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  2. THE SITUATION ON THE RAND.

    The clans are gathering strong, as write, anticipation of Mr. Chamber lain's arrival. Both the Rand and Pretoria await him with the greatest anxiety, ...

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  3. SOUTH AFRICA.

    It is proposed that out of the reproductive loan of £35,000,000, which is to be guaranteed by the Imperial Government upon the security of the assets of the Transvaal ...

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  4. MR. CHAMBERLAIN'S MISSION.

    Mr. Chamberlain, speaking at Johannesburg on Friday, referred to the reports of his assassination, which had been circulated. in Berlin and Paris, as silly stories, and ...

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  5. PERSONAL.

    The Lieutenant-Governor on Friday dispatched a telegram to Vice-Admiral Beaumont, congratulating him on behalf of the State on the completion of his successful ...

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  6. THE RAND MINES.

    Mr. Chamberlain, in his speech at the banquet of welcome tendered to him by the principal residents of Johannesburg on Monday, urged the mining companies of the ...

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  7. A LIVELY MEETING.

    A serious incident happened last evening during a municipal election meeting at Waterloo. Mr. Thomas Ross was addressing the meeting, and the rough element in ...

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  8. A LUCKY GIRL.

    At the Moree Hotel last evening Horace Charles Ezzy, about 19 years of age, attacked Kate Ahearn, aged l8, with a razor. The girl escaped, and the young man then ...

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  9. FEDERAL AFFAIRS.

    A meeting of the Federal Cabinet was held to-day for the purpose of considering the question of the division of the cost of Excise rebates of £2 per ton granted to ...

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  10. VICTORIAN RAILWAYS.

    After interviewing the representatives of the railway unions that are affiliated with the Trades Hall, Mr. Fitzpatrick sent to the secretary of each society in question the ...

    Article : 197 words
  11. NEW SOUTH WALES.

    Three prisoners were recently committed for trial at Braidwood on charges of forgery and horse stealing. They were serving a sentence of six weeks on minor ...

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  12. PORTUGUESE INTERESTS

    The Portuguese Government have submitted to the Cortes a Bill, providing for the completion of the harbors at Delagoa Bay, and the construction of railways as ...

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  13. VICTORIA.

    An old man, William Davis, of Rheola, has been found dead in a waterhole. It appears that the deceased went to the hole to draw water, as a bucket was found at the top ...

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  14. ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION.

    Reuter's correspondent at Constantinopl[?] reports that a chemist's assistant named Hatchikian, belonging to Erzeroum, a city in Turkish Armenia, and one of the chie[?] ...

    Article : 90 words
  15. AFFAIRS IN IRELAND.

    Mr. John Roche, Nationalist representative of Galway in the House of Commons, who in October was sentenced to two months' and four months' imprisonment ...

    Article : 142 words
  16. THE ROBBERY UNDER ARMS CASE.

    Further developments have taken place in connection with the alleged robbery under arms, which took place at the Commercial Travellers' Club on Sunday afternoon. ...

    Article : 124 words
  17. JAMES McEWAN & CO.

    Another application was made to Mr. Justice a'Beckett in the Practice Court to-day in connection with the order made last week appointing a receiver and manager of ...

    Article : 232 words
  18. WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY.

    The "Daily Mail" states that Signor Marconi, from his station at Wellfleet, Massachusetts, transmitted yesterday from President Roosevelt to King Edward the first ...

    Article : 86 words
  19. NEW ZEALAND.

    An extraordinary case of child murder and suicide is reported from Dunedin. Elizabeth Mayhead, wife of a carpenter, drowned her five-year-old son and then committed ...

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  20. DROWNING FATALITY.

    A sad drowning fatality has been reported from Moss Vale. A party from the viceregal residence journeyed to the Fitzroy Falls, and several of the men went in for a ...

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  21. SIR EDMUND BARTON.

    The Prime Minister is on a flying visit to Melbourne. He arrived to-day to attend the Cabinet meeting, but will return to Sydney by to-morrow afternoon's express. ...

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  22. THE SARDINE FISHERIES.

    The French Chamber of Deputies have voted the sum of 500,000 francs towards the relief of the 50,000 fishermen on the coast of Brittany, who have been deprived of ...

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  23. INTER-STATE CRICKET.

    The inter-State match between New South Wales and Victoria is to commence at the end of this week at the Sydney Cricket Ground. The following have been ...

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  24. BROKEN HILL.

    Mr. Harry Rickards' company concluded a successful season at the theatre last night. ...

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  25. A GAME OF CHESS.

    During the voyage of the Atlantic liners Philadelphia and Lucania, from Liverpool to New York, the passengers on board of the two vessels were enabled by means of ...

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  26. THE SYDNEY TRAGEDY.

    The police have not yet succeeded in hunting down the men who murdered Constable Long at Auburn yesterday morning. In fact, they have very small hopes of ...

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  27. A VIOLENT ASSAULT.

    Robert Cook appeared at the City Court to-day on a charge of assaulting Frederick Payne, a much battered man, who stated that on the previous evening he was having ...

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  28. A RESULT OF THE HEAT.

    A two-roomed weather-board house, situated at the corner of Iodide and Chapple streets, was destroyed by fire last night. Shortly before 9 o'clock Mrs. ...

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  29. SYDNEY WOOL SALES.

    At the Sydney wool sales to-day 7.239 bales were catalogued, out of which 5,257 bales found buyers at auction, in addition to 820 bales reported privately sold. The ...

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  30. VENEZUELA.

    Advices from Caracas, the Venezuelan capital, state that the British twin-screw torpedo boat destroyer Panther, which tried to enter Lake Maracaibo, and fired ...

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  31. NEW LONG RANGE GUN.

    Mr. Christiansen, a master mechanic and the builder of the 16-in. long range gun successfully tested at Sandy Hook, New York harbor, recently, died from overwork a day ...

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  32. THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.

    At a caucus meeting to-night the Legislative Council decided to oppose the passing of the Probate Duties Bill, which was amended By that Chamber just before ...

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  33. DROWNED IN THE YARRA.

    The body of Peter Magennis, aged 58, who had been an inmate of the Immigrants' Home, Royal Park, was found floating in the Yarra to-day. ...

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  34. MONEY BURNED.

    A fire broke out this afternoon in Mr. F. E. Bromley's premises, Lane-street. It started in a detadked room at the rear of the dwelling-house. The structure was ...

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  35. THE LATE SIR FREDERICK SARGOOD.

    Sympathetic reference was made, to-day in both Houses of the State Parliament to the death of Sir Frederick Sargood. In the Legislative Council a resolution was passed ...

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  36. CHINESE CENSORS.

    The censors at Pekin have boldly criticised the extravagant methods of administration, adopted by the Empress Dowager of China, and have suggested that, in the ...

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  37. AUSTRIAN POLITICS.

    The Austrian Reichsrath has just completed a sitting, which lasted continuously for 54 hours, owing to the obstructive tactics of the members of the Czech Party. ...

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  38. WEST AUSTRALIA.

    The wharis at Fremantle were visited by the police last night, and nine men, ranging in age from l8 to about 75 years, were found sleeping on Victoria Quay. They ...

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  39. TREACHERY IN AUSTRIA.

    Four civilians at Przemysl, a fortified town, in Austria, on the crownland of, Galicia, have been found guilty of selling military secrets to Russia, and sentenced to ...

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  40. TASMANIA.

    The body of the yachtsman, Samuel Todd, who was drowned from the racing yacht Ripple at the Tamar regatta last Thursday, was recovered last night. ...

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  41. A CHINESE LEPER.

    A Chinaman, Kee Ying, aged 20, was found lying in the street at Frankston. A doctor, on examining him, found that he was suffering from leprosy. The sufferer ...

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  42. FIGHTING IN ALGIERS.

    Fierce tribal fighting is in progress near the frontier of Algiers, and the French Algerian Cavalry are being mobilised with the object of restoring order. ...

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  43. DEATH OF MR. QUINTIN HOGG.

    The death is announced in his 58th year of Mr. Quintin Hogg, the founder of the Polytechnic. Mr. Quintin Hogg was the youngest son of ...

    Article : 257 words
  44. THE CENTRAL MINE "CREEP."

    Information has been received that the State Cabinet has decided to appoint a Royal Commission to enquire into the cause of the Central mine "creep," which ...

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  45. FINANCIAL NEWS.

    British 2¾ per cent. Consols (Goschen's) are quoted at £92 17/6, as against £93 2/6 on Friday last. ...

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  46. A FATAL QUARREL.

    An inquest into the circumstances of the death of Mrs. McCarthy, wife of a draper, was concluded shortly after midnight last night. The evidence went to show that the ...

    Article : 164 words
  47. SIR ALEXANDER PEACOCK.

    Sir Alex. Peacock (leader of the Opposition in the Legislative Assembly), definitely decided to-night to offer himself as a candidate for the vacant, seat in the ...

    Article : 168 words
  48. BUTTER ADULTERATION.

    Mr. R. W. Hanbury, the president of the Board of Agriculture, has arranged to introduce before Easter the long-promised Bill for the prevention of the adulteration of ...

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  49. THE INTER-STATE VISITORS.

    There was a large gathering of inter-State visitors and other invited guests on the railway-station this morning at 8 o'clock to take passage to Mornington Mills. en ...

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  50. THE PRICE OF SILVER.

    Silver is quoted at 1/9 13-16d. per oz. ...

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  51. COMMERCIAL.

    Herr Licht, of Magdeburg, estimates that the production of beet sugar will show a decrease of 983,000 tons, but that the campaign will be unchanged. ...

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  52. MESSRS. P. B. BURGOYNE AND CO.

    The business of Messrs. Peter Bond Burgoyne & Co., Australian merchants and vineyard proprietors, of London, Adelaide, and Melbourne, has been converted into a ...

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  53. A DOUBTFUL STORY.

    Henry Lucas, aged 45, was charged at the Perth Court to-day with having been unlawfully on the premises or John Merryman, at Leederville. The accused told the ...

    Article : 158 words
  54. THE UNEMPLOYED.

    With a view to drawing public attention to the distress of many persons owing to want of work, a large crowd, under the leadership of Mr. Fleming, assembled in ...

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  55. M. DE BLOWITZ.

    The cause of the death of M. de Blowitz, the late correspondent of the London "Times" in Paris, was an attack of appendicitis. ...

    Article : 33 words
  56. SHIPPING.

    Anglia, steamer, 6,514 tons, at London, from Sydney December 1. Departures. For Sydney—Persic, steamer, 11,948 tons, ...

    Article : 51 words
  57. MADAME MELBA.

    To-night Madame Melba gave her final concert at Perth to an enormous audience, the Queen's Hall being literally packed from floor to ceiling. People willingly paid ...

    Article : 62 words
  58. Advertising

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    Advertising : 1,091 words
  59. INDEX TO ADVERTISEMENTS.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 176 words
  60. THE HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY.

    In the Legislative Assembly to-day the proposal to construct a railway-line from Hopetoun to connect the western districts of Victoria with Mildura and the Darling ...

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  61. A RAILWAY SERVANT DISMISSED.

    The driver (Frank Haversfield), who was adjudged responsible for the recent collision at Flinders-street, is to be dismissed from the Railway Service, the acting ...

    Article : 39 words
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