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  2. CABLE NEWS.

    LONDON, Sunday.--It is stated that absolution is to be refused to all persons attending Father M'Glynn's meetings at New York. ...

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  3. A CAPE LOAN.

    LONDON, Saturday.--The Cape of Good Hope 4 per cent. loan of £500,000 has been loated. The applications represented three times the amount required. he average ...

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  4. THE REBELLION IN THE SOUDAN.

    ALBANY, Sunday.--The P. and O. Company's R.M.S. Rome, which arrived to-day, brings the following:--LONDON, December 21.--The following is an ...

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  5. THE ELECTIONS.

    The Government decided on Saturday to at once advise his Excellency to dissolve Parliament. At a Cabinet meeting held in the morning final arrangements for the election were ...

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  6. THE STRUGGLE BEGINS.

    With the notice of distribution, and the issue of the writs, the contest may be said to have fairly commenced. Each party now knows how much time there is at command, and each will ...

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  7. RESIGNATION OF MR. M'ARTHUR, M.P.

    LONDON, Saturday.--Mr. William A. M'Arthur, M.P., has announced his intention of resigning his seat in the House of Commons, where he represents St. ...

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  8. COLLIERY EXPLOSION.

    LONDON, Friday Night.--News is to hand of a serious colliery explosion at Hyde, Cheshire. Thirty lives are reported to have been lost and many colliers were injured. ...

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  9. FIRES.

    Early on Saturday morning a fire broke out in the produce store of Mr. J. Ptolemy, of 168 Sussex-street. An alarm was given to the Metropolitan Fire Brigade and an engine was ...

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  10. THE AUSTRALIAN MAIL SERVICE.

    LONDON, Saturday.--The Right Hon. H. C. Raikes, Postmaster-Genefai, is unwilling to sanction any alteration in the mail tables by which the dates of the departure of the ...

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  11. MANCHESTER AND PROTECTION.

    LONDON, Saturday.--The result of a plebiscite taken by the Manchester Chamber of Commerce is that the resolution recently passed by a section of the chamber in ...

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  12. ALCOHOL IN GERMAN COLONIES.

    LONDON, Sunday.--In the German Reichstag Herr S[?]oenecker has notified his intention of moving that alcohol be prohibited in the German colonies. ...

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  13. BRITISH COLONISING COMPANY.

    LONDON, Saturday.--The British Colonising Company has been registered with a capital of £100,000. Mr. W. L. Rees, of Gisborne, Mew Zealand, ...

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  14. THE GERMAN NAVAL BUDGET.

    LONDON, Sunday.--The naval budget introduced by the German Government, with the object of increasing the strength of the German navy has been affirmed. ...

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  15. THE MAORI FOOTBALLERS.

    LONDON, Sunday.--In a match yesterday at Wakefield the Maori footballers were defeated by the local team. ...

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  16. THE COUNTRY ELECTORATES.

    ALBURY, Sunday.--Mr. John Wilkinson, a Solicitor in practice here, has definitely decided on becoming a candidate for Albury. Mr. Wilkinson is a protectionist, and declares ...

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  17. AN AMERICAN SUGAR BOUNTY.

    LONDON, Sunday.--The Senate of the United States has approved of a bounty on sugar at the rate of one cent per lb. ...

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  18. COLONIAL BISHOPS.

    LONDON, Saturday.--It is reported that at a private gathering of colonial bishops, held subsequent to the Lambeth Conference, the complaint was made that in the colonies the ...

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  19. THE FREE TRADE ASSOCIATION.

    To-day the Freetrade Association commence holding meetings regularly at 11 in the morning and 8 in the evening. Arrangements have been made for the association to work in ...

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  20. WRITS OF ELECTION.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 791 words
  21. VICTORIA'S FINANCIAL POSITION.

    LONDON, Sunday.--The Sunday Times, in an article on the financial position of Australia, discredits the recently made statements that a monetary panic is ...

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  22. THE LATE DEAN LEONARD.

    The Roman Catholic priesthood of Sidney has lost one of its most active members in the death of the Very Rev. Dean Leonard. The deceased, clergyman, who had attained his 68th ...

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  23. COUNTY COUNCILS ELECTIONS.

    LONDON, Friday Night.--The local government elections, under the County Councils Act, have resulted in a victory for the Liberals, who have secured a two-thirds ...

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  24. THE SYDNEY ARTILLERY.

    LONDON, Saturday.--Captain Churchward has been ordered to proceed to Sydney at once, where he will act as instructor to the local artillery forces. ...

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  25. NEW ZEALAND ANTIMONY GOLD COMPANY.

    LONDON, Saturday.--The Economist condemns the New Zealand Antimony Goldmining Company for purchasing land without having first tested the statements of the ...

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  26. IMMIGRATION INTO AMERICA.

    LONDON, Friday Night.--Attention has lately been given by a committee of the United States Congress to the subject of immigration. A report just submitted ...

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  27. THE PROTECTIONIST PARTY.

    The central committee of the protectionist party were actively engaged at their rooms at the corner of Hunter and Phillip streets on Saturday. A large number of candidates ...

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  28. A PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION.

    LONDON, Saturday.--Mr. Wilson, a Gladstonite Liberal, who has been returned to Parliament as representative of Govan, defeated his opponent, Sir John Pender, who ...

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  29. CARDINAL MORAN'S ECCLESIASTICAL SEMINARY.

    Cardinal Moran has invited all the bishops of the Roman Catholic Church in Australia and a large number of the clergy and laity of the diocese of Sydney to the opening ceremony in ...

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  30. ENGLISH DEER FOR AUSTRALIA.

    LONDON, Saturday.--Mr. Anderson, of the firm of Messrs. Anderson, Anderson and Co., the London managers of the Orient line of steamships, is about to despatch a herd of ...

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  31. MW ZEALAND TAX ON CAPITAL.

    LONDON, Saturday.--The Economist complains of the shortsighted policy of the New Zealand Government in taxing capital on which no profits have been made, and ...

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  32. THE PROPOSED COPPER BANK.

    LONDON, Sunday.--The Messrs. Matheson are promoting the proposed Copper Bank, the principal object of which is to prolong contracts to 12 years. The capital is to be ...

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  33. OVERLAND PASSENGER TRAFFIC.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 742 words
  34. DEATH OF THE HEAD OF THE TURKISH CHURCH.

    LONDON, Sunday.--The death is announced of Sheik-ul-Islam, the head of the Church in Turkey. ...

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  35. EMIN BEY'S SAFETY.

    LONDON, Sunday.--The report that Emin Bey was safe at the beginning of November is reaffirmed. ...

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  36. GENERAL NOTES.

    A letter from Sir Henry Parkas to an influential elector in a distant electorate has been handed to us. After referring to the circumstances which precipitated the ...

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  37. THE PARNELL DEFENCE FUND.

    LONDON, Friday Night.--The amount of the fund organised for the purpose of defraying the expenses incurred by Mr. Parnell, M.P., in connection with The ...

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  38. GENERAL BOULANGER.

    LONDON, Sunday.--It is announced that the Freemasons will Support M. Jacques, who opposes General Boulanger in the election for the Department of the Seine. ...

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  39. THE GOVERNOR OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    LONDON, Saturday.--The statement that the Earl of Kintore, the newly appointed Governor of South Australia, will sail for Adelaide on March 4 in the R.M.S. Victoria ...

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  40. THE SAMOAN DIFFICULTY.

    AUCKLAND, Sunday.--The German warship Eber has arrived with dispatches from Samoa. From information gathered on board, it transpires that the position remains unchanged ...

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  41. RETURNING OFFICERS.

    Among the returning-officers are half-a-dozen new names, those gentlemen having been appointed in some cases in the place of those Who have resigned, and in other cases owing to the ...

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  42. THE VICTORIAN LOAN.

    LONDON, Friday Night.--The quotation of the new Victorian 3 12 per cent. loan of £3,000,000 has improved during the last two days On Wednesday the loan was quoted ...

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  43. VIEWS OF THE PRESS.

    "Sir Henry Parkes" (says the Coonamble Times) "may desire mere machines as supporters ; but the constituencies desire independent members, and no amount of autocratic ...

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  44. A ROYAL MARRIAGE.

    LONDON, Sunday.--The Prince of Wales will represent the Queen at the approaching marriage of the Grand Duke Paul of Russia, the youngest brother of the Emperor ...

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  45. THE NOMINATIONS.

    It will be noticed that the nominations for the metropolitan and suburban constituencies take place on January 31, or on Thursday week next, and that the polling-day is two days ...

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  46. THE TRAGEDY IN WEST AUSTRALIA.

    PERTH, Sunday.--Johnson, the murderer of Mr. John M'Pherson and his wife, near Newcastle, visited a fanner, named Robinson, on Thursday, and bought some ammunition, ...

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  47. FIRE IN BRISBANE.

    BRISBANE, Sunday.--A fire occurred in Queen-street last night, in the shop of John Elser, outfitter and tailor, the stock and building being completely gutted. He closed ...

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  48. SERIOUS QUARREL ON AN EXCURSION STEAMER.

    MELBOURNE, Sunday.--A serious assault case occurred on the excursion steamer Ozone while proceeding down the bay to-day. A dispute occurred about the possession of a ...

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  49. A DETERMINED SUICIDE.

    MELBOURNE, Sunday.--The body of a tailor named Thos. A. R. Buckie, who has been missing from Geelong has been found in the [?] Deceased had evidently cut his ...

    Article : 69 words
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