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  2. THE WATER SUPPLY.

    As soon as the City Council met on Monday afternoon the mayor, Mr. L. Cohen, intimated that he had an important communication to make respecting the water ...

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  3. [BY SUBMARINE TELEGRAPH.] [Received January 21, 1 a.m.] PEACE PROPOSALS.

    Dr. A. Kuyper, Premier of the Netherlands, directly on his return to the Hague, after his recent, private visit to Lord Salisbury in London, saw Mr. F. Wolmarans, ...

    Article : 348 words
  4. [BY SUBMARINE TELEGRAPH.] [Received January 21, 1 a.m.] CHINESE AFFAIRS.

    The Pekin correspondent of the London "Standard" telegraphs that trustworthy reports have reached that city to the effect that General Tung-Fuh-Siang, who is ...

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  5. VICTORIA.

    The railway revenue last week was £61,734, an increase of £5,876 over the corresponding week of last year. ...

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  6. QUEENSLAND.

    Mr. Philp objects to the proposal that the Queensland contingent should be sent overland to Sydney. He considers that the transport should come to Brisbane. ...

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  7. [BY SUBMARINE TELEGRAPH.] [Received January 21, 1 a.m.] THE PANAMA CANAL.

    The Isthmian Canal Commission appointed by the President of the United States to consider and report upon the best route for a canal through the Isthmus of Panama, ...

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  8. WEST AUSTRALIA.

    The Premier finds the crush of business now that Parliament is in session too great to admit of his receiving deputations when the House is sitting. Accordingly he has ...

    Article : 130 words
  9. FATAL BOILER EXPLOSION.

    An inquest was initiated to-day at Stawell to enquire into the death of John Short, an engine-driver, at a sawmill, who was killed on Friday last through the ...

    Article : 82 words
  10. A LUNATIC KILLED.

    The Railway Department has received information that a train ran over a man at Willowburn[?] near Toowoomba, cutting him in pieces. The man appeared to be hiding, ...

    Article : 55 words
  11. THE SHIP PORT PATRICK.

    There is every possibility that the salvage of the abandoned vessel Port Patrick will become the subject of a lengthy lawsuit. The owners, master, and crew of the ...

    Article : 257 words
  12. A POSTPONED CABINET MEETING.

    Owing to the absence of several Ministers the Cabinet meeting which was to have been held to-day was postponed until tomorrow. ...

    Article : 29 words
  13. THE WATER DIFFICULTY.

    Although rain has fallen throughout the country, reports to hand show that it has not been sufficient to put water in the dams along the railway routes. ...

    Article : 29 words
  14. A SUBMARINE BOAT.

    The French submarine torpedo boat Espadon was subjected to a successful trial on Sunday. She was submerged for 24 hours, and she ...

    Article : 55 words
  15. WORK IN THE ASSEMBLY.

    According to the amended times of sitting, the Assembly met this afternoon, and proceeded quietly to business. The Conciliation and Arbitration Bill was considered in ...

    Article : 42 words
  16. RESTRICTING ALIEN IMMIGRATION.

    The Prime Minister has forwarded to the principal Customs officers of each State a confidential set of instructions, as to the administration of the Alien Immigration ...

    Article : 230 words
  17. A SOLDIER DEAD.

    The military authorities have received intelligence of the death of Trooper Cross, of the First West Australian Bushmen, after a lingering illness, from consumption. ...

    Article : 68 words
  18. FRANCE AND MOROCCO.

    General Etienne states that the Government of Italy recognises that the Empire of Morocco is within the French sphere of influence, and he urges M. Delcasse, the ...

    Article : 51 words
  19. THE BOER HEAD-QUARTERS.

    The chief depot in which the Boers have concentrated their principal supplies of war material is situated between the Olifant and the Crocodile rivers. It is stated to be ...

    Article : 154 words
  20. NEW SOUTH WALES.

    Captain A. Simpson, of the Aberdeen liner Moravian, was proceeded against today on a charge of committing a breach of section 18 of the Quarantine Act in going ...

    Article : 149 words
  21. NEW ZEALAND.

    Captain Thomson, harbormaster at Gisborne, has been killed through a buggy accident. ...

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  22. RUSSIA AND AUSTRIA.

    The Russian Government is offering to conclude a trade treaty with Austria and Hungary under the terms of which important commercial concessions shall be ...

    Article : 55 words
  23. IMPROVING THE RAILWAYS.

    The Railway Department has decided to spend £308,000 in improving the rolling-stock during the next four years. The chief attention is to be paid to the proper ...

    Article : 38 words
  24. THE WRECKED BARQUE ALEXANDRA.

    The barque Alexandra is expected to break up at any moment. The captain is reported to have stated, when he visited Charlestown on the morning of the ...

    Article : 127 words
  25. DEATHS FROM CHLOROFORM.

    The city coroner last week, in reviewing the evidence tendered at an inquest concerning a death under chloroform, drew attention to the fact that such cases were ...

    Article : 110 words
  26. AMERICA AND AUSTRALIA.

    The Commerce Committee of the United States Senate has decided in favor of granting a general subsidy of 1,072,000 dollars and a mail subsidy of 4,700,000 dollars, with ...

    Article : 104 words
  27. THE POSTAL REGULATIONS.

    The Postmaster-General has convinced himself that it is his duty to defend the proposed regulation by which telegraph operators, messengers, and others in the ...

    Article : 60 words
  28. TWO LARGE ESTATES.

    The estate of Alexander McIntosh, merchant and grazier, late of Moree, was valued for taxation purposes at £92[?]686, the amount of stump duty being £8,897. He ...

    Article : 80 words
  29. ANOTHER NEW ZEALAND CONTINGENT.

    A day or two ago the Government received a cable message from Mr. Chamberlain, stating that the Imperial Government would gladly have the services of ...

    Article : 127 words
  30. THE CONFERENCE OF SURVEYORS.

    The conference of representatives of the surveyors' boards of Australia resumed its work to-day. The regulations proposed far the uniform examination of surveyors ...

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  31. EARTHQUAKE IN MEXICO.

    Intelligence has been received of the occurrency of a terrible earthquake at Chilpancingo[?] in Mexico. Three hundred people are stated to have been killed as a result of ...

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  32. DR. KRAUSE.

    Dr. Frederick Krause, who was on Friday convicted of attempting to incite to murder, and sentenced to two years' imprisonment, in giving evidence on his own ...

    Article : 110 words
  33. THE CAPE CABLE.

    In his negotiations with the Eastern Ex[?] tension Telegraph Company relative to the Cape cable agreement, Mr. Drake has not made much progress. He has some ...

    Article : 264 words
  34. A FATAL ACCIDENT.

    A married man; George Harrison Pollett, aged 40, was assisting to unload a timber dray at Fitzroy to-day, when a large piece of wood fell from the top of the load. One ...

    Article : 56 words
  35. DEATH BY SCALDING.

    A child, Andrew John Torning, aged 21 months, was so severely scalded at Petersham on Saturday that he died this morning. The child's mother was walking out ...

    Article : 77 words
  36. REGATTA AT CORK.

    An international regatta is to be held in Cork in July next, and it is intended to invite Australia to send representative "eights" to compete in the chief contests. ...

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  37. COLLAPSE OF A FACTORY.

    An explosion in a spinning factory at Manresa, Spain, caused the building to collapse, the workmen being buried beneath the ruins. ...

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  38. THE ARIADNE CASE.

    The three persons accused of having caused the loss of the yacht Ariadne were charged to-day, and pleaded not guilty. The case is proceeding. The presiding judge decided ...

    Article : 63 words
  39. THE SMALLPOX PATIENT.

    Dr. Cresswell, chairman of the Board of Health, stated to-day that Mr. Elliott, the smallpox patient, who was sent to the quarantine station from the steamer ...

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  40. A SCHOONER IN DANGER.

    During the height of a "southerly bu'ster" early this morning, the schooner Violet Doepel, a well-known coaster, had a na[?]ow escape from ...

    Article : 109 words
  41. THE DUKE OF MANCHESTER.

    It was stated recently that the action for breach of promise brought by Miss Portia Knight, an American actress, against the Duke of Manchester had been ...

    Article : 71 words
  42. RETURNING UITLANDERS.

    Lord Milner, High Commissioner in South Africa, has informed a correspondent that 50,000 Uitlanders, who left the [?]and on the outbreak of the war now ...

    Article : 100 words
  43. ANTARCTIC EXPLORATION

    Sir Clements Robert Markham, president of the Royal Geographical Society, is appealing to the public to subscribe £10,000 for the purpose of equipping the Morning[?] ...

    Article : 54 words
  44. THE PLAGUE.

    Dr. Tidswell, acting president of the Board of Health, notified the State Premier this morning that three, cases of plague have occurred in a small block of houses at ...

    Article : 161 words
  45. AN IMPUDENT SWINDLER.

    A rather stylish individual, who called himself Captain Henry Lyons, of the British Secret Service, was before the City Court to-day on a charge of obtaining £22 ...

    Article : 288 words
  46. MARTIAL LAW.

    The Lord Chancellor last Wednesday, after a lapse of six weeks, gave the reasons for the decision of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council in the Marais ...

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  47. ENGLAND AND AUSTRIA.

    The Austrian newspapers are now decidedly more favorable in their references to Great Britain. The Vienna "Neue Freie Presse" states ...

    Article : 78 words
  48. THE CORONATION.

    The covered invitation to witness the coronation of the King can be obtained by those Australians who enjoy the dignity of being, privy councilors. To-day Mr. ...

    Article : 109 words
  49. HINDOO IMMIGRANTS.

    Among the passengers who arrived, by the Japanese mail steamer Kumano Maru, from Japan, to-day, were two Hindoos, who shipped at Hongkong to Townsville[?] ...

    Article : 280 words
  50. CHARGES OF INHUMANITY.

    Mr. Henderson, a well-known resident of Johannesburg, has offered to forfeit £10,000 if any of the charges of inhumanity brought against British soldiers during the ...

    Article : 108 words
  51. TRUSTS AND COMBINATIONS.

    In the Canadian Customs Act of 1897 the subjoined clauses, which explain themselves, occur:— Whenever the Governor-in-Council has reason ...

    Article : 288 words
  52. Mr. PHILP'S VIEWS[?]

    Mr. Philp holds the same opinion as Mr. See, Premier of New South Wales, that if New Zealand is worthy of special recognition at the coronation[?] the various ...

    Article : 66 words
  53. INTER-STATE CRICKET.

    At a meeting of the New South Wales Cricket Association, held to-night, it was resolved—"That Mr. M. A. Noble, sole selector, be telegraphed to[?] and requested to ...

    Article : 295 words
  54. COMMANDANT SCHEEPERS.

    Commandant Scheepers, who was tried by court martial last month on thirty charges, preferred against him by Lord Kitchener, of offending against the usages ...

    Article : 94 words
  55. MR. LEAKE COMPLAISANT.

    Mr. Leake, when interviewed to-day concerning Mr. See's statement with regard to the coronation invitations, said so far he had not received an invitation to attend, ...

    Article : 115 words
  56. THE RAS ELBA.

    Intelligence was telegraphed from Cape Schanck at 12.30 p.m. to-day that a large steamer, having another in tow, apparently disabled, was in sight about 15 miles off, ...

    Article : 230 words
  57. BROKEN HILL.

    Mr. John Lane, organising agent for the Cosme Colony, Paraguay, lectured here last night on the development and prospects of the community. His account of ...

    Article : 137 words
  58. MANY BOERS CAPTURED.

    Colonel Lewis Munro's column has killed four of the enemy and captured six others in the vicinity of Karmelspruit. The Boers operating in the Barkley East ...

    Article : 320 words
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