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  2. IMPORTANT CABINET MEETING.

    An important meeting of the Cabinet was held yesterday afternoon. The business before Parliament was considered the building of a new tunnel through the Zigzag was determined upon; and an ...

    Article : 1,702 words
  3. COUNTRY NEWS.

    Some apprehension is felt here that the Bank Notes Bill confers a dangerous power on the banks by not compelling them to provide gold or Victorian notes to residents or travellers going to ...

    Article : 190 words
  4. QUEENSLAND.

    A native trooper, with other natives, armed from the mainland this morning with the lugger Wren, which they found on the bank of Scardon River, the sails lying in the water at the time. ...

    Article : 428 words
  5. SECOND EDITION.

    An attempt has been made to destroy the Aldborough Barracks, in Dublin, by means of dynamite. A bomb was exploded, but little or no damage was done ...

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  6. SPECIAL CABLES.

    Further particulars received from Paris in reference to the Ministerial crisis state that M. Meline was summoned by President Carnot and requested to form a new ...

    Article : 139 words
  7. The Sydney Morning Herald.

    AN appeal from the condemned man Glasson for a reconsideration of his sentence was considered by the Cabinet yesterday, and it was decided that the law must take its course. The ...

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  8. ATTEMPTED MURDER ON THE RAILWAY.

    News was received at the [?] Railway Station last night of a strange attempt which had been made, on the mail train from Bourke, to murder a paasenger, a Chinaman, by throwing him out of the carriage. ...

    Article : 242 words
  9. STRIKE OF RAILWAY EMPLOYEES.

    Frequent collisions have taken place between the strikers and free labourers on the Lehigh Railway, in Pennsylvania, U.S.A. The militia had to be called out ...

    Article : 44 words
  10. THE NEWCASTLE BOROUGH COUNCIL.

    At a meeting of the Newcastle Borough Council this evening Alderman Alex Moore, the Mayor, presiding, letters were received from the Public Works Department respecting the amount due to the ...

    Article : 190 words
  11. VICTORIA.

    The Minister of Trade and Customs is endeavouring to ascertain to what extent the revenus is likely to be affected if the proposal to make Melbourne a free port for vessels ...

    Article : 146 words
  12. POLITICAL ADDRESSES.

    A public meeting under the auspices of the Labour League was held in the Oddfellows' Hall to-night. The attendance was good. Alderman Jones presided, and Messrs. Fitzgerald, Cook, and Bavister, ...

    Article : 753 words
  13. THE CRISIS IN ITALY.

    The report of the committee of inquiry into the scandals in connection with the Italian banks inculpates 25 members of the Chamber of Deputies, including Signor ...

    Article : 49 words
  14. POPULATION OF THE BARRIER DISTRICT.

    The population of the Barrier district, according to the cenaus just taken by the police in the course of the compilation of the electoral roll, is 21,076, showing a decrease since January of 1755. ...

    Article : 44 words
  15. EARTHQUAKE IN PERSIA.

    A terrible earthquake has occurred at Kuchan, in Persia. 12,000 persons perished. LATER. ...

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  16. THE GRETA COLLIERY.

    The Greta Colliery started work this morning for two or three days, after which it is generally understood there will not be any more work before the new agreement comes into force. The miners here have ...

    Article : 117 words
  17. THE BRUNSWICK BABY-FARMING CASE.

    Frances Knorr, alias Minnie Thwaites, was placed on trial to-day before Mr. Justice Holroyd on a charge of the wilful murder of a female child, name unknown, at Brunswick, on the 11th ...

    Article : 301 words
  18. WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

    Sergeant Brophy and party, who were despatched in search of the murderer of Constable Collins on tie 1st October, have returned to Wyndham. Sergeant Brophy describes the country over ...

    Article : 146 words
  19. THE FINANCES OF GREECE.

    M. Tricoupis, the Greek Premier, has announced that Greece is compelled to compromise with her foreign creditors. ...

    Article : 28 words
  20. FATAL ACCIDENT.

    A fatal accident occurred at Thuddungra yesterday afternoon. A man named Frank Forbes offered to back a horse named Peggy, owned by J. Causer, to race another horse named Emerald, the property of ...

    Article : 91 words
  21. INFLUENZA IN EUROPE.

    Influenza is again very prevalent in Europe. Many deaths from this cause have taken place in Germany. There are numerous cases of influenza ...

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  22. A MAN STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.

    During a thunderstorm yesterday afternoon a man named D. Pinkerton, while leaning against the verandah post of his house, was knocked down and stunned by the lightning, which left a mark down his ...

    Article : 1,010 words
  23. THE BANK NOTES BILL.

    Last evening a public meeting was held ia the Protestant Hall to protest against the passing of the Bank Notes Bill. There were between 300 and 400 people present Mr. Henry Stuart was elected ...

    Article : 1,046 words
  24. THE CHICAGO WORLD'S FAIR.

    The accounts of the Chicago World's Fair show that the net profits from the Exhibition amounted to 1,800,000 dollars. During the period that the World's Fair ...

    Article : 45 words
  25. THE WOOL SALES.

    The wool sales were continued to-day, when two firms of selling brokers offered 3493 bales, of which 3284 bales woro sold. Although with the exception of one or two lines of crossbred and ...

    Article : 57 words
  26. THE AMERICAN TARIFF.

    The United States tariff reduces the duty on refined sugar from ½ cent to ¼ cent per lb. Raw sugar remains free. LATER. ...

    Article : 47 words
  27. THE ANGLO-AUSTRALIAN BANK.

    The application for the sanction of the Court to the making of a call upon the contributories in the "B" list of the Anglo-Australian Bank was renewed to-day before Mr. Justice Hood. Colonel ...

    Article : 147 words
  28. FIXING THE PRICE OF BUTTER.

    The Butter Export Association held a meeting yesterday afternoon to consider matters in connection with the value of butter. There was a representative gathering, the following gentlemen interested in ...

    Article : 462 words
  29. THE INTERCOLONIAL RIFLE MATCH.

    The Intercolonial Rifle Match, which in future is to be called the Federal Match, was fired at the Williamstown range to-day. Teams representing five colonies competed. Neither Queensland nor New ...

    Article : 610 words
  30. SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    At Kapunda last evening David Victor, aged 12 years, the oldest son of Mr. William Shannon, J.P., of Illawarra, Bagot's [?] was thrown from a pony which he was riding barebacked. The boy ...

    Article : 81 words
  31. A BICYCLE JOURNEY.

    At midnight on Sunday, Frank Toms, of the North Adelaide Cycling Club, left for Melbourne on his bicycle with the determination, if possible, of lowering D. Scott's record of four days twenty ...

    Article : 71 words
  32. THE INFLUX OF CHINESE.

    The introduction of Chinese by the mail steamers from Colombo has formed the subject of a discussion between the Government and the various steamship companies, with the result that, ...

    Article : 247 words
  33. TO-DAY.

    Old English Fair, Burwood School of Arts: Opening ceremony, 3.30 p.m. Miss Palmer's concert: Broadwood Rooms, 7.45. Petersham Congregational Church: Concert, 8 p.m. ...

    Article : 237 words
  34. TRANSIT COMMISSION CONTEST.

    Yesterday three more of the original 18 candidates for the position of licensces' representative on the Metropolitan Transit Commission retired from the contest, namely, Mr. W. Davis, of Redforn, ...

    Article : 215 words
  35. WILCANNIA QUARTER SESSIONS.

    The quarter sessions were opened to-day before Judge Gibson. John Desmond pleaded guilty to the larceny or a watch and chain, and was remanded for sentence Wm. Campbell M'Pherson was found ...

    Article : 150 words
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