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  2. DISTRICT NEWS.

    The topic of conversation in Stockton is the incorporation, which seems well on the wings of progress. The petition has been prepared by the local solicitor, Mr. Readett, ...

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  3. PARIS EXHIBITION.

    LONDON, Thursday Night.—The negotiations which have taken place between Sir Saul Samuel and the commissioners of the Paris Exhibition have been ineffectual, and ...

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  4. CABLEGRAMS.

    LONDON, Friday.—Jake Kilrain, champion boxer of America, who threw down a challenge to box any man in the world, has been taken up by Peter Jackson, champion of ...

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  5. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

    Land revenue at Forbes last year was nearly £20,000. SEVERAL volunteer corps have been dissolved in New Zealand. ...

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  6. Australian Wheat for England.

    LONDON, Thursday.—The Standard this morning has a review of the imports of cereals last year, and predicts that the imports in 1889 will be in excess of those of ...

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  7. WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

    LONDON, Thursday Night.—The Chamber of Commerce Journal advocates the granting of constitutional government to West Australia, but on condition that the colony ...

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  8. The Wool Markets.

    LONDON, Thursday.—The stocks of wool in England are light, and the woollen industries are prosperous. The drought in Australia is expected to assist in hardening ...

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  9. The French Vintage.

    LONDON, Thursday.—The French vintage is 130,000,000 gallons in excess of that of last year; but is 176,000,000 below the average of the last twelve years. ...

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  10. Wickham.

    Yesterday, special services in commemoration of the anniversary of the Wickham Wesleyan church were held. Mr. H. Gainsford of Camden College, who was specially ...

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  11. [Reuter's Telegrams.]

    PARIS, Saturday.—The French Government have issued orders to private firms of shipbuilders in France for the construction of two large cruisers and thirteen torpedo ...

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  12. Congregationalism.

    LONDON, Friday.—The Rev. Frederick Hastings has been appointed to succeed the late Rev. Samuel Hebditch as minister of the North Adelaide Congregational Church. He ...

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  13. National Bank of New Zealand.

    LONDON, Friday.—The National Bank of New Zealand has declared an interim dividend of 5 per cent. ...

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  14. THE BOULANGER CAMPAIGN.

    LONDON, Wednesday Night.—The impending election of a representative in the Chamber of Deputies for the Department of the Seine is causing intense excitement in Paris, ...

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  15. THE SACKVILLE-WEST AFFAIR.

    WASHINGTON, Saturday.—Despatch been received from the Marquis of Salisbury in reply to a communication from United States Government regarding the action of ...

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  16. Burwood.

    It appears the boy Besant, who was badly hurt last Thursday by a fall off a tree, went up a tree after a bird's nest. When about 40 feet high he lost his balance and fell to the ...

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  17. Samoa or Panama.—Which?

    LONDON, Friday.—America is equipping three men-of-war, which are under orders to proceed either to Samoa or to Panama. ...

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  18. Mr. Gladstone and the Phonograph.

    LONDON, Friday.—Mr. Edison, the inventor of the phonograph, is receiving a speech from Mr. Gladstone by phonograph. ...

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  19. The Bishop of Lincoln and Ritualism.

    LONDON, Thursday.—The charge of ritualistic practices brought by the Church Association against the Right Rev. Edward King, Bishop of Lincoln, is to be heard next ...

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  20. RUMOURED CHINESE INVASION.

    LONDON, Wednesday Night.—An important discovery has been made with respect to the intended migration of Chinese from the United States to Canada and ...

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  21. More Fighting at Zanzibar.

    ADEN, Saturday.—News has been received from Zanzibar that further fighting has taken place between the German East African Companies' forces and natives of Saadani. In ...

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  22. Prospects of the Victorian Loan.

    LONDON, Thursday Night.—It is considered in financial circles that the reduction of the bank rate will probably facilitate the floating of the proposed Victorian loan of ...

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  23. The Emin Pasha Expedition.

    BERLIN, Saturday.—The expedition which is now being organised in Germany for the relief of Emin Pasha in Equatorial Africa will be under the command of Lieutenant ...

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  24. Emigrants for Queensland.

    LONDON, Friday.—The British India Company's steamer Jumna has sailed for Queensland with 444 emigrants on board. ...

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  25. Maitland.

    A serious and fatal accident occurred on Friday afternoon. About 4 o'clock Mr. John Bowden was riding on the Louth Park-road, and Mr. T. Avison was riding some ...

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  26. Russia and the Paris Exhibition.

    ST. PETERSRURG, Saturday.—Although Russian Government will not be officially represented at the Paris Exhibition, it is notified that the exhibitors from that ...

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  27. Supposed Loss of a Steamer.

    LONDON, Friday.—It is feared that a steamer engaged in conveying United States naval officers from San Francisco to More Island has been overtaken by a gale, and ...

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  28. Release of an M.P. from Prison.

    LONDON, Thursday Night.—Mr. Robert Gent Davis, Conservative member for the Kensington Division of Lambeth, who on November 30 was committed to gaol for ...

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  29. Illness of King William.

    AMSTERDAM, Saturday.—King William III., of the Netherlands, has suffered a relapse. His condition is now considered very critical. ...

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  30. New Australian Steamer.

    LONDON, Thursday night.—The new steamship Argus, built by the Palmer Shipping Company to the order of Messrs. A. Currie and Co., of Melbourne, and intended for the ...

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  31. Islington.

    The Wickham Council's attention should be drawn to the pump situated on the Maitland-road a little west of Coal-street. There is a defective joint in the pipe that leads ...

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  32. CENTRAL AFRICA.

    LONDON, Friday.—Intelligence has been received to-day from country south of Victoria Nyanza, dated 11th November, reporting that in consequence of an attempt on ...

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  33. SAMOAN AFFAIRS.

    LONDON, Thursday.—The German press urge the Government to at once annex Samoa, pointing out that the American Government book presented to the ...

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  34. Lambton.

    Three boys were charged with entering the dwelling of a bachelor named Riddle, at New Lambton, and taking money to the value of £1, and were remanded till Tuesday, when ...

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  35. AUSTRALIAN GOVERNORS.

    LONDON, Thursday Night.—The Earl of Kimberley, in the course of his speech yesterday on the appointment of colonial Governors, quoted the paragraph from Truth ...

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  36. PERPLEXING MISHAP.

    On Sunday afternoon, whilst a mourning-coach, containing five females and the remains of an infant, was being drawn along a piece of rough road near Bunn's Crossing, ...

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  37. The Reported Betrothal of a Princess.

    PETERSBURG, Friday.—The report current to the effect that the Czarewitch was about to be betrothed to Princess Alice Victoria of Hesse has been officially denied. ...

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  38. H.M.S. Calliope Ordered to Samon.

    AUCKLAND, Friday.—As a consequence of the latest developments of the civil war in Samoa, H.M.S. Calliope, at present stationed with the remainder of the fleet on this coast, ...

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  39. Morpeth.

    A case very much resembling hydrophobia is reported from here. It appears that an ownerless dog that has been running the streets for some time past was observed to ...

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  40. America and Samoa.

    WASHINGTON, Friday.—Mr. Sewell, the American Consul at Samoa, gave evidence to-day before the Committee of Congress in connection with the present position of affairs in ...

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  41. Waratah.

    William. Grifliths, licensee of a billiard table in connection with his promises, the Rose, Shamrock, and Thistle Hotel, Elder-street, Lambton, was charged with allowing ...

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  42. EXPLOSION OF GASOMETERS.

    LONDON, Thursday night.—At Brooklyn city, on Long Island, across the East River from New York city, three gasometers exploded last night, leaving the city in partial ...

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  43. ENGLAND'S LITTLE WARS.

    CALCUTTA, Friday.—The negotiations recently carried on by the Chinese envoy at Gnatung, for a settlement of the difficulty between the Indian Government and the ...

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  44. SUBSIDENCE OF A BUILDING.

    ON Saturday forenoon the large concrete building situated in Scott-street, occupied by David Cohen and Company, collapsed with a loud crash. An examination showed that ...

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  45. MINING.

    MR. E. D. SULLIVAN, mine-manager of the Bonang Gold-mining Co., Ltd., has submitted to the directors a report on the progress, condition and presents for the half-year ending ...

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  46. ENGLAND AND GERMANY.

    LONDON. Thursday.—The German Government have directed Count Hatzfeldt. Wildenberg, the German Ambasador in London, to interview the Marquis of ...

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  47. LATEST MINING.

    THERE was a fair amount of business done to-day in the silver market at reduced rates. After Change there was inquiry for all Broken Hill shares at an advance on the ...

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  48. CYCLONE AND SNOWSTORMS IN AMERICA.

    LONDON, Friday.—A terrible cyclone and snowstorms have occurred in the northern portions of the States of New York, New England, Michigan, and Wisconsin. The ...

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  49. THE VISIT OF THE RAILWAY COMMISSIONERS.

    THE Railway Commissioners are to arrive here by special train to-morrow morning. It is not anticipated that any special reception will be accorded them. As their stay will ...

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  50. AMERICAN SUGAR TRUST.

    LONDON, Thursday.—An important decision affecting sugar companies has been given by the Supreme Court of New York. ...

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