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  2. [BY SUBMARINE TELEGRAPH.] [Received February. 5, 1 a.m.] VIOLENT GALES.

    As a result of the gales which have been raging with such violence on the coast of Europe there are now no fewer than 70 steamers weatherbound at the mouth of the ...

    Article : 378 words
  3. [BY SUBMARINE TELEGRAPH.] [Received February 5, 1 a.m.] THE BOER WAR.

    The "Berliner Post" in an inspired article notes the cordiality of the reception given to the Prince of Wales in Berlin. It declares that the Boer war will ...

    Article : 375 words
  4. THE HARVEST.

    For years past we have been able to pr[?] sent to our readers an early indication of the probable yield of each wheat harvest. The particulars have been obtained from ...

    Article : 427 words
  5. [BY SUBMARINE TELEGRAPH.] [Received February 5, 1 a.m.] BRITISH POLITICS.

    The election to supply the vacancy for the Ecclesall division of Sheffield, caused by the death of Sir Ellis Ashmead Bartlett, the Conservative member, has resulted in ...

    Article : 70 words
  6. A DAY WITH THE TARIFF.

    Sir William McMillan, who has been away in Sydney since the adjournment of Parliament, returned to-day and took up the work of the acting leadership of the ...

    Article : 422 words
  7. [BY SUBMARINE TELEGRAPH.] [Received February 5, 1 a.m.] THE MEAT CONTRACT.

    Further questions were asked in both Houses yesterday with regard to the contract for the supply of meat to the army in South Africa. ...

    Article : 296 words
  8. VICTORIA.

    At Echuca to-day a charge was preferred against John Harford Sullivan, treasurer of a local friendly society, of having embezzled the sum of £200, the funds of the ...

    Article : 519 words
  9. GOVERNING NEW GULNEA.

    Mr. Deakin has prepared a recommendation for Cabinet in regard to the procedure necessary before the Federal Government can take over New Guinea. It is ...

    Article : 90 words
  10. TRAGEDY IN FRANCE.

    The sentence of death passed upon Brierr[?], the farmer who was convicted at Chartres, in France, of murdering five of his children, has been commuted to penal ...

    Article : 308 words
  11. TASMANIA AND THE CABLES.

    Tasmania, in view of the losses to its revenue through the stoppage of inter-State duties and the prospective loss of £15,000 through the suppression of Tattersall's ...

    Article : 214 words
  12. A POSTAL PICNIC.

    Mr. Drake to-day agreed, on the representation of a deputation of postal officials, to allow the department here to close at 10 a.m. on some Saturday in order to give the ...

    Article : 106 words
  13. THE SUGAR BOUNTIES.

    The "Times" correspondent at Brusse[?]s, referring to the conference on sugar bounties, states that the delegates generally are aiming at a reduction of the surtax to a ...

    Article : 159 words
  14. LONDON WOOL SALES.

    Although only a poor catalogue was submitted to-day, the wool sale was a good one. Prices were unchanged. The sales included:—Cy, 8¾d.; Killarney, S¼d.; ...

    Article : 50 words
  15. FEDERAL SALARIES AND INCOME TAX.

    A number of Federal officials have started a fund for the purpose of defending a test case against the Victorian Income Tax Department. The Victorian Commissioner ...

    Article : 70 words
  16. A MELBOURNE TRAGEDY.

    On the morning of last Saturday Edwin Latham, a butcher, who for some 16 years had carried on a prosperous business in Victoria-street, Richmond, was discovered ...

    Article : 899 words
  17. MELBOURNE BUILDING TRADE.

    The strike of bricklayers commenced this morning real earnest, but it is not going to be such a grim affair as might be thought. When the strike committee met ...

    Article : 506 words
  18. FACTORIES LEGISLATION.

    Mr. Peacock, the State Premier, told a deputation from the Victorian Shops' Union to-day that at present he saw no objection to separating factories and shops ...

    Article : 62 words
  19. THE COPPER MARKET.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 24 words
  20. THE BRITISH OFFICER.

    At a welcome home given on Friday last by the residents of Heidelberg (Victoria) to Captain Malcolm, of the South African Constabulary, formerly a private in the First ...

    Article : 262 words
  21. FRANCE AND RUSSIA.

    A scene was occasioned in the French Chamber of Deputies yesterday as the result of on emphatic protest by the Socialists against a vote of 3,000,000 francs, ...

    Article : 159 words
  22. ALIEN IMMIGRATION.

    Federal members are much disturbed by the reported introduction into West Australia of large parties of Italians under contract, and in apparent defiance of the Alien ...

    Article : 73 words
  23. WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY.

    A company, which has been working the Marconi system at Nawair on commercial lines for two months, has failed owing to lack of support attributable to the ...

    Article : 43 words
  24. STATE HOSPITALS.

    A deputation waited upon the State Premier to-day to present the resolution recently passed by the Trades Hall Council, affirming that the State should take over the ...

    Article : 172 words
  25. THE PRICE OF SILVER.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 15 words
  26. COMMERCIAL NEWS.

    Breadstuffs.—The quantity of wheat and flour afloat for the United Kingdom is 3,495,000 quarters, as against 3,400,000 last week, and for the Continent 1,155,000 ...

    Article : 57 words
  27. NEW ZEALAND.

    The Ventura arrived to-day with the following passengers:—Mesdames C. Dutton, J. E. Colley, Misses M. Dewman, Duff, and Hynes, Father McSweeney, Professor ...

    Article : 280 words
  28. NEW SOUTH WALES.

    A special general meeting of the New South Wales Chamber of Manufactures was held to-day for the purpose of recommending a suitable person as the employers' ...

    Article : 64 words
  29. SHIPPING.

    Oakhurst, barque, 1,023 tons, from Adclaide September 23. Menelaus, steamer, 4,672 tons, at Dunkirk, from Brisbane November 20. ...

    Article : 77 words
  30. SUICIDE BY STRYCHNINE.

    Harry Yates, the son of a well-known resident of Wahgunyah, drove into Yarrawonga last night, and put up at an hotel. He committed suicide during the night by ...

    Article : 47 words
  31. A SERIOUS ASSAULT.

    At the Central Police Court to-day Peter Davis, aged 33, laborer, was charged with assaulting Elizabeth F. Russell, thereby occasioning her actual bodily harm on ...

    Article : 118 words
  32. STATE RIGHTS.

    Sir Horace Tozer, the Queensland AgentGeneral, who has been interviewed regarding the subordination of the State Premiers to the Prime Minister of the ...

    Article : 67 words
  33. THE LATE MR. D. BENJAMIN.

    The will of Mr. David Benjamin, late of the Athenæum, Collins-street, gentleman, has been lodged for probate. The testator left real estate valued at £15,417, and ...

    Article : 77 words
  34. THE GENBVA CONVENTION.

    "Le Matin," which is published in Paris, announces that Switzerland proposes that there should be an early revision of the Geneva Convention. Several states, it is ...

    Article : 56 words
  35. THE CORONATION.

    The invitation to Mr. Barton to attend the ceremonies in connection with the King's coronation in June next includes a lady member of his family. Probably ...

    Article : 261 words
  36. PRAYERS FOR RAIN.

    In view of the deplorable condition of many parts of the country in consequence of drought the Methodist Church has fixed Sunday next, February 9, for special prayers ...

    Article : 34 words
  37. FIRE IN AMERICA.

    A disastrous fire has occurred at Waterbury, in Connecticut, the town noted for its extensive manufactures of silver-plated ware, clocks, and watches, and almost every ...

    Article : 78 words
  38. TRINITY COLLEGE FINANCES.

    The finances of Trinity College, which were disturbed some time ago by the sudden departure of the treasurer to Samoa, were enquired into at a meeting of the ...

    Article : 98 words
  39. BRITISK IMPERIAL ZOLLVEREIN.

    The Berlin "Vossche Zeitung" states that any attempt to establish commercial reciprocity within the British Empire will be to the detriment of Germany's ...

    Article : 56 words
  40. QUEENSLAND.

    Mr. T. W. Cannah has been appointed Under Secretary to the Treasury, and Mr. George Vaughan has received the position of Government Printer. ...

    Article : 27 words
  41. CONFERENCE OF CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE.

    At the conference of Chambers of Commerce the chairman (Mr. D. J. Nathan) said the present position of the mercantile and industrial life of New Zealand merited ...

    Article : 87 words
  42. THE BREMEN AT FREMANTLE.

    The G.M.S. Bremen arrived from Colombo at 8 a.m. to-day with the following saloon passengers aboard:— For Fremantle—Messrs. H. L. Hibbird ...

    Article : 164 words
  43. SMALLPOX IN LONDON.

    There are now 1,1[?] cases of smallpox under treatment in L[?]ndon, including 73 fresh cases, which occ[?]rred yesterday. ...

    Article : 24 words
  44. Advertising

    {No abstract available}

    Advertising : 1,152 words
  45. MUTINOUS SOLDIERS.

    A soldier's letter received from South Africa states that there had been almost a mutiny in the Seventh New Zealand Regiment. As they trekked from Vryslid two ...

    Article : 56 words
  46. THE STEAMER BREMEN.

    The North German-Lloyds steamer Bremen, which was rebuilt at Danzie, from the ashes of the great Hoboken fire (United States) seventeen months ago, arrived at ...

    Article : 148 words
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