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    THE satisfactory settlement of vexed questions of public policy is very often hindered by the random, ill-considered, or purposely misleading statements made by public men. ...

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  3. THE NAVAL COURT MARTIAL.

    The court martial appointed to investigate the charges of wilful disobedience and contemptuous behavior preferred against Surgeon Lea, of H.M.S. Ringarooraa, by Captain ...

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  4. THE NEW TARIFF.

    The Tariff Commission has recommended that the existing duties on oil should be reduced from 6d. to 3d. per gallon, which will include linseed and other vegetable oils that ...

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  5. CABLE MESSAGES.

    Telegrams received in New York from Nicaragua report that the situation with respect to the British occupation of Corinto and San Juan is highly critical. ...

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  6. CABLE MESSAGES.

    At a meeting of the Eastern Extension and Australasian Telegraph Company today, the chairman of directors, Sir John Pender, stated that the Government of ...

    Article : 140 words
  7. CABLE MESSAGES.

    In consequence of the case in January last, in which a Gosport merchant bought a quantity of butter stamped with the Victorian Government brand, and found on ...

    Article : 254 words
  8. NEWS OF THE DAY.

    Enormous as are the reductions which the Treasurer promises to make in next year's estimates of expenditure, he does not think that the resources of retrenchment are yet exhausted. ...

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  9. CANADA PUSHING THE PACIFIC SCHEME.

    The Times states that the Canadian Government is urging the Imperial Government to summon a Pacific Cable Conference. ...

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  10. UNIQUE LIBEL ACTION.

    The Sultan of Turkey has instructed Rustem Pasha, the Turkish ambassador at London, to institute proceedings for libel against the leading London newspapers on ...

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  11. WEST AUSTRALIAN LOAN.

    The West Australian loan of £750,000, at 3½ per cent., has proved a great success. The amount subscribed was £2,680,000, and the average price realised is about ...

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  12. GRADING BUTTER IN LONDON.

    Mr. Vagg, manager of the Melbourne Chilled Butter Company, who has been making inquiries into the Australian dairy produce trade, proposes that the exporters ...

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  13. THE WILDE SCANDAL.

    The trial of Oscar Wilde on charges of criminal immorality was concluded today. The jury, after a lengthened retirement, ...

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  14. THE PROTECTION ASSOCIATION AND THE NEW TARIFF.

    At the offices, Cromwell-buildings, Bourke- street, last night, a meeting of the council of the Protection Association was held, Mr. J. H. Poulter presiding, at which the proposed new ...

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  15. THE LABOR QUESTION.

    Mr. John Burns, Labor M.P. for Batter sea, suggests that the workers of Europe should unite in a " concordat," or international agreement, for general guidance in ...

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  16. THE EXPORT TRADE.

    The consignment of York Pippins brought by the R.M.S. Austral, which left Melbourne 16th March, has been sold at 14s. per case. The " Jonathans " brought ...

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  17. SHODDY BUILDINGS IN SYDNEY.

    A deputation from the Metropolitan Fire Brigade waited on the Mayor to-day to ask for an improved building act. Some sensational statements were made by several members of ...

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  18. SCOTTISH AUSTRALIAN INVESTMENT COMPANY.

    The directors of the Scottish Australian Investment Company recommend payment of a dividend at the rate of 2½ per cent. ...

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  19. RABBITS.

    The Victorian Agent-General's office explains, with respect to the offer of Mr. Tucker, of Hull, to purchase Victorian rabbits, that the prices Mr. Tucker quoted, ...

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  20. THE GOVERNOR OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton, Governor-designate of South Australia, will leave England in time to arrive at Adelaide by the end of November next. ...

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  21. A SUFFRAGAN BISHOP OF WARRNAMBOOL.

    The Church of England Assembly was continued this evening. The bill providing for the nomination of a suffragan bishop of Warrnambool was read a third time and carried. It is ...

    Article : 354 words
  22. WEST AUSTRALIAN MINES.

    The Richmond claim has crushed 25 tons for a yield of 81 oz. 14 dwt. The Big Day Dawn during last month crushed 800 tons, for 559 oz. 16 dwt. The boiler and engine of the Kinsella ...

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  23. LONDON WOOL SALES.

    Prices at the wool sales yesterday showed no improvement. The following prices were obtained for Australian clips:- Tutlona, 7½d.; Narracoorte, 8d.; Milna, 5⅞d. ...

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  24. STRANGE SHOOTING CASE.

    At Kew yesterday a lad named Richard Hopkins, 15 years of age, who in employed as a grocer's assistant, and resides with his mother at Malin-street, Kew, received two severe ...

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  25. THE LONDON MARKETS.

    The stocks of copper in England and France are estimated at 50,000 tons, and the visible supply at 54,000 tons. TIN. ...

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  26. THE VISIT OF MR. MICHAEL DAVITT.

    Mr. N. M. O'Donnell, M.B., as representing the Michael Davitt reception demonstration, has written to the Town Clerk of Melbourne, informing him that the procession of ...

    Article : 454 words
  27. THE SOUTH MELBOURNE MURDER.

    There was a large gathering of the public at the Morgue yesterday, when Dr. Youl, City Coroner, held an inquest on the body of the woman Kate Norton, who was murdered in ...

    Article : 368 words
  28. THE MAIL STEAMERS.

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  29. A CHALLENGE TO THE BISHOP OF BALLARAT.

    SIR, The Anglican Bishop of Ballarat, in his address to the Church Assembly last Tuesday, quoted these words of the Archbishop of York:- "Here and there they (the ...

    Article : 438 words
  30. TASMANIAN FINANCES.

    The Treasurer finds himself about £2500 ahead in revenue as compared with the corresponding period of last year. The new 20 per cent, ad valorem duties imposed in lieu of the ...

    Article : 162 words
  31. THE ABRAHAMS CASES.

    Edward H. Martin, the young man accused by Alfred Abrahams of endeavoring to levy blackmail, appeared again before the City Court yesterday, the exact accusation being that he ...

    Article : 227 words
  32. MINERS AND THE EXPLOSIVES DUTY.

    The Bendigo Miners' Association to-night appointed its president and vice-president to confer with the Mining Managers and Mine Owners' Associations with regard to the ...

    Article : 81 words
  33. NEW SOUTH WALES PARLIAMENT.

    In the Assembly to-day the second reading was passed of a bill to amend the grant to the Hay Irrigation Trust, The previous act gave the trust all the Government land in and around ...

    Article : 116 words
  34. AMUSEMENTS.

    Hamilton's Circus and Water Pantomime concludes its Melbourne season to-morrow night. This evening the management will give away a horse to the holder of the successful ...

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