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  2. EASTER SUNDAY.

    Services of a character appropriate to the Easter season were conducted in all the churches yesterday, the sermons naturally having special reference to the death and resurrection of Christ. The ...

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  3. WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

    Good Friday passed over very quietly. The Easter holidays are likely to be unusually quiet, the only event of importance being the Fremantle volunteers' camp of exercise at Claremont, which ...

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  4. VICTORIA. [BY TELEGRAPH.] (FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT.) RETRENCHMENT IN THE GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS.

    It is understood that one of the retrenchment proposals of the Minister for Public Works is to combine the position of Secretary for Public Works with that of Inspector-General of Works. ...

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  5. SPECIAL CABLES. FROM THE HERALD'S LONDON CORRESPONDENTS. FRANCE AND CANADA.

    The Franco-Canadian commercial treaty will not be ratified this session by the Canadian Parliament. The Paris correspondent of the Times telegraphs ...

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  6. The Sydney Morning Herald.

    POPE LEO is reported to be prostrated by illness. OUR London correspondent cables that a soulling match has been arranged between Saturday and ...

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  7. SPECIAL CABLES. FROM THE HERALD'S LONDON CORRESPONDENTS. PRINCE BISMARCK AND THE EMPEROR.

    Prince Bismarck celebrated his 78th birthday by a festival at Friedrichsruhe yesterday. He called for cheers for " the Emperor, the protector of the whole ...

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  8. ST. ANDREW'S CATHEDRAL.

    At St. Andrew's Cathedral there were crowded congregations at the services. In the morning the congregation exceeded the senting accommodation. The pulpit, the lectern, altar rails, choir stalls, and ...

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  9. TASMANIA. [BY TELEGRAPH.] (FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT.) FATAL BOATING ACCIDENT.

    A fatal boating accident occurred near the Tamar Heads on Frida night. A Launceston resident named Collings, owner of the sailing boat Waratah, accompanied by a young ...

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  10. THE POLITICAL SITUATION IN FRANCE.

    The Presidont of the French Senate, M. Challemel-Lacour, and also the President of the Chamber of Deputies, M. Floquet, have advised President Carnot against an ...

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  11. RUSSIA AND FRANCE.

    The Czurcwitch declares, in support of his contention that Russia cannot quarrel with Germany, that the internal condition of-France renders hopeless any reliance ...

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  12. RUSSIA AND AMERICA.

    Presidont Cleveland is endeavouring to stop the purleyings which have been going on between Russia and America with reference to the extradition treaty between ...

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  13. INSTRUCTION OF MILITARY OFFICERS.

    Some time ago the Defence Department brought Captain Reynolds, of the Royal Engineers, to the colony for the purpose of instructing the officers here in military matters. He intends beginning ...

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  14. EIGHT-OAR RACE AT HOBART.

    The North v. South eight-oared race was rowed on the Derwent yesterday. The North crew led for a mile. The South then took the lead, and won comfortably by two lengths. The ...

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  15. THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND IN WALES.

    Over a million signatures have been obtained to a petition to be presented to the House of Commons against the Welsh Church Suspensory Bill. ...

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  16. THE BANK OF AUSTRALASIA.

    Mr. A. G. H. Gibbs, the chairman of the meeting of the Bank of Australasia, justified the treatment of the Federal Bank. The associated banks in Victoria, ...

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  17. NEW ZEALAND.

    The steamir Ruby, a small coastal vessel, belonging to the Hayraki Steamship Company, while attempting to cross the Managawi bar, five miles north of Auckland, yesterday, was totally ...

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  18. CHRIST CHURCH.

    The Easter Festival was observed at Christ Church, large numbers attending all the services. Festal evensong was sung on Saturday at 7.30, and on Easter Day Holy Communion was celebrated at 6 ...

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  19. THE HEALTH OF THE POPE.

    It is reported that Pope Leo XIII. is prostrated by weakness. Cardinal Rampolla, Secretary of State to his Holiness, is acting in his stead. ...

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  20. SAD GUN ACCIDENT.

    A sad shooting accident occurred yesterday afternoon on Bird Rock, a small island near Geelong, rasulting in the death of a youth named Alick Fraser, aged 16. The deceased with two ...

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  21. NEW ZEALAND REVENIE RETURNS.

    The financial year of the colony closed on the 31st March. The revenue returns are not yet to hand; but it is quite certain that the Treasurer's estimated surplus of £330,000 will be largely ...

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  22. THE LATE MR. G. A. BAIRD.

    The late Mr. G. A. Baird (Mr. Abington) has been quietly buried at Kelso. His will was not read. ...

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  23. HOME RULE.

    The members of the Extreme Nationalist Party are urging Mr. John Morley, Chief Sccretary for Ireland, to take proceedings against Colonel Saundorson, M.P. ...

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  24. HAWA[?]AN AFFAIRS.

    Mr. Sewall, formerly United States Consul at Samoa, has proceeded to Honolulu in order to assist Mr. Blount, the American Commissioner appointed to ...

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  25. ST. THOMAS', NORTH SYDNEY.

    On Good Friday services were held throughout the day, beginning at 8 a.m. At 11 a.m. the preacher was the Rev. Canon Whitington, who also conducted the devotion of the three hours which followed. In ...

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  26. THE SITUATION IN EGYPT.

    The Times correspondent at Caire states that the situation in Egypt is again serious. If Riaz Pasha, the Premier, continues his obstructive tactics, he will be ...

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  27. THE WHEAT "CORNER" IN CHICAGO.

    A Duluth combination has arranged to consign millions of bushels of whoat to Chicago in May, in order to frustrate the operations of the Chicago capitalists who ...

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  28. RETRENCHMENT IN THE WORKS DEPARTMENT.

    In reference to the letter by Mr. W. J. Trickett, M.L.C., in Saturday's issue, replying to some comments by Mr. Lyne on certain statements made by Mr. Trickett in the Legislative Council, Mr. Lyne ...

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  29. QUEENSLAND.

    A drowning accident occurred in Moreton Bay on Friday night. A party of young men were out on a pleasure trip in Sir Thomas M'[?]wraith's yacht Harriette Ann, and during the night ...

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  30. AFFAIRS IN HAYTI.

    General Hippolyte, the President of Hayti, made a raid on the French bank in the capital, Port-au-Prince, and endeavoured to make his escape from the ...

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  31. FIRE AT A HOTEL IN AMERICA.

    A fire broke out in a large hotel at Bradford, Pennsylvania the building being entirely destroyed. Many persons who were staying at the hotel lost their ...

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  32. BRAZIL AND PARAGUAY.

    A Brazilian gunboat bombarded Asuncion, the capital of Paraguay, in South America, owing to a dispute which occurred between the crew and a number of ...

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  33. IRRIGATION COLONY AT MANNUM.

    Mr. Burton will shortly return to Adelaide in order to complete negotiations for the establishment of an irrigation colony at Mannum, on the River Murray. Mr. ...

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  34. SOUTH AUSTRALIA. [BY TELEGRAPH.] (FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT.) THE INTER-UNIVERSITY BOAT RACE.

    The University crew which is to take part in the Inter-University contest left for Melbourne yesterday afternoon. The crow is composed as follows:—J. E. H. Winnall, bow, 11st; G. H. ...

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  35. EXCLUSION OF CHINESE FROM AMERICA.

    The Chinese in the United States are preparing to resist the carrying out of the new clauses of the Chinese Exclusion Act. ...

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  36. ST. MARY'S CATHEDRAL.

    The festoons and flowers and the fine display of silken banners gave the interior of St. Mary's Cathedral yesterday morning an appearance entirely different from that of Good Friday, when there was ...

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  37. BULLET-PROOF CLOTHING.

    Herr Dowe's cuirass of cloth, which is alleged to be proof against bullets, and which he has offered to sell to the German Government for use by the army, has been ...

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  38. THE BEHRING FISHERIES COMMISSION.

    A sensation has been caused in New York by an announcement of the fact that the members of the Behring Sea Commission are drawing double pay. ...

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  39. ARRIVAL OF A SPANISH CORVETTE.

    The Nautilus, a Spanish corvetto, 1750 tons, four guns, arrived on Saturday, and came up to Port Adelaide, where she will remain 11 days, sailing thence for Melbourne. She is on a ...

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  40. THE MISSING STEAMER NARONIC.

    Another boat has been found in the Atlantic belonging to the White Star steamer Naronic, which is some weeks overdue at New York from Liverpool. She ...

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  41. CHOLERA IN EUROPE.

    Cholera is spreading in South Hungary, and also in several parts of Russia. The St. Petersburg correspondent of the Times telegraphed as follows on 22ud February:—The ...

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  42. MINING IN NEW ZEALAND.

    Mr. Merricks, a partner in the firm of Riley and Co., is about to visit New Zealand, in order to report upon mining properties at the Thames, Puhipuhi, ...

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  43. The INDIAN HAWKER NUISANCE IN VICTORIA.

    The Atterney-General and the SclicitorGeneral have been looking into the question as to what legal steps would have to be taken to minimise the Indian hawker nuisance. ...

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  44. GREAT FIRE IN MANILLA.

    A great fire has taken place at Manilla, the capital of the Spanish colony of the Philippine Islands. Four thousand houses were destroyed. ...

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  45. THE SCULLING CHAMPIONSHIP.

    A sculling match has been arranged to take place between James Stanbury, champion sculler of the world, and J. Gaudaur, the American oarsman, for ...

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  46. GREAT FIELDS OF ICE.

    The ship Clan M'Leod, which has arrived at New York from Melbourne, reports having during her voyage fallen in with immense fields of ice in the Southern Ocean. ...

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