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  2. THE SHEARING TROUBLE. AN IMPORTANT MEETING OF UNIONISTS.

    A special meeting of unionists was hastily summoned yesterday, about 800 were present, Mr. J. A. Campbell, chairman of the strike committee, presided, and said the meeting had been called to enable the strike ...

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  3. THE VICTORIAN CABINET.

    The Cabinet will to-morrow consider the question of filling the Chief Secretaryship, and the position of Commissioner, vacant through the death of Mr. Langridge. It is not ...

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  4. INTERCOLONIAL NEWS. [BY TELEGRAPH.] (FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT.) VICTORIA.

    Early yesterday morning James Morton, of Clifton Hill, was returning from a party, when he was garrotted and robbed by two men, who secured about £40 worth of property. ...

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  5. THE VICTORIAN LOAN.

    The new Victorian loan is now named at a nominal premium of three-eighths. Public inquiry for the loan is small. APRIL 11. ...

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  6. THE FEDERATION CONVENTION.

    The Times, in a leading article this morning, referring to the close of the Federation Convention at Sydney, says that Sir Henry Parkes' triumph is remarkable; ...

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  7. CABLEGRAMS. (FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT.) THE SYDNEY POST OFFICE CLOCK AND BELLS.

    The clock and bells intended for the General Post Office, Sydney, were shipped to-day by the steamer Echuca. ...

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  8. The Sydney Morning Herald.

    IN opening the Austrian Reich[?]th the Emperor Francis Joseph stated that assurance had been given by the European powers that the maintenance of peace was the most essential object of their ...

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  9. A NEW PLAY FOR AUSTRALIA.

    Mr. Amory Sullivan (son of Mr. Barry Sullivan) has purchased the Australian rights of Mr. Henry Arthur Jones's very successful play, "The Dancing Girl," as ...

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  10. SIR GEORGE GREY IN MELBOURNE.

    Yesterday Sir George Grey arrived by the Sydney express. He was warmly welcomed at Spencer-street by a large number of old New Zealand and other friends, and also by the representatives of the ...

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  11. SOUTH AUSTRALIAN WATERS.

    Shipmasters sailing to South Australia complain that Spencer's Gulf is insufficiently lighted and buoyed. It is also stated that the delays and detentions at ...

    Article : 44 words
  12. COLONIAL BORROWING.

    Chief Justice Higinbotham, of Victoria, writing in the publication Greater Britain, says that Australia has already attracted more attention in the matter of loans and ...

    Article : 57 words
  13. THE GAIETY TROUPE.

    Mr. Leslie and Miss Nellie Farren, of the Gaiety Company, leave England for their Australian season by the Oroya. The rest of the party sail in the Orizaba. ...

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  14. AIDE-DE-CAMP TO SIR HENRY NORMAN.

    Lieutenant Strachey, of the Rifle Brigade, has been appointed aide-de-camp to Sir Henry Norman, Governor of Queensland. ...

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  15. A RUSSIAN LOAN.

    A Russian Conversion loan of 600,000,000 francs (£24,000,000) will shortly be issued. The minimum is fixed at 84. ...

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  16. THE COMMAND OF H.M.S. ORLANDO.

    Commander Frederick O. Pike has been appointed to the command of H.M.S. Orlando. ...

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  17. THE NATIVE REVOLT IN INDIA.

    The head clerk of the political agency at Manipur telegraphs that Mr. J. W. Quinton, the British Commissioner in Assam, and the other members of his party ...

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  18. THE NAVAL AUXILIARY SQUADRON.

    Captain Herbert W. S. Gibson will command the Australian Auxiliary cruiser Wallaroo, and will take the command of H.M.S. Curagoa when that vessel is ...

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  19. OPENING OF THE AUSTRIAN REICHSRATH.

    The Emperor Francis Joseph, in opening the Austrian Reichsrath, announced that the European Powers had given assurances that the maintenance of peace was ...

    Article : 65 words
  20. GUNPOWDER EXPLOSION AT ZANZLBAR.

    An explosion of gunpowder took place in a building adjoining the palace of the Sultan of Zanzibar. Thirteen persons were killed on the spot, and 18 were wonnded. ...

    Article : 38 words
  21. SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    Mr. Oswald Brown, the eminent engineer, who made an engagement with the Government to report on the question of additional water supply for the city, has nearly finished his labours. On Tuesday ...

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  22. ATTEMPT TO ROB A BANK

    A branch of the Bank of Australasia at Euroa was entered during Thursday night, but the robbers only secured two revolvers. Suspicion attaches to a patty of men seen loitering in the vicinity. ...

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  23. VACANT SEAT IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS.

    Mr. Henry Hucks Gibbs, the Australian shipowner and merchant, of London, is a candidate unopposed for the seat in the House of Commons for the City of London ...

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  24. AFFAIRS IN SOUTH AFRICA.

    Lord Salisbury has released the Government of Cape Colony of the coal—£20,000 annually—of the administration of Basutoland, which has been annexed to Cape ...

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  25. THE SEAMEN'S UNION OF VICTORIA.

    A meeting of the members of the Amalgamated Seamen's Union was held last night, at which it was resolved to form a vigilance committee, not only for extending the aims and objects of the ...

    Article : 73 words
  26. THE MELBA AFFAIR.

    It is understood that Madame Melba has given instructions to her solicitors to endeavour to trace the authors of the recent canard connecting her name ...

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  27. THE BRITISH LABOUR COMMISSION.

    The British Royal Labour Commission is now definitely appointed. It consists of 27 members, including the Marquis of Hartington, M.P. (chairman), the Earl of ...

    Article : 159 words
  28. THE DUBBO CIRCUIT COURT.

    The Circuit Court commences on Tuesday, Mr. Justice Stephen, presiding, and Mr. Wise being Crown Prosecutor. There is a heavy list of criminal cases, including those of Lars Peter Hansen, for the Peak ...

    Article : 116 words
  29. A CASE OF CHILD NEGLECT.

    Mrs. Annie Green was tried to-day at the Supreme Court for causing the death of a baby by neglect. The evidence disclosed that the mother neglected the child while away on a drunken bout. ...

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  30. THE INDIAN OPIUM TRAFFIC.

    A motion has been carried in the House of Commons by a majority of 30 in a small House, condemning the Indian opium traffic. ...

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  31. ITALY AND THE UNITED STATES.

    It is reported that Italy threatens to close diplomatic relations with the United States, unless an immediate reply be given by the American Government to the ...

    Article : 218 words
  32. NEW ZEALAND.

    Mr. Justice Connolly declined to grant an appeal to reverse the order of the lower Court remitting Robert Kurtz, who is accused of larceny, to Melbourne for trial. The prisoner will therefore be ...

    Article : 115 words
  33. A JUDICIAL APPOINTMENT.

    Mr. Richard Henn Collins, Q.C., has been appointed to succeed Sir James Eitzjames Stephen as a Judge of the Queen's Bench Division of the High Court of Justice, Sir ...

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  34. A SCENE ON THE GOULBURN BENCH.

    A scene took place on the bench to-day between the police magistrate and Mr. Solomon Mayor. The latter, with Mr. J. Oliver, heard the first portion of a case on Wednesday, and this morning took his seat as the ...

    Article : 253 words
  35. EAST SYDNEY ELECTION.

    The candidates for the vacant East Sydney seat in the Legislative Assembly were all busily engaged on Saturday in placing their views before the electrors of East Sydney, and much activity was dispalyed by their ...

    Article : 342 words
  36. THE IRISH LAND PURCHASE BILL.

    An amendment moved by Mr. Henry Labouchere to the Government Irish Land Purchase Bill, objecting to the principle of an Imperial contribution to the guarantee ...

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  37. ALLEGED MURDERS BY BLACKS.

    The Minister for Education has received a report from Mr. M. C. Wilshire, of the police camp, Fioke River, under date February 26, which states that during the night of February 20 he had tracked ...

    Article : 370 words
  38. AN EXTENSIVE COLLIERS' STRIKE.

    Seventy-five thousand colliers of Pennsylvania and Ohio will strike on May 1, unless the eight-hour principle be conceded. ...

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  39. TRADE BETWEEN ENGLAND AND THE COLONIES.

    The Toronto Board of Trade has unanimously resolved in favour of Great Britain adopting a discriminating tariff upon colonial food products. ...

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  40. THE MASHONALAND GOLDFIELDS.

    The expedition which Lord Randolph Churchill M.P., contemplates leading into Mashonaland, for the exploration of the British Company's territory, there is ...

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  41. PARKES PASTORALISTS' ASSOCIATION.

    Last night a meeting of the local branch of the Pastoralists' Aasociation met Mr. Whiteley King, secretary. A majority of the pastoral holdings of the district were represented. Mr. King ...

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  42. ENGLAND AND PORTUGAL.

    Portugal, has stopped the navigation of the Pungwe River, in South-Eastern Africa, until the British evacuate Massikesse. ...

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  43. THE NEWCASTLE ELECTION.

    The three candidates, Messrs. Grahame, Fegan, and Bennett, addressed large meetings last night from the balconies of the Criterion, Royal Exchange, and Royal Hotels respectively. In supporting Mr. Eagan, who ...

    Article : 117 words
  44. THE HOUSE OF COMMONS.

    The death is announced of the Right Hon. G. A. F. Cavendish-Bentinck, M.P. for Whitehaven. APRIL 11. ...

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  45. THE VICTORIAN PREMIER ON FEDERATION.

    Mr. Munro, who returned on Saturday, is highly gratified with the result of the Federation Convention, and is of opinion that, under all the circumstances, no better scheme for federation than that ...

    Article : 323 words
  46. THE PLOT AGAINST THE CZAR OF RUSSIA.

    The man who was arrested at St. Petersburg on suspicion of being about to make an attempt on the life of the Czar of Russia at a review of the Imperial Guards, proves ...

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  47. MASS MEETINGS OF TRADES-UNIONISTS IN THE DOMAIN.

    Two mass public meetings, under the auspices of the Trades and Labour Council, were held in the Sydney Domain yesterday afternoon, in reference to the Queensland shearing difficulty. At No. 1 platform ...

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  48. MINERS' ANNUAL MEETING.

    The annual meeting of miners' delegates terminated yesterday. It is understood that among other business was the quarterly balance-sheet and the question of suspension of Great Northern miners for resuming work ...

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  49. PASTORAL INTELLIGENCE.

    Stock movements: 1500 owes, from Coonabarabran to selection Billeroy, Croxon Brothers owners and in charge; 2000 owes, from Terembone station to Warree station, H. Skuthorpe owner, Morgan in charge; 2500 ...

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  50. THE EXPLORING EXPEDITION TO CENTRAL AUSTRALIA.

    Arrangements are being made for a farewell gathering in connection with the Elder exploring expedition which is being sent out by Sir Thomas Elder. A meeting, for which invitations are to be ...

    Article : 149 words
  51. PRODUCE EMPLOYEES' UNION.

    A meeting of men employed in the produco trade, about 20, principally those engaged in the dispute with the management of Jesse Ireland's firm, was held at the Paragon Hotel last night, Mr. Jas. Mason in the chair. ...

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  52. CHARGE OF FALSE PRETENCES.

    At the Police Court to-day, Herbert R. Brown, life assurance agent, who was recently before the court on a charge of forgery when the prosecutor withdrew the charge, was again brought up on warrant issued at ...

    Article : 71 words
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