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  2. COUNTRY NEWS.

    Arrangements are now being made for the visit of his Excellency the Governor, the members of the Ministry, and others. They will arrive at Katoomba on the evening of Friday, the 15th December, and ...

    Article : 93 words
  3. SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    This evening a special meeting of the united labour party was held to consider the case of Mr. R. Wood, M.P., against whom a charge of bigamy was laid by Mr. R. E. Wood. There ...

    Article : 155 words
  4. VICTORIA.

    Considerable sensation was created in the Criminal Court this morning when Mrs. Knorr, who is being tried for child-murder at Brunswick in April last, elected to go ...

    Article : 428 words
  5. SPECIAL CABLES.

    It is again reported from South Africa that Lobengula has been captured. ...

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  6. SPECIAL CABLES.

    The Superior Court of Cook County, Illinois, has quashed the attachment order made on behalf of Messrs. Sells Brothers against the New South Wales mineral ...

    Article : 217 words
  7. The Sydney Morning Herald.

    THE Superior Court of Cook County, Illinois, has quashed the attachment order made on behalf of Messrs. Sells Brothers against the New South Wales mining exhibits, on the ground that the ...

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  8. IN PARLIAMENT.

    Although there was a considerable amount of business on the paper of the Legislative Council yesterday the work was reduced by the postponement of the second reading of the Apprentices ...

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  9. COLONIAL GOVERNMENT STOCKS.

    Scrip of the last New South Wales loan is quoted at a premium of 5¼, and Victorian scrip at a premium of 5?. ...

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  10. VISIT OF MAJOR-GENERAL HUTTON TO THE RICHMOND.

    Major-General Hutton arrived here this evening at 6.15, having come up the river by the launch Unara, after being landed at the entrance by the steamer Ajax. The partr on the way up inspected the ...

    Article : 142 words
  11. THE WEATHER.

    The unsettled weather continues to hang about the coast with exceptional obstinacy. Though fine in the country for several days, violeat squalls and thunderstorms, some very heavy, have affected the ...

    Article : 464 words
  12. MELBOURNE BOARD OF WORKS.

    The London and Australasian Debenture Corporation has expressed its willingness to buy the whole of the Melbourne Metropolitan Board of Works doposit ...

    Article : 37 words
  13. POLITICAL ADDRESS.

    Mr. Agassiz, the freetrade candidate for this electorate, opened the political campaign here on Wednesday night, when he was accorded a splendid hearing by a very large audience, and created a ...

    Article : 93 words
  14. THE ENGLISH, SCOTTISH, AND AUSTRALIAN BANK.

    Mr. James Jackson and the Hon. Sidney Holland have been elected depositors' directors of the English, Scottish, and Australian Bank. ...

    Article : 30 words
  15. AN IMPORTANT LAND DECISION.

    The land court decision with regard to conditional purchases within suburban and special areas, has created surprise. The intention of the 18th section of the Act of 1889, in making suburban lands open ...

    Article : 186 words
  16. QUEENSLAND.

    The survivor of the lugger Curlew states that when the lugger grounded the anchor was put out, but the sea rose with the tide, breaking her up. Prior to this the crews had made a raft, ming ...

    Article : 286 words
  17. TERRIBLE EXPLOSION AT A MINE.

    A fearful accident, resulting in the death of a young man named James Burke, 19 years of age, occurred in the Little Defiance Mine, Ballarat, this evening. Burke went to the powder ...

    Article : 72 words
  18. CLOSING OF A CHURCH IN RUSSIA.

    The Russian Government ordered the Roman Catholic Church at Kovno, on the River Niemen, in West Russia, to be closed. The Roman Catholics, however, ...

    Article : 99 words
  19. THE INDUSTRIAL CONDITION OF THE COLONY.

    A public meeting was held this evening, called by the Mayor in obedience to a requisition, to consider various questions affecting the colony. The Mayor, after reading the requisition, asked the meeting to ...

    Article : 315 words
  20. APPLICATION TO ATTACH A BARRISTER.

    An application was made to Mr. Justice Hood in chambers to-day, on behalf of the Law Institute of Victoria, for an order to attach T. M. B. Phillips, barrister and solicitor, for disobedience of ...

    Article : 160 words
  21. (FROM OUR CORRESPONDENTS.)

    During the month of November 7in. of rain has fallen, this amount having been spread over 11 days. During the last few days thunderstorms have been threatening, though no rain has fallen, and fine ...

    Article : 127 words
  22. THE FINANCIAL SITUATION IN ITALY.

    The Credito Tobiliase, an Italian banking institution, has asked for a moratorium, i.e., a legalised suspension of payment for a limited term. The announcement has ...

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  23. THE SUICIDE OF A CLERGYMAN.

    The mysterious disappearance of the Rev. W. C. Bunning, Baptist minister at West Melbourne, was explained to-day by the discovery of his body floating in the Yarra. The unfortunate ...

    Article : 97 words
  24. TASMANIA.

    Dean Dundas contradicts the report of his resignation of St. David's Cathedral. He goes to England for six months, and then returns to the colony. ...

    Article : 36 words
  25. CONFERENCE OF MUNICIPAL REPRESENTATIVES.

    This evening an important conference of municipal representatives to consider the Amended Water Supply Bill was held in the Newcastle Council Chambers. Alderman A. F. Moore, Mayor of ...

    Article : 523 words
  26. A WRONGFUL CONVICTION.

    A singular case of wrong conviction was discovered to-day. Some time ago a Chinaman, Ah Hung, was sentenced to a long term of imprisonment for evading payment of the Chinese polltax. He declared at the ...

    Article : 131 words
  27. NEW ZEALAND.

    Sir Patrick Buckley, the Colonial Secretary, proceeds to England next month. ...

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  28. A FATAL FIGHT.

    The City Coroner held an inquest to-day concerning the death of Thomas Glasgow, a labourer, aged 25, who died on Tuesday night in consequence of injuries sustained in a fight at the ...

    Article : 64 words
  29. EUROPEAN POLITICS.

    Signor Zanardelli, the leader of the Opposition in the Italian Chamber of Deputies, is engaged in the task of forming a new Cabinet, in succession to the Giolitti ...

    Article : 44 words
  30. TRANSIT COMMISSION CONTEST.

    The election of a representative of the licensed drivers on the Metropolitan Board of Transit Commissioners—a seat formerly occupied by the late Hon. J. D. Young, M.L.C.—took place in the Protestant ...

    Article : 443 words
  31. SCENE IN A COUNCIL.

    The meeting of the municipal council was adjourned by the Mayor this evening at an early stage. The council was discussing a letter from the City Bank, demanding liquidation of the overdraft, when two ...

    Article : 64 words
  32. THE GENERAL ELECTION IN NEW ZEALAND.

    As the majority of the new Parliament are in favour of the direct veto by a bate majority, it is believed that they will petition the Governor to convene Parliament, so as to prevent the ...

    Article : 125 words
  33. THE LONDON BUTTER MARKET.

    During the last few days it has been persistently stated that a collapse was impending in the London butter market. It has been ascertained that these statements have been circulated by ...

    Article : 62 words
  34. THE FRENCH CRISIS.

    M. Eugene Spuller has been commissioned by President Carnot to form a new Cabinet in France. ...

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  35. CONFERENCE OF DAIRY COMPANIES.

    A conference of represantatives of dairy companies in the Clarence district was held yesterday, when it was decided to bring under the notice, of the respective companies the necessity of forming an ...

    Article : 188 words
  36. ANARCHISM IN FRANCE.

    A hoard of apparatus used in the construction of infernal machines has been discovered at Marseilles in a secret tunnel undor a street. The tunnel communicated ...

    Article : 71 words
  37. A CYCLING RECORD.

    F. S. Toms, who left Adelaide at 11.30 p.m. last Saturday with the object of lowering the bicycle record from Adelaide to Melbourne, arrived at the Post Office at 5 minutes to 12 to-night, the ...

    Article : 260 words
  38. AUSTRALASIAN PARLIAMENTS.

    The Legislative Council to-day approved of the Government proposal for the establishment of a village settlement, with the exception that they negatived the proposal to give an advance of £50 ...

    Article : 384 words
  39. BANQUET TO A BANK MANAGER.

    A complimentary banquet to Mr. Ambrose Curtis, manager of the City Bank, who has been promoted to the Bathurst branch, took place at the Grand Hotel to-night, and was attended by between 40 and ...

    Article : 155 words
  40. SOCIALISM IN GERMANY.

    The Prussian Government has decreed strong repressive measures against Socialism. ...

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  41. LATE MINING.

    The half-yearly meeting of the Broken Hill Proprietary Block 14 Company was held to-day. The report stated that the net profit for the half-year amounted to £5693. The chairman (Mr. F. Ingram) in ...

    Article : 231 words
  42. RAILWAY COLLISION IN MILAN.

    A disastrous railway collision has taken place at Milan. The wrecked cars took fire. Thirtyfive passengers were killed and 15 ...

    Article : 32 words
  43. THE NEWCASTLE COAL TRADE.

    A meeting of owners and superintendents of collieries in the Northern district will take place in the Waratah Cool Company's office, Sydney, on Friday afternoon. The meeting has been convened for the ...

    Article : 183 words
  44. WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

    The new Trinity Congregational Church, Perth, was opened yesterday by the Rev. Dr. Bevan, of Melbourne, in the presence of a crowded congregation, drawn from all classes and creeds. The ...

    Article : 195 words
  45. FIRE BRIGADES BOARD.

    The business sheet laid before a full meeting of the Fire Brigades' Board on Wednesday was unusually lengthy. An application from St. Peterss Municipal Council for a fire alarm at the corner of ...

    Article : 273 words
  46. MINERS' STRIKE IN SCOTLAND.

    Thirly-three thousand Scotch miners have struck work for an advance in wages. ...

    Article : 30 words
  47. TO-DAY.

    Sydney Municipal Contests. Lantern Lecture to the Builders and Contractors' Association, Temparance Hall, this evening. Meeting Scholes Hotel, Glenmore-road, re borough ...

    Article : 77 words
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  49. THE EIGHT-HOUR SYSTEM.

    The Government has introduced the system of eight hours as a day's labour in the Woolwich Arsenal. ...

    Article : 38 words
  50. FATAL MINING ACCIDENT.

    Last night a miner named Alfred Mellin, employed at the Wentworth Proprietary Company's Mine, Lucknow, met with a fatal accident. It occurred in the main shaft, which is now down 600 odd feet. ...

    Article : 1,146 words
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