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  2. SECOND EDITION.

    Bar silver is quoted to-day at 2s 3?d per ounce standard, being a fall of 1-16d since last quotation. ...

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  3. NEWCASTLE.

    The sixty-second half-yearly report of the board of directors of the City of Newcastle Gas and Coke Company, Limited, was issued to-day, and will be presented to a meeting of shareholders, to be held at ...

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  4. QUEENSLAND.

    The twenty-third general meeting of shareholders of the Royal Bank of Queensland was held to-day. In moving the adoption of the report the chairman of directors, the Hon. J. R. ...

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  5. BISLEY RIFLE MEETING.

    At the National Rifle Association meeting at Bisley to-day Bombardier Carter (Victoria) tied with five others for the St. George's Challenge Vase. Sixty-nine ...

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  6. COLONIAL PREMIERS.

    While Mr. G. H. Reid, Premier of New South Wales, was in Paris, M. Hanotaux, the Minister for Foreign Affairs, sent for him, and a cordial ...

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  7. SPECIAL CABLES.

    Mr. G. H. Reid, Premier of New South Wales, has made arrangements with Sir Saul Samuel, the Agent-General, for his retirement from that position on 1st ...

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  8. IN PARLIAMENT.

    The first business of importance in the Legisla tive Council last night was the second leading of the Medical Bill, which was moved by Dr. Bowker: but after he had explained the ...

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  9. The Sydney Morning Herald.

    In the Legislative Council yesterday the motion for the second reading of the Medical Bill was agreed to, and then the House resumed the debate on the Commonwealth ill. ...

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  10. KALGOORLIE MINING,

    The Associated Gold Mines return from the South Australian smelters from 183 tons of stone treated was 480oz. of gold. The sto[?]e was oxidised ore from the upper level. The average was 2oz. ...

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  11. COLLIERY FATALITY AT STOCKTON.

    Another colliery fatality at the Stockton mine— the second this week—occurred at about 8 o'clock this morning, when a miner named William Hughes was instantaneously killed by a sudden caving in of ...

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  12. THE NEW SOUTH WALES RAILWAYS.

    Mr. G. H. Reid, Premier of New South Wales, is consulting a high railway authority in England with the view of securing a successor to the late Mr. Eddy ...

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  13. THE LATE COLONIAL CONFERENCE.

    During the late conference between Mr. Chamberlain, Secretary of State for the Colonies, and the colonial Premiers, the latter invited Mr. Chamberlain to ...

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  14. ALLEGED ASSAULT AND ROBBERY.

    Charles Brown and Charles Summers were charged before Mr. Payton, S.M., at the City Court to-day, with having in company assaulted one james Quintell, and with having robbed him of £1 12s 6d ...

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  15. TURKEY AND GREECE.

    Directly the Ambassadors of the European Powers notified the Porte that their Governments were prepared to make a demonstration of force if necessary in ...

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  16. FOUND UNCONSCIOUS.

    Early this morning the police took an aged man to the Sydney Hospital whose condition was considered to be hopeless. The man appears to have fallen down the cellar of some premises abutting on ...

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  17. PROPOSED GRAVING DOCK.

    It is understood that arrangements have now been completed by an English company for the immediate construction of a graving dock at Stockton to accommodate vessels of large capacity. The estimated cost ...

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  18. MR. REID AT PORT SUNLIGHT.

    Mr. Reid, speaking at Port Sunlight on the occasion of opening the bridge there, said that instead of Great Britain showing the weight of her thousand years she ...

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  19. COUNTRY NEWS.

    Last night word was brought into town that an old man had been found dead in the vicinity of the soap works on the Parkes-road. The police immediately went out and he was identified as James ...

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  20. TELEGRAPH CLERKS IN BRITAIN.

    The telegraph clerks of Britain have for some time past been agitating for payment for overtime. Not having received any satisfactory reply to their demands, ...

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  21. THE INDIAN FRONTIER.

    The Tochi Expedition has occupied Sheranni and Maizar, two rebel strongholds, likewise capturing large stores of grain belonging to the enemy. ...

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  22. THE BOYCOTT IN OPERATION.

    Owing to the decision of the Newcastle Coaltrimmers' Union to tender for contracts on the cooperative principle, thus competing with the stevedores of the port, it has been unanimously resolved ...

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  23. NEW ZEALAND.

    Sheehan, who outraged and murdered a girl, before his execution wrote a letter to the victim's mother in which he said:—"I hope you will forgive me, as I hope God will forgive me; and ...

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  24. BRITISH SOUTH AFRICA COMPANY.

    Sir Robert Herbert, formerly Permanent Under-Secretary at the Colonial Office, will be one of the directors of the British South Africa Company nominated ...

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  25. VICTORIA.

    Lady Brassey and Miss Dorothy Brand (daughter of Lord Hampden) were victims of a serious street accident this morning. The ladies were driving in a victoria along Elizabeth-street, ...

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  26. MEREWETHER SCHOOL OF ARTS.

    The half-yearly meeting of members of the Merewether School of Arts was held at the institution last evening. The report showed that the number of members on ...

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  27. QUARTER SESSIONS.

    At the Quarter Sessions to-day, in the case of Edward Christian Curry, charged with sheep stealing, the jury, after being locked up all night, disagreed and were discharged. The accused was ...

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  28. RECEPTION AT THE CONSTITUTIONAL CLUB.

    Mr. R. J. Seddon and Mrs. Seddon and Chief Justice Way were present at a brilliant reception which took place at the Constitutional Club. They ...

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  29. CABLE FROM AUSTRALIA TO THE CAPE.

    Leading military and naval authorities prefer the cable proposed to be laid across the Indian Ocean from Australia to the Cape by the Eastern Extension Telegraph ...

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  30. TERRIBLE SHIPPING DISASTER.

    News reached Sydney yesterday of a shipwreek by which upwards of 100 persons—Europeans, Malays, and Chinese—lost their lives. A steamer named the Sir Hong Ann five weeks ago left Singapore for ...

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  31. MR. KINGSTON IN IRELAND.

    Mr. Kingston is in Ireland, visiting the birthplace of his father, at Bandon, a town near Cork. ...

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  32. THE BURWOOD MINERS.

    The monthly meeting at the Burwood Miners' Lodge was held at Adamstown last evening Messrs. Cook (chairman) and Nichol (delegate), together with the district officers, ...

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  33. THE GOLD RUSH IN BRITISH COLUMBIA.

    Many people in Canada are clamouring for the Government to take measures to prevent any but British subjects working on the newly-discovered goldfields at the ...

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  34. CASE OF SUICIDE.

    A spinsterk named Mary Kate Carnegie, aged 37, residing with her widowed mother, committed suicide this morning by cutting her throat with a table knife. She died during her removal to the ...

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  35. COLONIAL TROOPS.

    Parties of the colonial troops are paying visits to the historic seats of Longleat, Chatsworth, and Warwick. The Premier, Lord Salisbury, had the ...

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  36. THE LOUISA LAMONT IN A ROUGH SEA.

    The schooner Louisa Lamont was being towed ever the bar outwards yesterday by the tug John Gollan about noon, when she shipped rough, heavy seas in succession, completely burying her each time ...

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  37. AUSTRALIAN PARLIAMENTS.

    In the Assembly after preliminary business, the House resumed the consideration of the Commonwealth Bill. Mr. T. Smith thought that Victoria had not much to fear. He favoured ...

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  38. IMPERIAL BANKING COMPANY, LIMITED.

    An application was made to the Chief Justice to-day to fix the remuneration of Mr. R. E. Jacomb, official liquidator of the Imperial Banking Company, Limited. It was suggested that ...

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  39. EIGHT-HOUR DEMONSTRATION.

    A preliminary meeting of representatives of the various labour organisations of the district has been convened for an early date at the Newcastle Trades Hall, for the purpose of making arrangements for ...

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  40. THE TATE GALLERY.

    The Prince of Wales has opened the new Gallery of Art presented to the nation by Mr. Henry Tate. The picture gallery presented to the nation by ...

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  41. AN ATLANTIC LINER ASHORE.

    The Atlantic liner Baltimore City has gone ashore in the Straits of Bello Isle, off the coast of Newfoundland. The Baltimore City belongs to the Furness line, ...

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  42. THE PROPOSED NARRABRI-PILLIGA RAILWAY.

    Mr. John Harper, goods superintendent, accompanied by Mr. C. Stewart, supervising engineer, Government Railways, arrived here last evening to collect information with regard to the probable ...

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  43. A FALSE CHARGE.

    A woman named Mrs. Annie King, who yesterday reported to the police that her husband had tried to poison her, admitted to-day that her story was quite false. ...

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  44. CITY OF MELBOURNE BANK.

    The adjourned meeting of creditors of the City of Melbourne Bank, in liquidation, was held today, to receive the report of the sub-committee on the proposed Assets Realisation Company. As ...

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  45. MARKET WHARF IMPROVEMENTS.

    A public meeting of citizens was held at the Y.M.C.A. Hall to-night for the purpose of urging the Railway Commissioners to proceed with their contemplated scheme providing for—1, removal of ...

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  46. A SUCCESSFUL CO-OPERATIVE CONCERN.

    A meeting of the shareholders of the West Maitland Co-operative Baking Society, Limited, was held in the Old Masonic Hall last evening. Mr. William Marshall (chairman of the board) ...

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  47. THE UNEMPLOYED.

    A deputation from the unemployed waited upon Bishop Goe to-day and asked him to use his influence in getting work for them. The Bishop promised to do whatever he could. ...

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  48. THE MINE ACCIDENTS COMMISSION.

    The Mine Accidents Commission sat again to-day and examined five witnesses. Jeremiah Andrew and Richard Parkinson Finan, shift bosses, of the Central Mine, were questioned with regard to the ...

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  49. MAORI LANDS IN NEW ZEALAND.

    The Maori contingent forming part of the New Zealand detachment of troops which attended the record reign celebrations has petitioned the Queen that the ...

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  50. OPENING OF THE HAMBOURG SEASON.

    Mark and Jakof Hambourg commenced their Australian season to-night in the Town Hall under most promising and brilliant auspices, the building being crowded by an enthusiastic ...

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  51. LONDON WOOL SALES.

    At the colonial wool sales this evening the market was firm. Prices for faulty sorts were irregular. July 22. ...

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  52. RAILWAY REBATE.

    A good deal of comment is made among the colliery proprietors with reference to the circular which has been issued to the various collieries by the District Superintendent of Railways in ...

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  53. QUEENSLAND.

    In the Assembly to-day, Mr. Cross moved the second reading of a bill to abolish attachment for wages. Mr. Tozer declared himself in favour of the principle on the ground that it was better to ...

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  54. MASONIC NEWS.

    The annual installation of the Glebe Masonic Lodge No. 96 U.G.L., New South Wales, took place in the Glebe Town Hall on Wednesday evening in the presence of a large ...

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  55. DEATH OF MR. MUNDELLA.

    The Right Hon. A. J. Mundella, M.P. for the Brightside division of Sheffield, and formerly President of the Board of Trade, who was lately stricken with ...

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  56. N.S.W. MORTGAGE, LOAN, AND AGENCY COMPANY.

    The New South Wales Mortgage, Loan, and Agency Company, Limited, is issuing 160,000 4 per cent, debentures at 98. Of this number 99,521 have been ...

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  57. TO-DAY.

    The Commercial Banking Company of Sydney, Limited: Half-yearly General Meeting of the Shareholders, Head Banking House, George-street, noon. Seventh Infantry St. George's Rifles: Public Meeting, ...

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  58. TASMANIA.

    Lady Gormanston and her son left Launceston, per Coogee, to-day, for Melbourne, whence she goes to England. Mr. Rawlinson, private secretary, accompanies her to Melbourne. Viscount ...

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  59. ENGLISH RACING.

    The Prince of Wales's horse Persimmon has been scratched for the Goodwood Cup. CEYLON GOLDLN TIPS, the finest Tea obtainable, exceptional value at 2s 3d, 1s 9d, 1s 6d, 1s 2d per ...

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  60. SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    In the Assembly the Treasurer stated that the Cyanide Patent Amendment had been allowed in June, 1896, without the knowledge and to the regret of the Government, through inappreciation ...

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  61. THE LATE SIR PATRICK JENNINGS.

    Reference was made at this week's meeting of the municipal council to the valuable services rendered to the Bogan (now Dubbo) electorate by the late Sir Patrick Jennings whilst its senior representative in ...

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