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  2. THE FIRST FEDERAL PARLIAMENT.

    The measures passed by the Federal Parliament coming under this head are by far the most numerous of all the groups into which the legislative enactments may be ...

    Article : 2,760 words
  3. TURF FATALITY.

    The sporting public will hear with the deepest regret the news of the death of the well-known jockey, Sydney Willis. He was riding The Bird in the Welter Handicap, ...

    Article : 930 words
  4. RAILWAY COLLISIONS.

    Two accidents occurred on the Leeds and Manchester line, as the result of which three lives were lost. The Leeds express collided with a light engine, drawing a train, ...

    Article : 140 words
  5. LECKY, THE HISTORIAN.

    The death is announced of the Right Hon. William Edward Hartpole Lecky, the historian. The author of the "History of the Rise ...

    Article : 602 words
  6. CASTAWAYS OR PIRATES.

    Unusual excitement was evidenced at Williamstown from daybreak on Saturday, and a fleet of boats, were quickly afloat to meet the steamer Cromarthy, by which it ...

    Article : 1,735 words
  7. PREFERENTIAL TRADE.

    The Unionist Free-trade League has elected the Duke of Devonshire as president, and Lord Goschen, Sir Michael Hicks-Beach, and Mr. Ritchie as ...

    Article : 377 words
  8. THE FAR EAST.

    Admiral Alexieff, the viceroy of the Russian provinces in the Far East, is disappointed at the inadequacy of the support given to his policy by France, whose fleet ...

    Article : 355 words
  9. THE ALASKA DECISION.

    Popular feeling an Canada is exceedingly bitter with regard to the Alaskan boundary decision, and the opinion is expressed that Great Britain cares more for the ...

    Article : 105 words
  10. BURNING ACCIDENTS.

    Mrs. Johanna Shoebridge, aged 60, was burned to death to-night at her home in Roe-street, North Fitzroy. Mrs. Shoebridge was a widow and lived by herself ...

    Article : 273 words
  11. TIMBER FRAUDS IN AMERICA.

    Discoveries have been made by the head officers of the Department for the Interior, in America, which show that extensive frauds, involving millions of acres of timber ...

    Article : 69 words
  12. THE REV. J. A. DOWIE.

    It is stated that 750 of the followers of the Rev. J. A. Dowie, who travelled to New York for the purpose of converting the latter city, are so disappointed with ...

    Article : 112 words
  13. IMPERIAL DEFENCE.

    Sir Frederick Borden, Minister of Militia in the Canadian Government, speaking at a banquet in Montreal vesterday, defined the policy of the Government with regard to ...

    Article : 105 words
  14. FEELI[?]G IN IRELAND.

    Mr. J. B.,Lonsdale (Conservative member for Armagh), addressing his constituents yesterday, warmly supported Mr. Chamberlain's policy as one calculated very ...

    Article : 120 words
  15. AN OPAL DISCOVERY.

    A search warrant has been executed at Fremantle in a room occupied by Percy Marley, who arrived in the Burrumbeet on September 30, when opal and opal ...

    Article : 131 words
  16. FEDERAL AFFAIRS.

    The Prime Minister has been approache[?] by Mr. Stirling, a Victorian mining authority, with a suggestion that local geological surveys of, Australia should, in ...

    Article : 105 words
  17. MR. DOWIE SCEPTICAL.

    Mr. Dowie, who declared that he would regard as lacking in "faith" those of his disciples affected with influenza who did not speedily recover without the aid of ...

    Article : 54 words
  18. BRITISH POLITICS.

    The by-elections necessitated by the recent Ministerial changes have resulted in the re-election of the various Ministers, though, the polling in the cases of the Hon. ...

    Article : 230 words
  19. A NAVAL MISHAP.

    The second-class battleship Neptune, constructed in 1878, having been condemned as obsolete, was being towed out of Portsmouth harbor yesterday, when she got ...

    Article : 64 words
  20. MUTILATING HORSES.

    George Ernest Thompson Edalji, aged 28, a solicitor, of Birmingham, and son of the Rev. S. Edalji, vicar of Great Wyrley, was convicted at the Stafford Assizes yesterday ...

    Article : 207 words
  21. SOUTH AUSTRALIAN MILITARY OFFICERS.

    The following military appointments liave been gazetted for South Australia:—Mounted Riiles—Lieutenant Hamilton Welch to the supernumerary list. Infantry ...

    Article : 63 words
  22. WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

    The Royal Arthur sailed for Melbourne on Saturday, the Governor, Sir Frederick Bedford being on board as the guest of Admiral Fanshawe. ...

    Article : 27 words
  23. SIEMENS' ELECTRIC CAR.

    A trial has been made of Siemens Bros. and Co.'s new electric car at Yossen, in Prussia, a speed of 128 miles an hour being attained. ...

    Article : 36 words
  24. EIGHT HOURS CELEBRATION.

    The first day's sports in connection with the eight hours celebration were held at Perth on Saturday in warm weather. The ten-mile motor race was won by R. ...

    Article : 43 words
  25. COMING ELECTIONS.

    Approximately it is estimated that l5,000 people have been left off the Federal voting lists. ...

    Article : 20 words
  26. A SOUTH AUSTRALIAN DROWNED.

    Mr. Frank Waters, an accountant, was drowned while bathing at Northam to-day. He only arrived from Adelaide two months ago. His body has been recovered. ...

    Article : 29 words
  27. FINANCIAL NEWS.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 41 words
  28. THE COMING ELECTIONS.

    The Premier will on Tuesday give notice of the introduction of a Bill fixing the time, place, and date for the return of the writs for the forthcoming Senatorial elections. ...

    Article : 122 words
  29. BROKEN HILL WATER SUPPLY.

    The action of the Minister for Works in supporting the proposal to discontinue the Umberumberka works has aroused a widespread feeling of indignation, and on Friday ...

    Article : 144 words
  30. INDEX TO ADVERTISEMENTS.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 186 words
  31. NEW ZEALAND AGRICULTURAL COMPANY.

    The directors of the New Zealand Agricultural Company are proposing to reduce the capital by one-half, returning the shareholders 10/ per share. ...

    Article : 33 words
  32. GERMAN STEEL TRUST.

    The new German steel trust has, as one of its objects, the simplification and cheapening of production. It encourages specialisation in the manufacture o[?] goods ...

    Article : 64 words
  33. COMMERCIAL NEWS.

    Copper.—Copper is quoted at £56 2/6 on spot and £56 10/ at three months. Tin.—Tin is quoted at £118 on spot and £118 10/ at three months. ...

    Article : 199 words
  34. HINTS FOR ELECTORS.

    The chief electoral officer for South Australia (Mr. Otto Schomburgk) has supplied us with the following hints for electors at the Federal elections, to be held in ...

    Article : 302 words
  35. AMALGAMATED COPPER COMPANY.

    The Amalgamated Copper Company are shutting down as the outcome of the longstanding litigation with Mr. Heinze. The company's properties are situated at ...

    Article : 45 words
  36. Advertising

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    Advertising : 660 words
  37. Advertising

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    Advertising : 417 words
  38. THE PRICE OF SILVER.

    Silver is quoted at 2/4 1-9 per oz. ...

    Article : 14 words
  39. A TURFITE RETIRING.

    Mr. W. C. Whitney, the well-known owner of racehorses, is retiring from the English turf. ...

    Article : 25 words
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