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  2. NEWS OF THE DAY.

    DIRECTLY the Legislative Assembly met yesterday, Mr. Burns laid on the table the amended Railway Estimates, which he stated contained even more information than had formerly been given. The questions, ...

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  3. SECOND EDITION. LATE CABLE NEWS. (FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT.) THE FATE OF STANLEY.

    The expedition which has been organised in Berlin under the leadership of Lieutenant Wissman to search for Emin Boy and H. M. Stanley will set but in January. ...

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  4. AWARDS BY THE ROYAL HUMANE SOCIETY.

    At to-day's meeting of the court of directors of the Royal Humane Society the following awards were made, amongst others:—Silver medals: To William M. Gee, labourer, aged 42, for swimming out on a dark, ...

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  5. AUSTRALASIAN PARLIAMENTS.

    This morning the Legislative Council, after debate, agreed to insist only upon an amendment of clause 9 in the Chinese Restriction Bill, which was returned to the Assembly. A message was received from the Assembly, ...

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  6. SHIPPING REPORTS, &c.

    CUSTOM HOUSE.—Entered Outwards, December 21: Ochtertyre, barque, 1296 tons, Captain W. R. Smith, for London; Lubeck (s.), 1079 tons, Captain W. Schm[?]der, for Apia, via Tonga; Excelsior, barque, 380 tons, Captain Rodd, for Newcastle; ...

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  7. WOOL SHIPS.

    Yesterday the ship Rodney was cleared for London with a large cargo, including 6367 bales wool and a large quantity of ore, tallow, &c. The Cicero was cleared for Antwerp also yesterday, with 5104 bales wool and 45 tons of ore. Both ships are in the ...

    Article : 74 words
  8. THE PARIS EXHIBITION.

    Sir Graham Berry has despatched a cablegram to the Premier of Victoria, stating that it will be impossible to construct a model of the workings of a gold-mine underneath the ...

    Article : 66 words
  9. THE BUCEPHALUS.

    A message to hand from Thursday Island yesterday reports the steamer Bucephaius from New Zealand for India with a cargo of horses, passed there on Thursday last, and signalled having lost ftur head. ...

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  10. VESSELS DUE AT SYDNEY.

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  11. COUNTRY NEWS.

    A sale to-day of Crown, lands in the village of Henty attracted a large gathering of purchasers. Fifty lots were cleared, averaging £25 per aero. Several lots were the subject of unusually keen competition, one small block ...

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  12. COMMERCIAL.

    New Zealand hemp has risen £4. The best is new quoted at £37 per ton. The prices of mutton and beef are unchanged. ...

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  13. LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY.

    The following is the report of the proceedings in the Legislative Assembly after our report for the first edition had gone to press:— GRAFTON SCHOOL OF ARTS BILL. ...

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  14. OVERLAND PASSENGER TRAFFIC.

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  15. THE MAROON—CARGO JETTISONED.

    A barque named the Maroon, in command of Captain Macdonald, anchored up in Pyrmont Bight yesterday from Marseilles She was 134 days on the passage, which, in the faceea of the long passages that are being made from Europe, cannot be ...

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

    The Government and their supporters commemorated the close of the session to-day by a trip in the steamer Lady Loch to Schnapper Point. A meeting of the Presbytery of Melbourne South ...

    Article : 636 words
  17. LATEST NEWS FROM CHINA.

    The overland China mail files to date November 29 to hand per Tannadice (s.) state that a great scare has been caused amongst the coolics and Chinese in Singapore by the discovery of the headless trunk of a ...

    Article : 169 words
  18. THE REBELLION IN THE SOUDAN.

    Official advices from Suakim report that in the battle which was fought yesterday between the combined English and Egyptian forces and the rebels, the dervishes lost 400 ...

    Article : 105 words
  19. THE R.M.S. PARRAMATTA.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 282 words
  20. BRUTAL MURDER AT CHARTERS TOWERS.

    A hawker's jewellery box, which had been broken open, was noticed yesterday morning, evidently having been emptied of any articles of value it contained. There were marks of blood upon the lid, and foul play ...

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  21. THE R.M.S. MASSILIA.

    Yesterday the Peninsular and Oriental Company's R.M.S. Massilia arrived from London, via ports. "The passage out has been an average one as to weather, and the good name of the boat always ensures her a liberal support by the travelling public, ...

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  22. THE MURDER OF AN ABORIGINAL IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

    The trial of Michael Griffin for the murder of a native named Marabool, near Mount Ridley, Esperance Bay, was concluded in the Supreme Court this evening. The evidence of the witnesses for the Crown ...

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  23. STRANGE ATTEMPT AT SUICIDE.

    On Monday morning George Howard, boot shopkeeper, in Bourke-street East, reported to the police that he had been stabbed and robbed in his own yard about midnight on Sunday. The detectives ...

    Article : 158 words
  24. THE RIFLE MATCHES IN TASMANIA.

    In the Rifle Clubs Match to-day at 500 and 600 yards, 10 shots for teams of five men, the Premier, No. 2, Sydney (comprising Sergeant Gee, Captain George, Privates Keevers and Christian, and Sergeant Quantick) ...

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  25. TWO MEN KILLED BY LIGHTNING.

    News has boen received at Charters Towers that F. W. Mawe, Government Surveyor, and his assistant, Charles Lloyd, were both struck dead by lightning yesterday afternoon at Dregborn. Mawe had been ...

    Article : 72 words
  26. QUEENSLAND.

    The steamer Eurimbla, having been temporarily repaired, left Bundaberg last night for Brisbane. She will be docked here on arrival. Major Vineent, of the Queensland Defence Force, a ...

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  27. CHARGE ON TRAVELLING STOCK.

    Considerable consternation among stockowners and dealers has been caused by the fact of the local stock inspector having been instructed to levy a charge of 2d. per milo per 100 on all sheep travelling from Albury within ...

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  28. THE WEATHER.

    Fine weather was reported yesterday morning from all inland statious. Here in the metropolis the atmosphere was dreadfully close, and the sky for the most part obscured bydarkelouds. At 3p.m. the weather reports from the conntry ...

    Article : 274 words
  29. INTERCOLONIAL CRICKET MATCHES.

    To-night the associated cricket clubs met to consider what steps should be taken in regard to the intention of the M. C. C. to play a match with the New South Wales Association in place of the ...

    Article : 128 words
  30. SUDDEN DEATH IN NEWCASTLE HARBOUR.

    A man, 72 years of age, named James M'Eulken, whilst rowing a boat in the hurbour yesterday, suddenly threw up his arms, exelaiming, "Oh, this is grand!" and dropped back dead. His brother-in-law, who was in the boat, ...

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  31. THE R.M.S. AUSTRAL.

    A London cable reports the arrival of the R.M.S. Austral, from Sydney November 3, Mulbourne November 9, and Adelaide November 12. She arrived at London December 19. ...

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  32. COLLISION BETWEEN HARBOUR STEAMERS.

    In some unexplained way a collision occurred in Sydney Cove last evening between two steamers. The steamtug Mystery was bound into the Cove, and the steamer Emily in an opposite direction, when the two boats came together, and the forward sponson ...

    Article : 81 words
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  34. STEAMER PUT BACK.

    A wire to hand from the Heads last night reports a very heavy dangerous sea running outside. The steamer Coomonderry, which left for Shoalhaven and Berry last night, put back to Watson's Bay for sheltor at midnight. ...

    Article : 42 words
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  37. THE OLD VICTORY.

    Mallclous stories were told in the home papers of how the pro- ' fessional watermen of Portsmouth played practical jokes upon unsuspecting worshippers of the grand old Admiral who went ...

    Article : 250 words
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