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  2. THE WEATHER. THE GOVERNMENT ASTRONOMER ON THE DROUGHT.

    Following upon the very full reports from Harald correspondents from the country, published yesterday, of the invaluable rainfall, considerable interest was taken in the weather chalis that at 9 a.m. are ...

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  3. SECOND EDITION. THE MISSING EXPLORERS.

    Mr A. S. Magaroy received the following telegram this evening from Mr. L. A. Wells, dated Fitzroy, 11 a.m.:—"Arrived Mount Campbell yesterday, and owing to 4in. of rain ...

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  4. SPECIAL CABLES. FROM THE HERALD'S LONDON CORRESPONDENTS. TURKEY AND THE POWERS.

    Colonol Mazhar Hey, who was ia command of the troops at Marash, Asia Minor, at the time of the murder of Father Salvatore, an Italian priest in that ...

    Article : 147 words
  5. BRITISH POLITICS.

    In the course of his speech at Manchester on Saturday last Mr. A. J. Balfour, M.P., First Lord of the Treasury, dealing with the question of Irish finance, ...

    Article : 182 words
  6. VICTORIA. RESIGNATION OF THE AGENTGENERAL.

    A cable message has been received by the Premier from Mr. Gillies announcing that the latter gentleman vacated the position of AgentGeneral on Thursday last. At a meeting of the ...

    Article : 133 words
  7. The Sydney Morning Herald.

    The general treaty of arbitration between Great Britain and the United States only awaits the formal assent of Oscar II., King of Sweden, who acted as arbitrator, and the naming of the umpire. ...

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  8. THE FEDERAL CONVENTION.

    Sir George Turner has received a letter from Mr. G. H. Reid, Premier of New South Wales, who is at present in Victoria on a holiday, stating that he is in communication with the Premiers of ...

    Article : 152 words
  9. THE HURRICANE AT PORT DARWIN.

    Mr. V. L. Solomon, member of the House of Assembly for the Northern Territory, who is now in Melbourne, has forwarded £100 to the Register office to start a relief fund for the distressed ...

    Article : 161 words
  10. WHAT MR. RUSSELL SAYS

    Mr. Russell, in reply last night to inquiries made at the Observatory, said of the cool change:— "People don't carry these figures in their heads, but so recently as 13th January, 1892, the temperature ...

    Article : 303 words
  11. STRANDING OF THE RUAPEIIU.

    The inquiry into the grounding of the Ruapehu was concluded to-day. Counsel for the captain and officers contended that the Court had no jurisdiction to deal with their certificate, as they ...

    Article : 199 words
  12. GREAT BRITAIN AND AMERICA.

    The general treaty of arbitration between Great Britain and the United States only awaits the formal assent of Oscar II., King of Sweden (who consented ...

    Article : 58 words
  13. THE MODEL LODGING-HOUSE.

    An extraordinary general meeting of shareholders of the Model Lodging-house Company, Limited, was held to-day for the purpose of considering a special resolution for the voluntary ...

    Article : 187 words
  14. INTERNATIONAL POSTAL CONGRESS.

    Mr. Spencer Walpole, Secretary to the Post Office; Mr. H. Buxton Forman, one of the assistant secretaries; and Mr. C. A. King, Chief Examiner and Receiver in ...

    Article : 54 words
  15. CITY AND SUBURBAN CEMETERIES.

    The attention of the public has recently been directed to certain complaints mode in regard to the manner in which interments are conducted in some cemeteries in and around Sydney. Yesterday one of ...

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  16. THE PAPAL ELECTION.

    The Papal Nuncios at Vienna, Paris, Madrid, and Lisbon have informed the Powers that the veto upon the Papal election has been abolished. ...

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  17. THE ROUGH WEATHER.

    Westerly and S. W. gales, fierce and persistent, have raged along the coast for two or three days; and on the southern coast yesterday telegraphic communication was cut off, the [?]mes being down. ...

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  18. THE SOUDAN.

    Many of the dervishes are leaving Berber. The Egyptian garrison at Abu Hamed, in the bend of the Nile between the ...

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  19. THE DOWNPOUR OF RAIN.

    Rain fell heavily throughout last night, and the weather to-day was showery, but towards evening it cleared up, and the weather is now fine, nearly 5in have fallen in Melbourne since Friday; and ...

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  20. THE MARINE ENGINEERS' DIFFICULTY. AMICABLE ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE CONFERENCE.

    A meeting of the Steamship Owners Association had been summoned for yesterday morning, the object being the consideration of the matters that are to be placed before the conference which is to be ...

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  21. INTERNATIONAL CYCLING.

    C. F. Barden, the well-known English racing cyclist, has beaten Huret, the French champion cyclist, for a prize of 10,000 fiancs. ...

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  22. THE MAIL STEAMER ORIENT.

    The Orient Company write:— "The R.M.S. Orient seems to have had some detention on the passage from Melbourne, having tignalled all well off Jervis Bay at 4.30 on Monday afternoon, when she was ...

    Article : 96 words
  23. RUSSIAN EXPEDITION TO ABYSSINIA.

    A Russian expedition to Abyssinia will start from Odessa in the spring. ...

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  24. ANOTHER OVERDUE STEAMER.

    A lot of inquines were made about the whereabouts of the Illawarra Company's steamer Bega. She was due early on Sunday, but there was no sign of her. Nor did ...

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  25. CHOLERA ON A TROOPSHIP.

    An outbreak of cholera has occurred on the Indian transport Nubia, on the voynge between Malta and Plymouth. Three of the men attacked succumbed. ...

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  26. OTHER REPORTS.

    Melbourne wires ot the storm in Bass's Straits:— The Lady St. Aubyn, from Kalpara to Fremantle, has put into Port Phillip for shelter, and the Leon barque, from Nicaragua to Fremantle, for supplies. ...

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  27. DISCOVERY OF COAL.

    A telegram was received to-day by the Mines Department from Korumburra announcing that the Calyx drill, which has been boring for some weeks past on the ground of the Outtrim and ...

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  28. THE INDIAN FAMINE.

    A sum of £1,250,000 is to be expended upon relief works in the famine-strieken districts of India. Jan. 11. ...

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  29. AN OPPORTUNE RESCUE AT SEA.

    The ateanie Sophia Ann, Captain Weston, srrived this morning from Sydney Captain Weston reports having picked up a boat 16ft. long with a man in it off Broken Bay on Sunday night about 6 o'clock. ...

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  30. CASE OF SNAKEBITE.

    At Moe this morning a lad named Sullivan, while driving a cart, saw a snake on the ground. Hr got out of the cart and killed it, and while doing so was bitten on the hand by another snake ...

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  31. WESTERN AUSTRALIA. A TERRIBLE EXPERIENCE.

    News has been received at Cue of the narrow, escape from a horrible death of Mr. H. R. Williams, late manager of the Camel Stores at Cue. Mr. Williams recently went to Peak Hill, ...

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  32. SOCIALISTS IN ITALY.

    The Marquis di Rudini, the Italian Premier, has issued a decree dissolving the socialist clubs in the province of Rome. ...

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  33. FATAL RESULT OF A STREET ACCIDENT.

    An inquest was hold to-day on the body of Martiu Kelly, a labourer, aged 59, who died at the Melbourne Hospital from fracture of the skull, received in a free fight on New ...

    Article : 126 words
  34. GALE AT PAMBULA.

    Since Saturday, evening steady rain has been falling continuously. Two inches 55 points have been registered up till this morning. It was badly wanted, and will benefit the whole district ...

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  35. WOOL DUTIES IN AMERICA.

    Manufacturers in the United States complain that the demands made by the Ohio growers before the Tariff Committee of the House of Representatives were ...

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  36. BURGLARY AT FREMANTLE.

    Buring the early hours of Sunday, morning burglars entered the Federal Hotel, Fremantle, and stole a gold watch and chain valued at £60, the property of Mr. J. M'Dowall, together with ...

    Article : 263 words
  37. QUEENSLAND. QUEENSLAND NATIONAL BANK.

    In connection with the proposed extension of time for the repayment of deposits by the Queensland National Bank reports have been made to the effect that a basis has been agreed upon between ...

    Article : 69 words
  38. THE BUBONIC PLAGUE.

    The bubonic plague at Kurrachee, in the Scinde, is raging with great virulence. Out of 220 cases there were 214 deaths. ...

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  39. FORTHER TROUBLE IN ADELAIDE.

    Owing to the action of the Adelaide s.s. Company [?] declining to recognise the Engineers' Institution, the trouble, instead of becoming restricted, a[?]s in the other colonies, is extending. This morning two ...

    Article : 183 words
  40. ROYAL BANK OF QUEENSLAND.

    The half yearly report of the Royal Bank of Queensland shows that the net profits amount to £6514, out of which a dividend at the rate of 2½ per cent. per annum is declared, £1500 is added to ...

    Article : 199 words
  41. COOLIE IMMIGRATION TO NATAL.

    The agitation at Durban, Natal, against the admission of coolie immigrants from India is spreading in the colony. ...

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  42. FIRE IN A MENAGERIE.

    Barnum and Bailey's great menagerie, which was travelling in the State of Connecticut, U.S.A., has been destroyed by fire, Six fo the elephants stampeded, but ...

    Article : 36 words
  43. TO-DAY.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 176 words
  44. LINGFIELD PARK CLUB.

    At the January steeplechase meeting of the Lingfield Park Club yesterday Messrs. Gibson Bros.' br g Daimio, by Swiveller from Butterfly II., ran third in the Wo[?]ld ...

    Article : 67 words
  45. NEW ZEALAND.

    The cricket match, Queensland v. Canterbury, was won by the visitors by 47 runs. Queensland in the second innings made 221. The chief scores were—Douahoo, 59; M'Donald, 40; Hoare, 23; ...

    Article : 99 words
  46. SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    There is a decided expansion[?]in the customs receipts as against the amount in hand this time last year. The net increase is £24,662. Mr. W. Strawbridge, Surveyor-General, leaves ...

    Article : 93 words
  47. LATE SHIPPING.

    ADELAIDE.—Arrivals: January 11, Bullmns (s.), from Western Australia; Himalay, R.M.S., from Melbourne; Lindus (s.), from Newcastle, Departure: January 11, Bulimba (s.), for Melbourne. ...

    Article : 31 words
  48. Advertising

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    Advertising : 22 words
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