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  2. CANTANKEROUS COUNCILLORS.

    THE Newcastle Borough Council is nothing if not official. It is bound round with red tape in every direction, and no single resolution can be proposed and no letter read with ...

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  3. The Public Works Act.

    Among the shorter measures of amending legislation which the Ministry promise during the present session of Parliament, is one to cure an obvious breakdown in the Public ...

    Article : 86 words
  4. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

    A TORNADO was encountered by a pilot near Dent Island (Q.) on Friday. THE treasurer of the Dithgow Disaster Fund reports having £1500 in hand. ...

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  5. DROWNING OF A BOY.

    SYDNEY, Tuesday.—The inquiry regarding the death of the boy Sidney Stone, who was drowned while bathing in a dam at Geddes's woolwashing establishment, Waterloo, on the ...

    Article : 429 words
  6. Meeting of the Executive Council.

    AT the Executive Council meeting to-day, Thursday, 28th March, was declared a public holiday in the electoral districts of Gloucester and Durham. ...

    Article : 39 words
  7. The Railways.

    The new Government will reverse the policy of their predecessors, and place the Ministerial control of the Government railways under the Minister for Finance, for the ...

    Article : 71 words
  8. N.S.W. Railway Reforms.

    THE Commissioners for Railways have lately been considering the staff of the Engineer-in-Chief for Existing Lines with a view to retrenchment, and have to-day decided, as ...

    Article : 94 words
  9. Vice President of Executive Council.

    No decision has at present been come to by the Government with regard to the appointment of a Vice-President of the Executive Council, although communications have ...

    Article : 43 words
  10. Dr. Ullathorne Dying.

    LONDON, Monday.—It is announced that Dr. Ullathorne, late Roman Catholic Bishop of Birmingham, is dying. [Bishop Ullathorne was born at Pocklington, ...

    Article : 220 words
  11. A Crumpled Politician.

    There was a breezy little incident in the recent "no confidence" debate (says last night's Evening News), which should be saved for the political scrap-book of the times. ...

    Article : 176 words
  12. CABLEGRAMS.

    LONDON, Monday.—The Right Hon. E. Stanhope, Secretary of State for War, declares that it is possible that every coaling station belonging to the British Empire ...

    Article : 78 words
  13. LATEST MINING.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 41 words
  14. THE MINERS AND CENTRALIZATION.

    IN a letter which will be found in another column a local tradesman, who for obvious reasons desires to preserve his anonymity, makes what would appear to be a ...

    Article : 809 words
  15. [REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.]

    PARIS, Monday.—The recent run on the Comptoir d'Escompte has ceased. There has been a sharp recovery in the value of shares on the Paris Bourse in consequence of ...

    Article : 47 words
  16. Consolidated Broken Hill Company.

    LONDON, Monday.—The money has been returned to applicants for shares in the Consolidated Broken Hill Mining Company. The vendor of the property to the company ...

    Article : 51 words
  17. General Election in Victoria.

    AT a meeting of the Executive Council, yesterday day, the Governor formally dissolved Parliament. The dates of the general election have been fixed, and the issue of the writs ...

    Article : 85 words
  18. Irish Affairs.

    LONDON, Monday.—Mr. Creagh, an Irish landlord, was fatally shot near Quin, whilst driving to church on Sunday. His sister, who was with him at the time, had the tip ...

    Article : 39 words
  19. Russia and Afghanistan.

    ST. PETERSBURG, Monday.—The Ameer publicly repudiated hostile designs towards Russia. ...

    Article : 13 words
  20. CORRESPONDENCE

    SIR,—Your sub-editorial in Monday's issue, under the above heading, contains such a one-sided statement of facts, such unwarranted conclusions and unjust inferences, ...

    Article : 517 words
  21. THE POLITICAL SITUATION.

    A SPECIAL meeting of the Executive Council was held last Friday evening, at which members of the new Ministry were sworn in. The following arrangements have been made for ...

    Article : 144 words
  22. Samoa: America and Germany.

    LONDON, Monday.—Mr. R. L. Stevenson, the novelist, who is yachting in the Pacific, has written a letter to the Times, denouncing the tyranny of Dr. Knappe, late German ...

    Article : 103 words
  23. Samoa.

    LONDON, Monday.—Sir James Fergusson, Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, in replying to a question in the Commons, said that no date had been fixed for the ...

    Article : 39 words
  24. Politics in Victoria.

    MELBOURNE, Tuesday.—On Monday night Mr. Gillies addressed the electors of the Eastern Suburbs in the Recreation Hall, Kew. ...

    Article : 445 words
  25. English Army Estimates.

    LONDON, Tuesday.—In the House of Commons, last night, Mr. Stanhope formally introduced the Army Estimates for the current year, and explained the details of the ...

    Article : 69 words
  26. English Rule in India.

    LONDON, Monday.—News has reached here from India to the effect that the Maharajah of Cashmere, Pertab Sing, instigated a plot to poison the British Resident ...

    Article : 47 words
  27. LATEST TELEGRAMS.

    Andrew Gregan, an ex-constable, was charged this morning with attempting to murder Senior-Constable Owens, by shooting him with r revolver. Grogan had a grudge ...

    Article : 185 words
  28. Another General Election.

    The unsettled condition of politics, with the probability of another general election at an early date, has already caused a perceptible, stir amongst the intending ...

    Article : 192 words
  29. An American Minister.

    LONDON, Monday.—Mr. Kasson has been appointed American Minister in Berlin. ...

    Article : 13 words
  30. New South Wales Deficit.

    LONDON, Monday.—Sir Henry Parkes has directed Sir Saul Samuel to announce the fact that the present deficit in New South Wales amounts to only £2,500,000. ...

    Article : 30 words
  31. Floods in England.

    LONDON, Monday.—The disastrous floods which have occurred in the West of England are now subsiding. The damage done to property in Bristol, which ...

    Article : 39 words
  32. South African Federation.

    LONDON, Sunday.—The negotiations, for the federation of the South African States have been renewed, and Herr Kruger, President of the Transvaal Republic, and Herr ...

    Article : 51 words
  33. Ministerial Elections.

    SYDNEY, Tuesday night:—Some difference of opinion exists in the Protectionist camp with regard to the coming re-election of Ministers, which has brought to light the ...

    Article : 128 words
  34. George in England.

    LONDON, Monday.— Mr. Henry George, the well-known land reformer, is now visiting England. He arrived in London yesterday, and received a great ovation. ...

    Article : 27 words
  35. QUEENSLAND.

    Isaac Clay, aged 26 years, a railway porter at Beaudesert, died yesterday from injuries sustained through a fall from a horse on the day previous. ...

    Article : 205 words
  36. Froude.

    LONDON, Monday.—Mr. J. A. Froude, the historian, has denied the statement recently made that he had changed his views on the Home Rule question, and had become an ...

    Article : 33 words
  37. A Medica Eloper.

    LONDON, Monday.—A medical doctor at Nice, who eloped with a young heiress, has been sentenced to eight months' imprisonment without the option of a fine. ...

    Article : 27 words
  38. LEGAL DECISIONS ABOUT NEWSPAPERS.

    1. IF any person orders his paper to be discontinued, he must first pay all arrearages, or the publisher may continue to send until payment is made, and then collect the whole ...

    Article : 211 words
  39. That Deficit

    AT a Cabinet meeting on Monday the alleged increase in the deficit was under consideration. As already stated, the searching investigation made by Mr. M'Millan ...

    Article : 231 words
  40. The Minister for Justice.

    The only seat where any real contest is likely to take place is Patrick's Plains, where Mr. Gould, the new Minister for Justice, has to seek re-election, and will be opposed by ...

    Article : 108 words
  41. The Copper Crash.

    LONDON, Monday.—All the depositors in the Comptoir d'Escompte de Paris have been paid the amounts due to them. It is reported that the Shanghai branch of the bank ...

    Article : 625 words
  42. West Sydney Vacancy.

    A deputation of fifteen Protectionists introduced by Mr. R. S. Ross, president of the Protection League, waited upon Mr. John Harris, Mayor of Sydney, this morning to ...

    Article : 99 words
  43. SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    A large public meeting was held in the Town Hall, this evening, to arrange for the reception Mr. John Dillon, the Irish M.P. The utmost enthusiasm prevailed, and a ...

    Article : 139 words
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