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  2. AN EXPLORER MISSING.

    Mr. George Kennan, the well-known American explorer, with a journalistic companion, started on a visit to Mont Pelee a week ago, and has not yet returned. ...

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  3. JEWELLERY TO SUIT TIMES.

    E, 2, and 3.—Society's Latest Craze. Beautiful Solid Gold Photo Pendants, Reversible Screw Tops. No. 1, 10/6; No. 2, 15/; No. 3, 9/; Larger Sizes, 15/. ...

    Article : 144 words
  4. DONATION BY QUEEN WILHELMINA.

    Her Majesty Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands has given a sum of 1000 marks (£50) towards the fund for the relief of the sufferers from the disaster in the British ...

    Article : 44 words
  5. Sporting Notes.

    Woolloongabba ... Every Saturday Q.T.C... May 31 Q.T.C... June 3, 21 Ipswich Amateur... June 7 ...

    Article : 1,308 words
  6. Rockhampton Supreme Court.

    THE Supreme Court has been occupied for the last few days in heating a case in which Henry Macbeth applied to have probate of the will of Jacob Adeville, saddler, late of ...

    Article : 207 words
  7. THE BOER WAR.

    THE London "Daily Mail" states that the Government have received more hopeful cable messages from Pretoria with regard to the peace negotiations. ...

    Article : 53 words
  8. Latest Intelligence.

    DETAILS of the floating of the New South Wales 3 per cent. loan of £3,000,000 show that there were 8863 applicants, and the total amount applied for was £35,420,400. ...

    Article : 61 words
  9. PROTEST AGAINST THE CORN DUTIES.

    A meeting of 170 trades union delegates, representing 1,000,000 trade unionists, has been held in London to protest against the duties on wheat and other grain proposed by ...

    Article : 41 words
  10. ANOTHER EDISONIAN INVENTION.

    Mr. Edison, the famous American electrician and inventor, claims to have invented a storage battery which will be able to drive an electric motor-car for a distance of 100 miles ...

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  11. Southern Parliaments.

    The second session of the 19th Parliament of New South Wales was opened at noon to-day. In the Legislative Council the Hon. G. F. ...

    Article : 362 words
  12. ARCHÆOLOGICAL DISCOVERY.

    Information is to hand of an interesting archæological discovery at Phoestos, in the island of Crete, where the remains of another Mycennaen Royal palace have been unearthed. ...

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  13. THE BISHOP OF TASMANIA.

    The Rev. J. E. Mercer, who has been elected Bishop of Tasmania in succession to Bishop Montgomery, will be consecrated in St. Paul's Cathedral on the [?] He ...

    Article : 38 words
  14. THE NEW FRENCH MINISTRY.

    M. de Blowitz, the Paris correspondent of the "Times," states that the new French Ministry, necessitated by the resignation of the present Premier, M. Waldeck-Rousseau, ...

    Article : 58 words
  15. THE DUKE OF CAMBRIDGE ON PEACE PROSPECTS.

    His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, in addressing the National Rifle Association, last night, referred to the situation in South Africa, and said a little daylight was now ...

    Article : 56 words
  16. MISS ADA CROSSLEY.

    It is announced that Miss Ada Crossley, the Australian contralto singer, has abandoned her proposed Australian tour. ...

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  17. EARTHQUAKE SHOCK.

    A shock of earthquake has been experienced in the island of Corfu, one of the Ionian isles. Snow, permeated with ashes, has been falling at Lucerne, in Switzerland. ...

    Article : 34 words
  18. A SUCCESSFUL DEBUT.

    Mr. Louis Arens has made a successful debut at the Covent-garden Theatre in Wagner's celebrated opera, "Lohengrin." ...

    Article : 21 words
  19. Inter-State News.

    THE scrutiny of votes in connection with the election of three directors for the A.M.P. Society was concluded to-day, with the following result:—R. J. Black, 62,280 votes; ...

    Article : 476 words
  20. ANOTHER CABINET MEETING.

    It is announced that another meeting of the Cabinet is to be held to-morrow (Friday). ...

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  21. HONOURED BY THE KAISER.

    Herr Ballin, the manager of the Hamburg-American line, who was stated to have been offered a salary of 1,000,000 dollars a year to manage Pierpont Morgan's shipping ...

    Article : 58 words
  22. FAULTY APRICOT PULP.

    Serious complaints are being made concerning the apricot pulp which has arrived from Victoria. A large percentage of the tins were blown. This is attributed to faulty pulping, ...

    Article : 39 words
  23. COMMANDANT MALAN MORTALLY WOUNDED.

    Information has been received that Major Collett, with a party of the Jansonville Horse, made an attack on the Boers at Somerset East, in the east of Cape Colony, on ...

    Article : 66 words
  24. AUSTRALIAN APPLES.

    The shipment of apples by the steamships Orizaba and Hector have been landed in good condition, and placed on the market. Prices were unchanged. ...

    Article : 25 words
  25. Advertising

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  26. REPULSE OF A BOER ATTACK.

    The Boers have made an attack on Roobepoorte, but were repulsed. ...

    Article : 20 words
  27. Great Britain.

    As a result of the recent artillery experiments with capped shot, the Admiralty have decided to re-design the six armoured cruisers of the improved "County" class, which were ...

    Article : 63 words
  28. DISAFFECTED MALTESE.

    A section of the inhabitants of Malta are objecting to sing the "Te Deum" on the occasion of King Edward's coronation. His Holiness the Pope has issued an emphatic ...

    Article : 36 words
  29. MR. SEDDON AT CAPETOWN.

    The Rights Hon. R. J. Seddon, the New Zealand Premier, has left Capetown, and had an immensely enthusiastic send-off. The loyalists in Cape Colony, while admiring Mr. ...

    Article : 54 words
  30. WRECK OF A BRITISH-INDIA STEAMER.

    Definite information has now been received of the foundering of the British-India Company's steamer Camorta, in the Bay of Bengal. (A cable message dated 15th instant stated: ...

    Article : 61 words
  31. OPINION OF A NEW ZEALAND MINISTER.

    Sir J. G. Ward, apparently speaking with inside knowledge, has expressed the belief that peace in South Africa will be declared within a week. ...

    Article : 39 words
  32. THE STRANDED DESTROYER.

    When the torpedo-boat destroyer Recruit went aground off the Cornwall coast it was found that the supply of rockets was short, and live shells were fired landward during the ...

    Article : 56 words
  33. LORD PAUNCEFOTE'S FUNERAL.

    The funeral of the late Lord Pauncefote, British Ambassador to the United States, took place at Washington yesterday, and was of a most impressive character. The ...

    Article : 64 words
  34. DUMONT'S BALLOON.

    The silk casing of M. Santos Dumont's navigable balloon, with which he was, intending shortly to give an exhibition from the Crystal Palace, has been wantonly cut. The ...

    Article : 42 words
  35. VICTORIA.

    In the Legislative Council, Mr. Orr, in moving the Address in reply, made an earnest appeal on behalf of woman suffrage, and also said be favoured substantial reduction in the ...

    Article : 161 words
  36. West Indies Disaster.

    ON Monday night the volcano of Mont Pelee, in the island of Martinique, was again in activity, vomiting forth clouds of black smoke, which covered the town of Fort de ...

    Article : 68 words
  37. SPEECH BY A CANADIAN MINISTER.

    The Hon. Joseph I. Tarte, Canadian Minister for Public Works, in a speech delivered at Montreal, stated that if Mr. Pierpont Morgan bought out the Canadian Pacific ...

    Article : 81 words
  38. THE LONDON SMALLPOX OUTBREAK.

    The number of deaths from smallpox reported in London during the past two weeks was 24 and 37 respectively. ...

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  39. LOYAL UNITY LODGE, No. 2, M.U.I.O.O.F.

    THE regular fortnightly meeting of the above lodge was held in the lodge-room, Olympic Hall, on Wednesday night, May 21. The N.G., Bro. W. Jeffrey, presided, and two candidates ...

    Article : 66 words
  40. MR. CHAMBERLAIN UNWELL.

    The Right Hon. Joseph Chamberlain, Secretary of State for the Colonies, is suffering from a chill and an attack of goat, and is compelled to absent himself from the House ...

    Article : 39 words
  41. A FRENCH RELIEF VOTE.

    The French Chambers have been asked by the Government to vote 500,000 francs (£20,000) for the relief of the distress in Martinique. ...

    Article : 29 words
  42. THE CUBAN REPUBLIC.

    The Government of Great Britain and France have formally recognised the now Republic of Cuba. ...

    Article : 23 words
  43. LORD CHARLES BERESFORD REPRIMANDED.

    The Admiralty have administered a severe reprimand to Rear-Admiral Lord Charles Beresford, M.P., for some of the Speeches recently delivered by him, while he was still ...

    Article : 51 words
  44. HEAVY RAIN IN ST. VINCENT.

    On the island of St. Vincent there has been a deluge of heavy rain, which has washed away the earth aid exposed the corpses in their shallow graves. ...

    Article : 36 words
  45. CHILI AND ARGENTINA.

    The Chilian and Argentine Governments have signed the agreement mutually restricting the increase in their navies. The agreement also includes a proviso that his Majesty ...

    Article : 52 words
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