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  2. GENERAL NEWS.

    On Tuesday afternoon 23 of the contacts who were sent to the quarantine station from the R.M.S. Britannia, because of a case of plague on that vessel, were ...

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  3. THE FLEMINGTON MURDER

    Thomas Fletcher, a North Melbourne butcher, aged 26, has been arrested and charged with the murder of Donald J. McLeod, the man who was done to death on ...

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  4. THE COMMONWEALTH PARLIAMENT.

    The Speaker took the chair at 2.30 p.m. Imperial Defence Committee's Report. Mr. Kelly (N.S.W.) complained that while the Government kept from ...

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  5. AN EVENING WITH TENNYSON.

    The second of the course of three lectures, entitled "Poets of the Nineteenth Century," now being delivered by Professor Henderson, was given on Tuesday ...

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  6. AMUSEMENTS.

    At the Theatre Royal this evening Mr. J. C. Williamson's popular Royal Comic Opera Company will make their reappearance in Adelaide in "The Little Michus," a ...

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  7. DEATH OF MR. ALFRED BEIT.

    The death, in his 53rd year, is announced of Mr. Alfred Beit, the South African millionaire. Mr. Beit was a man of reserved and ...

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  8. FEDERAL AFFAIRS.

    The Chief Electoral Officer of the Commonwealth (Mr. Oldham) stated to-day that,the dates were being fixed in each State and constituency for the temporary ...

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  9. ROYALTY IN DANGER.

    King Haakon, who recently ascended the throne of Norway, and Queen Maud, who is the fourth daughter of King Edward, had a remarkable escape from serious accident ...

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  10. KRUGER'S GRANDSON.

    Paul Kruger Smit, a grandson of the late Paul Kruger, President of the Transvaal Republic has been arrested on a charge of shooting Herman Davies at Daspoort, in ...

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  11. BUDDHISTS AND CHRISTIANS.

    The Buddhists and Shintoists in Tokio, who during the excitement in the capital last September following upon the conclusion by Japan of a treaty containing what ...

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  12. SHIPPING.

    Dorset, steamer, at London, from Wellington May 24. Peru, barque, at Falmouth, from Streaky Bay January 24. ...

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  13. PORTUGUESE STEAMER FOUNDERS.

    Advices from Loanda, the capital of the Portuguese colony of Angola, West Africa state that the Portuguese steamer Silva Americano has sunk in the Kwanza River, ...

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  14. LONDON WOOL SALES.

    At the London wool sales yesterday there was a choice selection of Merinos, including Tasmanians. Competition was fair, American buyers taking the crossbreds. ...

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  15. MADAME CLARA BUTT.

    Madame Clara Butt, the world's greatest contralto, who was replaced by Madame Crossley at the late Handel festival, has undergone a successful operation for ...

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  16. COMMERCIAL NEWS.

    Sugar.—Mr. F.O. Licht, of Magdeburg, in his monthly report on the beet sugar trade, states that the production in Europe for the first ten months of the current year ...

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  17. SWIMMING IN PARIS.

    A swimming race in the Seine, over a course through Paris, was won yesterday by Bougouin, a Frenchman, D. Billington, of Bacup, being second, and Miss Annette ...

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  18. VICTORIA.

    The term for which Mr. Taverner was appointed Agent-General expires next February. It is understood that he will be reappointed. ...

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  19. THE SHIP RODENBEK.

    Ninety-five guineas per cent has been paid to reinsure the German ship Rodenbek, which left Liverpool on January 23 last for Sydney, and is now considerably ...

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  20. A LADY ELECTION AGENT.

    A letter has been received by the Fitzroy branch of the Political Labor Council from Miss H. F. Powell, of George-street, Sydney, in which she offers to assist in ...

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  21. A STABBING AFFRAY.

    A serious affray took place on board the ship Centurion in Newcastle Harbor to day. The altercation occurred between some of the crew, and Carl Olsen was ...

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  22. WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

    Thirty-five old scholars of St. Peter's College, Adelaide, commemorated the 59th anniversary of the college's foundation by a dinner at the Palace Hotel last night. Mr. ...

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  23. THE TRANSVAAL.

    In the House of Commons yesterday Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman, Prime Minister, stated in reply to Mr. Alfred Lyttelton, late Colonial Secretary, that he ...

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  24. QUEENSLAND.

    Mr. A. J. Carter, of Brisbane, has been appointed consul in Queensland for Norway, and Mr. W. H. Rudd, of Rockhampton, vice-consul., ...

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  25. NEW ZEALAND.

    The census returns show the population in the North Island to be 476,891, and in the South Island 411,258. The numerical increases are 86,320 and 25,597 respectively. ...

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  26. FANATICAL EGYPT.

    The "Daily Express" states that owing to the fanatical spirit displayed by the Moslems in Egypt against Europeans, at the instigation of the mullahs of Mecca, Lord ...

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  27. THE " HOLLOWNESS" OF SOCIETY.

    Father Bernard Vaughan, brother of the late Cardinal Vaughan, delivered a scathing denunciation of London society in the course of a sermon at Farm-street Church ...

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  28. TASMANIA.

    Mr. Norman Dodds, son of the Chief Justice, has been appointed secretary of the Metropolitan Drainage Board. Mr. Lord's appointment as Commissioner ...

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  29. BROKEN HILL.

    Visitors have been arriving during the week in large numbers from the other States and the outlying districts, with the result that the accommodation at the ...

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  31. A FAREWELL.

    The staff of the Bank of Australasia, Adelaide, took the opportunity on Tuesday to make a presentation to Mr. V. R. Sadleir, in token of their esteem and regard, on ...

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  32. NEW SOUTH WALES

    Miss Marie Narelle's mother died at her residence, Bondi, to-day. The soprano has in consequence cancelled her engagements for the present. ...

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  33. TASMANIAN POLITICS.

    Correspondence tabled in the Assembly shows that claims were made to vote for the Waratah election by persons resident outside that district, and that the Labor ...

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  35. THE CRICKET DISPUTE.

    The Victorian members of the Board of Control received word from the secretary (Mr. McElhone) to-day that the New South Wales members could not possibly ...

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