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  2. STATE PARLIAMENTS.

    The nineteenth Parliament of Victoria was formally assembled to-day by a Commission consisting of the Chief Justice and Mr. Justice Holroyd. The Commission ...

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  3. A BROKEN HILL TRAGEDY.

    At half-past 6 o'clock this morning Abdul Hamat, an Indian hawker, informed the police that he had murdered his wife at his house in Wyman-street, West Broken Hill. ...

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  4. FEDERAL AFFAIRS.

    The next Federal Minister to take to the platform after Mr. Deakin will be Sir Wm. Lyne, who announces that as soon as he has dealt with Mindry pressing departmental ...

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  5. THE BOER GENERALS.

    The Boer generals on their arrival in Paris yesterday wete accorded an extraordinary ovation. Their appearance in the streets was the signal for frantic applause ...

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  6. THE BALKAN TROUBLE.

    The Porte denies that there have been any negotiations between the Russian and Turkish Governments for the abrogation of the Dardanelles clauses of the Paris treaty ...

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  7. THE ST. KILDA TRAGEDY.

    It was confidently expected by the police that the man who murdered Constable Johnston at St. Kilda on Sunday would prove to be the man George Shaw, who shot ...

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  8. VICTORIA.

    A son of Mr. G. Rawson, of Toomboom. aged 18 months, threw some paper into the fire, and the flames ignited his clothes. He was so severely burnt that he succumbed ...

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  9. THE COAL STRIKE.

    Many public men of influential standing in the United States of America are advocating the passage by Congress of legislation to facilitate the acquisition and the ...

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  10. PERSONAL.

    Lord Tennyson, when he prorogued the Federal Parliament last Friday, was accompanied by Lady Tennyson and their three children. He was attended by Captain ...

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  11. SHOCKING RAILWAY ACCIDENT.

    A shocking railway accident occurred at the Richmond railway- station at an early hour this morning, resulting in a railway guard, Albert Lord, being killed ...

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  12. THE FEDERAL CAPITAL.

    Sir William Lyne to-day outlined the scope of the Commission to be given to the Board of Experts to be appointed to report on the sites for the Federal capital. ...

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  13. VALUING THE TRANSFERRED DEPARTMENTS.

    The Minister for Home Affairs and the Federal Treasurer had a conference to-day as to the preliminary steps to be taken before the Board of Experts to value the ...

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  14. NEW SOUTH WALES.

    Mr George moved the adjournment of the Legislative Assembly to-night to discuss the expediency of the secession of this State from the Commonwealth, because of the ...

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  15. THE YARRA BOATING FATALITY.

    At the inquest held to-day on the body of Mary Perriman, who was drowned through a boating accident on Sunday, a verdict of "accidentally drowned" was ...

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  16. RETURNING BOERS.

    Five thousand Boer prisoners of war who have been interned in the various concentration camps in India will leave for South Africa within the next few weeks. ...

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  17. THE GENEVA STRIKE.

    The strike at Geneva, which was instituted by the general workers in sympathy with tramway employes, who demanded an increase of wages, bas collapsed. ...

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  18. A BALLOON FATALITY.

    M. de Bradsky, the inventor of a steerable balloon, recently experimented with in Paris, left Van Girard on Sunday with M. Morin, a friend, to subject to a further test ...

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  19. THE MELBOURNE HOSPITAL.

    Considerable indignation was expressed at the Melbourne Hospital committee meeting to-day, at a letter from the Government requesting due economy in ...

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  20. THE OPPOSTTTON.

    About 30 members attended an Opposition caucus to-day. Sir Alexander Peacock was unanimously re-elected leader of the Earty. He explained that owing to ...

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  21. REFORM IN RUSSIA.

    There are growing indications of discontent with the Russian bureaucratic system, and the whole social and political condition of the Empire. The authorities are the ...

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  22. THE BOHEMIAN BANK FRAUDS.

    In connection with the gigantic frauds on the Czech Clerical Loan Bank of St. Wenzelas, in the city of Prague, Bohemia, it transpires that its principal officials lent ...

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  23. SUPPOSED MURDER.

    The body of an unknown man has been found at Bulgana, and it is believed to be a case of murder. The right jawbone has been broken. The man has apparently ...

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  24. MACEDONIAN BRIGANDS.

    A force of guards who were sent in pursuit of the band of Macedonian brigands who recently carried off Shefik Bey, an un popular landowner, from Vodena, in the ...

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  25. BREAKING INTO GAOL.

    The three men who set all the mies of Pentridge Prison at defiance by breaking into it, loaded with contraband articles and letters for the orisoners, were dealt with ...

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  26. NEW ZEALAND.

    Messrs. W. Martin, T. S. Beauchamp, and Palmer, Australian cyclists, who have been racing in Europe and America, are passengers by themail steamer Ventura. The ...

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  27. THE RETIREMENT OF COLONEL PRICE.

    Colonel Price, in the course of an interview on the subject of his retirement, expressed himself as being very sore over the abrupt manner in which his engagement ...

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  28. TASMANIA.

    The opening of the annual show was interfered with by the showery weather to-day. The judging of the sheep was proceeded with. In merinos Mr. A. F. ...

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  29. RACING IN ENGLAND.

    The Duke of York Stakes, decided on Saturday at the Kempton Park October meeting over the Jubilee Stakes course, 11/4 miles, resulted:— ...

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  30. VENEZUELA.

    Three German warships have been ordered to Venezuela to make enquiries, and, if necessary, to enforce reparation for the murder of a German planter in that ...

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  31. QUEENSLAND.

    In the Assembly to-day the following Bills were read a third time:—Bills of Sale Amendment Bill and the Registration of Firms Bill. The Gladstone to Callide ...

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  32. THE PACIFIC CABLE.

    Mr. Drake anticipates that the opening of communication by the Pacific cable will not be delayed beyond November 14. When the cable station buildings at ...

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  33. BROKEN HILL WATER SUPPLY.

    Alderman Hendry, of Broken Hill, who, with the mayor of that town (Mr. T. Jackson) went to Sydney a short time ago to bring before the notice of the Government ...

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  34. NEW SOUTH WALES.

    A ca [?] of considerable local interest was heard in the Casino District Court. The plaintiffs, Charles A. James and his wife, claimed £100 damages from Charles Junor ...

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  35. CHOLERA IN EGYPT.

    The cholera epidemic in Egypt shows no, sign of abatement. Since the middle of July last some 33,000 natives have succumber to the malady. ...

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  36. THE PACIFIC CABLE.

    Reuter's correspondent at San Francisco reports having learned trom the Pacific Cable Company that the New Zealand Government's plan for a cable from Honolulu ...

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  37. BRENTFORD PLATE.

    The result of the Brentwood Plate was as follows:- Mr. L. G. Robinson's b f Cooee, by Trenton—Lady Sterling, 3 yrs..... 1 ...

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  38. WEST AUSTRALIA.

    A test case, in which Samuel Kraetzer and Edward Ingram were charged with conspiracy in connection with the conviction of William Challoner for sly-grog ...

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  39. LORD KITCHENER.

    Lord Kitchener will leave for India on Wednesday to assume the duties of his new office as Commander-in-Chief. On Wednesday he was entertained at a farewell ...

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  40. NORTHERN TERRITORY.

    The Eastern arrived on Sunday from Hongkong with five Chinese. She sailed on Monday with the following passengers: —Mr. and Mrs. Jolly and three children, ...

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  41. THE EDUCATION BILL.

    Despite the attempts of the Unionists of Birmingham to secure a modification of the clause in the Education Bill which restricts the public control of board schools, and the ...

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  42. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    The balance-sheet of Paterson, Laing, Bruce, & Co. shows a profit of £40,477. A dividend at the rate of 4 per, cent, was carried, the sum of £5,000 was added to the ...

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  43. QUEENSLAND.

    A constable left Brisbane to-day for Sydney with a warrant for the arrest of Donald MacLean, alias Henderson, on a charge of conspiracy in connection with the Campbell ...

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  44. THE PRICE OF SILVER.

    Silver is, quoted at 1/113/8 per oz. ...

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  45. A BAD BARGAIN.

    Arising out of the Kalgoorlie procuration case in which Assuntu Cozzi and Marie Guidotta are serving sentences in the Fremantle Gaol for bringing the girl Spazziaui ...

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  46. SELLING THE PUBLIC ESTATE.

    A sale of Crown land by auction was held at Brisbane to-day, when 29,900 acres, situated from 9 to 17 miles from Isisford, was sold to the Portland Downs Pastoral ...

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  47. THE VENTURA AT AUCKLAND.

    The San Francisco mail steamer Ventura arrived this morning, with the following passengers:—For Sydney—Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Archibald, Mr. and Mrs. S. Clementson. ...

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  48. MADAME MEL[?]A

    The Town Hall was again crowded by an enthusiastic audicnoe to-night, when Madame Melba gave her second concert. All classes of Sydney society were ...

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  49. THE AMIR'S GUNS.

    A battery of 100 guns, which had been purchased, chiefly in Germany, as a present for the late Ameer of Afghanistan (Abdu[?] Rahman), have, by order of the ...

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  50. THE MURDER CASE.

    The sittings of the Circuit Court were concluded at 3 p.m. to-day. Ashton, who was charged with the murder ot a Chinaman, was acquitted. The trial lasted six days. ...

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  51. THE PRICE OF COPPER.

    Copper is quoted at £51 12/6 on spot and £51 17/6 at three months. ...

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  52. KILLED BY A TRAM

    A widow woman, Ann Burke, aged 70 years, residing at Petrie- terrace, was crossing the street at Paddington this afternoon when she was knocked down by ...

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  53. SHIPPING.

    Emma Parker, barque, 1,269 tons, at London, from Albany May 28. Robert Scrafton, barque, 737 tons, at London, from Bunbury May 22. ...

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  54. THE RHEIN AT FREMANTLE.

    The German mail steamer Rhein arrived at 11 a.m. to-day. She had the following passengers in the saloon:- For Fremantle—Mrs. and Miss Ernfreid, ...

    Article : 145 words
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  56. THE REDUCED TARIFF.

    As the period approached for the first reduction in the State tariff, owing to the operation of the sliding scale, the Customs revenue fell off. Importers for the moment ...

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  60. THE DRAYTON GRANGE

    The Colonial Secretary has received a reply from Sir William Lyne in regard to the Drayton Grange report. Sir William Lyne thinks that the words "Authorities in West ...

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  64. TO-DAY'S ENGAGEMENTS.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 44 words
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