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  2. FIRE IN GILBERT-PLACE.

    Just before 2 o'clock this morning Mr. J. Hammill, night watchman, employed by business firms in the city, was walking along Currie street, when his attention was ...

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  3. THE FAR EAST.

    The Government of Russia are threatening, to call China to account for breach of the pledge given by Prince Ching not to employ foreigners in the naval and military ...

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  4. COLLISION AT SEA.

    A collision, attended by frightful consequences, occurred off Marseilles yesterday between the French steamers Insulaire and Liban, which are both owned by the same ...

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  5. THE FOREST FIRES.

    The forest fires raging in the United States and Canada have attained the proportions of a national calamity, and from all sides come thrilling accounts of their ...

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  6. PREFERENTIAL TRADE.

    Mr. Chamberlain, in a letter to a correspondent, deals at some length with the objections raised against his fiscal proposals. He admits that a statement which he made ...

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  7. MISCELLANEOUS NEWS.

    "Glorious weather for the country. Great fall in rain, likewise in temperature Dams full, embankments overflowing, and barometers for sale! Rain gauges damaged ...

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  8. FEDERAL AFFAIRS.

    In the House of Representatives to-morrow the Attorney-General is to move the second reading of the High Court Bill. The Government are expecting an easy passage ...

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  9. LOOKING FOR THE TIGER.

    Our Green's Plains correspondent writes: —"A slight scare was created the other day when the news reached here that the long-lost Tantanoola tiger had been seen near ...

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  10. A CURIOUS THEFT.

    Between Saturday night and Monday Mr. W. P. Hoppo, chemist, of Flinders-street, had his shop window broken and a mock bank note taken from the window. The ...

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  11. LOSS OF THE KETCH ELIZA.

    The ketch Eliza, which eight or nine days ago went ashore at Point Riley, five or six miles north-west of Wallaroo, has become a total wreck. ...

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  12. A RAILWAY JOURNEY IMPEDED.

    Any misgivings which may be felt by travellers on the Hills railway, as to the safety of the journey, are, as a rule, connected with the viaducts between Mitcham ...

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  13. NILE IRRIGATION.

    Lord Cromer reports that as the result of the opening of the Assouan reservoir last year the summer supply of Nile water, on which the cotton and sugar-cane crops ...

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  14. PUBLIC SERVICE EXAMINATIONS.

    In connection with the recent examination for telephone attendants the figures of results disclose that the average number of marks obtained bv male competitors was ...

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  15. A DYING RACE.

    In 1891 Mr. W. H. Willshire, who was the officer in charge of the police patrol party in the interior, published a booklet on "The Aborigines ...

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  16. THE FEDERAL ELECTORATES.

    The division and redivision ot the federal electorates for the House of Representatives has in some States introduced an alteration in the names of eleqtorates. In ...

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  17. VICTORIA.

    Rain spoilt the festivities arranged for to-day's holiday in Melbourne. Although the attendances were interfered with, all the sporting fixtures were carried out. Flags ...

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  18. AMUSEMENTS.

    The selection of the evening of the Prince of Wales' birthday by the South Australian Caledonian Society for a Scottish national concert, which in future is to be held ...

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  19. A WILD CAT SCHEME.

    The eastern papers are beginning to poke fun at Sir John Forrest's pet scheme for linking Perth to the eastern capitals. "Oriel," for instance, writes thus in ...

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  20. SOUTH AFRICA.

    The Bill embodying the terms of the Orange River Colony's entry into the South African Customs Union has been unanimously adopted by the local ...

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  21. NEW SOUTH WALES.

    The holiday was generally observed, and despite the somewhat bleak weather the various harbor excursions were well patronised, while large numbers journeyed to ...

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  22. NEW LINOTYPE MACHINES.

    Under the contract entered into between the Federal Treasurer and the Linotype Company, 16 machines are to be installed at the Government Planting Office by July ...

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  23. THE FIRES IN THE STATES.

    The latest intelligence with regard to the forest fires in the United States shows that their progress has been checked by heavy rains. ...

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  24. MELBOURNE TRAMWAY POSTAL SERVICE.

    The negotiations for carrying on a tramway post system on the Melbourne and suburban lines appear likely to collapse. The company is demanding £2 10/ a year ...

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  25. A MYSTERIOUS DEATH.

    George Tymms, woodcutter, of Emu, who had been missing for several days, was found in an empty hut, near Bealiba, on Friday, with his skull fractured. Mr. J. ...

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  26. WHERE DID THEY COME FROM?

    "A reel within a bottle is a mystery, all wondering how the devil it got there," writes Lord Byron, Something quite as marvellous, however, was witnessed in ...

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  27. THE DEFENCE BILL.

    Power is given in the new Defence Bill to the Exeeutive to constitute a council of defence should one at any time be necessary. ...

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  28. A SAD FATALITY.

    A sad drowning fatality occurred at Camden on Friday afternoon. Two children or Mr. A. McDonald, about 2 and 4 years old, fell into the creek near the residence of ...

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  29. THE LABOR PARTY.

    Mr. Watson (leader of the Labor Party in the Commonwealth Parliament) addressed a large meeting to-night upon the aims and ideals of the Federal Labor ...

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  30. THE LATE WAR.

    According to the Daily Mail the War Office authorities are arranging for the presentation to the headquarters of each colonial contingent of a flag whereon the ...

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  31. TNTER-STATE LACROSSE.

    An exhibition lacrosse match between the team chosen to represent Victoria in Adelaide on June 27 and another chosen from players who are not for business reasons ...

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  32. THE SUGAR BONUSES.

    The Prime Minister circulated to-day an elaborate report compiled by Sir George Turner, explaining the policy followed by the Federal Government in dealing with ...

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  33. A YORKE'S PENINSULA SAILOR.

    The Yorketown Pioneer writes:—Probably the first young man on this end of the Peninsida to join the Royal Navy is Mr. George Miller, second son of Mr. A. ...

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  34. THE SALONIKA OUTRAGES

    At the instance of the Russian Government Hilna Pasha, who is superintending the execution of the reforms in Macedonia, has modified the severity of the martial law ...

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  35. KILLED BY A TRAIN.

    A man named Maloney, after drinking at a wine shop near Leongatha, proceeded to walk along the railway line. He fell down, and went to sleep on the railway track, and ...

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  36. COMING EXPENSE THROWS ITS SHADOW BEFORE.

    The Federal departments promise to expand at a somewhat alarming rate if the Ministry's legislative programme is carried out, says the Melbourne Argus. A Crown ...

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  37. THE LATE MR. J. T. TOOHEY.

    The funeral of Mr. John T. Toohey, M.L.C., who died in Chicago in May, took place to-day. The remains, which arrived by the steamer Sonoma, were interred at ...

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  38. MR. TOM MANN.

    Mr. Tom Mann declared at Warrnambool to-night that he was an out-and-out Socialist. Hes said that every employer under the competitive system must obtain ...

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  39. ADELAIDE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.

    The general committee of the Chamber of Commerce met on June 5, when the president (Mr. W. Herbert Phillipps) occupied the chair, and there were also present the ...

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  40. RACING IN FRANCE.

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  41. THE BENEFITS OF PROTECTION.

    The Sydney correspondent of the Melbourne Age, in referring to the advantages which accrue from a policy even of moderate protection, writes, under date of ...

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  42. THE COALMINERS' STRIKE.

    The Coal Creek Company to-day sent a number, of non-union men to its mine at Korumbunna. This action means that all the Gippsland coal companies have finally ...

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  43. FIRE AT HINDMARSH WEST.

    On the corner of Albemarle-street and the Port-road, Hindmarsh West is a building comprising a shop aiid dwelling, occupied by Mr. F. J. Mann, grocer, Who resides on ...

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  44. MORE BOISTEROUS WEATHER.

    Boisterous conditions prevailed in the city to-day. A bleak westerly wind was blowing, attended at times with fierce squalls. On the coast the wind reached the ...

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  45. SURVEYING THE RAILWAY TO THE WEST.

    Federal Ministers have promised to order a survey of the route of the proposed transcontinental railway to West Australia, if the inter-State railway experts report ...

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  47. TASMANIA.

    The stormy weather which commenced on Friday night continues, with almost incessant rainfall. Creeks and culverts are flooded, and the land has not had such a ...

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  48. A SHOCKING ACCIDENT.

    A serious accident occurred at Burragorang, near Camden, at noon to-day. The son of Mr. J. B. Carlon, of Burragorang, was felling a tree, when the butt kicked ...

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  49. THE WRECK OF THE GLENPARK.

    In November, 1900, the sailing ship Glenpark left England on a three years' trading voyage, and on February 1, 1901, she was wrecked in Spencer's, Gulf. The crew ...

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  50. TWO FATAL ACCIDENTS.

    An Indian hawker named Booty was killed at Cox's River yesterday, through his buggy upsetting on him while he was driving. Death was instantaneous. A lad, ...

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  51. THE NATURALISATION BILL.

    The Naturalisation Bill, of twenty clauses, framed by Minister, will probably excite a great deal of discussion, as the subject is one that has not only a State and ...

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  53. LOST OVERBOARD.

    A Norfolk Island telegram states that the Tambo has arrived from the islands. A seaman named Goodrich was missed the morning after leaving Lord Howe Island. He is ...

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