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PASTORALISTS AND SHEARERS.
Yesterday the Pastoralists' Union received a number of reports of the progress of shearing matters in the country. Warra weena station, in the Bourke district, started shearing on the 17th ...
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THE FIRE AT LAWLER'S BUILDING. THE DEMOLITION OF THE WALLS
It was not till almost noon yesterday that the firemen ceased playing water on to the ruins of Lawler's building, George-street, which on Saturday night had been destroyed. By that time all the ...
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VICTORIA. [BY TELEGRAPH.] (FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT.) THE SPEIGHT v. SYME LIBEL ACTION.
The Speight v. Syme libel action this morning entered upon the 74th day of hearing. Mr. Duffy addressed the jury on behalf of the plaintiff, and had not concluded when the Court rose. ...
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SPECIAL CABLES.
Great fires have occurred in the forests of the State of Minnesota, U.S.A. Six hundred people who were unable to escape from the rapidly-advancing flames ...
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SPECIAL CABLES. FROM THE HERALD'S LONDON CORRESPONDENTS.
China is raising a forced loan of 10,000,000dol. locally (nearly £1,250,000) for the purposes of the war with Japan. ...
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The Sydney Morning Herald.
Six towns have been destroyed and 600 people have lost their lives by forest fires in the State of Minnesota, U.S.A. CHINA is raising, locally, a forced loan of ...
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THE RAILWAY EARNINGS.
The railway earnings for the week ended the 30th August amounted to £41,130, as compared with £40,114 for the corresponding week of last year. The aggregate earnings to this date from ...
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THE JAPANESE RECONNOITRING.
The Chinese report that on Thursday the Japanese reconnoitred Port Arthur, a seaport in the province of Lias-Tong, on the Strait of Pe-chi-li, upon which they ...
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DISSOLUTION OF PARLIAMENT.
A proclamation dissolving Parliament will be issued to-morrow. The present Parliament was elected two years and four months ago. Writs for the election of the new Parliament will be ...
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[BY TELEGRAPH.] (FROM OUR CORRESPONDENTS.) SERIOUS AFFRAY IN QUEENSLAND.
Affairs in the West have taken a serious turn, so serious, in fact, as to justify the statement recently made in the House by the Colonial Secretary that the strike had developed into an ...
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AUSTRALIAN FEDERATION.
The executive of the Australasian Federation League has decided to ask each Parliamentary candidate if he will support a measure for the federation of Australia. ...
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ENSLAVING SOUDANESE GIRLS.
The Khedive of Egypt, Abbas Pasha, has countermanded an order which had been given for holding a court-martial upon three pashas at Cairo, including ...
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THE FREETRADE TRIUMPH.
In an article upon the prospects of the federal movement in Australia, the London Times states that the triumph of freetrade in New South Wales, and the ...
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SHIPMENT OF LIVE STOCK.
An important shipment of live stock arrived by the steamer Thermopyl[?] from London to-day for Sydney. The consignment includes a Hereford bull, three thoroughbred entires, and a yearling ...
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THE WHEAT MARKET.
The cargo of South Australian wheat, ex Primus, which left Port Pirie on the 4th May, has been sold at about 23s per quarter. ...
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ATTEMPTS AT THE SUNKEN SHIP CAPE VERDE.
Raising the Cape Verde has been finally abandoned, and the vessel will now be removed by explosives. ...
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THE CONTROL OF SAMOA.
The Berlin journal Vossische Zeitung publishes an article commenting upon the state of affairs in Samoa, where the German cruiser Buzzard and H.M.S. ...
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MRS. ANNIE BESANT.
Mrs. Annie Besant opened her lecturing tour in Australia by addressing a large audience in the Bijou Theatre to night upon "Dangers that Threaten Society." Mrs. Besant was ...
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THE PRICE OF SILVER.
Bar silver is quoted at 2s 6 3-16d per ounce standard, being a decrease of 1-16d on the previous quotation. ...
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THE WAR IN SAMOA.
Details came to hand to-day of the fighting in Samoa, in which the English and German warships took part. It seems that the King, despairing of bringing the rebels to subjection, and ...
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INQUEST ON FIREMAN BROWN.
The City Coroner held an inquest at the headquarters station of the fire brigade yesterday, relative to the death of Fireman Brown. Evidence was given that Fireman Brown was 43 ...
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THE APPROACHING GENERAL ELECTION.
The candidates to be put forward by the labour party at the approaching general election will oppose any reduction in the Customs duties on articles which can be manufactured in Victoria, ...
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ATTACKS ON THE GREEK ARMY.
In revenge for attacks made on the army by the Akropolis, a newspaper published in Athens, 130 officers and soldiers have wrecked the office of that journal. ...
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A YOUNG GIRL MURDERED.
Fanny Mott, aged 19, daughter of a farmer at Daragon, near Horsham, was found dead this morning near her brother's farmhouse. She went out last night to attend some horses with a young ...
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THE STEAMER MIOWERA.
The steamer Miowera, of Mr. James Huddart's Canadian-Australian line, which recently grounded while on an excursion to Norway, and which has since been ...
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PROPOSED ACTION BY THE FEDERAL PASTORALISTS' UNION.
The outrages by unionists on the free shearers have had a deep effect on the pastoralists, who, on all sides, are urging the Pastoralists' Union to maintain the struggle. There is no lack of ...
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THE BARQUE CAMBUS WALLACE ASHORE.
A telegram from Southport states that the barque Cambus Wallace, from Glasgow, is ashore on Stradbroke Island, about 15 miles south of Southport. One of the seamen swam ashore, and reported ...
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WESTERN AUSTRALIAN GOLD MINES.
Mr. Calvert has registered the Consolidated Gold Mines Company of Western Australia, with a capital of £90,000, to acquire a number of properties. Twenty ...
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OPENING OF THE INQUEST ON THE FIRE.
The same jury was then empannelled to hold an inquest relative to the origin of the fire. With the Coroner and officers of the brigade they visited the scene, and then the inquest was adjourned till the ...
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STATEMENT BY THE DISTRICT SECRETARY.
Statements that have been made to the effect that numbers of men are working in various districts under the conference of verbal agreement are characterised by the district ...
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THE QUARANTINE HULK FARAWAY.
The breaking-up of the old quarantine vessel Faraway has resulted in some anxiety being caused to officers of the Sydney Municipal Council. Information was received on the 31st ...
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BOOT TRADE STRIKE IN VICTORIA.
The executive of the Victorian Operative Bootmakers' Union to-day called out the men from some 55 factories in which the wages paid are below the "statement" price of 1892. Up to ...
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FUNERAL OF FIREMAN BROWN.
It had been arranged that the funeral of Fireman Brown should leave the headquarters station at half-past 1 o'clock Long before that hour the neighbourhood of the building was thronged ...
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POLICE PROTECTION LN THE ALBURY DISTRICT.
The managers of the Cocketgedong and North Goonambil stations have applied for police protection. It is stated that the union men are annoying the free labourers at Cocketgedong. Goonambil starts ...
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WRECK AT THE MALDIVE ISLANDS.
In our shipping columns the other day it was stated that news had reached Sydney of an accident to the well-known steamer Erlangen while on a voyage from Singapore to Hamburg, ...
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PROSECUTION OF A SHEARER.
A man named Yohansan was charged this morning, at the police court, with unlawfully assembling with a lot of others and committing riotous acts in the public thoroughfare. According to the ...
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MEETING IN THE PROTESTANT HALL.
A public meeting was held in the Protestant Hall, Castlereagh-street, lost night, to hear a statement by Mr. J. Medway Day on the dispute between the pastoralists and shearers. Mr. J. A. ...
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COMPLETION OF CIRCULAR QUAY.
It was mentioned some days ago that the Government had decided to spend £40,000 in completion; the western side of Circular Quay. It seems that there is an unexpended balance of ...
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RIOTERS COMMITTED FOR TRIAL.
The case of M'Oid and Coleman, who were charged with riot, was heard to-day before the police magistrate from Wilcannia. Senior-constable Nolan prosecuted, and both the accused ...
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THE GRASSMERE AFFRAY.
To-day I visited the wounded men in gaol. They were located in what is known as the gaol hospital. The cell was clean and well ventilated, the men were on proper hospital beds, and every attention ...
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LATE SHIPPING.
ADELAIDE.—Arrivals: September S. Orient, R.M.S., from Sydney; Waroonga (s.), from Melbourne; Buninyong (s.), from Melbourne. Departure; September 3, Bullarra (s.), for Melbourne. ...
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