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  2. THE TOTALIZATOR AGAIN.

    The most amusing speech of the session in the Assembly was contributed on Wednesday by Mr. Rowland Rees. The fun, no doubt, was unintentional. Mr. Rees ...

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  3. COLONIAL TELEGRAMS.

    The Railway Commissioners have not yet decided whether to continue the special excursion trains, to Adelaide throughout September. The Railway ...

    Article : 191 words
  4. COLONIAL PARLIAMENTS.

    The Legislative Council adjourned to—day as soon as the President took the chair, the Government considering that an adjournment should take place in ...

    Article : 398 words
  5. ADELAIDE AND LONDON TELEGRAPH.

    The Bulgarian army have taken the oath of fidelity to Prince Alexander of Saxe-Coburg as the rightful sovereign of Bulgaria. The scene at Tirnova ...

    Article : 128 words
  6. NEW SOUTH WALES.

    The enquiry into the recent fire in the shop occupied by Lloyd & Collins, drapers, George-street, was concluded to-day, and resulted in an open verdict. ...

    Article : 156 words
  7. REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.

    The North German Gazttte, the semi-official organ of the Government, referring to-day to the recent appointment of Prince Ferdinand of Saxe-Coburg to the throne ...

    Article : 124 words
  8. QUEENSLAND.

    Sir S. Griffith was gazetted Treasurer this afternoon and Mr. W. H. Wilson Postmaster-General. Patrick Hurley, charged at the Police ...

    Article : 173 words
  9. SPECIAL TELEGRAMS.

    An inquest has been held upon the late Madame Emblad, the pianist, formerly of Melbourne, at Silvaplana, in Switzerland. A verdict of suicide was returned. ...

    Article : 51 words
  10. QUEENSLAND

    In the Legislative Council to-day Mr. W. H. Wilson announced his acceptance of the portfolio of Postmaster-General. Mr. Macdonald Paterson stated that he ...

    Article : 285 words
  11. [RECEIVED August 18, 1.15 a.m.]

    The New York Herald publishes a bellicose article on the subject of the relations between Great Britain and the Hawaiian Islands. It asserts that Honolulu is the ...

    Article : 66 words
  12. TASMANIA.

    Public opinion is opposed to the taxation proposals of the Ministry as being unfair, cumbersome, and not actually required. The proposal to make a grant ...

    Article : 70 words
  13. A BIG SCORE.

    In the match between his county club and Middlesex, Shrewsbury, the well-known cricketer, ran up a score of 267 before his wicket was captured. ...

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  14. AN ATTEMPTED DYNAMITE OUTRAGE.

    An attempt to destroy by dynamite the railway bridge across the Foyle, near the town of Lifford, in Donegal, province of Ulster, Ireland, was discovered in time ...

    Article : 39 words
  15. FATAL RAILWAY ACCIDENT.

    A shocking accident occured at Perth near Bathurst, to-day. A child 16 months old strayed on to the railway while its father was in the adjacent field, and ...

    Article : 78 words
  16. SOUTH AFRICA AND THE IMPERIAL INSTITUTE.

    By large majorities the Legislatures in Cape Colony and Natal have refused to auction votes in support of the Imperial Institute. ...

    Article : 35 words
  17. TASMANIA.

    The taxation resolutions were brought in to-day in the Assembly by the Ministry. They provide for a halfpenny in the pound on the capital value of all lands ...

    Article : 167 words
  18. MR. GLADSTONE AND THE CHANNEL TUNNEL.

    Mr. Gladstone has publicly avowed himself favourable to the scheme for the construction of the Channel Tunnel as being a work that cannot long be delayed. ...

    Article : 35 words
  19. RIVER DISTRICT NEWS.

    There is plain evidence that the rabbits are steadily though, slowly advancing in the North-East. Lately several rabbits have been killed at Eungonia, about 40 ...

    Article : 128 words
  20. A COALITION MINISTRY.

    The Standard urges that the Unionist Liberals and the Tories should sink their differences and agree to a coalition Ministry. ...

    Article : 26 words
  21. SEIZURE OF BRITISH VESSELS.

    The fishery disputes are being carried on with great vigour. At Alaska the Americans have seized four British vessels. The utmost excitement prevails ...

    Article : 32 words
  22. VOLUNTEER FORCE INSPECTIONS.

    Brigadier-General Owen, accompanied by Captain De Burgh, inspected the 1st Midland Rifle Company, under Captain Tothill, this afternoon. The men ...

    Article : 112 words
  23. THE NORTHERN TERRITORY.

    The Afghan, which arrived yesterday bound south, held no intercourse with the shore, and discharged cargo into the lighters at the quarantine anchorage ...

    Article : 131 words
  24. REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.

    In the House of Lords last night Earl OnSlow, replying to a question, stated that Her Majesty's Government had been compelled to abandon the scheme for the ...

    Article : 90 words
  25. DEPUTATIONS.

    On Wednesday morning Messrs. Moulden and Handyside, members for Albert, waited on the Commissioner of Crown Lands and presented a memorial from fifty-one persons ...

    Article : 91 words
  26. [RECEIVED August 17, 3.15 p.m.]

    The British-India steamer Jumna arrived to-day from London bound. ...

    Article : 38 words
  27. PROVINCIAL TELEGRAMS.

    A painful accident happened yesterday to a carrier named Constant Eichner. He was roping a cow, when a stick swung round, striking him on the knee and ...

    Article : 43 words
  28. MEETING AT KADINA

    A meeting of the unemployed was held at the Council Chambers this evening at 7 o'clock. The Mayor (Sir. T. M. Rendell) presided. The following resolution was ...

    Article : 226 words
  29. MASTERS' NAVIGATION CERTIFICATES.

    A deputation of shipmasters complained to the Treasurer to-day of the action of the Marine Board in granting navigation certificates to men nominally engaged for ...

    Article : 108 words
  30. POSTAL FACILITIES.

    On Tuesday Messrs. B. A. Moulden, M.P., and A. D. Handyside, M.P., presented a memorial to the Minister of Education from the residents of the Wirrega district, asking ...

    Article : 52 words
  31. MORGAN, August 17.

    The steamer Mora arrived here this evening with 575 bales of Mount Murchison wool. This shipment is to be discharged here. ...

    Article : 32 words
  32. CALTOWIE, August 17.

    A severe abode, of earthquake was felt here at 3,45 o'clock this morning, arousing many from their slumbers. The convulsion apparently travelled in a ...

    Article : 32 words
  33. TELEGRAPH LINE BETWEEN PORT BROUGHTON AND REDHILL.

    On Tuesday Mr. E. W. Hawker, M.P., and Mr. C. Kimber, M.P., presented to the Minister of Education (Hon. J. C. F. Johnson) a petition signed by 141 persons, asking ...

    Article : 72 words
  34. OUR GOLDFIELDS.

    Warden Gee left here this morning for Adelaide, carrying with him a parcel of splendid specimens, showing gold freely, for view at the Exhibition. Warden Hack ...

    Article : 103 words
  35. EXPLOSION OF AN ENGINE-BOILER.

    An explosion occurred this evening near Taradale Railway Station, owing to the bursting of the boiler of an engine of the goods train. Peter McEwan, a ...

    Article : 124 words
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