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  2. ALARMING CASE OF POISONING AT SOUTH MELBOURNE.

    The police at Montague were informed on Thursday by Dr. W. Hall- Owen that on Tuesday night 11 persons living at No. 49 City- road were, after eating some rabbit pie, attacked ...

    Article : 423 words
  3. WRECK OFF CAPE LEUWIN.

    News has been received from Cape Lauwin, West Australia, that the wreck of a vessel washed ashore there yesterday. It is supposed to be the remains of the barque Orange ...

    Article : 141 words
  4. ALLEGED CRIMINAL LIBEL.

    At the City Court on Tuesday morning the prosecution for criminal libel brought by Mr. Leader, P.M., against Ferguson Hendley Tuthill, solicitor, of Ballarat, and formerly ...

    Article : 192 words
  5. RAILWAY EXTENSION.

    The report of the Standing Committee on Railways, in respect to the line from Rupanyup to Marnoo, was on Wednesday presented to the Legislative Assembly. This proposed railway ...

    Article : 497 words
  6. EXTRAORDINARY TRAGEDY IN SYDNEY.

    Evan Prosser, residing at Neutral Bay, to-day attempted to murder his wife, and committed suicide. Shortly after noon Mrs. Prosser heard a shot, and running ...

    Article : 154 words
  7. MILDURA IN MELBOURNE.

    Last year the Mildura Horticultural Society tried the experiment of holding an exhibition of citrus and dried fruits with the object of demonstrating to the public the capabilities of ...

    Article : 515 words
  8. THE TIDAL WAVE IN JAPAN.

    On the 15th June a great earthquake and tidal wave devastated part of Japan. The steamer Guthric, from the East, brought full particulars to-day. The disaster is described as ...

    Article : 461 words
  9. BANK OF NEW ZEALAND INQUIRY.

    The House of Representatives this morning, by 36 votes to 26, carried a resolution that Mr. Watson, president of the Bank of New Zealand, be fined £500 for refusing to answer a ...

    Article : 283 words
  10. HOMICIDAL INSANITY.

    An extraordinary case of homicidal insanity has occurred at Te Aroha. Archie Macket, a young man employed as messenger in the post office, last night enticed Mr. T. E. Clough, the ...

    Article : 125 words
  11. A STRANGE FISH.

    Those travellers whose tales of a sea serpent have been received with incredulity by their friends and the public may take some hope from an incident which has just occurred on the ...

    Article : 206 words
  12. THE POSTAL INQUIRY BOARD.

    In the reckless determination to be honest and in face of the Statute of Limitations, a representative of a firm dealing in telephones quite voluntarily declared on Tuesday to the ...

    Article : 476 words
  13. SUICIDE BY DYNAMITE.

    A young man named John Cranwell, a laborer, residing at Auckland, has committed suicide by exploding a charge of dynamite in his mouth. The charge blew his head ...

    Article : 37 words
  14. DEATH OF THE REV. T. RASTON.

    The death is announced of the Rev. Thos, Raston, a well-known Wesleyan minister, living at Kent Town. He was in his 81st year. He was many years ago a missionary in West ...

    Article : 42 words
  15. THE ALBURY EXHIBITION.

    In September next an art and industrial exhibition will be opened in Albury, and remain open for two months. Recognising that the general drift of the trade with this inland city ...

    Article : 148 words
  16. A GIRL SHOT BY HER MOTHER.

    The careless use of firearms resulted in a girl named White, 16 years of age, being shot by her mother at Pompapiol on Saturday. A " pea " rifle was taken into the house by a child, ...

    Article : 158 words
  17. POISONING ON A QUEENSLAND STATION.

    News has been received at Long Reach, from Strathdarr Station, of two men having been poisoned. One, named Steel, succumbed, and the other, whose name has not been ascertained, ...

    Article : 65 words
  18. THE MILDURA COMMISSION.

    At the meeting of the Commission on Friday Mr. Deakin was under examination, and gave a Iuold and comprehensive account of the circumstances under which the settlement was ...

    Article : 54 words
  19. A NEW EXPLOSIVE.

    A highly successful trial of a recently perfected explosive known by the self-explanatory name of "Life Safe," was made on Tuesday afternoon at Govan's Quarry, Footscray. Mr. ...

    Article : 139 words
  20. SUDDEN DEATH OF A SQUATTER.

    A meeting was held this evening at Orange to discuss the presentation of a testimonial to the retiring police magistrate. At the opening the proceedings, Mr. F. Tieweeke, a well-known ...

    Article : 258 words
  21. CAPTURE OF A SUSPECTED BURGLAR.

    Constable Emmett smartly captured an alleged burglar at Parramatta to-day. For some time past there have been many house robberies in this suburb, and, justly or ...

    Article : 167 words
  22. THE WENDOUREE BOILER FATALITY.

    The inquest on thr bodies of James Sinclair and Arthur Bilsborow, victims of the Wendoureo boiler fatality, was continued this evening. A verdict was returned that deceased died ...

    Article : 90 words
  23. THE PUBLIC HEALTH.

    A report by the Board of Public Health, which was presented to Parliament on Thursday, gives a review of the work performed by that body during the years 1892-95. Special ...

    Article : 294 words
  24. A RETRACTION DEMANDED.

    In the Assembly to-day, Mr. Ro[?]o asked the Premier when he intended to withdraw the "comparison " of prices between Victoria and New South Wales stores recently published by ...

    Article : 217 words
  25. A RATE COLLECTOR'S END.

    The dead body of Mr. Henry Wilson, rate collector at St. Kilda, was found on Sunday morning in the local town hall. Mr. Wilson had been missing from the previous evening, when he ...

    Article : 400 words
  26. A DARING FUGITIVE RECAPTURED.

    There arrived yesterday from New Zealand by the steamer Anglian James Percy Gaffoy, who is under arrest on a charge of horse stealing. Gaff[?]y's history during the past month ...

    Article : 421 words
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