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  2. THE POLITICAL CRISIS.

    The announcement of the determination of the Opposition to challenge the Government on Tuesday afternoon was the chief subject of discussion in Adelaide during the ...

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  3. COLONIAL TELEGRAMS.

    Mr. John Kay, one of the oldest residents of Donald, died this morning of paralysis. He arrived in Adelaide in the year 1851, and came to Melbourne in 1860. His age was ...

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  4. THE DISSOLUTION OF THE BRITISH PARLIAMENT.

    The general elections for the House of Commons are now close at hand, Mr. Balfour having announced that the dissolution will probably not be delayed ...

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  5. THE NEW ORIENTAL BANK.

    According to the London Daily Telegraph it is feared that the depositors in the New Oriental Bank, which recently failed, will receive only 10s. in the pound. ...

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  6. ADELAIDE AND LONDON TELEGRAPH.

    Speaking in the House of Commons, the First Lord of the Treasury, the Right Hon. A. J. Balfour, stated that the Government would proceed to pass ...

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  7. MR. DIBBS.

    Mr. Dibbe was present at Madame Patti's and Miss Amy Sherwin'S concert ai; the Albert Hall. He was a guest of Mr. Howard Vincent, M.P., on Sunday ...

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  8. CHOLERA TN PERSIA.

    A serious outbreak of cholera in Persia is reported. At Meshed, the capital of the Province I of Khorassan, people are dying from the ...

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  9. EFFECTIVE VOTING.

    Sir—In reply to the letter of " Short, not Ccdlin" I beg to say that on mature consideration my friends and myself settled that more interect would be taken in t he testelections, which ...

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  10. [RECEIVED June 14, 7.30 p.m.]

    The Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone, the Liberal leader, has undertaken to meet the Nonconformist leaders in London on Saturday, with the object of discussing ...

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  11. FATAL EXPLOSION IN SAN FRANCISCO.

    A terrible explosion has taken place in the San Francisco arsenal. Apart from the great destruction of property eleven persons were killed ...

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  12. HEW SOUTH WALES.

    Mr. Arthur Rankin, sen., a well-known pastoralist, died at his residence at Lockyersleigh, near Goulburn, to-day, aged eighty-seven. He had been a resident of the district for thirty-seven years. ...

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  13. AFFAIRS IN UGANDA.

    The British Premier (Marquis of Salisbury) informed the Bouse of Lords this afternoon that a telegram had been received from Mr. William from Nyanza. ...

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  14. QUEENSLAND.

    The body of a man. whose name ia unknown, have been found on a billabong off the Bourke River, near Cloncurry. He evidently perished from think The body of a Chinaman named ...

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  15. [RECEIVED June 14, 11.30 a.m.]

    During a thunderstorm two Churches in Spain were struck by lightning, killing fifteen persons and injuring forty others. ...

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  16. [RECEIVED June 14, 7.30 p.m.]

    Mr. Dibbs was present in the House of Commons when Mr. Balfour made his statement with respect to the Government programme pending an appeal to ...

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  17. TASMANIA.

    The Van Diemen's Land Bank will pay another dividend of 1s. on Thursday. The liabilities will then have been reduced by £460,000, leaving a liability of £490,000. ...

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  18. BREADSTUFFS.

    The wheat market has receded sixpence per quarter. ...

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  19. NEW ZEALAND.

    Arthur Thomas McDonald, a woolbroker, of Dunedin, has declared himself bankrupt. The liabilities are £25,370, and the assets £ 5,700. ...

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  20. THE DORIC.

    The Doric, belonging to the Shaw Savill Company, has sailed for New Zealand. ...

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  21. WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

    A Chinaman named Bong Du wm charged at the Perth Police Court this morning with having attempted to commit suicide. It appears that a servant girl accused him of ...

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  22. RUSSIAN JEWS.

    The Russian Government has approved of Baron Hirsch's proposal to emigrate 3,500,000 Jews during the next quarter of a century. ...

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  23. ART FOR AUSTRALIA.

    Professor Herkomer has purchased for 250 guineas for the Victorian Art Gallery the picture " Study for Figures in Salvation Shelter," now being exhibited at the ...

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  24. [RECEIVED June 14, 7.30 p.m.]

    Lord Salisbury, in the course of his speech in the Lords, said lie believed the British East Africa Company would only partially withdraw from Uganda. The ...

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  25. THE SILVER QUESTION.

    The Indian Government has appealed to the British Premier (Lord Salisbury) to consider what measures should be adopted to avert disastrous results in ...

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  26. AN HEROIC ACT.

    Miss Dendy, of the Traralgon State School, performed an heroic act this morning. She wan proceeding to her duties, accompanied by a boy four years of acre. On crossing a bridge ...

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  27. RESUMPTION 01' LEASES IN THE SOUTHEAST.

    S—I notice in your last issue that a deputation waited on tho Commissioner of Crown Lands a few days ago asking that some leases in the South-East might bo resumed and cut ...

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  28. [RECEIVED June 14. 7.30 p.m.]

    Sir Archibald Levin Smith, one of the Judges of the Queen's Bench Division, who is fifty-six years of age, has been selected to succeed the Right Hon. Sir ...

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  29. EXTRAORDINARY SCENE AT A SALVATION ARMY MEETING.

    A telegram from Allora reports that an extraordinary scene occurred at the Salvation Army service on Sunday afternoon. A member of the army named Meenin, after ...

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  30. A LONDON RAILWAY DISASTER.

    A shocking railway disaster has taken place on the London Metropolitan Railway. Two workmen's trains came into ...

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  31. [RECEIVED June 14,10.45 p.m.]

    Mr. Williams, writing from the Victoria Nyanza, states that he effected easily a settlement of the difficulty with the native King of Uganda. ...

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  32. SOUTH AUSTRALIAN LAND, MORTGAGE, AND AGENCY COMPANY.

    As the result of a poll being taken the holders of over eight thousand shares in the South Australian Land, Mortgage, and Agency Company, Limited, declared ...

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  33. GREAT FIRE IN AMERICA.

    A devastating fire has occurred at Chicora, Pennsylvania, United States. The destruction of property has been immense, hundreds of houses being ...

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  34. THE KANGARILLA SILVERMINING COMPANY.

    A meeting of shareholders in the Kangarilla Proprietary Silver-mining Company (South Australia), has accepted a scheme to reconstruct the Company ...

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  35. PROVINCIAL TELEGRAMS.

    Planting operations at the forest plantation on the travelling-stock reserve north of Red-hill were begun on Monday. A number of men are engaged in replanting where ...

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  36. IRISH AFFAIRS.

    Feeling skill runs high between the rival sections of the Irish Nationalists. Rioting has taken place in Limerick between the Parnellites and McCarthyites ...

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  37. TO THE EDITOR.

    Sir—I notice in your journal of Juno 1 !that Mr. ASh waited on tho lion. Commissioner of Crown Lands and requested that certain miscellaneous leases in the Hundred of Malcolm ...

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  38. BRITISH SHIPPING.

    From Geelong—Magnat, barque, sailed March 4. From Wellington —Hawksbay, steamer, sailed April 21. ...

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  39. COLONIAL PARLIAMENTS.

    In the Legislative Council today Sir F. T. Sargood moved the adjournment of the House to discuss the suspension of the Railway Commissioners, but falling to obtain the support of ...

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  40. GUMERACHA, June 14.

    The Government school is closed owing to the illness of the head teacher (Mr. Martin), who ia suffering from rheumatic fever. Several serious cases of sickness prevail in ...

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  41. THE NEWFOUNDLAND FISHERY QUESTION.

    The French hare destroyed 300 lo ster traps at Newfoundland. H.M. ships Pelican and Emerald have sailed for Newfoundland to make enquiries into the matter. ...

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  42. EUDUNDA, June 14.

    The Eudunda School Board of Advice paid its first visit to this school today, and found it overcrowded, 125 children being present, but the department is pushing on additions to the ...

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  43. QUEENSLAND.

    In the Assembly the Hon. H. Tozer, in reply to a question, said that thirty-six Chinese had been arrested near Cammoweal. He had no further authentic information that ...

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  44. CABLE CHARGES IN NEWZEALAND.

    The Postmaster-General will ask Parliament for a vote of £l50,000 for the laying of a new cable between New Zealand and Sydney. The Government contend that ...

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  45. MOUNT BARKER, June 14.

    The death of Mr. James Little in the Broken Hill Hospital on Sunday caused a feeling of deep sympathy here for his father and family, who are old residents of this district. The ...

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  46. THE NEW HEBRIDES.

    A deputation representing the Australasian and New Hebrides Company waited upon Sir Thomas McHwraith, who ia at present on a visit to Sydney, at the Hotel Australia to-day ...

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  47. GAWLER, June 14.

    Mr. H. Dean, who has been a resident of Gawler for upwards of thirty yean, died suddenly this afterooon. The deceased gentleman, who was unwards of fifty, has been in ...

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  48. ATTACKED BY NATIVES.

    News has been received from Derby that a white man, whose name is unknown, arrived at Carrier Station on June 9 with two spears staring in him. He stated that two ...

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  49. PROSECUTION OF MR. THOMAS WALKER. M.L.A.

    At the Redfern Police Court today Thomas Walker, M.L. A., appeared on remand charged with having maliciously wounded the Rev. David Laserop with intent to do him ...

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  50. RAIN AT BROKEN HILL.

    Rain baa been filling heavily since 5 o'clock, and at the time of telegraphing the patten are overflowing with water. Judging from t appearances it. Promises to rain all ...

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  51. A DARING ROBBERY.

    Mr. Sampson, who is staying at the Grand Hotel on a pleasure trip from Sydney, visited a friend in East Melbourne early last evening, about midnight to return to his ...

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  52. THE COLOURED LABOUR CONFERENCE.

    The Premier lias received a telegram from the Hon. T. Playford asking if July 4 was a suitable date for the conference on coloured labour at Adelaide. Mr. shiels replied ...

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  53. GRAVITATION.

    Sir—About a fortnight since 1 read in your correspondence from the Wadnaminga Goldfields that it was not likely that the new Government dam would set much water when ...

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  54. NARROW ESCAPE OF A PASSENGER TRAIN.

    The passenger train from Eehuca this evening had a thrilling xperience. The train overtook a man named Power on a trolly in the centre of abridge over the Campaspe, near ...

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  55. PAYMENT OF MEMBERS.

    Sir—Seeing the paragraph re Mr. Ash's attempt to increase above from £200 to £300 it struck me that many of your readers might consider that the hon. member had a mandate ...

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  56. VICTORIAN ESTIMATES FOR 1892-3.

    Cabinct today had the Estimates for 1892-3 under consideration, and ascertained that a saving of £200,000 could be effected by reducing the grants to municipalities, reducing the ...

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  57. OCEAN MAIL SERVICE.

    The Armand Behic passed Aden on June 13, outwards. I ...

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  58. THE NORTH-WEST TRACK.

    Advices state that the drought on the North West track is very bad, and the road nearly impassable. The Fourteen-mile Dam is nearly dry and boggy, while the ...

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