The National Australasian Federation Convention practically completed yesterday the important task of framing a Federal Constitution. Shortly after 5 o'clock p.m. the whole ...
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Article : 144 wordsSir Charles Tupper was one of the representatives appointed by the Canadian Government to confer with Sir Julian Pauncefote, British Minister at ...
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Article : 92 wordsMr. A. J. Mundella, M.P. for the Brightside division of Sheffield, and who was President of the Board of Trade in the last Gladstone Administration, with a ...
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Article : 69 wordsA proposal has been made in Paris, and is at present under consideration, for the holding of an international and colonial exhibition in that city in 1892. ...
Article : 34 wordsBest Australian beef tallow, 25s. 6d. to 26s.; do. mutton do., 28s. to 28s. 6d. per cwt. Best Australian tin, present delivery, £91; ...
Article : 206 wordsThe Minister of Agriculture has been furnished with a report by Mr. J. Knight, fruit expert, connected with the Agricultural department, embracing the result of an inspection ...
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Article : 18 wordsIn the House of Commons yesterday Mr. Morgan called attention to a statement which has been published that the Colonial Council in Paris has made a ...
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Article : 39 wordsMiss Nellie Stewart, the well known Australian prima donna, has arrived in London. She has excellent prospects of a successful season. ...
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Article : 165 wordsSamuel Adair, aged 56 years, gaoler at Wagga for the past 20 months, committed suicide to-day, shooting himself in the head with a revolver. The bullet passed through his brain, ...
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The Age (Melbourne, Vic. : 1854 - 1954), Thu 9 Apr 1891, Page 5
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