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  2. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) INTER-PARLIAMENTARY CONGRESS AT BERLIN.

    The inter-Parliamentary Congress at Berlin has passed a resolution recommending all States to adopt compulsory arbitration. ...

    Article : 85 words
  3. (REUTERS TELEGRAMS.) SEVENOAKS MYSTERY.

    At the inquest on the body of Major-General Charles E. Luard, who committed suicide by throwing himself under a train at West Farleigh last Friday, ...

    Article : 206 words
  4. MELBOURNE.

    At the meeting to-day of the Water Commission, the following tenders were accepted:—Contract 174, construction of two and a half miles of Gray's branch ...

    Article : 89 words
  5. GEELONG-WILLAURA RAILWAY.

    A conference of representatives, of bodies interested in the construction of the line of railway to Willaura was held yesterday afternoon in the Mechanics' ...

    Article : 3,198 words
  6. CHILD ABANDONMENT.

    "I was hard up. It was poverty made me do it." These words were alleged to have been spoken by Sarah Harrison when arrested on a charge of ...

    Article : 123 words
  7. GOVERNMENT AUDITORS.

    The time for receiving applications from persons desiring to be appointed Government auditors of municipal accounts for the year which ends on 30th ...

    Article : 171 words
  8. UNITED STATES TRUSTS.

    A telegram from New York reports that W. R. Hearst, the well-known newspaper proprietor, has cast a bomb shell in the Republican and Democratic camp ...

    Article : 83 words
  9. RAILWAY REVENUE.

    The railway revenue for the week ending the 14th inst. shows a slight shrinkage, as compared with the takings for the corresponding period last year. The ...

    Article : 68 words
  10. FRANCE AND MOROCCO.

    France has withdrawn 3000 soldiers from Casa Blanca, the scene of the massacre of Europeans by Moors in July, 1997. ...

    Article : 70 words
  11. MANCHESTER COTTON TRADE.

    There are indications that the stoppage of work at the Lancashire cotton trade will not be protracted. ...

    Article : 29 words
  12. WATER SUPPLY.

    The latest returns received by the Water Commission shows that at the Goulburn the supply of water on September 5th is 20,500 acre feet, as against ...

    Article : 108 words
  13. TELEPHONE EXCHANGE DESTROYED BY FIRE.

    The central telephone exchange in Paris has been destroyed by fire. The damage is estimated at £1,800,000. ...

    Article : 31 words
  14. FOUND IN THE YARRA.

    The body of a man found yesterday afternoon floating in the Yarra River has been identified by Mrs. Biles, of Windsor, who states that the dead man's ...

    Article : 44 words
  15. AEROPLANE DISASTER.

    Mr. Orville Wright, who sustained a fractured leg in the accident to his aeroplane at Washington a few days ago, when his companion was killed, is now ...

    Article : 81 words
  16. COMMONWEALTH AND STATE FINANCES.

    It is considered doubtful be the Premier whether he will be able to bring the important resolution on Wednesday respecting the financial relations of the ...

    Article : 42 words
  17. SWIMMING THE CHANNEL.

    Wolffe made another plucky attempt to swim the Channel a few days ago. After swimming for 15 hours he was almost across, and failed in the attempt ...

    Article : 49 words
  18. A COMMISSIONER'S EXPENSES.

    The Premier stated to-day that Mr. J. M. Davies. the Attorney-General, who was one of the Victorian Commissioners to the Franco-British Exhibition, is to ...

    Article : 37 words
  19. CHASTISING A BOY.

    To have one's goods stolen by a small boy is trying to the shopkeeper who is trying his best to make both ends meet; but it is bad business to tako the law ...

    Article : 171 words
  20. MARK TWAIN ROBBID.

    The residence of Mr. S. L. Clemens ("Mark Twain"), the famous American humorist, at Reading, Connecticut, U.S.A., has been the scene of a burglary. ...

    Article : 60 words
  21. ACTION AGAINST RAILWAY COMMISSIONERS.

    In the action, Carolino M'Keown against the Railway Commissioners, the jury gave plaintiff a verdict for £400. Plaintiff sued for £1000 compensation ...

    Article : 45 words
  22. THE POSTAL COMMISSION.

    "The stoppage of the mails formerly, sent to Tattersalls meant a loss of some thousands of pounds to the department yearly." Thus Mr. Wm. B. Crosbio, the ...

    Article : 518 words
  23. FIRE AT VERONA.

    A disastrous fire has occurred at Verona, the capital of the Italian province of Venetia. The palace of the Capulets has been ...

    Article : 40 words
  24. STEAMER WARRENTINA ASHORE

    The steamer Warrentina, a small vessel engaged in the Tasmanian trade, went ashore at Whale Head, Tasmania, on Saturday night. ...

    Article : 142 words
  25. CASE OF CANON NASH.

    The first meeting of the Nash defence committee since the Rev. C. H. Nash notified his acceptance of the nomination to St. Paul's, Sale, was held last night. ...

    Article : 300 words
  26. A WOMAN'S DEATH.

    The theory that Jean Hewitt, who was found dying in her house at South Melbourne, had, met with foul play did not receive much, if any, support from ...

    Article : 194 words
  27. A DISHONEST POLITICIAN.

    The preliminary bearing of the charge of forgery and fraud against H. Alberti, until lately Minister of Justice in Denmark, is proceeding at Copenhagen. The ...

    Article : 55 words
  28. LAWN TENNIS.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 146 words
  29. PERSONAL.

    By the death of Mr. George Bruce, a vacancy occurred on the Board of Savings Bank Commissioners, and the Government have decided to appoint Sir ...

    Article : 223 words
  30. A WORTHY PROJECT.

    Members or the deaf and dumb community of Melbourne are about to try their hands at closer settlement. They have acquired a block of about seventy ...

    Article : 149 words
  31. MEETING OF PARISHIONERS.

    A meeting of parishioners of Christ Church has been called for 8 o'clock tonight at the schoolroom, to give them an opportunity of intimating their wishes, ...

    Article : 53 words
  32. SOUTH OF ENGLAND CHAMPIONSHIP.

    A. F. Wilding, the well known New Zealand champion, won the singles lawn tennis championship of the South of England on Saturday. ...

    Article : 32 words
  33. THEFT OF WATCH AND CHAIN.

    During visit which Mr. William Henderson, a Warrnambool watchmaker, paid to Melbourne during fleet week, he was robbed of a gold watch and ...

    Article : 161 words
  34. THE LAND.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 165 words
  35. AUSTRALIAN RUGBY FOOTBALLERS

    The combined New South Wales and Queensland amateur Rugby team of footballers, which is about to make a tour of Great Britain, was entertained at a ...

    Article : 105 words
  36. REV. C. H. NASH IN GEELONG.

    The Rev. C. H. Nash arrived in Geelong last evening, and will remain for a fortnight for the purpose of visiting his old parishioners. To-morrow night he ...

    Article : 62 words
  37. WELTERING IN HIS BLOOD.

    Yesterday morning a Chinese cabinet maker, named Ah Hing, 41 years, was found lying in a passage of a house in Latrobe-street with a gash across his ...

    Article : 159 words
  38. DAMAGING RAILWAY PROPERTY.

    Mr M'Cleland, the Secretary for Railways, says that possibly four years have elapsed since the department experienced such an ebullition of viciousness in ...

    Article : 141 words
  39. A MISSING SHIP.

    The steamer Hinemoa has left for the Islands to search for traces of the missing ship Loch Lomond. ...

    Article : 32 words
  40. RAILWAY CONSTRUCTION.

    The Minister for Works, in replying to a deputation to-day, said that within a short time Parliament would be asked to consider the question of the ...

    Article : 44 words
  41. INTERSTATE CRICKET.

    The New South Wales Cricket Association has passed a resolution providing for an alteration of the rules by which the personal allowance to players in ...

    Article : 67 words
  42. CHAFF ADULTERATION BILL.

    The Minister of Agriculture hopes to be in a position to circulate the Chaff Adulteration Bill by the end of the week. Several legal points have, he ...

    Article : 43 words
  43. A PATHETIC CASE.

    A very touching ease to-day camp under the notice of the coroner, when he was inquiring into the death of a carpenter named Lachlan M'Lachlan, 35 ...

    Article : 170 words
  44. Advertising

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    Advertising : 461 words
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