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  2. THE FISHERIES QUESTION.

    LONDON, Saturday.--It is understood that Canada will not adopt any active measures with regard to the fisheries question until after the American Presidential ...

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  3. THE LATE MR. EDWARD FLOOD, M.L.C.

    In the death of Edward Flood, which was announced in our yesterday's issue, a striking figure has passed away from the people of New South Wales. Many personal attributes made ...

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  4. THE COLLIERS' STRIKE.

    NEWCASTLE, Monday.--This afternoon 25 more men were successfully transferred from Sydney to Greta, and will to-morrow morning be hard at work filling the small coal. An ...

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  5. SYDNEY TO LONDON.

    We anchored off Gibraltar in the early morning after a two and a-half days' run from Malta. We were able to land shortly before 6 a.m., but as the steamer was to leave again at ...

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  6. NEWS BY TELEGRAPH.

    GUNNEDAH, Monday.--Great excitement continues over the election. The freetrade candidate's return is considered certain. Some protectionists, it is thought, will vote for him ...

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  7. CABLE NEWS.

    LONDON, Saturday.--A charter has been granted to a British East Africa Company, of which Mr. Mackinnon is president and Lord Brassey vice-president. The object of ...

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  8. CHARGE OF FALSIFYING ACCOUNTS.

    ADELAIDE, Monday.--Albert William Wyatt, late steward in charge of the P. and O. steamer Britannia, was committed for trial to-day on a charge of falsifying the accounts in connection ...

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  9. THE OCEANIC STEAMSHIP COMPANY.

    LONDON, Saturday.--Messrs. J. D. Spreckels Brothers, of San Francisco, are building two new steamers at Philadelphia for the Hawaiian and Australian trade. ...

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  10. KILLED WHILE INTOXICATED.

    LITHGOW, Monday.--An inquest was held today on the body of Sarah Taylor, an elderly married woman, who was found dead on Saturday night on the railway line near Eskbank. ...

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  11. RELEASE OF MALIETOA.

    LONDON, Saturday.--Ex-King Malietoa, who was deported from Samoa in a German warship and who is now at Hamburg, has been released from custody and will return ...

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  12. THE SOUTHERN COLLIERIES.

    WOLLONGONG, Monday.--Notwithstanding that all the collieries in this district are in full swing and taxing their capacity of output to the utmost, matters at some of there are still in ...

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  13. ILLNESS OF MRS. BEECHER STOWE.

    LONDON, Saturday.--Mrs. Harriett Beecher Stowe, the authoress of "Uncle Tom's Cabin" is suffering from meningitis and her recovery is regarded as hopeless. ...

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  14. THE AMERICAN NAVY.

    LONDON, Saturday.--An inquiry into the condition of the American navy has led to some startling disclosures, especially as to its general weakness, and these disclosures ...

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  15. A GOLD-MINING COMPANY.

    LONDON, Saturday.--The Cumberland North Gold-mining Company has been floated with a capital of £100,000. ...

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  16. RABBITS IN QUEENSLAND.

    BRISBANE, Monday.--The Minister for Lands has received a report from Mr. Donaldson, rabbit inspector, which shows the rabbits have not increased to an alarming extent in the ...

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  17. A POSTMASTER ARRESTED FOR EMBEZZLEMENT.

    GOULBURN, Monday.--The local postmaster, L. M. M. Dennis, was arrested this afternoon on a charge of embezzlement. There is said to be a considerable deficiency in his accounts. ...

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  18. ARREST OF MR. STUART CUMBERLAND.

    LONDON, Saturday.--Mr. Stuart Cumberland, the celebrated thought reader, has been arrested in Bohemia for ridiculing the Austrian flag. ...

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  19. AMERICA AND CHINA.

    LONDON, Saturday.--The latest news from China is to the effect that the American treaty for the exclusion of Chinese laborers from the States has not ...

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  20. A FATAL GUN ACCIDENT.

    MELBOURNE, Monday.--John Drummond, aged 18, a resident of Gruiere, near Lilydale, accidentally shot himself while out kangarooing. He had wounded a kangaroo and was ...

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  21. THE GERMAN NAVY.

    LONDON, Saturday.--The German Government have decided to considerably increase the number of their ironclads, in connection with the German colonial policy. ...

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  22. A FEMALE SUICIDE.

    MELBOURNE, Monday.--Diary Ann Orchard, a married woman, residing at Brunswick, committed suicide by shooting herself with her husband's revolver on Sunday while despondent ...

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  23. THREATENED GERMAN BOMBARDMENTS.

    LONDON, Saturday.--It is reported that Germany has issued directions for the bombardment of Tanga, in Zanzibar, this course being adopted in revenge for the recent ...

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  24. A PRISONER ATTEMPTS SUICIDE.

    MELBOURNE, Monday.--Carl Sach, a young man, arrested on a charge of false pretences, attempted to commit suicide by taking poison in the lockup yesterday. He was taken to the ...

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  25. THE EIGHT HOURS' SYSTEM.

    LONDON, Saturday.--The British Trades Congress, now sitting, has been unable to arrive at a decision on the question of the adoption of the eight hours' system. ...

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  26. SOCIETY MEETINGS.

    At the Woollah[?]a Literary and Debating Society last week, Mr. H. O. Holcombe, vice-president, in the chair, the business of the evening was readings and recitations. A number of ...

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  27. THE LATE MR. T. HOLT.

    LONDON, Saturday.--The funeral of the late Mr. Thomas Holt will take place at Abney Park on Tuesday. ...

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  28. THE PRINCE OF WALES.

    LONDON, Saturday.--H.R.H. the Prince of Wales leaves England on Monday on a visit to the Emperor of Austria. [The above massages appeared in our second edition ...

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  29. MORE HELP FROM MELBOURNE.

    MELBOURNE, Monday.--The Bricklayers tonight voted £21 in aid of the Newcastle strike fund. The Operative Bootmakers' Union have decided on making a levy of 1s. per week per ...

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  30. HORRIBLE MURDER.

    LONDON, Saturday Night.--The body of woman has been found murdered and mutilated in Whitechapel. This is the fourth victim of a maniac, who so far has ...

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  31. BISHOP KENNION.

    LONDON, Sunday Morning.--Bishop Kennion, of Adelaide, is to preach at the opening of the Church Congress in London. ...

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  32. THE EFFECT IN VICTORIA.

    MELBOURNE, Monday.--A cargo of 1000 tons of Queensland coal, ex the Birksgate, was offered at auction to-day. Four hundred tons were sold at 40s. per ton, the balance being ...

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  33. JAPAN AND COREA.

    LONDON, Saturday.--A number of Japanese ironclads have left for Corea. ...

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  34. GOLD IN IRELAND.

    LONDON, Saturday.--Mr. Pritchard Morgan, the well-known gold-miner of Queensland, who has recently been prospecting in Wales, is now in Wicklow, Ireland, where he ...

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  35. THE POLITICAL CRISIS IN QUEENSLAND.

    LONDON, Saturday.--Lord Knu[?]sford, the Secretary of State for the Colonies, is understood to have instructed Sir Anthony Musgrave, the Governor of Queensland, to be ...

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  36. ADELAIDE SOCIETIES' LEVIES.

    ADELAIDE, Monday.--The Bootmakers' Union has subscribed £100 towards the assistance of the Newcastle miners, and have decided to raise the entrance fees of the union in order ...

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  37. INQUEST.

    The City Coroner held an inquest yesterday morning at the St. Vincent's Hospital relative to the death of a patient named Michael Flannagan, who was found dead in the ...

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  38. IMPERIAL NAVAL VOLUNTEERS.

    LONDON, Saturday.--Admiral Scott, of Dunedin, in an article in St. James' Gazette, urges the formation of an Imperial naval volunteer corps, and extols the naval ...

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  39. CITY COUNCIL.

    The quarterly meeting of the City Council was held yesterday, there being present the Mayor, Aldermen Kippax, Hardie, Playfair, Dean, Poole, Meeks, Lees, Bryen, Beare, Buckle ...

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  40. H.M.S. NYMPH.

    LONDON, Saturday.--H.M. new sloop Nymph, 8 guns, 1140 tons, which was recently commissioned at Portsmouth, has been detained by the naval authorities in ...

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  41. THE GERMAN EMPEROR.

    LONDON, Saturday Night.--Prince Bismarck will attend the Emperor of Germany in his visit to the Emperor of Austria. ...

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  42. BISHOPRIC OF CHESTER.

    LONDON, Saturday.--Canon Jayne, of Leeds, has been nominated as Bishop of Chester in succession to Bishop Stubbs, now of Oxford. ...

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  43. ELECTORAL REFORM.

    Sir,--Standing as a spectator in front of the Redfern Council-chambers on Saturday last anxiously awaiting the result of the day's polling which was either to vindicate the cause ...

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  44. TWO CHILDREN DROWNED.

    MELBOURNE, Monday.--A sad accident occurred at Echuca yesterday. Three children were crossing Taylor's Creek, which was flooded, in a box suspended by two wires. One ...

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  45. AUSTRALIAN WINES IN GREAT BRITAIN.

    MELBOURNE, Monday.--The Agent-General has sent a dispatch stating that the total quantity of Australian wines imported into Great Britain during 1883 was 67,251 gallons ...

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  46. RAILWAY ACCIDENT IN QUEENSLAND.

    BRISBANE, Monday.--A special goods train [?]an into a mob of cattle on the Central line near Jericho to-day, the engine being d[?]-railed. The mail train, which was following, was also ...

    Article : 78 words
  47. OVERLAND PASSENGER TRAFFIC.

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  48. COTTON-GROWING IN QUEENSLAND.

    BRISBANE, Monday.--A deputation of West and East Moreton farmers to-day asked the Premier for a bonus of £5000 and [?]000a. for the first [?]000yds. of cotton goods manufactured ...

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  49. PRINCIPAL GRANT.

    The pulpit of the Glebe Presbyterian Church was on Sunday occupied by the Rev. G. Munro Grant, D.D., Principal of Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada, a divine who has by ...

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  50. THREATENED STRIKE OF GOLDMINERS.

    MELBOURNE, Monday.--At a special meeting of the Miners' Association at Ballarat it was decided to ask for an increase of wages to the present rate ruling in the Cr[?]swick district. ...

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  51. TYPHOID IN MELBOURNE.

    MELBOURNE, Monday.--The total number of cases of typhoid fever reported to the Central Board of Health daring the past year was 2160, of which 477 terminated fatally. This does not ...

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  52. THE QUEENSLAND POLITICAL CRISIS.

    BRISBANE, Monday.--Sir Thomas M'llwraith today formally withdrew the resignation of himself and colleagues. ...

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    On Saturday last a presentation took place in the fancy and millinery room of Messrs. O. H. Sippe and Co., 890 George-street, to Mr. W. J. Hamilton, one of the heads of departments ...

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  54. TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES.

    A large number of people congregated on Maitland Park on Sunday to hear Mr. Matthew Burnett open his temperance mission. At the close of his remarks some 180 individuals came ...

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