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  2. COUNTRY NEWS.

    The Circuit Court continued its sittings to-day Matthew James Dawson, late manager for Howard Smith and Sons, Newcastle was charged with making false entries in certain accounts. There ...

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  3. THE SHEARING SEASON.

    A large meeting of members of the Adelaide branch of the Amalgamated Shearers' Union was held on Tuesday evening. An animated discussion took place on the question of early shearing ...

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  4. SPECIAL CABLES.

    The inspector to the Board of Trade, after having held an inquiry into the fate of the ship Colintraive, bound from Newcastle, N.S.W., to San Francisco, which ...

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  5. IN PARLIAMENT.

    In the Legislative Council yesterday, after disposing of several formal matters, the Narrabri to Moree Railway Bill was read the third time and returned to the Assembly. Mr. O'Connor ...

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  6. SPECIAL CABLES.

    The trial of the Marquis of Queensberry, on a charge of having criminally libelled Oscar Wilde, the dramatist and poet, was commenced to-day. An immense ...

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  7. SPECIAL CABLES.

    The Chitral expedition, which recently left Hoti-Murdan, in the Punjaub, under the command of Major-General Sir R. C. How, is experiencing great ...

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  8. The Sydney Morning Herald.

    IN the Legislative Assembly last night the Local Government Bill was further considered in committee, and the third reading of the Trades Disputes Conciliation aud Arbitration Act ...

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  9. BIMETALLISM.

    At an influential gathering of the Bimetallic League to-day Mr. A. J. Balfour, M.P., delivered a speech, in the course of which he referred in jubilant ...

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  10. GOLDFIELDS OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

    The Day Dawn West Australian G. M. Association report[?] that during the past month 820 tons of stone were milled, returning 719oz. The stone taken from the Goleonda was so rich that ...

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  11. NORTH BRITISH AND N.Z. INVESTMENT COMPANY.

    The balance-sheet of the North British and New Zealand Investment Company, Limited, shows a profit of £3000 for the year. £1000 is placed to the reserve ...

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  12. WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

    The receipts for the past quarter amounted to £335,865, as against £156,267 15s 10d for 1894, or an increase of 87 per cent. The Customs increased 79 per cent.; postages, 56 per cent.; ...

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  13. BANK OF AUSTRALASIA.

    The annual general meeting of shareholders of the Bank of Australasia was held to-day. Mr. A. G. H. Gibbs, M.P., the chairman, said that the decrease in ...

    Article : 65 words
  14. THE HOUSE OF COMMONS.

    It is officially announced that the Government will nominate Mr. William Court Gully, Q.C., M.P. for Carlisle, for the Speakership on the retirement of the ...

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  15. NEW ZEALAND.

    Dr. Fichett has been appointed Parliamentary draughtsman and assistant law officer of the Crown. The Wellington Chamber of Commerce has ...

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  16. SCULLING IN ENGLAND.

    A sculling match for the championship of England will be rowed on the Thames between C. R. Harding and T. Sullivan, formerly of New Zealand, on the 9th ...

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  17. AGRICULTURAL SHOW.

    At the show to-day there was a large attendance. In the cattle section the principal prizes went to H. T. Edwards, of Bibenluke Estate. The other winners were Litchfield Bros., W. M. Arnold, ...

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  18. STATE ELECTIONS IN THE UNITED STATES.

    The Republicans in the Western States of America have swept the board at the spring elections. The former corrupt Administration in Chicago has been wholly ...

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  19. THE COLONIAL TREASURER OF NEW ZEALAND.

    Mr. J. G. Ward, Colonial Treasurer of New Zealand, had an interview yesterday with the Marquis of Ripon, Secretary of State for the Colonies. He urged Lord ...

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  20. SILVER.

    Bar silver is quoted to-day at 2s 6d per ounce. Broken Hill Proprietary shares are quoted at £2. ...

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  21. THE REVOLT IN CUBA.

    The Spanish authorities in Cuba are closely watching all vessels approaching the coast. The British steamer Ethelred, while off ...

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  22. VICTORIA.

    The opening of the Victorian Parliament has been further postponed indefinitely, probably until the end of May or the beginning of June. The reason given by the Government is their inability ...

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  23. THE WEATHER.

    The disturbance reported on Tuesday as having developed west of South Australia has worked down to the southward of Tasmania, and gone where a good many others have disappeared. ...

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  24. EXPERIENCES OF A SETTLER IN HAWAII.

    Yesterday a representative of the Herald had a conversation with Mr. L. J. Levey, who had been resident for about 13 years in Hawaii, and was a passenger by the San Francisco mail steamer ...

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  25. THE AGENCY-GENERAL OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    The offices of the Agent-General for South Australia will be removed from 15 Victoria-chambers, Victoria-street, Westminster, to the city, in March next, ...

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  26. THE NEW BISHOP OF ADELAIDE.

    The Rev. John Reginald Harmer, Bishop-designate of Adelaide, will be consecrated in London on the 1st May. ...

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  27. MEETINGS..

    The annual meeting of the société Française de Bienfaisance was held yesterday afternoon at the Sydney Wool Exchange. Mons. B[?]ard d'Aunet, Consul-General for France and patron of the ...

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  28. SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    The Government intends to make a clean sweep of the Militia, and hopes to save about £10,000 on the military votes for the ensuing year. The Government in deciding upon this course has been ...

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  29. LIVE CATTLE SHIPMENTS.

    The steamer Port Chalmers has arrived at Perim, in the Red Sea. Her cattle are in excellent condition. ...

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  30. AUSTRALIAN PASTORAL COMPANY.

    At the general meeting of the shareholders of the Australian Pastoral Company, Limited, to-day, the chairman, Mr. C. E. Bright, C.M.G., stated that the ...

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  31. TO-DAY.

    Highland Society of New South Wales, Burns Club Branch: Meeting Small Hall, School of Arts, 8 p.m. A Lecture Entertainment, "Cousin Jack's Land," by the Rev. E. T. Dunstan and Æolian Glee Party: ...

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  32. HEBREW LITERARY SOCIETY.

    The eighth annual meeting of the Hebrew Literary and Debating Society was held in the Great Synagogue chambers. Castlereagh-street, last evening. Mr. Philip Benhamin occupied the chair, in the ...

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  33. QUEENSLAND.

    An accident occurred on the main line at Fassifern last night. The train ran over a stray cow, and two timber waggons were completely wrecked The passengers and railway men escaped unhurt. ...

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  34. THE LIBERATOR FRAUDS.

    Jabez Spencer Balfour, the absconding director of the Liberator Building Society, who has ben a refugee in the Argentine Republic for some two years, has at last ...

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  35. POLITICAL CRISIS IN NORWAY.

    King Oscar of Sweden has refused to accept the resignation of the Norwegian Cabinet. He also declines to resume parleyings with the majority in the ...

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  36. INSPECTION OF LIGHTHOUSES.

    The Marine Board inspected the Jervis Bay light at daylight this morning, and afterwards selected a suitable landing place for stores and material for the new lighthouse to be erected on ...

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  37. TASMANIA.

    The R.M.S. Gothic, from London via the Cape, arrived to-day. When the Gothic left London Captain Kidley was extremely ill, and Captain Smith brought the vessel to the Cape. He ...

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  38. THE CHURCH SOCIETY DIOCESAN FESTIVAL.

    A meeting of ladies was held in the garden at Greenknowe yesterday to make arrangements for the tea to be held in connection with the forthcoming diocesan festival at the end of May. About 200 ...

    Article : 120 words
  39. THE NEWCASTLE COAL TRADE.

    The only important topic of interest is that of the probability of a general strike amongst the collieries. So far the evidence is in favour of a strike occurring. The actual result of the ballot ...

    Article : 62 words
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