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  2. THE GRAFTON-TWEED RAILWAY.

    Sir,—As one who has taken a somewhat prominent part here in advocacy of the Grafton-Tweed railway, I read with no small degree of astonishment the letter signed "C. E. R. Murray," appearing in your columns a short time ago ...

    Article : 1,780 words
  3. NEW GUINEA.

    I am writing this for our monthly mail, which is at last fairly established. The s.s. Victory, belonging to Messrs. Burns, Philp, and Co., has been subsidised by the Government to carry mails, and will come here ...

    Article : 2,215 words
  4. EUROPEAN NEWS.

    The English mail per the Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Ganges arrived in Sydney and was delivered from the General Post Office yesterday morning. The latest ...

    Article : 37 words
  5. ATTEMT TO MURDER THE GRAND VIZIER.

    News has only just been permitted to leak out of a desperate attempt to murder the Grand Vizier by one Halil Agha, a Tartar, belonging to Adrianople. His Highness was driving on Sunday afternoon from his residence ...

    Article : 208 words
  6. OUR LONDON LETTER.

    The opening of Parliament took place yesterday very quietly, attracting little interest. Few people assembled outside the Palace of Westminster to witness the return of members, and the whole ...

    Article : 2,712 words
  7. LORD LONSDALE AND MISS VIOLET CAMERON.

    At the Newcastle-on-Tyne Police Court on August 2 Lord Lonsdale was charged with having assaulted David de Bensand, husband of Miss Violet Cameron, whose operatic company was playing at the Theatre Royal, Newcastle, ...

    Article : 656 words
  8. THE PERMANENT ARTILLERY FORCE AND THE TORPEDO CORPS.

    The following letter has been received from Mr. F. M. Darley, M.L.C., in elucidation of his speech in the Legislative Council during the debate on the Permanent Artillery Force and Torpedo Corps, a report of which ...

    Article : 1,298 words
  9. FRANCE AND RUSSIA.

    An exceptionally important military mission, it is announced, will be sent by the French Government to the Russian military manouvres at Tsarskoo Selo, from the 18th to the 24th of August. The principal feature of the ...

    Article : 272 words
  10. MR. JUSTICE FIELD ON FRAUDULENT SOLICITORS.

    In ordering the name of a solicitor (Mr. John H. Lamb) who had wilfully permitted his name as a solicitor to be used in certain actions by Thomas Simmons, an accountant, to be struck off the rolls, Mr. Justice Field, on August 2, ...

    Article : 221 words
  11. THE NEW PANAMA LOAN.

    The success of the loan issued by M. de Lessops for the construction of the Panama Canal has, according to all accounts, exceeded the most sanguine expectations. While the total number of subscribers to the Suez loans only ...

    Article : 60 words
  12. NEW ZEALAND.

    From the files of papers to hand we make the following extracts:- The new Salvation Army Barracks in Market-square, Christchurch, which cost £2500, and will seat 1800 ...

    Article : 454 words
  13. A COMMERCIAL TRAVELLERS' ANTISWEARING LEAGUE.

    The Commercial Travellers' Protective Association of the United States have issued a neat placard to be placed in the hotels, banks, railway stations, &c., throughout the country. It is called the anti-profanity ...

    Article : 203 words
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  15. THE ENLARGEMENT OF THE GENERAL POST OFFICE.

    Mr. John Clutton, who was called upon to arbitrate in the question of property belonging to, the governors of Christ's Hospital required for the enlargement of the General Post Office, has now issued his award. He finds ...

    Article : 93 words
  16. THE FUNERAL OF FRANZ LISZT.

    The funeral of Franz Liszt took place on August. 3 at Baireuth. The coffin, placed in an open hearse, was completely covered with flowers. All along the route to the cemetery the street gas-lamps were lighted, and the glasses ...

    Article : 90 words
  17. DISCOVERY OF ROMAN REMAINS.

    The workmen employed in excavating the earth from the site of a new co-operative store in Hermon-street, Chesterle-street, have unearthed a quantity of antiquities, which are evidently Roman. The spot is near to the site of some ...

    Article : 150 words
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