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  2. COUNTRY NEWS. (FROM OUR CORRESPONDENTS.) SAD BURNING ACCIDENT.

    Mrs. Barlow, homestead les[?]ee on the Bidur[?] pastoral holding, was brought to town yesterday suffering from burns caused through her skirts catching fire whilst she was preparing dinner on Saturday. ...

    Article : 96 words
  3. OUR COOLGARDIE LETTER. THE WATER FAMINE.

    Rains still hold off, and the s[?]rcity of water is having the dual effect of sending diggers back from the newer fields to Coolgardie, and making it difficult to get to the former through the ...

    Article : 1,828 words
  4. QUEENSLAND. [BY TELEGRAPH]. (FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT.) BRISBANE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.

    At the monthly meeting of the Chamber of Commerce to-day, the Hon. E. B. Forrest, president, read a lengthy paper on the subject of the proposals to send the Messageries Maritimes ...

    Article : 296 words
  5. SPECIAL CABLES.

    Earthquake shocks continue to be felt in Greece, following the recent disastrous earthquakes which destroyed much property and rendered hundreds of thousands ...

    Article : 88 words
  6. SPECIAL CABLES.

    An Imperial Federation Defence Committee has been formed, including Lord Reay, Captain Sir John Colomb, and Mr. W. Pritchard Morgan, ...

    Article : 82 words
  7. The Sydney Morning Herald.

    THE Colonial Treasurer states that of the £3,000,000 authorised to be issued by the Funded Stock Act £2,300,000 has been taken up. It is intended to withdraw the remaining £700,000 ...

    Article : 9,196 words
  8. RETURNING DIGGERS.

    A large number of diggers returned to Melbourne to-day from the Western Australia goldfields by the steamers Adelaide and Bulimba. Some diggers by the Adelaide possessed a good deal of gold, but the ...

    Article : 144 words
  9. THE PREMIER'S VISIT TO WAGGA.

    A public meeting, conv[?]ned by requisition to the Mayor, was held to-night to make arrangements for welcoming the Premier on his proposed visit to Wagga Wagga, and to recognise his services as ...

    Article : 136 words
  10. THE WYALONG GOLDFIELD.

    The consignments of stone at the Barmedman battery from the Wyalong Goldfield are increasing in quantity and improving in quality. Over 20 teams, fully laden with quartz, were to-day on the ...

    Article : 518 words
  11. MR. GLADSTONE AND FREETRADE.

    Mr. Gladstone, in a letter to M. Leon Say, the well-known French statesman and political economist, who once held the post of Ambassador to London, laments ...

    Article : 63 words
  12. LABOUR AGITATION IN AMERICA.

    In consequence of the recent strike of coalminers there is a coal famine in the States of Illinois, Pennsylvania, and Missouri, and many factories are on the ...

    Article : 41 words
  13. THE PROPOSED RAILWAY DEMONSTRATION.

    At the railway demonstration committee meeting to-night it was reported that the subscriptions amounted to £271. The acceptances of invitations included a fair sprinkling of members of Parliament, ...

    Article : 70 words
  14. TWO HOUSES BURNED DOWN.

    What nearly proved a disastrous conflagration took place here on Sunday morning. About2 o'clock an empty wooden building in William-street was discovered to ba on fire. An alarm was quickly ...

    Article : 1,565 words
  15. MAY DAY AND EIGHTHOUR MEETINGS.

    The usual May Day and Eight-Hour meetings in Hyde Park, London, and in the provinces, which were held on Sunday, were orderly. ...

    Article : 44 words
  16. SMALLPOX ON THE TAIYUAN.

    A Cooktown telegram states that when the steamer Taiyuan arrived from Hongkong this morning the health officer found a case of smallpox on board, and would not grant pratique. The ...

    Article : 48 words
  17. THE BRITISH IN CENTRAL AFRICA.

    Colonel Colville, who is in command of the operations against the chief Kabarega, of Unyora, on Lake Albert Nyanza, in equatorial Africa, has, after defeating ...

    Article : 46 words
  18. THE MISSING BOAT WHYBEE.

    The missing boat Whybee arrived yesterday, having be[?]h 15 days coming from Rocky Islet. She had bad weather, and had to anchor several times. She arrived at Cape Flattery last ...

    Article : 405 words
  19. THE ZUYDER ZEE.

    A Royal Commission has recommended the draining of the Zuyder Zee at a cost of £16,000,000. ...

    Article : 23 words
  20. SAMOA. DEMAND FOR A GERMAN PROTECTORATE.

    The Cologne Colonial Society has demanded that Germany shall establish a protectorate over Samoa. ...

    Article : 26 words
  21. A DIVIDEND.

    The North British and New Zealand Investment Company has declared a dividend at the rate of 7 per cent. per annum. ...

    Article : 26 words
  22. GERMANY URGED TO ANNEX.

    Count Caprivi, Chancellor of the German Empire, has been urged to annex the Friendly Islands, in addition to Samoa. There are conflicting reports regarding ...

    Article : 38 words
  23. OBITUARY.

    General Ferron, formerly of New Caledonia, has been accidentally killed at Lyons. ...

    Article : 17 words
  24. VICTORIA.

    The Mines Department is making an effort to establish village settlements on the upper portions of the Thomson and Mitchell rivers, Gippsland, where numbers of auriferous gullies exist. ...

    Article : 65 words
  25. DESTRUCTION OF A TOWN.

    Stephani, a town in Russia, has been destroyed by fire. The goods which had been saved from the fire were afterwards destroyed by a cyclone. They had been ...

    Article : 44 words
  26. INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF SEAMEN.

    With a view to completing the federation of the seamen's unions throughout the world, delegates from Great Britain and America arrived in Sydney during the past week to confer with the ...

    Article : 633 words
  27. FRANCE AND HER COLONIES.

    The French Minister of Marine and Colonies places the colonies of Guiana, Oceana, and Caledonia in one section, and insists on the necessity for a closer union ...

    Article : 45 words
  28. THE EMPLOYERS' LIABILITY ACT.

    In the County Court to-day Judge Gaunt delivered the reserved decision in the action brought by A. B. Gabri[?]son, a sailor, to recover £99 damages from W. Howard Smith and Sons, ...

    Article : 115 words
  29. SOUTH AUSTRALIA. [BY TELEGRAPH.] (FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT.) THE ROYAL TAR.

    The seamen of the Royal Tar were paid off at Port Adelaide on Saturday morning. The boatswain, who was the only member of the original crew which sailed from Adelaide, proceeded to ...

    Article : 91 words
  30. MALAY OUTBREAK IN THE PHILLIPINE ISLANDS.

    The recent outbreak of Malays in the Phillipine Islands, a dependency of Spain, for the suppression of which General Blanco was despatched with a body of ...

    Article : 53 words
  31. AN INGENIOUS SWINDLE.

    An ingenious swindle was reported to the police to-day. William Webb, a bricklayer, who was about to visit England, stumbled across the advertisement of one Henry Smithson Jones, who ...

    Article : 81 words
  32. KEMPTON PARK MAY MEETING.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 217 words
  33. SIR JOHN BRAY.

    The Treasurer has received the following cablegram from Sir John Bray:—"I propose returning shortly." Beyond this the Government have had no intimation as to Sir John's ...

    Article : 277 words
  34. A CONSERVATOIRE OF MUSIC.

    At a meeting of the University Council to-day the committee appointed to confer with Professor Marshall Hall upon the proposal to form a practical school or conservatoire of music in ...

    Article : 86 words
  35. TO-DAY.

    Horticultural Society of N.S.W.: Meeting, School of Arts, 7.30 p. m. Unitarian Literary Society: Lecture, with reading, by Rev. George Walters, 8 p.m. ...

    Article : 228 words
  36. A RAILWAY ACCIDENT.

    While a mixed train was running near Gordon's station, between Ballarat and Melbourne, on Saturday afternoon, eight trucks broke away and followed the train until they ran into it; but, ...

    Article : 270 words
  37. TEMPERANCE ADDRESS AT NEW. CASTLE.

    This evening, by special request, Mrs. Harrison Lee gave another address on total abstinence at the Masonic Hall, Newcastle, before her final departure. Long before the proceedings commenced the hall ...

    Article : 133 words
  38. TASMANIA.

    Messrs. E. M. Fisher and Jules Joubert leave here on Thursday to tour the colonies in the interests of the Hobart Exhibition. The Southern mill owners and shipowners ...

    Article : 177 words
  39. THE LABOUR PARTY'S MANIFESTO.

    Last evening the deputation appointed by the Trades and Labour Council to endeavour to effect a re[?]onciliation between the Parliamentary Labour Party and the labour leagues waited upon the central ...

    Article : 249 words
  40. ARRIVAL OF THE R.M.S. VALETTA AT ALBANY.

    The R.M.S. Valetta, Briscoo commander, arrived from Colombo at 11.20 last night. The following is a list of her passengers:— For ALBANY: Messrs. Wills, Coire, Mrs. ...

    Article : 123 words
  41. THE CLOSING OF THE GRETA MINE.

    The decision of the London board of directors to close the colliery unless the miners accept a reduction is causing great excitement, and an aggregate meeting is to be held next Saturday. On account of the ...

    Article : 161 words
  42. NEW ZEALAND.

    There is considerable distress among the unemployed in Wellington and Christchurch. ...

    Article : 23 words
  43. Advertising

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    Advertising : 12 words
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