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  2. INTERCOLONIAL NEWS. [BY TELEGRAPH.] (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENTS.) VICTORIA.

    Mr. W. Robertson, Conservative, was declared duly elected for Polwarth and South Grenville yesterday unopposed. The seat was last held by Mr. O'Hea, deceased, who was a stanch supporter of Mr. Berry. ...

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  3. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. [BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) OUR SPECIAL TELEGRAM.

    The French Chamber of Deputies has been dissolved. ...

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  4. The Sydney Morning Herald.

    The Chinese Bill is now practically through the Assembly, and in another fwe days its well-worn theme will be before the Council. It is to be hoped that, for the sake of peace, if ...

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  5. THE HEALTH OF GENERAL GARFIELD.

    The latest reports from General Garfield's medical advisers state that he is making most satisfactory progress. The President is now able to take solid food, and his speedy ...

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  6. THE FRENCH IN TUNIS.

    Notwithstanding the victories gained by the French in Tunis, the insurgents are determined to resist French authority to the utmost, and are gathering in large numbers for that ...

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  7. WITHDRAWALS FROM THE BANK OF ENGLAND FOR ITALY.

    The sum of £400,000 has been withdrawn from the Bank of England for transmission to Italy. ...

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  8. ANTI-JEWISH RIOTS.

    Anti-Jewish feeling still prevails on the part of certain classes of people in Russia and Germany, and in both countries there have been renewed riots occasioned by the ...

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  9. NEWS OF THE DAY.

    The almost overwhelming disaster which has befallen the Ameer of Afghanistan, reported in Saturday's cable messagee, is fully confirmed by additional particulars, which will be found in our telegraph columns ...

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  10. THE STEAMSHIP JOHN ELDER.

    The Orient steamship John Elder arrived from Australia yesterday. ...

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  11. THE DEMONSTRATION TO-MORROW.

    A meeting of representatives of the various temperance and friendly societies, &c., was held at the Temperance Hall, Pitt-street, on Saturday evening, for the purpose of making the necessary preliminary arrangements in ...

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  12. M. HARTMANN.

    M. Hartmann, who was said to have been concerned in one of the attempts to destroy the life of the late Alexander II., is now at New York. ...

    Article : 38 words
  13. QUEENSLAND.

    It is proposed to found a Sinclair scholarship at the Girls' Grammar School. Mrs. F. Hart laid the foundation stone of the new Queensland Bank, on Saturday, in the presence of a ...

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  14. ANOTHER INTENDED OUTRAGE.

    Considerable excitement has been occasioned at Glasgow by the discovery of a quantity of dynamite in a Workshop. The explosive was found under circumstances which leave little ...

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  15. PRINCE BISMARCK.

    Prince Bismarck has quite recovered from his recent illness. Fears, however, are entertained for his safety, as the Socialists have threatened him with a violent death. ...

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  16. EARTHQUAKE AT AGRAM.

    An earthquake has been experienced at Agram, the capital of Croatia, Hungary. ...

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  17. DECLINE IN SUGAR.

    Another fall of sixpence per cwt. in sugar is reported. ...

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  18. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) PROMOTION OF THE EARL OF CLANWILLIAM.

    Rear-Admiral the Earl of Clanwilliam, C.B., has been gazetted a Vice-Admiral of her Majesty's fleet. ...

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  19. INDEPENDENCE OF THE JUDGES.

    Sir,—Your publication in this morning's Herald of my letters to the Government, the first in October, 1874, and the last in February, 1878, with the intervening resolutions of the Legislative Council, passed at my instance in April, ...

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  20. SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    At the Exhibition on Saturday evening, while crowded, the gas in the north-western portion of the main annexe was suddenly turned off, causing much consternation. The crowd kept perfect order, and no ...

    Article : 123 words
  21. THE IRISH LAND BILL.

    In the House of Commons last night, the Irish Land Bill, having passed through committee, was reported in full to the Chamber, previous to being read a third time. ...

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  22. NEW ZEALAND.

    The New Zealand Shipping Company has declared a dividend of 10 per cent, per annum. The profits for the year amount to upwards of £10,000. ...

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  23. MINING INTELLIGENCE.

    The population at the diggings is fast increasing. Sixty miners' rights were issued last week. Good order prevails. Constable Birkenshaw reports that gold has been discovered by Garrot and party at the Two-mile, by sinking through ...

    Article : 237 words
  24. THE DETACHED SQUADRON.

    What should prove a tonic to restore Lord Clanwilliam to health is the intelligence which arrived by cable from the Admiralty Office on Saturday, that he has been promoted from the rank of Rear-Admiral to that of Vice-Admiral. ...

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  25. THE IRISH LAND BILL IN THE HOUSE OF LORDS.

    The House of Lords met this afternoon for a special sitting, for the purpose of receiving the Irish Land Bill from the House of Commons. Owing to the unexpected ...

    Article : 74 words
  26. AFFAIRS AT THE TRANSVAAL.

    Telegrams from Pretoria report that the negotiations between the British and Boer Commisioners, in which a hitch occurred, owing to the verdict of not guilty found at ...

    Article : 227 words
  27. SUNDAY CLOSING.

    Sir,—Having seen a paragraph in your issue of Tuesday last from a publican correspondent, relative to the Sunday-closing of public-houses, I take the liberty (as-one who has had eleven years' experience of that not very desirable ...

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  28. THE BATTLE BETWEEN THE AMEER'S FORCES AND AYOUB KHAN.

    Further intelligence has been received by the Indian Government from Candahar to-day, which fully confirms the news of the disastrous defeat of the Ameer Abdurrahman ...

    Article : 208 words
  29. OVERLAND PASSENGER TRAFFIC.

    The following passed through to-day:— For Melbourne: Messrs. W. Thomson, J. A. Spier, T. Higginbottom, R. H. Brooks, E. Patton, J. Schoch, J. Macdonald, C. E. Hotham, T. Robertson, C. C. Rawlins, ...

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  30. THE NEW SHIPPING OFFICE.

    Sir,—From a paragraph in Tuesday's Herald I learn that the Government has decided upon using the triangular piece of ground on the Circular Quay, adjoining Changealley, as a site for the new Shipping Office. The chief ...

    Article : 156 words
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