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  2. OPENING OF PARLIAMENT.

    It was not a very large or eager crowd that assembled in Macquarie-street at noon yesterday to watch the ceremony attendant on the opening of the seventeenth Parliament. And the absence ...

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  3. POLITICAL NEWS.

    The opening of Parliament by Commission yesterday was of a very uneventful character, and there was but little oeremony or display. This will be reserved for the V ice-regal opening of ...

    Article : 1,094 words
  4. THE WEATHER.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 198 words
  5. SPECIAL CABLES.

    The new House of Commons formally met to-day. The Right Hon. William Court Gully, Q.C., M.P. for Carlisle, was re-elected ...

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  6. SPECIAL CABLES.

    An examination of the Canadian-Australian liner Warrimoo, which grounded at Carmanah Point, Vancouver, but was subsequently floated again, shows that the ...

    Article : 80 words
  7. The Sydney Morning Herald.

    A body of hostile natives attacked the Zanzibar garrison at Tekkaunga, but were repulsed after heavy fighting. Fifty natives were killed, also 10 men of the garrison. ...

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  8. THE COAL MINES COMMISSION.

    The weekly meeting of the Executive was held yesterday afternoon at 3 o'clook at the Colonial Secretary's buildings. The chief business was the approval of the Coal Mines Commission. As ...

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  9. MEETING OF THE CABINET.

    After the meeting of the Executive Council yesterday a meeting of the Cabinet was held, and various matters connected with the approaching session were dealt with. ...

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  10. BRITISH AND FRENCH INFLUENCE IN SIAM.

    Owing to France having claimed the River Mekong as the dividing line of the British and French frontiers of Siam, it has been found impossible to constitute a ...

    Article : 86 words
  11. THE WRECK OF THE CATTERTHUN.

    Mr. M'Intyre, the district coroner, resumed the inquest to-day at 2 p.m. on the three bodies recovered from the wreck of the s.s. Catterthun. Alfred W. Lanfear, second officer of the ...

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  12. WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

    The Daily Post urges the subdivision of Western Australia at an early date. ...

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  13. (FROM OUR CORRESPONDENTS.)

    Soft rain has fallen all day. It is thick all around the mountains, and looks like continuing. BEGA, Tuesday. The showers of the morning settled into steady ...

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  14. VICTORIA.

    The Railway Commissioners were sued to-day, before Mr. Justice Holroyd and a jury, by Abraham Brodie, of South Melbourne, commercial traveller, for £2000 damages on account ...

    Article : 149 words
  15. THE BRITISH WAR DEPARTMENT.

    The British Government proposes to expend £60,000 on additional supplies of cordite for the army. ...

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  16. AUSTRALASIAN PARLIAMENTS.

    In the Assembly to-day Mr. Tucker tabled a notice of motion for a substantial reduction in the port charges with a view to cheaper freights, for the abolition of the tonnage dues, and the ...

    Article : 497 words
  17. EAST AFRICA.

    Advices from Zanzibar state that a body of hostile natives attacked the Zanzibar garrison at Tekkaunga. The garrison, after heavy fighting, repulsed the attack. ...

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  18. AUSTRALIAN DEPOSIT AND MORTGAGE BANK.

    The new scheme of compromise of the Australian Deposit and Mortgage Bank provides—first, that 30 per cent. of indebtedness shall be paid in cash without interest by 1901; ...

    Article : 150 words
  19. AFFAIRS IN BULGARIA.

    Prince Ferdinand of Bulgarin, who has been on a visit to the health resort at Carlsbad, in Bohemia, ha returned to Bulgaria. ...

    Article : 36 words
  20. THE CARRRIAGE OF PRODUCE.

    In addition to the offer which the Minister for Agriculture has received from the local agent of a shipping firm for the carriage of perishable products to London the Agent-General has received ...

    Article : 191 words
  21. MANCHESTER AND AUSTRALIA.

    It is understood that, if the Victorian Government will guarantee a reasonable quantity of produce shipments, the Manchester Direct Trade Committee will ...

    Article : 111 words
  22. WRECKAGE SIGHTED.

    The master of the steamer Wyoming, Captain W. Rice, reports:—When off Charlotte Head, four miles due cast, passed one boat's oar, one small hatch, and some broken cabin fittings ...

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  23. THE COURSE OF THE CATTERTHUN.

    Great satisfaction was felt, especially in shipping and underwriting circles, yesterday, when it came to be known that Mr. Lanfear, the second officer of the steamer, had decided to throw a much ...

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  24. NARROW-GAUGE RAILWAYS.

    At a meeting of the Standing Committee on Railways to-day, Mr. F. Rennick, Engineer-inChief, gave further evidence upon the question of narrow-gauge lines, and the beat method of ...

    Article : 280 words
  25. BISHOPRIC OF ROCHESTER.

    The Rev. Edward Stuart Talbot, D.D., Vicar of Leeds, has been appointed Bishop of Rochester, in succession to Dr. Randall Davidson, who has been translated to the ...

    Article : 36 words
  26. SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    In the House of Assembly to-day the Commissioner of Public Works stated that the Government had taken steps to facilitate the transfer of railway workmen to Western Australia. Several ...

    Article : 196 words
  27. THE BORDEAUX EXHIBITION.

    Mr. Seward has been appointed vicepresident of the jurors in the foreign wine section of the Bordeaux Exhibition. The tasting of the Victorian wines is ...

    Article : 36 words
  28. MALTING BARLEY.

    Messrs. Truman, Hanbury, Buxton, and Company, the well-known brewers, state that the malting barley forwarded by the New South Wales Government in the ...

    Article : 40 words
  29. QUEENSLAND.

    The whole of to-day's sitting of the Assembly was spent in discussing the action of the Speaker in counting out the House last Friday, several members claiming that they ...

    Article : 120 words
  30. THE SPEAKER.

    The Hon. Sir Joseph Palmer Abbott, K.C.M.G., was yesterday re-elected as Speaker for the fourth time. He was first elected on 22nd October, 1890, in succession to Mr. J. H. Young, the ...

    Article : 66 words
  31. QUEENSLAND.

    Arrangements for the formal opening of the Exhibition to-morrow are nearly completed. To-day was judging day. The weather was fine, and the attendance for the judging day larger than in ...

    Article : 292 words
  32. THE GOLD IN THE SHIP.

    It is scarcely likely that the insurers of the 10,000 sovereigns on board the steamer will write the loss off as total without an effort to recover some of it. Already negotiations are afoot to ...

    Article : 135 words
  33. NEW ZEALAND MIDLAND RAILWAY.

    The Hon. E. Blake, Q.C., M.P., formerly Ministor of Justice in Canada, will visit New Zealand to arbitrate on the points in dispute between the Midland Railway ...

    Article : 41 words
  34. LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.

    The PRESIDENT took the chair at noon, and directed the Clerk to read the proclamation convening Parliament to meet for despatch of business. The Clerk accordingly read the proclamation. ...

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  35. MEETING OF OPPOSITION.

    A meeting of the Opposition was held at Parliament House yesterday afternoon. The Opposition room was crowded, and there were only two or three absentees. Between 35 and 40 members of ...

    Article : 292 words
  36. TO-DAY.

    Madame Enriquez Benefit Concert: Centenary Hall, 8 p.m. Waverley Congregational Church: Lecture on "The Apology of Artstids; or an Early Christian Appeal to ...

    Article : 283 words
  37. NEW ZEALAND MUTTON.

    The New Zealand mutton brought by the s.s. Timaru has been sold for Manchester direct. ...

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  38. SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    Messrs. Kidman Brothers are shipping by the steamer Colae 231 bullocks, averaging 800lb. weight, for Western Australia. The animals came from the Bulla River, Queensland. The ...

    Article : 60 words
  39. LONDON AND AUSTRALASIAN DEBENTURE CORPORATION.

    The London and Australasian Debenture Corporation offered £50,000 4½ per cent, debentures for subscription. The amount was fully applied for. ...

    Article : 36 words
  40. THE BRILLIANT METEOR.

    Last evening a magnificent moteor was seen here at a quarter to 8. There was a rambling noise after the bursting of the meteor. The meteor seen from other places on Saturday ...

    Article : 79 words
  41. THE AMERICAN WHEAT CROP.

    Official statistics issued from Washington indicate that the wheat yield of the United States will be 386,507,000 bushels. ...

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  42. MEETING OF THE LABOUR PARTY.

    The member, of the labour party held a meeting at Parliament House yesterday afternoon. There was a large attendance. Mr. M'Gowen was re-elected leader of the party, and Mr. Griffith ...

    Article : 46 words
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