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  2. 'TWAS NINETY YEARS' AGO."

    On Friday Mr. Benjamin Cowderoy, one of Australia's "grand old men," entered upon his 93rd year. The latter half of his life has been associated with the ...

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  3. THE WALLAROO MINES FIRE.

    The fire at the mines is still burning, and is going downwards to somewhere below the 30-fathom-level. There have been further falls of earth from the mouth of the shaft ...

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  4. THE WAR CLOUD.

    The diplomatic world is still very doubtful with regard to the prospects of peace in the Far East. The general belief, however, is that something towards repressing the ...

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  5. THE TRAMWAYS.

    The disadvantages of horse tramways as compared with any system of mechanical traction are so great that the latter would be preferable from the standpoint of ...

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  6. A MIRACULOUS ESCAPE.

    The Rev. A. Lahore, Presbyterian minister, of Corryong, who had been on a visit to Omeo, and was returning in a one-horse vehicle, had a wonderful escape on Thursday ...

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  7. THE LATE QUEEN VICTORIA.

    King Edward, Queen Alexandra, and the Prince of Wales attended a memorial service to the late Queen Victoria at Frogmore yesterday. A salute of 21 guns was fired ...

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  8. THE FISCAL ISSUE.

    Mr. H. H. Asquith, speaking on the fiscal issue at Southport yesterday, said the case of the Liberals against Mr. Chamberlain was not that there was nothing wrong in ...

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  9. SOUTH AFRICA.

    The Government of the Transvaal have issued a reply to the protest of Mr. Deakin (Prime Minister of the Commonwealth) and Mr. Seddon (Premier of New Zealand) ...

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  10. AMERICAN BRIGANDS.

    A band of brigands yesterday stopped and boarded a train on the Southern Pacific railway, near San Luis Obispo, a town in the State of California, 60 miles ...

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  11. NEW SOUTH WALES.

    The quarter-mile swimming championship came off at Balmain on Saturday, and resulted in a win for R. Cavill, who beat B. Keran by 8 yards in 5 min. 43 sec. ...

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  12. FRANCE AND GERMANY.

    The expulsion across, the frontier recently of Herr Delsor, a member of the German Reichstag, who was about to deliver "a social and ...

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  13. THE REV. J. A. DOWIE.

    Mr. Craig, an insurance agent in San Francisco, is suing the Rev. J. A. Dowie, head of the Christian Catholic Church, who is now in that city on his way to Adelaide, ...

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  14. NEW ZEALAND DIRECT.

    The three-masted steel screw steamer Kumara, 6,034 tons, which leaves Glasgow in March, opens the Shaw, Savill, & Albion Company's new service between Glasgow, ...

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  15. AUSTRALIAN MEAT.

    Owing to the exorbitant price of meat in the municipality of Vienna, it has been resolved to ask the Government on what conditions the importation of American, ...

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  16. NEW YORK BLIZZARD.

    Fifty-two degrees of frost were experienced in New York State this week, and the result is that eleven trains, with 300 passengers on board, are snowbound between ...

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  17. THE AUSTRALIAN SQUADRON.

    The twin-screw cruiser Euryalus, 12,000 tons, which has been commissioned to relieve the Royal Arthur on the Australian naval station, has sailed for Sydney. ...

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  18. BRITISH POLITICS.

    The Right Hon. Henry Chaplin (late President of the Local Government Board), speaking at Lincoln yesterday, stated that 2,000 Irish supporters of Home Rule voted ...

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  19. LONDON WOOL SALES.

    At the London wool sales to-day buyers were very active, and best greasy merinos advanced 5 per cent. PRICES REALISED. ...

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  20. THE STRAITS SETTLEMENTS.

    Sir John Anderson, who was formerly of the Colonial Office, and who accompanied the Prince of Wales on his colonial tour, has been appointed Governor of ...

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  21. VICTORIA.

    The five-year-old daughter of Mr. W. Firman, farmer, of Marungi, has died in somewhat singular circumstances. On Sunday last the little girl swallowed a dry pea, ...

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  22. FIRE IN NORWAY.

    A fearful fire is reported to have occurred at Aalesund, a town in Norway. A hurricane swept the flames through the streets, completely destroying the town and ...

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  23. A TERRIBLE TORNADO.

    A terrible tornado has completely wrecked the business portion and 300 houses at Moundville, a small town in the State of Alabama, U.S.A. As a result of the ...

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  24. TASMANIA.

    The collections on Hospital Saturday on behalf of the Homeopathic and Maternity Hospital totalled £111, or £30 less than last year. ...

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  25. FINANCIAL NEWS.

    The following are the latest quotations on the London Stock Exchange:— Associated Mine, £2 18/9. Broken Hill Proprietary, £1 9/6. ...

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  26. NEW ZEALAND MAILS.

    With reference to Mr. Seddon's denial of the statement that he had invited German shipping firms to tender for the direct service between New Zealand and West of ...

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  27. WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

    The French steamer Ville de la Ciotat arrived at Fremantle at 10.15 a.m. on Saturday, and sailed for Adelaide in the evening. Her saloon passengers are:—For Fremantle ...

    Article : 282 words
  28. COMMERCIAL NEWS.

    Copper.—Copper on spot is quoted at £57 2/6 per ton, and at three months £56 17/6 per ton. Tin.—Tin on spot is quoted at £127 2/6 ...

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  30. BROKEN HILL.

    The population returns for the Broken Hill district to the end of December last show a slight increase as compared with the previous year, but the total has not ...

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  32. NEW ZEALAND.

    At a cricket match on Saturday the South Island team beat the North by two wickets. The fire brigades are arranging to send a representative team in March to compete ...

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  36. QUEENSLAND.

    The German residents of Brisbane on Saturday celebrated the thirty-third anniversary of the German Empire and the forty-fifth birthday of the Kaiser. There ...

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