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  2. The Steamer Gambler Disabled.

    Early this morning Messrs. Howard Smith and Sons received a telegram from Phillip Island, from the first mate of the steamer Gambier, stating that he, with a crew of four ...

    Article : 287 words
  3. Arrival of Dr. O'Doherty,

    So soon as it became known that Dr. O'Doherty, the recently-elected member for Meath in the British House of Commons, would call at Largs Bay on the homeward ...

    Article : 2,700 words
  4. ADELAIDE AND LONDON TELEGRAPH.

    Tenders have been called for a postal mail service between England and Australia to take effect on the termination of the present contract with ...

    Article : 116 words
  5. NEEDLES: Short, Sharp, Shiny.

    Giffen and Jarvis. An escaped lunatie. Circus at Port Adelaide. A brutal lauded oligarchy. ...

    Article : 1,311 words
  6. Federal Council.

    The Federal Council reassembled this morning at 11 o'clock, when the president announced the receipt through the Governor of a reply from the Secretary of State for the ...

    Article : 870 words
  7. Probable New Ministry.

    It is expected that the new Ministry now being formed will include the following:—The Right Hon. H. C. E. Childers, Chancellor of the Exchequer; ...

    Article : 156 words
  8. QUEENSLAND.

    Heavy rains fell last night in the south, intermediate, and western districts, and also along the coast. In the north-west of the colony a splendid rainfall is recorded. ...

    Article : 81 words
  9. BURNED TO DEATH.

    Suspicious of foul play being entertained in the death by burning of a farmer named John Plum, of Wangaratta, the police made searching enquiries, and finally arrested a woman ...

    Article : 47 words
  10. NTORTHERN TERRITORY.

    The Feilung, steamer, arrived yesterday from China, and left at noon to-day with the following passengers: — Mr. Fullwood, for Thursday Island; Messrs. J. D. McDonald ...

    Article : 86 words
  11. IMPROVEMENTS AT ST. PETER'S COLLEGE.

    During the midsummer vacation a number of alterations have been carried out in the internal and external arrangements of St. Peter's Collegiate School, in a manner ...

    Article : 1,298 words
  12. Sir Charles Dilke.

    Among the members of his last Cabinet with whom Mr. Gladstone in his task of forming a new Ministry has been in communication is Sir Charles ...

    Article : 75 words
  13. Wreck of the Brig Norman.

    The Swedish brig Norman, Captain Ohlsen, was wrecked on January 16 on Dungeness Reef, where the Queensland Government schooner Mavis was lately lost. The wreck ...

    Article : 64 words
  14. Sydney Seamen's Grievances.

    A deputation from the Seamen's Union waited on the Treasurer this morning asking him to appoint a commission to enquire into a number of abuses in connection with shipping, ...

    Article : 95 words
  15. The Lord Chancellorship

    It is stated that the Earl of Selbourne will decline if invited to accept again the post of Lord Chancellor of Great Britain, ...

    Article : 29 words
  16. [Reuter's Telegrams,] The Political Crisis.

    It is announced that the Marquis of Hartington, who agreed to accept a seat in Mr. Gladstone's Cabinet, has withdrawn his consent. The Earl of Derby ...

    Article : 54 words
  17. The Australian Team,

    The following is the final selection of the Australian cricketing team to visit England under the auspices of the Melbourne Cricket Club:— ...

    Article : 180 words
  18. Bulgaria and Roumelia.

    M.Isanoff, tlie Bulgarian Minister who is charged by Prince Alexander to negotiate for an absolute union of Bulgaria and Roumelia, has drawn up an ...

    Article : 43 words
  19. Bulgaria and Servia,

    The Great Powers have formally presented to the Bulgarian and Servian Governments a further demand for the demobilisation of the armies of those ...

    Article : 33 words
  20. WHERE IS IT?

    Sir—It is very evident that your correspondent "A. Belcher" has the interests of the colony at large at heart in wishing to see a greater interest taken in the development of ...

    Article : 207 words
  21. SPECIAL SHIPPING TELEGRAM.

    Arrived: From Newcastle—Camba, ship, sailed October 24. From Port Augusta, Oaklands, barque, sailed October4. From Cossack, Chiselhurst, barque, ...

    Article : 96 words
  22. Farewell Address to be Presented to the Bishop of Melbourne.

    A meeting of the laymen of the Church of England was held in the Diocesan Registry this afternoon, when a resolution to the following effect was passed:— "That a committee be ...

    Article : 130 words
  23. The Immense Bush Fires in Victoria.

    A public meeting was held in the Town Hall to-night, the mayor presiding, for the purpose of raising funds towards the assistance of the settlers and their families who were ...

    Article : 150 words
  24. COLONIAL TELEGRAMS.

    The Premier has received a cable from the Agent-General announcing the probability of the million and a half loan realising £105. Tenders for the section of the direct line to ...

    Article : 300 words
  25. WAGES AND THE COST OF LIVING.

    Sir—In your issue of the 23rd instant I had the opportunity of reading a letter signed "A Struggling Farmer," and if what he wrote is the outcome of his mind I must say, as a ...

    Article : 320 words
  26. Horrible Case of Infanticide.

    A horrible child murder was committed oil Saturday at Indoroopilly. A young married woman named Mary Newman was observed setting some bushes on fire in the back yard of ...

    Article : 317 words
  27. The Steamer Venice Overdue.

    Considerable anxiety is felt for the safety of the steamship Venice, which left Hongkong for Sydney on December 28 via Port Darwin. She is now thirty-five days out, and no news ...

    Article : 79 words
  28. Advertising

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    Advertising : 362 words
  29. THE HILLS RAILWAY.

    Sir—I wonder if the Government know of what they have deprived a number of citizens in raising the fares on the hills railway. They have made it more difficult, or perhaps ...

    Article : 293 words
  30. NEW SOUTH WALES.

    The annual meeting of the Mercantile Mutual Insurance Company was held to-day. The profit and loss account showed that £8,234 1s. 4d. was available for disposal, and ...

    Article : 493 words
  31. NEW SOUTH WALES AND QUEENSLAND WESLEYAN CONFERENCE.

    The financial statement of the Tongan district, which was laid before the Wesleyan Con ference to-day, showed a deficiency of £2,000. A subscription-list to defray this amount was ...

    Article : 93 words
  32. Wreck of the Mira Flores.

    The Mira Flores, barque, 500 tons, bound from London to Fremantle, struck on a reef at the northern end of Rotness Island, and has since become a total wreck, but without loss ...

    Article : 71 words
  33. Advertising

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