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  2. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. [BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.] OUR SPECIAL TELEGRAM.

    It is reported that an attempt has been made to poison the Czar, but it failed. ...

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  3. ARRIVAL OF THE STEAMSHIP CUZGO AT ADELAIDE.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 119 words
  4. BACH'S "PASSION" at the UNIVERSITY.

    The first performance in the colony of a work as great a it is unique, no matter how crude such a performance in itself may be, marke a new era in the musical history of New South Wales. On Saturday last this was attempted ...

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    A statement was made in the Legislative Assembly during Thursday's debate on the Electoral Bill which ought not to have passed unproved or unchallenged. It was to the effect that ...

    Article : 402 words
  6. QUEENSLAND.

    Monaban's colt Wildrake, by Maribyrnong out of Princess, while cantering on the racecourse at Eagle Farm this morning broke the cannon-bones short off above the fetlock, and had to be destroyed. ...

    Article : 34 words
  7. NEWS OF THE DAY.

    OUR cable messages of this morning contain a number of interesting items. The Queen has returned from her visit on the Continent, and the Earl of Beaconfield will, it is understood, at once place the ...

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  8. VICTORIA.

    The Ceremony Committee of the Exhibition, having definitely accepted a poem for the inaugural cantata, are in a position to invite competitive musical compositions, and have Offered a premium of 100 guineas ...

    Article : 434 words
  9. THE PANAMA CANAL SCHEME.

    Baron Lesseps intends to visit the principal towns of Great Britain to advocate his Panama canal scheme. ...

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  10. LATER CAPE NEWS.

    The Boer agitation, if it has not died out, has at least subsided. Mr. Tolbert and Mr. Turger, two of their leaders, are going to stump the old country, where they believe they are likely to get much countenance. ...

    Article : 192 words
  11. DIFFICULTY BETWEEN PORTUGAL AND CHINA.

    A difficulty has arisen between Portugal and China, owing to the latter claiming Macao. Russia supports Portugal, and the British and Russian envoys at Pekin are ...

    Article : 37 words
  12. FRENCH MINISTER AT BRUSSELS.

    It is stated that M. Lemoinne is to be appointed French Minister to Brussels. ...

    Article : 20 words
  13. THE COUNTY OF CORK ELECTION.

    There was an exciting contest for the county of Cork. Four Bishops and 100 priests supported William Shaw and Colonel Colthurst (Home Rulers), who heat Kettle, a ...

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  14. AMUSEMENTS. THEATRE ROYAL.

    "Friends" still continues to occupy the stage at the Royal, and was as successful as ever. This comedy has evidently hit the taste of the Sydney public, but it will shortly be withdrawn in favour of Byron's " Blow for ...

    Article : 45 words
  15. THE SEE OF LIVERPOOL.

    The Rev. J. C. Ryle, Dean of Salisbury, has been appointed Bishop of Liverpool. ...

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  16. THE VICTORIA THEATRE.

    Shakespeare's play of " Richard the Third " was given at the Victoria Theatre on Saturday night, with Mr. Fairclough as the last of the Plautagenots. This great and popular tragedy, as Shakespeare wrote it, demands almost ...

    Article : 720 words
  17. THE PALL MALL GAZETTE ON THE VICTORIAN MINISTRY.

    The Pall Mall Gazette says that the long up-hill struggle of the Opposition in Victoria should encourage the vanquished party here. It pronounces Mr. Service's Ministry as ...

    Article : 48 words
  18. SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    A meeting waS held at Mount Gambier last night to consider the manufacture of farina from potatoes. Owing to the absence of information on the subject a committee was appointed to make the necessary ...

    Article : 367 words
  19. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) SAID PASHA AND THE POLICY OF TURKEY.

    Said Pasha, who was appointed Vizier in October, is understood to favour the reassembling of the Parliament which sat in 1878, with a view to an open discussion of ...

    Article : 77 words
  20. RETURN OE THE QUEEN.

    Her Majesty the Queen has returned from her visit to the Continent, and arrived at Windsor yesterday. ...

    Article : 24 words
  21. THE BEACONSFIELD MINISTRY.

    It is expected that the Earl of Beaconsfield will tender the resignation of the Ministry to-morrow. ...

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  22. THE GERMAN ARMY INCREASE BILL.

    In the Reichstag, to-day, the bill introduced by the Minister for War last January, for increasing the German army by 60,000 men, was passed. ...

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  23. THE EX-EMPRESS EUGENIE.

    Cable news received from Cape Town, to-day, states that the ex-Empress Eugenie, with Sir Evelyn Wood and suite, arrived on the 14th, and intended to proceed to Natal ...

    Article : 38 words
  24. NEW ZEALAND.

    Parliament is summoned to meet on the 28th May. The total insurances known in the colony on the Calypso's cargo amount to £56,356. ...

    Article : 33 words
  25. THE SUEZ OUTWARD MAIL.

    The P. and 0. Co.'s steamer Mulwa left for Australia to-day. ...

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  26. QUEEN'S THEATRE.

    " Never too late to mend," has now been played for four weeks at the Queen's Theatre, and appears to have a good prospect of still occupying the stage, as Mr. Dampier and the other monikers of the company have made a great hit ...

    Article : 63 words
  27. THE AUSTRALIAN CRICKETERS.

    The Australian team of cricketers arrived here, to-day, by the Garonne. They are all well. ...

    Article : 22 words
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    A TALKING MACHINE.—A machine with which a remarkably close imitation of human speech can be produced has been brought to England by the inventor, Herr Faber, and exhibited to the Physical ...

    Article : 684 words
  29. THE OPERA HOUSE.

    At Kelly and Leon's Opera House "Engaged" gave place on Saturday evening to " Pink Dominoes," in which Mr. and Mrs. Lingard had previously appeared in the United States and Melbourne. There may be objections to ...

    Article : 214 words
  30. THE OAMARU WATERWORKS LOAN.

    Subscriptions have been opened for the balance of the loan to complete the Oamaru Waterworks. The amount required is £89,000. ...

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  31. DISGUISED PROTECTION.

    Sir,—For some time past I have entertained doubts as to whether the anomalies abounding in our railway tariff were not the result of a system devised for the special protection of the importer,against the producer. ...

    Article : 211 words
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    AN EXTRAORDINARY DIVER.—One of the most astounding announcements of modern times is made in several English papers for February by Dr. Richardson, who gives an account of a diver who ...

    Article : 581 words
  33. OBITUARY.

    Dr. Edward V. Kenealy, late member for Stoke in the House of Commons. ...

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  34. THE STEAMSHIP COTOPAXI.

    The Orient Company's steamer Cotopaxisailed from Plymouth for Australia to-day. ...

    Article : 17 words
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    AMERICAN LIVE STOCK.—The annual report of the sales of live stock in the Chicago market during 1879 has just been published. From it we learn something of the magnitude of American resources in the matter of meat ...

    Article : 449 words
  36. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) PARRAMATTA.

    Another accident occurred this morning, at 6 o'clock, on the railway, and one of a very serious nature, to Edwin Goold, the night porter. While in the act of coupling trucks together he fell as the engine was ...

    Article : 106 words
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    THE CHALLENGER EXPEDITION.—The London Athen[?]um of January 31 says:—"Under the provisional title Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the Years 1873—6' a section of ...

    Article : 258 words
  38. NEWCASTLE.

    Dr. W. H. Gordon, of Murrurundi, has declared himself a candidate for the electorate of Northumberland, rendered vacant by the retirement of Mr. Hungerford. There is a general feeling of regret at ...

    Article : 103 words
  39. WEST MAITLAND.

    The sixth competition for the trophy presented to the West [?] Volunteer C[?] [?] M[?] James Fullford came off at the rifle range, East Maitland, to-day, and was won by Corporal G. Howitt. ...

    Article : 36 words
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