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  2. SECOND EDITION.

    LONDON, Tuesday, 1.40 p.m.--The Englishmen continued their first innings in the third test match against the Australians. M'Laren was bowled by Trumble when he ...

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  3. OUR SPECIAL CABLES.

    LONDON, Tuesday.--The House of Lords has passed the Irish Land Acts Amendment Bill, retaining a number of the amendments. ...

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  4. OUR SPECIAL CABLES.

    LONDON, Tuesday.--News received from Salisbury states that the settlers have no fresh meat, and but little flour. The time given to the rebels for their ...

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  5. OUR SPECIAL CABLES.

    LONDON, Monday Night.--The third of this season's series of test cricket matches between England and Australia was commenced to-day at Kennington Oval. ...

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  6. THE MAIL STEAMERS.

    The P. and O. R.M.S. Himalaya is due here on Saturday morning from London. A telegram received yesterday by the local office stated that she will leave Melbourne at 1 p.m. to-morrow. The ...

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  7. FARMERS AND SETTLERS' CONFERENCE.

    WAGGA, Tuesday.--The annual conference of the Farmers and Settlers' Association was opened in the town-hall this morning. The attendance of delegates was more truly representative of the ...

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  8. SEAMEN'S WAGES AT NEWCASTLE.

    NEWCASTLE, Tuesday.--The movement to maintain the rates of wages for sailors at £4 per month for able seamen, and £3 per month for ordinary seamen, has collapsed. A ...

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  9. LYNCHING IN AMERICA.

    LONDON, Monday Night.--From New York it is reported that an infuriated mob broke open the gaol at Hahneville, New Orleans, and seized and lynched three ...

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  10. THE BRITISH SOUTH AFRICA COMPANY.

    LONDON, Tuesday.--Sir George Osborne Morgan states that his name appeared without his knowledge or consent as a member of the select committee of inquiry into the ...

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  11. THE SQUADRON.

    The flagship Orlando (Rear-Admiral Bridge), accompanied by the Ringarooma, Katoomba, Wallaroo, and Karrakatta, left Brisbane yesterday en route to Sydney. ...

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  12. THE AUSTRALIANS' FIRST INNINGS.

    LONDON, Tuesday, 2.50 p.m.--The Australians have scored 43 without the loss of a wicket, Darling having made 22, and Iredale 21. ...

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  13. THE COAL TRADE.

    NEWCASTLE, Tuesday.--The damage at Burwood colliery caused by the fire on Sunday in the workings near the ventilating furnace has now been repaired, and work will be resumed ...

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  14. PORPOISE AND DOLPHIN FISHING ON THE COAST.

    The steamer Mary, in charge of Captain Young, has returned to port after a cruise along the coast in connection with the dolphin and porpoise fishing industry. The vessel has been away about a ...

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  15. VICTORIA.

    MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--A young man named Edward Henry Huysman, formerly a clerk in the Railway Department, failed to appear at the City Court to-day to answer to a charge of stealing ...

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  16. SEVEN WICKETS FOR 112.

    LONDON, Tuesday.--At 2.20 p.m. the Australians had scored 43 runs without the loss of a wicket. At 3.30 p.m. two wickets were down for 77 runs, Iredale and Darling both ...

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  17. THE COMMERCIAL BANK OF AUSTRALIA.

    LONDON, Monday Night.--At a meeting of the depositors of the Commercial Bank of Australia to-day the proposed scheme of rearrangement was adopted by a large ...

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  18. A LARGE COAL CARGO.

    One of the largest coal cargoes dispatched from Newcastle was that of the four-masted barque Windermere, which sailed on Monday night for San Francisco. The Windermere has a ...

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  19. THE SOUTHERN COLLIERIES.

    BULLI, Tuesday.--The Egmout and Currajong loaded full cargoes at Bellambi to-day, and the Saxonia loaded at Bulli. WOLLONGONG, Tuesday.--The coal trade at ...

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  20. STRANGE DEATH OF A WOMAN.

    MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--An inquest was held at the Melbourne Gaol to-day on the body of an elderly woman named Rachel O'Neill, who died on the 8th inst. from the effects of an assault. ...

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  21. SECOND DAY'S PLAY.

    LONDON, Tuesday, 12.50 p.m.--The match between the Australian Eleven and a team representing All England was resumed today at Kennington Oval. ...

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  22. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    LONDON, Tuesday, 1.50 p.m.--Broken-hill Proprietary shares were quoted on the Stock Exchange to-day at £2 12s 6d. ...

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  23. TRAM FATALITY AT NEWCASTLE.

    NEWCASTLE, Tuesday.--An inquest was held this afternoon upon the body of William Miller (39), able seaman, of the ship Muncaster Castle, which was found lying on the tram line, near ...

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  24. TO-DAY.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 139 words
  25. THE STEAMER MOSHTARI.

    LONDON, Monday Night.--News has been received of the safe arrival at Muscot, southeast Arabia, on July 31, of the British steamer Moshtari, bound from Bombay to ...

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  26. THE PRICE OF SILVER.

    LONDON, Tuesday, 1.50 p.m.--Silver is quoted to-day at 2s 7 3-16d per oz. ...

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  27. QUEENSLAND.

    BRISBANE, Tuesday.--Negotiations have been passing between the Government and Lloyd's of London with reference to the Goode Island signal station, in Torres Straits. Lloyd's wrote ...

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  28. THE CUSTOMS SEIZURE ON A WARSHIP.

    MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--In connection with the seizure of uncustomed tobacco, cigars, and spirits on board the warship Nelson, yesterday, the Commissioner for Customs has given ...

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  29. A RESULT OF THE COAL STRIKE.

    Owing to the glut of shipping at Newcastle, and the delay occasioned in waiting for a loading berth, the ship Mayfield, on arrival off the Nobby's yesterday from Algoa Bay, was ordered on to ...

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  30. THE UGANDA RAILWAY BILL.

    LONDON, Tuesday.--The House of Lords has passed the second reading of the bill for the construction of a railway from Mombussa to Lake Victoria Nyanza. ...

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  31. NORFOLK ISLAND MAID SERVICE.

    Messrs. Hordern Brothers' schooner Alice May returned to Sydney yesterday from Norfolk and Lord Howe Islands. The vessel met with heavy weather, which necessitated her seeking shelter ...

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  32. PERSONAL.

    The meeting of the Rowing Association held last night was adjourned out of respect to the memory of Mr. E. M. Dietrich, the late president of the association. Mr. H. Y. Braddon occupied ...

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  33. SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    ADELAIDE, Tuesday.--The report of the Renmark Select Committee was laid on the table of the Assembly to-day. The committee finds that the Renmark Irrigation Trust is urgently in need ...

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  34. MELBOURNE TRAMWAY AND OMNIBUS COMPANY.

    MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--The annual meeting of the Melbourne Tramway and Omnibus Company, Limited, was held to-day. The profits for the year, including £22,147 brought forward, amounted ...

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  35. LORD HOWE ISLAND.

    News from Lord Howe Island by the Alice May yesterday states that the weather has been exceptionally boisterous there, with an unusually low barometer. The health of the inhabitants ...

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  36. GREAT HEAT IN AMERICA.

    LONDON, Monday Night.--Great heat prevails in the United States. Seventy-one deaths from the heat have occurred in one day New York and ...

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  37. NEW ZEALAND PARLIAMENT.

    AUCKLAND, Tuesday.--A bill to amend the Constitution Act has been introduced into Parliament. It provides for putting an end to life tenure of Legislative Councillors, and the retirement of ...

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  38. EXPENSES OF AMATEURS.

    LONDON, Monday Night.--Grace and Stoddart strongly resent the imputations cast upon them and others by the statement of the dissatisfied professionals ...

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  39. TASMANIA.

    HOBART, Tuesday.--At the half-yearly meeting of the Cascade Brewery Company to-day, a dividend at the rate of 5 per cent. was declared. The report showed that the properties were in good ...

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  40. THE POSTAL BOARD INQUIRY.

    MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--Further startling evidence was given before the Postal Board to-day. The enginedrivers in the electrical branch stated that Mr. Quarry, the inspector, had frequently ...

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  41. THE QUEENSLAND TRADE.

    The Melbourne Shipping Company have completed arrangements to extend the service to Queensland, to meet the growing requirements of the trade, and the steamer Beeswing will initiate ...

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  42. CENTRAL QUEENSLAND.

    LONDON, Monday Night.--Replying to a question by Mr. J. F. Hogan in the House of Commons to-day, Mr. Joseph Chamberlain, Secretary of State for the Colonies, ...

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  43. BISHOP STUART.

    New Zealand advices state that a letter has been received from Dr. Stuart, ex-Anglican Bishop of Waiapu, who recently resigned that See to take up missionary work in Persia. He states ...

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  44. THE TICK CONFERENCE.

    An intercolonial conference on the tick question is to assemble in the Executive Council Chamber at 12.30 to-day. The Ministers to attend are Mr. Sydney Smith, representing New South ...

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  45. SOUTH AUSTRALIAN PARLIAMENT.

    ADELAIDE, Tuesday.--In the Legislative Assembly to-day, the Treasurer stated that the absence of statistical information would probably delay his budget speech until Thursday week. ...

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  46. THE QUALITY OF BUTTER.

    MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--A number of representatives of butter factories and shippers, the purity of whose butter has been questioned by the analyst to the Government of West Australia, ...

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  47. A SHIPPING GRIEVANCE AT FREMANTLE.

    A letter was recently written to a Perth daily paper by Captain J. H. Brodie, of the steamer Culgoa, with reference to the shamefully inefficient facilities for unloading at Fremantle. ...

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  48. THE ECLIPSE OF THE SUN.

    LONDON, Monday Night.--The British scientists who wont to Vadso, in Norway, to watch the eclipse of the sun, report that adverse weather was experienced at most of ...

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  49. THE VICTORIAN CLUB.

    MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--The annual meeting of the Victorian Club was held this evening, Mr. A. Anderson presiding. The report of the committee of management showed that the ...

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  50. THE REVOLT IN CUBA.

    LONDON, Monday Night.--In the debate in the Spanish Cortes on the attitude of the Government towards the Cuban rebels, Senor Sagasta, the ex-Premier, said he shared ...

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  51. WELCOME TO MR. HECTOR R. MACLEAN.

    At the rooms of the United Arts Club last night Mr. Hector R. Maclean, A. Mus., was entertained by the members of the council of the Sydney College of Music, the occasion being the return of ...

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  52. SHIPPING CASUALTIES.

    The China steamer Whampoa, which was towed into port with a broken shaft, has completed repairs, and yesterday made an engineer's trial trip outside the port. She sails shortly for the ...

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  53. VICTORIAN PARLIAMENT.

    MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--In the Legislative Council, the second reading of the Companies Bill was moved by the Solicitor-General. In the course of the debate the feeling seemed to be in ...

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  54. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    LONDON, Monday Night.--The death is announced to-day of Lady Tennyson, the widow of the late Poet Laureate. ...

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  55. THE REVOLT IN CRETE.

    LONDON, Tuesday.--From Crete it is reported that the rebels are trying to establish a provisional government under the presidency of Voloudakes, the leader of their ...

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  56. ARRIVAL OF A TEA STEAMER.

    The steamer Sikh, of the Mogul line, with the second shipment of the new season's teas from Foochow, arrived in port last evening, after a capital run. The Sikh brings 416 tons of tea and ...

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  57. NEW ZEALAND.

    AUCKLAND, Tuesday.--The examination of Mr. Booth was resumed before the Banking Committee to-day, but the proceedings were practically stopped by witness's refusal to answer any ...

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  58. QUEENSLAND PARLIAMENT.

    BRISBANE, Tuesday.--In the Assembly to-night, in reply to Mr. M'Donald, the Treasurer stated that the Government had been asked to legislate in connection with the Queensland ...

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  59. WORLD'S CHESS TOURNAMENT.

    LONDON, Tuesday.--Herr E. Lasker has obtained the first prize in the World's Chess Tournament at Nuremburg, in Germany. ...

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  60. ACTION OF THE PORTE.

    LONDON, Tuesday.--The Porte has sent Zihni Pasha, Governor of Brusa, and Iyiadit Effendi to consult with the foreign Consuls at Crete, and to arrange terms with the ...

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  61. THE PARLIAMENT OF AGRICULTURE.

    The farmers and settlers' annual conference was opened at Wagga yesterday morning. There was a good attendance of delegates, and though numerically smaller than some of the previous ...

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  62. ARTESIAN BORES.

    MOREE, Tuesday.--Mr. H. Moredith is engaged surveying about 20 blocks of land, of 15 acres each, for irrigation from the bore at East Moree. The Tulloona bore is down 800ft. The flow from ...

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