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  2. THE ELECTRIC LIGHT.

    A BANQUET, tendered by Messrs. Westcott, Marshall, and Adams, the contractors for the electric lighting of our city, was held in the Hall of Science last night, and proved a ...

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  3. LATEST TELEGRAMS.

    AT the Central Police court to-day George Henry Wilson, alias Grieve, and Alfred Grieve, alias Graham, appeared on remand, charged with having stolen £100, the ...

    Article : 159 words
  4. POLICE BOATS.

    FOR some time past, public remarks of a very uncomplimentary kind have been made regarding the unsafe condition of the boats used by the water police of Newcastle. It is ...

    Article : 287 words
  5. The Behring Straits Difficulty.

    LONDON, Tuesday.—The correspondence which has passed between the British and American Governments upon the Behring Sea fisheries question has been submitted to ...

    Article : 190 words
  6. CABLEGRAMS.

    LONDON, Tuesday.—The quantity of wheat afloat for the United Kingdom is 1,920,000 quarters, and for the continent 640,000 quarters. ...

    Article : 25 words
  7. Shares.

    LONDON, Tuesday.—British Broken Hill shares are quoted at £3 10s. ...

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  8. Mails.

    LONDON, Tuesday.—The Victoria left Colombo on the morning of the 6th. The Oreya left Suez on the 2nd. The Orizaba left Plymouth on the 5th. ...

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  9. A Military Instructor.

    LONDON, Tuesday.—Captain Reynolds, of the Royal Engineers, who has been appointed garrison instructor for Victoria, will sail for Melbourne in February. ...

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  10. Honolulu and Canada.

    LONDON, Tuesday.—The authorities in Honolulu are parleying with Canada, with the view of securing an improvement in the trade relations between the two ...

    Article : 28 words
  11. VICTORIA.

    For urging a dog to bite a youth, John Fitten was fined £5 to-day at the Brunswick Court. ALLEGED WHOLESALE FORGBERY. ...

    Article : 156 words
  12. Leadership of the Irish Party.

    PARIS, Tuesday.—Mr. Parnell has arrived at Boulogne, where another conference will be held with Messrs. O'Brien and Dillon on the question of the leadership of the Irish ...

    Article : 62 words
  13. The "Bear" Retires.

    LONDON, Tuesday.—The Russian troops that have been stationed on the German frontier have been ordered to retire. ...

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  14. Latest Mining.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 136 words
  15. Union Bank of Australia.

    LONDON, Tuesday.—The Union Bank of Australia has declared a dividend at the rate of 14 per cent. per annum, and carried forward £6,000. ...

    Article : 28 words
  16. Local and General.

    THE British squadron in Behring Sea is to be reinforced. THE Russian troops stationed on the German frontier are to be withdrawn. ...

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  17. Severe Weather.

    LONDON, Wednesday.— The weather throughout Europe is most severe. Snow blocks all traffic in Northern Germany where the railway lines are embanked. The snow ...

    Article : 34 words
  18. Scotch Railway Strike.

    LONDON, Tuesday.—Further disturbances have occurred amongst the railway employees on strike. A riot took place to-day near Coatbridge. The strikers attacked ...

    Article : 56 words
  19. QUEENSLAND.

    T. W. Rawlinson, late school teacher at Glenbar, was charged with bigamy at Gympie to-day. The police intimated that accused wished to plead guilty, and he was remanded. ...

    Article : 158 words
  20. ADELAIDE SHARE MARKET.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 41 words
  21. The Manica Country.

    LONDON, Tuesday.—Sir Henry Loch, Governor of Cape Colony, is coming to England shortly in connection with the negotiations which are proceeding between England and ...

    Article : 34 words
  22. BROKEN HILL MINING.

    Work is proceeding briskly at the South mine, and the Proprietary looks exceedingly well. The main shaft is down 480 feet, and men are still employed sinking at the ...

    Article : 103 words
  23. (FROM SYDNEY AND MELBOURNE PAPERS.)

    LONDON, Tuesday.—Two thousand labourers at a town named Swineford, in county Mayo, Ireland, are demanding the establishment of relief work in the ...

    Article : 44 words
  24. MUNICIPAL COUNCIL.

    The above council met last night. All the aldermen were present except Alderman Greenwood. The chief business was the election of a ...

    Article : 330 words
  25. Charge of Naval Stores.

    LONDON, Tuesday.-—The B0ritish Government is making arrangements by which the Admiralty will in future have the entire charge of all guns and stores for the fleet, ...

    Article : 42 words
  26. SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    A carter, whose name is unknown, was killed to-day on the Bay-road, by his own loaded dray passing over him. A BANK CASE. ...

    Article : 84 words
  27. OPPOSITION SHOW AGENTS.

    THE agents of rival Wild West Shows met at a hotel in Sandhurst to-day, and had a hand-to-hand fight. Both received severe injuries. ...

    Article : 34 words
  28. Fighting on the Caroline Islands.

    LONDON, Tuesday.—The natives of the Caroline Islands have attacked the Spanish expeditionary force dispatched to Pona[?] The Spanish troops were compelled to ...

    Article : 38 words
  29. WEATHER FORECAST.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 31 words
  30. The Sioux War.

    LONDON, Tuesday.—A dispatch from New York reports that a battle is proceeding between the Sioux Indians and the United States troops, and that the fighting is proving ...

    Article : 46 words
  31. CHARGED WITH ARSON.

    INFORMATION has been sworn against Oswald Twist, late boots at the Palace Hotel, charging him with having set fire to the Bijou Theatre a year ago, when several ...

    Article : 61 words
  32. SUPPOSED CASE OF POISONING.

    ANNIE M'INTOSH, a married woman, was found dead in bed at a boarding-house in Fitzroy last night. She is supposed to have been poisoned. Several bottles were found ...

    Article : 49 words
  33. ELECTRIC LIGHTING OF NEWCASTLE.

    Mr. G. F. BEVAN, who has been engaged for some time past in work connected with the installation of electric lighting in this city, has been engaged by Messrs. Westcott, ...

    Article : 80 words
  34. AN INDIAN MERCHANT SHOT.

    EARLY this morning, an Indian merchant, named Abraham Khaled, was found with a bullet wound through his head. During the night someone had entered the room and ...

    Article : 82 words
  35. BANK MANAGER BENNETT'S CASE.

    As yet the police have no clue that will lead to the arrest of D. W. Bennett, the absconding Oxford-street bank manager. It is not credited that he is still in the colony, and a ...

    Article : 248 words
  36. TRADES AND LABOUR COUNCIL.

    IN response to an invitation issued by the secretary of the eight-hours committee, a meeting of delegates, representing fourteen societies, assembled at the Rouse Assembly ...

    Article : 125 words
  37. Canadian-Australian Mail Service.

    LONDON, Tuesday.—The syndicate, of which the Marquis of Hartington is chairman, having in view the arrangement of a Canadian-Australian mail service, accepts ...

    Article : 67 words
  38. Church Army Scheme.

    IT is not generally known that "General" Booth's scheme was anticipated (remarks the European Mail of 28th November) in all its details by the Church Army: yet such is the ...

    Article : 194 words
  39. TERRIBLE BOILER EXPLOSION.

    AT 9 o'clock on the morning of November 25th, the boilers at Jewett's sawmill, at Southby, five miles from St. John's, New Brunswick, exploded, causing the ...

    Article : 256 words
  40. Newfoundland Fisheries Question.

    LONDON, Tuesday.—The people of Newfoundland have declared their right to deal with the Frenchmen fishing in Newfoundland waters. They declare that they mean ...

    Article : 67 words
  41. PREMIER MINSTREL COMPANY.

    LAST evening the members of the Premier Minstrel Company and their friends met at the hall attached to Garratt's Oriental Hotel, Cook's Hill, for the purpose of presenting ...

    Article : 126 words
  42. A Decreasing Birth-rate.

    LONDON, Tuesday.—The census returns show that the birth-rate throughout the United States has considerably decreased, there being a difference in this respect of two ...

    Article : 42 words
  43. Hamilton.

    A general meeting of the Northumberland Carriers' Union was held on Tuesday evening, at Cameron's Queen's Arms Hotel. Mr. G. Whiley presided. The principal business ...

    Article : 60 words
  44. DR. BARNARDO'S HOMES.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 46 words
  45. Australian Auxiliary Squadron.

    LONDON, Tuesday.—The ships Tauranga and Ringarooma, of the Australian auxiliary squadron, will be commissioned on January 20, and afterwards manned at Devonport with ...

    Article : 34 words
  46. Advertising

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    Advertising : 130 words
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