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  2. ESSENCE OF PARLIAMENT.

    In Legislative Council Marine Board Bill read third time. Pinnaroo Railway Bill negatived. Amendment carried to have three experimental farms. Land and Income Tax Bill taken into ...

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  3. FROM THE WORLD'S PRESS.

    Dan Rice, a man once well known in connection with circuses, used to tell the following story about Joseph Smith, founder and leader of the Mormon sect:—One day ...

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  4. EARLY SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    The Bullion Act Amendment Bill was read a second time in the Legislative Council and passed into committee. The legal tender price of the intended issue of gold ...

    Article : 58 words
  5. THE COMMONWEALTH.

    The Postmaster-General obstinately adheres to the rigid regulation which prevents telegraph operators sending urgent and important messages after office closing time ...

    Article : 231 words
  6. SOUTH AFRICA.

    The first-class cruiser Good Hope, with Mr. and Mrs. Chamberlain on board, will leave England for Natal, via the Suez Canal, on the 25th inst. ...

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  7. THE BRITISH NAVY.

    The Lords of the Admiralty have notified private shipbuilders who contract for constructive work for the navy that in future the penalties for the late delivery of ...

    Article : 89 words
  8. GIRDLING THE GLOBE.

    Sir Sandford Fleming, of Ottawa, Canada, who for many years advocated the construction of the Pacific cable, sent to the Earl of Minto, the Governor-General of the ...

    Article : 173 words
  9. SOMALILAND.

    Considerable uneasiness has been caused at Aden by a report—which, however, has not been confirmed—that the Mullah's forces in Somaliland Lave raided an ...

    Article : 293 words
  10. CONCERNING PEOPLE.

    Sir Edwin and Lady Smith passengers from England by the R.M.S. Australia, which reached Fremantle on Tuesday. Mr. W. J. Blacker, after an absence of ...

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  11. THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.

    The Attorney-General informed the Hon. A. von Doussa that the exemption of receipts of Municipal Corporation rates and not those of District Councils from the ...

    Article : 306 words
  12. Making Terms with Mr. Morgan and the Cunard Company.

    "Britannia, the pride of the ocean," has considered it politic to make terms for the possession of the Atlantic trade with an American plutocrat (wrote our London ...

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  13. STATE PARLIAMENTS.

    In the Legislative Assembly the Premier this asked if he were aware that the printing, of all the federal electoral rolls was being done in Melbourne. Sir John See ...

    Article : 292 words
  14. IMPERIAL CONFERENCE.

    A bluebook has been, issued containing a report of the conference recently held in London between Mr. Chamberlain and the Colonial Premiers. It contains a summary ...

    Article : 157 words
  15. IRRECONCILABLES EMIGRATING.

    Seventy irreconcilable Boers from the late republics have sailed from Capetown for Argentina, where they have each been promised 1,000 acres of land free of cost. ...

    Article : 95 words
  16. CRIME IN AMERICA.

    A cable message from New York, states that a crowd of 4,000 whites and negroes at Darling, a town on the River Mississippi, recently burned at the stake a negro who ...

    Article : 332 words
  17. THE EDUCATION BILL.

    In the House of Commons on Monday, while the attendance was small, shortly after the dinner hour, a "snap" division on an amendment in the Education Bill ...

    Article : 101 words
  18. CHINA.

    Dr. Morrison in a cable message to The Times, says that The Pekin Gazette notifies the promotion of a fourth-grade Chinese official to the rank of a mandarin of ...

    Article : 132 words
  19. IN THE ASSEMBLY.

    As soon as the Speaker took the chair on Tuesday the Treasurer gave notice that on Wednesday he would ask the House to go into Committee of Ways and Means for the ...

    Article : 895 words
  20. QUEENSLAND.

    Tn the Legislative Assembly on the order nf the day being read for consideration of the Council's amendments on the Income Tax Bill, the Speaker called attention to ...

    Article : 56 words
  21. THE AUSTRALIA AT FREMANTLE.

    The R.M.S. Australia, from London, arrived at 11 a.m., and Killed at 4 p.m. for the eastern, states. Her passengers in the saloon are:— ...

    Article : 202 words
  22. THE AUSTRALIAN TARIFF.

    Many complaints are being heard throughout the United Kingdom of the absence of full and definite information regarding the Commonwealth tariff as finally adopted by ...

    Article : 34 words
  23. AMUSEMENTS.

    The comedy "Mixed" will be produced at the Tivoli Theatre on the holiday night, November 10, by the Celtic Comedy Company. This company has shown ...

    Article : 58 words
  24. RUSSIA.

    The Grand Duke Paul, fourth brother of the late Czar of Russia and uncle of Nicholas H., has been dismissed from the Russian Army. He was born on ...

    Article : 116 words
  25. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    Mr. R. W. Hanbury, President of the Board of Agriculture, fays that the Government docs not propose to repeal the regulation which prohibits the importation ...

    Article : 72 words
  26. "ELIJAH."

    The oratorio concert to be given in the Town Hall to-morrow evening Dy the Adelaide Choral Society will be largely attended, judging by the booking of seats. Mr. ...

    Article : 127 words
  27. THE LATE MR. KENSIT.

    Al the Birkenhead Police Court on Monday John McKeever, a young labourer, was committed for trial on the charge or having murdered Mr. John Kensit, the ...

    Article : 238 words
  28. COMMERCE AND FINANCE.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 60 words
  29. TURKEY'S TROUBLES.

    In reply to complaints from the Porte against the failure of the Government of Bulgaria to effectively stop the inroad of insurgents into Macedonia. M. Daneff, the ...

    Article : 124 words
  30. EATING SANDWICHES.

    The persons attending the Methodist Sunday school picnic at Werribee to-day were thrown into a state of grave alarm by the development of symptoms of poisoning ...

    Article : 178 words
  31. NAVAL WARFARE.

    The commandants of the submarine torpedo boats which took part in tho manoeuvres of the French Navy off Cherbourg Lave reported, as a result of their ...

    Article : 115 words
  32. OVERSEA SHIPPING.

    At London.—Yarrawonga, steamer, from Sydney August 30.—Departures.— For Melbourne.—Killarney, barque ...

    Article : 45 words
  33. DROUGHT-STRICKEN AUSTRALIANS.

    Madame Melba ban cancelled her arrangements for receiving subscriptions from a number of her wealthy friends in Europe and America to the fund for the relief of ...

    Article : 231 words
  34. WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

    The annual show of the Royal Agricultural Society was opened at Guildford to-day. The quantity and quality of the exhibits, especially of live stock, were largely ...

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  35. TRIAL OF THE KENNIFFS.

    The trial of Patrick and James Kenniff on a charge of having murdered Constable Doyle and Mr. Albert C. Dhalke, station manager, on March 30 last, was continued ...

    Article : 262 words
  36. KNOCKED DOWN BY A TRAIN.

    A distressing accident happened this afternoon on the Camberwell railway line. Three voting women, Miss Ada Blanksopp, Miss Grace Hicks, and Miss Ropers, who ...

    Article : 107 words
  37. THE DOUKHOBORS.

    By instruction from the Government of Manitoba, the police and railway officials are placing the destitute Donkhobor women and children on board trains, and sending ...

    Article : 40 words
  38. Advertising

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    Advertising : 393 words
  39. VICTORIAN LOAN BILLS.

    The State Government circulated to-day three loan application Hills providing for a comprehensive scheme of works in connection with railways and water supply ...

    Article : 154 words
  40. NEW GUINEA.

    Among the passengers by the steamer Norkoowa which arrived on Tuesday from New Guinea was the Hon. W. H. Gors. He had been a resident in the possession for ...

    Article : 96 words
  41. FOUR PRISONERS ESCAPE.

    Four long sentenced prisoners at the He kitiki Gaol attacked and overpowered two of the warders, secured their rifles, and made their escape. They are still at large ...

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  42. A BARQUE ASHORE.

    A telegram received in Sydney to-day states that the Norwegian barque Zeleteur went ashore at Wallis Island, between Fiji and Samoa. She floated off again, but an ...

    Article : 39 words
  43. MR. CARNEGIE.

    Mr. Andrew Carnegie offers £10,000 far the establishment of a library at Dunedin, on condition that the city finds a site find pays £700 a year in its maintenance. ...

    Article : 37 words
  44. INDIAN EXPERIENCES.

    On Tuesday evening Dr. R. W. Hornabrook lectured at the Oddfellows' Hall, Port Adelaide, in aid of St. Paul's Dayschool, on his Indian experience. Dr. E. W. Morris presided over a fair ...

    Article : 79 words
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