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  2. LORD HOPETOUN'S VICTORIAN CAREER.

    The Earl of Hopetoun, who came to Victoria as Governor in 1889, in the 29th year of his age, with much modest misgiving on his part, and left five years later, was one of the most highly esteemed ...

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  3. VICTORIA. MR. DONALD MACDONALD'S LECTURES.

    The lecture tour through Viotoria of Mr. Donald Macdonald, special war correspondent of the "Sydney Morning Herald," is now drawing to a close. Mr. Macdonald has had the unique ...

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  4. THE BUBONIC PLAGUE. NO FURTHER CASES.

    There has been no further use of bubonic plague reported since Friday, so that the record for the past week consists of one case and two convalescents discovered. ...

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  5. NEWCASTLE. A SCULLING CONTEST.

    A sculling match in which a good deal of local interest was centred, between A. F. Chapman and T. Mancaster for a stake of £10, was rowed over a course of about two miles yesterday afternoon. ...

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  6. THE WESTERN AUSTRALIAN CAMPAIGN.

    It is agreed on all hands that Mr. Hackett's meeting at the Town Hall on Saturday night lifted the federal campaign to a higher level. The hall was packed, and the enthusiasm at the close resulted in ...

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  7. OUTBREAK IN QUEENSLAND.

    A Kanaka named Charlie Swan, residing in North Rockhampton, died of plague on Friday. The son of John Boland, removed to the Cairns plague hospital on Friday, died last night. ...

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  8. TRAGEDY AT WARRACKNABEAL.

    At the inquest held at Warracknabeal on Saturday, in connection with the death of a man named Thomas Buckley, who died suddenly after an altercation with a man named Andrew Hart, ...

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  9. ACTION OF CURATIVE SERUM.

    A boy named D. Owens died at Townsville on Saturday. The symptoms gave rise to the belief that be died from plague, but a postmortem showed that kidney dicesse and blood poisoning caused ...

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  10. SAWMILL FATALITY.

    A shocking sawmill fatality is reported from Nathalia. Work was about to cease at W. M'Burnie's mills, and M'Burnie was in the act of turning off the ...

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  11. ORANGE DEMONSTRATION AT BALMAIN.

    The annual united demonstration under the auspices of the Balmain District Loyal Orange Lodges, Nos. 33 and 176, was held yesterday afternoon in the Balmain Town Hall. The Right Worshipful ...

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  12. NEWCASTLE GUN CLUB.

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  13. A CHILD SHOT.

    The long list of shooting fatalities occasioned by sheer thoughtlessness was added to on Saturday at Camperdown. A five-year-old son of a boundary rider named M'Curty was playing ...

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  14. INTERVIEW WITH THE PREMIER.

    The Premier (Sir William Lyne) was seen last night by a representative of the "Herald" with reference to the telegram from South Australia stating that Lord Hopetoun had been appointed ...

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  15. RETURN OE MR. BARTON.

    The Premier stated last night that he understood that Mr. Edmund Barton was leaving London immediately on his return to Sydney. Sir William Lyne had expected that he would have joined the ...

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  16. THE MOUNT WILLIAMS RUSH.

    It is estimated that there are now £000 goldseekers at the Mount Williams rush. Hundreds continue to flock to the district, and large numbers are returning disappointed. The Minister ...

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  17. THE COAL EXPORT TRADE.

    The quantity of coal exported to foreign and intercolonial ports during the week ended at noon yesterday was 56,755 tons, as compared with 56,963 tons last week, a decrease of 208 tons. The distribution ...

    Article : 275 words
  18. MASONIC INSTALLATION.

    The installation of officers for the current year in connection with the Balmain Masonic Lodge No. 23, U.G.L. of New South Wales, took place in the Balmain School of Arts on Thursday night in the ...

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  19. WELCOME TO MR. DEAKIN.

    Mr. A. Deakin, the Victorian federal delegate, who arrived by the O[?]muz on Friday morning was met on the wharf by representative of the A.N.A. from Perth, members of the town and district, and the ...

    Article : 315 words
  20. TELEGRAPHIC SHIPPING NEWS.

    BRISBANE.—Arrivals: July 15, Futami Maru, s., from Japan; Marceba, s., from Rockhampton. Departure: July 14, Aramac, s., for Cooktown. MORETON BAY.—Departure: July 15, Airlie, s., for ...

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  21. CHURCH NEWS. ST. PATRICK'S CHURCH.

    Yasterday morning Mr. Sydney Hoben as conductor, and Mr. S. J. Hurte as orgarmt, assumed their positions for the first time at St. Patrick's Church. The mass selected was Gouned's "Messe ...

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  22. MUNICIPAL ITEMS.

    The Adamstown Council has refused to retake posseseion of Brunker-road from the Tramway Department, on the ground that the thoroughfare has been damaged to a serious extent by the construction ...

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  23. MUSICAL FESITVAL AT PADDINGTON.

    At St. Matthias' lecture-hall, Oxford-street, Paddington, on Friduy evening, the Woollabra Presbyterian Church Chair gave a musical festival, in which they were assisted by the Globe Musical ...

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  24. DEPRESSION IN THE LONDON WOOL MARKET.

    Sir,—In the various wool reports that have appeared during the past few weeks attention is drawn to the remarkable decline that has taken place in the value of wool. ...

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  25. THE INDIAN FAMINE FUND.

    A demonstration organised by the Wickham branch of the Indian Fumine Relief Fund was held in the Isington Reserve to-day for the purpose of making an urgent appeal for assistance on behalf ...

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  26. QUEENSLAND. BUNDABERG ELECTION.

    The Bundaberg election complete returns show Glassey 766 votes and Hinchcliffe 347. ...

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  27. WAVERLEY CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH.

    The eighteenth anniversary of the Waverley Congregational Church was celebrated on Sunday, when special services were held. the congregations were large. The Rev. E. Tremayne Dunstan occupied the ...

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  28. COUNTRY NEWS. DEDICATION SERVICE AT BATHURST.

    A dedication service was held at St. Barnabas Church, South Bathurst, yesterday afternoon, when a handsome window for the east end of the church, a present from Mrs. Arthur Whitehead, in memory ...

    Article : 127 words
  29. PASSAGES ENGAGED BY THE R.M.S. AORANGI, SAILING TO-DAY.

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  30. STEADY RAIN AT HUGHENDEN.

    A message from Hughenden states that it has been raining there steadily this morning, and that a shoot in the grass had taken place on the sandy ridges as a result of the recent rains, but ...

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  31. ALL SAINTS', PETERSHAM.

    On Thursday evening last the choir of the above church held their quarterly social gathering in the school-hall, Crystal-street, During the evening the Rev. C. T. S. West gave a selection of vocal and ...

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  32. THE NORDDEUTSCHER-LLOYD.

    The Munchen, which is due here to-day, is on her first visit to the colonies, and will inaugurate the Norddens scher-Lloyd new line from Sydney to Hongkong, leaving here on the 25th of the present month. The Munchen its ...

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  33. HORNSBY JUNCTION PROGRESS ASSOCIATION.

    A meeting of the progress association was held in the School of Arts on Friday night. A letter was received from the postal authorities stating that plans were being prepared for a new post-office to be ...

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  34. SPIRITUALISTIC ASSOCIATION.

    The second annual meeting of the New South Wales Spiritualistic Association took place on Friday evening at the room of the association, Bathurststreet. The following officers were elected for the ...

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  35. A NEW ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH.

    The ceremony of laying and blessing the foundation-stone of the new Roman Catholic Church now in course of erection at Adamstown was performed this morning by the Coadjuter Bishop of ...

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  36. NEW ZEALAND.

    The Government has introduced a bill giving borough council power to build houses for workers, the object being to prevent overcrowding and insanitary conditions in the cities. ...

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  37. THE SALAMIS, FROM CAPETOWN AND LONDON.

    Yesterday afternoon the steamer Salamis, from London via Capteown and Melbourne, arrived at Smith's wharf, Miller's Point, in command of Captain A. H. H. G Douglas, R.N.R., who reports having left Royal Albert ...

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  38. FIRE NEAR LIVERPOOL.

    A hay shed on Mr. E. J. Asheroft's farm, about mile from the town, together with a considerable quantity of hay and chaff-cutting machinery, was totally destroyed by fire early on Saturday morning ...

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  39. BOWLING COMPETITIONS.

    The championship rink competitions, under the auspices of the Northern District Bowling Association, were yesterday afternoon. On the City green Donald (Hamilton) defeated d Leek ...

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  40. WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

    The R.M.S. Oruba, from Albany, took 31 boxes of gold, containing 32,775oz., of the value of £123,730, shipped by the Union Bank, and 10 boxes, shipped by the National Bank and the ...

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  41. VIEWS OF THE VICTORIAN PREMIER.

    The Premier to-night said: "The appointment will be very popular, not only in Victoria, where his Excellency is best known, but also in the other colonies, where his ability and ...

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  42. WESTERN SUBURBS COTTAGE HOSPITAL.

    The monthly meeting of the committee of the Western Suburbs Cottage Hospital was held on Thursday evening last. There were present Messrs. A. Brown (president). T. Hodson, J.P., J. Quigg, ...

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  43. ST. JOHN AMBULANCE ASSOCIATION.

    The committee of the Newcastle branch of the St. John Ambulance Association has decided to dispense with the annual meeting and demonstration this year owing to the small number of classes in existence and ...

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  44. COUNTRY QUARTER SESSIONS.

    The Quarter Sessions Court was opened yesterday before Judge Heydon Mr. Browning was Crown Prosecutor. Frank Hyde, charged with larceny at Emmaville, pleaded guilty, and was sentenced to ...

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  45. THE PERICLES, FROM LONDON.

    One of the old-time favourite clippers is the Pericles, which yesterday arrived from London, to Messrs. Bris[?], Drysdale, and Co. Captain Henderson reports that the ship left Gravesend on April 10, and cleared Start Point ...

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  46. ST. VINCENTS HOSPITAL.

    Sir,—Mr. Jeassep's statement at the L.O.L. demonstration on July 12 last that he had interviewed Mr. Brunker, and had been informed by that gentleman that he had when Colonial Secretary declined to ...

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  47. THE QUEENSLAND PREMIER'S OPINION.

    Regarding the appointment of the Earl of Hopetoun as Governor-General, news of which was conveyed to the Premier last night, Mr. Philp [?]aid, "I think he will make a very good ...

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  48. THE CHURCHES.

    The Bishop of Newcastle (Right Rev. Dr. Stanton) preached to a large congregation at Teralba this afternoon, and conducted the service at Toronto, Lake Macquarie, this evening. ...

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  49. THE E. AND A. AUSTRALIAN, FROM CHINA.

    This particularly handome steamer, in command of [?] tain P. T. Helms, arrived yesterday at the company's wharf, Circular Quay, in beautiful order. She left K[?] on June 15, Hongkong on the 24th, Delhi [Timor I.], [?] ...

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  50. TWELFTH OF JULY CELEBRATIONS.

    The Lord William Russell Orange Lodge held the annual celebration on Thursday. B[?]o. Peterson (who presided), Archdeacon Wilson, and the Rev. W. Stewart gave addresses. ...

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  51. SOUTH AUSTRALIAN LABOUR PARTY.

    In connection with the plebiscite of the united labour party for selecting labour candidates for the coming fe[?]eral election, at least three questions have suggested themselves to the leaders of the party— ...

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  52. MILITARY INTELLIGENCE.

    Colonel C. F. Roberts, C.M.C. (Military Secretary), left by the expres train on Saturday for Brisbane. He will spend about a week in the northern capital. ...

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  53. HARBOUR REMOVALS.

    The barque Port Carlisle, for Caleta Buena, via Newcastle, was towed to sea early yesterday morning. The barque Winninpeg was taken from Lever Brothers' Wharf to an anchorage in the stream on Saturday. ...

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  54. SCHOOLS OF ARTS.

    The annual report of the Wallsend School of Arts shown that the membership of the institution increased from 226 to 316 during the year, and that nearly 10,000 volumes were borrowed from the ...

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