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  2. SECOND EDITION. GROUNDING OF THE RIVERINA.

    The suspense in which shipping and commercial circles were held yesterday with respect to the condition of the steamer Riverina, reported ashore near Gabo Island, was most intense. ...

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

    No mails for India, China, or the East will be dispatched by the mail steamer Lusitania leaving on Friday, but correspondence will be forwarded to these places by steamer leaving on February 7. ...

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  4. THE GROUNDING OF THE RIVERINA. THE VESSEL IN AN UPRIGHT POSITION.

    The R.M.S. Lusitania, which arrived to-day from Sydney, rounded Gabo at 6.30 yesterday morning. Two hours later a ship's boat was seen under sail flying the Union Jack. The Lusitania stopped and ...

    Article : 385 words
  5. RAILWAY DISASTER IN AMERICA.

    A shocking railway disaster has taken place at Louisville, in the United States. A train ran off the rails, and some of the carriages caught fire. ...

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  6. CABLEGRAMS. (FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT.) ILLNESS OF MONSIGNOR JACOBINT.

    Monsignor D. M. Jacobini, Secretary of the Propaganda at Rome, is in a critical condition. ...

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  7. The Sydney Morning Herald.

    BY a railway disaster at Louisville, in America, six passengers were burnt to death and others injured. AN attempt has been made to shoot the Bishop ...

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  8. THE LONDON AND AUSTRALASIAN DEBENTURE CORPORATION.

    The London and Australasian Debenture Corporation have appointed Mr. W. A. Harper their managing director in Australia. ...

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  9. INFLUENZA IN CANADA.

    The epidemic of influenza, which has been prevalent in the Atlantic provinces of the United States, has sptead to Canada. The disease has assumed much intensity ...

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  10. THE BERMONDSEY DOCKERS—INCITING TO VIOLENCE.

    A man named Tom Mann was arrested for inciting the Bermondsey dock lubourers now on strike to commit acts of violence. Upon the inquiry at the police ...

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  11. IMPERIAL-COLONIAL FINANCE AGENCY.

    The London and Westminster Bank will shortly issue the shares of the ImperialColonial Finance Agency Association with a capital of two million pound. The ...

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  12. THE SECOND OFFICER'S REPORT.

    The Riverina left Melbourne at 8 p.m. on Saturday last for Sydney, and passed the Promontory at 9 a.m. on Sunday. The weather was hazy and smoky from bush fires. All went well, however, until 0.35 a.m. on ...

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  13. SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    Heavy rains have fallen in some of the country districts. At Riverton over 3in. fell in 24 hours. At many stations over an inch fell. The railway ballast between Hamley Bridge and Balaclava was ...

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  14. THE MISSING CHANNEL STEAMER.

    The steamer Paris, which left Dieppe for Newhaven, but did not arrive at the usual time, in consequence of which fears were entertained that she had suffered from the ...

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  15. BANQUET TO MISS MYRA KEMBLE.

    A banquet was given last night to Miss Myra Kermble, the Australian actress. It was a great success. Sir Saul Samuel, who presided, proposed the ...

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  16. CONSIGNEES OF CARGO.

    Scholefield and Company, G. H. Adams, J. Blackwood and Son, Tooth and Co., J. J. Kelly, J. S. Sayers, E. M. S. Eddy, Scott, Henderson, and Co., Union S.S. Company, W. S. Strong, Thomoson and ...

    Article : 230 words
  17. ATTEMPT TO SHOOT A BISHOP.

    A fanatic attempted to shoot the Bishop of Pennsylvania during service on Sunday last. ...

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  18. THE PASSENGERS.

    No excitement of any particular kind took place amongst either passengers or crew. There was ample time 'to land every one, and the sea was moderately smooth. ...

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  19. LORD SALISBURY AND THE MARQUIS OF HARTINGTON.

    The Marquis of Salisbury and the Marquis of Hartington have recovered from their recent indisposition. ...

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  20. THE POSITION OF THE SHIP.

    From the position of the Riverina it is not expected that she can be readily floated. So long as the weather continues from the northwards and N.W. or westerly, she is not likely to suffer further damage, but is ...

    Article : 52 words
  21. THE VICTORIAN LOAN.

    Regarding the Victorian loan which is to be shortly placed on the London Market, it is the opinion in the city that it will be best for Victoria to borrow £1,600,000 ...

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  22. SALVAGE ARRANGEMENTS.

    Directly the news of the mishap reached Sydney, the secretary to the Underwriters' Association arranged for the Aiding to proceed in charge of Captain Hall, their marine surveyor, but no steps were taken until ...

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  23. THE SHOOTING CASE AT COPMANHURST.

    Inspector Casey, with a detachment of police, has scoured the bush round Copmanhurst to capture Tommy Ryan, the escaped aboriginal. Last evening they searched the scrub near the Orara in the direction of ...

    Article : 322 words
  24. THE FEDERATION CONFERENCE.

    The meeting of the Federation Conference has been postponed till February 6. Mr. Gillies to-day received a telegram from Sir Henry Parkes stating that the Premier of New Zealand had advised him ...

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  25. THE WHEAT MARKET.

    The cargo of wheat ex Nanny was sold at 35s. 9d. ...

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  26. STATEMENT BY CAPTAIN LA NEVEU.

    The following statement made by Captain La Neveu, of the Wendouree:—"When off Cape Everad at 11 a.m. on the 27th instant spoke the s.s. Fiado, bound for Melbourne. She reported that the s.s. Riverina ...

    Article : 441 words
  27. WRECK OF THE LOCH MOIDART.

    The Loch Moidart, bound to Iquique, from Hamburg, was wrecked at Callandsoog. Thirty of the crew were drowned. JAN. 28. ...

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  28. NORTHERN TERRITORY.

    A meeting was held in the Mining Exchange yesterday which resulted in the formation of a looal company under the name of the Lady Alice Amalgamated, to work five gold claims on the Lady ...

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  29. TASMANIA.

    To-day was observed as a holiday to commemorate the foundation of Australian settlement and also the discovery of Tasmania by Tasman in 1642. ...

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  30. THE WRECK OF THE BARQUE THORNE.

    All on board the barque Thorne, which was wrecked in Douglas Bay, Isle of Man, at an early hour on the morning of the 25th, while on the voyage from Liverpool ...

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  31. FLOODS IN QUEENSLAND.

    The highest flood ever recorded here was experienced on Saturday and to-day. Many houses were washedaway, and immense damage done to low-lying parts of the town which were covered ...

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  32. SUICIDE BY A YOUNG MAN.

    John Chisholm, a young man of about 20 years of age, relieving Mr. Nunn, telegraph master at Cundletown, jumped into the river this morning about 4 o'clock. The body was dragged for and recovered about ...

    Article : 179 words
  33. NEW ZEALAND.

    At a conference of the Chambers of Commerce held in Dunedin. a paper, written by Mr. Pulsford, of Sydney, on "Commercial Federation," was read and discussed. ...

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  34. COUNTRY NEWS.

    The funeral of the late Canon A cocks took place to-day in the Albury Cemetery, and was numerously attended by the leading residents of the town and district. The cortege extended over a quarter of a mile in ...

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  35. THE LIVERPOOL STRIKE.

    The strike in the Liverpool docks, by the men employed there, for an increase of wages is spreading, and other bodies of men are engaging in similar movements. ...

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  36. SINGULAR AND EXTENSIVE ROBBERY.

    Last night two brothers named George and Charles. Chamberlain were arrested ona charge of stealing goods the property of Messrs. Alfred Fenton and Bons, china merchants, of Bourke-street. The ...

    Article : 152 words
  37. THE CROOKWELL SHOW.

    The Agricultural Society's committee has drafted a prize schedule, and appointed judges and stewards. Complaints were made at the delay in payment of the Government subsidy, and the secretary was ordered to ...

    Article : 72 words
  38. LORD CARRINGTON IN AUCKLAND.

    Lord Carrington and the Earl of Onslow arrived in Auckland to-day for the purpose of taking part in the Jubilee celebrations. They were accorded an enthusiastic reception. Rewi, the ...

    Article : 51 words
  39. THE GRETA COAL-MINING COMPANY.

    Sir William D. Jervois and Mr. James Hora have been appointed directors of the Greta Coal-mining Company. ...

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  40. DROWNING NEAR TAREE.

    Senior-constable Ogden received intelligence on Friday evening that a horse was found drowned with a buggy attached on the Upper Manning, the couipage belonging to Mr. George Edward Homewood. The ...

    Article : 118 words
  41. THE WRECK OF THE BERRY CASTLE.

    A relic found at the Auckland Islands has been identifie, as forming part of the wreckage of the Berry Castle. ...

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  42. WESLEYAN CONFERENCE OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    The opening session of the Wesleyan Conference began in the Pirie-street church this morning, in the presence of a large number of ministerial and lay representatives, the Rev. H. T. Burgess presiding. ...

    Article : 122 words
  43. VISIT OF O'CONNOR, THE SCULLER, TO AUSTRALIA.

    William O'Connor, the American sculler, has started for Australia. ...

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  44. BATHURST QUARTER SESSIONS.

    At the Quarter Sessions which opened to-day before Judge Docker, Edward Williams and Thos. Jones, charged with forging and uttering a cheque for £4 11s. to a local publican, were convicted of uttering. The ...

    Article : 136 words
  45. THE JUBILEE OF NEW ZEALAND METHODISM.

    At the Wesleyan Conference at Christchurch, it was resolved to celebrate the jubilee of New Zealand Methodism by raising a fund of £15,000. ...

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  46. BALLOON ASCENT AT NEWCASTLE.

    Professor Van Tassell made a most successful balloon ascent and parachute jump, d la Baldwin, to-day. When a height of about 3000ft. had been reached, Van Tassel severed the parachute from the balloon, and landed ...

    Article : 57 words
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