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  2. THE DEAN CASE.

    The inquiries into the circumstances surrounding the North Shore poisoning case are still being pursued by the investigating committee, and the services of an astute private detective have resulted ...

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  3. PROSPECTS OF FEDERATION.

    Sir James Patterson, ex-Premier of Victoria, has arrived in Sydney on a brief holiday trip He is staying at the Australia Hotel, and intends to remain here about a week. His ...

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  4. THE WARSHIPS.

    Two of the ships belonging to the Australian Squadron arrived in harbour on Saturday. The Orlando, with his Excellency the Commander-inChief on board, was first to put in an appearance. ...

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  5. COUNTRY NEWS.

    Dr. Ashburton Thompson, of the Board of Health, in response to a request from tho hospital committee, arrived on Tuesday, and concluded his inquiries and inspections yesterday. He ...

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  6. VICTORIA.

    The Premier has received a reply from Mr. Kingston, Premier of South Australia, to his letter protesting against the proposed treaty between South Australia and New Zealand for the ...

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  7. SPECIAL CABLES.

    Tenders for the 3½ per cent. loan of £750,000 issued by the Government of Western Australia will be oponed on Thursday next. ...

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  8. SPECIAL CABLES.

    A terrible disaster has occurred in the Valley of the Moselle, Department of Vosges, France. At an early hour on ...

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  9. SPECIAL CABLES.

    The St. Petersburg Nova Vremya states that the parloyings between Russia and Japan have assumed a favourable tone, and that the difficulty will soon be ...

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  10. MEETING AT MARRICKVILLE.

    A largely-attended and enthusiastic meeting of the residents of Marrickville was held in the Excelsior Hall on Saturday night for the purpose of advocating the appointment of a Royal Commission to ...

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  11. MELBOURNE CLEARING HOUSE RETURNS.

    The Melbonrne Clearing House returns for tho week ended the 22nd April amount to £2,140,990, being a decrease of £85,233 as compared with the corresponding week of last year. The total since ...

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  12. SERIOUS ACCIDENTS.

    A kangaroo-shooter on Terry Hie Hie station, named Morrow, met with a serious accident last night. Ho was sitting near a fire loading cartridges, when a spark ignited the gunpowder. He ...

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  13. H.M.S. KATOOMBA.

    Captain John E. Meryon has been appointed to succeed Captain Baker, of H.M.S Katoomba. Captain Meryon was until recently captain ...

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  14. FRAUDULENT STAMPING OF GUNS.

    The action Greener v. Abrabams, in which the plaintiff, who is a well-known English gunmaker, sought to recover £10,000 damages from the firm of H. A. Abrabams and Co., for loss ...

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  15. ANOTHER ARTESIAN BORE.

    An artesian supply of water has been struck at a depth of 2110ft., yielding 80,000 gallons daily Its temperature is 100. BALLINA, Saturday. ...

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  16. MARK TWAIN.

    Mark Twain (Mr. Samuel L. Clemens), the American humourist, will visit Australia on a lecturing tour at the end of the year. ...

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  17. THE COMING COURT-MARTIALS.

    Not previously in the history of the navy on this station has an admiral been called upon to order court-martials such as have fallen to the lot of Admiral Bridge. It is a painful duty in ...

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  18. MADAME MODJESKA.

    Madame Modjeska, the Russian actress, was recently expelled from Warsaw in consequence of an anti-Russian speech which she made at the Womon's Congress ...

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  19. VIOLENT DEATHS.

    Two violont deaths come under the notice of the police to-day. An old man named Barras Marks, aged 72, father of a wine shop keeper in Bourke-street, hanged himself during the night. His ...

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  20. FIRE IN A TOBACCO FACTORY.

    A disastrous fire broke out in the Mammoth Tobacco Factory at Montreal, Canada, in which 1000 hands wore employed. The stairs, the ordinary means ...

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  21. THE ENGLISH CRICKETERS.

    A sum of £100 has been subscribed on the London Stock Exchange for distribution among Ward, Brown, Peel, and Richardson, as a compliment for their ...

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  22. THE RETURN OF THE WALLAROO.

    Less a month the Wallaroo, one of the five cruisers specially built for the protection of Australasian commerce, has been away a year from Farm Cove, so that when the officers on board ...

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  23. THE CHITRAL EXPEDITION.

    The late Captain Baird, who was Killed during the siege of Chitral, was fatally wounded in a sortie made by the garrison from Chitral Fort. The enemy ...

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  24. QUEENSLAND.

    The Hon. H. Tozer and the Parliamentary party, who have been touring the northern portion of the colony, returned to Brisbane this evening. All the members are highly pleased with the ...

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  25. FIRE AT A HOMESTEAD.

    Last night a fire broke out at Mr. James Cooke's homestead, Kangaroo Plains, when his hayshed and stables, together with 30 tons of bay, harness, and farming machinery, with the exception of a ...

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  26. THE LONDON SCANDAL.

    The trial of Oscar Wilde and Taylor, his associate, was commenced at the Central Criminal Court, Old Bailey, to-day. ...

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  27. RICH GOLD YIELDS AT BENDIGO.

    The event of the past week in the Bendigo mining district was a fine yield of 2oz. 6dwt. per ton from the New Chum Railway mine. The last stone broken is probably the richest in the ...

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  28. MEETING AT WAVERLEY.

    A public meeting to urge the appointment of a Royal Commission to inquire into the case of George Dean was held at the Tea Gardens Waverley, on Saturday night. Those present were addressed from ...

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  29. RESEARCHES IN LEPROSY.

    The National Leprosy Commission has [?]rded. a prize of 50 guineas to Dr. Ashburton Thompson, of Sydney, for his researches into the disease of leprosy. ...

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  30. MEETINGS.

    The fifth annual meeting of members of the above society was held in the Temperance Hall, on the 23rd April. The president of the society (Mr. J. H. Harris) occupied the chair. The report and ...

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  31. INTERCOLLEGIATE BOAT RACE.

    The annnnl intercollegiate eight-osred race was rowed on the Lower Yarra yesterday, and was won by Ormonde College after a closely contested race with the Trinity College representatives. The ...

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  32. TASMANIA.

    The Bank of Austral[?]ia has purchased the property in Central Elizabeth-street known as Dillon's Arcade. The R.M.S. Massilia, the last of the fruit ...

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  33. TESTING THE JAPANESE MARKET.

    With the view of testing the Japanese market for Victoria[?] meats and fruits, the Minister of Agriculture is making arrangements for an experimental shipment of live stock, apples, and ...

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  34. THE STAY AT SAMOA.

    So far as war went the Walla[?]oo saw none, "only threats and bits of squabbles" was the way an officer put it. There was no fighting, and, as far as the Wallaroo could see, the place ...

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  35. ENGLAND AND NICARAGUA.

    In consequence of a force of marines having been landed at Cormto from the British warships lying off that town, the Government of Nicaragua has declared ...

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  36. ABORIGINES PROTECTION ASSOCIATION.

    The newly-elected council of the Aborigines Protection Association held their first meeting on Wednesday afternoon. There were present the Revs. J. Bennett Anderson, R. Dev, E. T. Dunstan, ...

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  37. THE NEW ZEALAND BOWLING TEAM.

    The representatives of the bowling team from New Zealand played a closely-contested game with the Fitzroy Club yesterday, and won the game by two points. The scores were:—New ...

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  38. NEW ZEALAND.

    A sad boating accident has occurred in Manukan Harbour. Two brothers named Laurie, both married, each with his eldest son, went out fishing, A equail capsized the boat, and all the ...

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  39. MEETING FOR HEBREWS.

    On Saturday afternoon the monthly meeting for Hebrews was held in the Y.M.C. Association Hall, Pitt-street. The Rev. Mervyn Archdall, M.A., occupied the chair, and there was a large attendance ...

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  40. MEETING AT BOTANY.

    One of the largest meetings yet held in the Botany district took place on Saturday evening in connection with the Dean case. The meeting was addressed from the balcony of the Captain Cook Hotel, and ...

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  41. BISHOP-ELECT OF ADELAIDE.

    The Rev. J. R. Harmer, Bishop-elect of Adelaide, will be consecrated in Westminster Abbey, on Ascension Day, 23rd May. ...

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  42. THE WESTERN AUSTRALIAN GOLDFIELDS,

    The prospectors of the new find and Mr. Griffiths, who found the leasing money, returned to-day. They state that the discovery is 20 miles distant from Coolgardie and 50 miles south-west ...

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  43. INDEPENDENT ORDER OF GOOD TEMPLARS.

    The regular weekly meeting of the We Hope to Prosper took place in the Masonic Hall, Balmain, on Friday evening. Mr. Mercer, Grand Counsellor, presided, the business of the meeting being the ...

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  44. THE NEWCASTLE COAL TRADE.

    Work will be resumed at the Limbton Colliery on Monday, although with only two-thirds of the former number of miners. A contract has been let for the opening up of fresh places in the pit. ...

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  45. THE WAIRARAPA RELIEF FUND.

    The Wairarapa relief fund committee have distributed the balance in hand, of about £2000, as follows:—Mrs. M'Donald's children receive £750; Mrs M'Lean, widow of Alan M'Lean, steward, ...

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  46. PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS.

    Mr. O'Kelly has been elected to the House of Commons as the Nationalist member for East Wicklow, in place of Mr. John Sweetman, who recently seceded ...

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  47. THE CAPE FORGER.

    William Lippert, latoly a bank manager at Cape Town, South Africa, has been found guilty on soveral charges of forgery. He was sentenced to seven years' ...

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  48. ADELAIDE MILLING COMPANY.

    Mr. George S. Fowler, of the firm of D. and J. Fowler, of Adelaide and London, has purchased from the liquidators of the Bank of South Australia the proporties of ...

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  49. GOOD TEMPLARS.

    There was a very large attendance at the meeting held in the Good Templar Rooms, Pitt-street, Sydney, on Saturday evening, the Grand Chief, Mr. G.D. Clark, presiding. The report of the ...

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  50. PASTORAL INTELLIGENCE.

    The following stock movements are reported:— 100 store pigs, from Hovels Creek to Homebush, J. O'Connor owner; 30 fat bullocks, from Mulyan to Homebush, J. Fagan owner; 1000 ...

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  51. THE GOULBURN SYNOD.

    The Anglican Synod closed late last nignt The Provincial Church Ordinance Passed by Provincial Synods, which is intended to replace the Church Act, was adopted with amendments. The ...

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  52. CANADA AND NEWFOUNDLAND.

    The Parliament of Newfoundland has adjourned till the 9th May in order to enable Canada to refer to the British Government an important condition of the ...

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  53. THE WYALONG GOLDFIELD.

    The reported find at Billy's Lookout has not turned out so well as was expected, the alleged reef being rubble, with a little gold. The three-head prospecting battery plant is now complete, ...

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  54. GOLD-MINING IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

    The sultan of Coolgardie Gold-mining Company, Coolgardie, with a capital of £50,000, has been registered. ...

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  55. ANNANDALE BUS SERVICE.

    A large meeting was hald on. Friday evening from Newman's Hotel balcony, Johnston-street, Annandale, to agitate for permission to be given to Mr. Webster to run a 2d line of buses from Annandale ...

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  56. LECTURES.

    On Friday night Professor Scott, of the Sydney University, delivered the first of a series of 10 University extension lectures at the Glebe Town Hall. There was a, large attendance, about 70 ladies and ...

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  57. THE ORIENT COMPANY.

    At the annual general meeting of shareholders of the Orient Steam Navigation Company yesterday, Mr. F. Green, the managing director, expressed the hope ...

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  58. AUSTRALIAN GRAPES.

    Messrs. Keeling and Hunt, the wellKnown fruit merchants, have advised Mr. E. Burney Young, the South Australian produce manager, that it is useless to ship ...

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