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  2. INTERCOLONIAL.

    Mr. Kingston tabled a report to-day in reference to the conference of Premiere in London. He gave interesting particulars of his visit ...

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  3. WHALING PERILS.

    News has been received that a Steam whaler, which has arrived at British Columbia, has rescued the crew of a whaling vessel, numbering ...

    Article : 71 words
  4. INDIA.

    Lord Elgin, the Viceroy of India, has submitted a report upon the frontier rebellion. He states that the Orakzais and the Afridis of the ...

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  5. AFRICA.

    The select committee of the Transvaal Volksraad which was appointed to inquire into the Rand grievances has recommended a ...

    Article : 315 words
  6. THE FAR EAST.

    The British iron sailing ship Phasis, 1,564 tons, was wrecked and abandoned on Royal Charlotte Beef, 130 miles north-west of ...

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  7. DEATH SENTENCES COMMUTED.

    Two capital cases were finally dealt with by the Executive Council to-day. The first was that of Laban John Williams, 16, who was ...

    Article : 70 words
  8. SCRATCHINGS.

    Subjoined are to-day's scratchings.—Melbourne Cup and Derby —Alva aod Holcar. ...

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  9. LATEST BETTING.

    After 65 to 40 bad been laid on Aurum for the Derby to-night an offer to take 70 to 40 was not responded to ...

    Article : 111 words
  10. LEPROSY.

    A conference of scientists has been held at Berlin to consider the best means of dealing with persons suffering from the terrible disease ...

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  11. FEDERAL CONVENTION.

    The Government has decided to allow to the officials, clerks, and messengers who attended to the parliamentary duties in connection ...

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  12. ABANDONED INFANTS.

    Daring the past year a dozen infants have been abandoned in the suburbs. Detective Dungey has been making special inquiries, and ...

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  13. FRUIT CONFERENCE.

    The Minister of Customs has communicated with the Ministers of Agriculture in the other colonies asking that a date be fixed for the ...

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  14. BIG OFFER FOR AURUM.

    While in England Mr. W. B. Wilson offered Aurum to Mrs. Langtry for 7,000 guineas, but she declined to give ...

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  15. AN AMBUSCADE.

    Two squadrons of the 9th Bengal Lancers were ambuscaded at Mawani and one squadron at Subadhur. Fourteen native ...

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  16. NATIONAL LIBERAL CLUB. !

    The National Liberal Club, at the instance of Lord Carrington, a former Governor of New South Wales, has elected Mr. R, J. ...

    Article : 51 words
  17. OBITUARY.

    A cable message was receive from Stirling, Scotland, this morning announcing the death of Mr. John Bridge, founder and ...

    Article : 35 words
  18. RELIGIOUS TEACHING.

    At the meeting of the Congregational Union several attempts were made to raise the question of religions teaching in the State ...

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  19. NIXON'S CASE.

    Already many thousand signatures have been attached to petitions for the release of Nixon. They will be presented to the ...

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  20. SUGAR INDUSTRY.

    In the Legislative Assembly this evening Mr. M'Farlane moved that a Royal Commission should be appointed to inquire into the ...

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  21. AN ITALIAN ROW.

    At about 7 o'clock last night pedestrians in "William-street were informed that a murder had been committed in that street. Many ...

    Article : 580 words
  22. ALBANY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.

    A meeting of the council of the Albany Chamber of Commerce was held on Oct 14, there being present Messrs. J. M'Kenzie (in the ...

    Article : 495 words
  23. LABOR TROUBLES.

    The dispute in the cotton trade is now approaching a crisis. The employers in the spinning trade, have now granted their operatives a ...

    Article : 41 words
  24. GAMBLING EVIL.

    Mr. Catt presented a petition to the Legislative Council in regard to gambling among women and and children. The ...

    Article : 46 words
  25. AIDE-DE-CAMP.

    Lieutenant Neil Wolseley Haig, of the 6th (Inniskilling) Dragoons, has been appointed aide-de-camp to His Excellency Sir Gerard Smith ...

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  26. HAIL STORM.

    At Gunnedah to-day an exceedingly heavy bail storm occurred, Every window in the town on the western and north-western sides of ...

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  27. NEW ZEALAND.

    In the Legislative Assembly to-day the debate on the financial statement was opened by Mr. Russell, the leader of the ...

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  28. STRIKE PROPOSAL.

    A suggestion Las been made in Birmingham to concentrate the engineers' dispute in London, with a view to securing a conference ...

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  29. WOMEN'S DEPUTATION.

    A deputation from the Women's Christian Temperance Union waited on the Premier to-day and asked for the suppression of ...

    Article : 81 words
  30. A SAD AFFAIR

    To-day the coroner held an inquiry into the circumstances attending the death of Mabel Baker, nee Roberts, who was ...

    Article : 156 words
  31. BURMESE REBELS.

    The Burmans who rushed the gate of the fort of Mandalay last ?week and were repulsed have now confessed that the object of the ...

    Article : 97 words
  32. TASMANIA.

    The "no-confidence" motion was debated in the Assembly to-night. Mr. Lewis, the leader of the Opposition, moved a resolution to ...

    Article : 105 words
  33. V.R.C. SPRING MEETING.

    A good deal of useful work was done this morning. Wait-a-Bit decisively beat Partbenop[?]us and Toreador over a mile and a half ...

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  34. DIVING APPARATUS.

    A trial of Gordon's diving apparatus has been made on the Clyde. The diver, attired in the Gordon suit, descended to a depth ...

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  35. STATE BANK.

    At a meeting of trustees of the State Bank, Mr. J. B. Spence was appointed chairman in the place of Mr. H. M. Addison. The latter ...

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  36. THE REV. G. E. ROWE.

    The Rev. G. E. Rowe has shown the design of the proposed Perth Wesley Church building scheme to the principal laymen in Adelaide ...

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  37. BRITISH TRADE.

    Colonel Sir Howard Vincent, member for Sheffield, delivered a speech, at that city last night, in the coarse of which he said that ...

    Article : 54 words
  38. MINING FATALITY.

    To-day Daniel Brown, 19, en. gaged at the 700ft. level in the Tasmania mine, Beaconsfield, fell a distance of 100ft., breaking his ...

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  39. TASMANIA.

    Last evening "denominationa rallies" took place in the various churches. It was pointed out by the respective ministers that the ...

    Article : 67 words
  40. ESCAPE OF PRISONERS.

    The report of the sheriff to the Legislative Council states that the recent escape of prisoners from the Adelaide gaol was due to careless ...

    Article : 34 words
  41. TYPHOID FEVER.

    The Queen has given £40 to the fund which is being raised for the relief of the distress caused by the outbreak of typhoid fever at ...

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  42. A STRANGE DISCOVERY.

    At Townsville during the past few days a rumor has been afloat as to the discovery of tins of meat buried near the Bess River meat ...

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  43. BRITISH BULWARKS.

    Sir R. B. Finlay, Q.C., the Imperial Solicitor-GeneraL, speaking yesterday at Forres (Inverness; district), said that it would be ...

    Article : 68 words
  44. NEW SOUTH WALES.

    In the Legislative Assembly to-day Mr. Henry Copeland moved that the Bouse should on Tuesday go into committee to consider the ...

    Article : 182 words
  45. SHIPPING.

    Departures—For Melbourne, ship Hesperus, 1,859 tons; barque Grenada, 2,268 tons; for Sydney, steamer Bungaree, 2,990 tons ...

    Article : 52 words
  46. QUEENSLAND.

    To-day an influential deputation urged Sir H. Tozer to enforce rigidly the clauses in the Licensing Act prohibiting Sunday trading ...

    Article : 83 words
  47. COUNT TOLSTOI.

    Count Lyof Nikolaivitch Tolstoi is seriously ill. [Count Tolstoi is the most eminent of Russian novelists. He was born on August ...

    Article : 104 words
  48. Advertising

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  49. COMMERCIAL.

    Herr F. O. Licht, the Magdeburg beet sugar expert, in his monthly circular, estimates that the production of beet sugar has increased by ...

    Article : 44 words
  50. THE LAND BILL.

    In the Assembly to-day the Land Bill was farther considered, and several clauses were passed. ...

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  51. BARNEY BARNATO.

    The executors of the late Mr. "Barney" Barnato have distributed £16,000 among the London charities. ...

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  52. ANGLICAN CHURCH.

    Dr. William Walsh, Bishop of Mauritius, has been appointed an Archdeacon and Canoa of Canterbury. ...

    Article : 23 words
  53. VICTORIA.

    A meeting of the members of the Victorian Rifle Association was held to-night to consider the position of affairs, and ...

    Article : 155 words
  54. WHEAT MARKET.

    Wheat is now 64. per quarter dearer than when last quoted. ...

    Article : 17 words
  55. DRAWBACKS ON STOCK.

    The collector of Customs has decided to abolish the drawback of 30s. per head on cattle, 2s. per head on sheep and Iambs, and ...

    Article : 30 words
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