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  2. H.M.S. PYLADES IN HEAVY WEATHER.

    H.M.S. Pylades met with heavy weather on her run hence to Hobart, during which she was assailed by several tremendous seas. One of the waves sent a ventilator ...

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  3. SECOND EDITION.

    LONDON, Tuesday, 2 p.m.--A report has been circulated that the North German-Lloyd intended joining Mr. James Huddart in establishing a fast ...

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  4. VICTORIA.

    MELBOURNE. Tuesday.--A deputation from selectors, accompanied by 10 members of Parliament, waited on the Minister for Lands to-day on the subject of arrears of ...

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  5. OUR SPECIAL CABLES.

    LONDON, Monday Night.--The Government are anxious to intervene with a view of preventing a strike in the boot trade. ...

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  6. OUR SPECIAL CABLES.

    LONDON, Tuesday.--In the negotiation for peace between China and Japan "The Times" says that the Chinese authorities have agreed lo discuss the independence of Corea, the cession ...

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  7. NOTES OF THE DAY.

    The Melbourne City Council has just accepted tenders for the carrying out of a large amount of its annual work at a saving of £7000. It is not stated what the ...

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  8. PERSONAL.

    The complimentary banquet to Sir W. P. Manning is to be held in the Town-hall tomorrow evening, in recognition of his valuable services to tho city during his ...

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  9. TASMANIA.

    HOBART, Tuesday.--At the Wesleyan Conference to-day, the Rev. J. De Robin moved--"That the Tasmanian district synods be directed to consider the ...

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  10. THE ALLEGED FORGERIES AT WAGGA.

    WAGGA, Tuesday.--The hearing of the charges of forgery and uttering against Arthur Riddle, accountant at the Wagga branch of the Bank of Australasia, was ...

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  11. FROM THE ISLANDS.

    The barquentine Sydney Belle yesterday completed a four and a half months' cruise among the South Sea Islands. The captain reports that the islands he visited had all ...

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  12. ENGLAND AND EGYPT.

    LONDON, Tuesday.--In the House of Commons to-day Sir Edward Grey, Parliamentary Secretary of the Foreign Office, said that the Egyptian and British ...

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  13. THE FRUIT EXPORT TRADE.

    HOBART, Tuesday.--The Austral left here to-day with 15,000 cases of fruit for London. Great dissatisfaction is expressed by shippers at the arrangements for ...

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  14. ANOTHER CHINESE DEFEAT.

    LONDON. Tuesday.--The Japanese have followed up their recent successes by attacking and defeating a force of 7000 Chinese at Denshodai, ...

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  15. THE HEALTH BOARD.

    HOBART, Tuesday.--The Health Board to-day decided to ask the Government for a small grant to finish experiments in the production of anti-toxin, the new ...

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  16. THE R.M.S. OROYA.

    LONDON, Tuesday, 1 p.m -- The insurance rates oil the cargo on board the R.M.S. Oroya are quoted at 35 guineas. ...

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  17. BANK OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    LONDON, Monday Night.--Mr. C. J. Stewart, the official receiver, has made a call of £10 per share upon the shareholders of the Bank of South ...

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  18. THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT BILL.

    NARRANDERA. Tuesday.--The borough council last night decided to request the Local Government Commissioners to define the boundaries of Narrandera as a ...

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  19. THE GULF OF BOTHNIA.

    LONDON, Tuesday, 1 p.m.--The steamer Gulf of Bothnia, which grounded in the Suez Canal, has been floated of and her cargo reloaded. ...

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  20. THE WEST AUSTRALIAN GOLDFIELDS.

    COOLGARDIE, Tuesday.--Messrs. E. P. Murphy, R. Fowle, H. Baker, and Lynch, prospectors, came into town last night from Mount Margaret, bringing a small ...

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  21. THE FRENCH NAVY.

    LONDON, Tuesday.--In the French Chamber of Deputies yesterday M. Lockroy, an ex-Minister, in a speech on the French navy, said that its pestige ...

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  22. THE PRICE OF SILVER.

    LONDON, Tuesday, 3 p.m.--Bar silver to-day rose 3-16d, the present quotation being 2s 3d 13-6d per oz. ...

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  23. THE HEALTH OF THE GOVERNOR.

    From intelligence received in Sydney yesterday, it appears that Sir Robert Duff is still seriously ill. A consultation took place in Hobart yesterday between Drs. ...

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  24. DEATH OF M. WORTH.

    LONDON, Monday, 1 p.m.--The death is reported from Paris of M. Worth, the famous milliner and ladies' tailor. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  25. AN ANTARCTIC WHALING VOYAGE.

    MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--The steam whaler Antarctic returned to Melbourne to-day, after a voyage to the Frigid Zone. The vessel penetrated south as far as lat. ...

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  26. FIRE AT WENTWORTH.

    WENTWORTH, Tuesday.--A fire occurred this morning at M'Mahon's stables, used as a wheelwright's shop, at the rear of the Crown Hotel. The volunteer fire ...

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  27. THE EARL OF ROSEBERY.

    LONDON, Tuesday, 1 p.m.--The health of the Earl of Rosebery has slightly improved. A Cabinet meeting is being held at his private residence ...

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  28. THE EIGHT HOURS BILL.

    When the report for our first edition closed, the Assembly was in committee on the Eight Hours Bil. The further proceedings are now given. ...

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  29. AUSTRALIAN CUSTOMS DUTIES.

    LONDON, Tuesday.--The Marquis of Ripon's bill relating to Australian Customs duties, removing the existing disability and permitting intercolonial ...

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  30. A PROPOSED BOROUGH AMALGAMATION.

    NEWCASTLE, Tuesday.--A meeting of the ratepayers of Wallsend and Plattsburg was held last night to consider a proposal to amalgamate the boroughs. Some apathy ...

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  31. THE EARL OF HOPETOUN.

    By the midday southern express yesterday the Earl of Hopetoun, the Governor of Victoria, arrived from Melbourne. He was shortly after his arrival driven to the ...

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  32. IMPORTANT MINING DECISION.

    MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--The Full Court to-day dismissed an appeal in the important mining case of Dalrymple v. the Prince of Wales and Bonshaw Company. The ...

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  33. THE RECENT STOCKTON FIRE.

    NEWCASTLE, Tuesday.--At the inquest concerning the fire at Stockton on the 26th ult., the jury returned a verdict to the effect that although some of the ...

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  34. THE TARIFF BOARD.

    MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--The Tariff Commission sat to-day. A witness, who said that some, years ago he ran a woollen mill in Victoria, which paid when there ...

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  35. WRECK OF A RUSSIAN YACHT.

    LONDON, Monday Night.--The Russian Imperial yacht Czarina, which was conveying the Russian Minister to Athens, has been wrecked in the ...

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  36. THE WINDSOR BRIDGE.

    WINDSOR, Tuesday.--A meeting was held last night to decide what steps should be taken to induce the Government to convert the Windsor Bridge into a high-level ...

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  37. THE MURCHISON REEFS.

    PERTH, Tuesday.--On the Murchison fields the Champion line of reef is attracting much attention. At Nannine No. 5 battery stone is coming both from Captain ...

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  38. THE AUSTRALIAN NATIVES' ASSOCIATION.

    MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--The annual conference of the Australian Natives' Association was opened to-day, 150 delegates attending. The report showed that an ...

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  39. THE R.M.S. OROYA.

    LONDON, Monday Afternoon.--News from tho Bay of Naples states that, it has been found necessary to flood the forehold of the R.M.S. Oroya, which ...

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  40. PRESENTATION TO SIR W. P. MANNING.

    Upon the conclusion of the preliminary business of the City Council yesterday, the Mayor presented the ex-Mayor (Sir W. P. Manning) with a handsome illuminated ...

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  41. THE COUNTRY.

    PARKES, Tuesday.--A special meeting of the municipal council was held last night to consider what steps shall be taken to deal with a difficulty that has arisen ...

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  42. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    LONDON, Tuesday.--The Grand Duchess of Hesse, daughter of the Grand Duke of Coburg (the Duke of Edinburgh), has given birth to a daughter. ...

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  43. NEW ZEALAND.

    Bush fires are reported from Woodville, and several farmers' outbuildings and haystacks have been destroyed. ...

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  44. THE LATE CAPTAIN BYRNES.

    The news of the sad death by drowning last week of Captain Mat. Byrnes was heard with deep regret by a large number of people in and around Sydney, especially ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  45. THE ORDER OF THE CROWN OF INDIA.

    LONDON, Tuesday.--Her Majesty the Queen has conferred the Imperial Order of the Crown of India upon Mrs. Fowler (wife of the Secretary of State ...

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  46. THE SALVATION ARMY.

    LONDON, Tuesday.--General Booth, of the Salvation Army, has selected Canada as the locale for his oversea colony. ...

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  47. SUCCESSFUL AUSTRALIAN STUDENTS.

    The South Australian "Advertiser" says that Miss Elsie Marian Jefferis, a daughter of the Rev. Dr. Jefferis, has just returned by the Ophir after five years' ...

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  48. ACCIDENT ON THE ZIG-ZAG.

    LITHGOW, Tuesday.--An accident occurred on the Great Zig-zag to-day. The passenger train to Sydney was backing up from the Zig-zag platform, and was just at the top ...

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  49. DESTRUCTIVE FIRE AT COROWA.

    COROWA, Tuesday.--A fire broke out here this morning, when a large drapery establishment and promises belonging to Mr. J. Camier were completely destroyed. ...

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  50. MR. MICHAEL DAVITT.

    LONDON, Monday Night.--Mr. Michael Davitt, the Irish Home Ruler, will be a passenger in the R.M.S. Arcadia for Australia, where he will ...

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  51. BRITISH BUTTER.

    LONDON, Tuesday.--Replying to a question in the House of Commons last night Mr. H. C. Gardner, president of the Board of Agriculture, said that he ...

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  52. TO-DAY'S EVENTS

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  53. THE VOLCANOES OF NEW ZEALAND.

    AUCKLAND, Tuesday.--The volcanic activity of Mount Ruapehu still continues, though the outbreaks are now in an Intermittent form. A huge cloud of steam ...

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  54. THE LONDON WOOL SALES.

    LONDON, Monday Night.--At the current London wool sales there is a steady demand, and foreign agents are buying actively. For special clips ...

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  55. MUDGEE BUTTER IN ENGLAND.

    MUDGEE, Tuesday.--Advices have been received of the arrival in England of the first lot of Mudgee butter, packed at the factory, to the order of a Sydney firm, for ...

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  56. QUEENSLAND.

    BRISBANE, Tuesday.--The hearing of the William Manson alleged kidnapping cases was continued before the Supreme Court to-day. It transpired that Nash, who ...

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  57. AMERICA AND FRANCE.

    LONDON, Tuesday.--The French Government have not yet replied to the protest of the United States against the exclusion of American meal from ...

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  58. THE COAL TRADE.

    NEWCASTLE, Tuesday.--Dr. Robertson, one of the directors of the Waratah Coal Company, and the colliery manager met the Waratah miners in a body yesterday, ...

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  59. FOSSICKING WITHOUT MINERS' RIGHTS.

    QUEANBEYAN, Tuesday.--Summonses have been issued by the warden's bailiff hero to about a dozen gold fossickers who have been working without miners' rights. ...

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  60. THE ENGLISH CRICKETERS IN TASMANIA.

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  61. WEST AUSTRALIA.

    PERTH, Tuesday.--A letter has been received by the Government from the Premier of Victoria, who suggests that steps should be taken to erect federal quarantine ...

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  62. THE SUGAR CROP.

    MACKAY, Tuesday.--The annual report of the North Eton Coral sugar mill shows that during last year the mill made 3481 tons of sugar, costing £8 4s Id per ton, ...

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  63. THE WYALONG GOLDFIELD.

    WYALONG, Tuesday.--At Gough's No. 1 Battery, Presser and party finished putting through 147 tons for 452oz. Gough's No. 2 Battery is working on two large ...

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  64. THE LIVE CATTLE TRADE.

    LONDON. Monday, 1 p.m.--The Australian cattle by the steamer Culgon were killed on board ship, and are selling at 5d per 1b. ...

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  65. SHOT BY A POLICEMAN.

    A young man named Benjamin Bush was shot in the leg at 3 o'clock yesterday morning by Constable Kammel, of No. 5 station. Bush was found by the constable ...

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  66. THE BISHOP OF NEWCASTLE ON TOUR.

    WISEMAN'S FERRY, Monday.--The Bishop of Newcastle visited St. Albans parish on Saturday, and preached on Sunday at Upper M'Donald, Upper Central, and St. ...

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  67. MURDER OF BLACKS.

    BRISBANE, Tuesday.--A report, from Burketown to-day states that two black-women, one an aboriginal and another a half-caste, were brutally murdered on ...

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  68. NEW ZEALAND CATTLE ALLOWED TO LAND.

    LONDON, Monday Night.--Owing to the sheep brought from New Zealand by the Buteshire being free from disease, the owners obtained a permit ...

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  69. THE SOUTHERN COLLIERIES.

    BULLI, Tuesday.--For the month of February 39,035 tons of coal were shipped front Ports Kembla and Bellambi, an increase as compared with January. ...

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  70. SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    The Customs receipts from July 1, 1894, to March 9 of this year amount to £356,015, as compared with £366,440 received during a similar period between 1893-1894. ...

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  71. THE RABBIT PEST.--THE FREEZING INDUSTRY.

    NARRANDERA, Tuesday.--In several parts of this district active steps are being taken to grapple with tho rabbit pest. The rabbits are now within the town ...

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