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  2. NEWS OF THE DAY.

    In response to a circular letter issued by Mr. Hall, the Opposition whip, a meeting of members of the Legislative Assembly was held yesterday afternoon in the south library of ...

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  3. THE BANK RATE.

    At the weekly meeting of the Bank of England directors held this morning, the bank rate was further reduced from 3½ per cent, to 3 per cent. ...

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  4. THE NEW LOAN.

    The Standard this morning, referring to the New Victorian 3½ per cent, loan of £4,000,000, tenders for which are to be opened to-day, states that, although the ...

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  5. LABOR IN EUROPE.

    A manifesto has been issued by the London Trades and Labor Council relating to the labor demonstration to be held thronghout Europe in support of the ...

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  6. SERIOUS DEFALCATIONS AT A BANK.

    A native cashier at the Calcutta Branch of the Chartered Bank of India, Australia, and China, the head office of which is in Hatton-court, London, has committed a ...

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  7. THE WEST AUSTRALIAN BILL.

    At to-day's sitting of the select committee of the House of Commons to which the West Australian Constitution Bill has been referred, Sir Frederick ...

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  8. THE GOVERNOR PRAHRAN.

    In response to the invitation of the mayor mayoress of the city of Prahran, the Goye and Lady Hopetoun, yesterday paid an of visit to that city, and were presented with ...

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  9. HYSTERICUS DISAPPEARANCE OF A BROKER.

    The mysterious, disappearance of Alfred G. Jones, a mercantile broker, who left Port Melbourne in an open boat on the night of the 25th March and did not return, has reached a new and ...

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  10. THE FLOODS IN THE NORTH.

    Telegrams from Bourke received this afternoon state that the town is in groat danger, the water rising tremendously, and the cast side of the embankment is carrying 6 or 7 feet of ...

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  11. GERMANY IN CENTRAL AFRICA.

    It is officially denied that the German Government has entertained any proposal to buy the rights exercised by the Congo Trading Company over their territory in ...

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  12. THE PROPOSED LONDON CONCILIATION BOARD.

    A very stormy meeting of workmen representing London trades was held last night for the purpose of electing 12 representatives to the London Conciliation ...

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  13. RIOTING IN PRUSSIA.

    A Socialist not took place in a Prussian town yesterday, arising out of the refusal of the owner of a large factory to grant his employes a holiday on the day on which ...

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  14. THE QUEENSLAND SEPARATION MOVEMENT.

    Mr. Finch-Hatton has conferred with Sir B. G. W. Herbert. Permanent Under- Secretary for the Colivries, with reference to the movement for the separation of ...

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  15. MINERS' RIOTS IN SILESIA.

    Serious riots have taken place amongst the miners in Silesia, a province of Prussia. ...

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  16. ANARCHISTS IN FRANCE.

    At a meeting of Anarchists, held last night in Paris, Louise Michel, the well known female communist, insisted that the use of dynamite was essential. The ...

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  17. THE PROHIBITED PROCESSION IN PARIS.

    M. Constans, Minister of the Interior in France, has made arrangements to enforce the order he issued prohibiting the procession which it was intended to organise ...

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  18. THE MILITARY INCUBUS IN EUROPE.

    The suggestion made by the Emperor William of Germany, that an attempt should he made to bring about an understanding between the Great Powers of ...

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  19. THE BENALLA CASE OF ALLEGED INFANTICIDE.

    The magisterial inquiry upon the body of the female child found in the Broken River on the 26th ult. was concluded to-day before Mr. C. L. Dobbin, P.M. The evidence taken was similar ...

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  20. THE LONDON BOOT MAKERS' STRIKE.

    It is hoped that the strike of boot makers will be permanently settled on the basis that the demand of tile men that workshops shall be provided by the masters ...

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  21. THE PONSONBY ESTATE EVICTIONS.

    No further disturbances have taken place in connection with the evictions on the Ponsonby Estate. The troops are still retained on the estate, and the ...

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  22. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    Prince George of Wales has been gazetted to H.M.S. Thrush, one of the new screw gunboats. ...

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  23. FEVER PATIENTS AT THE KYNETON HOSPITAL.

    Recently the committee of the, Kyneton Hospital passed a resolution refusing the admission of favor patients on the ground that the shire council was responsible for the accommodation ...

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  24. SIR CHARLES DILKE.

    Sir Charles Dilke has been invited to offer himself as a candidate for Kensington at tho next general elections, but has declined to do so. ...

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  25. THE ESTATE OF THE LATE EARL CAIRNS.

    The personalty of the late Earl Cairns, who died in January last, at the age of 29 years, from influenza, is sworn at under £5000. The name of the deceased earl ...

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  26. THE PORTUGUESE FINANCES.

    The Portuguese Government recently announced their desire to float a loan on the Paris Bourse. The application has failed, the amount ...

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  27. THE VICTORIAN ORCHESTRA.

    The audience at the seventieth concert, yesterday evening, was a little below the average Thursday evening attendance, although the programme provided contained many numbers ...

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  28. THE WEATHER.

    The following report has been received from the Melbourne Observatory :-- THURSDAY, 17TH APRIL.--West Australia: Generally line, in parts overcast; easterly winds chiefly ...

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  29. BOXING CONTEST IN AMERICA.

    A boxing contest took place Brooklyn, New York, last night, between Professor Corbett and Macaflrey. The latter was floored in 12 minutes, and retired beaten. ...

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  30. THE BOXING CHAMPIONSHIP.

    J. L. Sullivan, the champion boxer, is now reducing his bulk as a preparation for his fight against Jackson, the colored pugilist, formerly of New South Wales ...

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  31. POLITICS IN GERMANY.

    The European press generally refers in terms of approval to the speech made in the Prussian Diet on Tuesday last by General Caprivi, the now Chancellor and ...

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  32. DEATH OF THE HON. MRS. VILLIERS.

    The death is announced of the Hon. Mrs. Villiers at the age of 83 years. Deceased was a daughter of Lord Ravensworth, and married in 1835 the Hon. Edward Ernest ...

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  33. MARINE BOARD ELECTION.

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  34. THE LONDON WOOL SALES.

    The wool market remains unchanged. Good greasy is selling best, there being heavy withdrawals from the catalogue of inferior and merino sorts. ...

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  35. CAPTAIN KANE'S NEW COMMAND.

    Captain Kane, who commanded H.M.S. Calliope during the memorable hurricane at Samoa, has, now that the Calliope has been paid off, been appointed to the ...

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  36. THE GOVERNMENT AND THE PRESS.

    General Caprivi, the German Chancellor, in a speech delivered yesterday, said it was essential that the Government should utilise the unofficial press with a view to ...

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  37. THE SEAMEN'S UNION OF NEW SOUTH WALES.

    Owing to the Trades and Labor Council having passed a motion for the formation of a Coasting Seamen's Union, the Federated Seamen's Union have decided to withdraw from ...

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  38. NEW INSOLVENTS.

    William John Cyril Elliott, of Bourke-street, hotelkeeper. Causes of insolvency: Insufficient capital, heavy interest on money borrowed and pressure of creditors. Liabilities, £6346 3s. 9d. ...

    Article : 160 words
  39. THE NATIONAL MOVEMENT IN BOHEMIA.

    The Young Nationalist party in Bohemia is dissatisfied with the compromise the recognised leaders of the party assented to at the suggestion of the Emperor of ...

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  40. THE FISHERIES DISPUTE.

    It is expected that the Bohrings Sea fisheries dispute will be amicably settled on the lines suggested by the Cauadian delegate. ...

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  41. COLONEL SERPA PINTO.

    Colonel Serpa Pinto, the Portugese officer whose action in the Shire territory in Africa gave rise to the trouble between England and Portugal, has now reached ...

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  42. THE BOOK CANVASSER AGAIN.

    At the Brunswick police court on Wednesday, before the mayor, Or. Fraser, Samuel M'Cardel, book agent, Sued S. Burrowes for the sum of £2 7s., alleged to be due on a publication called ...

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  43. LAW LIST.--THIS DAY.

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  44. THE MAILS.

    The Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company's R.M.S. Victoria, from London 21st March, left Colombo for Australia on the evening of the 14th inst. ...

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  45. CAPT. JORGENSEN'S ADVENTUROUS VOYAGE.

    Captain Jorgensen, who left England on 12th September with the intention of voyaging to Australia in his new lifeboat, The Storm King, sailed from Capetown ...

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  46. THE NEW SOUTH WALES RAILWAY COMMISSIONER.

    At the Water police court to-day, Mr. Eddy, chairman of the Railway Commissioners, summoned Mr. Solomon Joseph, proprietor of the Tamworth News, Tamworth, for an ...

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  47. THE ATTEMPT TO BLOW UP A LIVERY STABLE.

    The Chief Justice summed up this morning at the Central Criminal Court in the dynamite outrage case, and the jury, after a short retirement, found Cosgrove guilty, with a ...

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  48. THE BANK OF ADELAIDE.

    The London office of the Bank of Adelaide is to be opened on the 24th inst. ...

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  49. EX-PRESIDENT CLEVELAND.

    Mr. Stephen Grover Cleveland, who was President of the United States for the term 1885-89, is seriously ill. Ex-president Cleveland is 53 years of age. ...

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  51. MUNICIPAL NEWS.

    At the ordinary meeting of the Brunswick town council on Monday evening a resolution was carried, on the motion of Cr Fleming, by which the present by-laws relating to the erection of buildings ...

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  52. THE SOUTH AFRICAN DIFFICULTY.

    The Cape press is furious at the announcement which has just been made that the Imperial Government has decided to retain Swaziland as a separate State ...

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