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  2. A LAND OF PROMISE.

    Few people in South Australia are aware of what a wonderful country the State possesses in the Northern Territory. By far the greater majority know practically ...

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  3. AUSTRALIAN FINANCES.

    Speaking at a social festivity Sir Joseph Ward (Postmaster-General of New Zealand) made reference to the English press criticisms of Australian finances. He said ...

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  4. FEDERAL AFFAIRS.

    Referring to Judge Docker's remarks with regard to the Australian soldiers who went to the South African war, Sir John Forrest (Minister for Defence) said on ...

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  5. LORD HAWKE'S CRICKET TEAM.

    Lord Hawke's English team, who have just concluded a most successful tour through New Zealand, leave for Australia to-day. Last week P. F. Warner, who is ...

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  6. BRITISH AND BOER.

    The Paris "Temps" eulogises Mr. Chamberlain's herculean labors, and admits that he has done everything to promote a general reconciliation. Other European ...

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  7. ANARCHY IN AMERICA.

    Frank Hirtzel, who was arrested by the New York police on suspicion of beirig concerned in anarchists' plots; was brought before the court on Saturday. He was ...

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  8. A DREADFUL ACCIDENT.

    Information has been received, that a terrible accident has happened in the stokehole of the M.M. liner Armand Behic. Four men were killed and three others were ...

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  9. TERRIBLE STORMS.

    A terrible storm has been experienced in the Manchester and Liverpool districts, great damage being done to property by the rain and wind. From other parts of the ...

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  10. AN AMERICAN MURDERER.

    Albert Knapp has been arrested at Hamilton, in the State of Ohio, U.S A., on a warrant, charging him with having murdered five women, including two to whom he had ...

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  11. LONDON COUNTY COUNCIL.

    The London County Council have recently been endeavoring to borrow £5,000,000 to carry out various contemplated schemes of improvement in the area ...

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  12. WAR PENSIONS.

    The military pensions scheme issued by the War Office in the interests of the relatives of the deceased members of contingents who fought in South Africa is to ...

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  13. THE FINGALL STRANDED.

    Heavy gales have occurred along the British coasts and several wrecks have been reported. Messrs. Harland & Wolff's steel ...

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  14. TROUBLED TURKEY.

    Albania, in Western Turkey, is in a very disturbed condition. It is estimated that there are at least 500,000 armed men, who are completely intractable, scattered about ...

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  15. REBELLION IN CHINA.

    Matters in China are becoming more unsettled than ever. The rebellion in the province of Kwangsi is spreading, and it is reported that 500 of the Imperial troops ...

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  16. CARDINAL MORAN'S SAMOAN CHARGES.

    The advice of the Prime Minister to the Governor-General respecting the application of the Sydney Protestant societies for a Royal Commission on Cardinal Moran's ...

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  17. A DESTROYING HURRICANE.

    As a result of the terrible Btorms experienced in Great Britain, telegraphic communication has been almost suspended north of the Menai Strait. The suspension bridge, ...

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  18. ETHERGRAMS.

    It is announced that French army engineers have been successful in dispatching ethergrams between Guadaloupe, a West Indian island and one of the principal ...

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  19. SUBMARINE BOATS.

    Hostein Siglio's apparatus, designed to show the approach of submarine torpedoboats or other vessels when they are at a distance of several miles from their ...

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  20. THE AMERICAN NAVY.

    The United States Senate have passed the Naval Bill, which has been amended to provide four instead of three battleships, and two cruisers instead of one, as ...

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  21. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    Captain the Hon. Hedworth Lambton, C.B., C.V.O., has been appointed second in command of the Channel Squadron. Captain Lambton was in charge of the naval ...

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  22. THE SARDINE.

    Shoals of sardines, which once peopled the waters on the coasts of Britanny, giving employment to thousands of French fishermen, have migrated to the coast of ...

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  23. MR. SEDDON INTERVIEWED.

    Mr. Seddon was interviewed yesterday with regard to the recent loan issued in London, and he said that, accidentally or wilfully, New Zealand stock was lowered. ...

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  24. IMPERIAL FOOD SUPPLIES

    An influential meeting was held at the Mansion House yesterday, when it was decided to recommend the Government to appoint a Royal Commission to deal with ...

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  25. RESTRICTIONS ON SOLDIERS.

    The Commonwealth Defence Forces are to be kept clear from any political or religious demonstrations. Using the powers conferred by the local Defence Acts of the ...

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  26. MELBOURNE CYCLING.

    Any shadow of suspicion that may have lurked in thef public mind that Major Taylor, the American cyclist, was not the man his reputation had made him appear to be, ...

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  27. BUYING A VOLCANO.

    The Standard Oil Trost of America have bought the volcano of Popocatepetl, in Mexico, for 5,000,000 dollars (£1,000,000), for the purpose of excavating about its base ...

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  28. NEW SOUTH WALES.

    A man named Edward Forrest, residing near Guyra, and who was in charge of the Boolcarrol sheep, committed suicide late on Friday evening. He had been drinking ...

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  29. THE DRAYTON GRANGE REPORT.

    The Prime Minister has received from the Minister of Defence a minute covering General Hutton's report on the finding of the Drayton Grange Commission. Sir Edmund ...

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  30. THE LIBERAL PARTY.

    The Earl of Rosebery, speaking at Paisley, declared that the Liberal Party was like a caterpillar separated from its leaf. If the party had no reason for its existence, ...

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  31. TASMANIA.

    A few minutes after the Ormuz cast off from the wharf on Saturday for Melbourne the steering gear broke down, necessitating the anchor being dropped until repairs were ...

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  32. CONTRACT FOR AMMUNITION.

    Negotiations for the supply by the Colonial Ammunition Company, of 12,000,000 rounds of 303 cartridges per annum to the Federal Government have been practically ...

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  33. THE REVENUE.

    The revenue receipts for the State durIng the month of February show an increase over the receipts for the corresponding month of last year of £22,040. For the ...

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  34. A BATTLESHIP'S EXPERIENCE

    The twin-screw battleship Resolution had a trying experience during the storm. The vessel was continually washed by huge seas, the force of the waves being so strong that ...

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  35. TIGHTENING THE BONDS.

    The London School Board, acting on a suggestion originally made by Sir John Cockburn, propose to supply, an exchange list of the schools under ...

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  36. A WOMEN'S QUARREL.

    At the Criminal Court at Launceston on Saturday Marionette Harris, a married woman, pleaded not guilty to a charge of the manslaughter of Mrs. Ellen McCarthy. ...

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  37. AN EARTHQUAKE SHOCK.

    On Thursday night, at about 10.30, a distinct shock of earthquake was felt at Wallerawang. Several buildings were noticed to shake, and a rumbling sound like ...

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  38. THE LABOR PROBLEM.

    A conference of 600 municipal and other delegates, held at the Guildhall yesterday, carried with only two dissentients a resolution urging that the responsibility of ...

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  39. CABLE RATES.

    Immediately the Federal Parliament assents to the recently-concluded agreement with the Eastern Extension Company a substantial reduction will be made in the rates ...

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  40. GREAT DAMAGE IN THE ISLE OF MAN.

    The latest reports indicate that the storm was particularly disastrous in the Isle of Man, where a number of houses and many churches have been completely wrecked. ...

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  41. FINANCIAL NEWS.

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  42. COLLISION OF TRAMCARS.

    Three electric tramcars were derailed in Elizabeth-street, near Liverpool-street, late last night, as the result of a collision. The trams concerned were the Circular Quay to ...

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  43. MURDER AND SUICIDE.

    An inquest was held at New Norfolk on Saturday regarding the deaths of Ernest Relat and John Witzerman. The evidence showed that the latter formed an impression ...

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  44. QUEENSLAND V. COMMONWEALTH.

    Messrs. Rathning and Jansen, solicitors, have received instructions from the Commonwealth Government to accept service of a writ from the Government of Queensland. ...

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  45. COMMERCIAL NEWS.

    Hides, Leather, &c.—There is only a small supply of hides, and quotations are unchanged. Leather is firmer, firsts being, quoted 141/4d. per lb. Basils are 1/2d. ...

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  46. BURGLARIES IN VICTORIA.

    On Saturday night at Auburn two burglars nearly killed Benjamin Ratcliffe with an iron bar. Ratcliffe and his brothers own several grocers' shops in the ...

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  47. NEW ZEALAND.

    In the match between Lord Hawke's team and a New Zealand eleven, the Englishmen in their first innings scored as follows:—Warner, 7; Boxshall, 30; Fane, 124; ...

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  48. KILLED BY A TRAMCAR.

    A lad, Joseph Brailey, aged 15 years, living at Redfern, was amusing himself along with other boys jumping on and off the footboard of passing trams this afternoon. ...

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  49. A MISSING STEAMER.

    The Elder-Dempster steamer Las Palmas, 1,862 tons, coal laden, from Newport to Boston, which had a crew of 38, is hopelessly overdue. ...

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  50. THE PLAGUE.

    The Health Commissioner reported the death to-day of a young man, a partner in a well-known Queen-street drapery firm. He was taken ill a few days ago with what ...

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  51. COONAMBLE TYPHOID EPIDEMIC.

    The total number of typhoid cases reported at Coonamble since the outbreak, is 241. There are 140 in the hospital. Seventeen cases were reported yesterday. John ...

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  52. TIME AND MONEY.

    Sickness causes a loss of both time and money. You lose the time and have the expense of medical attendance entailing a double loss. This can be avoided by using ...

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  53. FOURTH DEATH AT FREMANTLE.

    The eighth plague patient, Hague, succumbed on Saturday morning, and the body was cremated the same day. Out of eight cases four have proved fatal. ...

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  54. WEST AUSTRALIA.

    Mr. W. J. Rooney, formerly or the Sydney Education Department, has been promoted from the post of inspector of schools to the position of principal of the Training ...

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  59. BROKEN HILL.

    Frederick Kendall Norris, who was run over by a tram motor at the corner of Argent and Oxide streets on Tuesday night, died in the hospital this morning. At the ...

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