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  2. OUR ANGLO-COLONIAL LETTER.

    The Rev. G. E. Rowe is now in town again, and stopping with his relative, Mr. Passmore Edwards, the proprietor of the Echo newspaper and an eminent ...

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  3. CABLE MESSAGES. THE THIRSK DISASTER.

    The inquest on the victims of the recent railway accident at Thirsk, Yorkshire, closed yesterday, when the jury found the signalman guilty of ...

    Article : 108 words
  4. CABLE MESSAGES. THE PANAMA CANAL.

    The pending prosecution of the directors of the Panama Canal Company is the principal theme of comment in the Paris papers, and the most startling ...

    Article : 141 words
  5. CABLE MESSAGES. THE LABOR QUESTION.

    Mr. Sydney Webb, the well-known Socialist, appeared as a witness before the Labor Commission yesterday, and in reference to the eight hours question ...

    Article : 148 words
  6. CABLE MESSAGES. THE MERCANTILE BANK.

    The committee acting for the London depositors in the Mercantile Bank of Austrialia have refused to circulate the pamphlet in which Sir Matthew Davies ...

    Article : 83 words
  7. The Advertiser MONDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1892.

    THERE has been a curious change of late years in the popular view of the influence of comets on mundane events. Instead of being regarded with affright they are ...

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  8. CABLE MESSAGES. ANARCHISM IN FRANCE.

    Several of the leading banking institutions in Paris have been threatened with destruction by members of the Anarchist party, and in order to obtain exemption ...

    Article : 54 words
  9. M. TOUBETS BILL CARRIED.

    The French Government have triumphed on the Newspaper Press Bill, investing them with more stringent powers for the suppression of the Anarchist movement. ...

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  10. QUEENSLAND CABLE RATES.

    Mr. Moberly Bell, manager of the Times has decided to exclude all Queens land telegrams from its columns owing to the refusal of the Government of that ...

    Article : 82 words
  11. THE KING OF PORTUGAL.

    A daring attempt was made yesterday to assassinate King Carlos of Portugal and his wife by exploding an infernal machine in the precincts of Count ...

    Article : 57 words
  12. MR. FRANCIS SCHNADHORST.

    Mr. Francis Schnadhorst, honorary secretary to the Liberal Central Association and the introducer of the caucus system into England, is about to sail for ...

    Article : 52 words
  13. M. FLOQUET'S DENIAL.

    M. Floquet, speaking yesterday in the Chamber of Deputies, emphatically denied having while Premier extorted blackmail from the directors of the Panama ...

    Article : 75 words
  14. AN AMERICAN TORNADO.

    The village of Washington, in Arkansas, has been destroyed by a tornado, with the result that many lives were lost. ...

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  15. WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

    The Economist, in an article on Western Australia, and its development, remarks that attempts are being made to force its growth in an unnatural manner and that ...

    Article : 69 words
  16. MR. FRANCIS ADAMS'S WORK.

    The National Observer in reviewing Mr. Francis Adams's novel "The Melbournians" speaks of it as "three hundred pages of splenetic illiteracy, libelling the ...

    Article : 38 words
  17. W. PERRY & CO.

    The creditors of Messrs. William Perry and Co., of Sydney, who failed last February, their liabilities being stated at £129,000, have accepted a composition of ...

    Article : 52 words
  18. BISHOP SELWYN.

    The Right Rev. Dr. Selwyn. bishop of Melanesia, has been appointed an honorary chaplain to the Queen. ...

    Article : 24 words
  19. THE COMET.

    The new comet which has appeared in the constellation of Andromeda is identified by Professor Berberech, a Berlin astronomer, with the comet discovered by ...

    Article : 143 words
  20. LYNCHING IN RUSSIA.

    Some inhabitants of the small town of Luovski, in Russia, having been roused to fury by the depredations of a gang of horscstealers, made a raid on the band ...

    Article : 71 words
  21. MR. CHAMBERS'S NEW COMEDY.

    Mr. Haddon Chambers's new comedy "The Old Lady," has met with an adverse reception from the press, the critics generally pronouncing it a mediocre ...

    Article : 35 words
  22. MOSSIMAN G.M. CO.

    At a meeting of shareholders in the Mossiman Gold Mining Company held yesterday Mr. George Lopkins, who presided, stated that the directors were ...

    Article : 57 words
  23. ANOTHER RUSSIAN FAMINE.

    Count Tolstoi, the eminent Russian novelist, who has written extensively on the late famine, foresees another similar and still more terrible calamity. The ...

    Article : 49 words
  24. NEW COPPER MININGCOMPANY.

    The prospectus of the Victoria and West Australian Copper Mining Company, with a capital of £120,000, has been issued. ...

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  25. SEARLE CHALLENGE CUP.

    Charley Stephens, of New Zealand, has issued a challenge to Bubear, the wellknown American oarsman, to row him for the Searle Cup, the scene of the contest ...

    Article : 51 words
  26. VICTORIA.

    The Metropolitan Bank, Limited (in liquidation), and the Metropolitan Permanent Building Society announce that a first dividend of 2s. in the pound will ...

    Article : 47 words
  27. IRISH REVOLUCTIONARY SOCIETY.

    An Irish revolutionary society has been formed in America for the purpose of superseding the Clan-na-Gacl. The most prominent members of the latter body ...

    Article : 39 words
  28. A VICTORIAN CONSOLIDATED PROPERTY COMPANY.

    Mr. Harwell, representative of the British creditors of the English and Australian Mortgage Company, has addressed a letter to the Associated Banks ...

    Article : 176 words
  29. BELGIAN POLITICS.

    The report of the committee appointed by the Belgian Chamber of Deputies to consider the question of the revision of the constitution, in which the proposal for ...

    Article : 80 words
  30. ANGLO-AUSTRALIAN BANK.

    Sydney G. Allwright was arrested at Hamilton on Saturday on a provisional warrant, charging him with being concerned in the issue of false balance-sheets ...

    Article : 68 words
  31. AN M.P. UNSEATED.

    The Court of Disputed Returns has unseated Mr. Frank James, Conservative member for Wallsall, on a petition charging him with bribery. ...

    Article : 80 words
  32. JUSTICE IN RUSSIA.

    A St. Petersburg telegram reports that M. Manasscin is resigning his office as Minister of Justice in Russia, consequent on a proposal having been made, with the ...

    Article : 47 words
  33. SUDDEN DEATH AT PORT DARWIN.

    Quite a gloom has been thrown over the town by the melancholy sudden death of Master Fred Harwood, the eldest son of Mr. Thomas Harwood, a ...

    Article : 151 words
  34. THE SILVER MARKET.

    The price of silver is 38¾d. an oz. ...

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  35. DR. CLUTTERBUCK.

    The Rev. Dr. J. C. Clutterbuck, a clergyman of the Church of England, who 12 months ago to a day or two was sentenced to four years' penal servitude on ...

    Article : 246 words
  36. COMMERCIAL.

    The total quantity of wheat afloat for the United Kingdom is 2,181,000 qrs., being 68,000 more than last week. The market is firm and steady; extra ...

    Article : 97 words
  37. THE WOOL MARKET.

    The wool market is characterised by a cheerful tone, and prospects are brighter. ...

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  38. VICTORIAN RIFLE ASSOCIATION.

    The rifle matches were concluded yesterday, the United Service Match being won by the rifle clubs with 627, the infantry being next with 612 points. ...

    Article : 144 words
  39. BROKEN HILL AFFAIRS.

    This morning another difficulty arose between Messrs. Loxton & Bullock, the contractors for the underground work at Block 14, and the men employed under ...

    Article : 420 words
  40. THE WEATHER IN MELBOURNE.

    Saturday was the hottest day that has been experienced this year. The government Astronomer, Mr. Ellery, says up to the present this month is the hottest ...

    Article : 72 words
  41. THE CUTTER CONSTANTINE.

    The steamer Rockton, which arrived from the islands on Saturday, brings further particulars of the massacre perpetrated in the New Hebrides on board the ...

    Article : 277 words
  42. BABY-FARMING IN SYDNEY.

    The police engaged in overturning the yards of houses occupied by the Makin family did not work yesterday, but digging will be continued on Monday. ...

    Article : 36 words
  43. THE CENTRAL BROKEN HILL MINE.

    Sir—As your telegraphic report of the meeting held yesterday is not quite correct and will be confusing to shareholders perhaps you will allow me to state the true position. When ...

    Article : 178 words
  44. KANAKAS FOR QUEENSLAND.

    The recruiting vessel Helena arrived at Bundaberg on Friday with 90 recruits, 42 of whom have been in Queensland before. ...

    Article : 26 words
  45. A YOUNG ROGUE.

    When Mr. Guilfoyle, the curator of the Botanical Gardens, was out of the colony some time ago on leave he engaged a little Hindoo boy and brought him ...

    Article : 191 words
  46. DESTRUCTION OF BABBITS.

    The purchasers of the patent of Mr. Joseph Bateman for nitre cartridges, said to have a deadly effect upon rabbits, have held successful trials of the cartridges, ...

    Article : 67 words
  47. NEW ORIENTAL BANK CORPORATION.

    The liquidator of the New Oriental Bank Corporation acquaints the creditors that having regard to the wide ramification of the bank's operations he is ...

    Article : 124 words
  48. LAKE WENDOUREE TRAGEDY.

    Mrs. Harding, the victim of the Lake Wendouree tragedy, died in the hospital last night. She had been delirious several days owing to inflammation of ...

    Article : 59 words
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