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  2. GOUNTRY NEWS. (FROM OUR CORRESPONDENTS.) THE COMET.

    After 1 o'clock this morning, when the moon went down, the comet was distinctly visible to the naked eye. Numerous meteors were seen during the night. ...

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  3. QUEENSLAND.

    The ceremony of installing and enthroning Bishop Dawes, the first Anglican bishop of Rockhampton, took place yesterday, the Bishop of Brisbane officiating. ...

    Article : 117 words
  4. SPECIAL CABLES. FROM THE HERALD'S LONDON CORRESPONDENTS. THE POLITICAL CRISIS IN FRANCE.

    M. Brisson will probably be Premier in the new French Cabinet. It is expected that M. Goblet will be Minister for Foreign Affairs, and M. de Freycinet Minister for ...

    Article : 82 words
  5. SPECIAL CABLES. FROM THE HERALD'S LONDON CORRESPONDENTS. THE FINANCIAL SITUATION IN AUSTRALIA.

    The Financial Times, in an article on the financial situation in Australia, censures Melbourne citizens in Loddon for circulating pessimistic views in reference to the ...

    Article : 51 words
  6. The Sydney Morning Herald.

    M. BRISSON will probably be Premier in the new French Cabinet. It is expected that M. Goblet will be Minister for Foreign Affairs, and M. de Freycinet Minister for War. ...

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  7. NEWCASTLE WHARF LABOURERS' UNION.

    At a meeting of the Newcastle Wharf Labourers Union to-night a letter, was read from Gibbs, Bright, and Co. declining to pay 1s 6d per hour to those engaged in storing frozen mutton on board their ...

    Article : 69 words
  8. DISCOVERY OF A NEW CAVE.

    Mr. Guymer, caretaker of the "Took Over" Caves, Bungonia, while exploring under the cliff recently, came upon a new cave extending 100ft. into the rocks. On entering he found a human skull ...

    Article : 57 words
  9. THE TRANSIT OF MAILS THROUGH ITALY.

    Parleyings are proceeding between Great Britain and Italy relative to the reduction of the transit rate of mails. ...

    Article : 27 words
  10. CANADA.

    Five thousand persons, most of them adherents of Mr. Honoré Mercier, the exPremier of Quebec, who has been tried and acquitted on charges of corruption, ...

    Article : 105 words
  11. NEW ZEALAND.

    William Powell, chemist, of Auckland, was to-day sentenced to 10 years' penal servitude for an illegal act. A young man named Albert Thomas was ...

    Article : 50 words
  12. THE UNEMPLOYED.

    Mr. Thomas Campbell, the leader of the batch of Sydney unemployed travelling south in search of work, paid a visit to Goulburn last week, but without obtaining employment. The men remained at ...

    Article : 89 words
  13. UGANDA.

    Major-General Sir Andrew Clarke, Acting Agent-General for Victoria, regards as ridiculous the rumour that he is likely to be despatched as Imperial British ...

    Article : 35 words
  14. AUSTRALISIAN PARLIAMENTS. [BY TELEGRAPH.] (FROM OUR CORRESPONDENTS.) VICTORIA.

    In the Legislative Council to-day the Mines Act Amendment Bill was passed through its remaining stages. The Barristers and Solicitors Admission Bill was passed through all its stages. The Ship ...

    Article : 393 words
  15. WILCANNIA QUARTER SESSIONS.

    The criminal sittings of the Court of Quarter Sessions were concluded last night, before his Honor Judge Gibson, Mr. A. W. Robortson prosecuting for the Crown. The following cases were disposed ...

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  16. THE ELECTION FOR HEXHAM.

    The election for Hexham' for which constituency Mr. N. Cr. Clayton (Conservative) was returned, has been declared null and void on the ground of ...

    Article : 50 words
  17. "GENERAL" BOOTH.

    Mr. John Burns, the labour leader and member of the London County Council, has an article in the new number of the Nineteenth Century, in which he denounces ...

    Article : 61 words
  18. THE ATLANTIC SERVICE.

    The Canadian Government is willing to subsidise, to the extent of 750,000del. (about £150,000), a five and a half days' mail service across the Atlantic, between ...

    Article : 43 words
  19. VICTORIA. [BY TELEGRAPH.] (FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT.) THE HAWTHORN MYSTERY.

    Just as public interest had begun to wane in the Hawthorn mystery, owing to the absence of any discovery or clue, it was revived by the finding this morning of a pair of human arms in Fawkner ...

    Article : 437 words
  20. TRANS-AFRICAN TELEGRAPH.

    Mr. Cecil J. Rhodes, Premier of Cape Colony, has offered the British Government to build an overland telegraph line from Zambesia to Uganda, and ...

    Article : 34 words
  21. THE UNEMPLOYED.

    The Lord Mayor of London suggests that the Agents-General for the Australian colonies and the High Commissioner for Canada might form a committee to ...

    Article : 46 words
  22. SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    In the Assembly this afternoon Mr. Cock moved a resolution to declare the whole colony a vermin district. The debate was adjourned for a week. Mr. Ash was granted a return as to the Murray ...

    Article : 213 words
  23. THE LATE HOMESTEAD STRIKE.

    Fifteen hundredw Workrhen who wen t on strike at Carnegie and Co.'s Ironmills, Homestead, Pittsburg, and whose places were filled by non-unionists, have been ...

    Article : 55 words
  24. THE MERCANTILE BANK.

    Messrs. Guinness and Mahon, of Dublin, the solicitors, deny that they are prepared to guarantee the costs of a prosecution of the Melbourne directors and ...

    Article : 50 words
  25. WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

    The Constitution Act Amendment Bill has passed its second reading on division by 20 to 6. ...

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  26. RAILWAY ACCIDENT NEAR SPRINGWOOD.

    About 8 o'clock to-night a long cattle train, bound to Sydney, was coming down the incline of 1 in 33, near the 48¼ mile post, and had just reached a point opposite Chatsworth Boarding Establishment, when ...

    Article : 261 words
  27. ATTEMPT TO WRECK THE ADELAIDE EXPRESS.

    What appears to have been a deliberate attempt to wreck the Melbourne and Adelaide express took place early this morning, a tricycle having been placed on the line near Salisbury station, close to ...

    Article : 119 words
  28. [BY TELEGRAPH.]

    A petition was presented by Harston, Partridge, and Co. to-day to Mr. Justice Williams praying that the voluntary winding up of the Mercantile Bank might be continued under the supervision of ...

    Article : 161 words
  29. SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    The sittings of the Pastoralists' Federal Council begin on Thursday morning. Matters affecting the general interests of pastoralists throughout Australia will be dealt with. Representatives ...

    Article : 300 words
  30. RAILWAY EXTENSION TO THE SOUTH AUSTRALIAN BORDER.

    Great interest is being manifested in Broken Hill in connection with the proposal of the Government to carry out the recommendation of the 'Works Committee, in regard to continuing the railway from ...

    Article : 250 words
  31. A PROPOSED LOCAL LOAN.

    With regard to the question of money for railways and the statement made by Mr. Shiels that next year the Government hoped to proceed vigorously with railway-building, Mr. Shiels has ...

    Article : 167 words
  32. THE MONETARY CONFERENCE.

    American financiers oppose a suggestion made by Mr. Alfred de Rothschild at the Monetary Conference, that America should continue to purchase silver. ...

    Article : 27 words
  33. LATE MINING.

    The half-yearly meeting of Block 14 Company was held to-day, Mr. E. N. Wigg, chairman of directors, presiding. The chairman, in moving the adoption of the report, stated that owing to the labour troubles ...

    Article : 282 words
  34. BROKEN HILL SHARES

    Broken Hill Proprietary Silver-mining Company's shares are unchanged in price. ...

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  36. TASMANIA.

    The Governor, Sir R. Hamilton, and party left by the Coogee for Melbourne to-day, en route for London. There was a large assemblage on the wharf. The vice-regal party was loudly cheered ...

    Article : 71 words
  37. IRRIGATION IN INDIA.

    Sir Charles Dilke has contributed an article to the Fortnightly Review on India. He reviews, in an appreciative spirit, Mr. Alfred Deakin's work on "Irrigation in ...

    Article : 43 words
  38. WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

    Mr. Joseph M'Dowell, manager for Mr. E. Keane in previous railway works, is the lowest tenderer for the Yilgarn railway. The price was £148,137, 01 £871 per mile. It is believed that ...

    Article : 65 words
  39. A FASHIONABLE MARRIAGE.

    Mr. Charles Shuckburgh will marry Miss Blanches Chirnside, daughter of Mr. J. B. Chirnside, of Victoria, on the 6th December. ...

    Article : 24 words
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