Committee have decided that the allegation made by a witness that a ring existed in the Railway Department to block inventors ...

    Article : 72 words
  26. HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY.

    The Assembly went straight to business on Tuesday, a record being created for the session. Mr. Keogh tabled a petition in favor of giving blockers the option of ...

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  27. THE COMING CONFERENCE.

    When the Conference of State Premiers, with representatives of the Commonwealth Government, sits on Friday next to discuss the Property Acquisition Bill other subjects ...

    Article : 180 words
  28. GREAT DAMAGE BY RAIN.

    The recent rains caused considerable damage throughout the State. A bridge across a mountain river, at the Huon district, was swept away, and the hay and ...

    Article : 39 words
  29. THE PENTRIDGE ESCAPEE.

    John O'Connor, the prisoner who escaped from Pentridge Gaol, and who was arrested in Sydney recently, is to be tried publicly at the Coburg Court of Petty Sessions next ...

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  30. AN IMPORTANT CASE.

    In the Supreme Court to-day an action was commenced before Judge Clarke, in which the Van Dieman's Land Company sued the Table Cape Marine Board for £500 ...

    Article : 396 words
  31. SHIPMENT OF GOLD AND BUTTER.

    The shipment of gold per the Austral to-day consisted of £2,500 on private account to London. The butter shipped from Victoria by the same vessel totalled 434½ tons, ...

    Article : 57 words
  32. A DEFAULTING CLERK.

    Charles T. Robinson, an employe of the Monte de Piete Company, was at the City Court to-day committed for trial on two charges of making false entries in ...

    Article : 61 words
  33. COMMERCIAL NEWS.

    Wheat.—Wheat is 6d. per quarter dearer than a week ago. The cargo of Victorian wheat by the barque Anglo-Norman, which sailed from Geelong on September 6, has ...

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  34. THE AUSTRALASIANS.

    The War Office reports:—Corporal W. J. Byrne, of the New Zealand Contingent, has beer accidentally killed at Goedgeronden. Private Thomas Crawford, of the New ...

    Article : 59 words
  35. FLJI AND THE TARIFF.

    At Suva, on October 21, a commercial deputation waited on Mr. William Sutherland, the acting Assistant Colonial Secretary, and stated that in consequence of the ...

    Article : 183 words
  36. GENERAL BULLER.

    Many of General Sir Redvers Buller's prominent and personal friends deprecate any agitation being made in connection, with his dismissal. ...

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  37. ALLEGED CHILD MURDER.

    Two women, Mary Ann Mahomet, wife of an Indian hawker, and Georgina Ruschan, her daughter, were to-day committed for trial at Avoca, as the result of the finding ...

    Article : 75 words
  38. SHIPPING.

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  39. THE ATLANTIC FERRY.

    An American company has been formed, with a capital of 30,000,000 dollars, to construct a line of fast turbine steamers for the Atlantic trade. An Act was passed by ...

    Article : 166 words
  40. CONDUCT OF THE CAMPAIGN.

    How many times have we been assured in the course of the campaign that the war is practically over, only almost directly afterwards to read that Botha, after lying ...

    Article : 1,246 words
  41. SILVER.

    To-day's price of bar silver is 2/2½ per oz. ...

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  42. QUEENSLAND.

    The Prime Minister, through Mr. Philp, has requested the Works Department to prepare plans and to invite tenders for the erection of a cable station to give ...

    Article : 65 words
  43. WEST AUSTRALIA.

    In the Assembly to-day as soon as the House met the report of the John Davies Board was laid on the table, and a copy handed to the press. The report deals fully ...

    Article : 310 words
  44. FEDERAL ELECTORAL BILL.

    The last but one of the important measures which the Federal Ministry is likely to submit to the Commonwealth Parliament this session—the Electoral Bill—has ...

    Article : 926 words
  45. FEDERAL STATUTES.

    At a sitting of the Full Court to-day, the Chief Justice intimated that various Commonwealth statutes had been passed, and some of them appeared to have some ...

    Article : 96 words
  46. THE DOCTOR'S ADVICE.

    When your child has a protracted, paroxysmal cough, worse at night, accompanied by a peculiar sound or whoop, which cannot be mistaken, and then labored ...

    Article : 102 words
  47. Advertising

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