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  2. GENERAL NEWS.

    The Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty have appointed Lieutenant James Gordon Bremer, R.N., commander of H.M.S. Ringdove, first-class gunboat, now lying at the ...

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  3. CABLE MESSAGES. BANKING LOSSES-

    In a paper read at the Imperial Institute last night the Marquis of Lome suggested that for the purpose of minimising the effect of banking losses, consequent; ...

    Article : 65 words
  4. CABLE MESSAGES. PROPRIETARY SHARES.

    Broken Hill Proprietary shares are quoted at 68s. ...

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  5. CABLE MESSAGES. THE WAR W BRAZIL.

    The latest intelligence from Brazil states that a sanguinary battle between the Government and the revolutionary forces has taken place in the vicinity of ...

    Article : 68 words
  6. CABLE MESSAGES. MATABELELAND-

    The Cape Times, the Conservative daily paper at Cape Town, states that the terms of settlement insisted upon by Mr. Rhodes, the Premier, in respect to ...

    Article : 79 words
  7. THE COUNTRY.

    The town council met last night, when the finance report showed a small credit balance. The Grown Lands Department intimated that £275 had been credited to the council for ...

    Article : 145 words
  8. CABLE MESSAGES. RAILWAY ACCIDENT.

    A telegram just received from New York states that two express trains came into collision to-day at Hackensack, a town on the river of the same name, about 12 ...

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  9. THE SHIP ORONSAY.

    The ship Oronsay, 1,569 tons, of London, bound from London to Melbourne, which was reported on December 18 to have put back to repair damage ...

    Article : 48 words
  10. A CHINESE CATASTROPHE.

    A catastrophe attended with great loss of life is reported from China. Service was being held in a crowded temple in the coastal town of Ningpo, in the ...

    Article : 63 words
  11. ITALIAN BANK SCANDALS.

    The hearing of the application for the extradition of Antonio Monzilli, chief of a department in the Italian Ministry of Agriculture, Commerce, and Finance, charged ...

    Article : 222 words
  12. ACCIDENT NEAR THE BURRA.

    A serious accident happened to Mr. T. WWilkinson to-day. He with Dr. Brammitt and several ladies left in two traps on a picnic excursion to the World's End. When ...

    Article : 114 words
  13. AUSTRALIAN BUTTER.

    The butter shipped by the steamer Thermopylae, which left Sydney on November 24 and completed the voyage by way of, Melbourne and Cape Town, ...

    Article : 41 words
  14. SHIPPING.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 117 words
  15. BOOMING QUEENSLAND.

    Mr. M. Hume Black, the Queensland immigration agent, is at present touring in Scotland with the view of promoting the formation of syndicates to ...

    Article : 64 words
  16. KANAKA LABOR TRAFFIC.

    The Rev. J. G. Paton, the well-known missionary, has assured Lord Ripon, Secretary of State for the Colonies, that the kanaka labor contracts involve a ...

    Article : 40 words
  17. BRITISH BROKEN HILL.

    The directors of the British Broken Hill Mining Company are prepared to resign and have arranged to meet the shareholders of the company on ...

    Article : 37 words
  18. A SERIES OF FIRES.

    This morning a fire broke out at Giles Wells, which the residents subdued. Immediately after two other fires broke out at Poondeong, on the Coorong. The residents left the ...

    Article : 191 words
  19. LONDON WOOL SALES.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 30 words
  20. LOSS OF THE TENTERDEN.

    The investigation into the stranding of the steamer Tenterden at MacDonnell Bay was resumed before the Court of Marine Enquiry to-day. ...

    Article : 161 words
  21. WEST AUSTRALIAN MINES.

    The Daily Chronicle in an article to-day warns English investors who may have no knowledge of the West Australian gold mines of the danger of being ...

    Article : 54 words
  22. FRENCH FINANCE.

    M. Burdeau, Minister of Finance in the French Government, has introduced into the Chamber of Deputies a Bill authorising the conversion of 280 millions ...

    Article : 56 words
  23. THE COAL DIFFICULTY.

    An ultimatum was to-day issued by the proprietors of the Stockton colliery, Newcastle district, offering the men a hewing rate of 3s. 2d. per ton, and in the ...

    Article : 115 words
  24. NEW SOUTH WALES POLITICS.

    At the invitation of the Ministers a number of their supporters met to-day on board the Government steamer Thetis and proceeded down the harbor to discuss ...

    Article : 357 words
  25. AFFAIRSAT BROKEN HILL.

    During the year 1893 there were 1,002 births in Broken Hill and 535 deaths. The rainfall totalled 985 in. The imports amounted to £829,349, on which ...

    Article : 426 words
  26. VICTORIAN POLITICS.

    The Speaker has intimated his intention of issuing a writ on Friday for the election of a member for the Eastern Suburbs in place of Mr. Duncan Gillies, ...

    Article : 54 words
  27. AN INFANT DROWNED.

    A sad case of drowning occurred yesterday evening by which she infant child of Mr. Alexander Craig lost its life. The elder children had the child near the ...

    Article : 88 words
  28. INTERCOLONIAL RAILWAY PASSENGER TRAFFIC.

    A return has been prepared for the Railway Commissioners showing the extent and value of the Victorian share of the passenger traffic between this and the ...

    Article : 142 words
  29. AN ILLEGAL OPERATION.

    The detectives were engaged to-day making enquiries into the circumstances attending the death of Elizabeth Lucy Condy in the Women's Hospital. Dr. ...

    Article : 65 words
  30. MISOELLANEOUS.

    A sad [?]ident occurred here on Thursday. Two little boys, Frank Bu[?]e, aged four years, and William Bus[?]e, and six years, got hold of some gun powder and put it in an old ...

    Article : 316 words
  31. THE PYRMONT BRIDGE DAMAGED.

    Great inconvenience is being caused through the steamer Age last night colliding with the Pyrmont bridge. Besides a lot of damage to the railway ...

    Article : 107 words
  32. AN ATTEMPT TO WRECK A TRAIN

    Intelligence has been received by the railway authorities from the stationmaster of Euroa of a dastardly attempt to wreck a train. It appears that during ...

    Article : 85 words
  33. VICTORIAN PORK FOR LONDON.

    The Agricultural Department have decided to send a trial cargo of fresh pork in a frozen state to test the English market on about February 8. Messrs. ...

    Article : 57 words
  34. ROBBERY OF CLOTHING.

    A robbery was committed last night at the premises of the Cellular Clothing Company, George-street, £80 worth of stock being abstracted. ...

    Article : 27 words
  35. A MYSTERIOUS EPIDEMIC.

    A mysterious epidemic has made its appearance at Lake Butoke Common, near Donald, resulting in a number of horses becoming paralysed and dying ...

    Article : 88 words
  36. CULTIVATION IN NEW SOUTH WALES.

    The Government statistican has had a return prepared showing the quantity of land under cultivation in 1892-3 and the estimated area under cultivation in 1893-4. ...

    Article : 94 words
  37. PROPOSED NEW BRIDGE AT ALBURY.

    The New South Wales Government has drawn the attention of the Victorian Board of Works to the unsafe condition of the bridge over the Murray at Albury, ...

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  38. DEATH. OF MR. G. MILNER STEPHEN. I

    The death was announced to-day of Mr. George Milner Stephen, an old Australian identity, at the age of 82. In the early days the deceased held ...

    Article : 296 words
  39. GAS EMPLOYES UNION.

    The fortnightly meeting of the South Australia Gas Company's Employer' Association was held at the Governor Hindmarsh Hotel, Bowden, on Tuesday evening. There was at ...

    Article : 254 words
  40. A THEATRICAL MANAGER IN TROUBLE.

    At the Carlton Court to-day Mr. F. M. Clark, the well-known theatrical manager, was sued by Miss Hilda Briscoe, a variety artiste, for the ...

    Article : 103 words
  41. THE SOLOMON ISLANDS.

    H.M. surveying ship Penguin arrived to-day from a surveying cruise amongst the Solomon Islands, where the British flag was recently hoisted. A survey was ...

    Article : 76 words
  42. VICTORIAN WINE INDUSTRY.

    Cabinet has decided to grant £1 for every £1 subscribed for establishing wineries to the extent of £2,000. ...

    Article : 27 words
  43. THE CITY BANK.

    The report and balance-sheet presented at the half-yearly meeting of the City Bank to-day showed that the net profit, after deducting all charges and providing ...

    Article : 125 words
  44. THE SUICIDE EPIDEMIC.

    Daniel Seymour, aged 27, was found dead in his bed at Kiama to-day with his throat cut and a razor by his side. It is supposed that he became despondent ...

    Article : 88 words
  45. WEST AUSTRALIAN POPULATION

    The vital statistics of the colony for the quarter ending December have been published. They show that the population of the colony at the end of the year was ...

    Article : 55 words
  46. NEW ZEALAND FACTORIES ACT.

    During the hearing of a charge against a Wellington tailor under the Factories Act to-day, the magistrates decided that pieceworkers were exempted from the ...

    Article : 46 words
  47. AQUATICS.

    The first races for the Electric Cup recently presented to the Norwood Rowing Club by Mr. E. M. Grant, manager of she Brush Electric Company, will be held on the Torrens ...

    Article : 159 words
  48. QUEENSLAND MEAT EXPORT CO.

    The third annual report of the Queensland Meat Export Company is satisfactory. The last annual meeting showed a loss of £11,915, since when the ...

    Article : 105 words
  49. WEST AUSTRALIAN GOLDFIELDS.

    The latest news from Coolgardie states that the township is practically deserted, the recent rains having induced the miners to leave for Siberia, White ...

    Article : 125 words
  50. A LADY MAYOR.

    Mrs. Elizabeth Yates has been sworn in a justice of the peace by virtue of her office as Mayor of Onehunga, ...

    Article : 33 words
  51. MESSRS. W. McARTHUR & CO.

    It is stated that Messrs. W. McArthur and Co. have instructed their Auckland agents to realise their interest in the colony, it being the firm's intention to ...

    Article : 42 words
  52. Advertising

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