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  2. INTERCOLONIAL NEWS.

    During the week ended yesterday, 234 cases of typhoid were reported in the colony, of which thirty-three had proved fatal. Fifty-seven cases of diphtheria were also reported, 20 having been ...

    Article : 340 words
  3. CONS[?]IRACY AGAINST THE CZAR.

    A wide-spread conspiracy against the life of the Czar of Russia has been discovered amongst the regiments in Moscow, Warsaw, and Yelizavetgvad. ...

    Article : 88 words
  4. SCENE IN THE GERMAN REICHSTAG.

    A great scene has taken place in the German Reichstag. While Prince Bismarck was addressing the Chamber he was interrupted by Herr Richter, who interjected ...

    Article : 163 words
  5. THE SAMOAN QUESTION.

    The Samoan Conference in Berlin has approved of the principle of a dual control in Samoa over a native government. The sittings of the conference will ...

    Article : 61 words
  6. CABLEGRAMS.

    It is intended to hold a grand review at Aldershot during the visit of the Emperor William of Germany. ...

    Article : 32 words
  7. The Sydney Morning Herald.

    OWING to the dust caused by the erection of the "golden arch" in the Victorian Court, Sir Polydore de Keyser threatened to have the arch pulled down. He was then reminded that the Victorian ...

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  8. CABLE COMMUNICATION AND PENNY POSTAGE.

    In the House of Commons last night, Mr. Goschen, replying to a question put hy Mr. Henniker Heaton, M.P. for Canterbury, declined to consider the propriety of ...

    Article : 100 words
  9. THE "TIMES"-PARNELL COMMISSION.

    It is rumoured that the report of the Times-Parnell Commission will not appear until February. At the sitting of the Commission during ...

    Article : 82 words
  10. ANARCHIST PLOT IN SPAIN.

    The Anarchists and Republican agitators formed a conspiracy to seize and loot the village of Lucca, in Valencia, while the male members of the population ...

    Article : 59 words
  11. THEATRICAL ENGAGEMENT FOR AUSTRALIA.

    Mr. Arthur Garner has purchased the Australian rights of "Paul Jones," which will be produced in Melbourne at Christmas. ...

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  12. THE BOULANGISTS IN LONDON.

    M. Henri Rochefort has been arrested for attempting to shoot a Frenchman in Regent-street. The police refused to accept General Boulangar's bail for the ...

    Article : 47 words
  13. BRITISH AFFAIRS IN SOUTH AFRICA.

    Lord Salisbury has emphasised the necessity of establishing a British protectorate over Matabeleland in South Africa. He regards the Zambesi River as an ...

    Article : 88 words
  14. GREYMOUTH GOLD-DREDGING COMPANY.

    The Greymouth (N.Z.) Gold-dredging Company has been registered with a capital of —20,000. ...

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  15. QUEENSLAND.

    The Executive yesterday decided to commute the sentence of death passed on Tho[?]. Marshall Sansom, for the murder at Clermont, to imprisonment for life. ...

    Article : 117 words
  16. GERMANY AND ITALY.

    The municipal council of Berlin has, by a majority of one, voted 150,000 marks to carry out the reception arrangements in honour of the approaching visit of King ...

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  17. THE QUEENSLAND RAILWAY COMMISSIONERS.

    Mr. John Mathieson and Mr. Andrew Johnstone, the newly appointed railway, commissioners in Queensland will leave for Australia in the R.M.S. Britannia. ...

    Article : 115 words
  18. THE CHESS TOURNAMENT.

    At the New York Chess Congress Mr. Gossip has beaten Mr. Lipschutz. MAY l8. Mr. Gossip has defeated Mr. Hanham. ...

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  19. THE LAND COMPANY OF AUSTRAAASIA.

    The Land Company of Australasia has placed on the market 10,000 premium shares. ...

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  20. THE STRIKES IN WESTPHALIA.

    The proprietors of one of the collieries in Westphalia have refused to entertain the terms submitted by the men on strike. The compromise which was expected to be ...

    Article : 139 words
  21. SEVERE STORMS IN EUROPE.

    Storms which have swept over Austria and the South of Germany have caused immense damage to the bridges and railways. There has also been great loss of ...

    Article : 61 words
  22. SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    Colonel Lesseno, Consul-General in Australasia for the United States, will visit Adelaide next week. Intelligence has been received by the Premier to ...

    Article : 136 words
  23. THE TASMANIAN MAIN LINE RAILWAY COMPANY.

    The Economist considers that the action of the Government of Tasmania towards the Tasmanian Main Line Railway Company is very high-handed. ...

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  24. THE PARIS EXHIBITION.

    Sir Polydore de Keyser, late Lord Mayor of London and President of the British Commission at the Paris Exhibition, has complained to the French Executive ...

    Article : 143 words
  25. NEW SCHOOLS AT ETON COLLEGE.

    The new schools at Eton College were opened yesterday by Her Majesty the Queen. ...

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  26. THE CITY OF MELBOURNE BREWERY.

    The City of Melbourne Brewery Company offer to the public £500,000 worth of first mortgage debentures. The time for receiving applications will close on ...

    Article : 39 words
  27. SUDDEN ILLNESS OF THE POPE.

    His Holiness the Pope, Leo XIII., has heen taken suddenly ill. He is in a weak state. Leo XIII., who is in his 79th year, was elected Pope ...

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  28. NORTHERN TERRITORY.

    The Fountain Head Gold Company'a monthly cleaning up yielded 76oz. of gold. Captain Reynolds's party, of the Daly River Copper Company, are awaiting a steamar for the South, on account of ...

    Article : 139 words
  29. THE HOUSE OF LORDS.

    In the House of Commons last night a motion was brought forward by Mr. Henry Labouchere, M.P. for Northampton, in favour of the abolition of the House of ...

    Article : 47 words
  30. COLLIERY STRIKES IN SILESIA.

    The colliers on strike in Silesia have wrecked the building belonging to one of the collieries. They adopted a menacing attitude, towards the troops who were ...

    Article : 67 words
  31. THE DEATH OF IRVING BISHOP.

    The funeral of Irving Bishop, the thought-reader, whose death is declared by his wife to have been due to medical autopsy, held while he was in a state of ...

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  32. INTERRUPTION OF THE CABLE TO THURSDAY ISLAND.

    The telegraph eable from the mainland to Thursday Island is interrupted. It appears that last Thursday the steamship Victoria when turning in the harbour, lost way, and began drifting towards ...

    Article : 185 words
  33. THE AUSTRALASIAN LAND AND FINANCE AGENCY.

    The Australasian Land and Finance Agency Company has been registered, with a nominal capital. ...

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  34. TASMANIA.

    A dinner to Mr. Parkin, the Canadian lecturer on "Imperial Federation," was given by the Chamber of Commerce last night, and was well attended. Mr. Parkin spoke at some length on the ...

    Article : 61 words
  35. A MELBOURNE LAWSUIT.

    Mr. Justice Cave has refused to continue the injunction restraining Mr. Sydney Barhour, of Melbourne, from suing the executors of the late Samuel Spalding. ...

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  36. THE LARGS BAY HARBOUR SCHEME.

    Miss Alice Cornwell asserts that she is hampered in the carrying out of her Largs Bay (S.A.) harbour scheme, because the Harbour Bill has not been passed by the ...

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  37. COMMERCIAL.

    At yesterday's public auction of Australasian tallow the number of casks offered was 1050, the whole of which was sold. The price realised for Australasian mutton tallow, medium, was 24s. 6d.; ...

    Article : 177 words
  38. NEW ZEALAND.

    During the voyage of the Circe, from Newcastle to the Bluff, a seaman named Christian Kissler fell from aloft, and was killed. ...

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  39. THE LOSS OF H.M.S. SULTAN.

    All hope of raising H.M.S. Sultan, which sank off Cape Comino, on the coast of Sardinia, after having struck a reef, has been abandoned. Efforts are now being ...

    Article : 47 words
  40. BRITISH AND FRENCH INTERESTS IN THE PACIFIC.

    News has been received here to the effect that the Journal Official of Tahiti announces that [?] French Protectorate has been proclaimed over the islands of Rurutu, Rimutara, and dependencies, in ...

    Article : 130 words
  41. THE INTERNATIONAL YACHT RACE.

    The disputed points in connection with the conditions under which the American Cup Yacht Race is to be sailed have been removed. ...

    Article : 41 words
  42. DEATH OF THE QEEEN OF BAVARIA.

    The death is announced of Her Majesty Fredericque " Fran[?]oise Auguste Marie Hedvige, Queen of Bavaria, and mother of the present King Otho, and of his brother, ...

    Article : 64 words
  43. RESPONSIBLE GOVERNMENT IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

    The West Australian, this morning, referring to the appeal by the people of West Australia, through the Mayor of Perth, for the assistance of the Eastern colonies in procuring the passage of a ...

    Article : 274 words
  44. CHARGE AGAINST VISCOUNT MANDEVILLE.

    In connexion with the case against Viscount Mandeville, the eldest son of the Duke of Manchester, who was summoned to answer a charge of obtaining ...

    Article : 67 words
  45. ARRIVAL OF THE ENGLISH MAIL AT ALBANY.

    The R.M.S. Orizaba, G. M. Conlan commander, arrived from Colombo at 1 a.m. The following are the passengers:- FOR ADELAIDE: Mr. Freeman, Mr. Forster. ...

    Article : 172 words
  46. DEATH OF THE EARL OF MALMESBURY.

    The death is announced of the Earl of Malmesbury. James Howard Harris, the third Earl of Malmesbury, was born in Spring Gardens in 1807. He ...

    Article : 185 words
  47. SIR WILLIAM JERVOIS.

    Sir William Jervois, late Governor of New Zealand, has arrived in London. He will shortly he appointed to superintend important military engineering ...

    Article : 38 words
  48. ATTEMPTED BURGLARY IN MELBOURNE.

    An attempted burglary took place at the Victoria Hall, Bourke-street, some time after midnight on Saturday. Before leaving, the manager locked up the night's takings amounting to about £100, in an ...

    Article : 159 words
  49. CREMATION IN ENGLAND.

    The Council of Middlesborough, in Yorkshire, a town with a population of 70,000, has approved of cremation as a means of disposing of the dead. ...

    Article : 43 words
  50. THE SUGAR BOUNTIES CONVENTION.

    The Sugar Bounties Convention Bill has been postponed, in the House of Commons, till June 20. ...

    Article : 34 words
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