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  2. THE TASMANIAN PARLIAMENT.

    The session closed to-day, and Parliament is to be at once prorogued. The Rabbit Destruction Bill was laid aside in consequence of the Council persisting in its amendments. ...

    Article : 42 words
  3. INTERCOLONIAL NEWS. [BY TELEGRAPH.] (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENTS.) VICTORIA.

    At a meeting of the executive of the Victorian Employers' Union yesterday, a motion was tabled for next meeting affirming the opinion that steps should be taken in the name of the Union to counteract the ...

    Article : 209 words
  4. THE MINISTER FOR WORKS IN THE NORTH.

    Messrs. Bull, Moore, Butcher, Olliffe, and De Courcy Browne, Ms.L.A., and other gentlemen who accompanied Mr. Lyne on his northern tour, left Inverell at 9 o'clock this morning by coach. They reached Glen Innes in the ...

    Article : 1,195 words
  5. COUNTRY NEWS.

    The Flower Show here is a great success. The exhibits in overy section, particularly in the fruit classes, are the best ever seen in Armidale. The attendance was very large. ...

    Article : 1,533 words
  6. SHIPPING REPORTS. &c.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 1,152 words
  7. MINING INTELLIGENCE.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 271 words
  8. THE MELBOURNE CENTENNIAL EXHIBITION.

    The Government have authorised the chief secretary to arrange the necessary preliminaries for the Centennial Exhibition in 1888. Mr. Deakin hopes to be able to submit definite proposals at a Cabinet ...

    Article : 237 words
  9. MANAGERS' REPORTS.

    Rocky Creek Basaltic Tin-mining Syndicate, Vegetable Crook—Started operations on Monday, November 22. Commenced excavations for foundation of dam, and also (finding that the old tunnel, owing to the late heavy rains, ...

    Article : 342 words
  10. QUEENSLAND.

    Mr. Miles, the Minister for Works, leaves to-morrow overland for a trip to Sydney and Melbourne. He will probably be absent three weeks. The strike in the Day Dawn claim (Black and ...

    Article : 158 words
  11. THE VICTORIAN CUSTOMS REGULATIONS.

    The Commissioner of Customs has issued a series of notices affecting importers. As several instances have recently occurred wherein the copyright laws of Great Britain have been infringed by the ...

    Article : 201 words
  12. SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    At a meeting of the Adelaide shareholders in the Broken Hill proprietary, it was unanimously resolved to favour the subdivision of the present 16,000 shares into 32,000, half to be placed on the London market. ...

    Article : 216 words
  13. ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 610 words
  14. THE CONDITION OF THE MELBOURNE HOSPITAL.

    The select committee appointed by the Legislative Council to inquire into the condition of the Melbourne Hospital has concluded the preparation of its reports. It is understood that the committee has resolved to ...

    Article : 120 words
  15. ARRIVAL OF THE R.M.S. LUSITANIA.

    The Orient Company's R.M.S. Lusitania, from London, via ports, with passengers and cargo, completed another voyage yesterday afternoon. The Lusitania, even in the old days, was a favourite ship with passengers, but since the extendve ...

    Article : 1,014 words
  16. TASMANIA.

    A man named Timothy Walker, 70 years of age, shot Benjamin Hampton, at Deloraine, last night. Walker had been living with a niece of Hampton's, but she left the house upon the advice of her friends. ...

    Article : 69 words
  17. NEW ZEALAND.

    The case against Hall for the murder of the late Captain Cain by antimony-poisoning has been adjourned till Friday next. The evidence which has already been adduced showed that the prisoner ...

    Article : 46 words
  18. THE MELBOURNE TELEPHONE EXCHANGE.

    Mr. Smibert, acting deputy Postmaster-General, has written to the Melbourne Telephone Exchange Company, conveying the intimation that, as the company has not seen its way to accept the liberal terms offered ...

    Article : 84 words
  19. PROPOSAL TO PURCHASE THE FLEET OF THE A. S. N. COMPANY.

    The proposal to purchase the fleet of the A. S. N. Company has excited a considerable amount of interest in shipping circles in Melbourne, The terms of the purchase have not been divulged; but it is stated ...

    Article : 300 words
  20. THE TEETULPA GOLDFIELDS.

    A Sandhurst miner at Teotulpa has telegraphed to a friend in Sandhurst to the effect that the field is a great failure, and says that hundreds are returning. He requests him to stop anybody else from leaviug ...

    Article : 55 words
  21. THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE SEE OF NEWCASTLE.

    In response to a circular, a meeting of the clergy of the diocese of Newcastle was held in the Masonic Hall yesterday afternoon to consider matters in connection with the administration of the See during the vacancy caused by ...

    Article : 275 words
  22. THE COACHBUILDING TRADE.

    Sir,—Having read several letters in your paper from those who think that the present depression is the coachbuilding trade is owing to the excessive importation, I think that, as a large English carriage importer, I can say ...

    Article : 299 words
  23. RICH GOLD DISCOVERY AT STAWELL.

    The Old Magdala Company, Stawell, have been working a reef for a considerable time with fair results. Yesterday they put in a drive and met with a head wall which carried magnificent gold, the reef being 24 ...

    Article : 82 words
  24. THE CASE OF W. S. G. CAMPBELL.

    W. S. G. Campbell, late teller of the Bank of Australasia, was tried to-day on a charge of stealing £1952 12s. 9d., the moneys of the bank. Evidence as already published was given, but in addition, Mr. ...

    Article : 216 words
  25. RAILWAY ACCIDENT IN VICTORIA.

    A special train from Melbourne to Wodonga, this afternoon, ran into a mob of cattle crossing the line near Glenrowan; 13 bullocks and the drover's horse were killed, and the engine was thrown off the line. ...

    Article : 71 words
  26. OVERLAND PASSENGER TRAFFIC.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 124 words
  27. PASTORAL INTELLIGENCE.

    The following stock are reported from Thargomindah:— 260 fat cattle, Mount Howitt to Sydney; 300 fats, Keroongula to Bourke; 20 Devon bulls, Richmond to Nockatunga; 500 mixed stores passed, Scanlan, owner, in ...

    Article : 225 words
  28. THE CHIEF JUSTICESHIP.

    Sir,—It is widely known that the reluctance of the Han, F. M. Darley to sccept the office of Chief Justice when first offered to him arese from a deliberate feeling that the claims of his numerous family prevented his sacrificing so ...

    Article : 254 words
  29. THE THROWING OF AN INFANT OVERBOARD.

    Mrs. Nicholls, wife of Ernest J. Nicholls, who is alleged to have thrown his infant child overboard from the ship Gainsborough, was brought before the Bench this morning. She was acquitted of the charge of having been ...

    Article : 108 words
  30. BABBITS IN QUEENSLAND.

    A telegram has been received by the Lands department from the Superintendent of the rabbit fence confirming the news that rabbits are now inside the Queensland border, and stating that burrows have been ...

    Article : 22 words
  31. Advertising

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    Advertising : 47 words
  32. Advertising

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    Advertising : 73 words
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