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  2. STATE PARLIAMENTS.

    The adjournment of the Legislative Assembly was moved this afternoon by Mr. Methven to consider the manner in which some twelve thousand candidates for eleven ...

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  3. [BY SUBMARINE TELEGRAPH.] [Received August 15, 1.35 a.m.] TUBERCULOSIS.

    As a result of the deliberations and recommendations of the Scientific Congress on Tuberculosis, which sat in London last month, the British Government propose to ...

    Article : 353 words
  4. FEDERAL POLITICS.

    The Opposition broke out in a new place this afternoon. Mr. Watson, the leader of the Labor Party, had moved an adjournment, and called attention to the ...

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  5. WORK IN PARLIAMENT.

    After a long and dreary debate the Council has adopted the Address in Reply. This in both Houses the way has been cleared for actual work, or more idle talk, ...

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  6. [BY SUBMARINE TELEGRAPH.] [Received August 15,. 1.35 a.m.] THE DEAD EMPRESS.

    The funeral of the late Dowager-Empress Frederick of Germany took places yesterday at Potsdam, near Berlin, where the Imperial Palaces and mausoleum are situated. ...

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  7. [BY SUBMARINE TELEGRAPH.] [Received August 15, 1.35 a.m.] CONVENT LAUNDRIES.

    During the consideration in Committee, by the House of Commons, of the Factory Bill last night, the extraordinary sight of a —temporary—alliance between the ...

    Article : 333 words
  8. [BY SUBMARINE TELEGRAPH.] [Received August 15, 1.35 a.m.] PACIFIC CABLE.

    The Pacific Cable Bill, having passed its second reading the previous day, was considered in committee by the House of Commons last night. The opposition to the ...

    Article : 405 words
  9. VICTORIA.

    A serious accident happened to the Rev. E. H. Davies, of Ararat. He was getting into his buggy when the horse bolted and ran into a culvert railing, throwing Mr. ...

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  10. [BY SUBMARINE TELEGRAPH.] [Received August 15, 1.35 a.m.] CHINA.

    The Chinese Court complains that the negotiations with the Ministers representing the Powers have been mismanaged and that there are too many foreign soldiers in ...

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  11. A TERRIBLE EXPERIENCE.

    A resident of Waggarandall had an a[?]tul experience the other night. Thomas Carolan was, while engaged rolling a crop, drawn under the spiked roller, and lay all ...

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  12. A LARGE ESTATE.

    Probate is being sought of the will of the late James Andrew Farmer, who left real estate valued at £107,883, and personal at £1,810, for the benefit of his widow and ...

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  13. ALLEGED SCRIP FORGER.

    Ernest Meyer, who was arrested on a charge of uttering forged scrip of the South Birthday Gold Mining Company, was today committed for trial. ...

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  14. ROBBING THE RAILWAY DEPARTMENT.

    A gang of burglars, which is vigorously pursuing its enterprising calling just now in Victoria, told off some of its members last night to [?]oot two of the biggest ...

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  15. RAILWAY CONSTRUCTION.

    A syndicate has been formed in Paris, with a capital of 12,500,000 francs, to undertake the construction of the proposed Indo-China and yunnan railway. ...

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  16. THE NAVY.

    The British torpedo boat No. 81, which struck a reef in the harbor at Alderney, one of the Channel Islands, while assisting in carrying out the ...

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  17. ASYLUM ATTENDANTS SUSPENDED.

    Acting on a report furnished by an independent board oi enquiry, the Chief Secretary to-day suspended five officers, including the head attendant, of Sunbury ...

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  18. PRINCE HENRY AT POTSDAM:

    Prince Henry, brother of the Emperor William of Germany, who was a[?] sea with his fleet when his mother, the Dowager-Empress Frederick, died, has now ...

    Article : 71 words
  19. THE STOCK TAX.

    The Premier was asked to-day by a deputation of master butchers to suspend the stock tax in view of the increase in price of meat. It was pointed out that the ...

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  20. NEW SOUTH WALES.

    In the Legislative Council to-day Mr. Suttor moved the second reading of the Marriages Bill. A somewhat simdar measure was counted out in the Council last ...

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  21. THE PRICE OF SILVER

    To-day's price of bar silver is 2/2 13-16ths per oz. ...

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  22. THE ROYAL TOUR.

    Intelligence has been received of the arrival at Durban to-day of the Royal ya[?]ht Ophir, with the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall. ...

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  23. AMERICAN STEEL STRIKE

    The leaders of the strike in the American steed trade are greatly disappointed at the refusal of the workers in the western States to assist them. ...

    Article : 109 words
  24. FINANCIAL NEWS.

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  25. RAILWAY TO MILDURA.

    The Woomalang to Mildura railway line is expected to be ready for traffic in two years' time. The preliminaries are now complete, and all that is wanted before the ...

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  26. A LIBEL ACTION.

    An action by Lieutenant-Colonel Ricardo against the Brisbane Newspaper Company, Limited, for an alleged libel, published in the Brisbane "Observer," was commenced ...

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  27. THE LANDING.

    Their Royal Highnesses were accorded a most enthusiastic reception when they landed at Durban yesterday. Many addresses were presented by public bodies ...

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  28. VICTORIAN SOLDIERS.

    Although a few days ago the Premier, Mr. Peacock, promised to grant passes across to Sydney to facilitate the return to South Africa of a number of Victorians as ...

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  29. GENERAL CABLE NEWS

    Lord Lamington, late (Governor of Queensland has arrived at his residence, Lamington Hall, Lanarkshire. He was accorded an enthusiastic reception by his ...

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  30. MINING SHARES.

    The following are the latest quotations O[?] the London Stock Exchange for the undermentioned shares:— Chillagoe, 12/. ...

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  31. ANTARCTIC EXPLORATION.

    A request has been made by the Secretary of State for the Colonies to the Victorian Government, that in view of its exclusively scientific objects, the German South Pole ...

    Article : 87 words
  32. VENEZUELA AND COLOMBIA.

    It is reported that a diplomatic rupture has occurred between the Republics of Venezuela and Colombia and the United States warships Iowa and Ranger have been ...

    Article : 42 words
  33. OBITUARY.

    The death is announced of Baron Nils Adolf Eric Nordenskjold, the famous Arctic explorer, at the age of 69. Baron Nordenskjold was born at ...

    Article : 344 words
  34. NEW ZEALAND TRUST AND LOAN COMPANY.

    The directors of the New Zealand Trust and Loan Company, which was founded in 1862, and has its head office in London, have decided to return to the shareholders ...

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  35. A GREAT FIRE.

    A great and disastrous fire is reported from Farsund, a fishing village on the fiord of that name, in Norway. The fire spread rapidly, and could not be checked until ...

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  36. QUEENSLAND.

    A man who arrived at Bundaberg some weeks ago, gave out that he was representing the "Liverpool Mercury," and had been engaged to write up the sugar industry for ...

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  37. ENGLISH CRICKET.

    In the county match Sussex against Lancashire K. S. Ranjitsinhji, for the former county, scored 204 runs. ...

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  38. COMMERCIAL NEWS.

    Breadstuffs.—The quantity of wheat and flour afloat for the United Kingdom is 2,930,000 quarters, as against 3,160,000 quarters a fortnight ago, a decrease of 230,000 ...

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  39. A RIVER ABLAZE.

    An extraordinary occurrence is reported from France this morning. In a [?]hunderstorm the lightning by some means exploded half a million gallons of absinthe, ...

    Article : 127 words
  40. BROKEN HILL.

    At the quarter sessions to-day James Henry George Strachan was found guilty of inflicting grievous bodily harm on George Lee, the licensee of the Federal Palace ...

    Article : 38 words
  41. SIGNOR CRISPI.

    The "Daily Mail" says that the late Signor Francesco Crispi, the eminent Italian statesman, died heavily in debt, and that even his last jewel had been pawned. ...

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  42. SUICIDE AT SEA.

    At Townsville on Wednesday a steerage passenger, named Ross, who lives at Rockhampton, jumped from the steamer Wodonga when she was off Cape ...

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  43. THE YONGALA ESTATE.

    Sir—I was much pleased to see that a Parliamentary inspection of the Yongala estate has been made, and I hope to see the estate cut up into blocks, and soon carrying a good ...

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  44. THE UNEMPLOYED.

    In response to a telegram conveying resolutions carried at the meeting of unemployed last week the mayor to-day received a request from the Under-Secretary for ...

    Article : 49 words
  45. BRITISH WEST AFRICA.

    The Moussa Mollah, the ruler of the territory protected by the British on the upper reaches of the river Gambi[?], in West Africa, has ceded all of it to Great Britain, ...

    Article : 206 words
  46. OFFENDED STATE MINISTERS.

    Ministers in this State strongly resent the action of the Federal Government in [?]gnoring the State Ministers in several important matters since the consummation of ...

    Article : 112 words
  47. FATALITY AT THE PROPRIETARY MINE.

    A fatality occurred yesterday evening at the Proprietary mine. One man was killed and two were injured. The men were working in the face at the 650-ft. level, ...

    Article : 139 words
  48. TRAGEDY AT SEA.

    A tragedy on the high seas was reported at Fremantle to-day. The American ship, Jas. Drummond, arrived from British Columbia, and the statement which has been ...

    Article : 156 words
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  50. HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY.

    There was a goodly attendance of ladies in the Assembly Galleries when the House met on Wednesday, but the patronage of male electors was not so large as usual, ...

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  51. CONCILIATION BOARDS.

    Speaking in the House to-day the Premier (Mr. R. Seddon) said something would have to be done to put am end to the incessant strife prevailing between workmen ...

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  52. PARLIAMENTARY RETRENCHMENT.

    Sir—As one of the taxpayers of this easygoing country. I claim that it is about time we began to hear of some sort of finality in reference to a reduction in the expense ...

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  53. AN EXPENSIVE LAWSUIT.

    Ex-Mayor Dunstan and Ex-Alderman Waugh and Messrs. Hendry and Wald (manager of the Bank of New South Wales) left for Sydney by last night's express to ...

    Article : 161 words
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  59. THE FEDERAL TARIFF.

    The elbourne "Age," commenting on the statement of its morning contemporary, that "a moderate tariff" is to be introduced and passed within three months, as ...

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