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

    At a meeting of the Hospital Committee to-day, a report was received from the committee appointed to collect contributions towards the centennial gift, showing that £10,700 had been subscribed. It was decided ...

    Article : 678 words
  3. COUNTRY NEWS.

    The Rev. Father Sheridan, curate at Bega for the past eighteen months, who is now leaving to take charge of the Pambula parish, was presented with a purse of sovereigns subscribed by a few parishioners. Mr. Edward Brown ...

    Article : 453 words
  4. AUSTRALASIAN PARLIAMENTS. [BY TELEGRAPH.] (FROM OUR CORRESOPONDENTS.) VICTORIA.

    In the Legislative Council to-day Sir James Lorimer presented the report of the Elections and Qualifications Committee upholding the petition of Mr. Butters against the return of Mr. Turner for the North-Eastern ...

    Article : 285 words
  5. EUROPEAN CABLEGRAMS. (FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT.) THE ELECTION FOR MERTHYR TYDVIL.

    Mr. W. P. Morgan, who has been returned to the House of Commons for Merthyr Tydvil by a large majority, was elected in defiance of the advice given by Mr. Gladstone to the ...

    Article : 53 words
  6. SHIPPING REPORTS, &c.

    CUSTOM HOUSE.—Entered Ouwards: October 30, [?] schooner, 223 tons, Captain R. Cable, for Solomon Islands; [?] ings, schooner, 88 tons, Captain A. von Barm, for Brisbane, [?] Port Macquarie; Elingamite (s.), 1675 tons, Captain P. W. [?] ...

    Article : 1,305 words
  7. ARREST OF MR. SHEEHAN, M. P.

    Mr. Sheehan, M.P. for Kerry, has been arrested for inciting the Irish tenants to resist payment of rent. ...

    Article : 27 words
  8. THE INDIAN FRONTIER WAR.

    The Hazara tribes, in the Black Mountain district of the Punjaub, have been crushed in their hostility to the British forces operating against them, and they are now reported to ...

    Article : 54 words
  9. SOLICITOR-GENERAL FOR SCOTLAND.

    Mr. Moin T. Stormont Darling, a Scotch advocate, has been appointed Solicitor-General of Scotland, in succession to Mr. J. P. R. Robertson, Q.C. ...

    Article : 31 words
  10. A VESSEL CONDEMNED.

    News has been received to the effect that the barque Robertsjors, a Swedish vessel of 764 tons, bound from Antwerp for Melbourne, put into the Cape of Good Hope in a leaking ...

    Article : 44 words
  11. NIHILISM IN RUSSIA.

    A Nihilist, disguised as a Corsack officer, has been arrested at Kutais with explosives in his possession. It is believed that it was the intention of the prisoner to make an ...

    Article : 58 words
  12. MARRIAGE OF THE SON OF SIR W. C. F. ROBINSON.

    The eldest son of Sir William C. F. Robinson, Governor of South Australia, has been married to Miss Gertrude Hughes. ...

    Article : 35 words
  13. QUEENSLAND.

    The principal business in the Legislative Council to-day was the passing of the Chinese Restriction Bill through committee. A good deal of discussion took place on the new clause inserted in the Assembly, to the ...

    Article : 323 words
  14. THE LORD LIEUTENANCY OF LONDON.

    The Duke of Westminster has been appointed Lord Lieutenant of the new county of London. ...

    Article : 24 words
  15. ILLNESS OF MR. JOHN BRIGHT.

    The Right Hon. John Bright is seriously unwell, having had a relapse of the illness from which he was suffering some little time back. ...

    Article : 39 words
  16. UNION MORTGAGE AND AGENCY COMPANY.

    An aggregate sum of £477,000 has been tendered for the £200,000 worth of 4 per cent. debentures issued by the Union Mortgage and Agency Company. ...

    Article : 34 words
  17. THE WATER SUPPLY AT BROKEN HILL.

    In consequence of the great demand for water from the Rathole tank, the trustees of the reservior find they will be unable to issue any more tickets for a couple of days. This is necessary, as the tramway company are unable to bring ...

    Article : 416 words
  18. THE COLLIERY STRIKE IN ENGLAND.

    The strike of colliers in Yorkshire and other mining districts has ended, the masters having conceded the demands of the men for an advance in wages. ...

    Article : 42 words
  19. COADJUTOR BISHOP OF DURHAM.

    Bishop Sandford, of Tasmania, has accepted the position of Coadjutor to the Bishop of Durham. ...

    Article : 23 words
  20. THE S.S. TAINUI.

    The Shaw, Savill, and Albion Company's steamship Tainui, has arrived at Plymouth from New Zealand. The following cablegrams appeared in our ...

    Article : 678 words
  21. ARRIVAL OF THE M.M.S. YARRA AT ALBANY.

    The Messageries Maritimes steamer Yarra arrived at 3 o'clock this afternoon, from Marseilles. The following are the passengers:— For ADELAIDE: Messrs. Erie and Farquharson. ...

    Article : 148 words
  22. SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    In the Legislative Council to-day the Chinese Restriction Bill was discussed. The Council had previously decided that the tonnage limitation should be altered for the Northern Territory to 100 tons. ...

    Article : 223 words
  23. QUEENSLAND.

    Captain Gavin, of the Scottish Rifles, has been instructed to hold an inquiry into the recent mutiny of the A. Company of the Defence Force at Rockhampton. ...

    Article : 32 words
  24. SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    A meeting of wharfingers was held to-day relative to the recent action of the Broken Hill directors in visiting Port Adelaide regarding the selection, if possible, of a site for their desilvering works. The meeting ...

    Article : 161 words
  25. OVERLAND PASSENGER TRAFFIC.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 826 words
  26. ALTERATION OF CHANNEL LIGHTS IN PORT PHILLIP BAY.

    Arrangements have been made for an alteration in some of the channel lights on and after November 30. In the south channel No. 15 black buoy will be changed to a gas buoy, upon which will be exhibited a green ...

    Article : 93 words
  27. THE I.M.S. NURNBERG.

    The North German Lloyd's Imperial mail steamer Nur[?] arrived yesterday from Bremen, via ports, having completed[?] of the most successful trips that she has yet made [?] Germany. There have been no changes among the [?] ...

    Article : 415 words
  28. THE CONGREGATIONAL UNION OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    The annual meetings of the Congregational Union were opened to-day. The Rev. Walter Jones, of Gawler, was appointed chairman elect. Very good reports were presented. In the evening the Rev. ...

    Article : 58 words
  29. WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

    A daring robbery is reported to have been committed on the premises of two Chinamen named Chew Youke and Ah Sing at Perth during their absence. The shop was broken into and about £45 in money and £135 ...

    Article : 139 words
  30. CONGRESS OF AUSTRALIAN CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE.

    A preliminary meeting of representatives to the Contennial Congress of the Australian Chambers of Commerce was held to-day in the Town Hall, for the purpose of finally agreeing upon the rules and order of ...

    Article : 141 words
  31. WRECK OF THE THYRA.

    A cable has been received in Melbourne from Aden to-day, stating that the Thyra had been stranded, and become a total wreck. The vessel was sold for 4800 rupees. The Thyra, was bound from Port Darwin to ...

    Article : 51 words
  32. TASMANIA.

    The s.s. Aorangi arrived to-day from London. She brings 287 passengers, of whom 176 landed here for Australian ports. Two deaths occurred on the voyage, The Aorangi sailed again for New Zealand this ...

    Article : 127 words
  33. FRACAS ON THE CAULFIELD RACECOURSE.

    An extraordinary fracas took place on the Caulfield racecourse early this morning. Mr. W. Dargin, the popular Sydney sportsman, was watching the gallops and witnessed the work done by M[?]ua and the New ...

    Article : 88 words
  34. A MISSIVE FROM THE SOUTH SEA.

    The National line steamar Spain, from New York, which arrivd [?] at Queenstown on September 23 (says European Mail), brin[?] intelligence that an aged gentleman named Murtagh, residing [?] Brooklyn, received a letter on September 11 from one of the [?] ...

    Article : 382 words
  35. EXTRAORDINARY SUICIDE AT KEW.

    An extraordinary case occurred at Kew early this morning, when a youth named John Botsman, employed at the bakery establishment of Hugh Fraser, in the Bulleen-road, set fire to the stable loft at the rear ...

    Article : 252 words
  36. NEW ZEALAND.

    Sir F. Whitaker has resigned his position as a director of the Bank of New Zealand. ...

    Article : 20 words
  37. TRAGEDY AT BORDERTOWN.

    A telegram from Bordertown states that Slader, a district foreman of permanent way, fired three revolver shots at his wife, and then shot himself in the forehead. His condition is dangerous, but his wife escaped ...

    Article : 50 words
  38. RAILWAY EXCURSIONS FROM BRISBANE TO MELBOURNE.

    The Railway Department of this colony has been in communication with the departments of New South Wales and Victoria regarding the issue of through excursion tickets to Melbourne for persons attending ...

    Article : 137 words
  39. THE ST. CATHERINE LIGHT.

    The most brilliant artificial light that has ever shone on the world is (says the Spectator) that in the recently completed St. Catherine's Lighthouse, at the southernmost extremity of the Isle of Wight, which burns with an illuminating power of over ...

    Article : 247 words
  40. SUICIDE BY A YOUNG WOMAN.

    Flora Oermann, a single woman, committed suicide by drowning herself in a dam at Marocara. Her mother had only left her for a few minutes, and on her return she found that her daughter had given birth to a child, ...

    Article : 75 words
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