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  2. INTERESTING WILL CASE.

    An interesting will case was commenced before the Chief Justice in the Supreme Court yesterday, when Charles Ward, of Church-street, Richmond, was called upon to show ...

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  3. NEWS OF THE DAY.

    The finishing [?]es were given to the estimates of the Customs Department in the Legislative Assembly yesterday. Nearly two hours were consumed in further discussing the report ...

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  4. THE CUSTOMS "KNOCK OUT."

    The trial of the actions brought by Max Simonson, of St. James-street, Melbourne, merchant, against A. W. Smart, senior landing surveyor, and J. F. Bradley, inspector of ...

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  5. CABLE MESSAGES.

    The members of the Australian Eleven have decided, after full consideration of the protests received from the cricketing authorities in the different colonies, that ...

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  6. CABLE MESSAGES.

    It is reported from Vienna that the Sultan of Turkey, who is anxious to arrive at a settlement of the Cretan difficulty, has agreed to concede a form of restricted ...

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  7. CABLE MESSAGES.

    The success of Mr. Cecil Rhodes's personal negotiations with the Matabele chiefs for their submission is hailed throughout South Africa with great ...

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  8. CABLE MESSAGES.

    Playing for Sussex against Yorkshire (the champion county of the season) in a match which was concluded at Brighton on Saturday, Prince Ranjit Sinhji compiled a ...

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  9. A NEW ENOCH ARDEN.

    A remarkable case occupied the attention of Messrs. Eade and Hanslow, J's.P., at the Collingwood court until 4 p.m. yesterday. Richard Reid was charged with making ...

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  10. WEEKLY HALF HOLIDAY.

    The Prahran town hall was crowded yesterday evening by a large meeting of shopmen and employes of the city, to affirm the desirability of proclaiming Saturday as the weekly half holiday ...

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  11. THE GERMAN CRISIS.

    With respect to the threatened Ministerial crisis in Germany, caused by the interference of the Emperor's Military Cabinet with the army reforms proposed ...

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  12. A RARE ACHIEVEMENT.

    The compilation of two "centuries" in one match is a feat the accomplishment of which comparatively few batsmen can claim. In first class matches, W. G. Grace during his 30 years' ...

    Article : 148 words
  13. HOW THE NATIVE POLICE BEHAVED.

    Fuller details of Mr. Rhodes's interview with the six chiefs and 34 indunas who represented the rebel tribes in the Matoppo Hills have been received from ...

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  14. HOW RANJIT SINHJI BECAME A CRICKETER.

    How many people know the story of how Kumar Shr[?]i Ranjit Sinhji became a cricketer? It is barely seven years since tho young Guzerati Prince--then only 17--first held a bat. He had ...

    Article : 660 words
  15. POST OFFICE INQUIRY.

    The board appointed to inquire into the charges of mismanagement and extravagance in the electrical branch of the Postal department sat again yesterday at the General Post Office, ...

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  16. THE NILE EXPEDITION.

    Telegrams from Wady Ha[?]fa report that the power of the Khalifa is steadily waning in the Dongola provinces, and that deserters from his forces are constantly ...

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  17. THE JAMESON TRIAL.

    The trial of Dr. Jameson, Sir John Willoughby, Major H. F. White, Colonel Grey, Captain R. White and Major C. J. Coventry commenced on the 20th inst. at bar before the ...

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  18. MEETING AT FLEMINGTON.

    A meeting of shopkeepers of Flemington and Kensington was held yesterday in the New Hall, Racecourse-road, for the purpose of considering the half holiday question. The mayor ...

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  19. SCULLING CHAMPIONSHIP.

    Preparations for the sculling match between James Stanbury, of New South Wales, and Jacob Gaudaur, of Canada, to be rowed on the Thames, on 7th ...

    Article : 135 words
  20. THE MATCH AGAINST SOMERSETSHIRE.

    The match between the Australians and Somersetshire was resumed this afternoon after cessation of play, necessitated by a heavy fall of rain, when one wicket had ...

    Article : 397 words
  21. LOTHAIRE AND STOKES.

    Since the recent disclosures made in connection with the arbitrary execution of Mr. Stokes, a British trader in Central Africa, by Major Lothaire, a Belgian official at the ...

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  22. A THEATRICAL DIVORCE SUIT.

    In the Supreme Court yesterday Mr. Justice Williams dealt with a petition by Jessie Laura Atkinson, of Reed-street, Albert Park, actress, for a dissolution of her marriage with James ...

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  23. FROM THE BENCH TO THE WITNESS BOX.

    Mr. W. Shaw, one of the presiding justices at the Flemington court, yesterday vacated his seat on the bench for the purpose of prosecuting a debtor, leaving Messrs. Cook (chairman) and ...

    Article : 246 words
  24. THE CANVASS AT PORT MELBOURNE.

    The canvass conducted at Port Melbourne by Messrs. Robbins, Hers[?]hell and Burns has so far resulted in 97 votes being recorded for Saturday and 29 for Wednesday. ...

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  25. A MAJORITY AT COBURG FOR SATURDAY.

    A public meeting was held last evening in the Coburg shire hall to select a day for the half holiday. Mr. Francis, president of the shire, occupied the chair. ...

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  26. THE ATLANTIC SERVICE.

    With reference to the tenders for the running of a line of fast steamships across the Atlantic between England and Canada with the object of establishing ...

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  27. THE DISPUTED OWNERSHIP OF A WAISTCOAT.

    On Saturday last Benjamin Jennings, a sailor, was charged at the City Court with stealing a waistcoat, the property of Maurice Silverman, of Flinders-street, but by swearing that ...

    Article : 169 words
  28. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    Mr. Lees, late Mayor of Sydney, has handed over to Lady Duff, widow of the late Governor of New South Wales, the tablet to the memory of Sir Robert Duff ...

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  29. A TELEGRAPH OPERATOR CHARGED WITH FORGERY.

    At the City Court yesterday John George Schnitzler, a telegraph operator employed at the Melbourne office, was charged with forging the names of A. Lourie and John R. M'Kinnon ...

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  30. A FEVER HOSPITAL.

    SIR,--The urgent need of a hospital suitably equipped to receive and treat children suffering from diphtheria or scarlet fever has been so emphatically put before the public by the ...

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  31. CATHOLICS AT OXFORD.

    The Duke of Norfolk, Premier Duke and Earl and Hereditary Earl Marshal of England, who is the leading layman of the Roman Catholic Church in Great Britain, ...

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  32. A SUSPICIOUS HUSBAND.

    The unhappy domestic relations of a married couple were ventilated at the Collingwood court yesterday, when Elizabeth Robertson preferred three charges against her husband, Robert ...

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  33. GOLD IN GIPPSLAND.

    Information has been given to the Mines department of an important discovery made at Deptford, in proximity to the track cut by the department from that place to Yahoo Creek. ...

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  34. BREACH OF EARLY CLOSING REGULATIONS.

    At the South Melbourne court yesterday, William Podfield, butcher, of Moray-street, was prosecuted by Mr. Harrison Ord, chief inspector of factories, for not closing his shop at ...

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  35. HOUSEBREAKERS AT NORTH FITZROY.

    Between the hours of 2 and 5 p.m. on Monday the residence of Mr. James Wilson, 182 M'Kean-street, North Fitzroy, was entered by thieves during the absence of the family. When ...

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  36. NEW ZEALAND BANKING INQUIRY.

    The examination of Mr. Watson was resumed before the banking committee to-day. He stated £1,000,000 of the colony's guarantee to the Bank of New Zealand was invested in liquid ...

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  37. ALPINE FATALITIES.

    An unusual number of Alpine accidents have recently occurred to tourists in Switzerland. No fewer than nine persons have thus lost their lives during the past ...

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  38. THE MAIL STEAMERS.

    The P. and O. Co.'s R.M.S. Arcadia arrived at Plymouth on the evening of the 23rd inst. The Q.R.M.S. Merkara arrived at Suez on 24th inst. from Australia. ...

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  40. SHIPPING NEWS.

    Arrived.--Steamer Morayshire, from Townsville 6th May, Port Chambers 18th June; barque Tana, from Auckland 19th April; barque Glen Huntley, from ...

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