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  2. Commercial Bank Lottery.

    There was much excitement in the city on Wednesday as the result of the issue of the prospectus for the formation of a company to purchase the assets of the ...

    Article : 877 words
  3. THE DARLING FLOODS.

    Large numbers of men are being dispatched by the commissioners to repair the railway washaways at Bonrke. As the floods go down the damage Is being ...

    Article : 49 words
  4. AUSTRALIAN DEFENCES.

    The Select Committee on the West Australian Constitution Bill sat again today, and took further evidence regarding the defence of King George's Sound. ...

    Article : 92 words
  5. THE EIGHT HOURS QUESTION.

    Among the speakers at the Hyde Park meetings on Sunday in favor of the eight hours system will be Mr. John Barns and Mr. Michael Davitt. They propose to ...

    Article : 109 words
  6. SPORTING IN ENGLAND,

    The London newspapers express surprise at Kirkham running so well in the Hastings Plate, and speak in more hopeful terms of Narellan's chances in the Two ...

    Article : 89 words
  7. A Charge of Perjury.

    A charge of perjury preferred against Wm. Pilley, junior, ex-councillor of the NorthWard of the city of Fitzroy, was heard by Mr. Nicholson, P.M., and a bench of ...

    Article : 1,384 words
  8. RIVER RISING AT WILCANNIA.

    At Wilcannia the Darling is rising at the rate of 1 inch in 24 hours, Bourke wires that great distress exists along the Culgoa, where a number of ...

    Article : 91 words
  9. RUSSIA AND FINLAND.

    In connection with the Czar's contemplated visit to Finland in May the Russian papers are urging the forfeiture of the privileges granted to Finland under its ...

    Article : 82 words
  10. FRANCE AND DAHOMEY.

    To avenge the late disaster to the French arms sustained In the attack upon the Dahomeyan garrison the French gunboats have shelled the town of Whydah, ...

    Article : 48 words
  11. THE MONEY SEIZED.

    The amount of money seized by Inspector Sullivan from Mr. Gardner's office was £36410s.; while from Mr. Gerald Jay's office Inspector Shaw removed £141 in cash, the total sum ...

    Article : 70 words
  12. WHAT FRANCE IS DOING.

    The French Socialists are organising with great energy the International manifestation which takes place to-morrow. They have secured the co operation ...

    Article : 143 words
  13. PARLIAMENT TO THE RESCUE.

    In the Assembly to-night Mr. Thomas Waddell, M.L.A. for Bourke, gave notice of a motion asking the Government to grant £20,000 for the erection of a ...

    Article : 38 words
  14. THE VENUE TO BE CHANGED.

    It is understood that the promoters of the Assets Company have decided to transfer the centre of operations to Broken Hill or Sydney, where applications for shares will be received ...

    Article : 40 words
  15. GENERAL BOULANGER,

    Owing to the threatened arrest of the whole of the Boulangist leaders in Paris, and the intention of the anthorities to indict them for sedition, most of them have ...

    Article : 84 words
  16. MELBOURNE ADVERTISEMENTS WITHDRAWN.

    The Melbourne brokers for the Commercial Bank Assets Realisation Company have received a large number of applications, The advertisements had to be withdrawn from the ...

    Article : 50 words
  17. COLONIAL TELEGRAMS.

    The schedule of Jas. Mirams, exM.L.A., has been filed. The liabilities ar set down at £373,485, and the assets at £370,156, leaving a deficiency of £3,328. ...

    Article : 188 words
  18. LORD R. CHURCHILL'S LIQUOR BILL.

    In the House of Commons yesterday Lord Randolph Churchill introduced his Licebsing Bill, the particular of which have been a subject of ...

    Article : 204 words
  19. COMMERCIAL BANK CALL.

    The liquidators of the Commercial Bank inform us that they held a meeting yesterday moraine to agree upon an affidavit to the court recommending that a call of £2 per ...

    Article : 146 words
  20. GERMAN STRIKES AND RIOTS.

    Working men in Berlin and other centres in Germany instigated, it is said, by Socialists, are exhibiting a firm determination not to be baulked of their ...

    Article : 144 words
  21. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    The Ceylon authorities are advertising a loan of £450,000, bearing interest at 3 per cent. The minimum has been fixed at £93. ...

    Article : 36 words
  22. HENRY GEORGE AT PORT PIRIE.

    Mr. Henry George lectured to a good audience to night, the mayor (Mr. Simpson) being in the chair. The subject of the lecture was "The Land Question," and amongst those ...

    Article : 80 words
  23. Share "Speckers."

    The question of how to deal with "speakers" of shares came in for discussion at the first meeting of the Stock Exchange of Adelaide on Wednesday morning. Owing to the heavy ...

    Article : 152 words
  24. NEW SOUTH WALES.

    A butcher earned Grant was killed through jumping off a train in motion at croydon last night. A woman named Millie Brooks, aged 77 ...

    Article : 67 words
  25. BISHOPS TO MEDIATE.

    The Pope has written to the Archbishop of Cologne, exhorting him to instruct the bishops in Germany to mediate between employers and employed whenever a ...

    Article : 33 words
  26. The Tanners' and Carriers' Strike.

    On Wednesday morning a meeting of the tanners and carriers on strike was held at the Joiners' Arms, Hind marsh. There eras a good attendance, and the president (Mr. F. ...

    Article : 394 words
  27. CHINA AND AUSTRALIA.

    Sir Halliday Macartney, British Secretary to the Chinese Embassy in London, has been Interviewed as to the progress of the negotiations between the British ...

    Article : 126 words
  28. PREPARATIONS IN SPAIN.

    In view of probable disturbances on Thursday the soldiers in Madrid and other cities are being kept in barracks ready for instant service. ...

    Article : 29 words
  29. NEW ZEALAND.

    The Bank of New Zealand shares have advanced, sales being made to-day of old at £6 and new at £5 4s. The New Zealand Grand Masonic Lodge ...

    Article : 78 words
  30. SIX HUNDRED FUND.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 119 words
  31. MELBOURNE CONGRATULATIONS.

    The Eight Hours committee have decided to cable to England congratulating the labor organisations on the vigor of the movement in favor of the eight hours ...

    Article : 35 words
  32. THE IRISH QUESTION.

    The debate on the Irish Land Purchase Bill has been adjourned on the motion of Mr. A. J. Balfour, Chief Secretary for Ireland, who introduced the measure. ...

    Article : 45 words
  33. THE RAID ON THE OFFICES.

    On Wednesday morning, not withstanding the well-known fact that the police proposed to put the lottery down, a large number of people anxious to invest in the company ...

    Article : 550 words
  34. The Quirindi Mystery.

    In connection with the discovery of a white woman's body in the garden of a Chinaman at Quirindi an inquest was commenced to-day. The body was ...

    Article : 95 words
  35. ENGLAND TURKEY, AND EGYPT.

    To the diplomatic note lately presented to Lord Salisbury by the Turkish Ambassador in London requesting the naming of a day for the evacuation of Egypt, the ...

    Article : 73 words
  36. THE AUSTRALIAN ELEVEN.

    The newspaper critics write eulogistically of the appearance of the Australian Eleven as shown in practice, all departments of the game being strongly ...

    Article : 43 words
  37. BOURKE FLOOD FOND.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 690 words
  38. The Sydney Domain Murder.

    The inquest in connection with the murder of the man Dennis Connelly in the Domain was resumed to-day. Jas. Stewart, the keeper of the restaurant ...

    Article : 125 words
  39. ALSACE-LORRAINE.

    Arrangements are in progress between the French and German Governments for the abolition of the German passport system, which Imposes disabilities on the ingress ...

    Article : 562 words
  40. THE RAILWAY STRIKE IN DUBLN,

    Archbishop Walsh, of Dublin, who has offered his services as mediator between the strikers on the Great Southern and Western Railway in Ireland and the ...

    Article : 115 words
  41. THIS DAY.

    There is no change in connection with the Tanners' and Carriers' strike, and there is nothing to indicate that a settlement of the dispute with regard to the vexed question of ...

    Article : 301 words
  42. New South Wales Parliament

    The Legislative Council sat for only a short time to-day. Sir Alfred Stephen brought in a Bill to amend and extend the law of divorce, and it was read a first ...

    Article : 235 words
  43. SPECIFIC FOR GRASSHOPPERS.

    A correspondent writes: — "On returning home a few days ago after an absence of some weeks I found my garden and everything in it alive with locusts, which had eaten all ...

    Article : 425 words
  44. LORD HAMMOND DEAD.

    The death is announced of Lord Hammond who, when Permanent UnderSecretary for Foreign Affairs, made to Lord Granville, on the eve of the French ...

    Article : 96 words
  45. Meeting at Hindmarsh.

    On Thursday morning a meeting of the men on strike was held at the Joiners' Arms Hotel, Hindmarsh. There was a good attendance, and in the absence of the president the ...

    Article : 310 words
  46. THE PROCEEDINGS IN COURT.

    At about 5 o'clock the defendants appeared st the court before Mr. S. Beddome, P. M. The Crown Solicitor (Mr. J. M. Stuart) acted on behalf of the Crown, while Sir John Bray ...

    Article : 421 words
  47. BATHURST RAILWAY ACCIDENT.

    The enquiry into the Bathurst railway accident was concluded to-day. The jury found that the accident was caused by a part of the train breaking away ...

    Article : 131 words
  48. Defalcations at Launceston.

    Herbert A. Nires, employed at Launceston by Mr. W. A. Webb, of Richmond (14 miles north east of Hobart), has bean committed for trial for embezzling certain ...

    Article : 88 words
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