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  2. THE FINANCIAL POSITION.

    Beyond rather more withdrawals than usual being made from the New South Wales Savings Bank, there was no prominent feature in financial affairs yesterday. The directors of the Australian ...

    Article : 444 words
  3. THE MARITIME STRIKE.

    In connection with the dockers' strike at Hull serious rioting took place in that town on Saturday night. The police were compelled to charge the crowd repeatedly, ...

    Article : 310 words
  4. SPECIAL CABLES.

    Sir R. W. Duff, P.C., G.C.M.G., Governor-designate of New South Wales, has sailed from Brindisi, in the R.M.S. Parramatta, for Sydney. ...

    Article : 41 words
  5. The Sydney Morning Herald.

    YESTERDAY the Premier had an interview with the representatives of the Commercial Bank of Sydney, the Bank of New South Wales, the Bank of Australia, the London Chartered Bank of ...

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  6. SPECIAL CABLES.

    Riots took place in Belfast yesterday, and the houses of several Roman Catholics were wrecked. During the disturbances the Orangemen ...

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  7. THE VICTORIAN ARTILLERY TEAM.

    The officers of the Woolwich garrison welcomed the members of the Victorian Artillery team on their arrival at Gravesend, and conducted them to ...

    Article : 123 words
  8. THE IRISH NATIONAL LEAGUE.

    The Irish National League is clamouring for the indictment of Lord Salisbury and Mr. Balfour, as well as other unionist leaden, on a charge of inciting ...

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  9. THE SITUATION IN EGYPT.

    Riaz Pasha, the Egyptian Premier, is now working in harmony with the British representatives in Cairo. ...

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  10. TO THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD.

    Sir,—Parliament, we are told, is going to meet to-morrow for the purpose of making bank notes a legal tender. Independent of our Constitution Act, which I fancy will interfere with this measure, I ...

    Article : 417 words
  11. AFFAIRS IN NORTHERN INDIA.

    The situation in the native State of Chitral, on the north-western frontier of India, is critical. Strong reinforcements have been despatched from India to ...

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  12. THE GOVERNMENT SAVINGS BANK.

    We are informed by the Colonial Secretary that the total deposits received at Government Savings Banks throughout the colony for the week ended the 22nd April was £140,265 l5s 2d. The total ...

    Article : 87 words
  13. A SYDNEY SCULPTOR.

    The press favourably notices the statue of the Lady of Shalott, executed by Miss Theodora Cohen, of Sydney. ...

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  14. QUEENSLAND.

    Nominations were received to-day for nine electorates, as follow:- BRISBANE NORTH.—Sir Thomas M'Ilwraith, J. J. Kingsbury, Sir Charles Lilley, Thomas ...

    Article : 149 words
  15. THE NEW BANK BILL.

    The Premier yesterday had an interview with the representatives of the Commercial Bank of Sydney, the Bank of New South Wales, the Bank of Australasia, the London Chartered Bank of ...

    Article : 357 words
  16. OUTRAGE IN MOROCCO.

    Intelligence has been received from Tangier to the effect that a party of British subjects in Fez, the Moorish capital, was fired upon by the natives. ...

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  17. VICTORIA.

    Colonel Templeton, who has been investigating the affairs of the British Bank of Australia, states in his report to the Attorney-General that there has been misrepresentation and fraud in ...

    Article : 123 words
  18. TO THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD.

    Sir,—A financial panic has suddenly struck our colony, and the cause of it should be sheeted home, Reckless borrowing by successive Governments has intimidated our English creditors, and the last ...

    Article : 479 words
  19. THE EMPEROR WILLIAM IN ITALY.

    Pop[?] Leo XIII. received the Emperor William of Germany and the Empress Augusta Victoria on Sunday with great grandeur and ceremony. The audience ...

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  20. THE LAND GRANT RAILWAY QUESTION.

    A very large meeting was held in the Centennial Hall to-night to discuss the land-grant railway question as propounded in rival maps which have recently been issued by the Government and ...

    Article : 255 words
  21. MELBOURNE PERMANENT BUILDING SOCIETY.

    The sanction of the Supreme Court was given to-day to the arrangement effected by the Melbourne Permanent Building Society with its creditors. The application, which was made before ...

    Article : 150 words
  22. TURKEY AND BULGARIA.

    The Sultan of Turkey will shortly grant a reception at Stamboul to Prince Ferdinand of Bulgaria and his newlymade bride. ...

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  23. [BY TELEGRAPH.] (FROM OUR CORRESPONDENTS.) COMMERCIAL BANK OF AUSTRALIA.

    Meetings of depositors and shareholders of the Commercial Bank of Australia, which had been ordered by the Chief Justice for the purpose of considering and, if thought fit, approving of the ...

    Article : 545 words
  24. DYNAMITE OUTRAGE INROME.

    A dynamite bomb has been exploded in the Capitol at Rome, smashing the windows and damaging the columns of the building. ...

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  25. THE NEW LINE OF STEAMERS.

    The Cabinet had again under consideration to-day the offer of Mr. James Huddort to run a line of steamers between Sydney and Vancouver, towards which the Victorian ...

    Article : 141 words
  26. A MUNIFICENT GIFT.

    M. Nathaniel Rothschild has presented to the people of Vienna two chateaux in the Styrian Alps, to be used as a hospital for consumptives. The buildings are ...

    Article : 51 words
  27. TO THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD.

    Sir,—In order to show depositors and shareholders the utter folly and unreasonableness of the present bank scare, I beg to lay before you the following figures, which, in as concise a manner as possible, ...

    Article : 279 words
  28. SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    The annual report of the Adelaide Chamber of Commerce was issued to-day. It speaks of the position of the colony as satisfactory and the outlook on the whole as promising. The committee ...

    Article : 216 words
  29. MIDLAND RAILWAY IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

    The Midland Railway Company of Western Australia has been granted an extension of time until June 30. It is found impossible at present to arrange for ...

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  30. THE UNEMPLOYED AND THE CLERGY.

    A conference between the unemployed and clergyman of different denominations was held in the Collins-street Congregational Church to-day. The speeches, which for the most ...

    Article : 152 words
  31. THE LATE SIR C. CLIFFORD.

    The personalty in the estate of the late Sir Charles Clifford, formerly Speaker of the New Zealand House of Representatives, has been sworn at under £17,000, ...

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  32. SMALLPOX IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

    There are now 30 cases of smallpox at the fever encampment. Several of them are very severe, especially those of unvac[?]inated persons, which are the worst. Yesterday a young man named Stacey, ...

    Article : 263 words
  33. EUROPEAN BEET SUGAR.

    Mr. F. O. Licht, the Magdeburg expert, estimates that the European beet production for the past seven months shows a decrease of 3000 tons as compared ...

    Article : 48 words
  34. TO THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD.

    Sir,—The House will be askod on Tuesday, the 25th instant, to legislate with reference to local banking institutions. In at least one respect such legislation is needed. When a bank crisis occurs ...

    Article : 133 words
  35. A FATAL GLOVE FIGHT.

    On the 11th instant a glove fight took place at the Zealandia Rink, Auckland, between the two youngmen named Richard Forg[?]and John Nicholson for £25 aside. Thirty-five [?]ounds were fought. ...

    Article : 158 words
  36. NEW ZEALAND.

    The French Government have elevated their Vice-consulate in New Zealand to a Consulate, and appointed Dr. Lostalot De Bachoe as Consul. ...

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  37. TASMANIA.

    A quantity of wreckage was washed ashore at Boobyalla to-day. It is supposed to belong to the missing schooner Maile. Mr. E. H. Sutton, member of the Legislative ...

    Article : 81 words
  38. TO THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD.

    Sir,—Will you kindly permit an outsider to point out to public view that the position taken by the Australian Joint Stock Bank in temporarily suspende ing specie payments to its pani[?]-stricken depositors ...

    Article : 247 words
  39. RENEWED CONFIDENCE IN BRISBANE.

    A very cordial feeling prevails here on the part of depositors with the Australian Joint Stock Bank, who aeo anxious to learn the progress of the scheme of reconstruction, which, if judicious as is ...

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  40. FATAL ACCIDENT AT THE MINMI COLLIERY.

    A [?] accident occurred in the Minmi Colliery to-day. A miner named Thos. Lewis was engaged in getting down some top coal when a mass of mineral came away suddenly, completely burying ...

    Article : 63 words
  41. TO THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD.

    Sir,—It is greatly to be regretted that at a time like the present anything should be done to discount the efforts which are being made by the Government to allay the excessive alarm and disquietude of the ...

    Article : 537 words
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