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  2. INTERCOLONIAL CRICKET.

    The match between South Australia and Victoria was continued on the Melbourne Cricket Ground on Saturday, when the weather was again fine but very hot. The ...

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  3. CABLE MESSAGES. AUSTRALIAN PRODUCE.

    The Australian butter dispatched by the Kaikoura averaged 98s. per cwt, and the cheese by the same vessel 965. per cwt. The Shiels-Thermostat syndicate are fitting ...

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  4. CABLE MESSAGES. ENGLAND AND ITALY.

    The entente established between Great Britain and Italy in Egypt and elsewhere is greatly alarming France, which is watching closely the action of her rivals in Africa. It ...

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  5. CABLE MESSAGES. THE COREAN WAR.

    A report, believed to be inspired, is current in St. Petersburg to the effect that Russia, desiring to bring the Corean war to a close, has agreed to intervene, in conjunction with ...

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  6. CABLE MESSAGES. THE SILVER QUESTION.

    The Beslin Reichstag have adopted a resolution in favor of convening a conference of the Powers with a view to the reinstatement of silver in its former place in the currency. ...

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  7. THE BICYCLE SPORTS.

    About 2,500 persons visited the Adelaid Oval on Saturday afternoon to vitness the first series of races in connection with a ...

    Article : 296 words
  8. CABLE MESSAGES. BRITISH POLITICS.

    Mr. Joseph Chamberlain, in moving his no-confidence motion, doubted whether a general election would result in a large majority in favor of autonomy for Ireland. ...

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  9. NICARAGUAN CANAL.

    Mr. Mallory, chairman of the Nicaraguan Canal Committee of the Washington House of Representatives, states that the United States will not permit an international control of the ...

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  10. WATERTIGHT BULKHEADS

    Mr. James Bryce, President of the Board of Trade, in reply to a question in the House of Commons to-day, stated that the Government had no power to compel shipowners to provide ...

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  11. MADAGASCAR.

    Lord Kimberley, Secretary for Foreign Affairs, has notified to M. Hanotaux, the French Foreign Minister, that in view of the omission of France to formally declare war ...

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  12. THE WEATHER IN ENGLAND.

    The intense cold is London stall continues. The Thames, in the vicinity of the West India docks, is frozen over, and several Australian steamers are embedded in ice. ...

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  13. FIRES.

    A large fire occurred in the hills above Magill on Saturday, and a considerable amount of pasture and valuable timer was demolished by the flames. A quantity of ...

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  14. AGENCY, L., AND F. CO.

    The shareholders of the Agency, Land, and Finance Company of Australia have empowered the board to issue debentures and stock to replace the terminable debentures. ...

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  15. AUSTRALIAN BUTTER.

    Mesas. Weddell & Co. state that decreasing exports prove that Canada will not be able to compete with the Australian butter trade in London. ...

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  16. AUSTRALIAN MINES.

    Of the capita], amounting to £85,000, of the Tamworth Gold Mining Company, New South Wales, £55,000 has been offered. ...

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  17. SCULLING CHAMPIONSHIP.

    In the sculling match for the championship, which took place on the Tyne to-day, Harding defeated Sullivan by five lengths. ...

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  18. A NEW OPPOSITION LEADER.

    A writer in the Kapunda Herald states that "the other day some of the Opposition magnates sought influential advice and they were warmly counselled to secure the assistance of ...

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  19. CRICKET.

    The Morning Post, the Evening Globe, and other London journals, referring to the rumored offer made to Iredale, the Sydney cricketer, to join the Surrey team, disapprove of the pro' ...

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  20. TROUBLE IN JAVA.

    The Dutch authorities have discovered a plot among the natives of the Jambea district, Java, to massacre all the Europeans and Chinese. Fifty persons have been arrested. ...

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  21. COMMERCIAL.

    The total quantity of wheat afloat for the United Kingdom is 3,062,000 qrs., being 175,000 qrs. less than a week ago. The market is firm and steady. Best Australian wheat ex ...

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  22. THE REV. PRIOR VAUGHAN.

    The Very Rev. Prior Vaughan, the organiser of the Great Abbey and College of St. Augustus in Sootland, who was recently selected by the High Ecolestiastical authority ...

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  23. A NOVEL CLAIM.

    A curious case was heard on Saturday. Mr. Lockett, an advertising agent; sued Mr. John Manning, formerly of Sydney, for the recovery of £400 as a reward for having supplied him ...

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  24. RUSSIAN PRODUCTS.

    The acting-Russian consul states that a syndicate of Russian merchants is filling up a vessel as a floating exhibition of the various products of that country intended for sale in ...

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  25. VICTORIAN EXPORT TRADE.

    The Premier thinks that something should be done immediately for making proper provision for the export of perishable produce. The Minister of Agriculture has returned from ...

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  26. GOLDFIELDS OF THE WEST.

    At Menzies the town site has been selected, and is being rapidly covered with buildings. The news from the mines is very satisfactory. The alluvial workers are doing remarkably ...

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  27. SIR ROBERT DUFF AT HOBART.

    Sir Robert Duff, who after attending a Masonic gathering complained of pains in the stomach, has been confined to his bed at Government House. Dr. Bright states that ...

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  28. CARELESSNESS WITH MATCHES.

    The danger of throwing matches about the floor of a. house was strikingly examplified on Thursday, when Mrs. Smeaton, wife of the He[?]e of the Central Hotel, Sturt-street ...

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  29. INTERCOLONIAL ITEMS.

    The board appointed to enquire into the accident to Gunner Richardson at the recent military tattoo report that it was largely the result of rivalry on the part of different ...

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  30. INTERNATIONAL CRICKET.

    The match between Mr. A. E. Stoddart's Eleven and the Combined New South Wales and Queensland team was continued on Saturday. Before lunch a succession of sharp ...

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  31. THAT TRAVELLED TANTANOOLA TIGER.

    The "tiger" has once more returned to his native haunts, says the South-Eastern Star. On Sunday evening a man named Turrell reported that on his way from Millicent to ...

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  32. ACCIDENT TO THE PUKAKI.

    The hole in the Pukaki has been stopped with hair mattresses, and the pumps have reduced the water in the hold. All the cargo is damaged. ...

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  33. THE MOUNT CATHERINE FIND.

    The reports of the Mount Catherine find are of a very contradictory nature. Some prospectors say it is marvellously rich, others assert that it is only a good battery show. Owing to ...

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  34. THE AUSTRAL AT ALBANY.

    The R.M.S. Austral, Tuke, commander, arrived from Colombo at 3 p-m. to-day and Sailed for Adelaide at 9 o'clock. The passengers in the saloon were :— ...

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  35. SIR ROBERT HAMILTON.

    News has been received that Sir Robert Hamilton has died suddenly. A private letter received from him lately stated that he was in the best of spirits. ...

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  36. PARLIAMENT OF MAORI WOMEN.

    Of the Parliament of Maori women which recently met in the Hawkes Bay district of the North Island "Outis" writes in the. Sydney Daily ...

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  37. SCHOOL OF DESIGN AND PAINTING.

    Of the thirteen city and suburban public schools invited to enter an equal Dumber of boys and girls for examination ten schools entered fifty-eight candidates to compete for ...

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  38. A CONSTABLE BRUTALLY ASSAULTED.

    On Saturday evening Constable Jay arrested a larrikin at the corner of Londsdale and King streets on a charge of using obscene language. On the way to the watch house the prisoner's ...

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  39. FIFTH TEST MATCH.

    Mr. Eady, the Hobart cricketer, leaves for Melbourne to-morrow to practise for the fifth test match. ...

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  40. EARLY CLOSING.

    Sir—In your journal of the 14th inst. a letter appears written by "E.A.E." in which appears the following sentence:—" And I intend henceforth to give my entire custom ...

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  41. VICTORIAN MILITARY FORCES.

    Major-General Sir C. Holled Smith, the new military commandant, inspected the metropolitan troops at Albert Park on Saturday afternoon. Considerable interest was ...

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  42. NEW SOUTH WALES COLLIERIES.

    The miners employed by the Newcastle Coal Company have taken a ballot and decided to secede from the Miners' Association, which now seems on the point of destruction, as it ...

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  43. SUDDEN DEATHS.

    On Saturday morning Dr. Swift reported that he had been called to attend a child at Vincent's boarding house, Hindley-street. On his arrival he found the child dead, and not ...

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  44. SYDNEY WORKERS' UNION CONFERENCE.

    The Workers' Union Conference was continned the whole of Saturday. A discussion took place on a scheme of federating the whole of the bosh unions in Australia. A scheme of ...

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  45. SMUGGLING CIGARS AND TOBACCO.

    Two passengers by the R.M.S. Rome named Patterson and Lawler were on Saturday fined £25 and £10 respectively by the Secretary of Customs for smuggling 2,000 cigars and 16 lb. ...

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  46. FLOOD IN QUEENSLAND.

    Reports from Townsville show that the Burdekin River is in flood. The telegraph lines have been swept away, and the Mocrossanbridge is 47 ft. under water. ...

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  47. THE SANITARY STATE OF MOBILONG.

    Sir—As an imputation is cast on the veracity of your correspondent this morning by the health officer of Murray Bridge, kindly allow me some vindication. Admitted that ...

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  48. A KETCH CAPSIZED.

    At 1.30 p.m. on Saturday the ketch Candidate, while attempting to cross the bar at Port Macquarie, capsized and all hands, numbering five, were drowned. The bodies of ...

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  49. WESLEYAN CONFERENCE DELEGATES.

    The Rev. G. E. Rowe, Mr. S. A. Potts, and Mr. J. P. Walton, the Chief Inspector of Schools, left Perth for Adelaide to-day in order to attend the Wesleyan Conference. ...

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  50. ALLEGED LARCENY.

    A warrant has been issued for the arrest of Aaron Godner on a charge of larceny as a servant of £130 worth of jewellery, the property of Messrs. Macrow & Sons, importers. ...

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  51. SINGLE TAX LEAGUE.

    At a full executive committee meeting of the Single Tax League, held at the office on Friday, Air. Henry Taylor was unanimously invited to accept the position of secretary of ...

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  52. HAWKING IN RUNDLE-STREET.

    Sir-One is forced to ask the question—Why is it that the municipal authorities are so anxious that the Bundle-street hawker should exercise his lege continuously from morn till night? Is ...

    Article : 179 words
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