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  2. FLOODS IS QUEENSLAND. [BY CABLE.] (FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT.) THE RELIEF FUND IN LONDON.

    The Eastern Extension Telegraph Company has subscribed £100 to the Queensland Floods Relief Fund. H.R.H. the Duke of York has given £10 to the ...

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  3. VICTORIA. [BY TELEGRAPH.] (FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT.) THE LATE CHIEF JUSTICE.

    The President of the Legislative Council and the Speaker of the Assembly, noting on behalf of Parliament, to-night presented Mrs. Higinbotham, through Professor Morris, her son-in-law, with ...

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  4. THE NEW GOVERNOR. APPOINTMENT OF THE RIGHT HON. R. W. DUFF, M.P.

    The Right Hon. Robert William Duff, P.C., M.P. for Banffsh[?]re (Scotland), has been appointed to succeed the Earl of Jersey as Governor of New South Wales. ...

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  5. SPECIAL CABLES. FROM THE HERALD'S LONDON CORRESPONDENTS. CHOLERA IN RUSSIA.

    Cholora has broken out in the Russian provinces near the Austrian frontier. A thousand cases occurred for the month ended 7th February, and of this number ...

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  6. SPECIAL CABLES. FROM THE HERALD'S LONDON CORRESPONDENTS. THE MINISTERIAL CRISIS IN PORTUGAL.

    Senhor Ribiero has formed a Ministry in Portugal, in succession to the Cabinet of Senhor Ferreira, who resigned in consequence of a protest lodged by the ...

    Article : 65 words
  7. The Sydney Morning Herald.

    THE Right Hon. Robart William Duff, P.C., M.P. for Banffshire (Scotland), has been appointed to succeed the Earl of Jersey as Governor of New South Wales. ...

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  8. THE SYDNEY RELIEF COMMITTEE.

    As anticipated by the Sydney Relief Committee on Wednesday evening another sum of £1000 was telegraphed to Brisbane yesterday, making roughly a total of £5000 in cash sent through by the central ...

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  9. SILTING-UP OF THE RIVER AT BRISBANE.

    One of the most serious results of the floods here is the silting up of the river channels, which will greatly impede navigation, and it is feared all steamers of heavy draught will have to be ...

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  10. FATAL FIRE AT BUCKLAND.

    A telegram from Bright reports that the Hit or Miss Hotel at Buckland was destroyed by fire last night. The proprietress, a Miss Scott, and a child named Robert Anderson, aged 9 years, ...

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  11. THE PRESIDENT-ELECT OF THE UNITED STATES.

    Mr. Grover Cleveland, President-Elect of the United States, who assumes office next month, has completed the appointments to his Cabinet. ...

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  12. THE FRENCH SENATE.

    It is expected that M. Jules Ferry will be appointed President of the French Senate, in succession to M. Le Royer, who recently resigned. ...

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  13. THE "MOVE ON" CLAUSE IN MELBOURNE.

    Mr. Arthur Rao, one of thr representatives for the Murrumbidgee in the Legislative Assembly of New South Wales, was charges in the District Court to-day with refusing to move on ...

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  14. TELEGRAM FROM BRISBANE.

    The following telegram was received in Sydney yesterday from Mr. C. J. W. South, secretary of the Central Flood Relief Fund, Brisbane, it being addressed to Mr. James Burns, hon. treasurer of the Queensland ...

    Article : 85 words
  15. THE MALA VITA CONSPIRACY.

    The trial of a large number of prisoners in Italy, charged with being concerned in the Mala Vita conspiracy, the object of which was brigandage, has ...

    Article : 59 words
  16. FRENCH AUXILIARY CRUISERS.

    The Messageries Maritimes mail steamers Polynesien, Australien, Armand Béhic, La Ville de Ciotat, and probably two other of the company's vessels, are ...

    Article : 43 words
  17. MAILS FOR THE CLARENCE AND RICHMOND.

    We have been requested to notify for public information that the mails despatched in the steamer Helen Nicoll on Saturday last for the Charence and Richmond River districts could not be landed at ...

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  18. THE VIEWS OF SIR GEORGE DIBBS.

    Sir George Dibbs yesterday was spoken to with regard to the appom[?]ment as Governor of the Right Hon. Robert William Duff, P.C., M.P. for Banffshire (Scotland). Sir George stated that ...

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  19. NEW ZEALAND LOANS.

    The Right Hon. Sir John Lubbock, M.P. for London Univeisity, has informed the New Plymouth Harbour Board bondholders that he is still pressing ...

    Article : 103 words
  20. THE HOUSE OF COMMONS.

    The election of a member of the House of Commons for Stockport, in the room of the late Mr. Louis John Jennings, Conservative, has resulted in the return of Mr. ...

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  21. DELAYED QUEENSLAND MAILS.

    The Postal Department was yesterday advised by Brisbane that the Sydney, mails of Thursday and Friday, the 16th and 17th instant, sent overland and stopped for some days at Toowoomba, reached ...

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  22. THE NORTHAMPTON TRAGEDY.

    The following particulars of the Trevenson tragedy were obtained at the inquest, which was held at Northampton:—James Glass deposed that he was absent from home on Sunday afternoon, and ...

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  23. NEW ZEALAND SUPPLIES.

    The Union Company of New Zealand has offered to carry 300 tons of gift supplies from New Zealand across to Sydney without charge, to be forwarded by coastal steamer or otherwise to Brisbane. The Talune, ...

    Article : 242 words
  24. THE HOME RULE BILL.

    O'Donovan Rossa, of New York, a lender of the extreme section of Irish Americans, holds the opinion that Mr. Gladstone's Home Rule Bill will not ...

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  25. NEW SOUTH WALES TREASURY BILLS.

    It is regarded as certain that the Treasury bills offered by New South Wales will all be sold by the 25th instant. ...

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  26. THE SITUATION IN EGYPT.

    A further battery of artillery has been ordered to Egypt from Great Britain. FEB. 23. A detachment of 700 men of the 7th ...

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  27. THE IRISH NATIONAL PARTY.

    The appeal of Mr. Justin M'Carthy, M.P., leador of the Irish National party in the House of Commons, for funds to aid the Nationalist cause is meeting with ...

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  28. THE WEATHER. [BY TELEGRAPH.] (FROM OUR CORRESPONDENTS.) THE FLOODS ON THE CLARENCE.

    The weather still continues very unsettled. Light showers have been falling throughout the day, and to-night there is every appearance of heavy rain. The river is falling. The flooded-out people ...

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  29. THE LICENSING LAWS IN ENGLAND.

    The Liquor Trade Veto Bill introduced in the House of Commons by the Government endows two-thirds of the ratepayers with the power of vetoing new licenses, ...

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  30. EIGHT HOURS.

    The Railway Servants' Eight Hours Bill has been read the second time in the House of Commons. ...

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  31. WESTERN AUSTRALIA. [BY TELEGRAPH.] (FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT.) LOSS OF A VESSEL.

    A telegram has been received from Roebuck Bay stating that a small local vessel foundered off Swan Point a few days ago. One man was saved, but five were drowned. ...

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  32. HEAVY WEATHER IN AMERICA.

    Terrific blizzards of snow are reported to have been experienced in the eastern and middle States of America, and traffic is much impeded. ...

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  33. THE POSITION AT HAWAH.

    Princess Kaiulani, niece of ex-Queen Liliuokalani, the deposed sovereign of Hawaii, has sailed for America. She will proceed to New York to urge her protest ...

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  34. STRANDING OF THE ULIDIA.

    A preliminary inquiry was commenced at Bunbury into the stranding of the barque Ulidia, which recently arrived from London, with a cargo of railway material. After hearing the evidence, ...

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  35. BROKEN HILL PROPRIETARY SHARES.

    Broken Hill Proprietary shares are quoted at £3 15s. ...

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  36. PARLIAMENT OF VICTORIA.

    In the Legislative Council to-day Mr. Wynne moved the second reading of the Coalmines Railway Construction Act Amendment Bill, to relieve the coal companies of guarantees. The bill was ...

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  37. THE FLOODS IN THE RICHMOND.

    Accounts from all parts of the district state that the protracted rain is damaging the maize crop, which was ripening well. The mails are still arriving an a very irregular manner. Heavy ...

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  38. QUEENSLAND. [BY TELEGRAPH.] (FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT.) THE WEATHER FORECAST.

    Mr. Wragge forecasts another tropical disturbance an the Queensland coast, with considerable rain, strong winds, and gales. His forecast to-night for New South Wales is very unsettled, ...

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  39. THE WRECK OF THE ROUMANIA.

    The wreck of the Anchor Line steamer Roumania, which occuried at 11 o'clock on the night of the 27th October off a tiny seacoast hamlet called Gronho, between ...

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  40. THE FLOODS IN THE WEST.

    The rivers are falling slowly, but may at any time begin to rise again, as discouraging reports are reaching here from Surat and the Moonie, at which places the rivers are within a few feet of being ...

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  41. L. STEVENSON AND SONS.

    The reports from Melbourne touching the affairs of the firm of Messrs. L. Stevenson and Co., Limited, are having a disturbing effect upon British creditors, ...

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  42. SOUTH AUSTRALIA. [BY TELEGRAPH.] (FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT.) THE FEDERAL GARRISON.

    The federal garrison, consisting of 26 men, belonging to the permanent force of South Australia, in command of Captain Hawker, will leave by the steamer Albany to-morrow. ...

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  43. NEW FROM THE EAST.

    The following items of news are extracted from Singapore exxhanges:— The Spanish Consul at Singapore has died. Singapore was flooded out towards the ...

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  44. THE WATERLOO CUP.

    In the second round of the Waterloo Cup, Mr. P. B. Keating's [?]d Full Captain, by Millersdale—Dear Eleanor, beat the favourite, Colonel North's Fullerton, owing ...

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  45. H.M.S. TAURANGA.

    H.M.S. Tauranga arrived at the Semaphore this evening from Albany, which port she left on Saturday afternoon. It is expected that she will remain here for three weeks, during which time ...

    Article : 70 words
  46. THE MACE MYSTERY.

    The board appointed to inquire into the circumstances surrounding the removal of the mace from Parliament House concluded the taking of evidence to-day. The decision of the board will be ...

    Article : 53 words
  47. PASTORAL INTELLIGENCE.

    Eight thousand wethers are now passing through Louth from Beemery, travelling to Buckanbee station, A. Kirkpatrick and Co. owners, George Smiles in charge. ...

    Article : 30 words
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