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  2. AUSTRALIAN FINANCE.

    A well-known substantial broker in London has offered to enter into negotiations for taking up £1,000,000 worth of 4 per cent. Treasury bills of the colony ...

    Article : 49 words
  3. THE SHEARING DIFFICULTY.

    The conference between representatives of the Pastoralists' and Shearers' Unions was resumed this morning, when the discussion on Mr. D. Elder's motion and Mr. William's ...

    Article : 1,296 words
  4. THE EMPEROR WILLIAM.

    The Emperor William of Germany, who, after his recent visit to Great Britain, started on a cruise to the Norwegian coast, has returned to Kiel, a ...

    Article : 67 words
  5. ADELAIDE AND LONDON TELEGRAPH.

    It has transpired that Admiral Gervais, the officer in charge of the French fleet now in Russian waters, speaking at Moscow in reply to a complimentary ...

    Article : 111 words
  6. CHILIAN AFFAIRS.

    The Chilian Government cruiser Presidente Pinto, which went aground at Toulon but was afterwards floated again, has left the Italian port of Genoa, where ...

    Article : 94 words
  7. THE VICTORIAN RAILWAYS.

    The attempt of the Victorian Government to secure alterations in the policy by which the Railway Commissioners manage the department has led to a ...

    Article : 3,978 words
  8. THE CROPS.

    The Government of Russia, who, in view of the extremities to which the peasantry are reduced owing to the partial failure of the crops, recently forbade ...

    Article : 89 words
  9. SERVIA.

    The King of Servia, having paid a successful visit to St. Petersburg, has now started for Vienna. ...

    Article : 33 words
  10. MADAME MELBA.

    Sir Augustus Harris, the well-known London Manager, has offered to engage Madame Melba (Mrs. Armstrong), the Australian prima donna, next season at ...

    Article : 76 words
  11. [RECEIVED August 9, 9.35 p.m.]

    President Balmaceda has offered the United States Government $4,000,000 (about £200,000) for the American steel cruiser Baltimore. The Baltimore is one ...

    Article : 71 words
  12. [RECEIVED August 9, 8.20 a.m.]

    The departure of Admiral Gervais and his officers from Moscow was marked by the most demonstrative tokens of goodwill and affection on the part of the ...

    Article : 123 words
  13. ALLSOPP'S BREWERY.

    At a special meeting of shareholders in the Company of Allsopp & Sons, Limited, held to-day, a report was received from the Special Committee of Enquiry appointed ...

    Article : 111 words
  14. PORTUGAL.

    The Government of Portugal, who in view of the existing financial crisis recently declared the French currency to be a legal medium of exchange in the ...

    Article : 104 words
  15. EUROPEAN CUSTOMS UNION.

    Representatives of the Governments of Germany, Austria, Italy, and Switzerland are now conferring at Vienna with the object of arranging a Central European ...

    Article : 44 words
  16. CANADA.

    The enquiry being held by the Canadian Committee of Parliamentary Privileges continues to bring to light startling facts. Dealing in the first instance with the ...

    Article : 161 words
  17. DEATH OF A PARACHUTIST.

    Higgins, the London parachutist, who was the first imitator of Baldwin, has met with a fearful end. He was giving an exhibition, and in ...

    Article : 57 words
  18. THE INFLUENZA.

    Moscow has been once more visited by a severe epidemic of influenza. It is stated that the daily record of fresh cases is about 500. ...

    Article : 31 words
  19. IRISH AFFAIRS.

    Mr. W. O'Brien, M.P., has been awarded by a Jury £10 damages for having been falsely arrested at Cardiff. ...

    Article : 13 words
  20. THE UNION PACIFIC RAILWAY COMPANY.

    An interesting fact with regard to the financial position of the Union Pacific Railway Company has come to light. Although the President has announced ...

    Article : 83 words
  21. HAWAII

    The United States authorities fear the occurrence of a revolution in Hawaii. They are in consequence expected to send the American man-of-war Charleston to ...

    Article : 70 words
  22. BREADSTUFFS.

    The English wheat market is firmer. The Continental markets are advancing. The American market is changing a little for the worse. ...

    Article : 35 words
  23. COMMERCIAL.

    At yesterday's public auction of Australasian tallow the number of casks offered was 1,500, of which 1,300 were sold. ...

    Article : 37 words
  24. TURKEY AND GREECE.

    There has been a renewal of the disorders in Crete owing to the difference between the Turks and the Christians. The Turkish authorities are again accused ...

    Article : 87 words
  25. MR. RUSSELL LOWELL.

    Mr. James Russell Lowell, D.C.L., LL.D., the distinguished American author, who acted as United States Minister to Great Britain from 1880 to 1885 ...

    Article : 55 words
  26. HAYTI AND AMERICA.

    General Hippolyte, the President of the Republic of Hayti, has accused Mr. J. G. Blaine, the American Secretary of State, of trying by underhand methods to ...

    Article : 77 words
  27. WATTLE-BARK.

    For wattle-bark there is a steady demand. South Australian ground is quoted at 16s.; Tasmanian at 11s. ...

    Article : 13 words
  28. ANTIMONY

    Antimony is quoted at £46. The demand is only nominal. ...

    Article : 12 words
  29. THE BANK OF VAN DIEMEN'S LAND.

    Before Parliament rose on Friday the Treasurer tabled the following motion:—"That in order to minimize to the fullest extent practicable the evils arising from the suspension of ...

    Article : 551 words
  30. [RECEIVED August 8, 10.25 a.m.]

    A lady was found suffering severely from the effects of a gunshot wound in a first-class railway carriage at Bedford. She declared that a young man had ...

    Article : 66 words
  31. AUSTRIA.

    A charge of embezzlement in connection with the collection of the corn duties and involving the sum of 1,250,000 florins (£125,000) has been sheeted home to the ...

    Article : 67 words
  32. THE BRITISH NAVY.

    The British Admiralty, in seeking to strengthen the Imperial Navy, have ordered the construction of six new torpedo-boats with a speed of twenty ...

    Article : 44 words
  33. THE BANK OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    The latest quotation for the shares of the Bank of South Australia is £21 10s. ...

    Article : 18 words
  34. ARREST OF A LADY OF TITLE.

    Lady De la Zouch was summoned to-day on a charge of having been drunk whilst riding in Hyde Park. The police testified to the eccentricity of her ...

    Article : 79 words
  35. [RECEIVED August 9, 8.20 a.m.]

    Mr. Rudyard Kipling, the young Anglo-Indian novelist, has decided to pay a visit to New Zealand and Samoa. ...

    Article : 29 words
  36. EGYPT.

    The terms of Lord Salisbury's reply to Turkey's request for the reopening of the question of British evacuation of Egypt are now more fully known. In declaring ...

    Article : 95 words
  37. BRITISH TRADE.

    The British imports for the past quarter have decreased in value by £250,000 and the exports by £2,380,000, as compared with the returns for the corresponding ...

    Article : 40 words
  38. PROVINCIAL TELEGRAMS.

    Walter Morgan Clark, an ostler at [?] Corio Hotel, was to-day charged before Messrs. Goode and Underwood with stealing two bottles of port wine from his employer, Mr. D. ...

    Article : 56 words
  39. WRESTLING.

    Cannon, the champion wrestler of America and Australia, who out of three contests was recently defeated twice by Abs, the German champion, has been ...

    Article : 51 words
  40. ADDITIONAL LIGHTHOUSES.

    Steps have been taken to erect a light at Split Point, which was the spot recommended by experts. Split Point is between Cape Otway and Port Phillip Heads. The light is ...

    Article : 153 words
  41. PORT PIRIE, August 9.

    There was a demonstration last night of shop assistants and their sympathizers against Messrs. Thomas & Pfuhl, on account of their keeping their shop open on Wednesday ...

    Article : 56 words
  42. THE TRADE OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

    The rapidly increasing activity in trade in all directions has caused very little less than a block on the eastern railway, owing to the insufficiency of the ...

    Article : 125 words
  43. THE WALLAROO AND MOONTA MINES DIFFICULTY.

    A meeting of the Moonta Branch of the A.M.A. was held to-night in the Friendly Society Hall, which was crowded to the doors. Hundreds were unable to gain admission. ...

    Article : 89 words
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