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  2. INTERCOLONIAL NEWS.

    The number of free railway passes issued during the present year to the unemployed is 1400, and they are now being granted at the rate of 40 per day. The passes have been supplied ...

    Article : 344 words
  3. THE ROYAL MARRIAGE.

    H.R. H. the Princess Louise, eldest daughter of the Prince and Princess of Wales, was married to-day to the Earl of Fife. ...

    Article : 129 words
  4. ARRIVAL OF THE ENGLISH. MAIL AT ALBANY.

    The Orient R.M.S. Cuzco, J. H. S. Nixon, commander, arrived from Colombo at 9 a.m. The following are the passengers:- For MELBOURNE: Messrs. Johnson, Adams, ...

    Article : 75 words
  5. The Sydney Morning Herald.

    THE Princess Louise was married on Saturday to the Earl of Fife the ceremony being performed by the Archbishop of Canterbury. IN the House of Commons Mr. Labouchere's ...

    Article : 7,562 words
  6. CABLEGRAMS.

    Mr. Raikes, the Postmaster-General, has announced that after January next the transit rates on mails via Brindisi will be reduced by £6000 per annum. The ...

    Article : 52 words
  7. THE GLASGOW UNIVERSITY.

    Mr. G. Murray, of Sydney, son of the late Sir Terence Aubrey Murray, formerly President of the Legislative Council of New South Wales, has been appointed ...

    Article : 41 words
  8. MAIL NEWS.

    The Times-Parnell Commission has been sitting all the week, and though Dr. Kenny, Mr. Sexton, and Mr. Tim. Harrington have all been in the witness-box, the evidence given has been neither ...

    Article : 786 words
  9. THE PARIS EXHIBITION.

    A collection of Victorian ferns at the Paris Exhibition, has been awarded a Grand Prix. All the colonial exhibitors of leather will receive awards. ...

    Article : 30 words
  10. THE ENGLISH HARVEST.

    The cold and rainy weather now prevailing is retarding the harvest operations, and the farmers are anxious. ...

    Article : 31 words
  11. DISTINCTION CONFERRED BY THE POPE.

    His Holiness the Pope has created Dr. Morgan Stanislaus Grace, M.L.C., of Wellington, New Zealand, and a prominent member of the Roman Catholic laity of ...

    Article : 45 words
  12. PRIVY COUNCIL APPEAL CASE.

    The appeal to the Privy Council entered by the Mutual Provident, Land, Investing, and Building Society ogainst Macmillan and another, has been dismissed, with ...

    Article : 164 words
  13. THE CENSUS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM.

    The Imperial Government has appointed a department committee to consider the propriety of taking the census of the United Kingdom once every five years. ...

    Article : 33 words
  14. QUEENSLAND.

    It is understood that the Board appointed to report on the mange disease have recommended the Government not to offer a reward for the cure of that disease, as some of the modes of treatment ...

    Article : 136 words
  15. THE CROPS IN SOUTH RUSSIA.

    The bulk of the crops in South Russia has been ruined by intense heat which has prevailed throughout the country of late. ...

    Article : 31 words
  16. COMMERCIAL.

    At yesterday's public auction of Australasian tallow, the number of casks offered was 2000, of which 1550 casks were sold. For mutton (medium) the price realised was 26s.; beef (medium), 24s. 6d. ...

    Article : 153 words
  17. SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    A committee of prominent Congregationalists have purchased Whinham College, to which Mr. P. Hastings, son of the Rev. F. Hastings, has been appointed principal, Mr. A. W. Kearney, of ...

    Article : 128 words
  18. RESPONSIBLE GOVERNMENT IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

    The debate on the question of responsible government in the Legislative Council has resulted in the passing of a resolution—"That this House desires to express its strong and unalterable opinion ...

    Article : 325 words
  19. DISASTROUS FLOODS IN CHINA.

    News from China states that the Yellow River has burst its banks in the province of Shantung, and caused disastrous floods, which submerged an extensiv[?] area of ...

    Article : 57 words
  20. TERRIBLE LIFT ACCIDENT IN MELBOURNE.

    A terrible accident occurred early on Saturday morning at the Palace Hotel, Bourke-street, by which two men lost their lives on a luggage lift. This lift is accessible from the outside ...

    Article : 451 words
  21. NEW ZEALAND.

    An hotel at Waipawa was destroyed by fire, and a man named Benbow, who was an inmate, was burned to death. ...

    Article : 25 words
  22. THE WRECK OF THE LADY OF LORNE.

    Three sailors from the ketch Lady of Lorne, which was lost near the Solitary Islands last week, have arrived here by steamer from the Bellinger. The mate, Samuel Baldwin, states that the ketch had taken shelter in Trial ...

    Article : 337 words
  23. THE QUESTION OF ROYAL ALLOWANCES.

    In the House of Commons last night the debate upon the question of Royal allowances was concluded. Mr. Henry Labouchere had moved that in the opinion ...

    Article : 109 words
  24. THE OHETWYND-DURHAM CASE.

    The hearing of the Chetwynd-Durham arbitration case, which was adjourned over the Ascot week, was resumed at the Law Courts on 22nd June. Major Egerton, official handicapper of the ...

    Article : 1,364 words
  25. THE NEW ZEALAND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

    The stonewalling on the Representation Bill in tho House of Representatives was continued till midnight on Saturday, when the House adjourned, the sitting having lasted 80 hours. ...

    Article : 52 words
  26. DEFALCATIONS BY A BANK CLERK.

    William Owen Davies, a clerk in the National Bank at Bridgewater, has been arrested on a charge of stealing £20. An examination of the books will have to be made before the amount of his ...

    Article : 56 words
  27. THE NEW GOVERNOR OF VICTORIA.

    The Earl of Hopetoun, the newly-appointed Governor of Victoria, will sail with his family for Melbourne in the next trip of the R.M.S. Britannia. Mr. Agnew ...

    Article : 66 words
  28. THE ELECTRIC LIGHT AT YOUNG.

    The Mayor of Redfern, accompanied by the full council, officers, and other gentlemen to the number of 15, visited Young yesterday to inspect the system of electric lighting. They were received by ...

    Article : 207 words
  29. BOURKE LAND BOARD.

    At the local Land Board meeting, Messrs. Tomson, Barton and King were present. Six months' extension of time for the completion of fencing was granted to Michael Coffey and Joseph Murphy. Permission to ...

    Article : 262 words
  30. FORECAST OF THE VICTORIAN BUDGET SPEECH.

    It is probable that Mr. Gillies will deliver his Budget Speech on Tuesday, and it will be one of the longest ever delivered in the colony. The policy of the Government will be based upon the ...

    Article : 213 words
  31. THE COLUMBUS FOURTH CENTENARY.

    A proposal has been made by the Mayor of New York that an International Exhibition, under the auspices of the United States Government, should be held in the year ...

    Article : 75 words
  32. THE FORBES LINE OF RAILWAY.

    A public meeting, convened by the Mayor on requisition, was held last night. Resolutions were passed strongly urging the construction of the Forbes line of railway from Borenore via Cudal. ...

    Article : 47 words
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