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  2. CURRENT TOPICS.

    FEDERATION.—The hons. N. J. Brown and H. Dobson, M.'sH.A., have, it is under stood, intimated to the Premier (Sir Edward Braddon) that they are prepared ...

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  3. CABLE MESSAGES.

    Griffo has beaten Billy Murphy in Boston, after eight rounds. ...

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  4. CABLE MESSAGES.

    Mr Justice Williams, in delivering judgment in connection with the examination of the directors of the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency ...

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  5. CABLE MESSAGES.

    Mr Moulton, a Liberal, has been elected for South Hackney by a majority of 190 votes. [The seat was rendered vacant owing to ...

    Article : 51 words
  6. FATAL EXPLOSION.

    An explosion has taken place at the Cordite Works at Waltham Abbey in Essex. A thousand jars of nitrate and sulphuric acid exploded, with the result ...

    Article : 60 words
  7. ATTITUDE OF THE PARNELLITES.

    The Parnellites declare that they will vote against the increase in the beer and spirits duty, and Thursday's division in consequence is expected to ...

    Article : 31 words
  8. COLONIAL POLICY.

    The Times in a recent article on the present outlook in the colonies, congratulates them on sending the people on to the land, and thus fostering ...

    Article : 37 words
  9. COSTA RICA CASE.

    Replying to Sir Charles Dilke, Sir Edward Grey, Under-Secretary for the Colonies, stated in the House of Commons that The Hague Government was ...

    Article : 91 words
  10. LABOUR TROUBLES IN AMERICA.

    The miners on strike in Walker Country, Alabama, have dynamited the machinery, and are filling up several of the mines. ...

    Article : 24 words
  11. MONETARY AND FINANCIAL.

    The 5½ per cent. loan of £35,000, recently issued by the Borough Council of Napier, New Zealand, the minimum of which was fixed at £108, has been ...

    Article : 37 words
  12. NAVAL ESTIMATES.

    Lord Hood, speaking as to the condition of the British Navy, stated that it required 91,000 seamen and that only 56,000 were available. ...

    Article : 49 words
  13. FREEHOLD INVESTMENT BANKING COMPANY.

    The committee of shareholders in Glasgow has ignored the Melbourne committee's proposed alteration in the Freehold Investment Banking ...

    Article : 27 words
  14. GENERAL CABLES.

    Shocks of earthquake continue to be felt in Greece. Owing to the ancient prophecy that Athens would be destroyed the population has left the city, ...

    Article : 48 words
  15. COMMERCIAL.

    The London wool sales were continued to-day, when competition was good and prices firm. The opening rates were as follows :—Quamby, 10d; ...

    Article : 41 words
  16. A MIRACULOUS RESCUE.

    A party of seven explorers who had been entombed in a flooded cave at Goatz (?) have been rescued after an enforced imprisonment of eight days. ...

    Article : 29 words
  17. GERMANY AND SAMOA.

    At Cologne the Colonial Society demands that Germany should form a protectorate over Samoa. ...

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  18. MARKING OF COLONIAL PRODUCE.

    Sir C. Mills, Agent-General for Cape Colony, has testified to Lord Onslow's produce marking commission that the Cape is willing to ...

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  19. A RUSSIAN TOWN RAZED TO THE GROUND.

    Staphani, a town in Russia, has been burned down. A cyclone afterwards destroyed the goods which had been saved from the fire, and had been ...

    Article : 42 words
  20. AUSTRALIAN MEAT IN FRANCE.

    Owing to the pressure of agrarian interests, the French War Office has been unable to take over the ,shipment of Australian meat by the steamer ...

    Article : 53 words
  21. RISING IN THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS.

    The Spaniards are crushing a rising amongst the natives in the Philippine Islands, killing many of the ringleaders. ...

    Article : 53 words
  22. MINING.

    Bar silver is quoted at 2s 5 1/8d per oz standard, which is a rise of 1/8d since previous quotation. ...

    Article : 26 words
  23. COAL FAMINE IN AMERICA.

    Owing to the strike amongst the coal miners in the United States a coal famine is imminent, and in Illinois, Pennsylvania, and Missouri the various ...

    Article : 38 words
  24. INTERCOLONIAL.

    The death sentence passed on the two Dora Dora blacks, and on Montgomery and Williams, for murderously assaulting the police, was considered by the Cabinet ...

    Article : 46 words
  25. MAY 8. CORED BY A BULL.

    Mr Austin Chamberlain has been badly gored by a Guernsey bull at Arbithnot (?). ...

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  26. TURF IN ENGLAND.

    KEMPTON PARK GREAT "JUBILEE" STAKES— Of 3000 sovs; second receives 200, and third 100. One mile. Closed with 46 subscribers. ...

    Article : 77 words
  27. ENGLAND'S TRADE.

    The trade returns of Great Britain for the past month show that the imports have increased £2,900,000, and the exports £940,000. ...

    Article : 24 words
  28. QUEENSLAND.

    On arrival of the steamer Taiyuan from Hong Kong at Cooktown yesterday the health officer found a case of small-pox on board, and refused to grant pratique. The ...

    Article : 41 words
  29. NEW AUSTRALIA.

    Mr Pope, writing to Sir John Bray, ex-Agent-General for South Australia, from Buenos Ayres under date April 12, reports that John Currie had just ...

    Article : 100 words
  30. A MYSTIC NUMBER.

    The number nine, besides being regarded as a lucky one, is possessed of mysterious properties intensified from its being the product of three times three. At one period nine knots made in ...

    Article : 99 words
  31. NEW ZEALAND.

    Considerable distress exists amongst the unemployed in Wellington and Christchurch. ...

    Article : 15 words
  32. Advertising

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    Advertising : 344 words
  33. LATE COMMERCIAL TELEGRAMS.

    Wheat was quoted at 2s 4½d, town roller flour at £6, stout oats at 1s 10d, and prime milling Algerians at is 8d. Warrnambool potatoes were quoted at 57s 6d. ...

    Article : 53 words
  34. AQUATIC.

    Bubear, the ex-champion of England, has beaten Emmett over the Thames championship course by four lengths. Bubear has now challenged T. ...

    Article : 36 words
  35. CADBURY'S COCOA.

    This absolutely pure cocoa possesses in an eminent degree those natural elements of sustenance which give the system endurance and hardihood. It is a perfect food, and is not ...

    Article : 71 words
  36. UNITED STATES NEW TARIFF.

    Hundreds of amendments to the New Tariff Bill have been framed, increasing the duties throughout although on a lower scale. Senator M'Kinley is ...

    Article : 39 words
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