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  2. THE TITLE "HONORABLE."

    Sir—I have the honor to inform you that the Queen has been graciously pleased, on my recommendation, to approve a proposal which I have received from the Governor of ...

    Article : 1,726 words
  3. CABLE MESSAGES. THE ENGINEERS' STRIKE.

    Sir Christopher Furness who is contesting in the Liberal inerest the vacancy in the representation of lock caused by the death of Sir Frank Lockwood has issued a manifesto. ...

    Article : 116 words
  4. CABLE MESSAGES. THE SOUDAN.

    The dervishes continue to concentrate at Metammch and Shendy, and are manifesting great activity at Omdurman. The Daily Telegraph warmly protests ...

    Article : 69 words
  5. OUR ANGLO-COLONIAL LETTER.

    The following is the latest manifesto of Mr. A. J. Cherry, formerly clerk in the employ of Glyn, Mills. & Co., and latterly on the staff of the Agent-General at 300 a year. Taken with ...

    Article : 1,760 words
  6. INTERCOLONIAL CRICKET.

    The New South Wales team have lost faith in Sir Charles Todd as a weather predictor. When they protested on Saturday against a continuance of the heat which welcomed them ...

    Article : 2,954 words
  7. NEW SOUTH WALES.

    The congress of the Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science was employed nearly all day reading papers on various subjects. Among the other work, ...

    Article : 299 words
  8. QUEENSLAND.

    Rain, which has fallen almost continuously for a, weak, still continues unabated, 5 in. having fallen in Brisbane during the last 48 hours. All the creeks in the vicinity of ...

    Article : 240 words
  9. THE NORTHERN TERRITORY AND CHINA.

    Mr. Pritchard-Morgan has promised me a glimpse of the report which he has addressed to Mr. Chamberlain on the scheme for colonising what may be called. red-hot. ...

    Article : 577 words
  10. AUSTRIA-HUNGARY.

    The House of Representatives in Hungary by 25 votes to 11 have passed the third reading of the Bill providing for the continuation of the "Ausgleich," or agreement regulating the ...

    Article : 47 words
  11. THE POWERS IN CHINA.

    The French Government who have asserted their right to participate in the scramble for China by taking possession of the island of Hainan, are reinforcing their fleet in-Chinese ...

    Article : 82 words
  12. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    The Natal Legislature have imposed a duty of 2d. per lb. on frozen and chilled meats imported into the colony. The death is announced of Sir Robert ...

    Article : 139 words
  13. NEW ZEALAND.

    His Honor Chief Justice Prendergast has returned from Raratonga, where he went to enquire into the charges against Mr. Moss, a British resident. He says the changes entirely ...

    Article : 124 words
  14. CUBA

    The Spanish Government, pending the establishment of autonomy in Cuba, are sending 7,000 additional troops to reinforce the army of occupation. ...

    Article : 29 words
  15. THE ROYAL ARTHUR.

    The new flagship Royal Arthur arrived in Sydney Harbor this morning, with Rear Admiral Pearson on board. The vessel was received with the customary ...

    Article : 83 words
  16. WEST AUSTRALIA.

    The Lake View crushing for December was is follows:—Stone treated. 4990 tons, yielding 8,615 oz 19 dwt. of smelted gold. During. the month a large quantity of tailings has ...

    Article : 216 words
  17. TASMANIA.

    At an inquest held to-day on the tire at Johnstone's steam laundry the evidence showed that the proprietor, the forewoman, and several others left the premises half an hour before the ...

    Article : 107 words
  18. EVADING CUSTOMS DUTIES.

    Late on Saturday night a constable noticed a man, Laurence Hanson, putting three large baskets into a cab near a wharf, and becoming suspicious about 5,000 cigars. Hanson to-day ...

    Article : 65 words
  19. VICTORIA.

    The Customs authorities contemplate prosecutions against manufacturers of limejuice on the ground of falsity of description. Several firms are manufacturing what they label ...

    Article : 98 words
  20. BROKEN HILL

    An inquest was held this afternoon on the body of James Sinclair, who died in the hospital as the result of an explosion in the north quarry in the Junction North mine on ...

    Article : 156 words
  21. BUSH FIRES.

    Lord Gormanston presided over a large meeting to-night for the purpose of taking steps to relieve sufferers from the bush fires. Sir Edward Braddon intimated that Ministers ...

    Article : 95 words
  22. AN ALLEGED FORGERY.

    At the City Police Cau[?]t to-day Charles L. Styles, clerk in the West Australian Bank, and Lulu Locke, a' married woman, were charged conjointly with orging find uttering ...

    Article : 61 words
  23. THE FEDERAL CONVENTION.

    The Premier considers that one month of day sittings will finish the business of the Federal Convention. The time of the delegates, however, is likely to be closely taken up, ...

    Article : 247 words
  24. THE ENGLISH CRICKETERS.

    The match between Mr. Stoddart's team and 22 of Stawell and surrounding districts was well attended to-day. The weather was hot but not unfavorable, ...

    Article : 182 words
  25. EXPORTS AND IMPORTS.

    The Customs House statistics for the year 1897 have just been prepared. The total value of the exports for the 12 months reached 1,994,251. The principal lines of export ...

    Article : 209 words
  26. GOVERNMENT RETRENCHMENT.

    A large number of employes in the Civil Service were paid off on December 31 as their services were no longer required by the Government. It was said that 80 persons had been ...

    Article : 146 words
  27. FRIENDLY SOCIETIES AND THE PUBLIC ACTUARY.

    Sir—So long as the Public Actuary limited himself to publish results he has arrived at without showing how he arrived at then he was safe from criticism and contradiction. ...

    Article : 745 words
  28. Advertising

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    Advertising : 1,160 words
  29. FATAL BICYCLE ACCIDENT.

    Mr. John J. Cook, who was badly injured by being thrown from a bicycle which bolted down Balwyn Hill on Saturday, died this evening in the hospital. ...

    Article : 33 words
  30. ATTEMPTED SUICIDE.

    Arthur Cox, an elderly man, attempted to commit suicide to-day by cutting both his arms with a razor at Prahran. Ha declared that he would not live on his wife and daughter ...

    Article : 39 words
  31. A SHOP BURNT.

    The long catalogue of fares was added to at 2.30 this morning by one that at first promised to be a most serious conflagration. The fire was discovered in Mr. A. Y. Harris's ...

    Article : 404 words
  32. PROPOSED ANTARCTIC EXPLORATION.

    The Premier has received a communication from the Secretary of State for the Colonies, asking whether the Government countenance the idea of a scientific Antarctic exploration. ...

    Article : 66 words
  33. CASE OF SUICIDE

    Mr. H. Vincent Smith committed suicide at Tarago, Gippsland, last night, by means of charcoal fumes. The deceased formerly held a leading' position as a piano and organ tuner ...

    Article : 99 words
  34. THE GRAVE OF GOVERNOR PHILLIP.

    The discovery of Governor Phillip's final resting place was made known to Louis Becke on Friday last, and he at once came to town en route to Somersetshire to offer me the ...

    Article : 538 words
  35. MELBOURNE, January 10.

    The final batch of Credit Foucier bonds of the present series were taken up to-day. The full amount was 21,675, and of this sum the public subscribed 3,70 at par, while the ...

    Article : 114 words
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