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  2. THE LAND BILL. OPINIONS OF PROMINENT POLITICIANS.

    The Land Bill which was introduced by Mr. Carruthers in the Assembly on Thursday evening has been favourably received on all sides; and it is regarded by Government supporters as a good ...

    Article : 367 words
  3. SHIPPING CASUALTIES. WRECK OF A SYDNEY-OWNED VESSEL.

    Still another loss is to be added to the many shipping casualties that within the past month have happened on the Australian coast. The Sea Nymph, of Sydney, owned by Messrs. W. S. ...

    Article : 289 words
  4. COUNTRY NEWS. [BY TELEGRAPH.] (FROM OUR CORRESPONDENTS.) THE FLOOD IN THE EDWARDS.

    The selectors who were flooded out some time back on the Bama-road have not been able to return to their farms since, and it is said that if the River Murray keeps up it will be many weeks ...

    Article : 80 words
  5. VICTORIA.

    Mr. Justice Williams continued his summing up in the libel action, Speight v. Syme, to-day. On the question of political influence he put it to the jury that it would be open to them to find ...

    Article : 76 words
  6. SPECIAL CABLES.

    A sensational diamond robbery is reported to have been perpetrated in London. Three bogus diamond merchants ...

    Article : 74 words
  7. SPECIAL CABLES.

    It is reported that the district of Eusan, in Southern Corea, has risen against the Japanese. It is feared that the rebels will make an ...

    Article : 78 words
  8. The Sydney Morning Herald.

    A 3½ per cent. New South Wales loan of £832,000 has been placed on the London market. The minimum is fixed at 100, and tenders will be opened on the 20th instant. ...

    Article : 6,688 words
  9. PLOUGHING MATCHES AT GOULBURN.

    The annual ploughing matches under the auspices of the Morrilla, Mummell, and Parkesbourne Farmers' Association were held to-day, and were will attended. The ploughing was ...

    Article : 987 words
  10. QUEENSLAND. [BY TELEGRAPH.] (FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT.) THE SUSPENSION OF LABOUR MEMBERS.

    A public meeting was held in the Centennial Hall to-night to criticise the action of the Government and their supporters in suspending eight members of the Parliamentary labour party for ...

    Article : 203 words
  11. ILLNESS OF MR. J. A. FROUDE.

    Mr. J. A. Froude, the historian, is Buffering from illness. ...

    Article : 18 words
  12. FRANCE AND MADAGASCAR.

    There are indications that France intends establishing an arsenal and a fleet in Madagascar. SEPT. 14. ...

    Article : 43 words
  13. MR. A. CHAPMAN THINKS THE BILL A GOOD AND COMPREHENSIVE ONE.

    Mr. Austin Chapman, the member for Braidwood and a prominent figure in the ranks of the country party, thinks that the Minister has brought forward a very good, comprehensive measure, and ...

    Article : 607 words
  14. BISHOP WEBBER.

    Dr. Webber, Bishop of Brisbane, will sail on his return to Queensland in the Orient R.M.S. Ormuz on 9th November. A sum of £3550 has been subscribed for ...

    Article : 44 words
  15. A NEW SOUTH WALES LOAN.

    A 3½ per cent. New South Wales loan of £832,000 has been placed on the London market. The minimum is fixed at 100. Tenders will be opened on the 20th ...

    Article : 91 words
  16. PARTICULARS OF THE VESSEL.

    The Sea Nymph quite lately cost her owners a large sum of money in remasting and refitting her after she met with a rough handling off Port Stephens. It may be remembered that she had a ...

    Article : 107 words
  17. THE MINISTER FOR LANDS WELL SATISFIED.

    Mr. Carr[?]thers says he is very well satisfied with the reception given to his Land Bill. "I did not expect everybody to agree with it," he said to a Herald reporter yesterday, "but a ...

    Article : 1,055 words
  18. SILVER.

    Bar silver is quoted to-day at 2s 5 9-16d per ounce, being a rise of ¼d since last quotation. Broken Hill Proprietary shares are ...

    Article : 34 words
  19. SUPPOSED DEATH FROM STARVATION.

    The police report that a swag, pack-saddle, and bags have been found by John Lilly, 40 miles from L[?]anrheidol, with the following note in poncil:—" Eleven days no food; trying to ...

    Article : 204 words
  20. THE INSURANCES.

    The Sea Nymph is insured locally, the Victoria Insurance Company having the prime for £800. That sum is reinsured in various offices. The cargo is in the Sydney Lloyds, insured by the ...

    Article : 35 words
  21. THE WYALONG GOLDFIELD.

    The gross crushing returns from the Barmedman battery of Wyalong stone from 4th September to 12th September were 52 tons, in three parcels, giving a gross return of 110oz. 16dwt. of smelted ...

    Article : 589 words
  22. THE STEAMER COLONIST STILL LYING ON THE BEACH.

    With the change of wind yesterday along the coast to the southward, the prospects of floating the steamer Colonist off the Oyster Bank at Newcastle have not improved. It is regretted that ...

    Article : 185 words
  23. THE AUSTRALIAN NAVAL STATION.

    H.M.S. Pylades, a screw cruiser of the third-class, has been commissioned for service on the Australian station, and will shortly leave for Sydney. ...

    Article : 34 words
  24. TO-DAY.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 194 words
  25. THE MINERS' STRIKE IN SCOTLAND.

    The Scotch miners on strike have agreed to resume work at their former rates of wages. ...

    Article : 24 words
  26. NEW ZEALAND. (BY CABLE.] (FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT.) AMALGAMATION OF BANKS.

    The proposed agreement for the amalgamation of the Bank of New Zealand and the Colonial Bank was submitted to the Legislative Assembly to-day. It proposas that a board be set up to ...

    Article : 236 words
  27. THE FIRE IN LONDON.

    The damage caused by the extensive fire at Bermondsey, where three warehouses were gutted, amounts to £80,000. ...

    Article : 25 words
  28. GROUNDING OF THE BENARES.

    An inquiry was held this afternoon by the local Marine Board into the grounding of the fourmasted barque Benares, on the 11th instant, when leaving the A. A. Company's shoots. ...

    Article : 238 words
  29. FIRE AT DARLING POINT.

    About 4 o'clock yesterday morning a fire was discovered in the stables and outhouse situated in the grounds of Mr. Duncan M'Masters, Keira, Thornton-street, Darling Point. Mr. E. ...

    Article : 369 words
  30. AUSTRALIAN APPEAL CASES.

    Mr. John Plummer, of Sydney, has written a letter to the Times advocating that the Imperial Government should select an Australian Judge to sit on the ...

    Article : 47 words
  31. MR. E. W. O'SULLIVAN THINKS THE BILL CONTAINS ADMIRABLE PROVISIONS, BUT CONTAINS OPENINGS FOR JOBBERY AND CORRUPTION.

    The member for Queanbeyan, who has been many times a delegate to the conference of the farmers and free selectors, said he bad not yet had time to consider the bill in detail. ...

    Article : 948 words
  32. MR. SIMON FRASER.

    Mr. Simon Fraser, one of the Victorian delegates to the late Ottawa Conference, will return to Melbourne by the R.M.S. Australia, which sails from London on ...

    Article : 34 words
  33. THE FOREIGN INSURANCE COMPANIES DEPOSIT BILL.

    The Foreign Insurance Companies Deposit Bill, which has been introduced into Parliament, provides that any foreign company commencing life assurance business hereafter, or now carrying on; ...

    Article : 160 words
  34. SHIPMENT OF LIVE CATTLE TO ENGLAND.

    The steamer Maori King, which left Sydney on 13th July, for London, via Wellington, with a shipment of live cattle, has arrived. The fat cattle are in good ...

    Article : 161 words
  35. LOSS OF A FISHING KETCH.

    The Wild Wave, fishing ketch, was wrecked west of Sandy Cape. The crew, consisting of Messrs. Boag and Cartledge, are supposed to have been drowned. ...

    Article : 32 words
  36. AUSTRALASIAN PARLIAMENTS. [BY TELEGRAPH.] (FROM OUR CORRESPONDENTS.) WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

    The Loan Bill occupied the attention of the Assembly for the whole of last night and well into this morning. The debate was very animated at times, especially as several members indulged ...

    Article : 234 words
  37. WESTERN AUSTRALIAN GOLDFIELDS.

    The objectors to the granting of leases to the successful applicants for the forfeiture of the Londonderry North and South blocks contended that the process of making application for the ...

    Article : 301 words
  38. THE SCHEME OF CONSOLS.

    Under the bill providing for the scheme of consols in New Zealand, deposits not to exceed in the aggregate one million sterling may be received, bearing interest at 4 per cent. Deposits ...

    Article : 197 words
  39. SOUTH AUSTRALIA. [BY TELEGRAPH.] (FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT.) STRIKE OF SMELTERS AT PORT ADELAIDE.

    The Jnnction smelters at Port Adelaide are abut down, owing to the men having struck because the directors refused to increase their wages 1s daily. Over 100 men are affected. It is understood that ...

    Article : 63 words
  40. THE FLOOD IN THE MURRAY.

    A great flood in the Murray is expected here in a few days' time. The river to-day was 17ft. 6in. above summer level here. All the lower parts of the town are completely submerged ...

    Article : 248 words
  41. THE BANK OF ENGLAND.

    At the half-yearly meeting of the Bank of England to-day, Mr. David Powell, the Governor, who presided, announced that the liability in respect of the Baring ...

    Article : 43 words
  42. NATIONAL DEFENCE LEAGUE.

    The annual meeting of the National Defence League was held to-night, and was of an enthusiastic character. It was reported by the council that during the past year they had achieved a ...

    Article : 184 words
  43. NEW ZEALAND.

    The cheap-money scheme was debated in the Assembly to-night. The Treasurer said that considerable opposition was expected from those' most affected. It would not be necessary to oreate ...

    Article : 192 words
  44. NEW ZEALAND WOODS.

    There is a general and increasing inquiry for New Zealand woods, especially kauri pine. ...

    Article : 21 words
  45. MR. COPELAND CLAIMS THE BULK OF THE BILL.

    Mr. Henry Copeland, ex-Minister for Lands, only returned to his home from a visir to Uralla at 11 o'clock last night, and as he had had no opportunity of studying the Land Bill introduced ...

    Article : 478 words
  46. TASMANIA.

    A lengthy Cabinet meeting was held to-day, and it was decided to hold a short special session, commencing on the 23rd October, to reintroduce the Assessment Bill, which was defeated in the ...

    Article : 70 words
  47. SHAW, SAVILL, AND ALBION COMPANY.

    The directors of the Shaw, Savill, and Albion Steamship Company have declared an interim dividend of 5 per cent. ...

    Article : 27 words
  48. Advertising

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    Advertising : 14 words
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