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  2. INTERCOLONIAL NEWS.

    The Government intend to make further efforts this week to pass the Public Service Bill through committee. They will probably appeal to their supporters to reject Colonel Smith's ...

    Article : 235 words
  3. THE JOHNSTOWN FLOODS.

    The R.M.S. Valetta, which arrived from London to-day, brings the following detailed account of the Johnstown disaster:— ...

    Article : 2,212 words
  4. THE IRISH QUESTION.

    The sentence of three months' imprisonment passed upon Mr. C. A. Conybeare, M.P., for inciting the tenantry at Falcarragh to support the "Plan of ...

    Article : 55 words
  5. CABLEGRAMS.

    The Trust Funds Investment Bill has been passed through committee in the House of Commons. The object of the above measure is to increase the list ...

    Article : 99 words
  6. The Sydney Morning Herald.

    IT is stated that Sir Hercules Robinson intends contesting for the representation of Dover, in the interests of Home Rule, in opposition to Mr. Geo. Wyndham. ...

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  7. SIR HERCULES ROBINSON.

    St. James's Gazette announces that Sir Hercules Robinson, ex-Governor of the Cape, will stand as the Home Rule candidate for Dover, opposing Mr. George ...

    Article : 59 words
  8. THE LAND TRANSFER BILL.

    Owing to a vital amendment made by the House of Lords in the Land Transfer Bill, the Government have abandoned the bill. ...

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  9. THE CHETWYND-DURHAM TURF DISPUTE.

    Sir George Chetwynd has resigned his position as a member of the Jockey Club. His resignation has been accepted. Mr. Lowther explained that the arbitrators ...

    Article : 50 words
  10. QUEENSLAND.

    The Chief Inspector of Stock on Saturday collected 160 tubes of sub-cutaneous pleuro virus, taken two days previously from a bullock at Franklyn Vale. Over a thousand tubes could have been ...

    Article : 122 words
  11. THE SCULLING CHAMPIONSHIP.

    Searle has commenced active training for his match with O'Connor for the sculling championship of the world. ...

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  12. THE HOP INDUSTRY.

    The Government has consented to the appointment of a select committee to inquire whether it is possible to devise any remedy for the depression in the hop ...

    Article : 35 words
  13. GOLD-MINING IN QUEENSLAND.

    The New Queen Gold-mining Company, Croydon, Queensland, has been registered, with a capital of £160,000. ...

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  14. THE ENGLISH DERBY.

    The R.M.S. Valetta, which arrived from Colombo to-day, brings the following account of the race for the English Derby:- LONDON, JUNE 7. ...

    Article : 580 words
  15. ARRIVAL OF THE ENGLISH MAIL AT ALBANY.

    The R.M.S. Valetta, Briscoe, commander, arrived from Colombo at 7 a.m. The following are the passengers:- For ALBANY: Mr. Stevenson. ...

    Article : 99 words
  16. SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    An unusually large meeting was held in the Town Hall on Saturday night in the interests of the early closing movement. The spacious building was filled to overflowing. The demonstration ...

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  17. DEATH OF MAJOR A. G. DICKSON.

    The death is announced of Major Alexander G. Dickson, member for Dover in the House of Commons. ...

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  18. AUSTRALIAN WINES AT THE PARIS EXHIBITION.

    The jury dealing with the wine awards at the Paris Exhibition consider that Victorian wines have made decided progress of late years, and admit that there is a big ...

    Article : 45 words
  19. WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

    William Kelly, of Eticup, has been convicted in the Supreme Court of the manslaughter of a man named John Pilling, at Eticup, in April last, and was sentenced to 15 years' penal servitude. Pilling, ...

    Article : 81 words
  20. ANTI-FOREIGN OUTBREAK AT HANKOW.

    A[?] outbreak against foreigners has taken place at Hankow, China, and the British gunboat Merlin has been dispatched to protect the British inhabitants in the ...

    Article : 34 words
  21. THE COLLIERY DISASTER.

    A very poorly-attended public meeting to express sympathy with the sufferers by the Hamilton pit disaster was held at the Wickham School of Arts last night. The Mayor took the chair. Mr. J. Bearby moved.—"That ...

    Article : 876 words
  22. COUNTRY NEWS.

    There is great rejoicing over the fact that the Government is submitting the Grafton-Tweed line to the Public Works Committee, and the hope is expressed that the proposal will be dealt with simultaneously with bar ...

    Article : 506 words
  23. CRICKET IN ENGLAND.

    In the cricket match between the Gentlemen of England and the Players, the latter won by nine wickets. ...

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  24. THE PROSECUTION OF GENERAL BOULANGER.

    The report that M. Quesney de Beaurepaire, the French Procureur-General, had resigned in consequence of his refusal to prosecute General Boulanger for corruption, ...

    Article : 35 words
  25. A PERILOUS VOYAGE.

    The Wray Castle, which arrived in port on Friday night from Liverpool, had a perilous voyage. She has a deadweight cargo of nearly 3000 tons of railway iron. On May ...

    Article : 169 words
  26. COMMERCIAL.

    The English wheat market is firmer, the Continental maikets are inactive, and the American market is steady. There is but one off-coast vessel with wheat ...

    Article : 182 words
  27. THE STEAMER AFGHAN.

    There is very little change in the position of the steamer Afghan. At high tide the water overflows the hurricane dock on the port side, and the main deck at low tide. The efforts of the diver to discover the leak ...

    Article : 149 words
  28. LATER NEWS FROM THE EAST.

    News per s.s. Airlie states that a disastrous inundation in Northern Kwang Tang is reported. 6000 lives were lost, and 10,000 people have been rendered homeless and destitute. ...

    Article : 109 words
  29. PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION.

    A vacancy having occurred in the representation for West Fifeshire in the House of Commons, by the resignation of the Hon. Robert P. Bruce, a Gladstonian ...

    Article : 90 words
  30. OVERLAND PASSENGER TRAFFIC.

    For Melbourne (by express) to-day: Mr. and Mrs. Jenkin Colllier, and Misses Collier (3) (East Melbourne), Mrs. E. J. Parker (Glenferrie), G. West (Castlemaine), J. E. Cunningham (Randwick), J. M. Chanter, M.L.A. (Moama), T.F. ...

    Article : 422 words
  31. THE COLLIERS IN THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT.

    Matters appear to be in rather an unsatisfactory position between the Mount Kembla mine management and their employees. Some time ago the miners decided that a day's work should be restricted to eight ...

    Article : 158 words
  32. THE GROUNDING OF THE BARQUE HINDOO.

    The tug Albatross succeeded in towing the barque Hindoo off the shoal at last night's tide, and the barque anchored in the channel. The shoal is apparently a kind of quicksand, which kept ...

    Article : 86 words
  33. THE EGYPTIAN NATIONAL DEBT.

    The negotiations which were in progress between England and France, with a view to an agreement upon the question of the conversion of the Egyptian National Debt, ...

    Article : 60 words
  34. DEATH OF THE HON. CHARLES MANN, Q.C.

    The Hon. Charles Mann, Q.C., Crown Solicitor, died to-day after a protracted illness. He had been Crown Solicitor since 1881, when he retired from the House of Assembly after 10 years' service. ...

    Article : 77 words
  35. THE LINWOOD COLLIERY.

    In consequence of a real or alleged creep at the Linwood colliery, 24 miners have been knocked off work by the manager for the present. SUNDAY. ...

    Article : 81 words
  36. STRIKE OF COAL LUMPERS AT FREMANTLE.

    The Coal Lumpers' Union formed at Fremantle came into existence on the 4th instant. The same day a dispute arose between the members of the union working for Symon, Hammond, and Hubble in regard to the ...

    Article : 60 words
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