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  2. SERIOUS ACCIDENT AT A PUBLIC SCHOOL. COLLAPSE OF THE FLOOR OF AN OUTHOUSE.

    An extraordinary accident happened yesterday at the Erskineville Public School, Erskineville-road. During the quarter-of-an-hour recess at 11 a.m. the concrete floor over the pit of an outhouse collapsed. ...

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  3. THE BARRABA MURDER. POLICE BELIEVE THEY HAVE A CLUE.

    The chief development to-day in connection with the pursuit of the perpetrators of the murder of Mr. M'Kay was the receipt of news that a man had been arrested at Gunnedah on suspicion, and that he ...

    Article : 528 words
  4. VICTORIA. [BY TELEGRAPH.] (FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT.) THE REASSEMBLING OF PARLIAMENT.

    A special supplement to the Government Gazette was issued to-night, containing a proclamation calling Parliament together for the despatch of business on Wednesday, 30th May. ...

    Article : 40 words
  5. SPECIAL CABLES.

    A large body of Coxeyites, or labour agitators, has arrived at Omaha, in Nebraska. The railway companies have stopped their services, fearing outrages. ...

    Article : 94 words
  6. SPECIAL CABLES.

    Earthquake shocks continue to be felt in Greece. Immense damage was caused to public buildings in Athens. Two hundred and sixty persons were buried alive ...

    Article : 87 words
  7. The Sydney Morning Herald.

    ANOTHER man, Patrick M'Manus, of Gunnedah, has been arrested on suspicion of having been concerned in the Barraba murder. He has been remanded to Barraba. ...

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  8. THE FEDERAL COUNCIL.

    A despatch has been received by the Premier through the Governor intimating that the Queen had approved of an increase in the number of representatives on the Federal Council. ...

    Article : 34 words
  9. CHARGE OF ASSAULT AND ROBBERY.

    A youth named ward Chas. Rogers was charged this afternoon at the Fitzroy Police Court with assaulting and robbing W. H Byos at Wcolloomooloo, Sydney, on 17th June, 1891. The Bench ...

    Article : 67 words
  10. THE ROYAL BETROTHAL.

    The marriage of the Grand Duke Nicholas, Czarewitch of Russia, with Princess Alix Victoria of Hesse will be celebrated at St. Petersburg early in ...

    Article : 40 words
  11. SAD SHOOTING FATALITY.

    A sad shooting accident occurred at Bowyea, near Benalla, on Saturday night A girl named Leary, a daughter of a farmer, while playing with her brother, aged 3 years, picked up a rifle, and ...

    Article : 58 words
  12. COLLIERS' STRIKE IN AMERICA.

    The general strike of colliers in America has commenced. LATER. One hundred thousand colliers are on ...

    Article : 27 words
  13. THE FEDERAL BANK.

    The hearing of the application to remove Mr. Priestley from his position of liquidator of the Federal Bank was continued before Mr. Justice Holroyd to-day. Mr. Higgins continued his ...

    Article : 172 words
  14. THE ANARCHISTS.

    A man named Farandi, a companion of the Italian anarchist Polti, has been arrested in London with explosives in his possession. ...

    Article : 115 words
  15. MR. GLADSTONE.

    Mr. Gladstone, who was reported to be ailing, is recovering. ...

    Article : 16 words
  16. THE ADMINISTRATION OF UGANDA.

    The British Government has voted £50,000 for the administration of Uganda, in East Africa, which has been placed under British protection. ...

    Article : 28 words
  17. DEPARTMENTAL REPORT.

    Mr. Wigram an officer connected with the architect's office in the department was desoatched to the [?]cene of the accident so soon as the news received by the Under-Secretary. Mr. Wigram ...

    Article : 176 words
  18. (FROM OUR CORRESPONDENTS.) ANOTHER ARREST.

    At the police court to-day before [?] P. Brougham, P.M., Patrick M'Manus, of Gunnedah, was enarged on suspicion with being concerned in the murder of Mr. M'Kay at Barraba. ...

    Article : 429 words
  19. THE SAMOAN QUESTION.

    The Courier, a loading journal in Hanover, announces that it has reason to believe that the German Government will reject the proposals of the New Zealand ...

    Article : 83 words
  20. INSOLVENT ESTATES.

    General meetings of creditors were held in the Insolvency Court to-day in the insolvent estates of Sir Matthew Davies, late Speaker of the Assembly, and his brother, J. B.Davies. In Sir "Matthew's ...

    Article : 60 words
  21. WESTERN AUSTRALIA. [BY TELEGRAPH.] (FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT.) NEWS FROM THE GOLDFIELDS.

    Numbers of men are here waiting to proceed to Coolgardie. All the accounts whicn are given are that there is an ample water supply on the fields, which are capable of absorbing large numbers ...

    Article : 122 words
  22. ENGLAND AND FRANCE.

    The French Government has forced Sir Edward Blaint to resign the chairmanship of L'ouest Railway Company, on the ground that his position gave him access ...

    Article : 65 words
  23. THE OTTAWA CONFERENCE.

    The Premier sent a cablegram to-day to Mr. Robert Reid, Minister of Defence, asking him to leave his private secretary Mr. Mackay, or the Defence Department, in Canada, to act as ...

    Article : 87 words
  24. THE OTTAWA CONFERENCE.

    The Canadian Government has invited the Governments of Cape Colony and Natal to send delegates to the Colonial Conference to be held at Ottaw a in June. ...

    Article : 34 words
  25. AN ACT OF SACRILEGE.

    During Sunday night burglars broke into the Presbyterian church at St. Kilda and ransacked the boxes, &c., and carried off a large pierglass from the organ. It is not known whether they ...

    Article : 403 words
  26. FRENCH COLONIAL GOVERNORS.

    M. Feillet, Governor of the Island of Miquelon (which, with the Island of St. Pierre, forms a French colony off the southern coast of Newfoundland), has ...

    Article : 62 words
  27. THE ARRANGEMENT OF THE MAILS.

    There is considerable dissatisfaction in this colony about the resolution ot the Postal Conference to make 1 Friday the day of leaving Adelaide for the mail steamers. This will completely ...

    Article : 146 words
  28. N. Z. LOAN AND MERCANTILE AGENCY COMPANY.

    At the examination of directors of the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Limited, a telegram from Mr. David Elder, general manager of the ...

    Article : 204 words
  29. NEWS IN SYDNEY.

    The metropolitan police received word yesterday of the detention ot two men in the vicinity of Pillaway station, in the direction of Breeza, on suspicion of being concerned in the murder. The suspicion. ...

    Article : 66 words
  30. THE LIBERATOR BUILDING SOCIETY FRAUDS.

    Jabez Spencer Balfour, the defaulting director of the Liberator Building Society, who has been removed from the gaol at Buenos Ayres owing ...

    Article : 72 words
  31. THE WYALONG GOLDFIELD.

    The latest information from the Wyalong goldfield shows that the output of stone continues satisfactory in most claims, and the reports as to the development of the reefs are very encouraging as a rule. The ...

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  32. SOUTH AUSTRALIA. [BY TELEGRAPH.] (FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT.) THE COLLISION ON THE PORT RAILWAY.

    Richard Gill, 14 years of age, who was injured lu the railway collision on the Port line by which a man was killed yesterday, died to-day. Miss Peterson, another of the injured persons, is not ...

    Article : 59 words
  33. A COMPANY'S DIVIDEND.

    The Van Diemon's Land Company has declared a dividend of 5s per share. ...

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  34. MR. SYMON, Q.C., ON THE GOVERNMENT POLICY.

    Mr. Symon, Q. C., in expressing regret at his inability to stand for the vacancy for East Torreus, in the Assembly, says that the Government policy of taxation is a policy ...

    Article : 87 words
  35. COMMEMORATION OF THE WARSAW REVOLUTION.

    Two hundred arrests have been made in Poland in connection with the commemoration of the Warsaw revolution. ...

    Article : 27 words
  36. TO-DAY.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 259 words
  37. THE ORIENT COMPANY.

    The Orient Steam Navigation Company has decided to pass a dividend A sum of £32,300 is carried to the reserve fund. ...

    Article : 27 words
  38. A FRENCH LOTTERY LOAN.

    A City of Paris lottery loan of 200,000,000 francs, at 2½ per cent., has been subscribed 85 times over. ...

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  39. THE MARITIME CONFERENCE.

    The maritime conference assembled to-day. Before proceeding with the business Mr. Hamilton moved,—"That all correspondence between the Governments of Tasmania and South Australia as ...

    Article : 334 words
  40. HEAVY FLOOD IN THE FAR NORTH.

    News from Hergott reports that over 2in. of rain has fallen at Birdsville. The largest flood ever seen by whites has taken place on the Diamantina and Georgina rivers. ...

    Article : 125 words
  41. BROKEN HILL PROPRIETARY.

    Broken Hill Proprietary shares are quoted at £2 9s 6d. ...

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  42. CHOLERA IN EUROPE.

    Cholera has broken out again in Galicia. The disease has also made its appearance in Lisbon. ...

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  43. CIRCUIT COURTS.

    To-day, at the Circuit Court, Thomas M'Lachlan and Jas. Howard Powell were indicted for stealing 25 sheep from Cullen Benhong, the property of William Cullen, last December. At the close of the ...

    Article : 350 words
  44. CHARGE OF FORGERY.

    Court Talleyrand-Perigord has been arrested in Paris on a charge of forging bills to the extent of 2,000,000f. ...

    Article : 28 words
  45. TASMANIA.

    The steam launch Percy, owned by three mining prospectors, bound for Launceston, has been wrecked at the entrance to Corrina Heads. The occupants reached the shore safely ...

    Article : 47 words
  46. NEW ZEALAND.

    The Government has appointed a commission to ascertain if possible who was responsible for the publication in the Wellington Evening Post of the letters of Colonel Fox to the Premier, in which ...

    Article : 124 words
  47. EUROPEAN SUGAR-BEET PRODUCTION.

    Herr F. O. Licht, the Magdeburg expert in beet sugar, states that the production of beet sugar in Europe for the past seven months shows an increase of 195,000 tons. ...

    Article : 46 words
  48. PASTORAL INTELLIGENCE.

    Stock passings: 12 trucks of sheep, Cowra to Flemington, Richards, to Pitt, Son and Badgery; 7 trucks of sheep, Woodstock to Flemington, John Grant, to Hill, Clark and Co.: 5 trucks of sheep, ...

    Article : 122 words
  49. TASMANIAN APPLES.

    The Tasmanian apples brought by the R.M.S. Britannia realised from 12s to 17s per case. The salesmen declare that the apples were over-heated. ...

    Article : 29 words
  50. Advertising

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    Advertising : 11 words
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