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  2. ABOVE THE SPEAKER.

    of business in the Assembly came into operation last week, and it cannot be said that so far the procedure has been conducive to the despatch of legislative work for the record ...

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  3. Farewell to Mr. Mackenzie Bowell.

    YESTERDAY a farewell picnic was given by the Ministry to Mr. Mackenzie Bowell, the Minister for Trade and Commerce of the Canadian Dominion, and the affair was a ...

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  4. The Frozen Meat Trade.

    LONDON, Saturday.—A project is on foot amongst the importers of Australian frozen meat to form an advisory committee on similar lines to that ...

    Article : 49 words
  5. CABLEGRAMS.

    LONDON, Friday.—The conference suggested by Mr. Gladstone, under the presidency of Lord Rosebery, has been hold, and it has come to a ...

    Article : 100 words
  6. TELEGRAMS.

    THE Attorney General has declined to prosecute in the case of Mr. John Barnes Nicholson, M.P. for Illawarra, committed by the Bulli Bench on a charge of criminal libel. ...

    Article : 310 words
  7. (FROM METROPOLITAN PAPERS.)

    LONDON, Friday.—The Ameer of Afghanistan, in an address to his people on the mission of Sir Henry M. Durand, says that they must ...

    Article : 48 words
  8. GOLDFIELD NEAR WALCHA.

    THE Walcha Witness states that payable alluvial gold has been discovered in the river bed 14 miles south-east from Yarrowitch station. John Holmes, an aged man, who had ...

    Article : 187 words
  9. FORMATION OF THE CONCILIATION BOARD.

    LONDON, Saturday.—The Board of Conciliation which the colliery owners and the miners have agreed to form to consider the wages question will ...

    Article : 107 words
  10. Bank of England Investments.

    LONDON, Friday.—The Standard to-day refers to the reports as to alleged irregular investments made by the Bank of England, and advises two of ...

    Article : 51 words
  11. Colliery Disaster near Glasgow.

    LONDON, Friday.—A colliery is on fire at Coatbridge, about nine miles north of Glasgow, and 50 of the miners are entombed. Grave fears ...

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  12. DUDLEY MINERS.

    THE Dudley miners held a special meeting on Friday for the purpose of dealing with the delegate's report. The attendance was small. Mr. J. Brown in the chair A letter was ...

    Article : 177 words
  13. VICTORIA.

    Mr. J. M'Intyre, the Minister for Lands, left for New Zealand yesterday to inquire into the latest developments of land settlement in Maoriland. ...

    Article : 191 words
  14. The P. and O. Company.

    LONDON, Saturday.—The P. and O. Steamship Company have declared a further dividend of 6½ per cent. on the ordinary shares, and ½ per cent. on ...

    Article : 36 words
  15. The New Governor-General of India.

    LONDON, Friday.—A banquet was given last night to the Earl of Elgin, who has been appointed to succeed the Marquis of Lansdowne as Viceroy and ...

    Article : 88 words
  16. The Matabele War.

    LONDON, Saturday.—Major Forbes, who commanded the combined forces of the British and South Africa Company during the recent war against ...

    Article : 37 words
  17. ONE MAN ONE BOAT.

    COMPLAINTS have been made for some time past to the local Marino Board regarding the alleged under-manning of a small steamer which has been engaged in towing vessels to ...

    Article : 173 words
  18. The British Navy.

    LONDON, Saturday.—In the House of Commons yesterday Mr. Gladstone, in reply to questions as to the naval policy of the Government which is ...

    Article : 84 words
  19. London Prices for Butter.

    LONDON, Friday.—The committee of leading London produce merchants appointed to regulate the price of butter have fixed the standard for ...

    Article : 64 words
  20. QUEENSLAND.

    Mr. E. B. Cullen, Under-Secretary of the Treasury, died yesternight of influenza and acute inflammation of the lungs. He was only confined to his room for a few days. ...

    Article : 37 words
  21. THE NEW ELECTORAL ACT.

    As was indicated by the notice of motion given in the Assembly on Friday by Mr. Barton, it is the intention of the Government to introduce during the present session a bill ...

    Article : 228 words
  22. THUNDERSTORM AT BATHURST.

    A SEVERE thunderstorm broke over Bathurst last night. Hail fell heavily and thickly for a considerable time, the stones being very large. A great deal of damage was done by ...

    Article : 135 words
  23. SUDDEN DEATH AT STOCKTON.

    ON Saturday at a little after noon an elderly miner named George Rae, 63 years of age, died rather suddenly in Stockton, at the residence of his brother. Mr John Rae, so well ...

    Article : 203 words
  24. The Bank Notes Bill.

    LONDON, Friday.—The Financial Times has some comments upon Sir George Dibbs' Bank Notes Bill, and expresses the opinion that it has been ...

    Article : 34 words
  25. The Brazilian Revolution.

    LONDON, Saturday.—Intelligence from Brazil, where an insurrection against President Peixoto's Governmen is in active progress, is of an ...

    Article : 187 words
  26. THE SHARE MARKET.

    THERE was absolutely nothing doing on 'Change to-day. The only sale reported was a parcel of Commercial Bank of Sydney shares at £9 10s. ...

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  27. BROKEN HILL NEWS.

    A TERRIFIC storm of wind, carrying with it clouds of dust, has been raging all day, rendering outside locomotion practically impossible. So unpleasant has it been that there ...

    Article : 132 words
  28. LIGHT LINES OF RAILWAYS.

    AT present (says the S.M. Herald) a good deal of interest is being taken in the question of "light" or "pioneer" lines of railway, and it has been prominently brought forward ...

    Article : 327 words
  29. A SERIOUS CHARGE.

    ON Thursday Mrs. Shrader, a boardinghouse-keeper residing in Beach-street, Port Melbourne, visited the local police station in an excited condition and reported that she had ...

    Article : 243 words
  30. DEATH OF THE EX-CITY SOLICITOR.

    LAST night Mr. George Merriman, the ex-city solicitor, who was under a charge of alleged embezzlement, died at Camden House. On Thursday Dr. Paton, the police ...

    Article : 261 words
  31. FIRE ON THE STEAMER INDIA.

    A SERIOUS fire broke out in the forehold of the British-India Company's fine steamer India, which is lying at Parbury, Lamb, and Co.'s wharf, South Brisbane, shortly before ...

    Article : 136 words
  32. The Afghan Question.

    LONDON, Saturday.—In connection with the mission to Afghanistan of Sir Mortimer Durand, the special British envoy, in order to arrive at some ...

    Article : 122 words
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