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  2. FEDERAL AFFAIRS.

    The members of the Federal Government in Melbourne have received private letters which show that the success of the Prime Minister's political tour in Tasmania is ...

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  3. VICTORIA.

    Information was received to—day that the wharf manager at San Remo had discovered a raft washed up on the shore between San Remo and Bass River. The raft had ...

    Article : 113 words
  4. THE UNEMPLOYED PROBLEM.

    An interesting debate took place in the House of Commons yesterday upon the unemployed problem. Mr. Keir Hardie (labor member for Merthyr Tydvil) moved, an ...

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  5. VENEZUELA.

    The commander of the German cruiser Panther recently made application to the local authorities for leave to enter Lake Maracaibo, and for permission for the ...

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  6. THE ARLTUNGA FIELD.

    The following telegram has been received by the secretary of Winnecke's Depot Reward gold mines, Paddy's Goose (Mr. Vinrace Lawrance) from Dr. Chewings, dated ...

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  7. NEW SOUTH WALES.

    At the Central Court to-day Edward Armstrong, of Petersham, was charged with having on December 29 last sold to an officer of the City Council a bottle of ...

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  8. THE PRICE OF LEAD.

    The news published from London in Friday's "Express" that the price of lead had reached £12 a ton once more, caused considerable excitement in Adelaide, and ...

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  9. THE GLOBE SCANDAL.

    A fierce debate took place in the House of Commons yesterday on an amendment to the Address in Reply to the King's Speech moved by Mr. G. Lambert (member for the ...

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  10. SOUTH AFRICA.

    Mr. J. F. Hofmeyr, the president of the Afrikander Bond, and Mr. W. P. Schreiner, who preceded Sir Gordon Sprigg as Premier of Cape Colony, lunched with Mr. ...

    Article : 223 words
  11. A BOARD OF WORKS LOAN.

    The Metropolitan Board of Works, at its meeting on Tuesday next, will be advised by its finance committee to sanction the flotation of a loan of £1,137,000, the ...

    Article : 143 words
  12. MINIMUM WAGE EXAMINATIONS.

    The Federal Public Service Act provides that officers of the clerical division who have served three years in the public service, and are in receipt of a salary less ...

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  13. THE CO-OPERATION WITH GERMANY.

    Viscount Cranborne (Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs), replying to a question in the House of Commons yesterday, said that the first proposal that Great ...

    Article : 75 words
  14. WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY.

    Mr. Austen Chamberlain, PostmasterGeneral, replying to a question in the House of Commons yesterday, said he thought it was possible that Great Britain would ...

    Article : 54 words
  15. A FORTUNATE CHINAMAN.

    The Chinaman, Ah Kin, who was found guilty of manslaughter in connection with the death of a lad, William Alexander Pugsley, who was stabbed at ...

    Article : 143 words
  16. MR. BENTS FINANCES.

    Following the debate in Parliament last night, Mr. Bent has announced that at least £260,000 is required to put the railway rolling stock in a state of efficiency. In ...

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  17. THE BOND PROPOSALS.

    Latest advices from Cape Town state that the Afrikander Bond suggest that Cape Colony should pay £5,000,000 towards the expenses of the war, on the condition that ...

    Article : 299 words
  18. FINANCIAL NEWS.

    The returns of the Bank of England for the week ending on Wednesday, published to-day, show that the reserve of notes and coin held by the bank in £25,699,000, as ...

    Article : 276 words
  19. THE GERMAN EMPEROR.

    A sensation was recently caused in German orthodox circles by the regular patronage which the German Emperor extended to the lectures of Professor Delitzsch, which ...

    Article : 163 words
  20. THE SUGAR CONVENTION.

    It is reported from Brussels that there are now prospects that Russia will ultimately adhere to the decision arrived at by the Sugar Convention. ...

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  21. WEST AUSTRALIA.

    Cyril Veel, a young man, was charged at the Perth Police Court to-day with, having attempted to commit a criminal assault on Emma Williams, a barmaid. It is alleged ...

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  22. THE CRITICISM OF JUDGES.

    The dignity of the Chief Justice was considerably ruffled at Ballarat to-day by comments made by the "Courier" on the long sittings of the court. On resuming the ...

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  23. THE BRITISH NAVY.

    The Admiralty announce that the command of the home fleet will in May next be completely separated from the command of the Naval Reserves and from the ...

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  24. JUBILATION AT THE BARRIER.

    Our Broken Hill correspondent telegraphed on Friday afternoon, before the further rise from £12 to £12 1/3 was reported, as follows, concerning the probable ...

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  25. THE DRINK QUESTION.

    After two years' experience of the public-house trusts established by Earl Grey on his estates, under the terms of which the newly-licensed hotels have been managed ...

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  26. THE DRAYTON GRANGE REPORT.

    Major-General Hutton, when asked to-day whether he had dealt with the Drayton Grange Commission's report, forwarded to him by the Minister of Defence last year, ...

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  27. A RUNAWAY RAILWAY TRUCK.

    Another railway truck, containing a cow, broke away at Gisborne to-day and sprinted towards the city. It had been attached to the goods trian to Woodend, and was ...

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  28. THE VOLUNTEER SYSTEM

    The new regulations issued by the War Office, under the conditions of which the terms of service are made more arduous and severe both for volunteer officers and ...

    Article : 65 words
  29. CANCER IN IRELAND.

    His Majesty the King, who is greatly interested in the researches now being made into the cause and cure of cancer, has ordered tan enquiry to be instituted into ...

    Article : 63 words
  30. SCHOOL OF INSTRUCTION FOR LIGHT HORSE.

    In a general order issued to-night, the general officer commanding the military force of the Commonwealth makes some remarks upon the recently-held school of ...

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  31. GOVERNMENT STOCKS.

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  32. AN ANSWER TO CRITICS.

    The State Premier and several Ministers went to Nagambie to-day to inspect the Goulburn weir and Waranga basin works. Speaking at a reception to-night Mr. Irvine ...

    Article : 154 words
  33. PROSECUTION OF NEWSPAPERS.

    It is stated that steps are being taken to prosecute the "Morning Herald," the "Daily News," and the "Sunday Times" for contempt of court for the publication of certain ...

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  34. REQUIREMENTS OF THE FIELD.

    The Minister controlling the Northern Territory has consented to receive a deputation, at the office of the Chief Secretary on Monday next, at 11 a.m. The ...

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  35. THE PLAGUE.

    No fresh cases of plagu[?] are reported, and the patients are doing well. Every precaution is being taken to prevent the spread of the disease to Perth. Mr. Pearce, the ...

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  36. THE EDUCATION ACT.

    The Duke of Devonshire, leader of the House of Lords and formerly president of the Council of Education, in reply to a question in Parliament yesterday in regard ...

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  37. THE ALBANY GUNS.

    Some months ago Senator Matheson wrote a long letter to the press, animadverting upon the way in which the defences of Albany bad been neglected. He instanced ...

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  38. SHIPBUILDING ON THE CLYDE.

    A Liverpool firm has placed an order for six steamers with the Clyde Shipbuilding and Engineering Company. ...

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  39. TERRIBLE RAILWAY FATALITY.

    A terrible fatality is reported from Newark, a city in New Jersey, U.S.A. An electric car, containing a number of school children from the High School at ...

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  40. CATCHING THE PUBLIC EYE

    So potent are some of the methods of Advertisement current in the United States that the ordinary Britisher would recoil from them with a shock (observes a ...

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  41. WRECK OE A BARQUE.

    A telegram was received from Roeburne to-day, stating that the barque Solveig parted her cable at 5 o'clock on Thursday afternoon, and was driven by the force of ...

    Article : 149 words
  42. A LIBEL ACTION THAT FAILED.

    An action for libel was brought in the County Court to-day by Edward Knights, of Dandenong-road, Clayton (shire secretary), against William Spence (proprietor ...

    Article : 131 words
  43. AFGHANISTAN.

    Intelligence has been received that owing to the enrolment by the Ameer of Afghanistan of a regiment composed of Afridi tribesmen great jealousy and ...

    Article : 51 words
  44. SHARES.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 29 words
  45. AUSTRALIAN FINANCE.

    Persons prominent in London financial circles, while deprecating the exaggerated attacks made by the "Daily Mail" and other misinformed journals on the credit ...

    Article : 133 words
  46. LORD DE FREYNE.

    Lord De Freyne (Arthur French) who recently successfully sued a number of Irish Nationalist members for conspiracy, has now initiated litigation against the ...

    Article : 66 words
  47. RATE OF DISCOUNT.

    The market rate of discount for three months' bills is 3? per cent. ...

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  48. ZURICH UNIVERSITY.

    A chair of commercial science has been established at the University of Zurich, in Switzerland, this being the first chair of commerce at any European University. ...

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  49. THE PRICE OF SILVER.

    Silver is quoted at 1/10¼ per oz. ...

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  50. NEW ZEALAND.

    The Admiralty has let a tender to a Melbourne firm for twelve months supplies of Westport coal for warships on the China station. ...

    Article : 76 words
  51. CONCEALMENT OF AGE.

    Emily Amelia Heather, a young woman of 20 years of age, was charged at the Sale Police Court to-day with having made a false declaration on the occasion of her ...

    Article : 166 words
  52. COMMERCIAL NEWS.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 167 words
  53. BROKEN HILL.

    At a meeting of the town council last night a communication from Mr. R. W. English concerning bis water right at Yanco[?] Glen was discussed, and it was decided that ...

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  54. A VALUABLE PICTURE.

    A painting of the Saviour, valued at £10,000, has been stolen from the Cathedral of St. Isaak, at St. Petersburg. The Isaak Church, finely situated a little ...

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  55. THE NEW ZEALAND LOAN.

    The "Daily News" declares that the underwriters have been saddled with 95 per cent. of the New Zealand 3 per cent. loan of £1,250,000. The "Standard" states that the ...

    Article : 52 words
  56. BAT AND BALL.

    Although the majority of the clubs consuited by the Yorkshire Cricket Council opposed the suggestion of the Marylebone committee that wickets should be widened, ...

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  57. NORTHERN NIGERIA.

    The delimitation by an Anglo-French Commission of the frontier lines between the British and French West African possessions in the vicinity of Sokoto and Lake ...

    Article : 38 words
  58. KNOCKED DOWN BY THE EXPRESS.

    An old man, named James Campbell, was knocked down at a level crossing close to the Euroa station by the Sydney express this evening. When found and picked up ...

    Article : 83 words
  59. SHIPPING.

    Medic, steamer, 11,985 tons, at London from Sydney December 24. Gothic, steamer, 7,755 tons, at London from Wellington January 8. ...

    Article : 67 words
  60. Advertising

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    Advertising : 1,296 words
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