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  2. CABLE MESSAGES.

    Owing to the action of the Russian authorities in prohibiting the export of rye, the price of that grain has greatly advanced. In Amsterdam the price for ...

    Article : 111 words
  3. NEWS OF THE DAY.

    The prolongation of the debate on the Federation Bill has been a source of considerable annoyance to the majority of the members of the Legislative Assembly, who are anxious to ...

    Article : 3,118 words
  4. CABLE MESSAGES.

    The Parliamentary committee appointed in Canada to investigate the charges of corruption, involving Ministers of State and high public officials, sat again yesterday. ...

    Article : 87 words
  5. MURDEROUS OUTRAGE BY BURGLARS.

    Lawless and reckless as is that section of the criminal class that makes a trade of housebreaking, it is seldom that the burglar resorts to violence, unless desperately hard pushed for his ...

    Article : 987 words
  6. THE NEW CITY MARKETS.

    At the quarterly meeting of the City Council, held on the 17th inst., a motion was rushed through, adopting the recommendation of the market committee, that the tender of the ...

    Article : 1,747 words
  7. CABLE MESSAGES.

    The men belonging to the Seamen's Union, have formulated a demand for the improved victualling of vessels on long voyages. The seamen have asked to be ...

    Article : 52 words
  8. THE BRITISH BANK OF AUSTRALIA.

    On Saturday morning the British Bank of Australia, one of those trading concerns which owe their existence to the land boom, stopped payment in Melbourne. The news of the ...

    Article : 1,516 words
  9. THE CLYDE STRIKE AT AN END.

    The executive committee of the Shipwrights' Union have refused to grant any further assistance to the shipwrights on the Clyde, 15,000 of whom have been out ...

    Article : 59 words
  10. A SUPPOSED SMUGGLER.

    A man named John Hotze, who is suspected by the police to be a wholesale smuggler and receiver of smuggled goods, was yesterday arrested by the police at Beach-street, Port ...

    Article : 400 words
  11. CHILI AND THE UNITED STATES.

    The United States cruiser Charleston, which was under orders to proceed to China to protect American citizens in case of any further outbreak of fanaticism. has ...

    Article : 66 words
  12. THE GRAIN DUTIES IN GERMANY.

    A petition, signed by the principal German millers, has been presented to the German Government praying that, in view of the scarcity of grain and the high prices ...

    Article : 51 words
  13. STRIKE OF COLLIERS IN WALES.

    Another serious strike has taken place at the mine of the Ocean Colliery Company, Rhondda Valley, Wales. Ten thousand men have left work. ...

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  14. ACTION BY THE GERMAN GOVERNMENT.

    The German Council of Ministers met yesterday to consider the request contained in the millers' petition, that all duties on milling cereals should be reduced. General ...

    Article : 79 words
  15. THE STRIKE OF CARPENTERS.

    The strike of carpenters, which has lasted for some time, is extending. The employes of 30 additional firms have gone out on strike. ...

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  16. THE AMERICAN PRESIDENCY.

    The republican party in the State of Texas have decided to support Mr. James G. Blaine for the United Sates Presidency in succession to General Harrison. ...

    Article : 98 words
  17. THE LABOR PARTY IN NEW SOUTH WALES.

    Speaking at a Roman Cathelic Guild breakfast at St. Mary's Cathedral Cardinal Moran, in the course of his remarks, said it was not his intention to enter into politics, but while on ...

    Article : 230 words
  18. LAND PURCHASE IN IRELAND.

    The Lurgan Estates, in Ireland, have been sold under the Land Purchase Act. There are 806 tenancies comprised in the estates. The purchase price was ...

    Article : 38 words
  19. THE FARMERS WAITING FOR THE ENHANCED PRICE.

    The secretary of the Farmers' Alliance states that a large number of farmers here are holding their stock of wheat in anticipation of increased prices. ...

    Article : 36 words
  20. THE IRISH PARTY.

    A new daily journal, the Irish News, is to be published at Belfast by the anti-Parnellite party. ...

    Article : 24 words
  21. FRENCH NEWSPAPERS PROHIBITED IN GERMANY.

    The circulation of the Paris journals, Figaro and the Matin, has been prohibited in Germany, in consequence of persistently publishing, untruthful statements regarding ...

    Article : 37 words
  22. FINANCE IN ENGLAND.

    The Statist says that the extreme cheapness, of money must load to a general recovery from the present financial depression when the existing fear that serious ...

    Article : 41 words
  23. RUSSIA AND FRANCE.

    The visit of the Grand Duke Alexis, brother of the Czar, to Paris, following upon the effusive welcome tendered the French fleet at Cronstadt. has been the ...

    Article : 46 words
  24. EX-KING MILAN.

    Ex-King Milan of Servia has arrived in Paris. ...

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  25. THE DISPUTE AT THE MOONTA MINES.

    The district executive of the A.M.A. held a long sitting on Saturday night, to consider the difficulty between the directors and the Moonta miners. The executive did not offer any ...

    Article : 236 words
  26. BURGLARY IN SWANSTON-STREET.

    Some time between 10.30 p.m. on Saturday and 4.15 a.m. on Sunday some thieves made a descent on the shop of Mr. Albert Benjamin. 156 Swanston-street, and ...

    Article : 173 words
  27. THE GEOGRAPHICAL CONGRESS

    The delegates at the Geographical Congress, now sitting at Berne, in Switzerland, have decided that the next congress will be held in London. ...

    Article : 28 words
  28. THE NEW SOUTH WALES LOAN.

    The London stock brokers, who in anticipation of being able to obtain £1,500,000 of New South Wales stock at £97 or £98 had effected sales, are enraged ...

    Article : 49 words
  29. THE O'BRIEN SALISBURY LIBEL CASE.

    Mr. W. O'Brien, M.P. for North-East Cork, has paid the costs of the libel suit he unsuccessfully instituted against the Marquis of Salisbury. The order of the ...

    Article : 96 words
  30. CHARTING THE PACIFIC.

    The British Admiralty authorities have ordered that the portion of the Pacific Ocean between New Zealand and Australia shall be accurately mapped by the ...

    Article : 40 words
  31. THE MANIPUR STATE.

    The Marquis of Lansdowne, Viceroy of India, has announced that it is not intended to annex to the British possessions the State of Manipur, where the recent massacre ...

    Article : 37 words
  32. THE MACDONALD BARONETCY.

    The official notice, announcing that Lady Macdonald, widow of the late Sir John A. Macdonald, Premier of Canada, has been created a baroness in recognition of the ...

    Article : 65 words
  33. ROBBERY WITH VIOLENCE.

    A man named Charles M'Donald was robbed and severely assaulted by one of the numerous gangs of footpads who infest the city on Saturday morning. M'Donald was going along ...

    Article : 133 words
  34. THE SHEARERS' QUESTION.

    The Western Herald, the local paper, contains a statement that B. H. Stanley, the secretary here of the Shearers' Union, has been suspended by a committee for suppressing important ...

    Article : 168 words
  35. THE RUSSIAN JEWS.

    The new colonial monthly, Greater Britain, advocates the adoption of the proposal that arrangements should be made for the, emigration of Russian Jews to ...

    Article : 32 words
  36. THE LATE MR. LOWELL.

    As a mark of respect for the memory of the late Mr. J. R. Lowell, the well known American writer, whose death has just been announced, the funeral anthem will ...

    Article : 44 words
  37. DR. M'GARY OF ADELAIDE.

    Dr. M'Gary, of Adelaide, is about to marry Miss Somerset, a lady belonging to a very wealthy family. He is sailing for Australia on the 27th inst. ...

    Article : 34 words
  38. GREAT FIRE IN RUSSIA.

    A great fire has occurred in Podolia, Russia. One hundred and eighty houses were consumed, and five persons were burned to death. ...

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  39. CRICKET IN ENGLAND.

    The first defeat the Surrey County Cricket Club have experienced this season has been from the Somerset Club. The defeat of Surrey is generally attributed ...

    Article : 39 words
  40. THE SIEMENS-EDISON TORPEDO.

    A torpedo, the joint invention of Dr. Werner Siemens and Mr. Edison, has been subjected to a series of official tests at New York. The invention is pronounced ...

    Article : 84 words
  41. THE NEW HEBRIDES.

    News is to hand by the steamer Birksgate, which arrived at Sydney last week from the islands, of two vessels having been in the New Hebrides recruiting labor for Mexico, the ...

    Article : 222 words
  42. A DETECTIVE KILLED.

    Detective Abbott and his wife were to-day driving in a dog cart at the North Shore, when the horse became frightened at a tram, and running the vehicle against a post Abbott was ...

    Article : 72 words
  43. PUGILISM.

    The Pacific Athletic Club has offered a purse of 12,500 dollars for a fight between Pritchard and Fitzsimmons. Pritchard has intimated his willingness ...

    Article : 59 words
  44. CHARGE OF PERJURY AT BALLARAT.

    The charge of perjury preferred by E. L. dit Fattorini against R. M. Serjeant was further heard at the city court this morning, before the police magistrate and a bench of magistrates. ...

    Article : 137 words
  45. THE LONDON MARKETS.

    The total quantity of wheat afloat for the United Kingdom is 1,908,000 quarters, being 17,000 quarters more than on the 7th. ...

    Article : 305 words
  46. THE AUXILIARY SQUADRON.

    The Orlando is anchored outside the harbor. The official landing of the Governor of Queensland takes place on Tuesday. The athletic sports held in celebration of the arrival of the ...

    Article : 58 words
  47. THE MAILS.

    The R.M.S. Merkara left Aden on the 12th inst. ...

    Article : 11 words
  48. ROWING.

    Hanlan and O'Connor are to row at New Westminster on 23rd September. ...

    Article : 16 words
  49. RAILWAY ACCIDENT IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    A cattle train from the north ran off the line' at Blackfellow's Creek on Friday night, through the axle of one of the trucks breaking. The train consisted of two engines, two water tanks, ...

    Article : 185 words
  50. A FATAL SHOT.

    James Chalmers and John Brown were out in a boat duck shooting on the Illawarra lake on Saturday. As a flock of ducks approached, both laid down in the boat, Brown having the ...

    Article : 59 words
  51. HOME RULE IN NEW ZEALAND.

    Sir Thos. Esmond, writing to the secretary of the New Zealand Home Rule committee, says the crisis is now over, and the Home Rule party have weathered the storm. He is ...

    Article : 73 words
  52. LAW LIST,--THIS DAY.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 334 words
  53. TRADES INTELLIGENCE.

    A general meeting of the Amalgamated Millers' Association was held on Saturday night at the Trades Hall, Mr, R, Law presiding. A resolution was carried approving of the action ...

    Article : 374 words
  54. NARROW ESCAPE FROM DEATH.

    Two gangers on the Castlemaine railway experienced a narrow escape from death on Friday evening. They were on a trolly ascending a gradient this side of Mackleford, and were ...

    Article : 86 words
  55. DISASTROUS FIRE AT DUNOLLY.

    The Enterprise flour mill, at North Dunolly, was at 4 o'clock this morning observed to be on fire. The brigade, with many willing hands, were soon on the spot, but the flames had ...

    Article : 172 words
  56. THE STEAMER BANCOORA.

    Another unsuccessful attempt was made late on Saturday evening to tow the Bancoora off the rocks at Bream Creek. The tags Eagle and Albatross have now left the scene of the wreck, ...

    Article : 68 words
  57. BOATING FATALITY.

    Five young men were out fishing at Opotiki to-day, when the boat capsized. Frank Hudson, his two sons and Captain Hopkins were drowned. ...

    Article : 33 words
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  59. Advertising

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