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  2. THE PRICE OF WHEAT.

    The Melbourne Argus of Tuesday writes:— "With reference to the proposal to chip wheat to England with a view to improving the local market a question of importance is ...

    Article : 1,236 words
  3. CABLE MESSAGES.

    The forecast of the Queen's Speech which is to be delivered at the opening of the British Parliament to-morrow has been published. In the course of the Address from the ...

    Article : 491 words
  4. SIR HAVELOCK ALLAN'S DEATH.

    By the death of Sir Henry Havelock Allan the latest victim of that "costly, crazy, and criminal war," as some people term the interminable Afridi campaign, England has lost ...

    Article : 1,404 words
  5. CABLE MESSAGES.

    The Pekin correspondent of the London Times telegraphs that the Chinese Government will probably decline to accept either the offer of Russia or of Great Britain to make an ...

    Article : 251 words
  6. FLOOD AND FIRE.

    At Rockhampton this afternoon the river was up 19 ft above its normal level and it is still rising. The rainfall this year to dale is 29 in, 94 points. At Clermont the waters ...

    Article : 120 words
  7. CABLE MESSAGES.

    M. Hanotaux, the French Minister for Foreign Affairs, in reply to a question in the Chamber of Deputies to-day, stated that the Government were still vigorously upholding the ...

    Article : 100 words
  8. CABLE MESSAGES.

    The Czar of Russian has ordered the establishment at Tashkend of a school for the instruction of military officers in Hindustani. All general staff officers and one officer ...

    Article : 78 words
  9. NEW ZEALAND

    At Petone, a suburb of Wellington, an elderly gentleman bought a piece of land and erected a house on it. He engaged men to put down an artesian well. Something in the ...

    Article : 109 words
  10. POLL TAX ON A BRIDE.

    A unique and interesting wedding took place recently on board the steamer Wakatipu while she was at Wellington, when a Chinese storekeeper from Pahiatua was united in die bonds of ...

    Article : 142 words
  11. A SCULLING MATCH.

    A sculling match between Haines and Wray has been arranged to take place on the Tyne in March, a start of three seconds being accorded to Haines. The distance is ...

    Article : 48 words
  12. EARTHQUAKES IN ASIA MINOR.

    Renewed earthquake shocks hare been experienced at Balikesri, in Asia Minor, where recently the military prison was destroyed. Altogether come 4,000 persons ...

    Article : 43 words
  13. THE TASMANIAN BUSH FIRES.

    The bush fires continue to rage with great fierceness, particularly in the Huon district A strong detachment of police under Superintendent Hedberg is patrolling the neighborhood ...

    Article : 494 words
  14. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    The Right Rev. Dr. C.G. Barlow, Bishop of North Queensland, sails for Australia in the steamer Duke of Westminster. The board of examiners of Trinity College ...

    Article : 105 words
  15. FEDERAL CONVENTION.

    The legal luminaries of the Federal Convention had a real good time to-day. The question before the Chair was the mode of amending the Federal Constitution, and it afforded a fine ...

    Article : 720 words
  16. HAWAII.

    Reuter's correspondent at Washington states that Senator Morgan's resolution in favor of the acceptance by the United States of the proposed annexation of Hawaii has been ...

    Article : 44 words
  17. SILVER.

    Silver is now quoted at 2s. 2?d. per oz. ...

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  18. COMMERCIAL NEWS.

    BREADSTUFFS.—The quantity of wheat and flour afloat for die United Kingdom is estimated at 2,970,000 qrs. as against 2,710,000 last week, or an increase of 260,000 qrs. The ...

    Article : 59 words
  19. AUSTRIAN TROUBLES.

    The Austrian Government have ordered that all German colleges in Vienna and elsewhere within the Empire shall be dosed for the current term, and that when they are ...

    Article : 83 words
  20. THE ENGLISH CRICKETERS.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 772 words
  21. QUEENSLAND.

    The steamer Franklin, which anchored in the thick of the recent sale off Mackay, arrived at Brisbane to-day. Chief-Officer Holmes described the gale the worst of his 11 ...

    Article : 106 words
  22. THE EASTERN QUESTION.

    The Sultan of Turkey has promised the foreign ambassadors at Constantinople that a thorough enquiry shall be made concerning the authorship of die outrages alleged to have ...

    Article : 141 words
  23. NEW SOUTH WALES.

    The heat to-day is reported to have been great all over the colony, many places registering over 100° in the shade. In Sydney it was 939. In some of the south coast districts ...

    Article : 99 words
  24. THE DREYFUS CASE.

    The trial of M. Emile Zola, the famous novelist, on a charge of slandering the French Government and especially General Billot, the Minister of War, in respect to their action in ...

    Article : 285 words
  25. THE SECRET OF SEX.

    A most sensational scientific discovery is said to have been made by Dr. Schenk, professor of the Vienna University and president of the Embryological Institute. The professor ...

    Article : 721 words
  26. ARRIVAL OF THE CHINA MAILS.

    The steamer Guthrie, from Hongkong, which arrived Saturday, brings the China mails, but there are few new details of the situation in die Far East. With the signing of the ...

    Article : 129 words
  27. VICTORIAN FIRES.

    The township of Ferntree Gully had a narrow escape from destruction by a bush fire to-day, but die lovely summer resort, the Ferntree Gully Park, was reduced to a mass ...

    Article : 52 words
  28. VICTORIA.

    A rest case under in Unlawful Procession Act was opened at the Brunswick Court today, when Edward purser, John Williams, Robert Moffatt, William H. Dawson, and ...

    Article : 156 words
  29. FINANCIAL NEWS.

    The following are the latest quotations:— Australian Mortgage, Land, and Finance Company 4 per cent. debenture stock, 112. Union Mortgage and Agency Company 4½ ...

    Article : 113 words
  30. BROKEN HILL.

    The temperature this afternoon was 100° in the shade. It was overcast and sultry in the afternoon, and a few drops of rain fell at intervals. The prospects of a downpour ...

    Article : 122 words
  31. FEVER IN MELBOURNE.

    It is. reported that there is a. great deal of sickness prevalent. Within the last few days three ladies in one house at St. Kilda has been laid up with typhoid fever. Two bad died, ...

    Article : 233 words
  32. SHIPPING.

    Brilliant, ship, 1,613 tons, from Sydney October 28. Kaikowra, steamer, 2,883 tons, from Wellington December 23, via Monte Video January ...

    Article : 160 words
  33. AUSTRALIAN WINES.

    Mr. E. Burney Young, manager of the South Australian 'Wine and Produce Depot, reports that the strength of some of the shipments of Australian wines is too high, and ...

    Article : 62 words
  34. MARINE BOARD AT PORT PIRIE.

    A deputation representative of the shipping and commercial interests here waited upon the president of the Marine Board this morning to protest against the action of the authorities ...

    Article : 306 words
  35. Advertising

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  36. MONTE CARLO.

    The Bank was broken by a player who smoked only Ogden's Guinea Gold Cigarettes. ...

    Article : 16 words
  37. THIS DAY'S EVENTS.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 39 words
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