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  2. ARRIVAL OF THE MAIL AT KING GEORGE'S SOUND.

    The R.H.S. Shannon, Commander Murray, arrived here at 9 a,m. today. The following is a list of her passengers:—For Albany—Mr. Baker. ...

    Article : 252 words
  3. EIGHT-HOURS CELEBRATION IN MELBOURNE.

    To-day being the twenty-eighth anniversary of the eight-hours movement was celebrated in Melbonrne in the usual manner. The Government had declared the occasion a public ...

    Article : 241 words
  4. THE WAR IN SOUDAN.

    The news already dispatched of the horrible massacre, on their way to Berber, of 300 refugees from' Shendy by [?] Mahdi's sympathizers has been ...

    Article : 238 words
  5. "CRAMMING" IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS.

    This is the heading of an article contributed by Lord Norton to the February number of the Nineteenth Century. The noble Lord's previous connection with ...

    Article : 7,225 words
  6. REUTER'S SUMMARY.

    The situation in Egypt continues to give grounds for great anxiety, and it is feared that Osman Digna's defeats at El Teb and Tamanib will prove barren of result unless ...

    Article : 650 words
  7. THE RESUMPTION OF HARBOUR FRONTAGES AT SYDNEY AND NEWCASTLE.

    An important meeting of the Chamber of Commerce was held to-day to consider the desirability of the Government resuming the water frontages at Sydney and Newcastle ...

    Article : 153 words
  8. REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.

    Rumours are current that the British Government do not intend to confine themselves to submitting to the Great Powers proposals for the solution of the ...

    Article : 252 words
  9. NEW SOUTH WALES.

    The Hon. W. N. Alderson, M.L.C., died this morning. For many' years he was a prosperous and well-known man in Sydney, and took a lively interest in all public affairs. ...

    Article : 459 words
  10. KIMBERLEY PASTORAL INVESTMENT MOVEMENT.

    At the Exchange, Melbourne, to-day, Mr. W. J. O'Donnell, the leader of the Kimberley Exploring Expedition last year, met a large number of gentlemen who have invested in ...

    Article : 440 words
  11. ADELAIDE AND LONDON TELEGRAPH.

    {From oar own Correspondent.] The Hon. A. Evelyn Ashley, M.P., Under-Secretary for the Colonies, who ia Member of Parliament for the Isle of Wight, in the course of a lecture which ...

    Article : 126 words
  12. RAIN IN THE COUNTRY.

    After a Rood deal of wind and dust, rain Bet in shortly after 11 o'clock this morning, and there is every appearance of a steady ana continued fall. ...

    Article : 39 words
  13. PROVINCIAL TELEGRAMS.

    The British barque Unicorn sailed to-day for the United Kingdom, taking 6,207 bags wheat, containing 26,047 bushels. She was loaded by and for Dunn & Co. ...

    Article : 59 words
  14. RAIN ON THE UPPER DARLING.

    The weather here is clear, cool, and calm. There are no signs of rain now, the clouds having dispersed. At Nyngan it is also fine, but eighty points of rain have fallen there. ...

    Article : 214 words
  15. QUEENSLAND.

    The new dredge Platypus, built for the Queensland Government, left England early in March, and is intended for service on the northern coast. ...

    Article : 80 words
  16. KAPUNDA.

    The approaching election ia absorbing all interest in Kapunda, and the general opinion seems to be that the fight will be a very keen one. There is no doubt that to the colony at ...

    Article : 371 words
  17. THE ENGLISH PRESS ON THE RECIDIVISTE QUESTION.

    The Paris correspondents of the Times and the Standard report that the opposition that is being offered to the recidiviste measure will impel the French ...

    Article : 94 words
  18. NEW ZEALAND.

    A large fire has occurred at Invercargill, by which the Theatre Royal, the Provincial Hotel, and several other buildings have been destroyed. ...

    Article : 57 words
  19. SHIPPING.

    Arrived: March 27—Naples, s.s., from Sydney February 29. March 27—Chang Chow, 8.8., from Sydney February 29. March 29.—Martha P. Tucker, from Newcastle ...

    Article : 44 words
  20. SERIOUS CHARGE AGAINST A SOLICITOR.

    Gustav Degenhardt, solicitor, of "Orroroo, was charged before Messrs. J. Scott, J. Bowden, J. Brett, and D. Marshall, J.P.'s, to-day, with indecently assaulting Caroline ...

    Article : 106 words
  21. [RECEIVED April 21. 2.30 p.m.]

    The frozen meat by the O.S.S. Lusitania has been found to be in splendid condition. ...

    Article : 32 words
  22. ANOTHER RAILWAY ACCIDENT IN VICTORIA.

    There was a narrow escape of another serious railway accident, this evening. The 9 o'clock train for Williamstown left the platform at Spencer-street, and was at the ...

    Article : 101 words
  23. REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.

    The Queen was sufficiently recovered to attend divine service in the English Church to-day. ...

    Article : 27 words
  24. DREADFUL ACCIDENT.

    A frightful case of burning occurred at Kangaroo Flat this evening. Mrs. Healy, after making some purchases in Gawler, was driving home, and called at a friend's house. ...

    Article : 186 words
  25. COLONIAL TELEGRAMS.

    A collision occurred on Saturday afternoon in the Bay between the steam yacht Coshie Doo and the cutter yacht Rory O'More. The latter had to be beached at Williamstown. ...

    Article : 554 words
  26. MINING.

    THORHILL G.M. Co.—Captain W.J. Begalhole, Newstead, under date of April 15, reports as follows:—"During the past fortnight the crosscut at 200 feet level from main shaft ...

    Article : 112 words
  27. LIBELLING AN AUSTRALIAN COLONY.

    Mr. Bryce, the Minister of Native Affairs, has received an apology from Messrs. Chapman & Hall, publishers, London, for Mr. Rusden's statements in his " History of New ...

    Article : 72 words
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