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  2. THE SOUTHERN CROSS.

    The mission vessel Southern Cross, which was launched from the shipyards of Sir W. G. Armstrong, Whitworth, & Co., at Walker-on-Tyne, on February 11 last, and ...

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  3. FEDERAL AFFAIRS.

    The Federal Cabinet met to-day, but contrary to expectations, dealt only with, departmental matters, no reference of any kind being made to the vacant portfolio ...

    Article : 85 words
  4. THE SOUTH AUSTRALIAN ASSEMBLY.

    Proceedings in the House of Assembly Avere unusually dull on Thursday, and members did not seem disposed to work hard. After listening to a few speeches on the ...

    Article : 570 words
  5. HUNGARIAN AFFAIRS.

    The resumption of the debate on the proposal to increase the annual contingent of recruits supplied by Hungary to the Austro-Hungarian army, was the occasion of a ...

    Article : 157 words
  6. SIDELIGHTS ON THE FEDERAL PARLIAMENT.

    The speech delivered by Mr. Deakin on the second reading of the Conciliation and Arbitration Bill was ia his best style. On some of the abstruse points, however, he ...

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  7. THE TRANSVAAL.

    Referring to a proposal for the importation of 10,000 Indian coolies for purposes of railway construction in the Transvaal colony, Lord Milner states that the labor ...

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  8. THE MILITARY FORCES.

    Modern conditions of war make it imperative that those who lead should be those who instruct. Saddlery of a description effective for ...

    Article : 419 words
  9. THE PAPACY.

    Truth states that the nephews and grandnephews of his Holiness the Pope are preparing to dispute his will, under the terms of which all the property of which he ...

    Article : 277 words
  10. FLOODS IN ENGLAND.

    Three inches of rain fell in London during the 24 hours ended at 9 o'clock this morning. Great damage has been done by the excessive downpour in the valley of the ...

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  11. THE DEFENCE ESTIMATES.

    The Minister of Defence circulated tonight a statement explanatory of the Defence Estimates for 1903-4. The Minister points out that the Defence Estimates for ...

    Article : 178 words
  12. COLLISION AT SEA.

    The second-class twin-screw steamer Melampus, 3,400 tons, Captain Vernon A. Tisdall, which is stationed at Kingston (Ireland) as a coast guardship, yesterday ran ...

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  13. VICTORIA.

    Further rains are reported from the country districts of Victoria, and farmers are hopeful of the splendid early promise of the season being fulfilled. The winter ...

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  14. BRUSSELS SUGAR BOUNTIES CONVENTION.

    The Prime Minister has received an important cable message with reference to the Brussels Sugar Bounties, Convention, and its effects. The message runs:—"Brussels ...

    Article : 179 words
  15. ENGLISH CRICKET.

    In a match between the Marylebone Cricket Club and, the Grange team this Aveek Albert Trott (late of the Melbourne Cricket Club) took five wickets for l8 runs, ...

    Article : 129 words
  16. THE KING IN IRELAND.

    In commemoration of her visit to Ireland Queen Alexandra has given £580 for distribution among the poor of that country. In voyaging from Bancran to Killary Bay, ...

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  17. REQUIEM SERVICES.

    There was an immense gathering at St. Mary's Cathedral this morning when solemn dirge was sung and a pontifical high mass was celebrated for the repose of the soul of ...

    Article : 156 words
  18. FRANCE AND ENGLAND.

    A large party of members of the British House of Commons will, in November next, return the recent visit to London of a number of French legislators belonging to the ...

    Article : 58 words
  19. THE FEDERAL BUDGET.

    The Treasurer, speaking today with respect to the Federal Budget speech stated that while he had the greatest respect for the spirit of caution which was so ...

    Article : 267 words
  20. SOMALILAND.

    Brigadier-General Manning, in his report concerning the reverses sustained by the British forces in their operations against the Mullah in Somaliland, attributes the ...

    Article : 67 words
  21. STATE PARLIAMENTS.

    In the Legislative Assembly to-day the temporary Supply Bill for nearly two millions passed through all its stages without amendment. Mr. Lee's amendment to ...

    Article : 457 words
  22. THE ARCHBISHOP AND THE SYNOD.

    The following is a copy of a letter from Archbishop O'Keily to Mr. G. Grundy, the secretary of the Anglican Synod:- Archbishop's House, Glen Osmond, July ...

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  23. A FAMILY POISONED.

    The trial of Ernest McDonald, a middleaged man, described as a farm laborer, on a charge of having on May 13 last, at Mooney Mooney, murdered Mary Ann Keane, was ...

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  24. THE MOUNT LYELL COMPANIES.

    The shareholders in the North Mount Lyell Company yesterday carried a resolution in favor of a voluntary winding-up, preparatory to amalgamation with the ...

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  25. TREATMENT OF RAILWAY STRIKERS.

    With reference to the question of the compensation rights of those railway employes who were concerned in the late strike the State Government have come to a final ...

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  26. WHITAKER WRIGHT.

    Whitaker Wright, the organiser of the London and Globe Finance Corporation, Avho was recently arrested in New York on a charge of fraud, has been ...

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  27. RUSSIA AND JAPAN.

    General Kuropatkin (the Russian Minister of War), who recently returned from Tokio, having failed in his mission to induce the Japanese Government to waive their ...

    Article : 90 words
  28. ACTION AGAINST A MINING COMPANY.

    An action for £1,500 damages for injuries alleged to have been sustained by Charles Brockwell (engineer) whilst employed in the defendants' mine, Avas brought against ...

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  29. A TOURING TENOR.

    Mr. Ben Davies, the well-known tenor singer, has received an offer of an engagement to tour Australia next winter. Mr. Davies, who is 45 years old, was ...

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  30. QUEENSLAND FEDERAL LABOR POLITICS.

    Mr. W. H. Brown (leader of the Labor Party) states that the Queensland, Labor Party will at the forthcoming Federal elections allow each candidate ...

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  31. FIGHT AT A FOOTBALL MATCH.

    At the conclusion of the football match between Footscray and Richmond last Saturday week the captain of the latter (Alexander Edwards) and a member of the ...

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  32. THE MARITIME DIFFICULTY.

    Sir Edmund Barton's reply to the statement of the Hon. R. S. Guthrie of reasons why the Seamen's Union cannot trust the Federal Ministry to pass an ...

    Article : 349 words
  33. GAOLERS AND GAOLBIRDS.

    A sensational occurrence is reported from Folsom, a village with 1,500 inhabitants, situated 21 miles each-north-east of Sacramento, in the State of California. ...

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  34. SUGAR CONVENTION BILL.

    In the House of Commons yesterday the second reading of the Sugar Convention Bill, which had been moved the previous day by Mr. Gerald Balfour (President of ...

    Article : 181 words
  35. BROKEN HILL WATER FAMINE.

    The delivery of water for domestic use is now proceeding without difficulty of any kind. The mains are all filled, including those at South Broken Hill, and the carters ...

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  36. A DISPUTED WHEAT TRANSACTION.

    The hearing of the action Darling v. Carter was concluded before Mr. Justice Hodges to-day. The plaintiff was Mr. John Darling, M.P., trading as John Darling & Son, ...

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  37. SIR GEORGE TURNER'S BUDGET.

    The impression created by Sir George Turnpr's Budget Speech is thus described by the Melbourne Age on Wednesday-:- "A budget of hard facts-very hard facts— ...

    Article : 253 words
  38. THE QUEENSLAND LOAN.

    With regard to the floating of the Queensland loan of three-quarters of a million, at £96, it transpires-that in spite of the cheap price, the favorable terms, the unusual ...

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  39. SMALLPOX IN TASMANIA.

    Two fresh cases of smallpox were reported to-day, one being a domestic servant, Nellie Jackson, employed at Newstead, and the other a man named Dimsey, ...

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  40. A FLOODED MINE.

    With the desire to avoid possible loss of life the Government inspector has ordered the suspension of operations at the 2.200 and 2,260-ft. levels of the Star of the East ...

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  41. THE INDIAN ARMY.

    The Indian native press is solid against the proposals of Mr. Brodrick, Secretary for War, to charge a proportion of the cost of maintaining an army in ...

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  42. A SERIOUS ALLEGATION.

    The startling assertion is made in a pamphlet issued by the attendants and nurses at the Victorian asylums that at two of the big institutions near Melbourne certain ...

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  43. A TERRIBLE EXPLOSION.

    As the result of the explosion yesterday of a powder magazine, in the United States Cartridge Company's factory, at Tewkesbury, in Massachusetts, 25 persons were ...

    Article : 73 words
  44. PREFERENTIAL TRADE.

    At a public meeting, held in St. James' Hall, London, last night, a resolution was carried, protesting against the taxation of food as a source of great danger to the ...

    Article : 93 words
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  46. COMMERCIAL NEWS.

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  47. TASMANIA.

    Ministers intend to open Parliament on 'August l8. The death is announced of Captain Samuel Kennedy. The deceased was for ...

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  48. SYDNEY JEALOUS OF MELBOURNE.

    Melbourne is eyed askance by many members of the Sydney Chamber of Commerce. They see that, little by little, she is fastening on federal institutions, and so ...

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  49. NEW ZEALAND.

    The Kate Tatham, from Newcastle, got into dangerous proximity to Cape Kidnappers during the gale. She signalled for assistance, and was towed into port. ...

    Article : 141 words
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  52. THE CUNARD FLEET.

    The shareholders in the Cunard Steamship Company have ratified the agreement with the Imperial Government by which, in return for a subsidy of £1,000,000, the ...

    Article : 95 words
  53. FINANCIAL NEWS.

    The following are the quotations for colonial Government stocks:—Victorian 4 per cent., £104, as against £105 on July 24; Queensland 4's, £104, as against £105; ...

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  54. A CUSTOMS PROSECUTION.

    At the Police Court to-day Frederick Holmes, trading as Hatton & Laws, for a breach of-the Customs Act, was fined £5, and 8/ costs. Defendants' agent made a ...

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  55. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    The New Zealand Government are about to take in hand a water-power installation scheme in connection with the Huka Falls, and have engaged a Swiss engineer named ...

    Article : 41 words
  56. THE SEIZURE OF THE DORIS.

    The Commissioner of Police has received a telegram from Constable Urquhart. who had arrived at Georgetown from the Straits Islands, with the oil auxiliary fishing vessel ...

    Article : 135 words
  57. THE PRICE OF SILVER.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 14 words
  58. TO-DAY'S ENGAGEMENTS.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 67 words
  59. Advertising

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  60. WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

    The Government intend to advertise in England and America for a person to fill the position of director of agriculture. ...

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  62. HARBOR EXTENSION.

    The Government have purchased a quantity of land at North Fremantle for harbor extension purposes at a cost of £20,000. ...

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  64. SERIOUS BLASTING ACCIDENT.

    A married man named Benjamin Topping had just applied a light to a fuse in the Collieburn mine this morning, when the charge exploded. He received the full force ...

    Article : 61 words
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