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  2. CANADIAN IMMIGRATION.

    Mr. Preston, emigration commissioner in England for the Canadian Government, has given some sensational evidence before the Colonisation Committee of the ...

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  3. FEDERAL AFFAIRS.

    Sir John Forrest, the Commonwealth Treasurer arrived at Largs Bay on Saturday it noon by the Moldavia, and went on to Melbourne by the express. ...

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  4. BURNT AT SEA.

    The barque Pitcairn Island, 1,320 tons, which left Wellington for London on March 19, has been burnt at sea, in latitude 52 deg. south and longitude 90 deg. ...

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  5. BRITISH POLITICS.

    Commenting on the rejection by the House of Lords of the Labor Bill which passed the House of Commons, prohibiting the introduction of laborers from the ...

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  6. FEDERAL POLITICS.

    Mr. J. C. Watson, M.H.R., on Saturday, in some comments on Mr. Deakin's remarkably successful-speech in Sydney, again emphasised the absolute fiscal freedom of ...

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  7. RUSSIAN AFFAIRS.

    Count de Witte, the late Premier of Russia, has advised the Council of the Empire, of which he is still a member, to cooperate with the National Duma whenever ...

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  8. THE NATAL REVOLT.

    Further fighting is reported from Zululand. In an encounter on the outskirts of the Macala bush, on the banks of the Tugela six rebels were killed by the British ...

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  9. THE ILL-FOUND SHIP.

    The ten members of the crew of the ship Melville Island, amongst whom is a fragile-looking little woman named Mrs. Maguire, who figures on the ship's articles as a ...

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  10. RAND CHINESE.

    Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman was interviewed yesterday by a deputation of Liberal members of the House of Commons with regard to the Chinese labor question. ...

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  11. UNITED STATES NAVY.

    The American House of Representatives has voted £2,000,000 for the construction of a battleship to surpass the British, battleship Dreadnought, which is the largest ...

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  12. KILLED BY LIGHTNING.

    An electrical storm, having terrible results, is reported from Koniaku, in Austrian Silesia. A funeral party assembled in a church were struck by lightning and 15 ...

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  13. THE PIMLICO MYSTERY.

    The mystery surrounding the death of "Marie Derval," who was found poisoned in Liffen's Hotel, Pimlico, early on the morning of March 16, has now been ...

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  14. WHOLE FAMILY BURNT.

    A tenement at Stratford, in Essex, a suburb of London, was destroyed by fire last night and a family of six persons lost their lives by suffocation or burning. Three ...

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  15. A NAVAL DISASTER.

    The British torpedo-boat No. 56 capsized yesterday at Damietta, a river port in Lower Egypt, 31 miles west-north-west of Port Said, and seven persons were drowned. ...

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  16. MADAME DOLORES.

    Madame Antonia Dolores, who is about to revisit Adelaide and the other cities of Australia under the management of Messrs. J. and N. Tait, made a final ...

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  17. VICTORIA.

    William Whittaker, a blacksmith, of Rushworth, was nailing on a horse's shoe, when the animal became restless, and when, Whittaker let go the hoof it came ...

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  18. AMERICAN FIRES.

    Terrible forest fires are raging in Wisconsin, in the United States. Eight towns in the northern part of the State have been devastated, and 30 persons burned ...

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  19. PERILS OF THE FOOTBALL FIELD.

    At a football match on Saturday afternoon one of the players, E. Russell, had his kneecap broken. Melbourne, May 20. ...

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  20. BROKEN HILL.

    The chief sanitary inspector (Mr. Getting), who paid a flying visit to Broken Hill in February last and made an inspection of the sanitary condition of the city, has ...

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  21. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    Dr. Samuel Tarrant Nevill, Anglican Bishop of Dunedin, and Primate of New Zealand, has been elected to an honorary Fellowship of Magdalen College, Cambridge, ...

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  22. JAPAN AND AMERICA.

    The announcement that Japan intends to adopt a protective tariff has occasioned great alarm among commercial men in the United States. ...

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  23. THE CRICKET DISPUTE.

    At a meeting of the New Zealand Cricket Council a cablegram was received from Major Wardill asking what the council would give for a 50 days' tour of an ...

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  24. FINANCIAL NEWS.

    The following are the latest quotations on the London Stock Exchange:— Broken Hill Proprietary, buyers £3 16/3, sellers £3 17/6. ...

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  25. IRISH HOME RULE.

    The Prime Minister has received, through Lord Northcote, the official dispatches from Lord Elgin relating to the resolutions on Irish Home Rule which were ...

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  26. LONDON WOOL SALES.

    At the London wool sales to-day there was, strong competition, prices for all descriptions of wool tending in the sellers' favor. The sales included:—Scott, 11d., ...

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  27. £1,000,000 IN CHARITIES.

    Mr. Edward Steinkopff, the proprietor of the well-known Apollinaris mineral water, has left property worth £1,247,000. In his will he empowers his daughter to bequeath ...

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  28. MR. SEDDON IN SYDNEY.

    Mr. Seddon, in a speech yesterday, referred in strong terms to the necessity for purity of race. This was, he said, one of the principles which should never be ...

    Article : 316 words
  29. NEW SOUTH WALES.

    The returns of wheat and wool carried on the railways during the week show that with regard to wheat 20,004 bags were received at Darling Island, a decrease of ...

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  30. COMMERCIAL NEWS.

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  31. NEW ZEALAND AND THE UNITED STATES.

    Sir Joseph Ward, the New Zealand Post-master-General, who has been attending the International Postal Congress at Rome, has arrived in London where he will remain a ...

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  32. A RUNAWAY TRAIN.

    At Bendigo on Saturday an empty train, consisting of 25 6-ton trucks, a passenger car, and a guard's van, was standing at the railway-station platform, when half a ...

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  34. TASMANIA.

    Some of the crew successful in the recan[?] eight-[?]ar championship on the Swan River arrived to-night, and were given a hearty-welcome and were publicly received by the ...

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  35. MURDEROUS ASSAULT.

    Sub-Inspector Sawtell received a telegram to-day from Mr. Jackson (manager of Wonnaminta station), stating that a murderous assault had been committed this morning ...

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  36. SUGAR BEET INDUSTRY.

    In connection with the Maffra sugar-beet works, Mr. Swinburne (Minister of Agriculture) has prepared for the Premier a memorandum respecting the conditions under ...

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  40. A SWIM IN SYDNEY HARBOR,

    There was an exciting scene in the harbor yesterday afternoon. A number of patients from the Gladesville Asylum were out for an airing in a launch, and when opposite ...

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