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  2. THE RAILWAYS COMMISSION.

    The Railways Commission held another sitting at Parliament House on Tuesday morning, when the Commissioner of Public Works (Hon. R. W. Foster) presided over ...

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  3. AN AWFUL TRAGEDY.

    An appalling crime was committed at South Yarra some time during last night. A married woman and her little daughter were hacked to death in bed, and a baby ...

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  4. THE PLAGUE.

    Owing to the fresh cases of plague at Fremantle, the mail steamers are to moor in the river, instead of alongside the wharf. One of the contacts, who is suffering from ...

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  5. THE CHINESE QUESTION

    Russia is constructing a railway at the mouth of the Yalu River to connect with the Chinese eastern railway system. Li Chavel Hsun, the new Governor of ...

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  6. A RUSSIAN MYSTERY.

    It was recently reported that the monks at Danilov Monastery, near Moscow, in March last, decoyed the daughter of Mr. Whalley, an English manager of a local ...

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  7. THE AUSTRALIAN PARLIAMENT.

    There was not a large attendance of the public at the opening of the Federal Parliament at noon to-day, although State legislators were numerous, and most of the seats ...

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  8. BALKAN AFFAIRS.

    Since the appointment of M. Petroff's Cabinet in Bulgaria a week ago the relations between the principality and Turkey have improved. A note, which has been ...

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  9. VICTORIA.

    At the Heidelberg Court yesterday William Walters, alias William Wallace Millie, was brought up on seven separate charges of robbery. The prisoner, who is ...

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  10. PREFERENTIAL TRADE.

    In his speech at Chester, Mr. J. Bonar Law, Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Trade, stated that there was no divergence of opinion between Mr. Balfour and ...

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  11. LONDON EDUCATION BILL.

    In the House of Commons yesterday, in explaining the Ministerial change of policy with regard to the London Education Bill, Mr. Balfour admitted that a great body of ...

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  12. COMMONWEALTH AND STATE.

    Commenting on Mr. Chamberlain's dispatch to the Lieutenant-Governor of South Australia concerning the right claimed by the State Government to report direct to ...

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  13. NEW SOUTH WALES.

    A destructive fire occurred at Paddington early this morning, some large stables in Great Barcom-street, occupied by C. J. McCaffery, general carrier, having been ...

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  14. THE BRITISH NAVY.

    The British Admiralty has issued orders for the construction in private yards of 15 torpedo-boat destroyers of a larger size than has hitherto been used in the navy. Messrs. ...

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  15. UNIVERSITY CONFERENCE

    It is announced that Mr. Balfour has accepted an invitation to preside at the dinner to be given on July 10 in connection with the gathering of representatives of ...

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  16. VENDETTA IN KENTUCKY.

    Great excitement prevails in Kentucky, consequent on the investigation which is proceeding in connection with the murders arising out of the vendetta between the ...

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  17. MOTOR RACING.

    Later particulars concerning the motor race from Paris to Madrid state that nine persons were killed. Some of the deaths were due to the crowding of spectators along ...

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  18. KISHINEFF OUTRAGES.

    Count Tolstoi and Maxime Gorky, the well-known Russian writers, have contributed articles to the press respecting the outrages on the Jews at Kishineff, in which ...

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  19. THE LABOR PROBLEM.

    According to the Daily, Telegraph, the Royal Commission, which is to enquire into questions affecting capital and labor, will consist of the following:—The Right Hon. ...

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  20. A SUPPOSITITIOUS CHILD.

    The widow of Mr. G. Bedford, who was an English merchant in Paris, has been fined £10 at Bow-street Police Court for so registering a birth as to sustain the ...

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  21. WEST AUSTRALIA.

    At the meeting of the Perth Council last night a letter was read from Mr. Gliddon (city engineer), complaining that some of the councillors had used insulting language ...

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  22. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    It is stated that the British and American delegates at the International Telegraphic Conference have been instructed to oppose the new cable code. ...

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  23. FEDERAL AFFAIRS.

    The Federal Public Service Commission was yesterday supplied with a complete list of candidates who have passed the clerical division examination for the Federal ...

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  24. THE INFECTED BLANKETS.

    It transpires that the military authorities at Cape Town sold the infected blankets, whose importation into England has created such a stir, at 2½d. a-piece. The blankets ...

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  26. LASCAR SEAMEN.

    The Mercantile Marine Committee, appointed to consider, inter alia, the question of the employment of Lascars aboard British steamers, have issued their report, in ...

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  27. THE METAL MARKET.

    Copper.—Copper is quoted at £62 7/6 on spot, and £62 12/6 at three months. Tin.—The quotations for tin is £130 on spot and £127 10/ at three months. ...

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  29. QUEENSLAND.

    The steamer Gulf of Bothnia sailed from Port Curtis yesterday for Manila via Newcastle with 2,750 quarters of frozen beef. Owing to the impossibility of securing ...

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  30. THE CRISIS IN MOROCCO.

    The latest intelligence from Moroces states that the rebels are again giving trouble on the Algerian frontier. A large number, assisted by the Figig chiefs, are ...

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  32. AN AMERICAN TORNADO.

    As the result of a tornado which occurred at Nebraska yesterday, damage was done to the extent of £500,000. The storm was without a parallel in local annals. The ...

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  34. STRIKE AT MONTREAL.

    The employes on the electric car system of Montreal, the chief city and commercial capital of Canada, have struck because of the refusal of their employers to comply ...

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  35. SHIPPING.

    Rhein, steamer, 10,058 tons, at Bremen, from Sydney April 4. Alice, barque, 1,511 tons, at New York, from Auckland January 26. ...

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  36. THE VICTORIAN COLLECTOR OF CUSTOMS.

    At Monday's meeting of the Federal Executive Council Mr. A. W. Smart (senior landing waiter in the Victorian Customs Department) was appointed Collector of ...

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  37. EMPLOYMENT OF CHILDREN.

    In consequence of the opposition of the theatrical profession to the clause in the Employment of Children Bill, which prohibits the appearance on the stage of ...

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  38. RACING IN ENGLAND.

    The following is the latest betting on the Derby:—13 to 8 on Rocksand, 100 to 14 against Venicius, 15 to 2 against Flotsam, 8 to 1 against Mead, 20 to 1 against ...

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