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  2. THE NEW HEBRIDES QUESTION.

    I do purpose in this short communication to go into th[?]eneral question, except to express my own opinion one who has had a pretty fair acquaintance with [?] of the Pacific groups, that the only ...

    Article : 1,776 words
  3. EUROPEAN NEWS.

    The English, mail per P. and O. steamer Kaisar-i-Hind reached Sydney in time for the early delivery from the Post Office yesterday morning. Our usual weekly London and ...

    Article : 47 words
  4. STRIKES IN FRANCE.

    The Paris correspondent of the Times write on March 3: "The Decazeville strike continues to cause uneasiness. In Paris an Anarchist newspaper is publishing with impunity a subscription list in which the donors openly extol the ...

    Article : 233 words
  5. AN ALLEGED WARNING FROM IRELAND.

    The London correspondent of the Manchester Courier writes:—"I understand that the police authorities in London have had a somewhat alarming warning from Ireland. It is generally expected that when Mr. Parnell's demands ...

    Article : 122 words
  6. OUR LONDON LETTER.

    A conference was held last Saturday at King's College, London, on the subject of emigration, which was presided over by Dr. Walsham How, Bishop of Bedford, but who is, in reality, the bishop of the East end of ...

    Article : 2,272 words
  7. COST OF THE DYNAMITE OUTRAGES.

    The Civil Service Estimates for 1886-87, contain, among other items, one of £36,000 for "the expenses of police engaged on special duties in connection with dynamite outrages," being £2000 less than the ...

    Article : 118 words
  8. FRANCE AND THE NEW HERBRIDES.

    A meeting in reference to the New Hebrides annexation question was held in the Town Hall, Randwick, on Monday evening. There was a large attendance, including a number of ladies. Mr. John See, M.L.A. (Mayor of [?] ...

    Article : 1,489 words
  9. OUTRAGE IN IRELAND.

    The Cork correspondent of the Times' writes on February 28:—"A murderous attack was made on a farmer named M'Sweeney, living at a place called the Park, two miles distant from Killarney. It appears that at half-past ...

    Article : 190 words
  10. EXTRAORDINARY DESTRUCTION OF SNUFF.

    At Dublin the tug steamer Integrity was engaged in the work of conveying no less than 24 tons of snuff from the Custom House stores for the purpose of depositing it in the bay. The duty had not been paid by the owner and the ...

    Article : 66 words
  11. ROBBERY OF THREE THOUSAND POUNDS.

    Six persons, three of them women, were remanded at Nantwich on a charge of stealing the sum of £3000 from the dwelling-house of a fellmonger named Blud at Stapeley. Two of the accused, William and Alice Heskoth, were ...

    Article : 85 words
  12. PHOTOGRAPHING AT EXECUTIONS IN BURMAH.

    The Times' correspondent at Rangoon has received from Colonel Hooper at Mandalay the following version of the facts connected with the case of photographing prisoners at the time of execution:—"The camera was placed in ...

    Article : 218 words
  13. LOST IN THE SNOW.

    A terrible discovery has been made in the snow on Shap Fell, a wild portion of Westmoreland. A man on horseback, trying to get through the deep drift, came upon a woman and two children lying beside her. The woman ...

    Article : 81 words
  14. COLONIAL AND INDIAN EXHIBITION.

    A meeting of the New South Wales Commission for the Colonial and Indian Exhibition was held at the Colonial Secretary's Office yesterday afternoon. The chair was occupied by Mr. E. Fosbery, and there were present- ...

    Article : 1,148 words
  15. ROUT OF FRENCH ANARCHISTS.

    The Paris correspondent of the Daily News telegraphs:— "Louise Michel delivered a lecture at the theatre of Nantes before about 500 peasants, workmen, and small tradesmen. The audience, which was composed of Republicans with a ...

    Article : 155 words
  16. THE BRENNAN TORPEDO.

    After spending the immense sum of £25,000 upon experimental trials, the Imperial military and naval authorities of England are satisfied of the great merits of the Brennan torpedo. They would have formally taken it over had not ...

    Article : 195 words
  17. RUSSIA AND THE TURCO-BULGARIAN CONVENTION.

    It is anticipated (the Vienna correspondent of the Times says) that the collective declaration of the Powers on the subject of the Turko-Bulgarian Convention will be followed very quickly by an imperial irade, promulgating the ...

    Article : 307 words
  18. SETTING FIRE TO A GIRL.

    At the Jersey assizes on March 1, a shocking charge of wilful murder was preferred against Jeanne Marie Dubosq, a hawker of eggs. The prisoner went to a public-house on December 16 and asked Mary Riot, the servant girl, aged ...

    Article : 106 words
  19. WHOLESALE DISCHARGE OF GOVERNMENT WORKMEN.

    Great uneasiness prevails among the workmen at the Royal Small Arms Factory, Enfield, in consequence of the following notice, which was posted up in the factory on Friday, by order of Colonel Arbuthnot, the superintendent ...

    Article : 209 words
  20. THE SOUDAN.

    Writing on March 2, the Suakim correspondent of the Times says:—"The rebels are reported to be daily increasing in strength. Osman Digma persists in declaring his intention to attack Suakim. In the meantime he is said to ...

    Article : 387 words
  21. STRANGE RECOVERY OF STOLEN JEWELLERY.

    The whole of the jewellery which so mysteriously disappeared from Brynkinallt, Denbighshire, the seat of Lord Trevor, about two years ago, was discovered in a remarkable manner. One of the servants, it appears, was walking ...

    Article : 78 words
  22. THE POPE AND THE CLERGY.

    The Pope recently addressed the members of the Sacred College, who had assembled to congratulate him on the eighth anniversary of his coronation. He spoke of the necessity of a learned clergy above all at the present day, ...

    Article : 127 words
  23. THE NEW COMETS.

    The London Times of March 4 says:—"Although there are at the present moment three comets in the heavens within our horizon of vision, they are invisible to the naked eye, powerful telescopes being required to observe their ...

    Article : 443 words
  24. NEW SOUTH WALES BENEVOLENT SOCIETY.

    The usual monthly meeting of the board of directors [?] the New South Wales Benevolent Society, was held at the asylum yesterday. There were present—The Hon. Dr. A. Renwick, president; Messrs. F. Senior, J. P. ...

    Article : 284 words
  25. SIR CHARLES DILKE IN THE HOUSE.

    The chief topic of conversation in the House of Commons on March 3 was tho reappearance of Sir Charles Dilke, who was present for the first time since the divorce case. The London correspondent of the Birmingham Post says:—"A mild ...

    Article : 406 words
  26. WAVERLEY TRAMS.

    Sir,—Being a constant traveller by tram from Waverley to Sydney, I was much pleased at the remarks made in your issue of this day about the length of time the trams take reaching Sydney. That it is caused, as your ...

    Article : 166 words
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