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  2. HARBOUR COLLISION.

    Late last night a collision occurred in midstream, off the entrance to Johnstone's Bay, between the Adelaide Company's steamer Colac and the Parramatta S. S. Company's ferry steamer Eagle, which ...

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  3. NEWCASTLE.

    A collision of a serious nature between the British-India steamer Virawa and the schooner Bessie Maud occurred in the harbour this morning, resulting in the sinking of the latter vessel within the space ...

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  4. SECOND EDITION.

    It is rumoured that the foreign ambassadors in Pekin were aware that the Emperor showed signs of arsenical poisoning before the issue of the edict ...

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  5. THE DREYFUS CASE.

    The Paris correspondent of the "Observer" reports that Major Esterhazy has confessed that the General Staff gave the necessary information to enable ...

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  6. THE SITUATION IN CHINA.

    In view of the unsettled state of affairs at Pekin, where foreigners, including a member of the American Legation, have been assaulted, the United States ...

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  7. SPECIAL CABLES.

    Captain Marchand has been promoted by the French Government to the rank of Major ostensibly for his services on the Ubangi River, a tributary of the middle ...

    Article : 158 words
  8. The Sydney Morning Herald.

    Aa soon as the legislative Assembly met yesterday a petition was presented from Mr Richard Thomas Ball, ox-member for Albury, protesting against the election of the sitting member, Mr. ...

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  9. COLONEL HENRY'S CONFESSION AND SUICIDE.

    The English mail with London files up to September 2, which arrived to day, brings the following further particulars with regard to recent developments of the Dreyfus case:—Colonel ...

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  10. AMERICA AND SPAIN.

    It is reported that President M'Kinley is apprehensive of the offect of the army mismanagement upon the elections in the United States, and that he is anxious to ...

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  11. THE GERMAN EMPEROR'S VISIT TO PALESTINE.

    Ninety-two pashas and other officials, as well as 1000 Turkish soldiers, will line the route from Jaffa to Jerusalem on the occasion of the German Emperor's visit ...

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  12. WEST AFRICA.

    The Royal Niger Company is transferring its headquarters to Baruta. The British Government is arranging for the purchase of Akassa, a station at ...

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  13. THE FAR EAST.

    Fast steamers destined for the trade with the Far Eastern ports are being built to the order of the Kussian Government. ...

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  14. THE TRANSVAAL.

    News from the Transvaal states that President Kruger is enrolling 5000 burghers to operate against Mpefu, the Swazi chief. The British refuse to be ...

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  15. THE LATE JEREMIAH COLMAN.

    The value of the estate of the late Jeremiah Colman, the well-known mustard manufacturer, has been proved at £2,000,000. ...

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  16. THE HURRICANE IN THE WEST INDIES.

    A sum of £37,000 is required to rebuild the cottages in the Barbadoes destroyed by the recent hurricane. The Lord Mayor's Fund now amounts ...

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  17. THE TURKISH TREASURY.

    The lavish preparations made by the Porte for the approaching visit of the Emperor William to Constantinople and the Holy Land have emptied the Turkish ...

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  18. THE POLITICAL SITUATION IN QUEENSLAND.

    A caucus of members who supported the late Ministry was held to-day, 39 members being present out of a possible 41, while two Ministerial seats were vacant. Mr. Dickson, the Premier, ...

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  19. CHARGE AGAINST A LADY DOCTOR.

    Miss Nancy Guildford, a lady doctor, has been remanded at the Bow-street Police Court on a charge of the manslaughter of a girl whose dismembered ...

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  20. M. ROUGEMONT.

    M. Louis Rougement delivered a lecture at St. James's Hall last night upon his experiences in unexplored Australia. During the lecture he bared his arms in ...

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  21. POLITICAL NEWS.

    As soon as the preliminary business of the Legislative Assembly is disposed of this afternoon the Speaker will reach the following notice of motion, of which Mr. Lyne gave notice ...

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  22. LATE MINING.

    The clean-up for September at the Norseman Gold Mines was as follows:—Stone treated, 757 tons for 895oz. 12dwt. gold. The total output of the mine is 7310 tons of stone for 9915oz. 9dwt. ...

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  23. THE PLAGUE IN INDIA.

    The plague is increasing in Bombay. Four thousand deaths have occurred in the Bombay Presidency in one week. ...

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  24. THE BARQUE EOS.

    The barque Eos, which left Newcastle, N.S.W., on August 8, coal-laden, for Tome, Chili, has arrived at Valparaiso with her hull damaged. ...

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  25. A STEAMER GROUNDED.

    As the steamer La Serena was proceeding from the dyke to sea at about noon to-day she took the ground in the north harbour, where she still remains fast. The vessel had loaded a cargo of coal at the ...

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  26. ENGLISH COMMERCIAL.

    The supplies of copper in England and France for the past month amounted to 20,657 tons, and the deliveries to 21,471 tons. The stock on hand, including quantity afloat from Chili and Australia, ...

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  27. VICTORIA.

    A farmer named William Dufroy was killed at Leongatha this afternoon through a cart capsizing. Miss Hogan, the daughter of a neighbour, who was riding in the cart with Dufroy, ...

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  28. A DROWNING FATALITY.

    A magisterial inquiry was conducted by the City Coroner at Lambton to-day into the circumstances surrounding the death by drowning of a child named Joseph Head, aged 3 years, a son of Mr. ...

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  29. QUEENSLAND.

    The Queensland gold returns for the month of September show that 77,792oz. were obtained from 115,876 tons of quartz, besides 3674oz. of alluvial, making a total yield for the month of ...

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  30. THE WOOL SALES.

    At the wool sales to-day prices were irregular, and the sales were in the buyers' favour. Oct. 4. ...

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  31. THE GAS QUESTION AT PARRAMATTA.

    The gas question in still occupying the attention of the Parramatta borough Council. Last night Alderman Taylor moved to rescind a resolution carried at last meeting providing for the taking of a ...

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  32. THE COAL TRADE DIFFICULTY.

    The first meeting of miners convoned to consider the sensational recommendations of the delegate board was held last evening, when the Glebe Mining Lodge, one of the most influential of the district, met ...

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  33. WOLLONGONG HIGHLAND GATHERING.

    The second Highland Gathering held under the auspices of the Wollongong Caledonian Society, on the show ground yesterday, proved a decided success. Rain in the early part of the morning and the ...

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  34. ESTABLISHMENT OF WOOL SALES.

    A meeting of the Brisbane Wool-selling Brokers' Association held yesterday decided to reduce the charge for brokers' commission to 3 per cent., irrespective of the size of the clip, ...

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  35. A NEW P. AND O. LINER.

    Caird and Co., Limited, the well-known shipbuilders, of Greenock, are building a new steamer of 10,000 tons for the Peninsular and Oriental Company. ...

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  36. NEW ZEALAND.

    A heavy surf prevents any attempt to patch the hole in the Mapourika. The Dunedin Presbytery has passed a resolution calling on the members of the Church to ...

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  37. SILVER.

    Bar silver is quoted to-day at 2s 3[?]d per ounce standard. ...

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  38. INTERCOLONIAL EIGHT-CAR RACE.

    The selection committee met last night and selected the following crew to represent Queensland in the next intercolonial eight-car race to be rowed at Brisbane on November 19:—A. Young ...

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  39. TO-DAY.

    Leichhardt Town Hall: Lecture by Commandant H. H. Booth, 8 p. m. L. O. L., No. 27, Royal William; Meeting, Protestant Hall, 8 p. m. ...

    Article : 295 words
  40. NOTTINGHAM AUTUMN MEETING.

    At the Nottingham Autumn Meeting yesterday the race for the leading item on the programme resulted as under:- NOTTINGHAM HANDICAP of 600 sovs., by ...

    Article : 206 words
  41. TASMANIAN PARLIAMENT.

    In the Assembly this afternoon the Income Tax Bill was further discussed, and the Treasurer moved the third reading, but in view of the loose manner in which the bill is worded it was deemed ...

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  42. ARRIVAL OF THE GERMAN MAIL STEAMER.

    The German mail steamer Prinz-Regent Luitpold arrived at 8 last night and left at 1 to-day. The passengers are:- For Adelaide: Medames Homaun, Tod, ...

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  43. HUTCHINSON MEMORIAL SCHOOL HALL.

    In connection with the services and festivities held to celebrate the opening of the Hutchinson Memorial School-hall, Toxteth-street, Glebe Point, a social gathering took place last evening. A tea, followed ...

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  44. PRESENTATIONS AT PARRAMATTA.

    On Monday evening Mr. W. J. Morey, Government dispenser to the Parramatta benevolent institutions was, on the eve of severing his connection with the Public Serice, the recipient of a couple of ...

    Article : 155 words
  45. TASMANIA.

    Tenders for Ulverstone-Burnie railway, connecting Ulveratone with the Emu Bay line, are likely to be soon invited. Mr. Back, the general manager, has intimated to the Minister for Lands ...

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