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  2. THE WEATHER.

    The recent period of intense heat [?] night in heavy intermittent showers, which fell up daylight. The rain was highly valuable for the [?] supply; but a strong wind following soon dried up the ...

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  3. COUNTRY NEWS.

    To-day, at a meeting of magistrates, it was decided that Messrs. C. Biddulph and Frank Hailov be appointed enumerators of the district in connection with the forthcoming collection of the ceusus. ...

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

    The Governor was presented to-day with an address of loyalty and welcome to Victoria by the officers of the District Grand Lodge I.O.O., M.U. The Earl of Jersey will arrive in Melbourne by ...

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  5. ENGLAND AND AMERICA. THE BEHRING SEA FISHERIES.

    In reference to the reported rupture in the negotiations between Great Britain and the United States concerning the Behring Sea-[?]al fisheries, the Marquis of Salisbury ...

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  6. CABLEGRAMS. (FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT.) THE AUSTRALIAN AUXILIARY CRUISERS.

    The ships Tauranga ami Ringarooma, of the Australian auxiliary squadron, will be commissioned on January 20, and afterward- manned at Devonport with a ...

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    Not the least interesting of the many eramination results publiakedduring the past few weeks was the anno[?]ment of the names of successful studentsin the Superior ...

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  8. THE LAUNCESTON EXHIBITION.

    Sir Edward N. C. Braddon, K.C.M.G., Agent-General for Tasmania, has arranged a strong London committee in support of the Launceston Exhibition. ...

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  9. THE REDUCED CABLE RATES.

    The Governments of the other colonies having expressed a dasire to be furnished with copies of the main paragraphs in the proposed new agreement with the Cable Company before authorising their ...

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  10. AN INVINCIBLE RELEASED.

    Mullett, one of the imprisoned " Invincibles," has been released. ...

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  11. LORD EUSTON'S ILLNESS.

    The condition of the Earl of Euston shows signs of improvement. ...

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  12. CORRESPONDENCE SUBMITTED TO CONGRESS.

    The correspondence which has passed between the British and American Governments upon the Behring Sea fisheries question has been submitted to the United ...

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  13. SHEARING DIFFICULTY IN QUEENSLAND.

    Shearing was to have started at Logan Downs yesterday. Great interest was attached to the matter, as this was the first shed in the Contral district to start sines the newagreement drawn up by the Psstoralists' ...

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    A MEETING of the Cabinet was to have been held yesterday. Owing, however, to the absence from town of several Ministers the meeting did not take place. ...

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  15. A NATIONAL BANK OF SOUTH AFRICA.

    A National Bank of South. Africa is being formed, with a capital of £4,000,000. ...

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  16. RETURN OF LADY HOPETOUN TO VICTORIA.

    It is announced that Lady Hopetoun will return to Victoria by the next trip of the R.M.S. Britannia. ...

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  17. THE BRITISH NAVAL AND MILITARY CONTROL.

    The British Government is making arrangements by which the Admiralty will in future have the entire charge of all guns and stores for the fleet, the War ...

    Article : 46 words
  18. QUEENSLAND.

    The damage done by the recent fire at Gympie is estimated at £20,000, of which £11,000 is covered by insurance. Earthquake shocks were felt in several places in ...

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  19. THE RAILWAY STRIKE IN SCOTLAND.

    The eviction of the railway strikers at Motherwell in Lanarkshire, on the Caledonian line, from the premi-es belonging to the company, led to serious riots. ...

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  20. THE BRITISH SQUADRON TO BE REINFORCED.

    The British squadron in Behring Sea is to be reinforced. ...

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  21. SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    The Mayor will give a reception to the South Australian cricketers on their return to-morrow morning from Melbourne after their splendid victory gained over a picked team of Victoria players. ...

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  22. A GERMAN FLEET ORDERED TO BEHRING SEA.

    It is reported that a German fleet has been ordered to proceed to Behring Sea to protect the German sealera. ...

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  23. ARREST OF A BANK OFFICIAL FOR EMBEZZLEMENT.

    Charles E. Mackenzie, teller at the Hawthorn brancn of the E S. and A. C. Bank, was arrested this morning charged with embezzling £107. Mackenzie states that he has been abstracting ...

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  24. RUSSIA ASSISTS THE AMERICANS.

    The Standard [?]his morning announces that Russia is mobilising a fleet in Siberian waters with the view of assisting the American squadron in the Behring Sea. ...

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  25. THE BALLARAT TRAGEDY.

    After being unable to take any kind of [?] for a couple of days, Johnston to-day had two severe fits, which left him very muoh prostrated. During the afternoon he signified that he desired ...

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  26. MR. BLAINE AGREES TO ARBITRATION.

    Dalziel's Telegraphic Agency states that Mr. Blaine has consented to proceed to arbitration with a view to the settlement of the Behring Sea difficulty. ...

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  27. SPAIN AND THE CAROLINE ISLANDS.

    The natives of the Caroline Islands have attacked the Spanish expeditionary force despatched to Ponape. The Spanish troops were compelled to disperse the attacking ...

    Article : 52 words
  28. TASMANIA.

    An influential deputation representing the mercantile interests of Launceston waited to-day upon the chairman of the United Steamship Company and a ked the company to place upon the ...

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  29. THE REMAINS OF THE LATE MR. KINGLAKE.

    The remains of the late Alexander William Kinglake, the historian, have been cremated. ...

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  30. THE LATE FIRE AT WIOKHAM.

    This morning the coroner, Mr. Martin, and a jury of 13 resumed the inquiry at the Belleview [?], Wickham, into the origin of the fire which occurred on last Boxing Night on the promises of Michael ...

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  31. THE UNITED STATES CENSUS.

    The census returns show that the birthrate throughout the United States has considerably decreased, there being a difference in this respect of two millions ...

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  32. THE EARLY-CLOSING MOVEMENT.

    There is a threatened break in the early-closing movement here. Two large drapery establishments have seceded from the short-hours arrangement. At a meeting of the Shop Employees' Union held ...

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  33. RUSSIA AND GERMANY.

    The Russian troops that have been stationed on, the German frontier have been ordered to retire. ...

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  34. NEW ZEALAND.

    The French war ship Dubourdieu sailed to-day for Wellington, on route for Valparaiso. The Volta sa[?] direct for the [?] place to morrow. The report of the New Zealand Insurance ...

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  35. PASTORAL TENANTS IN THE WEST.

    Great dissatisfaction exists among the pastoral tenants in the Western division, both squatters and homestead lessees, at the enormous increase of rental placed, upon the holdings at the recent sittings of ...

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  36. HAWAII AND CANADA.

    The authorities in Honolulu are parleying with Canado, with the view of securing an improvement in the trade relations between the two countries. ...

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  37. THE CANADIAN-PACIFIC MAIL SERVICE.

    The syndicate, of which the Marquis of Hartington is chairman, having in view the arrangement of a Canadian-Australian mail service, accepts the £10,000 subsidy ...

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  38. PROSECUTION OF SALVATION ARMY OFFICERS.

    At the police court to-day the captain and six members of the Salvation Army were summoned at the instance of Inspector Ford that they did, on December 31, by misbehaviour, interrupt the free passage of ...

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  39. DROWNING OF A CENTENARIAN.

    A magisterial inquiry was held yesterday, before Mr. Hugh Campbell, J.P., upon the body of Elizabeth Donovan. 100 years of age, who was found drowned in Mangrove Creek. The evidence showed that deceased ...

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  40. THE FIRES IN NEW YORK.

    It is announced that the recent fires, by which the Fifth-avenue and Hermann's Theatres were destroyed, and the Sturtevant House was injured, originated in a ...

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  41. DEATH OF AN OLD COLONIST.

    Mr. Maurice, Harnett, of Rosebrook, died after a brief illness last Saturday night, aged 58 years. He was interred in a private [?] at Rosebrook yesterday. The Very Rev. Doan Slattery [?]. There ...

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  42. CASES OF SNAKE BITE.

    Mrs. Carter, wife of a wood and coal dealer, residing at Bowenfell's-road, was severely bitten by a large black snake in an outhouse adjoining the promises yesterday afternoon. Symptoms of poisoning did not appear ...

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  43. THE INDIAN RISING IN AMERICA.

    A report has just reached London to the effect that a battle ia raging at the Pine Ridge settlement, in Nebraska, between the Sioux Indians and the troops of the ...

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  44. THE DISTRESS IN IRELAND.

    Two thousand labourers at a town named Swineford, in county Mayo, Ireland, are demanding the establishment of relief work in the construction of a railway; ...

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  45. AMUSEMENTS. THEATRE ROYAL.

    Beyond the [?] that "Cinderella" continues to draw crowded hou[?], there is little to chronicle in connection with Mr. George M[?] handsome production. The pantomime, as already announced, can only be ...

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  46. TRADES MOVEMENTS.

    The executive of the Trades and Labour Council last evening passed a resolution expresing sympathy with Mr. H.C. Hoyle in the unfortunate position in which he has been placed by the action of the Railway ...

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  47. HER MAJESTY'S.

    This large theatre is also filled to its utmost capacity every night, "Dick Whittington and his Cat" having made a great hit, thanks to the vivacity of Miss Maggie Mooro, the excellence of the scenery, and the quaint ...

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  48. EXTENSION OF THE MUDGEE RAILWAY.

    A deputation waited this afternoon on Mr. R. Jones, Examiner of Public Works. They were asked for an expression of opinion as to the best route for the proposed extension of the Mudgee railway. ...

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  49. RECEPTION AND BANQUET TO M'LEAN.

    'The champton sculler, John M'Lean, arrived this evening, to attend the banquet given in his honour. About 400 people assembled on the wharf, and received the champion with cheers. He waa then driven ...

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  50. CRITERION.

    Messrs. Brough and Bou[?] advertise the last three nights of "impulse," in which Mr. G. S. Tuheradge and Miss Fanny Enson are seen to such advantage in the comedy characters of Captain Crichton ...

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  51. THE HOME RULE PARTY.

    At the request of Mr. Harrington, Mr. T. Healy, M. P., will to-morrow have an interview with Mr. Parnell relative to the disruption in the Irish Nationalist party. ...

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  52. GENERAL BOOTH'S COLONISATION SCHEME.

    General Booth declares that he has been offered millions of acres of land for the establishment of oversea settlements in connection with his colonisation scheme. ...

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  53. COLLAPSE OF A DWELLING AT GUNDAGAI.

    At 10.30 last night Mr. Morley's residence, about the oldest in Gundagai, collapsed. Miss Emma Morley, a little boy of 4, and a girl of 13 were in bed at the time, and marvellous to relate, when rescued from under the ...

    Article : 82 words
  54. [?] QUART[?] SESSIONS.

    The Quarter Sessions were held to-day before his Honor Judge Murray. John O'Neill, for inflicting grievous bodily harm, was acquitted. Sarah Luxton for concealment of birth was Imprisoned until the ...

    Article : 61 words
  55. GARRICK.

    The last three nights are also announced at "Moths," which will give way on Saturday to the produotion for the first time in Australia of "The Middleman" a drama by Mr. Henry A. Jones. ...

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