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  2. A MELBOURNE SATURDAY.

    On and after May 1 the [?] between Adelaide and [?] on Saturdays, arriving at the day morning. Arrangements was [?] " ...

    Article : 63 words
  3. CABLE MESSAGES.

    An Austrian cruiser attached to the allied squadrons on the coast of Crete on Wednesday fired on and sank a Greek boat which was endeavoring to land provisions and munitions ...

    Article : 159 words
  4. CABLE MESSAGES RUSSIAN AFFAIRS.

    A company of a thousand University students attended at the Cathedral, St. Petersburg, on Wednesday, with the intention of holding a requiem mass for the repose ...

    Article : 82 words
  5. CABLE MASSAGE FINANCIAL NEWS.

    The returns of the Bank of England for the week ending on Wednesday, published today, show that the reserve of notes and coin held by the bank is £30,582,000 as against ...

    Article : 278 words
  6. OUR AMERICAN LETTER.

    Not in our generation at any rate has any project been bailed with such general approval by the parties most interested as the AngloAmerican arbitration treaty. Yet hardly ...

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  7. THE CALVERT EXPEDITION.

    Mr. A.T. Magarey has received a message from Mr. L. A. Wells, the leader of the Calvert Expedition, to the effect that he has dispatched from Fitzroy four boxes, a package. ...

    Article : 537 words
  8. WEST AUSTRALIA.

    The Postmaster-General has received a telegram from the postmaster at Fitzroy stating that Thomas Jaspar has been shot dead by natives near Oscar station, 18 miles from ...

    Article : 50 words
  9. NEW SOUTH WALES.

    At a public meeting held in the Town Hall to-night it was decided to support the proposal to dispatch a tram of riflemen to England. Private subscriptions have been promised to a ...

    Article : 74 words
  10. LAW TENNIS.

    After a week's most successful play the South Australian Lawn Tennis Association's annual tournament win be concluded on the Jubilee Exhibition courts this afternoon, and ...

    Article : 273 words
  11. KALGOORLIE DISTRICT.

    Captain Williams, the manager of the Golden Ridge Proprietary mine, 13 miles from Kalgoorlie, states that since the recent find at the 165-ft. level, No. 3 shaft the lode has been ...

    Article : 324 words
  12. SYDNEY MUNICIPAL FINANCES.

    The town clerk of Sydney in his annual report on the city finances says it cannot any longer be ignored that it is impossible as circumstances now are to render an efficiency of ...

    Article : 108 words
  13. THE RECORD REIGN.

    The Queen has appointed June 20 a day of national thanksgiving in celebration of her diamond jubilee, and June 22 a bank holiday. ...

    Article : 32 words
  14. CORBETT-FITZSIMMONS FIGHT.

    Laurence Foley, the retired champion boxer, when interviewed on the Corbett Fitzsimmons fight, declared that the latter's victory was due to the temperate life of ...

    Article : 45 words
  15. SOUTH AFRICA. .

    A report has reached Capetown to the effect that the Transvaal and the Orange Free State have completed all arrangements for a federal union. ...

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  16. INSURGENTS ENTREATED TO YIELD.

    The admirals of the combined fleet have appealed to the Cretan insurgents to lay down their arms, and combine in the endeavor to bring about a new era. They explain that the ...

    Article : 287 words
  17. TOWNS CHALLENGED BY STANBURY.

    Stanbury, the ex-champion sculler, has issued a challenge to Towns, a Hunter River [?]culler of some note, for a stake of either £200 or £300 a side, the race to be ...

    Article : 188 words
  18. MR. JOHN WALLACE DEAD.

    The friends of Mr. John Wallace, late of the firm of Messrs. Wallace & McDiarmid, solicitors, of Port Adelaide, win. regret to hear of his which occurred in Melbourne on ...

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  19. LONDON WOOL SALES.

    There was brisk competition at the London wool sales to-day and prices were very firm. Good scoured merinos were dearer. The sales included:—Ned's Corner, 7¼d.; Coradgery ...

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  20. FREMASONRY AT ESPERANCE.

    Last night the ceremony of opening and consecrating the new lodge of Esperance, No 2,638 of Free and Accepted Masons, and installing the first master, Bro. Clunie ...

    Article : 327 words
  21. THE MONEY MARKET.

    The open market quotation for three months' bills is 1[?] par cent, or 1[?] pet cent. below the bank rate. ...

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  22. DEATH OF MR. BEN HEAD.

    "Mr. Ben Head one of Australia's early explorers and a companion of John McDonall Stuart on his fourth exploring expedition, died at Petersburg at 3 o'clock ...

    Article : 84 words
  23. GOVERNMENT STOCKS.

    British 2[?] per cent. Consols (Goscben's) are quoted at £112, as against £112 5s. a week ago. Quotations for Colonial Government ...

    Article : 154 words
  24. THE FEDERAL CONVENTION.

    The New Sooth Wales delegates to the Federal Convention arrived to-day, and were met on the railway-station platform by the Minister of Defence, Messrs. Deakin and ...

    Article : 137 words
  25. DEPARTURE OF MR. WELLS.

    The Surveyor-General has received a telegram from Fitzroy stating that Mr. wells and party left to-day for Joanna Sprmga. ...

    Article : 27 words
  26. THE STEAMER INNAMINCKA.

    The steamer Innamincka resumed her voyage to the West, on. Friday afternoon an exceedingly full ship. Her passenger accommodation might have been filled twice over, as ...

    Article : 275 words
  27. AMUSEMENTS.

    Mr. Wybert Recve's specialty combination will present a complete change of programme this evening. The principal attraction will be the reappearance of the [?] sisters, whose ...

    Article : 93 words
  28. COMMERCIAL NEWS..

    METALS.—Copper—The copper market is steady. For Chili bars the cash price is £50 per ton: three months; £50 5s. Tin.—Quotations—The tin market is tending downward. ...

    Article : 280 words
  29. SHIPPING NEWS.

    Denton Grange, steamer, 3,804 tons, from Bowen December 11; Gulf of Venice, steamer, 1,884 tons, from Sydney January 18; Oamaru, ship, 306 tons, from ...

    Article : 83 words
  30. A TERRIBLE SHIPWRECK.

    A telegram from New York, published in the London papers to-day, contains harrowing details concerning the rescue of the survivors of the passengers and crew of the Ville de ...

    Article : 233 words
  31. THE TASMANIAN REPRESENTATIVES.

    By the steamer Coogee to-day the ten representatives of Tasmania to the Federal Convention left for Adelaide. A large crowd assembled on the wharf and cheered them ...

    Article : 98 words
  32. THE CINEMATOGRAPHE.

    There was another large and enthusiastic attendance at the Victoria Hall on Friday evening to see the thirty views presented by the aid of Lumiere's Cinematographe. The ...

    Article : 59 words
  33. BROKEN HILL.

    A mining matter of particular interest came before the warden this morning in the shape of an objection by the Water Supply Company against the granting to Herbert J. Edwards of ...

    Article : 245 words
  34. CYCLORAMA.

    There was another large attendance at the Cyclorama of the Battle of Waterloo on Friday evening when the magnificent painting received the praise it so well merits. The ...

    Article : 241 words
  35. WEST AUSTRALIAN DELEGATES.

    The federal delegates leave for Adelaide tomorrow. ...

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  36. VICTORIA.

    William McFarlane, aged 28, a resident of Hawthorn, while cycling into the city this morning ran into a dog. He was going down [?] Hill, at the time and was thrown ...

    Article : 64 words
  37. THE INDIAN A FAMINE.

    The Rev. W. Newby Fraser, a representative of the Church Missionary Association, who has been for four years in Agra and Allahabad, India, is now in Sydney on ...

    Article : 455 words
  38. TO DAY'S CRICKET.

    The association games will be continued on the City Oval to-day, when the Adelaides will finish their match with the Port-Austral They have six wickets down for 116, Darling ...

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  39. DEATH OF MR. J. WALLACE.

    Mr. John Wallace, barrister and solicitor, of Messrs. Gaunson & Wallace, died suddenly at his residence, Camberwell, to-day of heart disease. About a fortnight ago be had a bad ...

    Article : 63 words
  40. THE GLENBROOK MURDERS.

    A further interesting discovery has been made in connection with the Glenbrook tragedies. John Woods, who discovered Lee Welter's body, has now reported the discovery ...

    Article : 72 words
  41. QUEENSLAND.

    A number of prominent citizens met in the mayor's room to-day and decided to entertain the Premier over a glass of wins at the Centennial Hall on Tuesday next and escort him ...

    Article : 70 words
  42. PROPOSED DOCK LABORERS' STRIKE.

    The Trades Mail Council to-night received a letter from the secretary of the Wharf Laborers' Union stating that the union had considered a circular from England as to ...

    Article : 68 words
  43. THE BOOTMAKERS' STRIKE.

    Sir—We were considerably surprised on reading in this day's Advertiser the details of an agreement said to have been arrived at between the F.B.C. and the union. As the ...

    Article : 465 words
  44. THE HEALTH ACT.

    The Central Board of Health to-day decided to recommend the repeal of the Health Act Amendment Act of 1886, relating to dairies, with a view to the introduction of a Bill on the lines of the New South Wales, such ...

    Article : 135 words
  45. THE LEAGUE OF WHEELMEN.

    A meeting of representatives of the various bodies interested in the sport of cycling was held to-night at the Melbourne Bicycle Club's rooms, and suggestions for a radical alteration ...

    Article : 58 words
  46. Advertising

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  47. MELBOURNE, March 19.

    Sir George Turner has declined to accept valedictory banquets prior to his departure for England. The Minister of Defence has prepared a ...

    Article : 120 words
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