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  2. THE NEW CALEDONIAN CABLE.

    Speaking at a meeting of the Eastern Extension Telegraph Company, Sir John Fender, the Chairman, said the principle upon which the French cable between ...

    Article : 64 words
  3. THE BOARD OF ADVICE ELECTIONS.

    In marked contrast to the excitement which has been displayed over the elections for Parliament is the apathy shown by the parents of school children who ...

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  4. ADELAIDE AND LONDON TELEGRAPH.

    Addressing a meeting of the members of the Primrose League Lord Salisbury, the ex-Premier, said if the House of Lords threw out the Home Rule Bill it ...

    Article : 107 words
  5. THE BANK FAILURES.

    The South Australian drafts received by Sir John Bray upon the Commercial Bank for sums amounting altogether to £75,000 have not been met. Upon ...

    Article : 143 words
  6. THE BELGIAN TROUBLES.

    The Belgian labour crisis has come to an end. The crisis was caused by the rejection of a measure in favour of universal suffrage by the Belgian Chamber ...

    Article : 64 words
  7. THE SUTHERLAND CASE.

    The Dowager Duchess of Sutherland is suffering from nervous prostration due to the shock caused to her by the sentence passed upon her by Sir F. Jeune to pay a ...

    Article : 78 words
  8. AN EIGHT-HOURS LAW.

    A deputation of Durham miners waited upon the Prime Minister (Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone, M.P.), and protested in the interest of workers against the ...

    Article : 56 words
  9. AUSTRALIAN BANK SHARES.

    The market for Australian Bank shares is recovering. Buyers are offering £10 10s. for shares in the London Chartered Bank of ...

    Article : 32 words
  10. DISESTABLISHMENT OF THE WELSH CHURCH.

    Great preparations are being made by the National Church for a hostile demonstration to the Welsh Church Suspensory Bill, and sermons will be preached at St. ...

    Article : 52 words
  11. AUSTRALIAN COINAGE.

    Tho Imperial Treasury has been asked to appoint two officers to discuss with the Australian Agents-General a scheme for the coinage of silver and bronze for ...

    Article : 37 words
  12. THE HANSARD UNION.

    Sir Henry Isaacs, ex-Lord Mayor of London, who has been on his trial with Mr. Horatio Bottomley and Mr. Dollman for alleged fraud in connection with the ...

    Article : 45 words
  13. AUSTRALIAN PRODUCE.

    Dairying experts have re-examined in the presence of Lieutenant-General Sir Andrew Clarke, the Acting Victorian Agent - General the [?]rcels ...

    Article : 92 words
  14. SILVER.

    Silver is now quoted at 3s. 2d. per oz., showing a fall of [?]d. ...

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  15. THE VICTORIAN ARTILLERY.

    The body of Victorian Artillery who will form part of the Royal escort on the occasion of the opening of the Imperial Institute have arrived in the P. & O. ...

    Article : 40 words
  16. AUSTRALIAN AGRICULTURAL COMPANY.

    The Directors of the Australian Agricultural Company, Limited, have declared a dividend of £3 12s. 6d. ...

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  17. MOUNT LYELL MINING.

    The Financial Times is responsible for the statement that it is rumoured that investing people arc directing their attention to the Mount Lyell (Tasmania) mining property. ...

    Article : 30 words
  18. ILLNESS OF LORD DERBY.

    The Earl of Derby, formerly Colonial Secretary and Secretary for Foreign' Affairs, who is suffering from a severe attack of heart disease, has had a turn for ...

    Article : 45 words
  19. THE BRITISH BANK.

    Colonel Templeton, who has been engaged for some time at the request of the Crown Law Department investigating the affairs of the British Bank, has ...

    Article : 50 words
  20. SCOTTISH & AUSTRALIAN MINING COMPANY.

    The Scottish it Australian Mining Company, Limited, have declared a dividend of 8 per cent. ...

    Article : 21 words
  21. COLONIAL PARLIAMENTS.

    The Legislative Assembly sat till 11.30 this morning discussing the Estimates, and succeeded in completing the Treasurer's estimates. ...

    Article : 114 words
  22. THE TROUBLES OF MR. CRICK, M.L.A.

    This morning Mrs. Laura Liesner sued Mr. W. P. Crick, M.L.A., for £25 17s. 6d., alleged to be due to her for the board and lodging of Mrs. Duggan, who ...

    Article : 203 words
  23. QUEENSLAND FLOOD RELIEF FUND.

    At a meeting of the Flood Relief Committee held to-day a statement was presented showing that the total cash donations received amounted to £64, 326. The ...

    Article : 51 words
  24. THE LATE MR. STEINFELD.

    At a general meeting of the Chamber of Manufactures to-night a letter was received from Mr. S. Floyd, the President of the Chamber, who was too ill to ...

    Article : 133 words
  25. A RUSSIAN CRUISER AT PORT DARWIN.

    The Russian cruiser Razboyink, 1,200 tons, sixteen guns, Prince Ouktomsky commander, fifty-one days from the Cape of Good Hope, arrived this afternoon. She ...

    Article : 48 words
  26. UNEMPLOYED IN SYDNEY.

    A large deputation waited upon the Premier today to lay before him a cooperative scheme by which is was hoped employment would be afforded to many ...

    Article : 234 words
  27. EXTENSIVE FIRE IN FREMANTLE.

    An extensive fire broke out in Packenham-street, Fremantle, today, when the store of a bookseller named Myerscough, containing £3,000 worth of books and ...

    Article : 46 words
  28. RETRENCHMENT IN VICTORIA.

    The Postmaster-General has prepared a scheme of retrenchment in the Post and Telegraph Department which, if curried out, will result in an estimated ...

    Article : 34 words
  29. THE ALBERT PARK LAKE BOATING FATALITY.

    The trial of John Alexander Manton, who was charged with the wilful murder of his wife by drowning her in the Albert Park Lake, was concluded to-day, when ...

    Article : 79 words
  30. SIGNALS OF DISTRESS.

    Information was received from Queenscliff this evening that an Italian barque was flying signals of distress. Tugboats have gone out to render assistance. ...

    Article : 29 words
  31. SUICIDE OF A LASCAR.

    At about half-past 5 this morning as the mail steamer Arcadia was coming up Hobson's Bay a lascar named Mahommed Cassan committed suicide by jumping ...

    Article : 33 words
  32. A SHOCKING ACCIDENT.

    A telegram from Townsville states that a fatal accident occurred at the Antil Plains Railway Station last night, when John Jones, a guard, was caught between ...

    Article : 62 words
  33. HARBOURING A CRIMINAL.

    James Marsland, who pleaded guilty to having harboured J. W. Bennett, formerly Manager of the E.S. and A.C. Bank, Paddington, was sentenced to ...

    Article : 43 words
  34. THE NORTHERN TERRITORY.

    The Palmerston and Pine Creck Railway earnings for the week ended April 15 were £166. ...

    Article : 23 words
  35. OBSTRUCTION ON A RAILWAY LINE.

    At the Bathurst Circuit Court to-day Jacob Uhland, a German, was charged with placing an obstruction on the railway line for the purpose of overthrowing ...

    Article : 91 words
  36. PROFESSOR ALBERT RICHARD.

    Albert Richard, alias Giesmardo, who was arrested in Sydney on Tuesday on a charge of threatening a man named G. Young, who came to him for treatment ...

    Article : 63 words
  37. SHOCKS OF EARTHQUAKE AT BLINMAN.

    Two distinct shocks of earthquake were felt here at 5.35 a.m. the first one lasted for some considerable time. second shock, which followed a few moments after, was ...

    Article : 47 words
  38. OCEAN MAIL SERVICE.

    The Orizaba arrived at Suez on April 15. homeward. The Ourba left Colombo for Australia on April 18. ...

    Article : 21 words
  39. THE SMALLPOX EPIDEMIC.

    There are now twenty-eight cases of smallpox in Perth, and a fresh case has occurred at Fremantle. ...

    Article : 23 words
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