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  2. NEWS OF THE DAY.

    The chances of a settlement of the shipping difficulty have improved very much during the last 24 hours--at any rate, so far as tho marine officers' dispute is concerned. Yesterday ...

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  3. THE SHIPPING DIFFICULTY.

    Just as the whole community was being aroused to the magnitude of the threatening trouble in the shipping trade, a reasonable hope of better things is held out by an offer ...

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  4. THE RAILWAY STRIKE IN WALES.

    No advance has yet been made towards settling the strike of railway employes on the railways in Wales, and the whole traffic is still suspended. ...

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  5. THE GOVERNMENT AND THE RAILWAY BILL.

    Up to the present the Minister of Railways has not announced to Parliament his views as to the power that should be conferred upon the proposed select committee in considering the lines in ...

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  6. TRAGEDY IN A BOARDING HOUSE.

    A miserable tragedy occurred last night at Marlborough House, Parliament-place, which appears to have been the result of a love quarrel. The parties to the unfortunate affair were ...

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  7. THE CENTRAL AMERICAN STATES.

    Affairs in the Central American Republics continue in a very unsettled state. War is stated to be imminent between San Salvador and Honduras. ...

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  8. MELBOURNE'S COAL SUPPLY.

    In view of the threatened strike in the snipping trade, careful attention is being given to the supply of coal in Melbourne, both in the hands of consumers and in the yards of the ...

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  9. THE EXECUTION OF MAJOR PANITZA.

    Intelligence from St. Petersburg states that the Czar has adopted the children left by Major Panitza, who, in accordance with the sentence of a court martial, was ...

    Article : 69 words
  10. THE EFFECT IN QUEENSLAND.

    A special meeting of the council of the Brisbane district of the Australian Labor Federation will be held to-morrow to consider the course of action to be taken in regard to ...

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  11. MR. H. H. CHAMPION.

    Mr. H. H. Champion, who has for many years been well known throughout England in connection with the labor movement, and who arrived in Melbourne by the last mail steamer ...

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  12. ENGLAND AND PORTUGAL.

    It is announced that a convention has been concluded between representatives of Great Britain and Portugal with reference to the South African dispute. ...

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  13. THE COLLIERY STRIKE IN WALES.

    The strike of coal miners at Cardiff remains unsettled, all efforts to arrive at a mutually satisfactory compromise having failed. ...

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  14. THE CHOLERA OUTBREAK.

    The cholera epidemic is reported to be abating in both Spain and Palestine. ...

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  15. SINGULAR BREACH OF PROMISE CASE.

    The breach of promise case commenced in the Second Nisi Prius Court on Wednesday was concluded, before Mr. Justice Webb and a jury of six, yesterday. The plaintiff, Annie Graham ...

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  16. PHYLLOXERA IN GERMANY.

    Great consternation has been created amongst vino growers in Germany by the discovery that the much dreaded disease, phylloxera vicstalrix, which has brought ...

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  17. LABOR IN IRELAND.

    A strike has taken place amongst the workmen engaged at a quarry in Arklow, near Dublin, owned by Mr. C. S. Parnell, the Homo Rule lender. ...

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  18. THE POTATO BLIGHT IN IRELAND.

    The potato blight is spreading through several parts of Ireland, and serious fears are entertained that the potato crop throughout the country will be greatly ...

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  19. THE LONDON POSTMEN.

    Mr. Bailees, the Imperial Postmaster General, has, in response to the appeal for reinstatement made by the 400 men who were dismissed in connection with the ...

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  20. THE QUESTIONS AT ISSUE.

    In connection with the strike which is threatening disaster to the industries of the colony it may be interesting to review briefly the matters which are standing in the way of a ...

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  21. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    The Hong Kong Chamber of Commerce has carried a resolution protesting against the concessions proposed to be granted to the Eastern Extension and China ...

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  22. ARGENTINE REPUBLIC.

    Fears are entertained that a renewal of the recent insurrection in the Argentine Republic will shortly be experienced. ...

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  23. TUB VICTORIAN ORCHESTRA.

    The programme of last night's concert consisted of the works which came out third in the recent voting, and the selection of pieces arrived at in this somewhat haphazard fashion ...

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  24. THE AMERICAN SILVER BILL.

    Acting under the provisions of the Silver Bill recently passed by Congress, the United States Government has purchased 310,000 oz. of silver. The purchases will ...

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  25. PARLIAMENTS OF AUSTRAL ASIA.

    In the Assembly to-day, Mr. Dibbs, the leader of the Opposition, asked the Treasurer, Mr. M'Millan, if, in view of what had taken place on the previous evening, he was prepared to ...

    Article : 343 words
  26. THE SUPPLY OF FIREWOOD.

    When the strike was first threatened private families began to lay in a stook of firewood anticipating a rise in the price of this fuel, and the indications in the yards yesterday showed ...

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  27. VICTORIAN BROWN COAL.

    To the ordinary consumer the outlook is not so serious now as it was two years ago, owing to the enterprise that has been put into the development of the brown coal deposits in ...

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  28. THE AUSTRALIAN ELEVEN.

    The Australian Eleven to-day commenced at match at Portsmouth against a combination team representing the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge ...

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  29. THE ARREST.

    Sergeant Doherty, the officer in charge of the East Melbourne station, was called, and at once repaired to the house, when he informed Turner he would arrest him on a charge ...

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  30. THE MALDON SHOOTING CASE.

    There was a large attendance at the Maldon police court this morning, when the young man William Campbell was charged on remand with shooting at and unlawfully wounding one ...

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  31. A FIENDISH HUSBAND.

    At the Quarter Sessions an elderly man named Jas. O'Neill was sentenced to five years' penal servitude for inflicting injuries on his wife. The woman gave birth to a child, and ...

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  32. THE SITUATION IN SYDNEY.

    The members of the old Marine Officers' Association continue to stand firm to their intention of coming out to-morrow failing concessions by the owners, which are not now likely ...

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  33. SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    In the Assembly to-day Mr. Castine resumed his speech on the no confidence debate. He attacked the Government generally. Mr. Lamshed censured the Opposition generally ...

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  34. SUGGESTION FOR THE DOG SHOW.

    SIR,--In order to add to the popularity of the above show, I would suggest that a ballot of the patrons be taken on the question of the handsomest dog in the show, irrespective of class or ...

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  35. ARRIVAL OF A NEW STEAMSHIP.

    Last night the Federal, a now steamer, built in Sunderland for Messrs. J. M'Ilwraith and Co., Melbourne, and now making her maiden voyage. put An for coals. The master reports ...

    Article : 87 words
  36. THE FEDERATED SEAMEN'S UNION.

    The matters connected with the difficulty between the Tasmanian Steam Navigation Company and the Federated Seamen's Union remain unchanged at present, and there has been no ...

    Article : 213 words
  37. THE WEATHER.

    Messrs. Goldsbrough, Mort and Company have received the following telegrams :-- "Cobham Lake station, Silverton, New South Wales.--Fifty points rain here 12th ; looks like more." ...

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  38. NEW ZEALAND.

    In the Legislative Council to-day a transcript of the English Libel Bill was passed. ...

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