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  2. INTERCOLONIAL TELEGRAMS.

    A waiter named Alfred Grieve was committed for trial to-day on several charges of forging and attering cheques. The amount involved upwards ot £200. ...

    Article : 596 words
  3. THREATENED STRIKE OF SYDENY CARPENTERS.

    A general strike of carpenters and joiners is threatened. A few weeks ago a mass meeting of the trade adopted a new list of rules, providing for an increase in the wages ...

    Article : 274 words
  4. THE MELBOURNE TRAMWAYS TRUST.

    A special meeting of the Melburne Tramways Trust was held yesterday afternoon, Present-Aldermen T. O'Grady (chairman), and S. Amess, Councillors J. Garton, W. ...

    Article : 1,477 words
  5. BALLARAT HUNT CLUB RACES.

    A heavy train left Melbourne for Dowling Forest yesterday morning, on the occasion of the Hunt Club races. The Ballarat people also turned out in good numbers ...

    Article : 2,430 words
  6. RAILWAY ACCIDENT IN NEW SOUTH WALES.

    A railway accident occurred last night on tho line from Young to Harden. The mail train left Young at 7.10 with passengers, and trucks laden with wool, &c. On nearing ...

    Article : 136 words
  7. THE COLLIERY STRIKE AT NEWCASTLE.

    Everything is quiet in the town, and at the various mines to-day. Arrangements [?] been made to fill the small coal at the wallsend mine into the tracks on Tuesday. ...

    Article : 228 words
  8. INTER-UNIVERSITY BOAT RACE.

    This afternoon the first of an annual series of eight our contests between the Universities of Adelaide, Sydney, and Melbourne takes place on the Lower Yarra. Some ...

    Article : 711 words
  9. EXHIBITION NOTES.

    The president of the Executive Commission of the Centennial International Exhibition (Sir James MacBain) gave his usual weekly luncheon in the official during-hall at the ...

    Article : 283 words
  10. COLLIERY STRIKEIN QUEENSLAND.

    The miners at the Waterstown Coliery, near Ipswich, have been on stricke since Monday morning. It appears that when, through the Newcastle [?] a great ...

    Article : 449 words
  11. THE TASMANIAN PARLIAMENT.

    The Legislative Council to-day agreed to a property tax of a ½d. in the £ on the capital value. The absentee tax of a ½d. in the £ extra on the property of absentees was ...

    Article : 119 words
  12. THE WATER SUPPLY QUESTION AT BROKEN-HILL.

    A largely-attended meeting was held tonight to consider the water question. Satisfaction was expressed at the action of the Government in placing the Rat-hole tank ...

    Article : 276 words
  13. MUSIC AT THE EXHIBITION.

    In the afternoon of yesterday there was a numerous, but shifting, attendance of the public at the organ recital given at the great organ in the music room at the Exhibition, under ...

    Article : 87 words
  14. ORCHESTRAL CONCERT.

    In the evening Mr. Cowen gave an orchestral concert. The general public, amongst whom were many excursionists, were treated to well-practised and highly-finished ...

    Article : 184 words
  15. PUBLIC SCHOOLS SECOND CREWS RACE.

    The final heat of the Public Schools Second Crew's Race was rowed on the Albert-park lake yesterday, and was marked by a most exciting finish. The two crews left in the event were the representatives ...

    Article : 288 words
  16. QUEENSLAND.

    The Steamer Angers, which is leaving for Hong Kong, takes 1,590 tons of Queensland coal. Several seams of good coal are reported to ...

    Article : 146 words
  17. VICTORIAN GOVERNMENT TENDERS.

    The following tenders were accepted yesterday by the Commissioner of Public Works; Repairs to boundary walls, asphalting, additions, repairs, painting &c., lighthouse ...

    Article : 175 words
  18. THE QUEENSLAND PARLIAMENT.

    In the Assembly to-day the debate on the [?]ariff was resumed. On the paragraph relating to spirtis, and fixing the duty at 12s. per gallon, to which Mr. Philp bad moved an ...

    Article : 513 words
  19. THE MELBOURN SHAKSPEARE SOCIETY.

    A literary and musioul entertainment was given in connection with the Melbourne Shakspeare Society in the upper hall of the Athan[?]um-buildings last evening. There ...

    Article : 472 words
  20. DOUGLAS AND SONS LIMITED, IN LIQUIDATION.

    Sir,—In your issue of the 3rd inst. you inserted a paragraph to the effect that Mr. James Wisewould, solicitor had presented a petition to Mr. Justice A'Becket. asking that the ...

    Article : 310 words
  21. SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    The Federal Council Bill is the first order of the day for Tuesday, when the AttorneyGeneral will move the second reading of the bill. ...

    Article : 230 words
  22. THE TRADES-HALL COUNCIL.

    The weekly meeling of the Trades-hall Council was held last evening. Mr. J. E. Barrett, the president, occupied the chair. A complaint was made by a delegate of the ...

    Article : 312 words
  23. MELBOURNE MARKETS.

    Messrs. STRATFORD, STHETTLE, and Co. report having hold their usual weekly sale at the Corporation market on Wednesday last. There was a fair supply forward, conslating [?] and [?] ...

    Article : 86 words
  24. WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

    Yesterday Mr. W. E. Marmion, M.L.C., received the following telegram from Melbourne:—"Contract for Eucla railway absolutely signed. Sir Wm. Clarke, Messrs. ...

    Article : 46 words
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  27. NEW INSOLVENTS.

    Robert Thomson, of St. Vincent's Terrace, South Melbourne, [?] Compulsory sequestration. Causes of insolvency—Losses in business, ill-health, and pressure of a ...

    Article : 90 words
  28. TASMANIA.

    During the last week some very useful rains have fallen, and the season now promises to be a good one. ...

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  30. NEW ZEALAND.

    The Government state that they know nothing officially of the proclamation of a British protectorate over Raratonga, and they assert that they never made any request to ...

    Article : 65 words
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