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  2. Latest News.

    £980 collected as poll-tax from Chinese last month. MESSRS. FAVENC and Crawford expect to be at Port Darwin about the middle of July. A good narrative will probably grow out of that expedition. ...

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  3. QUEENSLAND.

    It the Supreme Court in chambers this morning, the matter of Turner versus Perkins and Co. was heard on the application of the plaintiff for a commission. The application was granted, the rule being returnable on ...

    Article : 245 words
  4. Biblical Instruction in State Schools.

    A conference of the clergy of the various Protestant denominations, convened by the Bishop of Melbourne, was held to-day, at which there was a large attendance including representatives from the Church of England, ...

    Article : 192 words
  5. SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    The Sorata arrived at the Semaphore this morning. As she had a case of measles on board, the health officer would only allow the saloon passengers to land. In consequence of the receipt of instructions from ...

    Article : 166 words
  6. Shocking Attempt at Suicide by a Girl.

    A shocking case of a determined attempt to commit suicide occurred at Dunolly this morning, which has caused a painful sensation in that town. A girl named Susan Bowls, only 19 years of age, who was to have ...

    Article : 119 words
  7. NORTHERN TERRITORY.

    The Euxine arrived to-day from southern ports. Her ssengers were one in the saloon and two in the steerage. She was four days overdue from Cooktown. The delay in her arrival caused some anxiety. ...

    Article : 119 words
  8. Parliament of South Australia.

    In the Assembly to-day, the Chief Secretary produced a letter from the secretary of the New Parliament Building Committee, announcing that at a meeting of the committee to-day it was resolved to ...

    Article : 149 words
  9. Intercolonial News.

    A meeting, privately convened by Dr. Neild, was held in the Town Hall this afternoon, for the purpose of considering the advisability of forming a branch of St. John's Ambulance Association, the object of which ...

    Article : 566 words
  10. WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

    Captain Edgar, of the schooner Albert, has just arrived. He reports having been informed by the natives at Beagle Bay that another white man had been captured and killed by the savage blacks on the river ...

    Article : 176 words
  11. Arrival of the Steamship Sorata at Adelaide.

    The s.s. Sorata, Captain Dickson, from London, via Plymouth May 4, arrived this morning. She has one case of measles, and therefore is in quarantine. The following ia her passenger list:— ...

    Article : 165 words
  12. TASMANIA.

    The wreck and cargo of the barque Asterope were sold to-day for £8000 to a syndicate of four from Launceston. A start at saving the cargo was made this morning. The weather at present is favourable ...

    Article : 56 words
  13. Fire at Dunedin.

    A disastrous fire occurred at Dunedin last night, when the railway goods shed, with all its valuable contents, was totally destroyed. The shed contained a large quantity of goods, which had only just been ...

    Article : 81 words
  14. NEW ZEALAND.

    The Houses of Parliament meet to-morrow. AUCKLAND, WEDNESDAY. An extensive burglary took place last night on the premises of Mr. Henrickson, watchmaker and jeweller. ...

    Article : 48 words
  15. New Caledonia.

    The Neo Caledonien, in some articles entitled "Love in the Prison," has lately published some most dreadful revelations respecting the lives of convict women, sent here expressly as wives to such connote as will ...

    Article : 875 words
  16. The Proposed Annexation of the New Hebrides.

    The Hon. James Service has received a cable message from the Agent-General in London intimating that he has seen the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies, and arranged for a deputation to wait on the Earl of ...

    Article : 244 words
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