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  2. QUEENSLAND.

    In the case of The Queen v. Walsh leave has been granted to the defendant to appeal to the Privy Council against the judgment of the Full Court delivered on the 9th instant. This case ...

    Article : 179 words
  3. VICTORIA.

    The action of the liquidators of the eal Estate Bank in calling up the balance of capital was adversely criticised at a meeting of shareholders held yesterday. It was pointed out that most ...

    Article : 85 words
  4. SPECIAL CABLES.

    The World's Fair Executive Committee, at the City Hall, New York, is discussing the complaints made by Mr. G.R. Dibbs relative to the representation of New South ...

    Article : 183 words
  5. SPECIAL CABLES.

    Mr. G. R. Dibbs was yesterday the guest of the Earl of Warwick. He was introduced to the Prince of Wales, who was very genial. His Royal Highness ...

    Article : 236 words
  6. SPECIAL CABLES.

    A Victorian Government loan of £2,000,000 is announced, bearing interest at 3½ per cent., the minimum having been fixed at 92. Tenders will be opened on ...

    Article : 451 words
  7. The Sydney Morning Herald.

    THE Governor has been informed by Lord Knutsford that the Queen has assented to the New South Wales Divorce Bill, which in an amended from was passed by Parliament at the ...

    Article : 11,365 words
  8. STORMY WEATHER IN VICTORIA.

    The storm yesterday did lmmense damage to the telegraph lines all over tho colony. The New South Wales lines were interrupted at 5.30 p.m., and those to Adelaide at 9.30 p.m. The two lines ...

    Article : 460 words
  9. SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    All the Ministers of the Holder Administration took their places at the Government offices on Wednesday morning. Judging by the talk in political circles, unless ...

    Article : 115 words
  10. MERCANTILE BANK OF AUSTRALIA.

    The depositors in the Mercantile Bank of Australia, representing £400,000, have unanimously resolved to apply to the Court for an order for the compulsory ...

    Article : 225 words
  11. DEATH OE AN EX-TOWN CLERK.

    Mr. William Alexander Hughes, who, between 1856 and 1869, was town clerk at Adelaide, died yesterday, aged 76. ...

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  12. A SHOOTING CASE.

    The result of the lengthy inquiry by the City Coroner into the circumstances of how the ma[?] Edwards met his death on Monday night at Magill was a verdict of "killed by a rille shot ...

    Article : 258 words
  13. THE GENERAL ELECTION IN ENGLAND.

    Mr. John Dillon, M.P., and Mr. Justin M'Carthy, M.P., have visited Mr. Gladstone at that statesman's request. It is believed that Mr. Gladstone's assurances ...

    Article : 115 words
  14. THE CORNWELL POISONING CASE.

    Mr. C. R. Blackett has so far progressed with his analysis of the stomach and liver of Sampson Cornwell, a settler near Benlah, who died under suspicious circumstances, that he is able to ...

    Article : 94 words
  15. THE AMERICAN PRESIDENCY.

    The Democratic Convention has opened its sittings in Chicago. The proceedings at the ceremony were tame. The opposition to Mr. Grover Cleveland's nomination ...

    Article : 71 words
  16. THE RAILWAY COMMISSIONERS.

    The Minister of Railways stated to-day that Mr. K. L. Murray, the electrician of the department, had been selected to fill the vacancy on the Board of Railway Commissioners, when Mr. ...

    Article : 74 words
  17. NEW POSTAL REGULATIONS.

    The new postal regulations agreed to at the recent Postal Confereunce held at Hobart were approved by the Executive Council to-day. They will come into force on July 1. ...

    Article : 34 words
  18. [BY TELEGRAPH.]

    With regard to the £2,000,000 loan, Sir Graham Berry states that the price is equal to £93 or £93 10s as compared with the two previous loans, as in the case of the latter interest ranging from £1 to ...

    Article : 198 words
  19. HOME RULE.

    A Unionist meeting at St. James's Hall endorsed the sentiments expressed at the Ulster Convention, after addresses from Lord Londonderry, the Duke of Argyll, ...

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  20. DESTITUTE CHINAMEN.

    The Premier has telegraphed to Camooweal, Queensland, for full particulars in reference to the chinese reported to be dying for want of food and water on the border betwteen the Northern ...

    Article : 38 words
  21. THE RAILWAY WORKSHOPS IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

    At the request of the Government of Western Australia Mr. Alison Smith, the local superintendent of the Railway Department, has been instructed to visit that colony in connection with ...

    Article : 43 words
  22. THE COLOURED LABOUR CONFERENCE.

    The Premier has received oil the following telegram, dated 13th June, from Mr. Forrest, the Premier of Western Australia:—"In my telegram of the 6th instant I said if a conference was held on the ...

    Article : 291 words
  23. THE MINERS AND THE EIGHTHOUR QUESTION.

    The Miners' Federation of Great Britain has advised the minors to oppose candidates at the forthcoming general election who object to legislation in the direction ...

    Article : 40 words
  24. CHILDREN LOST IN THE BUSH.

    Two children of J. W. Freeman, a selector at Barham, near Konoodrook, were lost in the bush since about noon on Monday. They were found about 11 yesterday morning a couple of miles found ...

    Article : 63 words
  25. NOMINATION OF MR. CLEVELAND.

    Mr. Grover Cloveland has by the Democratic Convention at Chicago been nominated for the Presidency. ...

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  26. QUEENSLAND LOANS.

    The admission made by Mr. Tozer, Colonial Secretary of Queensland, that one-fourth of the population of Queensland has been dependent on loans, has created ...

    Article : 33 words
  27. THE IMPERIAL INSTITUTE.

    The official opening of the Imperial Institute having been deferred owing to her Majesty's mourning for the Duke of Clarence, an informal opening of part of ...

    Article : 52 words
  28. THE LATE MR. DERBIN WILLDER.

    On the arrival of the Aramac to-day particulars were obtained of Mr. Durbin Willder's death. Mr. Willder was in a very weak condition when he boarded the steamer on his return at Brisbane ...

    Article : 577 words
  29. A MUNIFICENT BEQUEST.

    Mr. David Lewiss, of Liverpool, who died in 1885, bequeathed a sum of £200,000, which will ultimately amount to £350,000, to Mr. G J. Cohen, of Sydney, ...

    Article : 75 words
  30. THE LONDON COUNTY COUNCIL.

    The Earl of Rosebery has resigned the chairmanship of the London County Council. ...

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  31. RUSSIAN CEREALS.

    The Russian Government has now removed the inhibition upon the export of all cereals and cereal products from the Empire, except ryo, ryoflour, and bran. ...

    Article : 32 words
  32. A DYNAMITE COMPANY.

    At a meeting of directors of a dynamite-manufacturing company in Paris the absence of two members of the board was commented upon, loading to an ...

    Article : 50 words
  33. CROSSE AND BLACKWELL.

    The business of Messrs. Crosse and Blackwell has been formed into a limited liability company with a capital of £570,000. ...

    Article : 27 words
  34. BELGIAN POLITICS.

    The clerical party in Belgium has secured a majority of 32 in the Chamber of Deputies and of 16 in the Senate. ...

    Article : 33 words
  35. CHINESE ON THE QUEENSLAND BORDER.

    The Premier has communicated with the Governmment Resident of the Northern Territory with reference to the report of Chinese starving on the Queensland border, and Mr. Dashwood is ...

    Article : 47 words
  36. NEW ZEALAND.

    Lientcal du Richtor, A.D.C. to the Czar of Russia, has returned the address which was sent for presentation to His Majesty by the New Zealand House of Representatives on ...

    Article : 159 words
  37. A NEWSPAPER ORDERED TO APOLOGISE.

    The Court has ordered the Dwarf to apologise for publishing the details of an action for debt commenced by Miss Bessie Bellwood against the Duke of ...

    Article : 39 words
  38. WRECK OF A KETCH.

    The ketch Lotus, 86 tons, owned by Mr. Russell, of Port Adrlaide, became a total wreck at Port MacDonnell. The crew were saved. The vessel was wan insured in the National Insurance ...

    Article : 47 words
  39. THE A. A. COMPANY.

    The Australian Agricultural Company has declared a dividend of four guineas per share for 1891. ...

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  40. THE SALE OF DOCUMENTS TO GERMANY.

    A clerk in the Paris War Office has been arrested for selling documents to Germany. ...

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  41. MR. H. M. STANLEY.

    Objection has been raised to the nomination of Mr. H. M. Stanley as Conservative candidate for North [?]mboth at the general election, on the ground that he is ...

    Article : 56 words
  42. TASMANIA.

    A meeting of civil servants held in Hobart yesterday, the Auditor-General presiding, unanimously adopted a proposal for a Civil Servants' Superannuation Fund.The Government will frame ...

    Article : 63 words
  43. SIR EDWARD BRADDON.

    Sir Edward Braddon, Agent-General for Tasmania, has been awarded a silver medal by the Society of Arts for his recent paper on Tasmania. ...

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  44. FATAL ACCIDENT NEAR INGLEBURN RAILWAY STATION.

    A fatal accident occurred to-day on the railway line, near Ingleburn station, to a fettler named Henry Jones, 42 years of age. He was crossing the line in order to avoid the express bound to Sydney, ...

    Article : 113 words
  45. REPUBLIC OF ANGOLA.

    Angola, in West Africa, has been proclaimed a Republic. ...

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  46. ELECTRIC LIGHTING IN LAUNCESTON.

    A crowded public meeting at Launceston yesterdat affirmed the desirableness of the corporation's carrying out an electric-lighy scheme. ...

    Article : 34 words
  47. TRIAL OF RAVACHOL.

    Ravachol, the perpetrator of the dynamite outrages, has been further tried for the committal of five murders near St. Etienno. Ravachol made a gloating ...

    Article : 41 words
  48. THE BOERS IN SOUTH AFRICA.

    A Boer tre[?] has entered Portuguese territory in South Africa. ...

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  49. HEAVY FALL OF SNOW.

    squally heavy rain fell yesterday at Launceston and in the northern districts, Floods are [?]oured. Snow fell at Windmill Hill, Launceston, for the first time for 13 years. ...

    Article : 36 words
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