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

    The Sandhurst gold statistics for February show that the banks purohased 17,824oz., an increase of 6254oz. over the amount for February, 1889, when the figures were ll,590oz. The great bulk of the ...

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  3. ENGLAND AND PORTUGAL.

    The students of Oporto presented a petition to King Carlos, asking for the removal of the exequatur issued to the British Consul in that city, authorising him to ...

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  4. GENERAL STRIKE OF COAL-MINERS.

    The colliery proprietors having failed to reply to the terms proposed by the Miners' Federation of Manchester, viz., a 5 per cent. advance at once, with another ...

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  5. CABLEGRAMS. [BY CABLE.] (FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT.) PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION.

    Mr. Leveson-Gower has been elected for Stoke-upon-Trent, in place of Mr. W. L. Bright, resigned. He polled 4157 votes, the Conservative candidate, Mr. Allen, only ...

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  6. The Sydney Morning Herald.

    THE French Ministry has resigned. SIR WILLIAM HAVELOCK, the Governor of Natal, has been appointed to Ceyloh. A GENERAL strike of coalminers has been ordered ...

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  7. THE FRENCH IN DAHOMEY.

    The French forces in Dahomey have bombarded the two native towns of Athomby and Kalavy. ...

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  8. LORD RANDOLPH CHURCHILL.

    Several Conservative societies are promoting movements of censure against Lord Randolph Churchill in retaliation for his speech on the 11th instant, in which he ...

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  9. THE IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

    In the House of Commons last night the Right Hon. Sir G. O. Trevelyan, M.P. for Bridgeton, Glasgow, moved a resolution in favour of Parliament meeting in ...

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  10. DEATH OF BARON DOWSE.

    The death is announced of Baron Dowse, of the High Court, Ireland. The late Right Hon. Richard Dowse, Baron of the Exchequer Division of the High Court of Justice in ...

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  11. QUEENSLAND.

    A meeting of the representatives of the Labourers' Union, farmers, planters, and Chamber of Commerce has been held at Mackay to discuss the best means of preserving the sugar industry. ...

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  12. THE FRENCH MINISTRY.

    The Senate having refused the request of the representative of the French Ministry in that Chamber to pass an order of the day respecting a question asked as to the ...

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  13. A FASHIONABLE DIVORCE CASE.

    Viscount Dunlo, son of the Earl of Clancarty, who married Miss Belle Bilton, of the Empire Theatre, last year, has petitioned for a divorce from his wife on ...

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  14. GREAT STRIKE OF ENGINEERS.

    Thirty thousand eagineers at Newcastle-on-Tyne and Stockton have struck work for fewer hours. ...

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  15. RABBIT-PROOF WIRE NETTING FOR VICTORIA.

    Mr. Shiels, M.L.A., of Victoria, has concluded a contract with English firms for supplying to the order of the Victorian Government a quantity of rabbit-proof ...

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  16. THE DOCK STRIKE IN LIVERPOOL.

    Serious disturbances have taken place in Liverpool in connection with the dock labourers' strike. The unionists have attacked the non-unionist labourers. ...

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  17. A TOWN SACKED BY INDIANS.

    The Indians of the neighbourhood made an attack upon the town of Huanta in Peru, not far inland from the city of Lima. The attack was so successful that they ...

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  18. AMERICAN DYNAMITE-GUN CRUISER.

    The American cruiser Vesuvius, mounted with a dynamite gun, has been tried, with excellent results. ...

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  19. GOLD-MINING IN QUEENSLAND.

    The Kilkivan gold mines, near Gympie, Queensland, are to be registered as a public company, to take over the property of the old Kilkivan Company. The capital ...

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  20. GOLD-MINING IN NEW ZEALAND.

    The Glenrock Gold-mining Company is to be re-formed with a capital of £315,000, for the purpose of absorbing the Premier Gold-mining Company, New Zealand. ...

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  21. THE GOVERNORSHIP OF CEYLON.

    Sir Arthur Havelock, K.C.M.G., late Governor of Natal, has been appointed Governor of Ceylon. ...

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  22. THE COLLIERY DISASTER IN WALES.

    It has been discovered that the terrible explosion at the Morfa colliery, Cardiff, was caused by a miner having fired a shot in a dangerous portion of the mine without ...

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  23. PRESENTATIONS TO ARCHDEACON JULIUS.

    At Ballarat on Friday night, Archdeacon Julius, Bishop-elect of Christchurch, New Zealand, was the recipient of several presentations prior to his departure. ...

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  24. SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    The Trades and Labour Council at Friday evening's meeting resolved to support the Tanners' and Curriers' Union in any action regarding the present difficulty. An amendment recommending the ...

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  25. RETIREMENT OF MR. ALEXANDER M'ARTHUR, M.P.

    Mr. Alexander M'Arthur, M.P. for Leicester, has announced that he does not intend to seek re-election, on account of the unsatisfactory state of his health. ...

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  26. THE LOCK-OUT OF MINERS AT CHILTERN.

    On Saturday morning Mr. W. G. Spence, secretary of the Amalgamated Miners' Association, with another delegate, waited on the officials of the Chiltern Valley mine, where the miners have been ...

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  27. PRIVY COUNCIL APPEAL CASE.

    In the Privy Council appeal case, Brown and others (plaintiffs and appellants) v. the Commissioner for Railways of New South Wales, the appeal has been allowed ...

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  28. AN AUSTRALIAN BISHOPRIC DECLINED.

    The Rev. John William Horsley, Vicar of Trinity Church, Woolwich, has declined to accept an Australian bishopric, which was offered to him. ...

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  29. THE BERLIN LABOUR CONFERENCE.

    Herr Berlepsch, the Prussian Minister of Commerce, has been elected President of the Labour Conference at Berlin. In replying for the honour of his election to ...

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  30. PUGILISM IN SAN FRANCISCO.

    A pugilistic encounter has taken place at San Francisco between Murphy, of Australia, and Warren, an American boxer. Murphy knocked his opponent ...

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  31. STRIKE IN THE CIGAR TRADE AT ANTWERP.

    The cigar-workers at Antwerp have struck work for an increase of pay. The strike has led to an outbreak of disorder, and a number of the strikers have been ...

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  32. TASMANIA.

    A man named Martin Wheeler was stabbed on Saturday evening by his father-in-law, Richard Ronayne, aged 72. A quarrel arose out of a dispute as to who should carry a load of wood into the ...

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  33. THE PARNELL COMMISSION REPORT.

    The Marquis of Salisbury has given notice of his intention to move the adoption of the Times-Parnell Commission report, and that the thanks of the House of Lords ...

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  34. FATALITIES NEAR MELBOURNE.

    Alfred Ingram, aged 38, a surveyor, while attempting to get out of a train in motion at Elsternwick, this evening, fell between the carriage and the platform and was killed. He was a married man. ...

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  35. THE LONDON GAIETY COMPANY.

    The London Gaiety Company will pay a second visit to Australia. ...

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  36. COMMERCIAL.

    The money market is declining, owing to the more adequate supply in outside markets. The open market quotation for three months' bills is 2? per cent. ...

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  37. NEW ZEALAND.

    The German warship Alexandrine will be docked here. It is now stated that she will return to Apia in about a month, instead of going home. At the annual meeting of the New Zealand Drug ...

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  38. HENRY GEORGE IN THE COUNTRY.

    Yesterday Henry George arrived at Orange, but owing to an oversight, none of the single-taxers met the visitor at the railway-station. In the evening the Mayor drove him around the town, the park, ...

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  39. THE FLOODS IN AMERICA.

    The floods in the valley of the Mississippi have proved disastrous. At Memphis the river is 40 miles wide, and an extensive area of country is inundated. ...

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  40. SUICIDE OF A BANK MANAGER.

    Mr. P. M. Carter, manager of the Ararat branch of the London Chartered Bank, shot himself dead early on Saturday morning. ...

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  41. NOWRA LAND COURT.

    At the adjourned meeting of the Land Court to-day the case of the Berry Estate Trust application for the purchase of the Seven Mile Beach Reserves was continued. Messrs. Whiteman and Waddell (the Mayors ...

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  42. THE WRECK OF THE QUETTA.

    The steamer Albatross returned this morning from the Quetta wreck. The divers report that the vessel is lying on her starboard broadside. Owing to the dirty weather prevailing very little work has ...

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  43. NEW QUEENSLAND LOAN.

    A loan of £2,264,000 will be placed on the market by Queensland on Friday next. It will bear interest at 3½ per cent., and the minimum is 97. ...

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  44. NEW STEAMER FOR AUSTRALIA.

    The steamer Time, which has been built for Messrs. Howard Smith and Sons' Australian trade, has been successfully launched. ...

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  45. ESCABE OF A PRISONER.

    George Cassidy, who was sentenced by Judge Docker yesterday to two years for forging and uttering, escaped over the gaol wall at dinner time. No trace was left. The police are scouring the country. ...

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  46. THE WARATAH RAILWAY ACCIDENT.

    At the inquest on the body of E. Collingwood, railway shunter, who was killed at Waratah yesterday, s., verdict of accidental [?] was returned. ...

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