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  2. NEWS OF THE DAY.

    IT was nearly 9 o'clook when Mr. Dibbs, who was loudly cheered, rose in the Legislative Assembly, in Committee of Wavs and Means, to continue the financial debate. He acknowledged the courtesy of the ...

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

    The Supreme Court to-day gave an important decision relative to retiring allowances to teachers. H. W. Mills, a teacher, brought an action against the Crown claiming to be entitled to a retiring allowance ...

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  4. THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION IN AMERICA.

    The following are the latest returns to hand in connection with the Presidential election in America:— General Harrison......... 207 ...

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  5. INTERCOLONIAL PRINTERS CONFERENCE.

    The Intercolonial Printers' Conference passed a resolution again[?]t the tuition and practice of the trade in gaol, which was con[?]dere[?] to be deterimental to the best interests of honest workmen. It was decided to ...

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  6. COLONIAL GOVERNORSHIPS. [BY CABLE.] (FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT.) THE NEW GOVERNOR OF NEW ZEALAND.

    The Earl of Onslow, who succeeds Sir William Jervois as Governor of New Zealand, will leave for Wellington, via Australia, in February next. ...

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  7. EUROPEAN CABLEGRAMS. (FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT.) ANARCHISTS IN PARIS.

    The anarchists attempted to destroy two registry offices in Paris by means of dynamite bombs. Great damage was done to the premises and the adjoining buildings, and ...

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  8. DEPARTURE OF MR. CHAMBERLAIN FOR NEW YORK.

    Mr. Joseph Chamberlain has sailed for New York, in order to marry Miss Endicott, an American heiress, daughter of the Minister for War in the United States Government. ...

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  9. THE NEW GOVERNOR OF QUEENSLAND.

    Mr. Henry Arthur Blake, C.M.G., Governor of Newfoundland, who has been appointed Governor of Queensland, has received the honour of knighthood. ...

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  10. SHIPPING REPORTS, &c.

    CUSTOM HOUSE.—Entered Outwards: November 8, Quiraing (s.), 653 tons, Captain Leggett for Burketown; Rockton (s.), 1198 tons, Captain Thomson, for Melbourne; Ranelagh (s.), 533 tons, Captain Sinclair, for Rockhampton, via ports; Yar[?] (s.), ...

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  11. RITUALISTIC PRACTICES OF THE BISHOP OF LINCOLN.

    The Privy Council has remitted to the Archbishop of Canterbury the charge of ritualism preferred against the Bishop of Lincoln. ...

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  12. THE GOVERNORSHIP OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    The name of the new Governor of South Australia, who is to succeed Sir W. F. Robinson, will be announced within the next nine days. ...

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  13. THE COINAGE SYSTEM.

    Sir Farrar Herschell and five other members of the Currency Commission have presented a separate report dealing with the proposed alterations in the coinage system. ...

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  14. SIR WILLIAM HART DYKE.

    It is reported that the Right Hon. Sir William Hart Dyke, M.P. for Dartford, and Vice-President of the Committee of the Council, is certain to receive a colonial ...

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  15. PROTEST AGAINST THE APPOINTMENT OF SIR HENRY ARTHUR BLAKE.

    After consultation with Sir Samuel Griffith, leader of the Opposition, the Chief Secretary cabled to-day to the Agent-General, requesting him to inform Lord Knutsford that the announcement of the appointment of Sir ...

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  16. MR. GLADSTONE AT BIRMINGHAM.

    Mr. Gladstone addressed 17,000 persons last night in the Bingley Hall, Birmingham. Speaking on the Irish question he declared that the Government, aided by cruel and ...

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  17. THE VICTORIAN TORPEDO SERVICE.

    Commander Hay has been appointed to succeed Lieutenant Hely-Hutchinson in the command of the Victorian Torpedo Service. ...

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  18. MELBOURNE HARBOUR TRUST LOAN.

    Tenders were opened to-day for a 4 per. cent. loan of £250,000, placed on the market by the Melbourne Harbour Trust, the minimum for which had been fixed at ...

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  19. AUSTRIA, ITALY, AND GERMANY.

    The Emperor Francis Joseph, of Austria, and King Humbert, of Italy, will proceed on a visit to the Emperor William at Berlin in the spring, after the contemplated visit of the ...

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  20. QUEENSLAND.

    The Commissioner of Railways has received a reply from the New South Wales Commissioners declining to co-operate in running a special train for the convenience of the Queensland members of Parliament ...

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  21. THE RAILWAY ACCIDENT IN RUSSIA.

    In consequence of the disastrous accident which occurred to the Czar's train on the Azoff railway, in which the Cxar was slightly injured, and a number of the Imperial suite ...

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  22. THE ELECTIONS TO THE PRUSSIAN DIET.

    The elections to the Prussian Diet have increased the majority of the Government. ...

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  23. BRITISH NAVAL INTELLIGENCE DEPARTMENT.

    Captain Cyprian Bridge has been appointed director of the Naval Intelligence Department [Some of the above appeared in a portion of yesterday's ...

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  24. THE SUPPRESSION OF SLAVERY.

    England, Germany, France, and Portugal have established a cordon of gunboats from the Mozambique Channel to Suakim in order to suppress slavery in Zanzibar and Eastern ...

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  25. PETROLEUM IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    Specimens of petroleum from the Coorong district, South Australia, have been submitted by the agents for the S. A. Petroleum. Company to Professor Redwood, who advises that ...

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  26. RUSSIA AND GERMANY.

    At a banquet given to him at Warsaw, General Gourko, the Commander-in-Chief of the Russian army in Poland, delivered a speech upon the present situation of affairs ...

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  27. VICTORIAN FARMER'S PROTECTION ASSOCIATION.

    The Farmers' Protection Association on Wednesday evening adopted a manifesto to guide the farmers in voting at the next general election. The manifesto appealed to all branches throughout the colony ...

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  28. SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    A meeting of the hospital board to-day decided that the Government be requested to reconsider their decision and appoint Dr. Whittle, or some other medical man as chairman of the board. ...

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  29. THE IRISH LAND QUESTION.

    Mr. Gladstone resists any extension of Lord Ashbourne's Irish Holdings Act. [The measure familiarly known as Lord Ashbourne's Act was passed by the Conservatives to advance money to ...

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  30. THE SOUTH AUSTRALIAN PASTORAL COMPANY.

    The scheme which the Hon. David Murray, M.L.C., had in hand for promoting the South Australian Pastoral Company, with the object of acquiring certain squatting properties ...

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  31. REVISION OF THE FRENCH CONSTITUTION.

    The French Revision Committee has decided that the Constituent Assembly ought to effect the revision of the Constitution. ...

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  32. THE RODNEY.

    The ship Rodney arrived in port yesterday. The outward voyage had occupied 89 days, but it was a pleasant one, because Captain Barrett makes a point that it shall be so. The Rodney was here last year, on which occasion she ...

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  33. NEW ZEALAND.

    The imports for the quarter ending the 30th September amounted to £1,559,778, and the exports £1,302,057. The latter are £180,000 in excess of the amount for the corresponding quarter of last year. ...

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  34. THE BISHOP OF BRISBANE IN LONDON.

    Bishop Webber, of Brisbane, has contributed an article to the Guardian, in which he urges the division of his diocese. He appeals for a sum of £8000 for the endowment ...

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  35. THE MAORI FOOTBALL TEAM.

    The Maori football team have defeated the Tynemouth team, by two goals and a try to one try. ...

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  36. AUSTRALASIAN PARLIAMENTS. [BY TELEGRAPH.] (FROM OUR CORRESPONDENTS.) VICTORIA.

    In the Assembly to-day, Mr. Munro called the attention of Ministers to the decision of the Supreme Court to the effect that the recent local option polls were illegal, and asked what action the Government proposed to ...

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  37. VISIT OF THE EMPEROR WILLIAM TO TURKEY.

    The Emperor William of Germany will visit Stamboul and Athens in the coming spring. ...

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  38. NEW ZEALAND LAND MORTGAGE COMPANY.

    The New Zealand Land Mortgage Company has declared a dividend of 8 per cent. ...

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  39. THE MELBOURNE EXHIBITION.

    To-day, 12,560 persons visited the Exhibition. The Jungfrau Kappelle gave a concert in the afternoon. This evening the orches[?]ra and choir performed the oratorio "Elijah." The Exhibition awards in photography have ...

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  40. SCOTTISH AND AUSTRALIAN INVESTMENT COMPANY.

    The Scottish and Australian Investment Company has declared a dividend of 10 per cent. ...

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  41. THE SUCCESSION IN HOLLAND.

    Truth declares that Germany will only recognise the succession of Princess Wilhelmina, daughter of the King of the Netherlands, on condition that the Netherlands enter ...

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  42. GOLD-MINING IN NEW ZEALAND.

    The Great Eastern Extended Gold-mining Company, of New Zealand, has been registered with a capital of £100,000. ...

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  43. THE QUEEN'S HOUSEHOLD.

    It is understood that enormous reductions are to be made by her Majesty in the expenses of the Royal household, including the abolition of the Royal Hunt. Truth says that the ...

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  44. THE NURNBERG.

    Striking eight bells yesterday the North German Lloyd mail steamer Nurnberg left Circular Quay for Bremen, via ports. Captain Englebart had his fine vessel in admirable order, and a fairly numerous assembly of his countrymen were down ...

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  45. AFFAIRS IN ZULULAND.

    Latest advices from South Africa report that Dinizulu, who had entered Zululand, and for whose arrest a warrant had been issued, has again made his escape into the ...

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  46. PARNELLISM AND CRIME.

    The special commission to inquire into the charges brought by the Times against Mr. Parnell and other members of the Irish party sat again to-day. ...

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  47. LIGHTING OF TAMWORTH BY ELECTRICITY.

    To-morrow will be a great day in Tamworth. It will mark a new phase in the history of the thriving township. Gas is to give place to electricity for street-lighting purposes. So far all is expectancy. The only tangible feature ...

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  48. THE TENTERDEN.

    The A. U. S. N. Company's steamer Tenterden yesterday became the object of a large a[?]unt of concern amongst persons more immediately interested in her movements. She left here on Wednesday night, on her usual trip to the South Sea Islands, and ...

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  49. THE KING OF ANNAM.

    The King of Annam, who took refuge in the mountains of Annam upon his dominion being ceded to the French, has been captured. ...

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  50. FLOATING OF THE BARQUE ASHMORE.

    On the morning's tide, with the assistance of the tugs, the Ashmore was successfully floated, and towed to Port A'delaide. Captain Whitmore accounts for his position through a defect in his compass needle, which ...

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  51. SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    The Council have further amended the Chinese Immigiation Bill so as to provide that the Act shall cease to operate on January 1, 1890, unless Victoria, New South Wales, and Queensland shall then have passed ...

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  52. THE METROPOLITAN BOARD OF WORKS.

    The report of the Royal Commission appointed to inquire into the irregularities in connection with the Metropolitan Board of Works has been presented to Parliament. It ...

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