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  2. ESCAPE OF THE DUPLEIX.

    SINCE our publication on Saturday last of the remarkable circumstances attending the recent voyage of the steamer Dupleix (since named Jubilee) from New Zealand to ...

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  3. FITZROY ELOPEMENT CASE.

    Mr. Donovan applied to Justice Kerferd, on behalf of Catherine Hewitt, yesterday for a writ of habeas corpus to bring up Isabella Smith, now residing ...

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  4. SPORTING.

    At the Newmarket July meeting the Princess of Wales' Cup, for two -year -olds, was carried off by the Duke of Westminster's Lozenge, a daughter of St. Simon ...

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  5. LATEST CABLES.

    Sir William Robinson, Acting -Governor of Victoria, and late Governor of South Australia, is to be appointed to succeed Sir Frederick Napier Broome as Governor of ...

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  6. STATE OF ZANZIBAR.

    The state of affairs in Zanzibar is reported to be much more settled. Latest despatches state that all anxiety regarding a continuation of hostilities has been much relieved ...

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  7. Gas for Casino.

    CASINO, Wednesday.-- A Sydney firm has been successful in negotiating with the Casino Council with reference to the lighting of the town with gas. Mr. J. T. ...

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  8. COUNTRY.

    NEWCASTLE, Wednesday.-- A meeting was held on Monday night for the purpose of forming a 'Bus and Cab Drivers' Protective Association. There was only a small ...

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  9. AUSTRALIAN.

    MELBOURNE, Wednesday.-- Thomas Browne, market gardener, has entered a suit for L250 against the Railway Commissioners for damages sustained through falling ...

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  10. Engine Derailed.

    HARDEN, Wednesday.-- The midday train from Junee arriving at Harden at 2.10 p. m. became derailed at south end of Harden railway yard yesterday. The ...

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  11. Valueless Cheques.

    NEWCASTLE, Wednesday.-- James, better known as Doctor Kennedy, was before the Newcastle Police Court yesterday charged with obtaining money by means of valueless ...

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  12. THE EIFFEL TOWER.

    A company is in course of formation in London for the purpose of building a great tower in London similar to the Eiffel structure in Paris. The capital is ...

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  13. Charged with Murder.

    MELBOURNE, Wednesday.-- Simon O'Connor, charged with wilfully murdering James Keane, and Harriet Tyler, charged with aiding and abetting, were before the City ...

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  14. Mr. Dillon in the North.

    ARMIDALE, Wednesday.-- Mr. John Dillon, the Irish delegate, addressed a very large and enthusiastic meeting here last night. The hall was crowded, all ...

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  15. Handel Quartette Society.

    NEWCASTLE, Wednesday.-- The members of the Handel Quartette Society met in the Y. M. C. A. Hall last night, for the purpose of presenting a handsome gold lyre to Mr. ...

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  16. The Stock Tax.

    WODONGA, Wednesday.-- The graziers and farmers in this district are totally opposed to the stock tax on store cattle crossing into Victoria. A requisition is in course ...

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  17. NAVAL MANOEUVRES.

    The naval manoeuvres now being carried on are attracting considerable interest. Rear -Admiral Sir George Tryon, who is commanding the division of the fleet ...

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  18. ALLEGED ATTEMPT TO DEFRAUD.

    AN elderly man named Henry Kingston was in the charge division of the Central to -day charged with having attempted to obtain the sum of L20 6s. from one ...

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  19. THE CARLTON CRIME.

    The trial of Philipi Castello for the murder of Annie Thornton concluded yesterday. After counsels' addresses the judge summed up unfavorably to the prisoner. ...

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  20. Burwood Miners.

    NEWCASTLE, Wednesday.-- At the meeting of the Burwood miners last night an appeal from the Co -operative Lodge was discussed, and it was decided that the lodge ...

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  21. Miners' Referee Court.

    NEWCASTLE, Wednesday.-- The dispute between the West Wallsend Coal Co. and the miners will be the next case before the Referee's Court. No date has yet been ...

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  22. QUEENSLAND.

    BRISBANE, Wednesday.-- The Hon. M. H. Moreton, brother to the Hon. B. B. Moreton, has been appointed by the New Guinea Government goldfield warden at Sudest. ...

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  23. A Cottage Conflagrated.

    NEWCASTLE, Wednesday.-- A fire at Wallsend on Monday night destroyed the dwelling -house occupied by Mr. F. G. English. The local fire brigade turned out ...

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  24. A PITIABLE CASE.

    A YOUNG woman named Ellen O'Connor, 21 years of age, was yesterday brought before the Parramatta bench on suspicion of being of unsound mind. Drs. Phillips and Collins ...

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  25. STRIKE OF DOCK LABORERS.

    The strike of laborers employed on the London docks is spreading, and the number now out has considerably increased. The latest addition to the ranks of the strikers ...

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  26. New Mining Machinery.

    BRISBANE, Wednesday.-- Messrs. Foster and Dow, the patentees of a process for extracting gold from tailings and refuse, have sent their machinery to Mount Morgan ...

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  27. The Eight -hour Movement.

    NEWCASTLE, Wednesday.-- The weekly meeting of the eight -hour demonstration committee was held last night. A letter was read from the secretary of the ...

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  28. CRUEL ABANDONMENT OF A CHILD.

    Two corporation laborers, James Burke and Thomas Joyce, yesterday discovered the body of a newly -born fully -developed female infant lying at the bottom of a silt pit in ...

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  29. Chinese Gardens.

    BRISBANE, Wednesday.-- Mr. Philip M'Mahon, curator of the Botanic Gardens, has been appointed to inquire into the condition of Chinese gardens in and around ...

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  30. THE GERMANS IN AFRICA.

    An inspired article in the GERMAN GAZETTE is attracting considerable attention in diplomatic circles. The gist of the article is an endeavor to prove that the ...

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  31. The Exhibition.

    BRISBANE, Wednesday.-- Yesterday was judging day at the exhibition, which will be formally opened by the Governor to -day. The judges, stewards, committeemen, and ...

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  32. THE NATIONAL PARTY.

    Mr. Thomas Rose, the travelling representative of the AUSTRALIAN STAR, will deliver an address here to -night on the National policy, under the auspices of the ...

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  33. Thrown from His Horse.

    MOLONG, Wednesday.-- Mr. H. W. Macord, chemist, was thrown from his horse on Sunday near Copper Hill whilst on his way to visit Mr. J. Lee, of Larras Lake, and ...

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  34. SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    ADELAIDE, Wednesday.-- Caesari Parode, who attempted suicide by trying to disembowel himself five weeks since, has been sent to a lunatic asylum. While in the ...

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  35. RAILWAY DISASTER.

    A shocking railway disaster is reported from Sunderland, in the county of Durham. While an express train from Leeds was travelling at a rapid rate of speed on the ...

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  36. South Australian Budget.

    ADELAIDE, Wednesday.-- The Treasurer delivered his budget speech in the Assembly yesterday. The financial year which ended June 30 last left a surplus of L29,307. The ...

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  37. Gathering of Protectionists.

    HAY, Wednesday.-- A large and influential meeting was held here on Monday night. Mr. A. Lakeman, M. L. A., was in the chair. Fully 300 people were present. Mr. Rose, the ...

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  38. Advertising

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  39. RUN TO EARTH.

    ON May 20 last a daring and glaring robbery was committed at M'Cusker's dry goods store on George -street, Camperdown. Two young men, armed with a ...

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  40. Charge Against a Postmaster.

    BLAYNEY, Wednesday.-- William Nixon, postmaster at Vittoria, was committed for trial on a charge of having used obliterated stamps. ...

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  41. ATHLETICS.

    The starts for Slowgrove's Eighteenth Star Handicap appear in this issue. Acceptances close next Saturday night. This evening the starts for the Sir Joseph ...

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  42. WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

    PERTH, Wednesday.-- A petition against Puisne Judge Leake has been presented to the Governor by Mr. Haynes, a solicitor. The charges contained in the petition are:-- ...

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  43. GENERAL BOULANGER.

    General Boulanger has issued another manifesto to the people of France, in which he protests against the trial of himself and his principal ...

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  44. Shamefully Treated.

    LAMBTON, Wednesday.-- At Lambton Police Court yesterday two boys named Allen and White were sent to gaol for 14 days for breaking into the ...

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  45. Advertising

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  46. CYCLING.

    The Association Ground has a large number of men training on it now, the latest addition being Mr. J. J. Campion, who arrived from Melbourne a day or two ...

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  47. NEW ZEALAND.

    WELLINGTON, Wednesday.-- The Representation Bill was read a third time in the Legislative Council on August 19. The clause abolishing plural voting was retained. ...

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  48. A BREEZE IN COURT.

    AT the Quarter Sessions this morning Mr. Armstrong, the Crown prosecutor, continually interrupted Mr. Bull, the solicitor for the defence in a case of stealing from ...

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  49. The North Coast Roads.

    GRAFTON, Wednesday.-- The Orara Progress Association have decided that the Chief Commissioner of Roads should be asked to visit the district, and ascertain ...

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  50. THE SOUDAN SLAUGHTER.

    Major -General Grenfell arrived in Cairo yesterday, where he was accorded a magnificent official reception. The Egyptian Government and the British authorities did all ...

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  51. Earthquake at Tonga.

    AUCKLAND, Wednesday.-- The Alameda brings news that a severe earthquake occurred at Tonga on August 3. No damage, however, has been sustained. ...

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  52. STEALING IN A DWELLING.

    HENRY MYERS and Cecil de Vere, the former described as an artist, and wearing eyeglasses and a tall hat, were charged at the Water Police Court this morning with ...

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  53. FOOTBALL.

    The premiers of the metropolitan and northern districts (the Sydneys and Wallsend) are timed to meet on the big oval of the Agricultural Ground on ...

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  54. Samoan News.

    AUCKLAND, Wednesday.-- News by the Alameda states that the Samoa native crop is abundant, and no fear existed of a famine. ...

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  55. Windsor Water Supply.

    WINDSOR, Wednesday.-- The contracts for the new water works are progressing well. Yesterday the first length of the main was laid in George -street, near the post -office. ...

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  56. West Australian Self -Government.

    WELLINGTON, Wednesday.-- The New Zealand Government has intimated to the other colonics its readiness to join them in any common action pressing on the Imperial ...

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  57. Government Land Sales.

    NARRANDERA, Wednesday.-- A Government land sale of town allotments was held here on Monday last, but only five allotments were sold, and those at the reserve ...

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  58. Boating Accident.

    AUCKLAND, Wednesday.-- A boat containing five men was capsized at Wellington Heads, and Chief -Pilot Simms and two sailors, named Cox and Tait, were drowned. ...

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  59. PROBATES AND ADMINISTRATIONS.

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  60. ATROCITIES IN ARMENIA.

    The armed bands who have for some time past terrorised several districts in Armenia have been ordered to disarm, a proclamation to that effect having been issued by the ...

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  61. The Hawkesbury River.

    WINDSOR, Wednesday.-- People here are much pleased with the decision of the Minister for Works in regard to a detailed survey of the river, with a view to making ...

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  62. A New Judge.

    AUCKLAND, Wednesday.-- Mr. E. T. Conolly, formerly Attorney -General of Blenheim, has been appointed a Judge of the Supreme Court, in the place of Judge ...

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  63. Postal Facilities.

    CASINO, Wednesday.-- A large and influential meeting in the School of Arts last night unanimously adopted a resolution, which is to be forwarded by the Mayor to ...

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  64. Trouble at Honolulu.

    AUCKLAND, Wednesday.-- A revolution has been attempted at Honolulu. An officer of the Hawaiian army, Lieutenant Wilcox, seized the palace yard with 150 followers, ...

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