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  2. GENERAL NEWS.

    The Advertiser this morning consists of ten pages. The serious business of the Legislature Council commenced on Wednesday, when Mr. ...

    Article : 2,562 words
  3. PRIVATE MEMBERS' DAY.

    Twelve desolate-looking strangers sat in benches behind the Assembly clock, but the Speaker's gallery was absolutely deserted. when the Speaker took the chair on Wed- ...

    Article : 3,425 words
  4. CABLE MESSAGES. THE BRITISH NAVY.

    In its issue to-day the St. James's Gazette \ states that the British Government are about to spend £8,000,000 in building and equipping six additional ship for the ...

    Article : 228 words
  5. CABLE MESSAGES. A NOTORIOUS MURDER.

    The trial of Monson for the alleged murder of Lieutenant Hamborough has been opened, and evidence given to show that it is unlikely that the death ...

    Article : 71 words
  6. CABLE MESSAGES AUSTRALIAN ZOLLVERELN.

    Sir Julius Vogel, in a paper to be read in the Imperial Institute to-morrow, raises a strong doubt whether New Zealand will federate with Australia in a ...

    Article : 63 words
  7. CABLE MESSAGES. ANARCHISM.

    The British House of Lords has passed a vote of condolence with the French Parliament in respect to the recent outrage in the Chamber of Deputies. ...

    Article : 75 words
  8. RESIGNATION OF THE SURVEYOR GENERAL.

    Mr. George Woodroffe Goyder, the SurveyorGeneral, on Wednesday placed his resignation in the hands of the Government, after having spent 42 years in the public service. He has ...

    Article : 710 words
  9. LONDON TABLE TALK.

    The so-called exposure of the Harness electropathic swindle is the sensation of the hour and has boomed the Pall Mall Gazette more successfully than anything the present ...

    Article : 3,079 words
  10. P. & O. COMPANY.

    At a meeting of the Peninsular and Oriental Steamship Company to-day the directors' report stated that the Australian trade was very unsatisfactory, but ...

    Article : 43 words
  11. SERIOUS NEGLIGENCE.

    An inquest was held to-day upon the body of John Leslie, who cut his throat in the South Melbourne lockup on Friday last. ...

    Article : 272 words
  12. FRENCH PRESS BILL.

    The French Senate has approved of the Bill passed by the Chamber of Deputies for increasing the existing penalties for the publication by newspapers of seditious ...

    Article : 72 words
  13. TONGAN POLITICS.

    The steamer Upolu, from Tonga, reports that the young King has made a complete change in the Government. He issued a proclamation announcing the ...

    Article : 196 words
  14. A NOVEL PROPOSAL.

    A French chemist has made a curious proposal to the Government. He has offered to prepare grenades of carbonate of arsenic to be discharged by the police ...

    Article : 74 words
  15. AUSTRALIAN FLAGSHIP.

    The Lords of the Admiralty have officially denied the statement published in the Observer that they intend to ...

    Article : 52 words
  16. A MUNICIPAL CASE.

    An action of extraordinary interest was heard in the Police Court to-day, Albert Evans Martin, the Mayor of Broken Hill, being sued by Robert Bambrick, a rate- ...

    Article : 382 words
  17. CARRIAGE OF RACEHORSES IN VICTORIA.

    A large deputation of racehorse-trainers and others interested in racing waited upon the Railway Commissioners to-day and urged the department to reduce the ...

    Article : 127 words
  18. COMMERCIAL.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 72 words
  19. AUSTRALIAN FEDERATION.

    A conference under the auspices of the A.N.A. was held this evening for the purpose of discussing the question of federation. Mr. Deakin, M.L.A., ...

    Article : 201 words
  20. THE "AGE" LIBEL ACTION.

    Mr. Purves continued his address to the jury in the Speight v. the Age libel action to-day. The charge of "inefficiency" was first taken in hand. The word, as the counsel applied it, meant ...

    Article : 521 words
  21. NATIONAL MUTUAL LIFE ASSOCIATION.

    At the annual meeting of the National Mutual Life Association to-day the report showed that the funds had been increased during the year by £113,699, raising the ...

    Article : 69 words
  22. WEST AUSTRALIAN POLITICS.

    The Government has decided to call Parliament together for a short session to pass an enabling Bill legalising the electoral machinery and amending the Con- ...

    Article : 87 words
  23. THE ARCADIA AT ALBANY.

    The R.M.S. Arcadia, Captain Andrews, arrived from Colombo at 7 o'clock this evening and sailed for Adelaide at 11 o'clock. The passengers in the saloon ...

    Article : 215 words
  24. A ROBBERY OF CHOICE SILKS.

    Mr. Cecil Hordern's drapery establishment in George-street was last night visited by burglars, who got clear away with £100 worth of choice silks which ...

    Article : 86 words
  25. SMOKING AT RAILWAY STATIONS.

    The Minister of Railways to-day promised a large deputation from the Women's Christian Temperance Union ...

    Article : 35 words
  26. THE NEW AUSTRALIANS.

    The steamer Buninyong which left for Adelaide to-night took the chief portion of the New South Wales and Queensland contingents of the New Australians, who ...

    Article : 137 words
  27. ACTION AGAINST THE "SUNDAY TIMES."

    The libel action H. Corn versus M. R. Evans was concluded to-day, a verdict being given for the plaintiff for £250. ...

    Article : 33 words
  28. INJURED BY A TRAIN.

    An action was concluded in the Jury Court to-day, in which Sarah Hosier, a widow, aged 62, recovered compensation to the extent of £475 from the Railway ...

    Article : 54 words
  29. QUEENSLAND FROZEN MEAT.

    The Graziers Butchering Company have decided to open an establishment in a prominent part of London for the purpose of selling chilled meat sent direct to ...

    Article : 66 words
  30. DEATH OF FATHER McMAHON.

    The Catholic Church in South Australia has sustained a Severe loss through the death of the Rev. John Bernard McMahon, who died at the Palace, West-terrace, on Tuesday night ...

    Article : 498 words
  31. CHARGE OF KILLING A BLACKBOY.

    An inquest was held last week at Hergott on the body of the blackboy, who died on November 16 near Lake Hope, about 200 miles from Farina, and for causing whose death James Douglas Tolmar, a son ...

    Article : 231 words
  32. INQUEST ON AH CHOY.

    The inquest was concluded to-day on the body of the Chinaman Ah Choy, who recently died from injuries received by jumping from the western mail train after ...

    Article : 65 words
  33. NEW SOUTH WALES POLITICS.

    Another Cabinet meeting was held today, but it is understood that the question of filling the vacant portfolios was not considered. The administration of the ...

    Article : 42 words
  34. A QUARREL AT SCHOOL.

    Tasman Archer, aged 7, shot Russell Sutcliffe, aged 8 years, a son of a constable of Launceston, this afternoon. They went to the same school, and had a ...

    Article : 84 words
  35. A SYDNEY LADY DOCTOR.

    A departure has been made in connection with the Benevolent Asylum, Dr. Grace Robinson having been appointed to the charge of the lying-in ward. This is the ...

    Article : 66 words
  36. QUEENSLAND POLITICS.

    It is rumored that steps are being taken to induce Sir Charles Lilley to again contest a seat in Parliament. Mr. Jackson, ...

    Article : 38 words
  37. A SERIOUS CHARGE.

    The hearing of the charge against Maurice Flynn, the warder at the Kew Asylum, for an alleged offence upon Miss Kerr, a warder at the same institution. ...

    Article : 56 words
  38. TASMANIAN TRAIN WRECKING CASE.

    The trial of Briggs, who is charged with wrecking the express train at Horseshoe Valley, was commenced at the Hobart Criminal Court yesterday, and ...

    Article : 53 words
  39. MENINDIE AND BROKEN HILL RAILWAY.

    The work of constructing the projected railway between Menindie and Broken Hill was commenced at the Menindie end yesterday. ...

    Article : 32 words
  40. WEST AUSTRALIAN GOLDFEILDS.

    News received from Geraldton states that the Star of the East mine has returned a satisfactory crushing, the results ...

    Article : 104 words
  41. TASMANIAN POLITICS.

    The nominations for the House of Assembly number 54 for 26 seats. The Attorney-General, the Treasurer, Sir E. N. C. Braddon, Messrs. J. G. Davics, J. ...

    Article : 51 words
  42. Advertising

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    Advertising : 487 words
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