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  2. NEW SOUTH WALES

    With the opening of the new Her Majesty's Theatre on August 1 Mr. Williamson will make a reappearance on the stage. The date fixed for the reopening ...

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  3. THE PRODUCER.

    We are informed by Mr. J. Creswell, secretary of the Seed Wheat Fund, that he has been notified by the General Traffic Manager, that on and after July 1 all ...

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  4. THE COMMONWEALTH PARLIAMENT.

    The President took the chair at 10.30 a.m. PBIVILEGES OF TUB SENATE. Senator Neild (N.S.W.) moved—"That an address be presented to the ...

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  5. DISPOSAL OF WATER.

    The town council sat until 11 o'clock last night, and passed a resolution that the council should supply water from its stock in the Imperial dam, and from what was ...

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  6. FEDERAL AFFAIRS.

    Sir Edmund Barton to-day replied to the resolutions with reference to the alleged Federal extravagance passed by a public meeting of the National Citizens' Reform ...

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  7. MISCELLANEOUS NEWS.

    At the Customs house, Port, on Friday afternoon, an enquiry was held by the Marine Board concerning the grounding of the barque West Australian on the north-west ...

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  8. VICTORIA.

    The will of the late Sir Andrew Clarke, formerly Agent-General for Victoria, has been lodged in the Probate Office for sealing. The testator left estate in ...

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  9. COLD STORAGE WORKS.

    In addition to the large cold storage undertaking which is now proposed for Footscray, it is stated on. good authority that at least one other cold storage scheme ...

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  10. WATTLE BARK FROM THE SOUTH-EAST.

    Now that the rush and tumult attendant upon the grinding of bark have ceased there is a short interval of peace preparatory to shipping the product. In the stores at the ...

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  11. THE PRICE OF WATER.

    In reply to protests about the increase in the charge for South. Australian water from 5/ to 30/ per thousand gallons, the Mayor has received the following telegram ...

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  12. WATER FROM SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    The Railways Commissioner states that the water which was sent to Broken Hill the other day was taken from three sources, the Paratoo well, the Ucolta natural basin, ...

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  13. A PERJURER PUNISHED.

    An action for alleged trespass had a sensational ending to-day. One of the witnesses, a young man, Harold Maynard Poulton, husband of the plaintiff, had ...

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  14. NEW STEAMERS.

    It has been determined by Messrs. Huddart. Parker, & Co. to build two new passenger and cargo steamers to enable them with increased efficiency to fulfil the ...

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  15. THE TRANSVAAL LOAN.

    No loan issued by the Government since the outbreak of the Boer war has excited so much excitement as the Transvaal guaranteed 3 per cent, loan of £30,000,000, the ...

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  16. A WONDERFUL CASE.

    A daughter, aged 9, of a selector named Bradbury, of Thorpedale South, was with an elder sister playing about their homestead, when the latter obtained her father's ...

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  17. A RIVER STEAMER AGROUND.

    At Collarenbri, owing to the river falling quickly, the steamer Brewarrina stuck on the Bandabareena rocks when returning down stream after delivering cargo and ...

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  18. A FLARE OF BENZINE.

    Abig crowd congregated at the corner of Pirie-street and Gawler-place on Friday afternoon. A cry of fire had been raised, and the brigade had been called out, and ...

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  19. A SERIOUS BURNING ACCIDENT.

    Walter Giel, of Rutherglen, noticed flames coming from the camp of a hawker in Chambers-lane, near Rutherglen. He ran over, and found that not only the ...

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  20. A RECORD RUN.

    The R.M.S. Ventura arrived to-day. Her passage is a record from Golden Gate to Sydney. It was a brilliant steaming performance, the ship frequently reeling off 17 ...

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  21. THE SHORT SUPPLY.

    The chairman of the Stephens Creek Water Supply Company (Mr. G. Swinburne) was interviewed by a representative of The Advertiser on Friday morning ...

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  22. FINE CROP OF POTATOES.

    A patch of potatoes just dug here by Mr. McLaren has given exceptional returns. The variety was Snowflake—a sort much fancied for second crops. Mr. ...

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  23. NEW ZEALAND.

    The National Bank of New Zealand has declared a dividend of 5 per cent, for the half-year, making 10 per cent, for the year. The sum of £30,000 has been' added to the ...

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  24. AN UNFOUNDED RUMOR.

    Sir William Lyne absolutely denies that there is any truth in the rumor that recriminations were indulged in at a Cabinet meeting on Monday over the administration ...

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  25. A PRODUCER'S COMPLAINT.

    A lot of dissatisfaction exists regarding the deviation connecting Forest Range with Uraidla. When this road was first made producers had an easy way of getting their ...

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  26. FAITHFUL UNTIL DEATH.

    A pathetic incident, showing the faithfulness of a dog, has come to light. The dead body of an old-age pensioner named Joseph Irwin, 80 years of age, was found in his tent ...

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  27. DISHONEST RAILWAY SERVANTS.

    During the past year there have been continual complaints of thefts of goods handled by the Railway Department. At Christchurch to-day six men were arrested. They ...

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  28. THE GLENELG RAILWAY.

    Travellers by train to Glenelg suffer great disabilities on days when races are taking place on the Morphettville Course owing to the ordinary time-table being suspended to ...

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  29. THE WRECK OF THE ADA EVA.

    The hull of the wrecked Ada Eva is almost broken up. Search has been made for the body of the seaman Johnsen, who was lost, but without success. ...

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  30. THE ORANGE CROP.

    Orange picking is just commencing, and a few cases have found their way to the city, but the growers here do not appreciate the present prices, as they consider a ...

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  31. PLAGUE AT AUCKLAND.

    The case of the Auckland newspaper runner has been officially declared to be one of plague. ...

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  32. NORTHERN TERRITORY.

    The earnings of the Palmerston to Pine Creek railway for the week ended June 13 amounted to £230, and for last week to £258. ...

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  33. LONDON WOOL SALES.

    Messrs. Dalgety & Co. advise that their message published yesterday regarding the London wool sales should have read:—"The list of arrivals is closed, and new arrivals ...

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  34. THE BATTLESHIP COMMONWEALTH.

    When the new British warship Commonwealth was completed the Federal Government were approached by the Admiralty with a courteous suggestion that they should ...

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  35. KILLED BY A TRAIN.

    This morning the dead body of a young man, Alexander Cameron, a blacksmith, of South Melbourne, was found alongside the railway on the City-road, South Melbourne. ...

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  36. BOWLING CLUB FOR PORT ADELAIDE.

    A meeting of the Port Adelaide Bowling Club was held at Hannay's Temperance Hotel, Port Adelaide, on Friday evening, Mr. J. W. Caire presiding over a ...

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  37. SMYRNA SULTANAS.

    Mr. Henry Markwald, of Currie-street; has received a cable message from Smyrna advising that the standard of the new crop of sultanas has been fixed, and it so closely ...

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  38. THE BILLIARD MATCH.

    In the exhibition billiard match between Stevenson and Memmott, 8,000 up, the former conceding 2,600, Memmott had only reached 6,684 when his opponent had ...

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  39. TAKING OVER THE STATES' DEBTS.

    Mr. Irvine devoted a speech, delivered to-night at the annual dinner of the Incorporated Institute of Accountants, to the proposed taking over by the Commonwealth ...

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  40. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

    The Speaker took the chair at 10.30 a.m. THE DEFENCE BILL. The Minister of Defence, Sir John Forrest (W.A.), gave notice that he would move ...

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  41. SHEEP FOR WEST AUSTRALIA.

    "What is said to be the first shipment of any magnitude of purebred South Australian sheep to West Australia was made by the steamer Dilkera onx Friday morning, ...

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  42. PROPRIETARY MINE RESUMING WORK.

    The Railways Commissioner has received news that the, Broken Hill Proprietary Company will, by Monday next, resume operations on a limited scale, as the ...

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  43. SOCIALISM AND MARRIAGE.

    While lecturing to-night before the Christian Social Union on "The socialistic ideal," MB. Watson, leader of the Federal Labor Patty, was asked by a clergyman if it was ...

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  44. LATEST VICTORIAN SPORTING.

    At the June meeting of the Ballarat Miners' Turf Club to-day the Hurdle Race proved a cake walk for the Grand National candidate, My Mistake, who carried 11 st. ...

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  45. FIFTEEN MILLION SHEEP DEAD.

    The annual report of the stock branch of the New South Wales Agricultural Department shows that owing to the unprecedented drought there had, according to the ...

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  46. THE RAINMAKING EXPERIMENTS.

    Dr. McCarthy, who has entered into contract to supply Broken Hill with copious rains for £500 and expenses, was expected to reach Adelaide on Friday morning, en ...

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  47. RUINED BY A LIBEL ACTION.

    Maurice Brodzkv. the defendant in the recent libel action brought by Mr. Bromley, M.L.A., applied to Judge Molesworth in the Melbourne Insolvency Court on ...

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  48. WEST AUSTRALIA.

    Mr. E. H. Gliddon (engineer to the Perth Municipal Council) has resigned that office to take a position in the Government Lands Department. A committee of the council ...

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  49. THE MURRAY WATERS.

    Sir — In reply to an influential deputation re the Murray waters question, Mr. Irvine, the Victorian Premier, is reported to have said:—"At the end of five years, ...

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  50. MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS.

    June 26.—Present—The major (Mr. H. J. Pearce), Councillors Ralph, Hibberd; Moyle, Hambridge, Burford, and W. Storrie, jun. The health officer (Dr. Finniss) reported that the ...

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  51. THE DEFENCE FORCES.

    It is understood that recruiting in connection with the Defence Force has been stopped, by order of the Federal Minister, pending the passing of the estimates. ...

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  52. TASMANIA.

    Great regret was expressed to-day consequent upon the death of Mr. C. H. Westwood, the popular secretary of the Tasmanian Racing Club. The deceased ...

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  53. THE SUGAR BONUS.

    The Premier said this morning that while Senator Glassey no doubt meant well by his amendment on the sugar bonus, its effect would be to throw out from the ...

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  54. MITCHAM TRAIN SERVICE.

    Messrs. I. MacGillivray, T. H. Brooker, and W. O. Archibald, members for Port Adelaide, waited upon the Railways Commissioner on Friday morning, with a signed ...

    Article : 65 words
  55. SOUTH AUSTRALIAN HELP.

    The Chamber of Commerce has communicated with Mr. Eley, the manager of the Silverton-Tramway Company, in reference to getting Dr. McCarwy from Adelaide on ...

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  56. BIRTHS AND DEATHS.

    The number of births and deaths registered in the General Register Office during the week ended Saturday, June 20, were:— Births, 82 males, 76 females; deaths, 42 ...

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  57. QUEENSLAND.

    In connection with the rich gold find recently reported from near Pratten, on the Warwick goldfield, miners are naturally reticent. The find is not of an alluvial ...

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  58. Advertising

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  59. A COUNTRY CLERKSHIP.

    Quite a sensation was caused a few days ago (writes the Nairne correspondent of the Mount Barker Courier) when it became known that Mr. F. W. H. Philp, clerk of ...

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  60. STATEMENT BY DR. MCCARTHY.

    Dr. McCarthy left by the Adelaide express to-day for Broken Hill. He said before his departure:—"We are going to give that rain they want. I am not going for the purpose ...

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  61. FOOTBALL.

    Maitland v. Moonta, at Maitland, June 21.— Maitland, 3 goals 11 behinds; Moonta, 3 goals 6 behinds. ...

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  62. Advertising

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