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  2. WORK IN PARLIAMENT.

    Members of the Council are agreed as to the undesirableness of sweating, but they differ widely in their views as to the best means of preventing it. Mr. Brookman's ...

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  3. THE EDUCATION BILL.

    Addressing a large and enthusiastic meeting of his constituents at Manchester yesterday, Mr. Balfour declared that it was a monstrous calumny to say that ...

    Article : 191 words
  4. CONGREGATIONAL UNION.

    The meetings of the council of the Congregational Union were resumed on Wednes day morning, the Rev. M. L Johnson, B.A., again presiding. The chairman and Mr. ...

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  5. FEDERAL AFFAIRS.

    The appeal of Messrs. Collin & Co. against their conviction for importing tea unfit for human consumption, for which they were fined £5 5/, was to-day dismissed ...

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  6. MURRAY WATERS COMMISSION.

    Mr. Carruthers, M.L.A., gave evidence before the Murray Waters Commission to-day, addressing himself to the legal aspect of the question. ...

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  7. STATE PARLIAMENTS.

    The new Victorian Parliament was opened to-day by his Excellency Sir George Clarke, whose speech was as follows:- I have called you together at the earliest ...

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  8. THE COAL STRIKES.

    The end of the disastrous coal strike in Pennsyl[?]ania is now in sight, Mr. Pierpont Morgan having induced the coalowners to arrange with President Roosevelt for the ...

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  9. THE BOER GENERALS.

    It is stated that the appearances of the Boer generals in the streets of Paris are carefully timed, so as to bring the visitors into touch with crowds of workmen, leaving ...

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  10. VICTORIA.

    W. Baker, grazier, of Sunday Creek, in company with Mr. Doherty, was engaged mustering sheep on horseback. The horse Mr. Baker was riding placed its foot in a ...

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  11. A SHOCKING ACCIDENT.

    The infant daughter, aged two years, of a gate-keeper on the Sandringham line, near Hampton station, named Cahir, was killed to-day by a train from Brighton beach. ...

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  12. INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION.

    The International Arbitration Court constituted under the agreement of the Czar's Peace Conference at tlie Hague, has concluded the consideration of its first case, ...

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  13. AFFAIRS IN CHINA.

    The Russian Government, according to the St. Petersburg "Novoe VreMya," are about to make an extensive naval demonstration in the Pacific, the intention being ...

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  14. A PECULIAR ACCIDENT.

    Richard Burns died in the Beechworth Hospital from an accident of a peculiar nature. It appears that while in the act of bringing in some firewood to his house ...

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  15. MACEDONIAN UNREST.

    The Turkish troops on the frontier dividing Macedonia from Bulgaria, are experiencing great difficulty from the invasion of the latter province by Bulgarian bands. A ...

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  16. A SUDDEN DEATH.

    Thomas William Hains, aged 35, died suddenly at his lodgings, 172, Gladstone-street, Montague, this morning. The deceased, who had been under medical ...

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  17. HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY.

    Members of the Assembly were surprised to learn from a paragraph in "The Advertiser" of Wednesday that they will probably be free from their duties by the end ...

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  18. THE AUSTRALIANS.

    The Australians began the first match of their South African tour on the ground of the Wanderers' Club at Johannesburg on Saturday, and it ended in a draw to-day. ...

    Article : 101 words
  19. A BARQUE IN TROUBLE.

    The barque Teresa, which left Fremantle for London on October 11, has put into Table Bay,Cape Town, in a leaky condition. The cargo shifted during the ...

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  20. THE RAILWAY SERVICE.

    This afternoon during their dinner hour the men engaged at the Newport workshops met, and after discussing the proposal of the Government to work short time in the ...

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  21. THE WORK OF THE SESSION.

    Speaking at Ballarat to-night to a large audience, Mr. Deakin said the Federal Parliament had dealt with three fundamental issues—uniform franchise, white Australia, ...

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  22. QUEENSLAND.

    The steamer Titania is now on the slip having repairs executed. On her last trip from Sydney Captain Forrester, wishing to avoid the strong current and to make a ...

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  23. PARLIAMENT HOUSE.

    The statement that the Victorian Government are negotiating with the Federal authorities with the view of securing the Parliament buildings in Spring-street for the ...

    Article : 70 words
  24. AUSTRIAN POLITICS.

    Dr. Koerber (the Austrian Premier) has submitted to the [?]man and Zech parties in Bohemia and Moravia a scheme intended to settle the language difficulty. Both ...

    Article : 54 words
  25. THE FRENCH BUDGET.

    The Budget presented in the French Chamber of Deputies yesterday by M. Rouvier, the Minister of Finance, shows a deficit of 207 million francs. ...

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  26. WAGES BOARDS.

    Two petitions, one from the Victorian Employers Federation, and the other from the Victorian Chamber of Manufacturers, praying for the abolition of the wages board ...

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  27. COLONEL PRICE'S RETIRING ALLOWANCE.

    It has been announced that the commandant (Colonel Price) on his retirement from the defence force, is entitled to a grant of £1,000, and the question has arisen whether ...

    Article : 86 words
  28. TROUBLE IN VENEZUELA

    The latest intelligence with reference to the war in Venezuela states that, fearing a night attack by the revolutionists on Caracas, the capital, the authorities have ...

    Article : 80 words
  29. STATE POSTAL CHARGES.

    With regard to the postage to be charged on all State correspondence, a conference has been held between the Under-secretary of the Postal Department and an officer ...

    Article : 138 words
  30. THE STATE OF IRELAND.

    Judge Curran, in his charge to the Mullingar Grand Jury, on Monday, at the opening of the Assizes in that town, expressed regret that boycotting had begun in ...

    Article : 115 words
  31. MELBA'S BRISBANE CONCERT.

    In connection with Madame Melba's concert in Brisbane, the total amount so far. taken for guinea seais is roughly estimated to be over £900. Many people are waiting ...

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  32. THE PACIFIC CABLE.

    The manager of the Commercial Pacifie Cable Company states that it is untrue that so far as the company is concerned it is intended to lay a cable from Honolulu to ...

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  33. AN UNFOUNDED CHARGE.

    The board which was appointed to enquire into certain charges against Mr. Pound, in his official capacity as Government Bacteriologist, have forwarded their ...

    Article : 82 words
  34. NEW SOUTH WALES.

    In the Legislative Council to-day Mr. B. R.Wise moved the second reading of the State Children's Bill. He said that owing to the failure to adopt known ...

    Article : 285 words
  35. MUNICIPAL SUBSIDIES.

    The Government have decided not to withhold any portion of the £50,000 due to municipalities for endowment in September last, but during the current half year no ...

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  36. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    By the steamer Ruapehu, 111 stud sheep and two prize bulls, some purchased from the King, are being shipped for Christchurch, New Zealand. ...

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  37. ATTEMPTED TRAIN ROBBERY.

    The "Standard's" correspondent at Durban reports a daring attempt to hold up a train at Pinetown on Monday night on the part of four men, alleged to be Americans ...

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  38. AN HARASSED MINISTER.

    Patronage is pleasant, but it also has its drawbacks, as the Minister for Home Affairs, according to the "Argus," is learning. Ho has a great many lucrative ...

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  39. "INFAMOUS EXTORTIONATE USURY."

    Mr. Justice Chomley was compelled to give judgment to-day in favor of a moneylender. Rosanna Maffey, of Queen-street, for £11 against a coffee-stall proprietor, ...

    Article : 105 words
  40. WEST AUSTRALIA.

    Edward Ward, who was recently arrested on suspicion of being James Shaw (who is wanted in connection with the Redfern tragedy), and who was released on ...

    Article : 47 words
  41. TASMANIA.

    The show to-day was largely attended. LAUNCESTON, October 15. The steamer Coogee arrived seven and a half hours late from Melbourne, having ...

    Article : 68 words
  42. A LABOR DISPUTE SETTLED.

    The trouble in connection will Prosser's boot factory has been settled, the employer agreeing to concede the men's demands, pending an appeal to the ...

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  43. THE VICTORIAN UNION.

    At to-day's sitting of the council of the Congregational Union the following resolution was adopted, on the motion of Professor Josman—, "That this council, ...

    Article : 195 words
  44. SOUTH AFRICA.

    Sir Arthur Lawley, Governor of the Transvaal, is granting loans of £200 to the burghers to enable them to restock their farms. ...

    Article : 68 words
  45. FINANCIAL NEWS.

    The following are the latest quotations for the shares of the Land, Mortgage, and Agency Companies:- Sept. Oct. ...

    Article : 124 words
  46. NEWSPAPERS IN TROUBLE.

    An order nisi has been granted calling on the proprietors of the "Age" and the "Argus" to show cause why they should not be attached for contempt of court in ...

    Article : 68 words
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  48. THE MAURICE-MURRAY EXPLORING EXPEDITION.

    A belated telegram from Wyndham states Mr. W. R. Murray, the South Australian Government surveyor with Mr. R. T. Maurice's exploring party, ...

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  50. THE RAILWAYS.

    The report of the Railway Department for the year ending June 30 last, which was presented to Parliament to-day, shows that the amount of capital expended on the ...

    Article : 119 words
  51. MORE SCRIP FORGERIES.

    Consternation was caused on the Stock Exchange to-day by the discovery, that forged scrip in the Papuan Brilliant and Victoria Gold Mining Company, Charters ...

    Article : 272 words
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  53. CONTEMPT OF COURT.

    At a meeting of the Coastal Trades and Labor Council, held last night, a resolution was passed, deploring the bias alleged to have been shown by a majority of the ...

    Article : 147 words
  54. COMMERCIAL NEWS.

    [?]readstufis. — The quantity of wheat afl[?]at for the United Kingdom is 2,075,000 quarters, as against 1,990,000 quarters last week. The quantity afloat for the ...

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