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  2. EXPLOSION OF DYNAMITE IN SPAIN.

    A terrible explosion has occurred at Santander, in Spain. A ship with dynamite on board was in the harbour of the city and took fire. ...

    Article : 255 words
  3. THE WAR IN SOUTH AFRICA.

    The latest advices from Matabeleland state that during his advance upon Bulawayo, the capital, Captain Forbes (who. with Major Goold ...

    Article : 309 words
  4. ADELAIDE AND LONDON TELEGRAPH.

    Prince Windisch Gratz has been appointed by the Emperor Francis Joseph to succeed Count Edward Taaffe, who resigned the Premiership in Austria ...

    Article : 52 words
  5. THE IMMORALITY OF SUICIDE.

    In Melbourne recently a man named Joseph Clarke was committed for trial for attempted suicide. It was stated in evidence that he had gashed ...

    Article : 8,686 words
  6. TROUBLE IN ALBANIA.

    Prisrend, a town of European Turkey in Albania, has been captured and looted by a band of Arnauts, who demanded the submission of the Turkish ...

    Article : 40 words
  7. CLOSE OF UNITED STATES CONGRESS.

    The special session of the United States Congress, which was convened to deal with the silver question, was closed today. ...

    Article : 60 words
  8. DISCOVERY AT WEST-MINSTER BRIDGE.

    It has transpired that a large bomb, with a fuse attached, was discovered on Wednesday last near the buttress of Westminster Bridge adiacent to the ...

    Article : 93 words
  9. THE CITY OF ALEXANDRIA.

    News has been received of the burning of the steamer City of Alexandria in the Atlantic Ocean. The vessel was set en fire through an explosion of her cargo ...

    Article : 51 words
  10. THE FIGHTING IN MOROCCO.

    In order to be able to cope with the Moora the Government of Spain has called out all the reservists in the army since 1888. ...

    Article : 36 words
  11. FIRE IN INDIA.

    The Commissariat Stores and Field Hospital at Peshawur in the north-west of India have been destroyed by fire, which there is every reason to believe was ...

    Article : 47 words
  12. THE BRITISH MINERS' STRIKE.

    The conference of representatives of miners and the colliery-owners, held with the object of arriving at the basis of a settlement of the British miners' strike ...

    Article : 43 words
  13. THE SULTAN OF JOHORE.

    The case brought by Miss Jenny Mighell, of Brighton, against His Royal Highness the Sultan of Johore for breach of promise of marriage has come to an ...

    Article : 177 words
  14. SELLS BROTHERS AND THE SYDNEY GOVERNMENT.

    An action has been entered by Messrs. Sells Brothers, the proprietors of the well-known circus, against the Govern­ment of New South Wales for having ...

    Article : 50 words
  15. THE BRITISH HARVEST.

    The wheat crop of the United Kingdom is estimated by Sir John Bonnet Lawes, F.R.S., the eminent authority on wheat statistics, to yield a trifle under ...

    Article : 64 words
  16. BROKEN HULL SHARES.

    The latest quotation for Broken Hill Proprietary shares is £2 11s. ...

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  17. ALLEGED CONSPIRACY TO DEFRAUD.

    John Knox Mecredy, of the firm of Mecredy, Drew, & Co., Limited, of Melbourne and Sydney, was again before the Bow-street Police Court to-day on the ...

    Article : 67 words
  18. SILVER.

    Bar silver-is now quoted at 2s. 8½d, per oz., showing a further rise of ½d. ...

    Article : 21 words
  19. THE SUEZ CANAL.

    The Suez Canal is at present blocked by a burning steamer. The name of the steamer is not yet known. ...

    Article : 31 words
  20. FOREST LANDS.

    A meeting of blockers from the Wirrabars Forest was held is the Institute on Saturday night to consider the new clause relating to the forest lands in the new Land Bill. There ...

    Article : 652 words
  21. RIOTS IN VIENNA.

    A Socialist riot has occurred in Vienna. In quelling the disturbance the police found it necessary to use their swords pretty freely among the crowd. ...

    Article : 33 words
  22. THE CHICAGO EXHIBITION.

    It is announced that the Sheriff of Cook County, Illinois, has seized the mineral exhibit of New South Wales at the World's Fair, Chicago, as security in ...

    Article : 49 words
  23. DEATH OF M. TIRARD.

    The death ia announced at the age of sixty-six of M. Tirard, formerly Prime Minister of France. [ M. Pierre-Emmanuel Tirard was twice ...

    Article : 114 words
  24. BANKING LEGISLATION.

    A draft Bill to make banknotes legal tender everywhere except at the head office of tho Banks has been supplied to the Premier (Sir George Dibbs), who ...

    Article : 63 words
  25. THE PACIFIC CABLE CON­FERENCE.

    The Premier expects that the Pacific Cable Conference will be held in Canada in December or January. Mr. Kidd (the Postmaster General) will probably ...

    Article : 37 words
  26. SIR ANDREW CLARK.

    Sir Andrew Clark, Bart., F.R.S., the eminent physician, is suffering from paralysis, and is reported to be sinking. [Sir Andrew Clark, who is medical ...

    Article : 59 words
  27. SLICIDE NEAR BENDIGO.

    A shocking suicide occurred at Leichardt, near Bendigo, early yesterday morning. Thomas Wood, aged sixty-nine, part proprietor of the ...

    Article : 73 words
  28. LOCKING THE DARLING.

    Surveys are being made for works in connection with the locking of the River Darling at sites between Walgett and Brewarrina at a spot nine miles below ...

    Article : 58 words
  29. A NARROW ESCAPE.

    James Wilson, aged twenty-four, residing at the Model Lodging-house, Little Bourke-street, had a narrow escape from death early this morning. when as ...

    Article : 93 words
  30. THE SOLOMON ISLANDS.

    The schooner Borough Belle, from the Solomon Islands, reports visiting Rendova, where the traders stated that the natives were making no copra. ...

    Article : 68 words
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  32. GLASSON'S MENTAL CONDITION.

    The Board of medical experts appointed to enquire into the mental condition of the condemned man Glasson have sent in their report to the Premier, but until ...

    Article : 44 words
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