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  2. SPECIAL CABLES.

    The King of the Belgians, Leopold II., is suffering from an attack of influenza. The Czarina of Russia is improving in health. ...

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  3. SPECIAL CABLES.

    The Emperor William of Germany will attend the golden wedding of the King and Queen of Denmark, which is to be celebrated in May next, in the hope of ...

    Article : 72 words
  4. SPECIAL CABLES.

    A Sanitary Conference is to be held at Venice. The representatives of Great Britain intend to propose, with reference to quarantine, that British vessels, bound for ...

    Article : 54 words
  5. The Sydney Morning Herald.

    ONE-TWELFTH of the population of Finland is starving. The famine is causing terrible suffering and privation amongst the peasantry. IT is reported that Germany has offered to ...

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  6. THE EARL OF ROSEBERY.

    The Earl of Rosebery has been betrothed to Miss Tennant, the youngest daughter of Sir Charles Tennant. ...

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  7. THE NEW SOUTH WALES TREASURY BILLS.

    It is believed that £1,250,000 of the Treasury bills about to be issued by New South Wales will be placed. ...

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  8. STEAMBOAT ACCIDENT IN BRITISH COLUMBIA.

    A shocking steamboat accident has occurred at Canea, on the River Columbia, in British Columbia. Thirty-nine persons were drowned. ...

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  9. THE BANKERS' CLEARING-HOUSE RETURNS.

    The past year's Stock Exchange payments at the Bankers' Clearing-house have declined £350,000,000. The total business of the Clearing-house for the ...

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  10. EXTENSIVE COLLIERY STRIKE IN SOUTH WALES.

    An extensive strike of colliers has taken place in South Wales in consequence of a serious dispute between the mine owners and the men. Eighty-five thousand colliers ...

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  11. RUSSIA AND GERMANY.

    Parleying is being carried on in Berlin with a view to an arrangement being arrived at for an exchange in Russian cereals and German textiles. ...

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  12. THE AMERICAN WOOL DUTIES.

    The bill introduced in the American House of Representatives by Mr. Springer, Chairman of the Committee of Ways and Means, repeals all duties on imported ...

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  13. CHILI AND AMERICA.

    It is reported that Germany has offered to arbitrate in the difficulty between Chili and the United States. ...

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  14. A BANKING DEFICIT.

    The affairs of Mills and Colchester, London bankers, show a deficit of £193,000. ...

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  15. COLLISION IN THE ENGLISH CHANNEL.

    A collision has taken place in the English Channel, between the Orient liner Oroya, outward bound for Australia, and a Danish chooner. ...

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  16. THEATRICAL ENGAGEMENTS FOR AUSTRALIA.

    Mr. George Musgrove, the well-known theatrical manager, will accompany Mrs. Bernard Beere and Mr. Marius on their approaching tour to Australia under ...

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  17. THE NEW TARIFF IN SPAIN.

    The new Spanish tariff is of a strongly protectionist character. The favoured nation clause has been abolished, but a minimum tariff is applied in return for ...

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  18. VALUABLE COAL DISCOVERY IN ENGLAND.

    Valuable seams of cool have been discovered in Northamptonshire. ...

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  19. THE FRENCH TARIFF.

    The Paris Temps states that France concedes a minimum tariff to Greece, Sweden, and the United States, those countries according France the most favoured ...

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  20. THE FAMINE IN FINLAND.

    The famine in Finland is causing terrible suffering and privation amongst the peasantry. One-twelfth of the population is starving. ...

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  21. PEASANT REVOLT IN CHINA.

    Marauding bands of peasantry in the north-east of China are overrunning the country, massacring the Mongols, and destroying their temples. ...

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  22. THE RISING IN MOROCCO.

    The British warships Goshawk and Thunderer have been despatched to Tangier, in Morocco, to quell the rising of the hill tribes recently reported to have ...

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  23. INTERCOLONIAL NEWS.

    The Phylloxera Board last week reported to the Minister of Agriculture that the disease in the Geelong district had been successfully stamped out, and that it would be perfectly safe to allow ...

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  24. THE BRISBANE CUSTOMS RETURNS.

    The total of Customs collections at Brisbane for the month ended 31st December, 1891, was £51,879, a decrease of £11,077 as compared with the total for the corresponding month in 1890. The ...

    Article : 108 words
  25. THE EXPLOSION AT DUBLIN CASTLE.

    The Dublin police have not been able to obtain any clue to the perpetrators of the outrage in Dublin Castle on the afternoon of December 31, when a quantity of gun ...

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  26. EMBEZZLEMENT BY A BANK OFFICIAL.

    The chief cashier of the Savings Bank at Buda-Pest, the capital of Hungary, embezzled over one million florins. On the embezzlement being discovered, ...

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  27. THE WEATHER.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 289 words
  28. ARRIVAL OF THE ENGLISH MAIL AT ALBANY.

    The R.M.S. Massilia, Fraser commander, arrived from Colombo at 6 p.m. The following are the passengers:— For ADELAIDE: Mrs. Kaufman and two ...

    Article : 167 words
  29. TERRIFIC HAILSTORM IN QUEENSLAND.

    A Toowoomba telegram states that a terrific hailstorm fell over the Geham and Crow's Nest lines on Friday night. The hailstones are described as being as large as teacups. They pierced iron ...

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  30. THE SCARCITY OF WATER AT BROKEN HILL.

    The supply of water received by train from Mingary has been gradually increasing during the past week, and yesterday we received 31,200 gallons, and to-day 30,000 gallons. This has been distributed as ...

    Article : 227 words
  31. NEWS FROM SAMOA.

    News from Samoa states that everything points to an early conflict between the supporters of Malietoa and Mataafa. On the night of the 23rd December 200 of Malietoa's warriors left Apia for ...

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  32. [BY TELEGRAPH.] (FROM OUR CORRESPONDENTS.) THE BUSH FIRES.

    Bush fires in the district are still causing great loss to settlers. The fire already reported on Eunonyhareenyha has now swept through Oura station to Wantabadgery, ...

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  33. TASMANIA.

    The consolidated revenue for December amounted to £88,506, a decrease of £8887 as compared with the previous December. The revenue for the year show an increase of £130,242. ...

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  34. SHOCKING DEATH ON THE COBAR RAILWAY LINE.

    A well-known inhabitant of the district, named Thomas Frost, has been run over by a contractor's engine on the Cobar line, near Hermitage Plains. Death was instantaneous. It appears that Frost ...

    Article : 83 words
  35. FIRE BRIGADE COMPETITION AT GOULBURN.

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  36. QUEENSLAND.

    A Warwick telegram states that Headington Hill head station was burnt down early on Friday morning. Three men, two of them brothers named Batch ...

    Article : 68 words
  37. EMIN PASHA IN CENTRAL AFRICA.

    Mr. H. M. Stanley received a letter from Lieutenant Stairs on Saturday, dated Bagamoyo. Lieutenant Stairs states that news has reached him from Emin Pasha from the village Usongora that, ...

    Article : 125 words
  38. SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    Sir John Bray, Sir Edwin Smith, the Mayor (Alderman Bullock) and ex-Mayor (Alderman Shaw), and Town Clerk called on Sir John Colton on Saturday and conveyed to him, on behalf of ...

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  39. FIRES AT GRANVILLE AND PARRAMATTA.

    A fire occurred on Friday night at Allrich's Store, Granville. It broke out in the bed room; not a great amount of damage was done to the building. The stock was damaged ...

    Article : 179 words
  40. NEW ZEALAND.

    Another death has taken place in connection with the poisoning cases at Pahiatua, the victim being a child named Nayler. The Union Insurance Company has declared a ...

    Article : 64 words
  41. DIVIDENDS DISTRIBUTED SINCE 1843 AMOUNT TO £17,463,868.

    The Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York, Richard A. M[?]Curdy president, is a purely mutual company, having neither stockholders nor preferential policyholders. All profits are distributed among its ...

    Article : 53 words
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