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  2. THE TAXATION PROPOSALS

    In proposing the toast of Parliament at the Kyneton agricultural show banquet to-day, Mr. W. Thompson, an extensive land owner, denounced the notion of the Government in ...

    Article : 260 words
  3. THE FRANKSTON INFANTICIDE.

    There were some sensational developments yesterday in the case against Margaret Chrosier, who is charged with having wilfully murdered her female child, at Skye, near Frankston,on 7th ...

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  4. CABLE MESSAGES.

    It was recently mentioned on the authority of the Vienna correspondent of the Standard that in diplomatic circles on the Continent it had been observed that ...

    Article : 179 words
  5. CABLE MESSAGES.

    Later intelligence has been received with regard to the lighting near Port Arthur, where the advance guard of the Japanese army was in the first instance driven back ...

    Article : 106 words
  6. THE MUNICIPAL SUBSIDY.

    Representatives of 124 cities, towns, boroughs and shires assembled in the suppor room of the Town Hall yesterday, at the instance of the Municipal Association of Victoria to consider the ...

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  7. INTERNATIONAL CRICKET MATCH.

    The match, which since its commencement on Friday, 16th inst., has excited keen public interest, was finished yesterday, and resulted in a victory for the Englishmen by 145 runs. The ...

    Article : 1,326 words
  8. A WIFE KILLING CASE.

    In the Criminal Court yesterday, before Mr. Justice Williams and a jury of 12, James Toner, a middle aged man, was presented for the murder of his wife, Emma Toner, at ...

    Article : 822 words
  9. COLONIAL PARLIAMENTS.

    In the Assembly to-day Mr. Varney Parker, late chairman of the public works committee, moved the adjournment to make a bitter attack on the members of the committee, who were, ...

    Article : 296 words
  10. MEETING AT PYRAMID HILL.

    At a public meeting convened by the Gordon shire council to discuss tho taxation proposals to-night, about 50 persons were present, Mr. G. Howard moved ...

    Article : 135 words
  11. QUEENSLAND.

    In the Assembly to-day a long discussion took place on the Land Bill. Mr. Murray moved time the Land Board have power to declare any portion of country infested with " desert poison ...

    Article : 357 words
  12. FATALISM AMONGST THE CHINESE.

    A peculiar circumstance in connection with the battle at Port Arthur was the refusal of the Chinese general to accept the help of the Red Cross ...

    Article : 73 words
  13. THE FRENCH SOCIALISTS.

    In the French Chamber of Deputies last light a motion supported by the Socialist party expressing approval of the principles of Collectivism was rejected by a majority ...

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  14. DEPUTATION TO THE PREMIER.

    in the evening a deputation from the conference waited on the Premier and the Minister of Public Works in the library of Parliament House, and laid before them the resolutions ...

    Article : 327 words
  15. NAGAMBIE, WEDNESDAY.

    The Goulburn shire council yesterday resolved, on the motion of Cr. P. Deane, to hold a public meeting in the mechanics' hall on Monday afternoon to consider the land tax ...

    Article : 69 words
  16. THE AMERICAN OFFER TO ARBITRATE.

    China and Japan having failed to come to an agreement on the subject of the offer of the United States to arbitrate between them, President Cleveland has ...

    Article : 38 words
  17. QUEENSLAND RAILWAYS.

    The report of the select committee of inquiry into the strained relations between the Railway Commissioners, tabled in the Assembly to-night, states that the committee was ...

    Article : 358 words
  18. GERMANS IN EAST AFRICA.

    The German expedition which was recently sent to punish the Wahehe tribes in East Africa has successfully accomplished its mission. ...

    Article : 112 words
  19. JAPAN REJECTS MEDIATION.

    The Japanese Government has formally intimated its rejection of the offers of mediation in the quarrel with China made by European powers. ...

    Article : 67 words
  20. SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    In the Assembly to-day the Premier stated that he hoped to end the session before Christmas without sacrificing any measures of importance. ...

    Article : 246 words
  21. THE BARCELONA OUTRAGE.

    The Spanish Anarchist Salvador Franch, who in July last was sentenced to death for throwing a dynamite bomb into the stalls of the Liceo Theatre, Barcelona, ...

    Article : 151 words
  22. COMMENTS IN THE HAWTHORN COUNCIL.

    The opposition of the Municipal Association to the retrenchment policy of the Government provoked considerable discussion in the Hawthorn council last night, when Cr. Smith ...

    Article : 261 words
  23. THE RIFLE MATCHES.

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  24. THE EXPORT TRADE.

    The experimental shipment of Victorian butter brought as ordinary cargo by the steamer Wilcannia, which left Melbourne on the 22nd September, has proved a ...

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  25. THE ARCADIA SHIPMENT.

    A portion of the Arcadia's choicest butter is selling at 114s. per cwt. ...

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  26. WEST AUSTRALIA.

    To-day the Council finally decided not to insist upon its amendment to the loan estimates, which were then passed. The constitutional difficulty is now at an end, and the ...

    Article : 92 words
  27. SUCCESSFUL SHIPMENT OF EGGS.

    The consignment of eggs brought by the R.M.S. Arcadia has arrived in apparently good condition. Experts anticipate that the eggs will realise about 1s. per dozen. ...

    Article : 33 words
  28. THE RAILWAY EMPLOYES.

    The Railways Federal Council interviewed the Minister in charge of their department yesterday to ask for the rectification of certain grievances. Their applications were:—1. ...

    Article : 232 words
  29. THE "NEW RUSSIA."

    Count Herbert Bismarck has predicted that Russia under the rule of Nicholas H. will have a "prosperous and ail enviable" future. The ...

    Article : 69 words
  30. CURIOUS CASE OF ASSAULT AND ROBBERY.

    A case possessing some remarkable features came before the South Melbourne bench yesterday, when Arthur Woolridge, a piano tuner, who is totally blind, and Joseph M'Intyre, an ...

    Article : 347 words
  31. ANTWERP WOOL SALES.

    At the Antwerp wool sales 500 bales of South American (River Plate) wool have been sold at prices averaging 0½d. per lb. under the rates ruling at the late London ...

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  32. MUNICIPAL FINANCES OF PORT MELBOURNE.

    The annual meeting of the council of the town of Port Melbourne was held on Tuesday at the local town hall, the mayor (Cr. J. C. Hill) presiding. The balance sheet and auditors' ...

    Article : 316 words
  33. LONDON BANK OF AUSTRALIA.

    At the half- yearly meeting of the London Bank of Australia (formerly London Chartered Bank) Sir James Garrick, who presided, said that good business was scarce in ...

    Article : 88 words
  34. WEST AUSTRALIAN MINES.

    With respect to the floating of the Londonderry mine, capital £700,000, of which shares to the amount of £467,000 were offered to the public, it is stated that the ...

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  35. NEW INSOLVENTS.

    William Francis Cuthbert Williams, of 3 Gough- place, South Richmond, civil servant. Causes of insolvency : Losses sustained by insolvent through illness of himself and his family. Liabilities, £103 ...

    Article : 168 words
  36. THE SAN FRANCISCO MAIL SERVICE.

    The Cabinet has decided, subject to the approval of Parliament, to renew the San Francisco mail contract for another year. The annual contribution of the colony to the service ...

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  37. NEWS FROM THE MINES.

    The stone from the Central mine, Southern Cross, is described by an eye witness as equalling the best Coolgardie specimens. The new find at Pyngalia, near Yalgoo, is described as very ...

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  38. EARTHQUAKES IN ITALY.

    Details of the recent severe earthquakes in Sicily and Southern Italy show that the total number of lives lost during the disturbances was 400. In this number is ...

    Article : 65 words
  39. THE LONDON MARKETS.

    LONDON, 21ST NOVEMBER, 12.40 P.M. To-day's quotation for Broken Hill Proprietary shares is £2 2s., a rise of 1s. since the 19th inst. ...

    Article : 82 words
  40. ELECTIONS AND QUALIFICATIONS COMMITTEE.

    The members of the elections and qualifications committee of the Legislative Assembly met yesterday afternoon at Parliament House, and having elected Mr. Beazley as chairman, ...

    Article : 164 words
  41. LAW LIST.—THIS DAY.

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  42. NEW ZEALAND, SAMOA AND LORD ROSEBERY.

    The Colonial Treasurer, Mr. Ward, when interviewed to-day with respect to the proposed Samoan protectorate by New Zealand and the suggested visit of a New Zealand Minister to ...

    Article : 140 words
  43. A COLLISION IN THE YARRA.

    At the meeting of the Harbor Trust yesterday a letter was read from the captain of the German steamer Pickhuben, stating that his vessel had collided with the hopper barge ...

    Article : 113 words
  44. THE STOREN BROTHERS' WIDOWS AND ORPHANS.

    SIR,—The heartbreaking appeal in Monday's Age asking for some charitable assistance in aid of the widows and orphans of the late victims in the Brunswick quarry holes has induced me ...

    Article : 116 words
  45. QUEENSLAND INVESTMENT AND LAND COMPANY.

    The accounts of the Queensland Investment and Land Mortgage Company Limited show a deficit on the operations of the year of £2000. During the year, however, the ...

    Article : 73 words
  46. MEETING OF CABMEN.

    A well attended meeting of licensed waggonette and hansom proprietors was held at the Temperance Hall on Monday evening. There was a very large attendance, upwards of 300 ...

    Article : 71 words
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