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  2. DISTRICT NEWS.

    A meeting was held at the Boat-rowers Hotel, New Township, on Saturday, the 7th inst, to take into consideration the election of aldermen for the first formation of the ...

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  3. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

    EMIN IMPROVING, CONDITION still precarious. PRINCE BISMARCK is improving in health ...

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  4. UNIFORM RAILWAY GAUGE.

    THE Victorian Premier has received a communication from the South Australian Government suggesting the holding of an intercolonial conference of the permanent ...

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  5. Stanley at Zanzibar.

    ZANZIBAR, Friday.— Mr. Stanley and party arrived at Zanzibar to-day. ...

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  6. Above the Speaker.

    THERE is an old story which will bear repetition to illustrate the feelings of members of the Assembly this week. Two naughty boys were playing marbles on a Sabbath in ...

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  7. CABLEGRAMS.

    LONDON, Friday.—Mr. Goschen, the Chancellor of the Excheques will on the 18th instant receive the committee who have been engaged drafting a bill providing for the in. ...

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  8. England and Portugal.

    LONDON, Friday.—The Portuguese Government, replying to Lord Salisbury's despatch protesting against Portuguese action on the Zambesi River, hopes that England ...

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  9. Obituary.

    LONDON, Friday.—The death is announced of Captain Plunkett, the well known Irish magistrate. ...

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  10. TAMWORTH NEWS.

    A SERIOUS runaway accident occurred this morning. A farmer's light waggonette was standing in Peel-street while the owner was transacting business in one of the stores. ...

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  11. MR. A. BROWN, M.P., AT EAST MAITLAND.

    ON Friday evening last Mr. A. Brown, M.P, addressed a large audience, on the subject of Protection, in the Mechanics Institute, East Maitland. The chair was occupied by the ...

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  12. No Gas-lights.

    LONDON, Friday.—Manchester was in a state of semi darkness last night owing to the strike of gas-workers. ...

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  13. William Westgarth's Will.

    LONDON, Friday.—The will of the late Mr. William Westgarth has been proved in London, the persornality in England being sworn at £145,000. The testator leaves ...

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  14. Increasing London Police Force.

    LONDON, Friday.—The Government have approved of a scheme for increasing the London police force by a thousand. ...

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  15. ACCIDENT.

    A PAINFUL accident occurred to a youth named Currie, employed at Gibson's iron foundry, on Saturday last. The boy somehow got one of his fingers caught in a ...

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  16. The Gas-workers' Strike.

    LONDON, Saturday.—The directors of the South Metropolitan Gas Co. are storing provisions and erecting lodgings inside the works for the men who remain loyal to them. The ...

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  17. Hamilton.

    The Public School concert will be held on Monday, the 16th instant, at the Mechanics Institute, and it is proposed to hold the annual picnic on the following Thursday. The ...

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  18. Gunboat Ashore.

    LONDON, Friday.—The gunboat Watchful has gone aground at Lowestoft. Efforts to refloat her have proved fruitless, and it is believed that she will be a complete wreck. ...

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  19. Death of Jeff. Davis.

    NEW YORK, Saturday.—The death of Jefferson Davis has caused widespread regret throughout the Southern States, where the mourning is universal. ...

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  20. Y.M.C.A. PARLIAMENTARY CLASS.

    ON Friday evening the members of the Y.M.C.A. Parliamentary Debating Club closed the present session of "Parliament" by holding a social in the Y.M.C.A. rooms. ...

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  21. Largs Bay Harbour.

    LONDON, Thursday.—Miss Cornwell expresses herself as being hopeful of bringing the Largs Bay Harbour scheme to a successful issue, and expects to be able to pay the ...

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  22. VICTORIA THEATRE,

    THE Taylor-Carrington Dramatic Company commence their season here in the Victoria Theatre this evening in the new and sensational Irish Drama "Home Rule." The ...

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  23. Ex-Emperor of Brazil.

    LONDON, Sunday.—The Emperor of Brazil has landed at Lisbon. He states that he had no inkling of the revolution, and speaks of the leaders with disdain. Apart from the ...

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  24. Death of Sir P. F. Shelley.

    LONDON, Friday.—The death is announced of Sir Percy Florence Shelley, son of the poet by his second wife, Mary Wollstoncraft Godwin, author of "Frankenstein." He was ...

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  25. Improving.

    LONDON, Sunday.— Emin Pasha is decidedly better. ...

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  26. ANTI-INFIDEL LECTURE.

    MR. PICTON, the anti-infidel lecturer, delivered an interesting address on "Secularism as he found it in England" during a recent visit, in the Primitive ...

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  27. Bishop Barry.

    LONDON, Friday.—Bishop Barry, who is at present acting as coadjutor to the Bishop of Rochester, will probably be offered the See of St. Albans, which will shortly become ...

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  28. Safety of the Arawatta.

    LONDON, Sunday.—The steamer Arawatta has arrived at Zanzibar. The vessel had been aground five days at Lamu. ...

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  29. Lambton.

    Arrangements for our first show, to be held on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, are almost completed. The show will be held in the Music Hall, and a large number of entries ...

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  30. Trade of Britain.

    LONDON, Sunday.—The imports of the United Kingdom for the past eleven months, ending November are £40,000,000, and the exports £12,000,000 higher than last year. ...

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  31. G[?]encoe-Largo Bay Collision.

    LONDON, Friday.—The appeal against the decision in the inquiry into the collision between the steamer Glencoe and the ship Largo Bay, in which the former vessel was ...

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  32. Effects of a Strike.

    LONDON, Sunday.—A number of factories in Manchester are closed for want of gas. ...

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  33. The P. and O. Company.

    LONDON Friday.—A new charter has been granted to the [?] Steamship Company. ...

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  34. THE BIG SWEEP WINNER.

    As we stated in our last issue T. A. Duggan, the winner of the last £50,000 sweep, was brought up at the Water Police Court, Sydney, on Friday last, under arrest, to ...

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  35. Vessel Burned at Sea.

    LONDON, Sunday.—The ship British Monarch, bound from Hamburg to Sydney, has been burned at sea. A boat with six occupants is missing. ...

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  36. AUSTRALIAN FEDERATION.

    A TELEGRAM from Melbourne says; "It has been virtually settled that the Intercolonial Federation Conference shall meet at Hobart during the last week in January. The ...

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  37. Sultan Proposes a Trip.

    LONDON, Friday.—It is announced that the Sultan of Turkey, Abdul Hamid, will pay a visit to Berlin, Vienna, and St. Petersburg, in 1890. ...

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  38. New Lambton.

    The work of street making is still progressing here. Regent-street has been formed, and the work of making with hard gravel is going ahead. Two gravel quarries are in ...

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  39. LATEST TELEGRAMS.

    OWING to unfavourable weather the Carrington, Handicap was postponed until Monday. SEARLE'S CONDITION. ...

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  40. Balfour on Irish Affairs.

    LONDON , Friday.—In addressing a gathering of 10,000 persons at Edinburgh, Mr. A. J. Balfour, Chief Secretary for Ireland, declared that Mr. Gladstone, by his action in ...

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  41. The Labour Trouble.

    LONDON, Friday.—There is a great diversion of trade from the Thames owing to the various labour movements in London. Two of the great shipping firms, Messrs. William ...

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  42. West Maitland.

    Mr. W. D. Filmer, one of our young townsmen who has made electricity a study for some time past, has, we learn, successfully passed an examination in that branch of ...

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  43. Waratah Police Court.

    CONSTABLE DAY and Quigley had several persons up for neglecting to register their canine pets, when the following were fined 10s and costs each: Messrs. C. Skelton, E ...

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  44. MINERS' RISKS.

    A RATHER serious accident occurred on Saturday morning to a young man named Allan, employed at the Wickham and Bullock Island Colliery. It appears that the ...

    Article : 103 words
  45. [REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.]

    LONDON, Friday.—The death is announced, at the age of 81, of Jefferson Davis, the Confederate leader during the American Civil War. ...

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  46. SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    Jacky Jacky, a Queensland aboriginal, was found guilty yesterday of criminal assault, and was sentenced to death. It is unlikely, however, that the capital sentence will be ...

    Article : 49 words
  47. Latest Mining.

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  48. Explosion at Monkwearmouth.

    An explosion of gas of a somewhat serious nature occurred on Saturday afternoon about half-past three o'clock in the Monkwear-mouth Colliery, whereby three men were ...

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  49. ST. ANDREW'S BAZAAR.

    FOR some months past the ladies of the congregation of St. Andrew's Church, Watt-street, have been working most assiduously in the preparation of a grand bazaar and ...

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  50. BAKER'S CREEK.

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  51. Emin Pasha's Condition.

    ZANZIBAR, Friday.—The latest news from Bagamoyo reports that Emin Pasha passed a fair night. He is slightly better to-day. His condition is rendered most critical on ...

    Article : 36 words
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