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  2. EXTRAORDINARY RAINFALL.

    Since early on Friday morning Sydney, and the suburbs in particular, and the coast[?]l district of the colony in general, have experienced a rainfall almost, if not quite, unparalleled in the history of New ...

    Article : 1,356 words
  3. INTERCOLONIAL NEWS.

    Three tenders were received by the Railway Department to-day for supplying steel and iron wo[?]k girders and flooring for the superstructure of the railway viaduct between Spencer and Flinders ...

    Article : 524 words
  4. BIRTHDAY HONOURS.

    The Hon. Sir James MacBain, Knight Bachelor, M.L.C, recently President of the Victorian Commission of the Melbourne International Exhibition, and President of ...

    Article : 148 words
  5. CABLEGRAMS.

    The French Chamber of Deputies have ordered, as a part of the celebration of the anniversary of too Revolution, that the remains of Lazare Nicholas Marguerite ...

    Article : 66 words
  6. The Sydney Morning Herald.

    FIVE inches of rain fell in Sydney yesterday, making a total fall of 16·78in. since Friday. Heavy floods have occurred in the suburbs; washnways are reported on the railway lines; traffic has ...

    Article : 6,457 words
  7. AUSTRALIAN FRUIT AT THE PARIS EXHIBITION.

    The Australian fruit despatched to the Paris Exhibition per the R.M.S. Iberia has been shown at the Trocad[?]ro Palace, and has been awarded first prize. ...

    Article : 34 words
  8. A FISHING DISASTER.

    Two French fishing boats have been lost off the coast of Newfoundland in the weather that prevailed at the time: 175 lives are reported to have been lost. ...

    Article : 34 words
  9. GERMANY AND ITALY.

    The rumoured visit of the Emperor William and King Humbert to Strasburg has been officially denied. The Emperor William yesterday took a ...

    Article : 55 words
  10. THE CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP OF THE WORLD.

    M. Michael Tschigorin, the Russian player, and Herr Max Weiss, the Vienna player, have again drawn in a game for the chess championship of the world. ...

    Article : 39 words
  11. STATE COLONISATION.

    The Committee on State Colonisation includes Mr. Campbell-Bannerman, M.P., Captain Colomb, Mr. C. T. Ritchie (president of the Local Government Board), Sir ...

    Article : 43 words
  12. H.M.S. SURPRISE ASHORE.

    H.M.S. Surprise, 4 guns, attached to the Mediterranean squadron, is ashore at Syracuse, after having been in collision with another vessel, the name of which ...

    Article : 57 words
  13. THE CRONIN MURDER.

    Detective Coughlin has arrested the murderer of Dr. Cronin in Chicago. ...

    Article : 20 words
  14. LARGE FIRE IN LUBECK.

    A large fire has occurred at Lubeck, in Mecklenberg. Stores containing large quantities of cotton and flax were burnt. The damage is estimated at 2,000,000 ...

    Article : 33 words
  15. SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    Shortly after midday a special train left for Morgan with 31 members of the Legislature, who are proceeding to the irrigation colonies, with Mr. George Chaffey and the Engineer-in-Chief. The river is ...

    Article : 193 words
  16. THE UNITED GRAND LODGE OF VICTORIA.

    The Prince of Wales will submit to the Grand Lodge an application for recognition from the United Grand Lodge of Victoria. ...

    Article : 32 words
  17. THE MINERS' STRIKE IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    A telegram from Moonta says that a strike is now inevitable. The delegates, having exhausted all means of conciliation, have determined to leave the men to take their own course. There is a ...

    Article : 258 words
  18. THE THEATRES.

    It is hardly necessary to say that the business at the various theatres and other places of amusement was very seriously affected by the weather. So bad, indeed, were the prospects early in the evening thal it was ...

    Article : 158 words
  19. CAPE OF GOOD HOPE STOCKS.

    The Cape of Good Hope is converting its 5 per cents into 3½ per cent. stock. ...

    Article : 24 words
  20. THE INDIAN HARVEST.

    A good fall of rain has taken place in India, and has greatly improved the harvest prospects. ...

    Article : 26 words
  21. RELEASE OF A CONVICT IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

    Her Majesty the Queen has given orders for the release of a convict named Garner, who is serving a life sentence in Western Australia for the murder of his wife and ...

    Article : 47 words
  22. FLOODS IN VICTORIA.

    A telegram from Numurkah states that a messenger from the Kaarimba district reports a great rise in the flood waters there on Sunday morning, but there are signs of subsidence this afternoon. ...

    Article : 166 words
  23. THE SHIPPING.

    Considering the suddenness of the heavy gusts, the shipping fared extremely well. There were no serious accidents, and, so far as could be gathered last night, no loss of life had occurred. With the heavy ...

    Article : 720 words
  24. RUSSIA AND GERMANY.

    The Czar of Russia will visit Berlin at the end of June. ...

    Article : 31 words
  25. A TALE OF THE SEA.

    News has reached London of the rescue of a party of castaways from a desert island called Morant Cayes, in the West Indies. ...

    Article : 103 words
  26. THE CUTLER CASES.

    To-day the Chief Justice dealt with an application by the Crown to commit Mr. S. V. Winter, one of the proprietors of the Melbourne Evening Herald, for contempt of Court in publishing comments ...

    Article : 199 words
  27. A SOLIOITOR COMMITTED FOR CONTEMPT.

    After the sentences passed by Mr. Justice Williams some time back on the prisoners convicted of perjury in connection with the trial of Stephen Cutler for the murder of a Chinaman, ...

    Article : 131 words
  28. THE STREETS IN THE CITY.

    From an early hour the streets of the city were under the eye of Mr. W. R. Richards, the city surveyor, who came out in anticipation of flood effects, in order that authoritative service might be at hand. He ...

    Article : 985 words
  29. COUNTRY NEWS.

    Mr. Roberts, Inspector of Railway Lines, has been here. He also visited Barmedman, and was accompanied by Mr. Pinkstone, of Cootamundra. Considerable enthusiasm was manifested regarding the railway to ...

    Article : 218 words
  30. LAUNCH OF THE M. M. S. AUSTRALIAN.

    The steamship Australian, the first of four new vessels being built by the Messageries Maritimes Company for the Australian trade, has been successfully ...

    Article : 50 words
  31. THE STOCK REGULATIONS IN VICTORIA.

    Sir Henry Parkes having been approached by the Tasmanian stockowners, has telegraphed to Mr. Gillies to inquire whether the Victorian Government would relax the restrictions imposed upon ...

    Article : 179 words
  32. PREVIOUS FLOODS AND HEAVY RAINFALLS.

    The official table of floods and droughts dates back as far as 1788, but un[?]ortunately many of the valuable observations taken in the colony have been lost to science. With the first colon[?]ts came a young ...

    Article : 1,497 words
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  34. REPORTED LEPROSY IN VICTORIA.

    The Central Board of Health to-day received a telegram stating that a suspicious case of leprosy had occurred at Servicetown, the subject being a Chinaman. If the case proves to be true leprosy, ...

    Article : 53 words
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