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  2. AN AUSTRALIAN PABLIAMENTARY RECORD.

    To-day Sir Henry Parkes, G.C.M.G., M.L.A. will complete the 41st year of his Parliamentary' service. As it was thought that the veteran statesman might be able to communicate some ...

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  3. COUNTRY NEWS.

    A fatal accident happened on Tenterfield station yesterday. A coachdriver named Wilson was returning to the station with a buggy, and when half a mile from home, the horses bolted and dashed ...

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  4. SPECIAL CABLES.

    The Bank of England has reduced the charges for inscribing and managing colonial loans by £100 per £1,000,000. This will result in a saving of £4000 per ...

    Article : 61 words
  5. SPECIAL CABLES.

    The bill introduced in the House of Commons last evening to abolish plural voting at Parliamentary elections is identical with the mensure of last year, except ...

    Article : 104 words
  6. SPECIAL CABLES.

    The Times correspondent in Japan telegraphs that the Japanese intend to resolutely oppose Russian dictation in regard to the terms of peace between China and ...

    Article : 112 words
  7. IN PARLIAMENT.

    Having disposed of the third reading of the Begs Cattle Saleyards Bill, the Legislative Council proceeded to deal with the Bankruptcy Acts Amendment Bill i committee. That portion ...

    Article : 2,132 words
  8. ACCIDENT TO THE DUKE OF ORLEANS.

    The Duke of Orleans, eldest son of the late Comte de Paris, and head of the Royal House of France, han met with a serious accident in the hunting field in ...

    Article : 67 words
  9. PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION.

    An election took place to-day for the representation of East Leeds in the House of Commons, to fill the vacanoy caused by the death of the late member, Mr. J. ...

    Article : 93 words
  10. CHINA AND JAPAN.

    Spain has joined the Powers which protested against the terms of the treaty of peace between China and Japan. ...

    Article : 37 words
  11. NEW MINING COMPANIES.

    The capital of the St. George Proprietary Gold-mining Company has been fully subscribed. MAY 1. ...

    Article : 58 words
  12. SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    The twenty-ninth annual meeting of the Bank of Adelaide was held to-day. Mr. James Smith, chairman of the directors, moved the adoption of the report and balance-sheet. He referred to the ...

    Article : 309 words
  13. THE CHITRAL EXPEDITION.

    Further accounts of the capture of Sher Afzul by the Khan of Dir show that Sher Afzul's soldiers and followers, to the number of 1500, were taken prisoners by ...

    Article : 90 words
  14. QUEEN VICTORIA.

    The Queen has returned to London from her visit to the Continent. Her Majesty s in excellent health. ...

    Article : 29 words
  15. VICTORIA.

    At the ordinary general meeting of shareholders of the National Bank of Australasia, Limited, held to-day, the chairman (Mr. J. M. Pratt, M.L.C.) spoke at considerable length upon trade ...

    Article : 211 words
  16. THE NEW GOVERNOR OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton has been officially gazetted as Governor of South Australia. ...

    Article : 25 words
  17. NEW ZEALAND.

    The National Insurance Company has declared a dividend at the rate of 15 per cent. per annum for the half year ended the 31st March. The South British Insurance Company received ...

    Article : 125 words
  18. ENGLAND AND NICARAGUA.

    The United States and other Powers have advised Great Britain to withdraw the blockade of Corinto, Nicaragua, on the Government of Nicaragua giving an offer ...

    Article : 55 words
  19. THE COLONIAL TREASURER OF NEW ZEALAND.

    Mr. J. G. Ward, Colonial Treasurer of New Zealand, delivered an address on New Zealand affairs before the Colonial Institute to-night. He said that ...

    Article : 137 words
  20. A FRENCH TROOPSHIP ASHORE.

    The steamer Tibet, which was conveying French troops to Madagascar, has gone ashore in the Suez Canal. She is in an awkward position, and is blocking the ...

    Article : 59 words
  21. LATE NEWS FROM THE EAST.

    The Changsha, from Hongkong, landed 12 Japanese here, and sailed south before noon. The captain states that suspected cases of the plague were reported at Canton, but none at Hongkong, ...

    Article : 101 words
  22. THE EARL OF HOPETOUN.

    A letter has been received by the Premier from the Earl of Hopetoun stating that he bad arrived at Colombo after a pleasant voyage. Both be and Lady Hopetoun were in good health. They ...

    Article : 79 words
  23. ACTION FOR LIBEL.

    At the local court, before Judge Boucant and four special jurors to-day, the Hon J. L. Parsons, ex-Minister of the Crown and lately member of Parliament for the Northern Territory, sued ...

    Article : 284 words
  24. DEATH OF MR. COSMO NEWBERY.

    Mr. James Cosmo Newbery, C.M.G., analyst to the Mines Department, and superintendent of the Technological Museum of Victoria, died at 7 o'clock to-night from internal hemorrhage. His ...

    Article : 229 words
  25. THE ARMENIAN ATROCITIES.

    It is reported that the commission appointed to inquire into the alleged atrocities in Armenia has found that the massacres are proved. ...

    Article : 31 words
  26. GERMAN EAST AFRICA.

    Herr Wishmann has been appointed Governor of German East Africa. ...

    Article : 16 words
  27. GOLDFIELDS OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

    The Glasgow Gold Mines Company has completed the purchase of two properties at Twentyone Mile, on the road to Black Flag. ...

    Article : 38 words
  28. GEOGRAPHICAL CONGRESS.

    Mr. David Lindsay, the Australian explorer, is to read a paper before the Geographical Congress on Australian exploration. ...

    Article : 26 words
  29. POLITICS IS GREECE.

    M. Tricoupis, the Premier of Greece, whose party has just been defeated at the Parliamentary elections, intends to retire from political life. ...

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  30. THE NEWCASTLE COAL TRADE.

    The East Greta Colliery is now in full work upon day wages. The miners, 250 in number, are earning 8s per day, each having signed the agreement individually. The management decline ...

    Article : 97 words
  31. A FASHIONABLE MARRIAGE.

    The marriage of Colonel Lord William Leslie de la Poer Beresford, V.C., to Lilian Warren, Duchess of Marlborough, widow of the eighth Duke of ...

    Article : 35 words
  32. THE LONDON SCANDAL.

    The trial of Oscar Wilde and Taylor, his associate, was continued at the Central Criminal Court, Old Bailey, to-day. At the close of the evidence for the ...

    Article : 168 words
  33. HOLIDAYS FOR RACE MEETINGS.

    The Government have notified the leading racing clubs of the colony that after this year they will not grant any holidays for race meetings, as the figures showing the number of days on which races are ...

    Article : 152 words
  34. LONDON WOOL SALES.

    The third series of London wool sales was opened to-day by Messrs. Jacomb, Son, and Co., and Messrs. Buxton, Ronald, and Co., with catalogues totalling 13,905 ...

    Article : 176 words
  35. QUEENSLAND.

    May Day was observed as a close holiday. The weather was gloriously fine. The principal event was the thirtieth demonstration of the Eight-hour Day. At 9 o'clock the various trade-unions ...

    Article : 155 words
  36. A DASTARDLY CRIME.

    A few days ago another lot of coach horses was stolen from the changing station on the road from Forbes to Condobolin, on the south side of the river. It will be remembered that several lots of ...

    Article : 149 words
  37. THE DEFENCES OF THE COLONY.

    The Chief Secretary to-day stated that a bill is to be prepared dealing with the subject of the defences of the colony. It has not yet been drawn, but it will be drafted upon the basis of the report ...

    Article : 327 words
  38. EXTENSIVE FORGERIES.

    An American named Howard, who dressed well and lived in a very stylish manner in chambers in Belgravia, has been arrested on a charge of forging ...

    Article : 90 words
  39. PASTORAL INTELLIGENCE.

    The following stock crossings were reported today:—One shorthern bull, from Victoria to A. Landale's Wandook station; 87 bulls and heifers, from Chilton, Victoria, to D M'Gregor's Nebo ...

    Article : 97 words
  40. TASMANIA.

    The steamer Dori[?] arrived from the Cape this morning. She brought the smelting machinery for the Mount Lyell Silver Company. ...

    Article : 28 words
  41. AUSTRALIAN ESTATES AND MORTGAGE COMPANY.

    The Australian Estates and Mortgage Company proposes to issue £500,000 worth of second mortgago debentures. ...

    Article : 24 words
  42. THE WYALONG GOLDFIELD.

    Nicholas and Reymond's large battery is approaching completion. The work is being vigorously pushed forward. West's and Channon's batteries are both crushing. A much more cheerful ...

    Article : 124 words
  43. THE WEATHER.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 132 words
  44. AUSTRALIAN POULTRY IN LONDON.

    Poulterers complain that some of the cases of poultry brought by thE steamer Thermopyl[?] and labelled " chickens," contained many old fowls with their spurs ...

    Article : 35 words
  45. OBITUARY.

    The death is announced of the Rev. Evelyn Gisborne Hodgson, formerly inspector of schools at Sydney. The late Rev. Evelyn Gisborne Hodgson, ...

    Article : 57 words
  46. Advertising

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    Advertising : 13 words
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