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  2. AMUSEMENTS.

    It would be difficult to find anything more genuinely mirth-provoking and at the same time so devoid of thoroughly dramatic interest than the fragmentary sketch, entitled Josh, ...

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  3. NEW STEAM SERVICE FOR QUEENSLAND.

    Mr. M'Ilwraith, the Premier of Queensland, has completed arrangements for a monthly steamship service to that colony from London via Colombo. The ...

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  4. MR. BRADLAUGH'S PROTEST.

    Mr. Bradlaugh has addressed a writ ten protest to the House of Commons against the decision of the select committee, which had refused to relieve him ...

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  5. REDUCTION OF DUTY ON WOOL.

    The Congress in the United States have had under consideration a proposal for the reduction of the import duties on wool. After considerable opposition a ...

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  6. FAMINE IN PERSIA.

    The famine in the provinces of Persia —owing to the failure of the late harvest and the oppressive system of government that prevails—is daily ...

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  7. DEFEAT OF SIR W. VERNON HARCOURT.

    Sir William Vernon Harcourt, the Secretary of State for the Home department in Mr. Gladstone's new Administration, has been defeated in the ...

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  8. DEPARTURE OF THE VICEROY OF INDIA.

    The Marquis of Ripon, the new Governor-General of India, has left England for Calcutta, accompanied by Sir Andrew Clarke. ...

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  9. MR. BRADLAUGH AND THE OATH OF ALLEGIANCE.

    The select committee of the House of Commons, appointed to consider the question raised by Mr. Bradlaugh, the member for Northampton, who refused ...

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  10. VISIT OF PRINCE LEOPOLD TO CANADA.

    Prince Leopold has left England for Canada, where he will remain for a time the guest of his Excellency the Governor-General and his sister, the Princess ...

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  11. AMERICAN DUTIES UPON AUSTRALIAN WOOL.

    The representations made by the New York Chamber of Commerce and other commercial bodies in the United States have induced Congress to accept that ...

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  12. DISTURBANCES IN SALONICA.

    Serious riots have occurred in Salonica, an important seaport town situated at the head of the gulf of that name. The disturbances are attributed to the ...

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  13. NEWS BY CABLE.

    The Parliament of Cape Colony was opened on Friday, the 7th inst., by Sir Bartle Frere, the High Commissioner. The speech referred in congratulatory ...

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  14. THE AMERICAN BUDGET.

    The revenue returns of the United States show that the past year has been one of unexampled prosperity. In almost every branch there has been a ...

    Article : 114 words
  15. BOMBARDING A TOWN ON THE AFRICAN COAST.

    Intelligence has been received of three British men-of-war having attacked the town of Batanga, situated on the south-west coast of Africa, in ...

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  16. STRIKES IN LANCASHIRE.

    The strikes amongst the operatives of Blackburn and Oldham, in Lancashire, are assuming serious proportions, and greatly interfere with the state of ...

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  17. THE MISSING SHIP ATALANTA.

    The Channel Squadron, which had been despatched to the Azores in search of H.M.S. Atalanta, a training ship, which had been out on a cruise to the ...

    Article : 88 words
  18. FIRE IN SANTIAGO, CUBA.

    Santiago, formerly the capital of the Island of Cuba, with a population of about 100,000, has been almost completely destroyed by fire, the origin of ...

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  19. FOREST FIRES IN NEW JERSEY.

    There have been several extensive forest fires in the State of New Jersey, United States, extending over many miles of country. Much damage has ...

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  20. FOUNDERING OF A CAPE STEAMER.

    Intelligence has been received that the Union Company's steamship Am-erican, Captain Wait, trading between Plymouth and the Cape of Good Hope, ...

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  21. THE ALBANIANS AND MONTENEGRINS.

    Much disquiet has been occasioned by the state of affairs in Turkey, which it is feared will lead to a re-opening of the Eastern question. The Albanians ...

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  22. THE VICTORIAN AGENT-GENERALSHIP.

    Sir Andrew Clarke, K.C.M.G., C.B., one of the members of the Indian Council to the Governor-General, has been instructed to return to India to resume ...

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  23. FIRE IN BORDEAUX.

    An extensive fire, involving immense loss of property, occurred yesterday in the city of Bordeaux, in Franco. It originated in one of the warehouses ...

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  24. THE ST. GOTHARD TUNNEL.

    Serious apprehensions have been raised as to the stability of the St. Gothard Tunnel, which penetrates the Alps a distance of over nine miles, ...

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  25. THE EMBASSY TO THE PORTE.

    The right hon. G. J. Goschen, M.P., the special ambassador appointed by the new Administration to proceed to Constantinople, to convoy to the Porte the ...

    Article : 111 words
  26. HEALTH OF THE EMPRESS OF RUSSIA.

    The health of the Empress of Russia continues critical, and by latest intelligence very little hope is entertained of her recovery. ...

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  27. ART EXHIBITS FOR MELBOURNE EXHIBITION.

    There is every probability of a splendid collection of fine arts being obtained for the Melbourne Exhibition. Sir Frederic Leighton, president of the ...

    Article : 61 words
  28. EXECUTION OF THE ASSASSIN OF COLONEL COMMERAOFF.

    In deference to the demands of Russia, the extreme penalty of the law was carried into effect to-day upon Veli, who was concerned in the death of ...

    Article : 64 words
  29. VISIT OF PRINCE GEORGE TO AUSTRALIA.

    H.M.S. Bacchante, which conveyed the two oldest sons of H.R.H. the Prince of Wales on a cruise to the Mediterranean and West Indies, and has just returned, ...

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  30. METAL MARKET.

    The tin market is heavy and unsettled. ...

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  31. AFFAIRS IN ROUMELIA.

    The state of affairs in the more remote districts of Roumelia is causing much anxiety. Bands of Bulgarian soldiery have been indulging in the ut[?] ...

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