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  2. NEWS OF THE DAY.

    The proposal of the Government to abolish "plumping" at Parliamentary elections was rejected by the Legislative Assembly yesterday after a protraced discussion. Nobody appeared ...

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  3. THE WHITECHAPEL ATROCITIES.

    A terrible sensation has been again created in London by the intelligence that another victim has been added to the list of murders in Whitechapel. ...

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  4. THE PROPERTY BOOM" IN AUSTRALIA.

    At the half yearly meeting of the London Chartered Bank of Australia, which was held yesterday, Sir. James Francis Garrick, late Agent-General for New ...

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  5. FIRE ON A NEW ZEALAND WOOL SHIR.

    The ship Langstone had nearly completed loading her cargo of wool for London, and rode at anchor in the roadstead off Napier. Everything went well until between 9 and 10 o'clock ...

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  6. THE REGISTRAR-GENERAL'S OFFICE FRAUDS.

    At the City Police Court yesterday, before Mr. Call, P.M., and a bench of magistrates, Thomas Francis Butler, chief clerk in the Registrar-General's office, was brought up on ...

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  7. THE COLLIERY STRIKE.

    The treasurer has been empowered to draw the sum of £500 for defence fund purposes. Mr. Curley was appointed at the meeting of the,delegate board yesterday to interview Mr. ...

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  8. LABOR TROUBLES IN NEW ZEALAND.

    Just when it was supposed that all matters in dispute had been amicably arranged fresh complications have arisen between the union and M'Arthur and Co. When ...

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  9. THE WOMAN STILL ALIVE.

    It has transpired that the perpetrator of the latest outage on a woman at White-chapel-failed to earry out his plan. The woman had accompanied him to a lodging ...

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  10. MIXERS' STRIKE AT WESTRORT.

    Trouble has arisen in the Westport-Ngakawan mines, which were only recently purchased by a Sydney syndicate. The district rate of wages is 10s. perday, and the men at work in the syndicate's ...

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  11. COLONIAL GOVERNORSHIPS.

    Sir Henry, Arthur Blake, who has been appointed Governor of Queensland, is to have an interview with the Secretary of State for the Colonies to-morrow for the ...

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  12. THE SEAMEN'S STRIKE ENDED.

    The seamen's dispute has been finally settled. The union accept time for time instead of overtime, and the Northern Steamship Company concede .all the other points in dispute, ...

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  13. AFFAIRS IN IRELAND.

    The charge of contempt preferred against Mr. E. Harrington, M.P., for West Kerry, by the Attorney-General Sir K., E. Webster, Q.C, in connection ...

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  14. TELEGRAM FROM THE QUEENSLAND PREMIER.

    Sir H. Parkes to-day received the following telegram from the Premier of Queensland:--I read with the sincerest pleasure the telegraphed account of last night's debate in your ...

    Article : 116 words
  15. THE HOT WEATHER AND THE CROPS.

    Notwithstanding the generally injurious effects of the drought on the prospects of the ensuing harvest some parts of the district will have fair crops, notably at ...

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  16. STRANGE OCCURRENCE AT CLIFTON HILL.

    Intelligence was brought to the North Fitzroy police station late yesterday evening that a man had been seen to jump over the parapet of the Merri Creek-bridge, and was then lying, ...

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  17. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    A committee, of which the Marquis of Lome is president, has been appointed to inquire into the scheme for colonising New Zealand proposed by Mr. Bees, who lately ...

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  18. THE PROPOSED PACIFIC GABLE.

    Sir John Bender, chairman of the Eastern Extension Cable Company, has written to several of the London newspapers, discrediting the project for a telegraph cable between ...

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  19. BANQUET TO MR. J. RUSSELL LOWELL.

    Mr. J. Russell Lowell, late American ambassador in England, was entertained at a farewell banquet last flight. In responding to the toast of his ...

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  20. SHIP WRECK AND LOSS OF LIFE.

    Intelligence has been received of the wreck of the schooner Lizzie Guy and the loss of two lives. The disaster occurred on that portion of the east coast of the North Island ...

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  21. ARTESIAN WELLS FOR THE RIVERINA.

    Boring for artesian water in the waterless country of the Bourke district has been, proceeding for some time, and has resulted most successfully on the Kerribree run, where a ...

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  22. NEW SOUTH WALES PARLIAMENT.

    In the Legislative Council to-day a petition was presented by Mr. Trickett in favor of the Broken Hill Water Supply Bill, which was read a first time. The Broken Hill Gas Supply Bill ...

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  23. SHIPPING NEWS.

    Arrived:--Sam Mendel, ship, from Adelaide, 10th August; Oaklands, barque, from Adelaide, 2nd August; Prior Hill, barque, from Lyttelton, 9th July; Eurydice, ...

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  24. SHIPPING TO AUSTRALIA.

    A further advance of 2s. 6d. per ton in the freight charged to Melbourne and Sydney is announced. ...

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  25. SUICIDE OF AN ADELAIDE SOLICITOR.

    Mr. Frederick O. Bruce, a well known lawyer of Adelaide, committed suicide this morning by shooting himself in the region of the heart with a revolver. When the clerk opened the office at ...

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  26. ARRIVAL OF THE AUSTRALIAN ELEVEN.

    The Australian cricketers returned from their tour to England by the R.M.S Cuzco to-day. The men are all well, and have enjoyed the trip thoroughly, and the tour has been a great ...

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  27. THE MAILS.

    The M.M Company's F.M.S. Salazie left Aden on the 21st inst., homewards. The British India Steam Navigation Company's R.M.S. Taroba left London on the 20th ...

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  28. VICTORIAN RAILWAY CONSTRUCTION.

    An important statement was made in the Legislative Assembly shortly before midnight yesterday by the Premier on railway construction and the condition of the railway account, ...

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  29. THE UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE.

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  30. THE GORDON BAILLIE FRAUDS.

    By the arrival of the R.M.S. Victoria yesterday, the following details were received of the trial of Mrs. Gordon Baillie and her husband. Percival Frost, which was concluded at ...

    Article : 611 words
  31. HAY, THURSDAY.

    An important meeting was held here last night, to consider a scheme for testing the district for artesian water. Mr. A. P. Stewart presided. It was decided to make experiments ...

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  32. HEATHCOTE COUNTY COURT.

    The County Court was opened here to-day, Judge Hamilton presiding. The only cases of interest were G. M'Donald v. J. Revell, for £500 damages for slander, and J. Hen v. A. O'Keefe ...

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  33. SOUTH AUSTRALIAN PARLIAMENT.

    In the House of Assembly the afternoon was occupied by the discussion on the Federal Council, Bill. Several members spoke both for and against the measure, and the ...

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  34. FATAL CASE OF BURNING NEAR NUMURKAH.

    A sad accident occurred on Monday at Marungi, by which the wife of a fanner named Ballard lost her life. Deceased was boiling water at an inside fire, when her clothes became ...

    Article : 142 words
  35. THE REDISTRIBUTION OF SEATS BILL.

    A public meeting was held here to-day to protest against the passing of the Redistribution of Scats Bill by the Upper House, on the ground that the measure should he first submitted to ...

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  36. ARRIVAL OF THE S. KONOOWARRA.

    The steamer Konoowarra, 2000 tons, Captain G. Smith, from Sydney, arrived at the wharf at 2.20 this morning. She brought the following passengers:--Saloon: Mesdames Stewart, ...

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  37. DETERMINED ATTEMPT AT SUICIDE.

    A Chinese named Ah Yow, 41 years of age, made a determined attempt to commit suicide yesterday evening. Towards 6 o'clock he appeared on Princes-bridge very scantily ...

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  38. SUDDEN DEATH IN A RAILWAY CARRIAGE.

    When the 10 p.m. train from Melbourne to Brighton Beach arrived at the Elsternwick station on Wednesday evening, a young man named George M'Cure, a native of Geelong, was ...

    Article : 181 words
  39. TRADES INTELLIGENCE.

    A quarterly meeting of the Wharf Laborers' Union was held at the Trades Hall on Wednesday evening, the president (Mr. F. J. Hall) presiding. The balance sheet of the union was presented ...

    Article : 216 words
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  41. TRAMWAY ACCIDENT.

    A tram accident, happily unattended with any serious consequences, happened yesterday afternoon, the sufferer being the infant son of a tradesman in Victoria-street, Richmond, named ...

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  42. THE YACHT ASSEGAI.

    At 6 p.m. on the 22nd, 3 miles to the eastward of Cape Wollomai, the s. Konoowarra spoke the yacht Assegai, from Sydney. The yacht had run short of water, and obtained a ...

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  44. LAW LIST.--THIS DAY

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