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  2. GROWTH OF SHIPPING.

    The shipping advertisements in the "Syndey Morning Herald" in July, 1873, breathe a different atmosphere to that which pervaded the community thirty ...

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  3. HOME RULE MOVEMENT.

    Cardinal Moran presided over the speechmaking portion of the St. Patrick's Das postponed celebrations which took place at the Royal Agricultural Society's grounds on ...

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  4. ALLEGED ATTEMPTED MURDER.

    A sensation was caused at Corrimal, a town about four miles north of Wollongong, on Saturday morning, when what is alleged to have been a deliberate attempt to murder ...

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  5. SHIPPING MISHAP.

    The steamer Ensby, one of the oldest and best known of the cargo vessels employed in the interstate trade, met with a very serious accident during a thick fog early yesterday ...

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  6. PREFERENTIAL TRADE.

    The "Spectator," in a leading article today, states that the concession of a preference to British goods by the colonies will not interfere with the essential ...

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  7. COLONIAL CONFERENCE.

    Lord Elgin, Secretary of State for the Colonies, will open the Colonial Conference on April 15. The Conference will sit three days a week, and it is expected ...

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  8. NAVIGATION CONFERENCE.

    The Navigation Conference continued its sittings yesterday. Representatives of British shipowners contend that it is absolutely impossible for ...

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  9. THE NEW HEBRIDES.

    According to Reuter's Agency, an Anglo-French Commission will meet in May, instead of April, to discuss details of the New Hebrides Convention, ...

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  10. COLONIAL NAVAL MILITIA.

    The Navy Leogue will present a memorial to the Colonial Premiers in London, urging co-operation with the motherland in naval defence, and suggesting the ...

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  11. SIR WILLIAM LYNE'S CRITICISMS.

    The "Daily Express" and other Unionist papers accuse the British Government of trying to shelve consideration of Australia's British Preference Bill until after the ...

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  12. CHINA FOR CHINESE.

    Dr. Morrison, Peking correspondent of the "Times," telegraphs that the indefinite postponement by China of negotiations for the Anglo-German loan for the ...

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  13. WORK OF THE CONFERENCE.

    Sir Joseph Ward, Premier of New Zealand, attended the annual meeting of the Institute of Marine Engineers, and presented Lord Pirrie, chairman of the ...

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  14. THE SWETTENHAM INCIDENT.

    The "Standard" states that Lord Elg[?], Secretary of State for the Colonies, has decided not to publish the documents relating to the resignation of Sir Alexander ...

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  15. THE MALL CONTRACT.

    Captain Collins, the Commonwealth representative in London, has denied that his suggested alterations in the designs of the new mail liners for Australia has ...

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  16. GLAUCUS STANDING BY.

    Nothing was stated in the wire from the lighthouse keeper at Gabo whether the crew of the Easby landed or were still on board the vessel, but in any case no anxiety was ...

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  17. DEATH OF CANON MACCOLL.

    The death is announced of Canon Malcolm MacColl, aged 69 years. Canon MacColl, who was of Scottish parentage, was a frequent contributor to ...

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  18. STATES REPRESENTATION.

    The Premier, Captain Evans, has received from the Colonial Office a copy of the despatch which was addressed to the Government of South Australia, in reply to a ...

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  19. THE AMEER EXPLAINS.

    The Ameer of Afghanistan in durbar at Cabul satisfactorily explained to the mullahs (religious teachers) that there is nothing in Freemasonry, into which he ...

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  20. JAPAN'S MONSTER BATTLESHIP.

    Japan is about to order in England the construction of a battleship of 21,000 tons, at a cost of £2,250,000. ...

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  21. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    The barque Brunel, which left Newcastle, New South "Wales, on December 25, with a cargo of coal for Junin, Chili, has been reinsured at 55 guineas per cent. ...

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  22. PREVIOUS ACCIDENTS.

    The Easby has been in the habit of making one trip from Melbourne to Newcastle every fortnight and bringing about 1800 tons of coal on each visit Years ago she had a ...

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  23. SEVERE THUNDER SQUALL.

    At about 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon a thunderstorm of exceptional violence passed over the city, and was accompanied by a wind squall from the NNW, which was responsible ...

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  24. THE KING AND QUEEN.

    Queen Alexandra has left London to join the King at Toulon. The Empress Dowager of Russia, who has been on a visit to Queen Alexandra, ...

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  25. COMPENSATION FOR OUTRAGE.

    The suggestion of Great Britain that inasmuch as the local authorities were not blamable for the assaults on Dr. Horne and Mr. F. Eadie, of the China Mutual ...

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  26. SCENE OF THE DISASTER.

    The Skerries Rocks, three in number, are situated to the southward of Wingan Poi[?]t, which forms the eastern side of the entrance into Wingan in[?]t. The central rock, which ...

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  27. EIGHT HOURS DAY.

    A bill will be introduced by Mr. W. Thorne, a Labour member, in the House of Commons restricting the hours of labour in all trades and industries to eight ...

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  28. VICTORIA.

    An inquest was held yesterday regarding the death of a young woman named Lilias Vida Paluto, who died in the Melbourne Hospital on Monday as the result, it is allegcd, of an ...

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  29. WHERE THE VESSEL IS BEACHED.

    On the north-west side of Gabo Island is a small sandy bay, where there is very good anchorage in all but south-westerly gales for one vessel and it is here that the Easby was ...

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  30. CYCLONE AT BAIRNSDALE.

    A cyclone struck u small portion of the cast end of Bairnsdale at a quartor-past [?] o clock this afternoon, and in a second or two did a great amount of damage. It crossed the ...

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  31. BIRTHDAY OF FAMOUS MEN.

    Yesterday was the 70th anniversary of the birthday of Lord Lister, the discoverer of the antiseptic system of surgery, and of Mr. Algernon Charles ...

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  32. FIRE IN LITTLE COLLINS-STREET.

    A four-storied brick and iron building in Little Collins-street, occupied by H. Needham, art frame manufacturer, was severely dimaged by fire last night, while a number ...

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  33. DESCRIPTION OF THE VESSEL.

    The Easby is a very old colonial trader, having been built 35 years ago by Messrs. Richardson, Duck, and Co., at Stockton-onTees. She is an iron-screw vessel, of 1489 ...

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  34. THE COPPER MARKET.

    Messrs, Vivian, Younger, and Bond, in their weekly report, state that the position of copper is apparently due to the assumption that trade generally having reached ...

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  35. FIRES ON WOOL SHIPS.

    The cxperiment with New Zealand wool Shipped in the steamer Orari, which le[?]t Wellington on February 6 and arrived on March 24, concerning the origin of fires ...

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  36. WHAT MR. CARRUTHERS SAYS.

    Referring on Saturday [?] the fact that the Governor of Tasmania had received a despatch from the Secretary of State for the Colonies intimating that the great majority of subjects ...

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  37. LABOUR IN NEW ZEALAND.

    The committee of the Trades Councils Conference, reporting on the Arbitration Act, Says:—"The Act is not even a partial solution of present economic and ...

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  38. GRAND OPERA SEASON.

    The Grand Opera Company yesterday afternoon produced for the first time Humperdinck's "Hansel and Gretol." The title roles were filled by Fraulein Elizabeth Kulnk[?] and ...

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  39. THE NORTH COAST S.N. COMPANY EMERGES.

    Sir John See, then a director in the company, resigned, and bought the steamship Lubra, and, entering into partnership with Mr. Nipper, traded as Nipper and See. Their ...

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  40. SCULLING CHAMPIONSHIP.

    Almost immediately after George Towns had boaten E. Durnan on the Nepean a supporter of rowing at Wanganui, New Zealand, cabl[?] to the champion asking whether W. Webb ...

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  41. GOOD RAINS IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    Fine, seasonable, and timely agricultural rains fell on Friday and Saturday. There were also showers in the Adelaide district to-day. The rainfall flgures at 9 o'clock yesterday showed Cowell and Tumby and ...

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  42. IRISH UNIVERSITY.

    The Dublin correspondent of the "Times" states that the Government has definitely abandoned the idea of a University Bill for the present session, ...

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  43. ACCIDENT ON THE DREADNOUGHT.

    While H.M.S. Dreadnought was on her homeward voyage one of her boiler tubes burst. Three stokers were badly scalded on their heads and backs. They are now ...

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  44. BUTTER FREIGHTS.

    Certain shippers of butter were recently approached by representatives of more than one shipping company not at present participating in the carriage of Australian butter to ...

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  45. AMERICAN DIVORCES.

    Statistics issued at Washington show that 1,200,000 deerces for divorce have been made in the United States in 20 years. There have been 70 divorces for every ...

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  46. COLLISION AT PORT PIRIE.

    The steamer Wonga Fell, from Newcastle, via Sydney, was in Port Pirie preceding the Vermont, which arrived the day before, and when abreast of Broken Hill Wharf the ...

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  47. THE ASSOUAN DAM.

    Sir John Aird and Sons, the builders of the Assouan Dam across the Nile, have contracted to add 24 feet to the present height of the dam, 130 feet. ...

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  48. LATE SHIPPING.

    ADELAIDE (1084 miles).—Arr: April 7, Victoria, R.M.S., at 5.55 p.m., from London, via ports. PORT PIRIE (12[?]8 miles).—Arr: April 7, Thomasina, Russian sh, from Caleta Colosa. ...

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