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  2. NEWCASTLE.

    A collision of a serious nature between the British India steamer Bhundara and the Nova Scotian barque Highlands occurred in the Newcastle harbour shortly before 6 o'clock on Saturday evening, ...

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  3. COUNTRY NEWS.

    The Bungendore troop of the Australian Horse was formed here to-day. Lieutenant and Adjutant Thompson selected the men and horses. The men were sworn in at the courthouse by Messrs. N. ...

    Article : 85 words
  4. CUBAN REBELLION.

    Senor Sagasta, the Spanish Premier, has offered to grant autonomy to the Cubans, with the suzerainty of Spain. The insurgent leaders refused to accept ...

    Article : 117 words
  5. VICTORIA.

    Councillor M'Eacharn was unanimously elected Mayor of Melbourne at the quarterly meeting of the City Council on Saturday. The new Mayor, who assumes office next month, was heartily ...

    Article : 78 words
  6. INDIAN FRONTIER WAR.

    General Sir W. S. A. Lockhart, the Commander-in-Chief of the expedition against the Afridis, has issued, a notification to the tribesmen that terms of peace ...

    Article : 75 words
  7. SPECIAL CABLES.

    Major F. Lugard, C.B., of the Norfolk Regiment, who is serving in West Africa under the Royal Niger Company, and three of the officers have been sent from ...

    Article : 113 words
  8. The Sydney Morning Herald.

    It is stated by the "Times" that Russia promised to uphold the French claims in regard to Egypt, but when pressed to support them by resolute action she begged France to rely upon ...

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  9. FIRE IN AN ENGINE-SHED.

    About 4 o'clock this morning the railway engineshed was totally destroyed by fire. At the time of the occurrence five engines were in the shed, and only one was removed intact, the others being ...

    Article : 90 words
  10. THE BANKING RETURNS.

    The Victorian banking returns for the quarter ended September show the following variations as compared with the June quarter:—Notes in circulation, decrease £35,899; Government deposits, ...

    Article : 57 words
  11. THE FRENCH ARMY.

    The French Budget Committee has rejected the proposal to increase the effective strength of the army by the enrolment of an additional 12,000 men. ...

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  12. NEW CITY ABATTOIRS.

    At a meeting of the City Council yesterday plans were adopted for the construction of new city abattoirs at a cost of £12,000. The new abattoirs will represent the very latest ideas in ...

    Article : 58 words
  13. ILLNESS OF MR. JOSEPH MITCHELL.

    Mr. Joseph Mitchell has had a serious relapse. A consultation was held a few days ago by Drs. Cumming (Bulli) and Wade (Wollongong) and a Sydney physician. Very little hope of Mr. Mitchell's ...

    Article : 49 words
  14. BRITISH GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS.

    The select committee of the House of Commons appointed last year to consider the working of the fair wages resolution of 1891 (calling for the payment of ...

    Article : 83 words
  15. A LINE OF TELEGRAPH WANTED.

    Great dissatisfaction is expressed on all sides at the delay which is taking place in the erection of the telegraph line between Wilcannia and White Cliffs, the tender for which was accepted by the department ...

    Article : 62 words
  16. THE NIECE OF THE CUBAN PRESIDENT.

    The niece of General Cisneros, President of the Cuban Republic, a beautiful young woman of 20, who was recently arrested by the Spanish authorities on a ...

    Article : 136 words
  17. THE SITUATION IN CRETE.

    The Porte, in a note to the Powers, recapitulates the grievances of the Mussulmans in Crete, and demands a settlement. ...

    Article : 34 words
  18. THE GENERAL ELECTIONS.

    It has been definitely arranged to issue free railway tickets to enable the electors casually engaged by the Railway Department on the regarding works to proceed to their constituencies for the ...

    Article : 48 words
  19. FIRE AT HILLSTON.

    Mr. H. J. C. Terry's residence at Iona, near Hillston, was burnt to the ground last night. The property and furniture lost were valued at £1200, and were not insured. ...

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  20. MONEY ORDERS FROM WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

    During the past nine months sums totalling £326,248 have been transmitted by money orders from Western Australia to Victoria. The amounts so transmitted during the whole of last year ...

    Article : 36 words
  21. THE TURKS IN THESSALY.

    Twenty thousand Turkish soldiers are being sent to Thessaly to replace the troops who were disabled in the late war. It is believed that the object of the ...

    Article : 56 words
  22. ELECTRIC LIGHT FOR PRIVATE ESTABLISHMENTS.

    The City Council has decided to undertake the supply of electric light to private establishments. It is estimated that the council will make a profit of about £1200 per annum. ...

    Article : 96 words
  23. BANK OF AUSTRALASIA.

    Speaking at the half-yearly meeting of the shareholders of the Bank of Australasia to-day, the Earl of Lichfield, ono of the board of directors, ...

    Article : 145 words
  24. THE GERMAN EMPEROR.

    A sharp debate has taken place at Munich, in the Diet of the Kingdom of Bavaria. The leaders of the Centre and the Social Democrats complained that the ...

    Article : 56 words
  25. MR. DAVID MURRAY.

    Mr. David Murray, of the firm of D. and J. Murray, of Adelaide, is a passenger for South Australia by the P. and O. steamer Australia, which sailed from ...

    Article : 38 words
  26. THE RECENT PITFALL.

    The Wickham and Bullock Island Colliery, which has been idle since the 1st instant on account of the fall which took place on the morning of that day in the old abandoned workings in the Basin district, ...

    Article : 214 words
  27. TASMANIA.

    A deputation from the West Coast Railway League waited on the members of the Ministry on Saturday, to obtain information concerning the Great Western Railway, especially concerning ...

    Article : 224 words
  28. AN ADELAIDE SPORTSMAN.

    Mr. R. M. Hawker, of Adelaide, who has been so successful with the gun in England and on the Continent, has gone to Somaliland, in Africa, to shoot big ...

    Article : 40 words
  29. EMPEROR OF COREA.

    The King of Corea, Li-Hi, has been proclaimed Emperor. Li-Hi, the [?]ereditary and absolute monarch of Corea, succeeded to the throne in 1864, the ...

    Article : 69 words
  30. NEW ZEALAND.

    The earthquake shocks which have been going on for some time in the Taupo district have brought down large quantities of debris from the cliffs and the hills. Some boulders, estimated to ...

    Article : 86 words
  31. LONDON WOOL SALES.

    At the colonial wool sales this evening best wools were strong. Faulties were irregular. The following rates were realised:— ...

    Article : 101 words
  32. THE EGYPTIAN QUESTION.

    The "Times" states that Russia promised to uphold the French claims in regard to Egypt, but when pressed to support them by resolute action she begged ...

    Article : 54 words
  33. THE STRIKE AT LUCKNOW.

    Some of the men on strike at Lucknow continue to look forward patiently to the occurrence of some event which they say will assuredly turn the scale in their favour, the expected event being the ...

    Article : 788 words
  34. CAUGHT BY A SOUTHERLY BURSTER.

    A boat containing five men was caught off Kiama this afternoon by a boutherly burster which sprang up at 3 o'clock. The boat filled and sank. One of the occupants reached the shore in a very exhausted ...

    Article : 829 words
  35. FATAL FIRE AT CARDIFF.

    A sad catastrophe occurred at Cardiff at an early hour yesterday morning, when a married woman named Mary Outram and two of her children aged 8 and 5 years were burnt to death. It appears that ...

    Article : 878 words
  36. THE SOUDAN CAMPAIGN.

    It was recently announced that the railway across the desert from Wady Halfa had been completed to Abu Hamed, between the fourth and fifth cataracts of the ...

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  37. THE CANADIAN PACIFIC LINE.

    By the Warrimoo, which armed in Sydney early yesterday morning, Mr. Thel Huddart, one of the directors of the firm of Huddart, Parker, and Co. came to Sydney on a short visit. Mr. Huddart has ...

    Article : 531 words
  38. THE DIFFICULTY AT THE PROPRIETARY MINE.

    The labour difficulty on the Proprietary referred to in Friday night's telegram, beyond temporary inconvenience, will probably prove only a trivial affair. Mr. Stewart, general manager, asserted yesterday ...

    Article : 328 words
  39. SWIMMING IN SCOTLAND.

    Percy Cavill, the Australian amateur champion swimmer, has been ordered by his medical attendant to return to Sydney. He will leave London on the 25th instant. ...

    Article : 97 words
  40. FIGHTING IN BRAZIL.

    Further reports concerning the recent fighting at Canudos, in Brazil, between the Government troops and the followers of Conselheiro, the religious fanatic, state ...

    Article : 54 words
  41. QUEENSLAND.

    An important deputation of south-western pastoralists waited upon the Minister for Lands on Friday to lay before him their position owing to the reduced carrying capacity of the runs, ...

    Article : 109 words
  42. TYPHOID IN KENT.

    Since the outbreak of the epidemic of typhoid at Maidstone, in Kent, there have been 1550 cases. Many persons are being inoculated as a ...

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  43. WESTERN AUSTRALIAN MINING.

    The current month opened well with crushings, and there is every prospect that another record will be established. The returns to date are:—Coolgardie, 1538 tons, 3036oz.; Kalgoorlie, ...

    Article : 262 words
  44. THE ENGINEERS' STRIKE.

    Mr. John Burns, M.P., has made an appeal to 1,000,000 unionists in Great Britain to subscribe each 2½d per week if they wish the engineers to succeed in ...

    Article : 43 words
  45. SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    Yesterday afternoon while the Salvation Army was holding service at Adelaide Gaol three desperate criminals, who were awaiting sentence at the Criminal Court, knocked down a warder in the ...

    Article : 224 words
  46. TO-DAY.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 318 words
  47. KEMPTON PARK OCTOBER MEETING.

    At the Kempton Park October meeting to day the contest for the principal event resulted as under:— IMPERIAL PRODUCE STAKES OF 3000 sovs., the ...

    Article : 171 words
  48. THE WEATHER.

    On Saturday while it was blowing in Sydney a disagreeably hot nor'-we[?]tor with the temperature up to 82' in the shade rain was falling in refreshing showers in the back blocks. A tropical depression ...

    Article : 219 words
  49. SLEEPING ACCOMMODATION FOR JURYMEN.

    The alleged chaff-stealing cases were continued till 11 o'clock Friday night, and on adjourning the foreman complained of the hardship of 12 jurymen sleeping in a room 20 by 20 on a warm night. The ...

    Article : 148 words
  50. LATE SHIPPING.

    City of Grafton, s., [?] tons, Captain D. Anthon, from clarence River October, 9. Passengers—Mrs. Cameron, Miss Peekburn, Miss N. Creagh, Messrs. T. R. Allt. Cronin, T. Kelly, H. Skearman, A. J. ...

    Article : 155 words
  51. WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

    The steamer Cornwall, 5500 tons, was berthed inside the river at Fremantle yesterday, being the largest steamer that has yet entered the river. ...

    Article : 27 words
  52. [?]

    Palming off counterfeits of Ogden's Guinea Gold Cigarettes. Beware of imitations. None genuine unless bearing Ogden's name.—Advt. ...

    Article : 21 words
  53. AS SWEET AS A [?].

    and much more digestible, are QUAKER OATS, Pure, olean, flaky. Free from HUSKS.—Advt. ...

    Article : 21 words
  54. ARRIVAL OF THE [?]

    The four-masted barque Benares, Captain James, fr[?] New York in Sydney, 96 days, was towed in by the Champion, and anchored in Watson's Bay at 2 a.m. ...

    Article : 52 words
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