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  2. NEWS OF THE DAY.

    Another sitting of the Legislative Assembly was given up to a continuation of the critical debate upon the merits and blemishes of the Government "cheap money" scheme. Interest ...

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  3. AUSTRALIAN UNITY.

    The Premier yesterday forwarded a letter to Sir George Dibbs, in reply to the lengthy communication which he had received from the latter, outlining the basis of a scheme for the ...

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  4. THE COAL CONTRACTS.

    The tenders for the supply of coal to the various departments of the public service, excluding the railways, have undergone final supervision by the Tender Board, and the ...

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  5. THE TRAGEDY IN THE CITY.

    Some very surprising facts came to light yesterday in connection with the tragedy which took place at the Southern Cross Hotel, Bourke-street, on Tuesday night, and these most ...

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  6. CABLE MESSAGES.

    A fearful holiday disaster occurred to-day at Samara, on the River Volga, in Russia. A ferry boat, in which about 70 youths ...

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  7. CABLE MESSAGES.

    The scheme which the Stock Conversion and Investment Trust Limited has under consideration with respect to the purchase and conversion into marketable stock of ...

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  8. CABLE MESSAGES.

    The Agents-General of the colonies, who in a recent interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer protested strongly against the colonial incidence of the new ...

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  9. THE COLONIES AND THE EMPIRE.

    The Times this morning, commenting on the proposal of Mr. Cecil Rhodes, Premier of Cape Colony, that a system of preferential duties be levied in South Africa ...

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  10. SIR GEORGE GREY IN ENGLAND.

    Sir George Grey, the veteran colonial statesman and Governor, who returned to England from New Zealand a few weeks ...

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  11. THE PREVENTION OF STRIKES.

    At the monthly meeting of the executive committee of the Employers' Union, held at the union rooms on Tuesday evening (Mr. C. Edgerton, president, in the chair), a letter was read ...

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  12. SIR HENRY PARKES ON THE DIBBS SCHEME.

    In the course of an interview on the subject of Sir George Dibbs's federation scheme to-day, Sir Henry Parkes, alluding to the Premier's expressed desire to save expenditure in public ...

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  13. A BANK NOTE FORGER.

    The solicitors to the Bank of England have suggested to the Agents-General for the Australian colonies that it would be well if the police of the several colonies ...

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  14. THE LIBERALS AND THE LORDS.

    The abolition of the right of the House of Lords to reject measures which have been passed by the House of Commons by substantial majorities is now ...

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  15. THE EXPORT TRADE.

    A large portion of the shipment of Australian cheese brought by the steamer Thermopylae, which arrived in a partially melted condition, is practically ...

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  16. REVISED MINING LAWS.

    Proposals of great importance are embodied in the bill to amend the Mining Act, which has been prepared by the Minister of Mines. The measure is designed to remove a ...

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  17. MR. GLADSTONE AND AMERICA.

    Mr. Gladstone has sent a cable message in reply to Mr. Chauncey Depew, who, acting as the mouthpiece of a large number of leading American citizens, despatched ...

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  18. THE SULTAN OF MOROCCO.

    Telegrams from Tangiers report that the young Sultan of Morocco, Abdul Aziz, who has now been formally recognised by the Powers, has caused to he arrested and ...

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  19. DAYLIGHT BANK ROBBERY

    A bank robbery of a most mysterious character is reported from Christchurch. Late in the afternoon it was discovered that a sum of £500 in gold coin had been stolen from the ...

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  20. RACING IN ENGLAND.

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  21. A PAPAL ENCYCLICAL.

    An encyclical letter has been issued by his Holiness Pope Leo XIII., appealing to the Protestant sects of the east of Europe to abandon their independent attitude and ...

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  22. SOUTH AUSTRALIAN PARLIAMENT.

    In the Assembly to-day, the debate on the address in reply was continued. Sir John Downer, leader of the Opposition, expressed the opinion that federation was the principal ...

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  23. THE NICARAGUA CANAL.

    The committee of the United States Congress, to which the Nicaragua Canal Bill was referred, recommends tho issue of Nicaragua Canal debentures to the amount ...

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  24. THE WHALE HUNT.

    The whale hunt in Port Phillip Bay, which caused so much excitement during the last few days, has terminated in a most unsatisfactory manner. The whale, it is thought, has escaped ...

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  25. THE POLYNESIAN LABOR TRADE.

    At a meeting of the Royal Colonial Institute to-day the Right Rev. J. R. Selwyn, late Bishop of Melanesia, gave an address on the subject of the ...

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  26. THE LONDON MARKETS.

    Best Australian tin unchanged, present delivery £71 per ton; forward delivery, £71 10s. to £72 per ton. Chilian bar copper is 10s. lower, viz., ...

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  27. THE BORDER TARIFF WAR.

    An attempt has been made by the New South Wales railway authorities to cause it to appear that Victoria alone is the culprit in the practice of offering specially reduced rates to ...

    Article : 326 words
  28. COLONIAL MINES AND ENGLISH INVESTORS.

    Mr. Thomas Cornish, mining expert, who has returned from Australia to float various mining properties on the London market, states with respect to his proposal to ...

    Article : 95 words
  29. CHEAP MONEY FOR FARMERS.

    The cheap money proposals of the Government at present before Parliament are being freely discussed by our farmers, who do not appear to look upon it with the same favor as that ...

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  30. THE RELATIONS BETWEEN THE PARTIES.

    The reason for the deed, as it may be gleaned in the light of present information, was the lawsuit that had been carried on between the parties over some alleged outstanding debts. ...

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  31. THE TRAINING OF MILITARY OFFICERS.

    Subject to the consent of the Council of the University the Defence department, at the instance of Major-General Tulloch, proposes to establish a University school of instruction for ...

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  32. THE MAILS.

    The R.M.S. Arcadia, which left Melbourne on the 19th May, arrived at Suez on the morning of the 19th June. The R.M.S. Duke of Devonshire, of the ...

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  33. BROKEN HILL CONSOLS MINING COMPANY.

    At the half yearly meeting of the Broken Hill Consols Company, held to-day, the chairman, Mr. Ward, stated that the mine continued to improve greatly, and that the ...

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  34. THE WEST AUSTRALIAN GOLD FIELDS.

    News from Coolgardie, dated Sunday last, reports that splendid stone is being raised at the Lake View mine, near Hannan's. Bissenberger's mine is also looking wall. The main ...

    Article : 213 words
  35. BROWN COAL FOR LOCOMOTIVES.

    Representatives from the Great Morwell Brown Coal Company, the Maryvale Coal Company and the Yarragon Brown Coal Company waited upon the Minister of Mines yesterday, ...

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  36. THE KANGARILLA SILVER MINE.

    For priority shares in the Kangarilla Silver Mining Company, capital £12,000, which was lately placed on the London market, £8000 has been subscribed. ...

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  37. A LAW CLERK CHARGED WITH PERJURY.

    The hearing of the case in which W. H. Lilburu, managing clerk to the firm of Lawson and Jardine, solicitors, was charged, on a summons issued at the instance of Samuel Louis Sullivan. ...

    Article : 224 words
  38. THE WEST AUSTRALIAN ELECTIONS.

    The elections for the Assembly are proceeding. All the four members of the Forrest Ministry in the Assembly have been returned, and 19 elections have been completed, resulting in the ...

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  39. THE GIPPSLAND COAL SEAMS.

    The Jeetho Proprietary Colliery Company started work yesterday to dismantle and remove the Calyx drill from Nyora, where it has recently put down a test bore for the ...

    Article : 114 words
  40. MR. SEE ON VICTORIAN SELFISHNESS.

    Referring to the war of railway rates between Victoria and New South Wales, the Treasurer to-day said that because the Victorian railway receipts were falling off that was no reason why ...

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