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  2. PORT DARWIN CYCLONE.

    A cyclone with hurricane force visited port Darwin early on Thursday morning with appalling effects both to life and property. All Palmerston is levelled to the ground. The ...

    Article : 606 words
  3. CABLE MESSAGES. BOMBAY PLAGUE.

    The bubonic plague which has caused such terrible loss of life at Bombay is now raging with great virulence at Karachi and in consequence the mills have been closed. ...

    Article : 76 words
  4. THE SHIPPING TROUBLE.

    The dispute between the marine engineers and the associated shipowners has once more reached a stage where the outlook is full of promise of an amicable settlement. On ...

    Article : 430 words
  5. CABLE MESSAGES. MR. RHODES.

    Mr. Cecil Rhodes, ex-Premier of Cape Colony, who has just returned from the recent campaign against the Matabeles in Rhodesia, was entertained at a banquet in Cape Town to-day ...

    Article : 440 words
  6. CABLE MESSAGES. THE OROTAVA.

    The enquiry into the cause of the foundering of the Orient mail steamer Orotava at Tilbury Dock on December 14 has been concluded. The verdict returned was that the foundering ...

    Article : 56 words
  7. VICTIMISING SHAREBROKERS.

    A scheme for making money which perhaps looked well on paper has come to grief. The facts are simple. They are also interesting. On December 21 Mr. W. A. kingsborough, ...

    Article : 1,236 words
  8. SUPREME COURT STATISTICS.

    The record of work done by their Honors. the judgment of the Supreme Court during [?] [?] ...

    Article : 113 words
  9. CABLE MESSAGES. FINANCIAL NEWS.

    The returns of the Bank of England for the week ending on Wednesday, published today, show that the reserve of notes and coin held by the bank is £24,746,000 as against ...

    Article : 267 words
  10. INTERCOLONIAL NEWS.

    The young woman, Maud Dean, who was burnt by an explosion at the kerosine stores, died this morning. At the inquest a verdict of accidental death was returned. ...

    Article : 778 words
  11. A YEAR'S INSOLVENCIES.

    During the year which has just closed there were 84 insolvencies (excluding annulments) in South Australia as compared with 94 during the preceding twelve months, and 85 ...

    Article : 121 words
  12. BRITISH TRADE.

    The Board of Trade returns of the trade of the United Kingdom for the month of December show an increase in the value of the imports over the corresponding period of 1895 ...

    Article : 47 words
  13. THE FRENCH ARMY.

    The French military authorities are arranging for the next manoeuvres, which are to take place at Dunkirk and Calais, the navy cooperating with the land forces. ...

    Article : 37 words
  14. BRITISH POLITICS.

    The Right Hon. Sir Michael Hicks-Beach, Chancellor of the Exchequer, addressing his constituents at Bristol, stated that it was probable that there would be a fair surplus at ...

    Article : 108 words
  15. LIVERPOOL GRAND NATIONAL.

    The Victorian horse Daimio, owned by Messrs. Gibson Bros., with Mr. S. H. Gollan's Ebor and Norton, are all entered for the Liverpool Grand National ...

    Article : 38 words
  16. CORONIAL STATISTICS.

    During the past year the city coroner received 198 reports from the police and 74 inquests were held. The causes of death were found to be:—Suicides—Gunshot 5, poison 2, ...

    Article : 115 words
  17. MAJOR LOTHAIRE.

    Major Lothaire, who was tried and acquitted on a charge of wrongfully ordering the execution of Mr. Stokes, a British trader, in the Congo Free State, has started for Java, where ...

    Article : 51 words
  18. THE MONEY MARKET.

    The open market quotation for three months' bills is 3[?] per cent, or [?] per cent. below the bank rate. ...

    Article : 26 words
  19. UNITED STATES.

    The woolgrowers of the United States have assured the Ways and Means Committee of the House of Representatives that the proposals for the free introduction of wool to the ...

    Article : 67 words
  20. WEST AUSTRALIA.

    The Westralia land Company propose offering to subscribe in London for Government 3 per cent, stock to the amount of £3,100,000. ...

    Article : 34 words
  21. THE MINES DEPARTMENT.

    The number of miner's rights, claims, leases, &c., granted by the South Australian Mines Department during 1886 as compared with the preceding year is shown by the following ...

    Article : 47 words
  22. GOVERNMENT STOCKS.

    British 2[?] per cent. Consols (Gosshen's) are quoted at £111 15s., as against £111 10s. a week ago. Quotations for Colonial Government ...

    Article : 143 words
  23. THE RUSSELL LIBEL.

    Mr. Justice Hawkins, who is presiding at the old Bailey in the trial of Lady Scott, Aylott, and Cookerton, for criminally libelling Earl Russell refused to allow the prisoners to amend ...

    Article : 90 words
  24. ENGLAND AND FRANCE.

    Boron De Courcel, the French Ambassador in London, during the course of an interview, has given expression to the opinion that all minor disputes between Great Britain and ...

    Article : 100 words
  25. THE WORKERS.

    The executive of the Amalgamated Miners' Union at its meeting to-day approved of the proposal to agitate for the nationalisation of land, minerals, and railways, while ...

    Article : 60 words
  26. THE UNION COMPANY'S ENGINEERS.

    It is stated that the Union Company's promise to the engineers was brought about by correspondence before the present difficulty arose, and has no relation to it. ...

    Article : 34 words
  27. THE MAIL STEAMERS.

    The L.G.M.S. Dar[?]dt arrived at largs Bay from Melbourne on Friday, and will [?] for [?] to-day. The passengers booked to sail by the vessel are:- For Breme[?]-The ...

    Article : 550 words
  28. SILVER.

    Silver is quoted at 2s. 5[?]d. per oz., a rise [?]d. on the previous quotation. ...

    Article : 19 words
  29. POSITION AT PORT ADELAIDE.

    Everything was quiet at Port Adelaide in connection with strike matters on Friday morning. Work proceeded steadily on board the Intercolonial Steamship Company's chartered ...

    Article : 923 words
  30. FRENCH ACTIVITY.

    The Colonial Party in France urge the Government to reoccupy sheiksaid in the Gulfof Aden. Gaulois states that relations between France ...

    Article : 48 words
  31. SHIPPING.

    Eildenhope, ship, 1,498 tons, for Sydney August 29; Augsberg, steamer, 3,200 tons, from Sydney November 1; Port Stephens, steamer, 2,278 tons, from Sydney October 23 ...

    Article : 78 words
  32. INDIANS IN NATAL.

    In response to the demand of a mass meeting at Durban demanding that the Government of Natal should return two shiploads of just- arrived Indians and ...

    Article : 98 words
  33. A MARINE DISASTER.

    Intelligence has been received that the steamer Langton Grange, 3,844 tons, which left Rockhampton for London on October 18, met with a serious accident when off Cape ...

    Article : 135 words
  34. RUSSIA AND FRANCE.

    Fifteen hundred French journals have combined together to present to the Czar of Russia the picture by Detailles of the Chalons Review. ...

    Article : 37 words
  35. A STEAMER AMONGST ICE.

    The steamer Damascus from London via Capetown met with boisterous weather and numerous fields of ice. Many of the bergs were over 400 ft. high and half a mile long. ...

    Article : 72 words
  36. COMMERCIAL NEWS.

    METALS.—Copper—Business in the copper market is restricted. For Chili bars the cash price is £49 10s. per ton: three months, £50 per ton. Tin—The tin market is steady. ...

    Article : 334 words
  37. MR. CHAPLIN.

    The Right Hon. Henry Chaplin, President of the Local Government Board, who was recently seriously injured by an accident in the hunting field, is recovering. ...

    Article : 34 words
  38. TURKISH TROUBLES.

    Mr. Gladstone to-day, in thinking the members of the Anglo-Armenian Society for the portrait presented to him in celebration of the completion of his 87th year, ...

    Article : 209 words
  39. VICTORIAN FACTORY STATISTICS.

    The Government Statist has prepared a statement of the factories in operation in the colony during 1895. There are now 12,804 factories in the colony, employing 35,467 males ...

    Article : 73 words
  40. TRINITY COLLEGE OF MUSIC.

    The following awards have been made by the Trinity College of Music, London, in connection with the recent examinations in Brisbane and Grafton. ...

    Article : 71 words
  41. SIR HENRY NORMAN.

    Sir Henry Norman, V.C., Agent-General for Queensland and recently Governor of that colony, who with Sir Edward Grey and another gentleman has been appointed to ...

    Article : 68 words
  42. STRANDING OF THE RUAPEHU.

    The evidence adduced before the Ruapehu enquiry shows that the atmospheric conditions off Farewell Spit were fine. Cogan, the chief officer, deposed that he had permission from ...

    Article : 160 words
  43. SPLENDID SAINS IN VICTORIA.

    The weather is very oppressive. A little rain fell this afternoon. Splendid rains are reported from several portions of the colony. At St. Arnaud over half an inch fell in three ...

    Article : 154 words
  44. A CONVENE BURNT.

    The Ursuline Convent, at Robertval, Quebec, has been destroyed by fire, and seven of the [?] perished in the flames. ...

    Article : 29 words
  45. THE BLUE MOUNTAIN MURDERS.

    The boat's crew of the steamer Taupo, who boarded the Swanhilda, have been shown portrait of Butler, and recognise him as the man with the gingery moustache, who showed ...

    Article : 43 words
  46. AUSTRALIAN TEAM OF BASE-. [?]ALLERS.

    Arrangements have so far advanced for the tour of an Australian team of baseballers to America that Mr. H. Musgrove, manager, will probably leave for the United States in the ...

    Article : 176 words
  47. DEATH OF A SIGN WRITER.

    The well-known signwriter, Mr. Phillip John Weekes, was found dead in bed late last night. The other members of his family had been out all day. Mrs. Weekes ...

    Article : 204 words
  48. COMUNICATION RESTORED.

    early on Friday mining port[?] ...

    Article : 233 words
  49. VINEGAR.

    sir- I quite agree with your correspondent "Portia." Bread crumbs are not essential to pork sausages, but acetic acid is to vinegar; but in trying to draw a parallel case in quoting ...

    Article : 108 words
  50. Advertising

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  51. THIS DAY'S EVENTS.

    Theatre Royal, 3—The Cinematographe. Adelaide Oval , 2.30-Baseball-Goodwood v. North Adelaide. Norwood v. South Adelaide. Adelaide Oval, neutral ground, 2.30-Cricket, ...

    Article : 91 words
  52. THE ADELAIDE STEAMSHIP COMPANY.

    It might be inferred from the wording of the paragraph in yesterdays's issue dealing with the raisings of the salaries of the deck officers of the Adelaide Steamship Company's fleet that ...

    Article : 61 words
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