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  2. The Fletcher Memorial.

    THE Wallsend committee appointed in connection with the above movement met in the lecture-room of the Mechanics' Institute, Wallsend, on Monday evening. There were ...

    Article : 533 words
  3. The Political Situation.

    MR. PETER BENNETT and a number of his friends met at Hollinshead's Royal Exchange Hotel, Hunter-street, at 8 o'clock last evening, with the object of forming a committee ...

    Article : 1,056 words
  4. Queensland Shearing Trouble.

    THIS morning, Taylor, Stuart, Prince, Wry, Griffin, Smith, and Barry, charged with conspiracy, at Clermont, was conveyed by special train to Barcaldine. The prisoners were ...

    Article : 138 words
  5. CABLEGRAMS.

    LONDON, Monday.—The price of copper is £52 5s. ...

    Article : 12 words
  6. Local and General.

    THE Spanish Government are framing laws regulating the hours of labour for women and children. THE Customs revenue collected at this ...

    Article : 1,535 words
  7. The Federation Convention

    THE Federation Convention met at 11 o'clock. It was arranged that the Convention should sit to-night. In the absence of Mr. J. P. Abbott, the Chairman of Committees, Mr. W. ...

    Article : 569 words
  8. TELEGRAMS.

    AN employee of the firm of Hordern Bros., Pitt-street, was to-day sent to gaol for six months for robbing the firm. Mr. Hordern expressed the opinion that the accused had ...

    Article : 110 words
  9. Retirement of Judge Stephen.

    LONDON, Monday.—Mr. Justice Stephen retires on the ground of ill-health. ...

    Article : 14 words
  10. Rising in Afghanistan.

    CALCUTTA, Monday.—The Miranzais, a turbulent tribe near the Afghan border, have risen. Reinforcements have been despatched to Rohirt, a town of India, on the ...

    Article : 30 words
  11. VICTORIA.

    Still complaints are being made that census papers are not being delivered at a large number of houses. STATE SOCIALISTS. ...

    Article : 138 words
  12. The Chin War.

    CALCUTTA, Monday.—Fighting continues along the Indian frontier of the Chin country. The latest information from Burmah is to the effect that the Haka Chins have ...

    Article : 97 words
  13. FAILURE OF A BRISBANE FIRM.

    MESSRS. BARKER & CO., merchants, failed to-day, their liabilities being set down at £98,000. Other large failures are rumoured. ...

    Article : 33 words
  14. WEATHER FORECAST.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 47 words
  15. Shipping.

    LONDON, Tuesday.—The Orizaba arrived at Suez on the 4th inst. ...

    Article : 11 words
  16. Increased Duties on Wool in the United States.

    WASHINGTON, Tuesday.—The United States Government has doubled the import duty on sorted wool. ...

    Article : 21 words
  17. OUTRAGE AT COOPER'S PLAINS.

    MRS. CANTWELL, station-mistress at Cooper's Plains, was found in an unconscious condition on the line, a hundred yards from the station, last night, lying in a pool of blood, ...

    Article : 77 words
  18. QUEENSLAND.

    The Salvation Army's new barracks in Ann-street were opened this afternoon with considerable display. A tea meeting was held afterwards, at which several hundred ...

    Article : 94 words
  19. (FROM SYDNEY AND MELBOURNE PAPERS.)

    LONDON, Monday.—Mr. C. S. Parnell, speaking at Dublin on Saturday, said that the Liberals were notorious for making political prisoners, and the Tories for ...

    Article : 35 words
  20. The Newfoundland Fisheries.

    LONDON, Monday.—The Government of the Dominion of Canada have protested against the action of the Marquis of Salisbury with reference to the Newfoundland fisheries ...

    Article : 47 words
  21. THE COLLINGWOOD TRAGEDY.

    THE inquest was opened to-day on the body of the woman found dead at Collingwood on Friday, whose death is said to have been the result of internal injuries. Deceased has ...

    Article : 126 words
  22. SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    The body of a French teacher, named P. Bourat, was found hanging to the rail of a footbridge at Finchley. He had recently been in Adelaide Hospital, and was ...

    Article : 316 words
  23. Dynamiters and Mr. Gladstone

    LONDON, Monday.—Mr. Parnell has made a statement that a deputation of dynamiters paid a visit to Mr. Gladstone at Hawarden, and held a consultation with him in regard ...

    Article : 45 words
  24. German African Colonies.

    LONDON, Monday.—General von Caprivi, the German Chancellor, has intimated that the German colonies in South-West Africa will be ceded to Great Britain unless the ...

    Article : 187 words
  25. MEETING AT NEWCASTLE.

    A committee meeting of the Fletcher Memorial Fund was held last night, at the Criterion Hotel. There were about 20 committee men present, and Alderman, W. Laing, was ...

    Article : 148 words
  26. SERIOUS RAILWAY ACCIDENT.

    ABOUT a quarter to 7 o'clock last evening, a number of pedestrians and residents in the locality of the lower portion of Wolfe street were startled by hearing a succession of loud ...

    Article : 507 words
  27. NEWS FROM THE SOLOMON ISLANDS.

    THE schooner Albatross arrived in harbour this morning from the Solomon Islands. Her commander, Captain Smith, reports that the schooner left Howlah, one of the Solomon ...

    Article : 469 words
  28. British Coal Trust.

    LONDON, Monday.—A coal "trust" is being formed for the purpose of controlling the output from the collieries in the chief coal districts in the north of England and ...

    Article : 34 words
  29. THE CHILIAN S.S. GUAYACAN.

    THE Chilian steamer Guayacan, which was on arrival from Valparaiso, on Monday, quarantined in the habour, in consequence of a death having occurred on the voyage, ...

    Article : 391 words
  30. International Miners' Congress.

    LONDON, Monday.—The International Miners' Congress sitting in Paris, before authorising a universal strike of miners in support of the nine hours movement, ...

    Article : 60 words
  31. Latest Mining.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 108 words
  32. The Chilian Revolution.

    LONDON, Monday.—Don José Manuel Balmaceda, President of the Republic of Chili, emphatically denies the rumour that he is about to resign his position. The German ...

    Article : 53 words
  33. ORIENTAL FAIR.

    THE attendance at the Oriental Fair was again good last evening, and a substantial sum was added to the proceeds of the sale. The Maypole dance, by sixteen children, and the ...

    Article : 126 words
  34. Emigration not Necessary.

    LONDON, Monday.—The Colonisation Committee has reported that the present condition of the labourers of the United Kingdom does not warrant a general scheme of emigration ...

    Article : 32 words
  35. MINERS' RISKS.

    ABOUT 10 o'clock yesterday morning a miner named Alexander Road received serious injuries by the fall of a large piece of coal in the Hetton pit. He was assisted to the ...

    Article : 118 words
  36. The Victorian Loan.

    LONDON, Monday.—The Victorian Government has refused to give an undertaking, in connection with the now loan of £3,000,000, not to borrow again during the year. The ...

    Article : 100 words
  37. ADELAIDE SHARE MARKET.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 57 words
  38. SAD DROWNING FATALITY.

    A YOUNG can named James Nicholson lost his life under very sad circumstances near the Carrington dyke yesterday morning. He was an apprentice on the British-registered ...

    Article : 182 words
  39. THE ELECTORAL ROLL.

    IT will, perhaps, be interesting to the public to know that copies of the electoral roll may be soon at the Court House, and at the various police stations throughout the ...

    Article : 133 words
  40. BROKEN HILL SOUTH SILVER. MINING COMPANY, Limited.

    Weekly Progress Report.—Main shaft, 425ft level, north drive advanced 8ft; south drive advanced 12ft; west crosscut advanced 10ft, unchanged; hauling shaft. 300ft level, ...

    Article : 98 words
  41. RAILWAY EMPLOYEES ON POLLING DAY.

    MR. W. GRAHAME last night received a telegram from the Secretary for Railways, stating, in answer to a message from him, that on polling day the employees of the Department will ...

    Article : 94 words
  42. ACCIDENT AT STOCKTON.

    AN accident of a severe, but, luckily, not serious nature, befell a miner, named Edward Baker, in the Stockton pit on Monday morning, when he wee knocked down by a fall of ...

    Article : 121 words
  43. The Rising in Assam.

    LONDON, Monday.—The Indian Government has received news from Lieutenant Grant, who stormed Thobal, the native stronghold at Manipur, in North-East India, ...

    Article : 91 words
  44. Advertising

    {No abstract available}

    Advertising : 34 words
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