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  2. VICTORIA. [BY TELEGRAPH.] (FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT.) THE STAMP DUTIES.

    The Stamp duties proposed by the Government are regarded with much disfavour in the city, on the ground that while some of them can practically be almost neutralised so as to produce next to ...

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  3. SPECIAL CABLES. FROM THE HERALD'S LONDON CORRESPONDENTS. THE RUSSIANS IN CENTRAL ASIA.

    The Standard's St. Petersburg correspondent states that no exchange of views on the Pamir question has taken place between Lord Rosebery and M. de Giers. ...

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  4. SPECIAL CABLES. FROM THE HERALD'S LONDON CORRESPONDENTS. THE LIBERAL ADMINISTRATION.

    The correspondence which has passed between Mr. Labouchere, M.P., for Northampton, and Mr. Gladstone, in reference to the exclusion of Mr. ...

    Article : 126 words
  5. SPECIAL CABLES. FROM THE HERALD'S LONDON CORRESPONDENTS. THE CHOLERA.

    Two fresh cases of cholera are said to have been discovered in London, the patients being immigrants from Hamburg. ...

    Article : 237 words
  6. The Sydney Morning Herald.

    THE cholera continues to spread rapidly in Continental cities, and additional cases have been reported in England. Over 300 persons died from the disease at Hamburg on Tuesday, and business ...

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  7. BROKEN HILL SOUTH COMPANY.

    The half-yearly meeting of the Broken Hill South Company was held to-day, Mr. J. F. Levien presiding. The chairman stated that it had been rumoured that a call was contemplated. ...

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  8. MINERS' STRIKE AT BROKEN HILL.

    There was a large attendance at the meeting on the reserve this afternoon. Mr. Sleath said that men were deserting the mines daily. He had discovered that certain business men who pretended to ...

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  9. THE REVOLT IN AFGHANISTAN.

    The population of Shorawak, a province of Afghanistan, have revolted against the Ameer. LATER. ...

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  10. FRASER AND CO., LIMITED.

    The annual meeting of Fraser and Co., Limited, was held to-day. The chairman stated that the amount of undivided profits on the 30th June was £3858. The directors were not prepared to ...

    Article : 100 words
  11. VICTORIAN COAL.

    Mr. Samuel Holmes is arranging to send to Melbourne a complete apparatus for making briquettes out of Victorian coal. ...

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  12. THE PAPAL TREASURY.

    There is a further deficit of four million lire (about £145,000) in the receipts of the Papal Treasury from the offerings known as Peter's Pence. ...

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  13. ANTI-CHINESE ASSOCIATION.

    A deputation from the Anti-Chineses Association to-day asked the Minister of Customs that the Chinese Act be more rigorously enforced. It was suggested that a member of the association ...

    Article : 78 words
  14. THE REVOLT IN MOROCCO.

    It is reported that the Angherine rebels had the better of the recent battle with the Sultan's troops, of whom they killed 200 infantry and captured 60 others. ...

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  15. THE BEHRING SEA FISHERIES.

    A Russian gunboat seized some Canadian and American sealers at Copper Island, Behring Sea, and subjected the crews to great cruelty. ...

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  16. SILVER COINAGE. THE AGENTS-GENERAL AT WORK.

    Mr. James Munro, Agent-General for Victoria, has had an interview with the Hon. R. H. Meade, C.B., Permanent Under-Secretary to the Colonial Office, and ...

    Article : 118 words
  17. QUEENSLAND. [BY TELEGRAPH.] (FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT.) THE SUPPOSED RUSSIAN SPY.

    M. Leon Perrett was summoned at the City Police Court this morning for having on the 5th and 8th August unlawfully made photographs of certain fortifications in Queensland, namely, ...

    Article : 91 words
  18. [BY TELEGRAPH.]

    The Central Board of Health is taking every precaution to prevent the introduction of cholera. Besides proclaiming as infected all ports in Germany, Belgium, Holland, and other places, these ...

    Article : 137 words
  19. THE PACIFIC MAIL SERVICE.

    The Post Office is desirous of only paying the Postal Union rates of carriage for letters by the Pacific Service, instead of 11s per lb. as heretofore. Mr. Perceval, ...

    Article : 67 words
  20. SHOCKING FATALITY.

    A shocking fatality occurred at Coorparoo, near Brisbane, this morning. A family named Moody were living in a small cottage or hut, and Moody had gone to work as usual. Mrs. Moody went ...

    Article : 111 words
  21. THE NORTH-GERMAN LLOYD.

    It is reported that a bill is to be submitted to the German Reichstag to alleviate the obligations of the North-German Lloyd (Imperial mail line) to the ...

    Article : 94 words
  22. THE MERCANTILE FAILURE.

    The market is not affected by the failure of Messrs. Redfern, Alexander, and Co. It is reported that the estate will realise barely 5s in the £. Opinion ...

    Article : 64 words
  23. THE PRICE OF SILVER.

    Bar silver is quoted at 3s 2?d per ounce, being an advance of ?d since yesterday. ...

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  24. COMMUNICATION FROM THE MARQUIS OF RIPON.

    A communication has been received by the Government from the Marquis of Ripon with reference to the question of silver coinage in Australia. The Secretary for the Colonies appears to regard the ...

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  25. AUSTRALASIAN PARLIAMENTS. [BY TELEGRAPH.] (FROM OUR CORRESPONDENTS.) VICTORIA.

    In the Legislative Council to-day Mr. Grimwade moved,—"That in the future appointments of Agent-General for the colony the Government should stipulate that the gentleman appointed ...

    Article : 318 words
  26. MRS. MAYBRICK.

    Mesdames Harrison, Blaine, and Foster, and other leading American ladies, have sent a petition to the Queen praying for the release of Mrs. Maybrick, who is ...

    Article : 41 words
  27. VICTORIAN LAW STUDENTS.

    Several Victorian law students, not native-born but old colonists, desire inclusion under Sir Bryan O'Loghlen's measure on the same footing as ...

    Article : 117 words
  28. DUELLING IN FRANCE.

    The Marquis de Morés, who killed Captain Mayer in a duel in Paris recently, has been placed on his trial charged with homicide. The Marquis was acquitted. ...

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  29. THE WRECK OF THE NEWFIELD.

    An inquest on the four bodies recovered from the wreck of the barque Newfield was held yesterday, and a verdict of accidentally drowned was returned. The bodies were buried this morning ...

    Article : 151 words
  30. THE GENTLE CASE.

    William Gentle, who is under arrest upon an Adelaide warrant, charged with having committed an offence against the bankruptcy laws of South Australia, has ...

    Article : 47 words
  31. SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    Captain Walcot, Naval Commandant, in his report for the year ended 30th June, strongly urges the Government to efficiently maintain the naval defences, or otherwise abolish them ...

    Article : 370 words
  32. DEATH OF THE EARL OF EGLINTON.

    The death is announced of the Earl of Eglinton. The late Archibald William Montgomerie, fourteenth Earl of Eglinton, was in his 51st year. The ...

    Article : 67 words
  33. QUEENSLAND.

    In the Legislative Assembly to-day the discussion on the tariff was resumed in Committee. The various items were discussed at some length, and several minor alterations made. The tax on flour ...

    Article : 78 words
  34. ANOTHER SUPPOSED WRECK ON THE VICTORIAN COAST.

    A telegram received from Port Campbell states that another wreck is reported from Sherbrook, about four miles east of Port Campbell. One body, the telegram says, was seen washed up on the rocks ...

    Article : 334 words
  35. DERBY AUGUST MEETING.

    The first day's racing of the Derby August meeting took place to-day, when the principal event was decided as under:— ...

    Article : 241 words
  36. SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    In the Assembly to-day Mr. Johnson moved for the restriction of the free distribution by Government of vines, cuttings, fruit, and other trees, to blockers and small cultivators. The debate was ...

    Article : 83 words
  37. NEW ZEALAND.

    A provision has been included in the Electoral Bill providing that women's franchise shall not become law until June next, shortly before the general election; as it is objected that, if the ...

    Article : 207 words
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