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  2. COUNTRY NEWS. (FROM OUR CORRESPONDENTS.) METHODIST UNION.

    Returns to hand show an overwhelming majority in favour of Methodist union. Others yet to come cannot alter the result. CAMDEN, Wednesday. ...

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  3. AUSTRALIAN PARLIAMENTS. [BY TELEGRAPH.] (FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT.) QUEENSLAND.

    In the Legislative Council to-day the House went into committee to consider the messege of the Assembly on the Federation Enabling Bill. The message stated that the Assembly disagreed ...

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  4. SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    A meeting of the creditors of Messrs. Harrold Brothers was held at the office of the firm this afternoon. Nearly all the commercial interests of South Australia were represented. Mr. Henry ...

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  5. SPECIAL CABLES. FROM THE HERALD'S LONDON CORRESPONDENTS. THE SOUDAN EXPEDITION.

    Among the loot taken from the Dervishes at Dongola were a number of coats of mail and helmets dating from the Crusaders. ...

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  6. SPECIAL CABLES. FROM THE HERALD'S LONDON CORRESPONDENTS. EUROPEAN SITUATION.

    According to the Daily Chronicle's Paris correspondent, the French Foreign Office asserts that the Czar stated during his visit to Balmoral that if by some act ...

    Article : 80 words
  7. IN PARLIAMENT.

    Shortly after the Legislative Council met yesterday Mr. Pulsford moved the adjournment of the House to call attention to the sickness caused to certain residents of Waverley-strect, ...

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  8. The Sydney Morning Herald.

    In the Legislative Council yesterday, after formal business, the Water Rights Bill and the Municipal Council of Sydney Electric Lighting Bill were read the third time. ...

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  9. PUBLIC SERVICE BOARD.

    The members of the Public Service Board arrived last night. During the day they have been going through all the public departments. They leave tonight for Cowra. They inspected the courthouse. ...

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  10. THE SECTIONAL COMMITTEE.

    Information was received late to-night as to the movements of the sectional committee. They will arrive in Moree and take evidence on Monday and Tuesday, 5th and 6th October, and will leave for ...

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  11. MATABELELAND.

    Hostilities have been resumed in Matabeleland, and fighting has been proceeding in the neighbourhood of Mnzoe for three days. ...

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  12. THE TRANSVAAL GOLDFIELDS.

    A syndicate has "jumped" 400 mining claims on the Johannesburg goldfield. It is not likely, howover, that the syndicate will succeed in holding the claims. ...

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  13. CIRCUIT COURT.

    The Circuit Court was opened on Monday morning before Mr. Justice Cohen. Mr. Pring was Crown prosecutor. The calendar was an unusually lengthy one. George Wilcox, alias Nelson, was arraigned ...

    Article : 241 words
  14. CHINA AND JAPAN.

    The treaty of commerce entered into between China and Japan permits the Japanese to trade freely with China, and to build factories and to own real ...

    Article : 68 words
  15. ATTACK ON A MISSION STATION IN AFRICA.

    A large body of natives, estimated to number 2000, has sacked the English mission station at Irebon, on the Lower Congo, Africa. ...

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  16. CONVERTS TO ROME.

    Cardinal Vaughan, Archbishop of Westminster, states that the Pope has suggested the formation of a fund to assist married Anglican clergymen who become ...

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  17. SCARCITY OF FISH IN LAKE ILLAWARRA.

    For a cousiderable time past complaints have been made regarding the scarcity of fish in Lake Illawarra; and as the Commissioners of Fisheries have reported that the natural supply of fish in the waters of the ...

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  18. RUSSIA IN THIS EAST.

    Five large steamers have been added to the Russian commercial fleet in the East. ...

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  19. NATIONAL PROTECTION UNION.

    Last evening a public meeting of the electors of Paddington was held in the Paddington Town Hall for the purpose of considering the advisabilty of forming a branch of the National Protection Union. ...

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  20. THE CZAR IN SCOTLAND.

    The Czar and Ozarina, who are at prosent on a visit to the Queen at Balmoral Castle, will leave Portsmouth for the continent on Monday next. ...

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  21. CRUSHED TO DEATH.

    A man named Jones, in the employ of Mr. H. Shaw, while working at excavation in the gravel pits to-day was crushed by a fall of earth. When found his head and shoulders were terribly crushed and he ...

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  22. VICTORIA. [BY TELEGRAPH.] (FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT.) UNION TRUSTEES COMPANY OF AUSTRALIA.

    The half yearly meeting of the Union Trustees Company of Australia, Limited, was held to-day. The chairman (Aldennin Bayles) explained that the meeting was a formal one, called to comply ...

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  23. TASMANIA.

    In the Supreme Court to-day James S. Taylor, captain of the ferry steamer Kangaroo, was charged with the alleged manslanghter of Arthur A. Lambert, of Sydney, by running down a boat ...

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  24. NEW ZEALAND.

    The House of Representatives' Banking Committee has finished taking evidence. Hoani Taipua, formerly a native member of the House of Representatives, died to-day. ...

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  25. LORD MAYOR OF LONDON.

    Mr. George Faudel Phillips, alderman for the ward of Farringdon Within, has been elected Lord Mayor of London for the ensuing year. ...

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  26. THE REVENUE RETURNS.

    The revenue for the quarter ended to-day amounted to £1,544,002, showing a decrease of £7074 as compared with the corresponding quarter of last year. The decrease is accounted ...

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  27. THE BOGGABRI MURDER.

    The Circuit Court was opened to-day before Acting Judge Rogers. The Crown Prosecutor was Mr. Walter Edmunds. Two cousins, named John Frederick Dederer and William Benjamin Dederer, ...

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  28. THE UPPER NILE DISTRICT.

    It is reported that the King of the Belgians, on behalf of the Congo Free State, is annexing Lado and other places on the Upper Nile, with the view of opening the ...

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  29. THE ABATTOIRS COMMITTEE.

    The select committes appointed to inquire into the abattoirs and the meat supply of Sydney, which recently visited Melbourne, returned to Sydney yesterday. The party consisted of Messrs. Hawthorne ...

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  30. VICTORIA.

    In the Assembly to-day the Minister for Customs stated that the Attorney-General had received a confidential report regarding the smuggling of cattle and sheep across the Lower ...

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  31. AMUSEMENTS. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.

    ** A Trip to Chicago," which was produced at Her Majesty's Theatre last night by the Cosgrove Musical Comedy Company, is a piece evidently framed to meet a supposed demand for a sequel to ...

    Article : 537 words
  32. PRINCE RANJITSINHJ[?].

    Prince Ranjitsinhji, the Indian cricketer, was banquoted at Cambridge last night. A letter was received from Mr. H. ...

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  33. SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    In the Council this afternoon, Mr. Fuller moved for the appointment of a select committee to inquire into the resignation of the junior medical officers of the hospital. The debate was ...

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  34. QUEENSLAND.

    A large number of members of both Houses of Parliament met at Parliament House this morning to discuss a scheme for connecting the Central and Northern railway systems of the colony by ...

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  35. LONDON CABMEN.

    The striko of a section of the London cabdrivers against the privileged railway cabs is assuming considerable dimensions. Over 1000 drivers are now idle. ...

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  36. GOLDFIELDS OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

    An important change has occurred in the Iode at the Sir John Forrest mine. The eustern side of the Marilana lode, which was followed for 200ft. close to the boundary of the Maritana, has changed from ...

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  37. SHEARING SEASON.

    The steamer Success left here on Monday for Echuca, having on board the following clips:— Yanga, 219 bales; Oxley, 61; E. T., 12: Tupra, 165: Till Till, 164; Paika, 109; Freemount, 34; ...

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  38. THE THREATENED SHIPPING STRIKE.

    In the event of an international shipping strike being entered upon, the shipowners of France, Germany, Holland, Belgium, and Nonway will form an international ...

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  39. WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

    In the Assembly this evening Sir John Forrest moved the second reading of the Loan Bill for £3,500,000. The House agreed to the motion after a few members had spoken in favour of it. ...

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  40. BALL AT THE WALKER HOSPITAL.

    Last night the matron and the nursing staff of the Walker Hospital gave a hall at the institution. The building was beautifully decorated, and the gathoring was a complete success. There were 75 couples ...

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  41. NEW ZEALAND.

    The Lagislative Council has thrown out the Eight Hours Bill by a majority of two. ...

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  42. LONDON WOOL SALES.

    At the London wool sales last evening there was spirited competition amongst buyers for the home trade. Inferior sorts were a shade weaker. Cambridge clip ...

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  43. THE COROWA SHOW.

    The Twentieth annual show was opened to-day All sections were well filled, except sheep. There was an exceptional display of wines and farm implements. The weather was magnificent The ...

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  44. PASTORAL INTELLIGENCE.

    Stock passings: 15,000 [?]w[?]s passed Mogil Mogil from Bullumont, Queensland, to Burren stutiou, R. W. Barton owner. The following stock ara on the road from Collarendabri:— 2000 wethers, Loongulla ...

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  45. TO-DAY.

    Australasian Federation League: Address by the Hon. John Douglas, Sydney Toun Hall, 8 p.m. Promenade Concert and Sale of Work in aid of the Woollahra Presbyterian Church: Paddington Town Hall, ...

    Article : 168 words
  46. FREEHOLD TRUST COMPANY OF AUSTRALIA.

    The annual report of the directors of the Freehold Trust Company of Australia shows a profit of £6216. A dividend at the rate of 10 por cent, per annum is ...

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  47. INSTITUTION FOR DEAF AND BLIND, SYDNEY.

    A lecture in connection with the Young Men's Mutual Improvement Society of the Adult Deaf was given by Dr. J. W. Watson on Monday evening on "The skin—its structures, functions, &c." Much ...

    Article : 93 words
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