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CABLE MESSAGES. SECOND EDITION.
The match between the Australian Eleven and Oxford University was continued to-day and ended in a brilliant victory for the Australians. The weather was fine, but ...
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CABLE MESSAGES. BRITISH POLITICS.
Mr. John [?] Barlow, a Liberal. has been elected for the Frome division of Somerset by a majority of 2[?]3 votes over the Right Hon. Lord Henry Frederick Thynne, the ...
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CABLE MESSAGES. THE TRANSVAAL.
The Boers, with the help of G[?]man engineering officers, are rapidly carrying ; out extensive fortifications for the protection of Pretoria. ...
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INTERCOLONIAL NEWS.
During last month the revenue paid into the Treasury totalled ?475.118, as against ?577,100 for the same month of last year, the d[?]crease being [?]. The Customs show a decrease ...
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ARREST OF DETECTIVE
Detective Austin Kirby was arrested yesterday on board the Tarawera, and was brought before the Water Police Court to-day on a charge of having ...
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UNIVERSITY CRICKET.
The success of the Australians against Oxford has in it certain rather sensational elements. In the light of the Yorkshire and Lancashire form, the University had ...
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SAILING VESSELS.
The owners of sailing vessels encounter many hardships under the present conditions of trade, for the days when there was quite a fleet of sailers locally owned trading in and out ...
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ROYALTY AND THE RACECOURSE.
It needs no cabled details to bring home to Australians the great scene of enthusiasm that must have occurred on Epsom Downs last Wednesday afternoon, ...
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LORD HAMPDEN.
Lieutenant the Hon. F. W. Egerton. son of the Earl of Ellesmere, who has a commission in the Duke of Lancaster's Own Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry, has been appointed extra ...
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MERCANTILE BANK OF AUSTRALIA
A general meeting of shareholders and creditors of the Mereantile Bank of Australia. Limited, was held to-day. The liquidator's report for the year ended ...
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A DISASTROUS COLLISION.
The steamer Menmiur, which arrived at Thursday Island to-day from Hongkong, brought" files dated up till May 13, giving details of the collision between the steamer ...
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RAINS IN THE COUNTRY.
The prolonged drought, which has caused such devastation amongst stock in the northern areas and created a feeling of uneasiness in the farming community, broke up on ...
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THE CABLE COMMISSION.
Mr. George H. Murray, C.B., one of the principal clerks in the Treasury, has been appointed as the representative of the Lords of "the Treasury on the Pacific Cable ...
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MATABELELAND.
General Sir Frederick Carrington, the imperial officer commanding; troops operating against the Matabele, has arrived at Buluwayo. His first action has been to dispatch ...
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A GIRL DROWNED.
An inquest was held to-day on the body of Irene Wetherall, aged 16, who was found in the Yarra. The deceased had been in the employ of Mrs. Coulson, of Eisternwick, as a ...
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ANTWERP WOOL SALES.
The Antwerp wool sales open on Tuesday, June 9, and close on Thursday, June 11. Altogether 9,000 bales are to be offered, including 70 bales of Australian wool. ...
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SUPPLEMENT TO THE CHRONICLE.
With this week's issue of the Chronicle, which is on sale to-day, is published an excellent photographic group of the recentlyelected members of the new House- of ...
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MR. W. GRIFFITHS. M.P.
The junior member for the Northern Territory (Mr. Walter Griffiths) returned to Adelaide on Thursday morning after an absence of about a fortnight Mr. Griffiths has been on ...
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AMERICAN FINANCE.
The United States Senate have passed a Bill, introduced by the Populists, forbidding the further issue of interest-bearing bonds without the sanction of Congress. ...
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THE CRETON RISING.
The rising in Crete is regarded in a most serious light by the Porte, and no effort is being spared for its suppression. The island, which is now occupied by 10,000 Turkish troops, has ...
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A MELBOURNE DIVORCE SUIT.
Rebecca Richardson, well-known at the music halls as a vocalist under the name of Miss Amy Rowe. was the respondent in a petition for divorce, heard by the Chief Justice ...
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FRENCH COLLIERY DISASTER.
A serious mining disaster has occurred, in the south of France. The scene was the Rochebelle colliery. The men were at work when an explosion took place, destroying a ...
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THE CABLE GUARANTEE.
The Postmaster-General has informed the Minister of Education that the details of the cable guarantee account for the 12 months which ended on April 30 last are:—Amount ...
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AN ALTERCATION IN COURT.
A lively altercation took place in the District Court to-day between Mr. W. J. Lormer, J.P., and ' Mr. David Gaunson. solicitor. When the case of Mary Mitchell, the licensee ...
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AUSTRALASIAN MINING.
The prospectus has been issued of the Tokatea Consols Gold Mining Company. The capital is £100,000, and shares to the amount of £53,000 are offered to the public ...
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THE EUROPEAN OUTLOOK.
Addressing- the Reichstag yesterday General Bronsart von Schellendorff, Prussian Minister of War, tendered testimony to the pacific character of the outlook. Nothing had ...
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THE ENGLISH DERBY.
The race for the Derby at Epsom to-day was most exciting, and in the end the Prince of Wales's colt Persimmon only won by a neck from Mr. Leopold de Rothschild's St ...
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A STEAMER DAMAGED.
The steamer Ohan, bound from Port Chalmers to Westport, has put in at Wellington. The captain reports that when two miles off the Brothers Lighthouse the vessel ...
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YOUTHFUL CRIMINALS.
Two young men were sent to the Stockade on Wednesday by Mr. Justice Boucaut who have in spite of their youth most unenviable records to look back upon. Their names were ...
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MADAGASCAR.
The German press is indignant at the action of France in proclaiming Madagascar a French colony, and disputes her claim to political supremacy in the island. The proclamation is ...
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SYDNEY SHOP ASSISTANTS.
A deputation representing the shop assistants of the colony waited upon Mr. Garrard, the Minister of Labor, to-day, and asked that legislation might be introduced providing that ...
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THE RONTGEN RAYS.
Additional experiments with the Rontgen rays process of shadowgraphy have been made at the University, and the results achieved have been of a most satisfactory nature. On ...
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FINANCIAL NEWS.
Silver is quoted at 2s. 7½d. per oz., a rise of ¼d the previous quotation. ...
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GENERAL NEWS.
His Excellency the Governor and a viceregal party were present at the performance of the English Concert Company at the Adelaide Town Hall on Thursday evening. ...
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A SPANISH DUEL,
Marshal Campos, commander of the Madrid garrison, and General Borrow, who also holds a prominent position in the Spanish army, have been arrested for fighting a duel. The ...
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NEW CASTLE COLLIERY TROUBLE.
The Newcastle miners' delegate board today received a letter from Sir. Brunker stating that the colliery proprietors had intimated to him that they preferred to deal ...
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BROKEN HILL SHARES.
Shires in the Broken Hill Proprietary Company are quoted at ?2 12s. 6d., arise of 2s. 6d. on the previous quotation. ...
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CANADIAN GULLY MURDER.
The trial of Alice Trait at Ballarat for the murder of Mrs. McCarthy at Canadian Gully was concluded to-day. Mr. Justice Hodges in summing up said the case was a most ...
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A SURPLUS ASSURED.
When speaking at Mount Gambier a few weeks ago the Treasurer stated that he expected to close the financial year at the end of this month with a credit balance of at least ...
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OBITUARY.
The death is announced of Professor Sir George Johnson, the distinguished physician who for some time acted as physician extraordinary to the Queen, and who wrote ...
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CHINA.
As the result of negotiations which have' been in progress since the conclusion of the Siamese agreement between Great Britain and France the Government of China have ...
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ACCIDENT TO THE BARRABOOL.
The pilot at the South Passage reported at noon to-day that the steamer Barrabool, from Sydney, had passed slowly under sail, flying distress signals. Messrs. Iioward Smith ...
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NEW SOUTH WALES PARLIAMENT
In the Legislative Assembly this afternoon Mr. Watson moved the adjournment of the House to complain of acts of sweating on Government contracts. A general debate ...
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THE EXPORT OF WINE.
By the Orient steamer Ormuz, which sails next Wednesday, the Agricultural Department are shipping some 2,700 gallons of wine to the London Depot. The wine is being sent ...
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COMMERCIAL NEWS.
TEA.— The tea market has opened. Compared with last season prices are good, but medium and fine panyongs are rather lower. Moderate business is doing for London, but not for the ...
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WILL OF THE LATE MR. T. H. BOWEN.
The will of the late Mr. Thomas Hopkins Bowen, who died at North Adelaide on April 28, has been proved, and under it the executors and trustees of his estate are his wife, ...
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THE NILE CAMPAIGN.
The Nile campaign was the subject of severe criticism by Mr. Morley in a speech, at' Leeds yesterday. There was, he said, no evidence that Egypt was in immediate danger ...
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COUNTRY FIRE STATIONS.
The Superintendent of Fire Brigades (Mr. G. A. Booker) returned to the city on Thursday evening from the north, after having visited a number of toons where fire stations ...
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THE EIGHTH MATCH.
The Australian cricketers began a match at Bristol to-day against an eleven of Gloucestershire. The team chosen to represent the county ...
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NEW SOUTH WALES CIVIL SERVICE.
The Public Service Board to-day issued their report in regard to the Education Department. In this department a saving of £37,000 a year has been effected, chiefly by regrading the ...
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PUGILISM.
"Kid" Lavigne, the American lightweight, , who was billed to fight Griffo, of Sydney, has ' defeated Dick Barge, the English lightweight champion, in a. fight for a purse of sovereigns ...
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WEST AUSTRALIAN TELEGRAPH.
The Postmaster-General (Sir Charles Todd) is at present at Port Augusta inspecting the work in connection with the new telegraph line to West Australia, and has communicated ...
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HYDE PARK ASSAULT CASE.
John Goodall, Walter Rockley. and Alfred Rockley were charged at the Central Police Court today with assaulting Constable Mark Scott in Hyde Park on the morning of June 1. ...
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UNIVERSITY UNION BUILDING.
The University Union, whose members are students and others connected with the University, has been working to obtain funds for the erection of a small hall as a living room ...
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Advertising
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THE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL
The brick building in which cases of diphtheria at the Children's Hospital have hitherto been treated is falling to pieces. It shivers and shakes when the wind whirls round it, and ...
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GLOUCESTERSHIRE BATTING.
Grace won the toss and elected to bat. The Gloucestershire batsman, however, were not very successful against the Australian bowling, and at 2.55 the score stood at seven ...
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THE REV. JAMES LYALL.
The Rev. James Lyall, who for many years has been the pastor of the Flinders-street Presbyterian Church, and has well advanced in years, is desirous of vacating his position in ...
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THIS DAYS EVENTS.
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NOTES ON THE TOUR.
What appeared on Wednesday morning as if it would terminate in a draw has resulted in another victory for the Australians. The match against Oxford University was ...
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A LARGE HAT
For morning wear is not necessary when Wolfe's Schnapps is taken as a nightcap. ...
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