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  2. INTERCOLONIAL NEWS.

    The annual report of the Postmaster-General shows that the total revenue for 1890 was £707,419 as compared with £665,599 for 1889. The expenditure was £740,440, as compared ...

    Article : 223 words
  3. PROPOSED RAILWAY REFORMS.

    The voluminous correspondence between Mr. Sheils and the Railway Commissioners. regarding their appointment, and the desire of the Government that certain reforms should be ...

    Article : 2,923 words
  4. IMPORTANT WILL CASE.

    The hearing of the M'Meckan will case was continued in the First Civil Court yesterday, before the Chief Justice and a Jury of 12. The plaintiff, John Jackson Addison M'Meckan, ...

    Article : 3,593 words
  5. THE RAILWAYS COMMITTEE.

    The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Railways met yesterday at Parliament House, Mr. W. A. Zeal, M.L.C., presiding. A letter was read from Mr. A. Le Sonef, of ...

    Article : 540 words
  6. PARLIAMENT.

    Mr. TRENWITH moved that a return be laid on the table of the House showing the total value and nature of machinery imported into the colony during the past 12 months, as well as the valve and ...

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  7. QUEENSLAND.

    A long petition has been drafted for signature by the newspaper proprietors of Queensland for presentation to Parliament protesting against the proposed postage on newspapers. ...

    Article : 47 words
  8. SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    Two young men named John Raymond and John Beauchamp were committed at the police court for trial, for assaulting Assa Peter, Syrian hawker, and stealing £5 10s. in money and ...

    Article : 68 words
  9. TASMANIA

    The jury in the Sandy Bay murder case late last night could not agree and were discharged, Quamby, the accused, being remanded till next Criminal Sessions. ...

    Article : 29 words
  10. NEW ZEALAND.

    A London cablegram announces that a shipment of potatoes from here netted 22s. 6d. per ton. A lad named Morrison, 10 years of age, was ...

    Article : 51 words
  11. ESCAPE FROM THE MELBOURNE GAOL.

    The history of Melbourne Gaol includes numerous escapes by prisoners, and the resources and ingenuity of crime have at times been strikingly exemplified in the efforts ...

    Article : 401 words
  12. A MISSING SEAMAN.

    The fate of a missing seaman named John Hennessy has finally been set at rest by the discovery of his body on Wednesday in the Bay. Hennessy belonged to the ship Holyrood, which ...

    Article : 320 words
  13. RE-APPOINTMENT OF MR. FORD.

    Sir.-- As your present engagement in the position of a Victorian Railways Commissioner is now approaching a termination, 1 beg, on behalf of the Government, to inform you that it is willing to ...

    Article : 244 words
  14. AMUSEMENTS.

    The Town Hall was only moderately well filled last night, when Sir Charles and Lady Hallé gave the third concert of their farewell season. The performance commenced with ...

    Article : 307 words
  15. REDUCTION OF DEFICITS AND REFORMS.

    Gentlemen,-- I have the honor to inform yon that the Cabinet has given its most careful consideration to the several matters connected with the present position of the Railway department, which ...

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  16. THE FLOODS RELIEF FUND.

    A report was presented to the Richmond council yesterday, by Mr. Alfred Clayton, the city surveyor, showing that the total number of houses affected by the floods was 253. The ...

    Article : 491 words
  17. TWO CASES OF INFANTICIDE.

    Dr. Youl, the City Coroner, held inquests yesterday, on the bodies of two male infants, which were found at Carlton and Kensington respectively a few days ago. In each, case the ...

    Article : 68 words
  18. SPORTING NOTES.

    The postponed meeting of the Ballarat Miners' Turf Club takes place to-day. The meeting, which was to have been held at Richfield, Mordialloc, today, has been abandoned on account of the course ...

    Article : 44 words
  19. VICTORIA PONY AND GALLOWAY RACES.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 152 words
  20. SUNDAY TRADING.

    At the Prahran police court yesterday, Walter Nation, licensee of the Clarement Hotel, Commercial-road, was prosecuted by Inspector Swale on a charge of Sunday trading and ...

    Article : 115 words
  21. COURSING AT MARYBOROUGH.

    The second meeting of the Carisbrook coursing club took place yesterday. Lady Leviathan beat Clendrie and won the stakes. ...

    Article : 24 words
  22. "A STRANGE CASE."

    Sir,-- In your publication of to-day headed A Strange Case, you state that J. M. M'lntyre was a patient in the Kilmore Hospital, and that during his stay there his sufferings were not ...

    Article : 136 words
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