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  2. TRANSVAAL CHINESE.

    "Onsland," the Dutch patriotic paper in Cape Colony, expresses gratification at the decision of the Earl of Elgin, Secretary for the Colonies, to suspend the right to ...

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  3. RESCUING A PRISONER.

    White taking a young man to the policestation late to-night Constable Reddie was savagely assaulted. A large crowd had, gathered round (the constable and his ...

    Article : 144 words
  4. TWO DIVING ACCIDENTS.

    A serious accident happened to Anthony. Etheridge, aged 29, of Edmund-street, Norwood, on Monday evening. While bathing at the Glenelg Baths he dived from a good ...

    Article : 150 words
  5. MURRAY WATERS QUESTION.

    The Victorian Minister of Water Supply (Mr. Swinburne) returned to Melbourne last week from a brief visit to Adelaide and Broken Hill. He told a Melbourne in ...

    Article : 488 words
  6. MEN WHO ELOPED WITH THEIR OWN WIVES.

    Several years ago a wealthy Chicago man died, leaving, his only daughter, a girl of 15, to the care of his executor, an old and confidential friend. At the age of 20 the ...

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  7. BREAKING GAOL

    Among the traits which have clung to the modern man during his evolution from the skin-clad savage, probably none is more common to humanity than the ...

    Article : 1,256 words
  8. MINING AT BENDIGO.

    Active mining operations underground in Bendigo district for the year practically closed on Saturday, and statistics show that while the returns do not reach, the high ...

    Article : 182 words
  9. THE ART OF BEING DISAGREEABLE.

    There are three kinds of disagreeable people (writes Miss Ellen Thorneycroft Fowler, in the Edinburgh "Scotsman"). First, the people who are disagreeable simply because ...

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  10. SCENE IN A CATHEDRAL.

    While Dr.Higgins, Roman Catholic Bishop of Ballarat, was preaching in St. Patrick's Cathedral, Ballarat, on sunday, he was subjected to interruption by a ...

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  11. CHRISTMAS CELEBMTIONS.

    At the Jubilee Exhibition Continental Grounds on Christmas evening a most successful "Messiah" concert was given. There was a tremendous crowd present. The ...

    Article : 255 words
  12. SENSATION AT BALLABAT

    A resident of Ballarat named Davison, while driving down the streets with his sister, had a narrow escape from electrocution owing to the collapse of the overhead ...

    Article : 121 words
  13. BUATING ACCIDENT.

    At Ulverstone yesterday, whilst two men, two women, and two little children were being rowed across the river in a boat it capsized. The men and women and one ...

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  14. VICTORIA.

    The shipment of gold by the P. & O. steamer to-morrow will amount to £130,000. During the past year sales covering 600,071 shares, approximately valued at over ...

    Article : 39 words
  15. JUNIOR CRICKET.

    The members of the Victorian Junior Cricketing Association arrived by the Melbourne express this morning. The foliowing are the players:—Messrs. J. and E. ...

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  16. VICTORIAN BOWLERS IN TASMANIA.

    The team of Victorian bowlers who arrived on Saturday by the steamer Loongana were officially welcomed at noon by the president of the Tasmanian Bowling ...

    Article : 148 words
  17. DROWNED IN THE MURRAY.

    Thomas Kennedy, 19, while swimming in the River Murray at Cobram East to-day, suddenly threw up his arms and sank. A Companion endeavored to rescue him, but ...

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  18. A SUSPICIOUS DEATH.

    A laborer, Timothy Corbett, died suddenly last night in the yard of the Cobram Hotel, and a man, Thomas Ward, has been arrested on a charge of having caused ...

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  19. "THE MESSIAH" AT GLENELG.

    A creditable performance of Handers great oratorio "The Messiah" was given on Christmas night at the Glenelg Congrega tional Church. A choir of about 60 voices ...

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  20. THE COURTS.

    Eight persons were fined for drunkenness. Olive Bailey, a young woman, was charged with being an habitual drunkard and having been previously convicted as a rogue and a vagabond, was ...

    Article : 166 words
  21. A HEADLESS CORPSE.

    The body of an unknown man with the head completely severed from the body was found on the railway line between Melbourne and Richmond this evening. It ...

    Article : 76 words
  22. FOUND IN THE YAKRA.

    The body of an elderly man,.Robert Gault, lately residing at Church-street, Richmond, was found floating in the Yarra to-day. ...

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  23. PERSONAL NEWS.

    Mr. B. W. Huntsman left for Victoria by the Melbourne express on Monday, en route for America. Mr. Huntsman, who has been connected, with the Church of ...

    Article : 647 words
  24. CAULFIELD RACES.

    The following winners at Aspendale Park on Saturday incurred penalties of 7 lb. each, and their weights to-morrow at Caulfield will be as follows:—Hopetoun ...

    Article : 86 words
  25. A BUGGY ACCIDENT.

    As Mrs. Paynter was driving near Nowal with her children, the youngest of whom was on her lap, the reins got crossed and pulled the Horse over an embankment. The ...

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  26. THE ROMANCE OF PRECIOUS STONES.

    The recent sale of the jewels collected by King Ludwig of Bavaria reminds one that this eccentric Sovereign is not the only King who has lavished, fortunes on these ...

    Article : 891 words
  27. A BOY DROWNED.

    A quantity of boy's clothing was found on the bank of the Saltwater River, near footscray, to-night, and it is feared that a boy has been drowned. ...

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  28. CYCLTNG MEETING.

    An unregistered cycling carnival was held at the Exhibition Oval to-night, the principal event being a match, between Bill Martin and Don Walker. The latter won ...

    Article : 78 words
  29. COMBINED SERVICE AT THE PORT.

    On Christmas morning a special service in connection with the Port Adelaide Sunday-school Union was held in the local Congregational Church. The president (Mr. ...

    Article : 100 words
  30. OVERLAND TELEGRAPH LINE.

    The Hon. A. Poynton, member for Grey in the House of Representatives, has received the following communication from Mr. R. T. Scott, secretary to the Federal ...

    Article : 185 words
  31. BEARDS THAT LED TO BATTLES.

    More than once a difference in the fashion of wearing the hair has denoted a division of factions (says a London paper). In our history we have the well-known ...

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  32. SUICIDE BY HANGING.

    The body of a young man was found suspended from the limb of a tree by a ploughchain at Kerang to-day. The deceased had utilised a rusty tin dinner plate on ...

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  33. ST. FRANCIS XAVTER'S CATHEDRAL.

    Solemn high mass was celebrated at 11 o'clock on Christmas morning at St. Francis Xavier's Cathedral. Archbishop O'Reily occupied the throne, attended by ...

    Article : 124 words
  34. THE DEADLY PEA RIFLE.

    William Melville a member of a party of four lads who were camped near Greensborough was shot in the stomach by a pea rifle today. A companion had the weapon ...

    Article : 39 words
  35. ATTEMPTED BANK ROBBERY.

    A daring but unsuccessful attempt was made to break into the Elizabeth-street branch of the National Bank at North Melbourne, to-day. The burglars succeeded in ...

    Article : 114 words
  36. SUNDAY-SCHOOL UNION SERVICE.

    The annual Christmas service in connection with the Sunday-school Union was held at the Town Hall on Monday morning, when, despite the trying weather, a ...

    Article : 176 words
  37. BUTLER POSTAL FACILITIES.

    In respect to the request for a mail service to Butler (on the West Coast), the Hon. A. Poynton, H.H.R., has received the following letter from Mr. Robert T. Scott, ...

    Article : 159 words
  38. THE THEATRES.

    The only new productions for the Christmas season are "Merely Mary Anne," by the Tittell Brune Company at Her Majesty's and a new Australian melodrama, ...

    Article : 182 words
  39. HOLDING UP A BANK.

    "Out West" they are still holding up banks in the good old orthodox style. The papers of Haggerstown, Indiana, came out with panic-stricken headlines on October ...

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  40. THE TRADE IN FAKED PICTURES.

    A remarkable article is contributed by M. Franche, an authority on art, to the "Revue Internationale des Falsification," the official organ of an international ...

    Article : 296 words
  41. BALLAEAT MINING.

    The half-yearly report of the Williams' Fancy mine, Ballarat, states that the yield of gold per ton has improved with increasing depth, a fact which has enabled a ...

    Article : 97 words
  42. GRASS FIRES.

    Grass fires occurred on the park lands to the east of Halifax-street on Sunday evening and Monday morning. The grass burnt fiercely until the Metropolitan Fire Brigade ...

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  43. POLO.

    There was only a moderate attendance of Spectators at the Plympton Polo Ground on Saturday. Sultry conditions prevailed at the commencement, of the game, but later ...

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  44. CHRISTMAS CRICKET WEEK.

    The Christmas cricket week starts to-day on the Adelaide Oval, where play will commence at 11 o'clock between teams representative of the Adelaide and Suburban ...

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  45. A RECORD DAY.

    The sun has vanished in the gulf, That lake-like lies beyond the plain; And prone beneath the pendant vines I seek the bliss of rest to gain. ...

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  46. ADELAIDE ROWING CLUB REUNION.

    One of the most enjoyable functions in connection with the Adelaide Rowing Club is the Christmas morning informal reunion of members past and present, and their ...

    Article : 127 words
  47. A CHINESE REVENGE.

    A gruesome story of Chinese barbarity is related by the "North China Daily News" as having occurred recently at Pekin:—A certain mandarin's wife had incurred the ...

    Article : 203 words
  48. CRICKET AT MOUNT GAMBIER.

    A two-days' cricket match was commenced to-day, Briars' city team versus Mount Gambier. The local team bad possession of the wickets all day, compiling 472 runs for ...

    Article : 58 words
  49. MINING NEWS.

    Gladstone Tin Development, December 23.—"Sixty-six cwt. tin, 1 oz. 19 dwt. gold, 144 hours' dredging." Cumberland Gold Mining, December 26.—"No. ...

    Article : 79 words
  50. ENTERTAINING THE DESTITUTE.

    On Sunday evening the Willing Workers' Company, assisted by friends to the number of 50, under the direction of Mr. G. N. Twelftree, entertained the inmates of the ...

    Article : 76 words
  51. A SUDDEN DEATH.

    Janet Swanson, a four-months-old child of John Swanson, carrier, of Stepney died suddenly on Monday. The infant had been ailing for some time, and its mother was ...

    Article : 66 words
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