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  2. VICTORIA.

    Owing to the Easter traffic the railway revenue last week showed an increase of £9,610, compared with the corresponding period of last year. The shortage in the ...

    Article : 42 words
  3. LONDON TABLE TALK.

    Some time ago, writes the St. Petersburg correspondent of the Daily Express, it was reported that two young girls—one of them an English girl named Rose Whalley, the ...

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  4. FEDERAL AFFAIRS.

    An effort to dislodge Senator Robert Reid from his seat in the Federal Senate is to be made by Mr. Stephen Barker, who was one of the candidates for the seat when it ...

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  5. THE EASTERN QUESTION.

    Two members of the Albanian bodyguard of the Sultan of Turkey while driving through Pera, the European quarter of Constantinople, inhabited by the aristocracy of ...

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  6. THE DRUIDS' GALA.

    At the Druids' Gala to-day the band contest was concluded. Mr. J. Develin (the judge) announced the results late to-night. Newcastle won ...

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  7. THE KING.

    King Edward left Gibraltar yesterday for Malta. The arrangements in connection with the Paris visit are now complete. His Majesty ...

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  8. AFFAIRS IN CHINA.

    The Dowager-Empress of China has appointed Prince Ching to the post of Grand Secretary, rendered vacant by the death of Yung-lu. ...

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  9. BURGLARS AT WORK.

    Burglars last night effected an entrance into the premises of Mr. F. T. Warren, pawnbroker, Beach-street, Port Melbourne, and carried off a quantity of watches and ...

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  10. SOUTH AFRICA.

    General Pienaar, who in 1900 surrendered with 1,200 Boers at Koomati-Poort, in the Transvaal, and who has since spent the greater part of his time in Portugal, has ...

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  11. A TERRIBLY SUDDEN DEATH.

    William Madure, enginedriver at the reduction works of the Bethanga goldfields, Bethanga, having finished his shift (2 a.m.) and stopped his engine, went to ...

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  12. SYDNEY AGRICULTURAL SHOW.

    There was another big attendance at the Agricultural show to-day, the weather being fine. His Excellency the Governor-General and Lady Tennyson, with a large party, ...

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  13. THE PACIFIC CABLE.

    Some time ago persons using the Pacific cable complained that the time and date of the dispatch of messages were not included without extra charge, which was ...

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  14. RUSSIAN NAVAL PLANS.

    Advices from St. Petersburg state that the Government are adopting the most drastic means for strengthening their squadron in the Far East. The completion ...

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  15. THE PHILIPPINES.

    Intelligence from the Philippines reports that the village of Bacolot, in the island of Mindanao, has been captured by the Americans. It was first shelled by General ...

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  16. AMERICAN RAILWAYS.

    In consequence of the recent decree of the United States Circuit Court of Appeals restraining the shareholders in the North ern Securities Company from voting ...

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  17. A RACING ACCIDENT.

    At the Nagambie lurt Club meeting on Saturday, W. Burns, the rider of Mr. P. Morgan's Vascosa, met with a serious accident whilst riding in the Handicap. When ...

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  18. THE WORK OF THE SESSION.

    The assembling of Federal Ministers in Sydney this week for the gubernatorial investiture, synchronising as it does with the holding of the State Premiers' Conference, ...

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  19. A REACTIONARY EMPRESS.

    The Dowager- Empress yesterday reviewed a considerable section of the newly-trained Imperial troops at Paoting-fu. They comprised 7,000 men, and their equipment ...

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  20. THE BALLARAT SHOOTING CASE.

    The tragedy in Ballarat East last night, when the proprietor of a shooting gallery in Main-street (Mr. Richard Rutter), was fatally wounded in the left breast by a ...

    Article : 289 words
  21. SPANISH WARSHIP RAISED.

    The Americans at Manila have succeeded in raising the Spanish flagship Reina Christiana, which was sunk there during the Americo-Spanish war. The skeletons of 80 ...

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  22. MADAME MELBA.

    There was a very large crowd of people at Port Melbourne wharf to-day to give Madame Melba a hearty send-off on leaving by the Orontes for London. The ...

    Article : 263 words
  23. THE PRICE OF SILVER.

    Silver is quoted at 1/10 15-16 per oz. ...

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  24. NEW SOUTH WALES.

    A peculiar plea caused a temporary deadlock in the hearing of a criminal case today. Arthur Earl was arraigned on a charge of having stolen a purse and £5, the ...

    Article : 114 words
  25. MOROCCO.

    The latest intelligence from Morocco states that the garrison at Frajana have capitulated to the Pretender's forces. A portion of the garrison fled to Melilla, the ...

    Article : 131 words
  26. BRITISH POLITICS.

    Mr. John Morley, addressing his constituents at the Montrose Burghs yesterday, attacked the domestic policy of the Government. He protested against the ...

    Article : 116 words
  27. LOST IN A MINE.

    Great excitement prevailed at the shale mines at Ruined Castle, when it became known that Mr. McMillan (one cf the managers), and a miner, had been lost in ...

    Article : 171 words
  28. BOGUS ENCOUNTER WITH A THIEF.

    A remarkable development took place this morning in connection with the reported encounter with a robber and the theft of a cash-box, containing £15, from the ...

    Article : 131 words
  29. INDUSTRIAL LEGISLATION.

    The Railway Casuals' Union is endeavoring to arrange a conference of representatives of the State employes' organisations, with the object of considering the ...

    Article : 96 words
  30. CIVIL SERVICE EXAMINATIONS.

    T-day the biggest Civil Service examinations ever held in Melbourne will begin. The examinations, which are in connection with the Federal Government service, will ...

    Article : 49 words
  31. AFFAIRS IN RUSSIA.

    St. Petersburg was the scene of a serious disturbance last night. Nine hundred persons without passports had taken lodgings in a row of night-houses, and on the police ...

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  32. THE BAGDAD RAILWAY.

    The Imperial Ottoman Bagdad Raihvay Company, has been constituted in Constantinople, the capital being set down at 15,000,000 francs. It has been arranged ...

    Article : 148 words
  33. THE MOON AND THE RAINFALL.

    The statement by Mr. Russell in regard to the influence of the moon on the rainfall has not been been received with much enthusiasm or, in fact, with much credulity ...

    Article : 374 words
  34. INTER-STATE CRICKET.

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  35. AN EMPIRE DAY.

    Sir Edmund Barton to-day, in reply to a deputation from the Empire League, suggesting a public holiday to be called "Empire Day," said personally his sympathy ...

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  36. A LEGISLATOR IN TROUBLE.

    George Howarth (member for Willoughby in the State Legislature) appeared at the Central Police Court to-day on a charge that being the bailee of certain property ...

    Article : 68 words
  37. THE RAILWAY EMPLOYES AND THE TRADES HALL.

    The fortnight given by the Commissioner of Railways to the four railway societies affiliated with the Trades Hall within which to say definitely whether or not ...

    Article : 182 words
  38. M. SIPIAGUINE'S ASSASSINATION.

    The request of the Russian Government for the extradition of a young man named Gotz, supposed to be a Jewish millionaire, who was arrested at Naples charged with ...

    Article : 51 words
  39. WEST AUSTRALIA.

    The Japanese warships Matushima and Hashidate have reached Carnarvon. They have experienced considerable difficulty in obtaining water and coal. The ...

    Article : 43 words
  40. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    Lieutenant-General Sir J. Bevan Edwards has been appointed colonel commandant of the Royal Engineers. ...

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  41. NEW ZEALAND.

    The Flour Millers' Association has reduced the price of flour for shipping to £9 10/ per ton. The local price remains £10. Bran has been reduced from £5 ...

    Article : 89 words
  42. THE RAMSAY'S BUSH MURDER.

    The Queensland aboriginal, Thomas Moore, who murdered Janie Irene Smith, aged 10 years, at Ramsay's Bush, in December last, was hanged at the ...

    Article : 241 words
  43. DUTCH LABOR TROUBLES.

    The latest news from Amsterdam states that, though the general strike arising out of the anti-strike law has been abandoned, [?],000 dockers in that city are still out, and ...

    Article : 45 words
  44. LARRIKIN BRUTALITY.

    The third case within three months of a constable being injured by larrikins occurred to-day. Some larrikins created a disturbance at the eastern markets, and ...

    Article : 104 words
  45. TASMANIAN MAIL SERVICE.

    The time for receiving tenders for the inter- State mail service between Tasmania and Victoria closed on March 31, but up to the present the Federal Government have ...

    Article : 265 words
  46. SHIPPING.

    Indraghiri, steamer, 4,927 tons, at London, from Wellington February 12. Departures. For Adelaide.—Gulf of Taranto, steamer, ...

    Article : 60 words
  47. A STATUE OF QUEEN VICTORIA.

    At Bendigo this morning the mayor performed the ceremony of unveiling a statue of Queen Victoria. The sculptor is Mr. James White, of Sydney, and his work has ...

    Article : 37 words
  48. QUEENSLAND.

    The fourth annual convention of the National Association of Master Plumbers of Australasia opened at Brisbane to-day. Delegates were present from Queensland, ...

    Article : 94 words
  49. TO-DAY'S ENGAGEMENTS.

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  50. Advertising

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  51. SHOT DEAD BY HIS WIFE.

    News has been received of the shooting of Mr. Horace Raynor, of Montmore Down station. A telegram from Blackall states that Mr. Raynor was accidentally shot dead ...

    Article : 38 words
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