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  2. THE WHARF LABORERS' STRIKE.

    Though the position of affairs between the shipowners and the Wharf Laborers' Union has not materially altered since yesterday, a new element has been imported into the struggle, ...

    Article : 2,318 words
  3. MR. R. MURRAY SMITH.

    Mr. R. Murray Smith, who is to be relieved of the office of Agent-General by Mr. Graham Berry, will embark for Victoria about the end of April. ...

    Article : 44 words
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    MR. C. E. Jones has been addressing the electors of Ballarat, and we may take it as proof of the demoralisation produced by the late action of Government that Mr. ...

    Article : 3,147 words
  5. EXTENSIVE BUSH FIRES.

    The excessively dry and hot weather experienced lately has led to serious fires occurring in several of the country districts, in some of which a great amount of damage has been ...

    Article : 651 words
  6. BUSH FIRES NEAR BALLARAT.

    The weather to-day was very hot and during the forenoon a strong northerly wind, accompanied by clouds of blinding dust, was blowing. The thermometer at half-past two o'clock registered ...

    Article : 191 words
  7. THE BULGARIAN QUESTION.

    The Servian and Bulgarian Governments have appointed delegates to conclude terms of peace. The place of meeting, however, has not yet been fixed. ...

    Article : 34 words
  8. THE GREEK BOUNDARY.

    The Greek Government have despatched to the great powers a diplomatic note, in which they claim the boundary delimitated by the Berlin conference. ...

    Article : 29 words
  9. ALARMING FIRE NEAR GORDON.

    A great bush fire is raging in this district. The town is enveloped in smoke, and the inhabitants are almost suffocated. Great damage has been done to fencing. The fire is ...

    Article : 40 words
  10. THE OPERATIONS IN THE SOUDAN.

    H.M.S. Lotus, gun boat, operating on the Nile, has captured nine Arab nuggars laden with munitions of war. ...

    Article : 32 words
  11. DESTRUCTIVE BUSH FIRES NEAR GOORNONG.

    The Goornong correspondent of the Bendigo Independent reports that an extensive fire, which has been the cause of great alarm, was raging on Monday night within two miles of Goornong. ...

    Article : 139 words
  12. THE BRITISH IN BURMAH.

    General Prendergest has arrived at Bhamo without encountering any opposition, and met with a cordial reception by the inhabitants. He leaves a British garrison to occupy the ...

    Article : 37 words
  13. ALLEGED ASSAULT AND ROBBERY.

    Six young men, named John Richardson, George Abell, Rudolph Frieboth, Richard Howard, John Howard and David Charles, all well known to the city police, were presented ...

    Article : 650 words
  14. THE BUILDING TRADES.

    The strike in the plasterers' trade, which involves about 250 men, still continues, but there are a good number of tradesmen still at work on the old terms and on new ...

    Article : 703 words
  15. THE LOYALTY OF THE COLONIES.

    Last night at a banquet given in honor of Sir John M'Donald, Premier of Canada, Sir Arthur Blyth, Agent-General for South Australia, declared that deeds have proved ...

    Article : 51 words
  16. 150 MEN TO BE ENGAGED IN ADELAIDE.

    In consequence of the wharf laborers' strike in Melbourne, Messrs. Wm. Howard Smith, through their agents, Messrs. Cave and Co., have determined to engage 150 men here. The ...

    Article : 96 words
  17. THE FRENCH PREMIERSHIP.

    M. de Freycinet, the French Minister for Foreign Affairs, has definitely accepted the task of forming a new Cabinet. ...

    Article : 30 words
  18. THE TOWN OF COLAC THREATENED.

    The whole of the Otway Forest to the south of Colac, as far as the eye can reach, is one burning mass, and the fire is now consuming the holdings of the selectors whose blocks are ...

    Article : 131 words
  19. EUROPEAN AND AUSTRALASIAN TELEGRAPH RATES.

    The Electric Telegraph department has received the following copy of a letter forwarded by the Agents-General and other representatives of the Australasian colonies in England ...

    Article : 790 words
  20. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    New Zealand prime mutton is selling at the Smithfield market at 5½ per lb. ...

    Article : 24 words
  21. THE CAPE OTWAY TELEGRAPH STATION ENDANGERED.

    The following telegram has been received from the manager of the telegraph station, Cape Otway:--"A bushfire started near Cape Otway station yesterday. A northerly gale sprang up ...

    Article : 75 words
  22. NEWS OF THE DAY.

    According to a cable message from our London correspondent, which we publish this morning, Mr. Murray Smith, the retiring Agent-General, may be ...

    Article : 3,000 words
  23. THE MAILS.

    The Messageries Maritimes Company's s.s. Caledonien, from Melbourne 5th December, passed hero to-day, bound to Marseilles. LONDON, 4TH JANUARY. ...

    Article : 105 words
  24. MANY SELECTIONS AT WINSLOW SWEPT BY THE FLAMES.

    Bush fires are burning in all directions. The forest country about Wirranda is on fire, and evidences of au extensive conflagration are visible in that locality. Yesterday, a fire ...

    Article : 323 words
  25. ASSAULT UPON THE POLICE.

    Several charges of assaulting the police were brought forward at the City Police Court again yesterday, before Mr. Call, P.M., and a bench of justices. John Cohen, a notorious fellow, ...

    Article : 470 words
  26. PENTAL ISLAND LEASES.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 356 words
  27. THE TOWN OF CAMPERDOWN IN DANGER.

    To-day has rivalled Black Thursday in the intensity of the heat and the fierceness of the bush fires that are burning. The dryness of the weather resulted in several fires breaking ...

    Article : 329 words
  28. MELBOURNE WATER SUPPLY.

    The extreme heat of the past few days has caused the demand on the Yan Yean reservoir to assume abnormal dimensions. Daring yesterday and Monday the consumption ...

    Article : 413 words
  29. UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 239 words
  30. THE WERRIBEE LICENSING CASE.

    SIR,--It is with both pleasure and disgust that I have read the accounts of the Wall and Chirnside embroglio--pleasure to find that there are newspapers that will take up and ...

    Article : 149 words
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    Advertising : 184 words
  32. THE TOWNSHIP OF COBDEN HEMMED IN BY FIRE.

    The township of Cobden has been hemmed in by bush fires, and one or two of the houses have been destroyed. At Lake Ellingamite the fires have traversed the selections of Messrs. ...

    Article : 129 words
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    Advertising : 19 words
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