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  2. CRICKET.

    Contrary to expectations, the team to represent Australia in the next test match was not selected to-night. It is now thought that other alterations may be made ...

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  3. FEDERAL AFFAIRS.

    The necessary authority having been obtained from Sir John Forrest for the commencement of contour surveys of an area of 25 square miles around Bombala and ...

    Article : 144 words
  4. PERSONAL.

    The Prime Minister (Mr. Deakin), returned to Melbourne on Tuesday. Mr. Deakin will take up his political work again to-day after his brief holiday at Point ...

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  5. VICTORIA.

    The "Galton" system of finger prints for the identification of criminals is to be adopted from January 1 in all prisons throughout this State. ...

    Article : 35 words
  6. RUSSIAN INTRIGUE.

    A syndicate of Persian merchants, backed by Russian concessionaires, have arranged for the construction of a railway from Teheran, the capital of Persia, to Shirwan, a ...

    Article : 98 words
  7. THE FISCAL ISSUE.

    Replying to a correspondent who had complained of the disadvantages which British life assurance companies have hitherto experienced in the colonies, compared with ...

    Article : 270 words
  8. LABOR IN SOUTH AFRICA.

    Mr. William Evans, Protector of Chinese in the Straits Settlements, who has been connected with the Government of that colony since November, 1882, has left ...

    Article : 241 words
  9. THE WAR CLOUD.

    M. de Lessar, the Russian Minister at Pekin, has informed the Chinese Government that the extreme cold interposes an insuperable obstacle to the hurried ...

    Article : 194 words
  10. TIRED OF LIFE.

    John Martin, of Newbridge, committed suicide on Saturday by blowing his brains out with a gun. He sat on a chair and exploded the weapon by pushing the trigger ...

    Article : 48 words
  11. NEW SOUTH WALES VERSUS VICTORIA.

    Shortly after 12 o'clock the match between New South Wales and Victoria was resumed on the Melbourne Cricket Ground. Tne weather was dull and threatening, and ...

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  12. GAS EXPLOSION.

    A serious gas explosion occurred on the premises of Mr. A. E. Bennett, dentist, of Gertrude-street, Fitzroy, to-day. The house is under process of being enlarged, ...

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  13. EXPLOSION OF FIREWORKS

    A number of peasants were making fireworks near Naples, when an explosion occurred, killing eight of the operatives and injuring five others. ...

    Article : 35 words
  14. THE STELLING CASE.

    Messrs. Champion & Dight, solicitors, of Sydney, attempted to-day, in the interests of Hans Max Stelling, to serve a writ for £1,000 damages for alleged false ...

    Article : 137 words
  15. REPUBLIC OF PANAMA.

    The Government of the State of Panama, which recently declared its independence of the Republic of Colombia, has expressed its willingness to assume its share of the ...

    Article : 57 words
  16. BITTEN BY A SNAKE.

    Mrs. A. Wilkinson was bitten by a tiger snake on Saturday evening at Neerim; having gone into the yard she felt a pricking sensation on her leg but took no notice of it. ...

    Article : 70 words
  17. UNEMPLOYED IN CAPE TOWN.

    The unemployed trouble in Cape Town has become exceedingly acute. It was recently stated at a meeting of Rand mineowners that prospects did not admit of ...

    Article : 91 words
  18. THE RUSSIAN COMMISSARIAT.

    The Russian Government have ordered from meat packers at Omaha (Nebraska) a million pounds of tinned meat, to be delivered at San Francisco on January 26 for ...

    Article : 228 words
  19. OBITUARY.

    The death is announced of Sir. William Allan, who had sat as Liberal member for Gateshead since 1893. Death was sudden, and the result of heart disease. ...

    Article : 142 words
  20. NEW SOUTH WALES.

    On Christmas Eve a waterspout burst over White Cliffs, accompanied by fierce winds, which demolished the camps, un roofed houses, and did other damage. For ...

    Article : 67 words
  21. THE CONFERENCE OF TREASURERS.

    The Treasurer has had no communication from Sir George Turner yet concerning the date of the proposed conference of Treasurers. Mr. Kidston has suggested the last ...

    Article : 102 words
  22. THIBET.

    The Thibetans are amazed at the occupation of Fort Phari, which is situated at an altitude of 24,000 ft., by a British garrison, which formed part of a force of 800 Pioneers ...

    Article : 94 words
  23. THE S[?]A FELL.

    Mr. Goodall Keswick, the journalist who in September last recorded the disaster by which four mountain climbers lost their lives at Sea Fell, Cumberland, the highest ...

    Article : 153 words
  24. A BOY DROWNED.

    A sad drowning case occurred in the Nepean River, near Penrith, last night. A lad, aged 11, son of Mr. Roland Gow, walking along a log when he slipped and ...

    Article : 87 words
  25. SOMALILAND.

    The latest intelligence from Somaliland states that Colonel Kenna, with a composite force of 500 men, has attacked and defeated 2,000 Somalis at Jedbali, killing 100. ...

    Article : 62 words
  26. MR. REID IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

    Mr. G. H. Reid, who arrived at Perth last night, will probably return by the mail steamer India on Thursday. He went for a drive to-day with Sir John Forrest, and ...

    Article : 170 words
  27. GEORGE GISSING, NOVELIST.

    The death occurred yesterday of George Gissing, the well-known novelist. George Gissing, who was born at Wakefield, in Yorkshire, in 1857, his father being ...

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  28. SHOCKING DEATH OF A CHILD.

    The three-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Lumby, jun., of Hopefield, met her death in a shocking manner on Christmas afternoon. While her parents were ...

    Article : 85 words
  29. GREGORIAN MUSIC.

    Pope Pius X. has directed the strict observance of the former, Pontiff's instructions prescribing the use of Gregorian chants. His holiness condemns the transformation ...

    Article : 56 words
  30. THE RIVAL FLEETS.

    The general superiority of the Japanese fleet is certified by all authorities. Russia has eight battleships, displacing altogether 96,712 tons, mounting 20 12-in., 12 10-in., 57 ...

    Article : 215 words
  31. THE KING AS SPORTSMAN.

    King Edward has purchased the wellknown gelding Sackbut, for which he has paid 2,000 guineas. He intends to start the horse in the Maiden Plate at the Kildare ...

    Article : 56 words
  32. A FATAL BRAWL.

    The inquest on the body of Paul Caulfield, who died from injuries received in a Christmas brawl at Woolloomooloo, was advanced a stage to-day. Two brothers, ...

    Article : 164 words
  33. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    Sir George Clarke, Governor of Victoria, who was recalled to London for the purpose of drafting, with two other commissioners, a report on the state of British ...

    Article : 97 words
  34. INDEX TO ADVERTISEMENTS.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 173 words
  35. THE NATURALISATION ACT.

    The Federal Naturalisation Act comes into force on January 1, on which day all existing naturalisation rights become possessed of a national character, being ...

    Article : 54 words
  36. COMMERCIAL NEWS.

    Wheat.—A cargo of 6,500 quarters of South Australian wheat (December and January) has been sold at 30/1½ per quarter, and 13,500 quarters of New South ...

    Article : 74 words
  37. QUEENSLAND AND THE MAIL STEAMERS.

    Mr. Morgan is again urging that the mail steamers should call at Pinkenba, and is communicating with the Queensland, members with a view to securing their ...

    Article : 40 words
  38. SHIPPING.

    Salamis, steamer, 4,508 tons, at London, from Sydney, October 30. Ionic, steamer, 3,344 tons, at London, from Wellington November 14. ...

    Article : 33 words
  39. A PROHIBITED IMMIGRANT.

    Captain A. Mills, master of the steamer Paroo, was to-day fined £10 for a breach of the Immigration Restriction Act. The defendant's counsel pleaded guilty, and said ...

    Article : 47 words
  40. THE STATE REFERENDUM.

    The progress returns in connection with the referendum for the reduction of members of the State Parliament are as follow: —For 125 members, 59,328; for 100 ...

    Article : 41 words
  41. JAPAN DETERMINED.

    The Daily Telegraph's war correspondent at Tokio declares that whatever the issue, no surrender on the part of the Japanese Government is probable. They have ...

    Article : 142 words
  42. CLERICAL VESTMENTS.

    An influential deputation of Church of England clergymen recently waited on the Archbishop of Sydney and presented a memorial asking him to forbid the use of ...

    Article : 84 words
  43. INCREASES FOR OFFICERS.

    Representative A. Poynton has received the following communication from the secretary to the Department for Home Affairs: —"With reference to your telegram of ...

    Article : 159 words
  44. RUSSIAN REINFORCEMENTS.

    The correspondent of the London Times at the Black Sea port of Odessa telegraphs that the Russian transport Ekaterinoslaff has sailed with 2,000 picked recruits, several ...

    Article : 140 words
  45. WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

    An inquest was opened to-day on the jockey, August Farrell, who was killed in the Hurdles yesterday. After evidence of identification had been given the ...

    Article : 71 words
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