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  2. POLITICS IN NEW SOUTH WALES.

    The political situation becomes more interesting and more uncertain as events develop. That Sir George Dibbs and Sir Henry Parkes have concluded terms of an offensive alliance ...

    Article : 382 words
  3. THE REVISED TARIFF.

    Some extraordinary statements, the publication of which has occasioned both amusement and surprise, have been published by our free-trade contemporary as having been made ...

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  4. CABLE MESSAGES.

    Lord Brassey, the new Governor of Victoria, has made arrangements to sail for Melbourne in his yacht the Sunbeam on 29th June. ...

    Article : 41 words
  5. CABLE MESSAGES.

    In the French Chamber of Deputies to-day the budget statement is to be submitted by the Premier and Minister of Finance, M. Ribot. ...

    Article : 104 words
  6. CABLE MESSAGES.

    Telegrams from Cape Colony report that war between the Boers and the natives of the Zoutpan Berg district of the Transvaal Republic is imminent. ...

    Article : 126 words
  7. THE MINIMUM WAGE.

    The ordinary fortnightly meeting of the Metropolitan Board of Works was held at the offices yesterday afternoon, the chairman, Mr. Fitz Gibbon, presiding. ...

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  8. H. W. FARRAR'S INSOLVENCY.

    The hearing of the application of W. F. Langdon, a member of the firm of H. W. Farrar and Co., of Melbourne, merchants, for an unconditional certificate of discharge from his ...

    Article : 1,369 words
  9. THE RIVERINA TRADE.

    A number of wool brokers had an interview with the Railway Commissioners yesterday. It is customary for conferences of this kind to be held every year, to discuss the probabilities and ...

    Article : 127 words
  10. THE NEW SOUTH WALES VACANCY.

    Reference was made in the House of Commons to-day to the failure of the Government up to the present to fill the position of Governor of New South Wales, ...

    Article : 119 words
  11. A LONG STANDING ABUSE.

    Good work has undoubtedly been done by the retrenchment committee in finding out how a saving of £20,000 can be effected in the Law department, but it has entirely overlooked ...

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  12. THE CHINO-JAPANESE PEACE TREATY.

    A special decree has been issued by the Mikado to the people of Japan in explanation of the alterations in the peace treaty with China. ...

    Article : 85 words
  13. NEWFOUNDLAND'S LIABILITIES.

    The Canadian Government, which is undertaking certain financial responsibilities of Newfoundland in connection with the arrangements for federating that ...

    Article : 81 words
  14. THE SOUTH AUSTRALIAN GOVERNOR.

    Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton, who has been appointed Governor of South Australia, as successor to the Earl of Kintore, will sail for Adelaide by the Orient Steam ...

    Article : 41 words
  15. MURDER FROM JEALOUSY.

    Intelligence has been received from Bombay of a shocking murder committed by a wife, actuated by jealousy. The victim was Mr. Lester, a prominent ...

    Article : 76 words
  16. THE STEAMER MIOWERA.

    The Canadian Pacific mail steamer Miowera, belonging to Huddart, Parker and Company Limited, which left Sydney for Vancouver on 18th April, has arrived ...

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  17. MR. REID'S FREE-TRADE PROPOSALS.

    Mr. E. W. Knox, general manager of the Colonial Sugar Refining Company, is issuing a lengthy circular to cane growers on the Clarence, Richmond and Tweed rivers, in which it is ...

    Article : 550 words
  18. PEERS IN THE COMMONS.

    In the House of Commons to-day Mr. Labouchere, member for Northampton, called the attention of the Speaker to the fact that Viscount Wolmer, member for ...

    Article : 230 words
  19. THE EXPORT TRADE.

    Gibbs and Son, the London timber merchants, report that there is not at present a market for the Victorian stringy bark timber consigned to them, but that they ...

    Article : 119 words
  20. THE METAL MARKET.

    The metal market is still very active. The price of tin continues to advance. Best Australian, present delivery, which last week was quoted at £65 10s. to £66, ...

    Article : 74 words
  21. LONDON WOOL SALES.

    At the London wool sales yesterday the following prices were realised by Australian brands :--Woodhouse, 9¼d.; Burraburra, 6¾d.; Wellshot, 5¾d. per lb. ...

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  22. CHEESE.

    The consignment of Victorian cheese brought by the R.M.S. Ophir is selling at 49s. per cwt. ...

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  23. LARGE REDUCTIONS IN FREIGHTS.

    At yesterday's meeting of the Cabinet, the Minister of Agriculture was able to announce definitely that he had concluded an arrangement with the Aberdeen and the Blue Anchor lines ...

    Article : 568 words
  24. PRICE OF SILVER.

    The price of silver is to-day 2s. 6[?]d. per oz. ...

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  25. ROYAL BANK OF QUEENSLAND.

    The Royal Bank of Queensland directorate is negotiating in London for the issue of deposit debentures to the amount of £300,000, bearing interest at 4 per cent., ...

    Article : 58 words
  26. SHIPPING NEWS.

    Arrived.--From Sydney : Killarney, barque, sailed 24th January. From Adelaide : Glen[?]ffer, barque, sailed 2nd December, via Port Pirio 16th December. From Port Chalmers : ...

    Article : 69 words
  27. THE APOLLO CANDLE COMPANY.

    The following is a copy of a resolution which was passed at a meeting of shareholders in J. Kitchen and Sons and the Apollo Candle Company Limited, held on Thursday last:-- ...

    Article : 149 words
  28. A POLITICAL LAWSUIT.

    The case of the suspended Labor members of Parliament against the Speaker of the Assembly was resumed in the Supreme Court to-day. Evidence was given by the plaintiff Browne ...

    Article : 208 words
  29. THE MAILS.

    The Norddeutacher Lloyd Imperial German mail steamer Prinz Regent Luitpold arrived at Southampton on 12th inst. from Australian ports, being six days in advance of contract ...

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  30. THE PRIVY COUNCIL.

    In the House of Commons last night Sir William Harcourt, Chancellor of the Exchequer, in reply to a question, stated that it was the intention of the Government ...

    Article : 78 words
  31. MEETING OF TOBACCO GROWERS.

    A meeting of tobacco growers was held here on Saturday to consider the recommendation of the Tariff Commission in regard to colonial tobacco. It was pointed out that the ...

    Article : 199 words
  32. THE MYSTERIOUS HEAD.

    A communication has reached Detective Sergeant Cawsey from Jumbunna which may possibly tend to throw some light on the question of the identity of the body to which the ...

    Article : 498 words
  33. THE CANDLE MAKING INDUSTRY.

    At the Temperance Hall last night a crowded meeting of operatives engaged in the candle making trade was held to protest against the adoption of the recommendation of the Tariff ...

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  34. A REMARKABLE CONFESSION.

    Samuel Evison, carpenter, at Hamilton, Waikato, has surrendered to the police, and made the following confession :--"I left England on 6th November, 1891, in the steamer Ophir, ...

    Article : 370 words
  35. GROUNDING OF THE STEAMER NINEVAH.

    Early this morning news came to Sydney that the steamer Nineveh, the newest of the White Star liners between London and Sydney, was ashore at Coronulla Beach, Port Hacking, and ...

    Article : 302 words
  36. THE LONDONDERRY MINE.

    Lord Fingall received the following message from the manager of the Londonderry mine yesterday :--"There is no truth whatever in the rumor. Nothing fresh." ...

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  37. PARLIAMENT OF NEW SOUTH WALES.

    In the Assembly to-day the Premier, in reply to a question, denied that Mr. Eddy had resigned the Chief Commissionership of Railways. His answer, however, was somewhat ...

    Article : 141 words
  38. ALLEGED WIFE DESERTION.

    A warrant was yesterday issued by Ellen Damyon against her husband, George Damyon, charging him with desertion. Damyon recently sued for divorce, but was unsuccessful, and ...

    Article : 108 words
  39. A WEST AUSTRALIAN BURGLARY.

    William O'Brien and William Owrea were committed for trial yesterday on a charge of robbery. The prisoners entered the Horse and Groom Hotel during the evening and bodily ...

    Article : 54 words
  40. HOUSEBREAKING AT NORTH CARLTON.

    It has been reported to the police that the residence of Mr. Alfred Leslie, laborer, 497 Station-street, North Carlton, was broken into on last Monday afternoon during the absence of ...

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  42. THEFT OF TOBACCO FROM A SHIP.

    The three seamen who were arrested on suspicion of being implicated in the robbery of a case of tobacco from the ship Lancing--Oscar Talgreen, aged 22; John Kelly, 28; and Frank ...

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  45. "WHAT IS THE NEW WOMAN?"

    SIR,--In to-day's issue the question is asked "What is the new woman?" The author of The City of Progress supplies the answer--"A woman without womanliness, an attempt at a ...

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