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  2. THE WEATHER. HEAVY RAIN AND ROUGH SEAS.

    Early on Saturday the wind shifted to the southeast, and rain fell heavily during the forenoon. In the afternoon it cleared, but again came down during Saturday night and Sunday. Yesterday was a ...

    Article : 428 words
  3. VICTORIA. [BY TELEGRAPH.] (FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT.) THE INTERCOLONIAL TBADE.

    Consequent on a suggestion received by the Premier that Victoria is losing its intercolonial trade because of the shippiug facilities existing at Sydney, the Customs Department was instructed to make ...

    Article : 211 words
  4. SPECIAL CABLES.

    A dynamite outrage has been perpetrated by anarchists at Fuenterrebollo, near Sogovia, in the province of Old Castile, Spain. ...

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  5. SPECIAL CABLES. FROM THE HERALD'S LONDON CORRESPONDENTS.

    A telegram from Capetown states that Major Elliot has been instructed to annex Pondoland, in South Africa, on behalf of Great Britain. ...

    Article : 38 words
  6. The Sydney Morning Herald.

    THE conference of representatives of the city and country branches of the Labour Electoral League began its sittings on Saturday. The question of the pledge to be signed by labour ...

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  7. THE TRANSVAAL AND MATEBELELAND.

    A manifesto has been issued by Commandant General P. J. Joubert, a member of the Executive Council of the South African Republic (Transvaal), urging the ...

    Article : 69 words
  8. SIR THOMAS M'ILWRAITH IN ENGLAND.

    Sir Thomas M'Ilwraith, of Queensland, had a lengthy interview to-day with the Marquis of Ripon, Secretary of State for the Colonies, in the course of which several ...

    Article : 265 words
  9. THE PREMIER AND THE TRADES HALL COUNCIL.

    The Premier (Mr. Patterson) has expressed himself as highly amused at the references made to him at the meeting of the Trades Hall Council on Friday night, when he was ...

    Article : 344 words
  10. THE BRITISH IN WEST AFRICA.

    Intelligence has been received from Gambia, in West Africa, stating that the British have captured the native settlement of Gunjur, on the coast of Gambia, ...

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  11. [BY TELEGRAPH.] (FROM OUR CORRESPONDENTS.) MAITLAND TRAINS DELAYED.

    The weather is very unsettled. Rain fell nearly all day Saturday, and it was very heavy during the night. It is now (6 p.m.) raining steadily. The Maitland trains were, delayed one hour this morning ...

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  12. TO-DAY.

    Presbyterian Church General Assembly: Meeting 7 p.m. Wesleyan Methodist Conference. Lillie Bridge Pony Racing and Bicycling To-night. Mr. E. M. Clark will Address the Electors Centennial ...

    Article : 206 words
  13. FIGHTING IN ASSAM.

    Advices from Calcutta state that a military column under Captain Maxwell, which which was some time ago despatched against the Abors, a native hill tribe on the ...

    Article : 149 words
  14. A PHENOMENAL RAINFALL.

    Very heavy rain fell here at 1 o'clock to-day, 2in. being registered in 10 minutes. All the low parts of the town were flooded, and water covered the railway line in places to a depth of 2ft. Portions of the ...

    Article : 639 words
  15. THE DISTRESS IN MELBOURNE.

    It having come to the knowledge of the Premier that there are numbers of elderly men and women, and also of children, in poor circumstances, and as it is feared that their position may become worse ...

    Article : 89 words
  16. DARING ATTEMPTED BURGLARY.

    A daring and carefully-planned burglary was attempted at about 2 o'clock yesterday morning at the establishment of Messrs. Bosch and Barthel, importers of watchmakers' and dental materials ...

    Article : 314 words
  17. THE LIQUOR DUTIES IN FRANCE.

    The French Government has been defeated by a majority of 68 on a motion brought forward in the Chamber of Deputies in favour of treating the ...

    Article : 49 words
  18. THE GOVERNORSHIP OF VICTORIA.

    The Colonial Office regards the case of the Earl of Hopetoun, Governor of Victoria, as analogous to that of the Earl of Kintore. It is willing to grant Lord ...

    Article : 60 words
  19. IMPORT AND EXPORT OF GOLD.

    According to a return prepared by the Customs Department, the gold Specie imported into the colony last year represented tho sum of £1,150,200, and the Rold exported represented an amount of ...

    Article : 41 words
  20. THE FROZEN MEAT INDUSTRY AT GEELONG.

    The gentlemen interested in the establishing of the frozen most industry at the port of Geelong have finally agree to a scheme to be submitted to the public for approval. A prospectus ...

    Article : 63 words
  21. RUSSIA AND GERMANY.

    The German Reichstag has adopted the commercial treaty between Russia and Germany by a majority of 54. ...

    Article : 26 words
  22. THE SILVER QUESTION IN AMERICA.

    President Cleveland states that he will veto Senator Bland's bill providing for the issue of silver certificates on the seigniorage of bullion in the American ...

    Article : 48 words
  23. THE PANAMA CANAL.

    The shareholders of the Panama Canal Company have decided to form a new company to complete the canal. ...

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  24. ATTEMPTED BURGLARY AT PORT MELBOURNE.

    About 2 o'clock this morning a dairy produce dealer named John Mackay, a resident of Port Melbourne, was disturbed by a sound in his shop. Carrying a ...

    Article : 180 words
  25. THE ACCIDENT TO H.M.S. CRESCENT.

    H.M.S. Crescent, which put back to Portsmouth in consequence of her cylinders having broken down in the Channel, will undergo repairs for four ...

    Article : 42 words
  26. TASMANIA.

    The Rev. Campbell Rogers, pastor of the Congregational Church at West Devonport, and his congregation refuse to acknowledge the Congregational Union. On Thursday night ...

    Article : 165 words
  27. THE SITUATION IN HAWAII.

    The Provisional Government at Honolulu has enacted stringent laws against immigration into Hawaii. ...

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  28. FATAL ACCIDENT IN ESSEX.

    Mr. J. Theobald, Conservative member for the Romford division of Essex in the House of Commons, has been killed at Romford through attempting to enter a ...

    Article : 45 words
  29. BRITISH AMBASSADOR IN ST. PETERSBURG.

    Sir Frank Lascelles, G.C.M.G., the British Envoy, Minister, and Consul-General in Persia, has been appointed Ambassador to St. Petersburg, in ...

    Article : 37 words
  30. VICTORIAN COAL.

    A meeting was held in Carlton last night to urge the Melbourne City Council to accept a tender for Victorian coal, and so give employment to people in the colony. Two tenders had ...

    Article : 90 words
  31. SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    Mr. J. Gordon, S.M., on Saturday dealt with the cases of six unemployed who haa been arrested early that morning on a charge of having unlawfully occupied Crown land, a portion of ...

    Article : 123 words
  32. THE CRONIN MURDER.

    Coughlin, a member of the Clan-naGael secret organisation, who was charged with the murder of Dr. Cronin, of Chicago, in 1889, has been tried and acquitted. ...

    Article : 33 words
  33. STATUE OF THE QUEEN FOR ADELAIDE.

    The bronze statue of Queen Victoria to be presented to the city of Adelaide by Sir Edwin Smith has been successfully cast. ...

    Article : 31 words
  34. THE WESLEYAN CONFERENCE.

    At the sittings of the Wesleyan Conference yesterday a resolution was passed to the effect that it is contrary both to the spirit and the letter of the Methodist law for its ministers to engage in any ...

    Article : 325 words
  35. FATAL ACCIDENT IN THE STOCKTON COLLIERY.

    This afternoon the district coroner (Mr. G. C. Martin, J.P.) held an inquest at the Federal Hotel, Stockton, on the body of Robert Donaldson, a miner, who was killed in the Stockton Colliery this ...

    Article : 398 words
  36. PRIVY COUNCIL APPEAL.

    The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council has allowed, with costs, the appeal in the case of the West Australian Land Company v. Forrest. ...

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  37. A FASHIONABLE MARRIAGE.

    Lord Deerhurst, who visited Australia some years ago, has been married to Miss Victoria Bonynge. The ceremony was a brilliant one. ...

    Article : 27 words
  38. THE WASHAWAY AT MURRAY BRIDGE.

    The chairman of the Railway Commissioners received a telegram from the resident engineer at Murray Bridge this evening, stating that the line was now perfectly restored, and that traffic would ...

    Article : 45 words
  39. UNION MORTGAGE AND AGENCY COMPANY.

    The Union Mortgage and Agency Company of Australia is issuing £135,530 worth of 5 per cent, debenture stock at 98 to pay off terminable debentures. ...

    Article : 34 words
  40. QUEENSLAND.

    The deadlock over the election of the Mayor of Brisbane was concluded on Saturday. The council met at noon on Saturday, and after a stormy meeting, which lasted about half an hour, ...

    Article : 160 words
  41. THE LABOUR DISPUTE AT PORT ADELAIDE.

    Work on the wharfs at Port Adelaide is proceeding quietly, and it is not expected that the dispute precipitated by the Working Men'h Association in reference to the employment of free ...

    Article : 70 words
  42. MINING AT COOLGARDIE.

    Messrs. F. L. Cox and G. M'Culloch have been appointed London directors of Bailey's Reward mine, Coolgardie, Western Australia. ...

    Article : 26 words
  43. A LUNATIC AT LARGE.

    On Friday evening a young single woman, of highly respectable character, was crossing the South Parks Lands, when a man came running up from behind, and, grasping her, stabbed her in the ...

    Article : 82 words
  44. THE OXFORD AND CAMBRIDGE BOAT RACE.

    The latest betting on the annual boat race between the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge is 5 io 2 on the Oxford crew. ...

    Article : 33 words
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