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  2. STATE AND COMMONWEALTH.

    The following is a copy of the letter sent by the Acting Premier (Hon. J. H. Gordon) to the Prime Minister of the Commonwealth respecting the payment of ...

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  3. THE HEAT WAVE.

    During the last few days the citizens of Adelaide have had a fruitful source of complaint in the effects of the heat wave which has passed over South Australia, but ...

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  4. A FEARFUL DANGER.

    The terrible fire which consumed the larger portion of the great lunatic asylum at Colney Hatch, near London, and which resulted in the cremation of 52 lunatics, ...

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  5. SOUTH AFRICA.

    Mr. Chamberlain, in a speech at Vryburg, said the only evil influence he feared was that of mischief-makers, who were forcing themselves into ...

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  6. BRITISH NAVAL DISASTER

    Intelligence has been received to the effect that while the vessels of the Mediterranean squadron were conducting manœuvres in the Corfu ...

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  7. MILITARY SCHOOL FOR DUBLIN.

    His Majesty King Edward VII. has given his approval to a proposal for the establishment of an institution in Dublin, to be called the Royal Hibernian Military School, ...

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  8. THE PLAGUE.

    No fresh cases of plague have been reported, and the patients are making satisfactory progress. ...

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  9. VICTORIA.

    The Postmaster-Gneral (Mr. Drake) returned on Saturday to Melbourne from his prolonged holiday in Queensland. ...

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  10. HIGHWAY ROBBERY.

    A sensational occurrence took place on the Unley-road on Saturday evening, when a young woman, Miss Julia Kingston, was bailed up by masked men and robbed. ...

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  11. A NARROW ESCAPE.

    Mr. O. T. L. O'Brien (senior officer of Customs in Hobson's Bay) had a remarkable escape from being maimed for life while on duty last Saturday. By a mischance Mr. ...

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  12. PRECAUTIONS IN MELBOURNE.

    For preventing the introduction of plague into Victoria, it has been provided that in the case of vessels arriving from Fremantle, the crew and passengers will be medically ...

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  13. BABY FARMING.

    The Home Secretary (Mr. Akers-Douglas) has decided that the law shall take its course in the case of Annie Walters, a married woman, aged 51 years, who ...

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  14. AN EXCITING ADVENTURE.

    A lamptrimmer (Jas. Miller) had a thrilling experience at Flinders-street station on Saturday night. He slipped and fell between the rails just behind a train that had ...

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  15. FIJI AND AUSTRALIA.

    Among the passengers by the Canadian mail steamer Moana was Mr. W. L. Allardyce, C.M.G., Colonial Secretary and Treasurer of Fiji, who has been administering ...

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  16. VISIT TO KIMBERLEY.

    Upon the arrival of Mr. and Mrs. Chamberlain at Kimberley, the capital of the great diamond-mining centre of South Africa, the mayoress of the town presented ...

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  17. QUEEN VICTORIA MEMORIAL.

    It is proposed in connection with the Scottish memorial to the late Queen Victoria to erect a church in memory of the Scotsmen who fell during the war in South ...

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  18. DEFAULTING SECRETARY.

    William Parker Owen, secretary of the Premier Sunrise (New Zealand) Gold Mining Company, and the Indian Glenrock Mining Company, who early this month, ...

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  19. A STRANGE SUICIDE.

    Edward Brooks, a fireman, 50 years of age, committed suicide at St. James' Church of England Mission, Bourke-street, on Saturday, by shooting himself in the head. The ...

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  20. ENGLAND AND AFGHANISTAN.

    It having transpired that the Ameer Habibulla Khan of Afghanistan has purchased from Germany 100 guns, including 12 mountain quick-firers and l8 field pieces, ...

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  21. THE SUGAR BOUNTIES.

    The Austrian Reichsrath has ratified the agreement entered into by the sugar convention at Brussels. ...

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  22. ALLEGED CURE, FOR CONSUMPTION.

    Medical specialists here attach little importance to the report that Miss Thorne, a student in chemistry at Sydney University, has discovered a cure for consumption. Dr. ...

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  23. FEDERAL AFFAIRS.

    Sir Edmund Barton will leave for Melbourne to-morrow night. The object of his visit is to attend to departmental matters. It is the Prime Minister's intention to visit ...

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  24. SEED WHEAT AND STINKWORT.

    The committee of the Villiers and Heytesbury Agricultural Association at Warrnambool have under consideration the dangers of the introduction of the noxious weed ...

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  25. SIGNOR PRINETTI.

    A great improvement is reported in the condition of Signor Prinetti, the Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs, who, while awaiting an audience with King Victor ...

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  26. VENEZUELA.

    Mr. G.W. Smalley, the American correspondent of the "Times," contradicts, on the highest authority, Germany's representations that England sought ...

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  27. THE SUGAR REBATES.

    In reference to objections made by Sir John See and Mr. Philp to the payment b New South Wales and Queensland of the sugar rebate, the Prime Minister says that ...

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  28. ACCIDENT TO A MINER.

    A miner of Ballarat East, Richard Nankervis, aged 49, has been seriously injured by a fall of earth. His injuries include fracture of the spine and several ribs are also ...

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  29. CANADA.

    Sir Wilfrid Laurier (Premier of the Dominion of Canada) has introduced a Bill into the Canadian House of Commons for the purpose or establishing a naval reserve. ...

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  30. MOROCCO.

    The Pretender to the throne of Morocco has suspended his advance on Fez, and has retreated to his old position, in order to attack the rear of the Government forces. ...

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  31. PAYING THE CLAIMS.

    Viscount Cranborne (Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs), speaking yesterday at Sheffield, expressed himself as shocked at the reckless way in which ...

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  32. A CHARGE OF ARSON.

    Henry A. Smith, aged 31, described as a cook and bricklayer, was on Saturday arrested at Ballarat on a charge of arson in attempting to burn down the house in the ...

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  33. THE WEST AUSTRALIAN RAILWAY.

    A board is about to be appointed by the Federal Government to consider the question of building the railway to West Australia. The members will be experts, and ...

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  34. AMERICA AND CUBA.

    The people in the United States are greatly agitated at the news that German agents at Santiago, a seaport in Cuba, have proposed the immediate purchase of the ...

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  35. RAILWAY STRIKE IN HOLLAND.

    The railway employes in Holland have commenced a strike in order to give their practical support to the dockers now on strike and test the trade union question. ...

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  36. EXCESSIVE HEAT LN VICTORIA.

    The prediction as to hot weather on Saturday was more than realised, the thermometer going up to 105 deg. in the shade during the afternoon. It was, however,a bright, ...

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  37. THE NEW GUINEA JUDGESHIP.

    The Melbourne correspondent of the Sydney "Daily Telegraph" is evidently of a suspicious turn of mind. He writes:- The salary of the judicial officer whom the ...

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  38. A SEAMAN'S SUICIDE.

    On Saturday afternoon a seaman committed suicide on board the sailing ship, Peleus, which is discharging rails at the Williamstown railway pier. Thomas Brown, ...

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  39. FINANCIAL NEWS.

    The directors of Messrs. D. & J. Fowler have declared a dividend at the rate of 6 per cent. ...

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  40. ELECTORAL CORRUPTION.

    In connection with the alleged bribery committed at recent municipal elections in Shrewsbury, several canvassers of the city have admitted that they were paid for ...

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  41. MACEDONIA.

    Reuter's correspondent states that events in Macedonia are being keenly watched at Odessa, where the commissariat department has been ordered to be prepared for ...

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  42. NATIONAL MORTGAGE COMPANY OF NEW ZEALAND.

    The directors' report and balance-sheet of the National Land and Mortgage Company of New Zealand show a profit for the year of £30,262. A further dividend of 1/3 ...

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  43. NEW SOUTH WALES.

    The revenue returns for January amounted to £882,010, as compared with £965,421 for the corresponding month of last year, the decrease being £83,411. There was an ...

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  44. THE TILIKUM.

    An interesting letter, containing an account of the voyage of the Tilikum, the Indian war canoe, from South Australia to Tasmania, was received by Mr. C. Fisher, of ...

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  45. THE BOWLING CHAMPIONSHIP.

    The Victorian bowling championship was won on Saturday by C. H. Livesey, of Brighton. He defeated Hambleton by 12 points, and followed this up by beating W. ...

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  46. DEATH OF MR. ELTON.

    The death is announced of Mr. William Elton, the popular actor, who was for many years a leading member of the Williamson Comic Opera Company in Australia. ...

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  47. THE CHINESE TROUBLE.

    Three thousand Chinese Government troops have been ordered to the borders of the province of Kwaichow, where the rebels are strong. The rebels declare their ...

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  48. MINING STOCKS.

    The following are the latest quotations on the London Stock Exchange:- Broken Hill Proprietary, £1 12/6. Associated, £2 5/. ...

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  49. MELBOURNE AMUSEMENTS.

    Despite the great [?]eat on Saturday night, an enormous audience filled the Town Hall to give Mr. Armes Beaumont, the veteran tenor, what proved to be the most ...

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  50. THE WOOL SALES.

    The bidding at the wool sales to-day waa slack, and there were considerable withdrawals. Merinos and crossbreds were fully 5 per cent. below the opening rates. ...

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  51. THE UNEMPLOYED.

    A national conference of local authorities and members of the various employers and workmen's organisations will be opened in the Guildhall on February 27 tp consider the ...

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  52. WEST AUSTRALIA.

    A wood-carter, Peter Brown, was taken to the Government hospital by the police, having been found in an exhausted condition near the police station on Friday ...

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  53. VICTORIAN POLITICS.

    Senator Reid has resigned his position as Minister for Education in the State Cabinet. In an interview with Mr. Irvine on Saturday he intimated that he desired to be relieved ...

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  54. PRICES REALISED.

    The following prices were realised at yesterday's wool sales:—Moxotavia, 7¼d.; Yannary, 7¾d.; Teapid, 7?d.; Wellshot, 8d.; Tid, 8?d.; Gingie, 9?d.; Binnum, 14?d.; ...

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  55. THE PRICE OF SILVER.

    Silver is quoted at l/9?d. per oz. ...

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  56. DROWNING FATALITIES.

    George Hankin, 22 years of age, was drowned in the Saltwater River at Maribyrnong, on Saturday while bathing from a boat. The deceased was a bootmaker living ...

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  57. THE CUBAN ARMY.

    It is announced that the Cuban disbanded army has threatened to occupy vaious towns and forcibly collect 15 million dollars to satisfy claims for arrears of pay. The ...

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  58. COMMERCIAL NEWS.

    Frozen Meat.—At the frozen meat sale the following prices were realised:— New Zealand sheep, crossbred wethers and maiden ewes Canterbury, light 5d.; ...

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  59. SATURDAY'S SALES.

    The bidding at Saturday's wool sales was spirited, but prices were unchanged. There was a little irregularity in the quality of the wools offered, and some of the best ...

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  60. SEED WHEAT FUND.

    The following additional subscriptions have been received by the Adelaide Chamber of Commerce:- Y. Fisher, Kooringa........ £0 5 0 ...

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  61. FATAL MINLNG ACCIDENT.

    A miner, Andrew McCombe, was killed in the Golden Horseshoe mine on Friday evening, through falling down a winze connecting the 800 and 700-ft. levels. How the ...

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  62. A HUNGARY TARIFF.

    The new tariff adopted by Austria Hungary gives Hungary complete control of the Austrian market for grain and cattle. The new Russian tariff trebles the duty on ...

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  63. A SELF-DELUDED SUICIDE.

    Charles Selhurst, or Frost, was taken to the Melbourne Hospital on Saturday morning with his throat cut. He was considered to be in a critical state, but there has ...

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  64. A FALSE ALARM.

    The sensational report that an hotel near Delegate had been stuck up by armed men was added to yesterday by news reaching Bombala that the Delegate to Bombala ...

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  65. QUEENSLAND.

    Mr. Philp and Mr. Leahy returned from the southern States on Saturday night. Mr. Philp would not express any opinion as to whether the Victorian Government had ...

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  68. THE MOANA AT BRISBANE.

    The Moana arrived at Pinkenba yesterday morning from Vancouver after an eventful voyage. The passengers for the southern States were:—First saloon—Mr. ...

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  70. NEW ZEALAND.

    The Rev. Mr. Waters, vicar of St. Peters, Wellington, has been offered the living at Sherkborne, Sandringham, by his Majesty the King. ...

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  71. SORE MUSCLES.

    The correct treatment of sore muscles is very simple. First take a good warm bath before going to bed, and be sure to rub yourself dry. This opens the pores. Then ...

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