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  2. CABLE NEWS.

    LONDON, Saturday Night.--Mr. Jefferson Davis, the well-known American statesman, who was President of the Confederate States of America during the civil war, is in ...

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  3. THE LONDON STRIKES.

    LONDON, Monday.--The bakers on strike in London have adopted the picket system and have called upon the public to boycott the few employer who still hold out and ...

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  4. THE FEDERATION OF AUSTRALIA.

    The Premier yesterday received the following letter from Mr. Boyd D. Morehend, Premier of Queensland, giving the views of his Government on the matter of the federation proposals of Sir ...

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  5. MINISTERS AT THE GLEBE.

    The Minister for Works, Mr. Bruce Smith, addressed his constituents last night in the Glebe Town-hall. There was a large attendance and Mr. A. Kethel occupied the chair. On the ...

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  6. NEWS BY TELEGRAPH.

    ADELAIDE, Monday.--At the Adelaide Police Court to-day Geo. Gilford, a hairdresser. Otto Moritz, a hairdresser, and Henry Roseau, a bird-dealer, were fined in various amounts for ...

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  7. TO THE EDITOR OF THE DAILY TELEGRAPH.

    Sir,--Wis words have little welcome who speaks against a popular cause, and that colonial federation has received general approval fow can doubt. Yet, would it not he well if some of ...

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  8. SALE OF GOVERNMENT ALLOTMENTS.

    MURRUMBURRAH, Monday.--An important Government Bale of town and suburban allotments took place in the courthouse to-day. The bidding was very spirited. The total amount ...

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  9. WELLINGTON NEW R.C. CHURCH.

    WELLINGTON, Monday.--The now Roman Catholic Convent, woe opened yesterday by his Lordship Bishop Byrne, of Bathurst. During the service Miss Josephine O'Brien, of ...

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  10. AUSTRALIAN RACEHORSES IN ENGLAND.

    LONDON, Saturday night.--Twenty to one has been taken against Mr. James White's colts, Kirkham and Narellan, coupled, for the next year's English Derby. ...

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  11. DISAPPOINTED PROTECTIONISTS.

    LITHGOW, Monday.--A protectionist meeting was announced for Saturday night, to be addressed by Messrs. Howe and Schey, Ms.P, Both, howevor, failed to put in an appearance, ...

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  12. THE PRINCE OF WALES IN PARIS.

    LONDON, Saturday Night.--The Prince of Wales, accompanied by his son Prince George, his returned from his visit to Egypt and is now in Paris. ...

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  13. REVOLT IN BRAZIL.

    LONDON, Saturday Night.--An insurrection has taken place in the Empire of Brazil, the most extensive State in South America, and a Republic has been ...

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  14. RECOGNITION OF MINERS.

    LITHGOW, Monday.--At the last quarterly miners' delegate meeting the following motion from the Vale of Clwydd Lodge:--"That any person seeking work as a miner shall either ...

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  15. THE EMPEROR OF GERMANY.

    LONDON, Saturday Night.--The Emperor William of Germany has returned to Berlin after his visit to the Emperor of Austria at Innspruck. ...

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  16. THE VICTORIAN CUSTOMS.--DUTY ON

    MELBOURNE, Monday.—The private secretary to the Karl of Hopetoun to-day paid a cheque for £1000 to the Customs to cover any duties which may be charged on the carriages, ...

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  17. A MINING COMPANY WOUND UP.

    LONDON, Saturday Night.--The Red Rook Gold-mining Company, situated at Fairfield, in the Braidwood district, which was floated in January, 1880, with a capital of £40,000 ...

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  18. THE SMALLPOX ON THE YARRA.

    MELBOURNE, Monday.--Hopkinson, the smallpox passenger by the Yarra, has been released from quarantine. ...

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  19. SUICIDE BY AN OLD RESIDENT OF WICKHAM.

    NEWCASTLE, Monday.--This evening an old resident of Wickham named Andrew Pearson committed suicide by hanging himself. His wife left home this morning and on returning ...

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  20. THE BRENNAN TORPEDO.

    LONDON, Monday.--It is announced that the defences of Malta are to be strengthened by the laying down of Brennan torpedoes. ...

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  21. AN ALLEGED DEFAULTING BOOKMAKER.

    BRISBANE, Monday.--Some stir was caused in sporting circles this morning at a rumor that a prominent bookmaker had left Brisbane without making arrangements to meet some of ...

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  22. NEW SOUTH WALES FINANCES.

    LONDON, Saturday Night.--An ex-member of the New South Wales Legislature has written a letter to the Economist, in the course of which he severely criticises the ...

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  23. ATTEMPTED SUICIDE OF A BLIND MAN.

    BRISBANE, Monday.--A [?] man named George Allison has attempted to commit suicide at Southport by cutting his throat. He, however, will probably recover. Allison was an ...

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  24. OFFENCES AT NEWCASTLE.

    NEWCASTLE, Monday.--At the police court to-day Henry Convery, charged with indecently assaulting a child six and a-half years of age, was committed for trial to ...

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  25. SALE OF AN ESTATE.

    BATHURST, Monday. -- The Bunnanagoo Estate, near Rockley, the property of the Messrs. M'Intosh and the executors of the late Mr. Rowland Oakes, consisting of 5817a. ...

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  26. THE DOCK LABORERS' RELIEF FUND.

    LONDON, Saturday Night.--The executive committee of the Bock Laborers' Union hold a meeting on Monday to discuss the letter received from the Melbourne ...

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  27. THE BROKEN-HILL MINERS.

    BROKEN-HILL, Monday.--All the furnaces at the Proprietary Mine, with the exception of two 30-tonners and one 30-tonner, are now, in blast. The Block' 14 Bmelters are also in ...

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  28. THE PHYLLOXERA PEST.

    ARBURY, Monday.--Mr. J. D. Lankester, secretary of the Albury Vine and Fruit Growers' Society, has received a communication from the French Consul at Sydney seeking ...

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  29. THE SURRY-HILLS MURDER.

    There is very little to add to what wo have already published about the Surry-hills murder The murderer is still at large, and up to the present the police hare been baffled in their ...

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  30. THE TASMANIAN FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY.

    HOBART, Monday. -- The Tasmanian Fire Insurance Company adopted a resolution this morning to register the company, to divide each present £100 share into 100 of £1 each, ...

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  31. DROWNED IN A PUBLIC BATH.

    MELBOURNE, Monday.--At the inquest on the body of Peter King, who was drowned in the City Baths yesterday, an extraordinary state of affairs was disclosed. The evidence ...

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  32. VIEWS OF CORRESPONDENTS.

    Sir,—For the past two or three years we have had a crusade actively carried on through on the country in which the rallying cry has been "great and beneficent is freetrade, but ...

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  33. THE DIFFICULTY AT THE GRETA COLLIERY.

    GRETA, Monday.--The surfacemen employed at the Greta Colliery struck work this morning with the object of obtaining the concession from the company that eight hours be ...

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  34. INTERCOLONIAL RAILWAY CONFERENCE.

    BRISBANE, Monday.--Mr. Thallon, traffic manager on the Southern railway, left Brisbane to-night to attend the conference of the various colonies in Sydney. The principal subject for ...

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  35. A RAILWAY GUARD KILLED.

    MELBOURNE, Sunday.--John Campbell, a railway guard, while travelling in a train from Sale to Bairnsdale on Friday night fell out of the guard's van and was run over and killed ...

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  36. IMPERIAL FEDERATION.

    London, Saturday Night.--A meeting in support of Imperial federation was held last night at the Guildhall, the new Lord Mayor of London, Sir Henry Aaron Isaacs, ...

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  37. CONFIRMATION BY THE BISHOP OF GOULBURN.

    TEMORA, Saturday.--The Bishop of Goulburn arrived here yesterday, from Cootumandrs, a cavalcade of buggies meeting him some miles out of town. A reception, tea and concert took ...

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  38. THE DAG QUESTION.

    GRENFELL, Monday.--A conference of farmers and millers was held here on Saturday evening (Mr. W. W. Priddie in the chair) to take into consideration the "bag question." ...

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  39. DETERMINED ATTEMPT AT SUICIDE.

    ADELAIDE, Sunday.--A determined attempt at suicide was made this afternoon by Mrs. Hannah Fairwether, aged 60 years, wife of a bootmaker, of Adelaide. She refused to have ...

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  40. THE MELBOURNE FIRE BRIGADES' DISPUTE.

    MELBOURNE, Monday.--A meeting of the newly-formed Metropolitan Fire Brigades Association was held in the Town-hall to-night, but the election of officers was postponed for a ...

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  41. THE EARL OF HOPETOUN'S ARRIVAL.

    MELBOURNE, Monday.--It has transpired that there has been some miscalculation as to the date of the Earl of Hopetoun's arrival. The R.M.S. Britannia is due in Melbourne on the ...

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  42. THE SHIP COUNTY OF CARNARVON.

    AUCKLAND, Monday.--It has transpired that the natives at Whangaroa found a stoved-in beat, marked "County of Carnarvon," last September, with a Newfoundland dog lying ...

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  43. IMPERIAL FEDERATION.

    ADELAIDE, Monday.--At meeting held tins afternoon a South Australian branch of the Imperial Federation League was formed, Chief Justice Way being appointed president. ...

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  44. A SUNDAY LIBERATION SOCIETY.

    MELBOURNE, Monday.--A largely-attended meeting of working men was held in the Melbourne Coffee Palace to night, when it was decided to form a Sunday Liberation Society ...

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  45. SHEARERS' STRIKE AT DUNLOP STATION.

    LOUTH, Monday.--A strike has taken place at the Dunlop shearing shed. The manager, Mr. James Wilson, wants to charge the shearers for their oil, cutters and combs and they object, ...

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  46. THE MOONTA COPPER MINES.

    ADELAIDE, Monday.--A meeting of miners took place at the Moonta copper mines on Saturday evening, when it was decided to demand that certain clerks and foremen employed ...

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  47. THE MINERS AND MR. CURLEY.

    NEWCASTLE, Monday.--The ballot of the various miners' lodges of the district with regard to retaining the services of Mr. James Curley, M.P., as minors' general secretary at a ...

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  48. BURNT TO DEATH.

    AUCKLAND, Monday.--A fire occurred at the house of a contractor named Cameron at Masterton last night, in which a three-year-old daughter of Mr. Cameron was burnt to death. ...

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  49. COAL IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    ADELAIDE, Monday.--The Government have received a formal application for the £10,000 reward offered for Mm discovery of a now coalfield, and also for a lease of the land on ...

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  50. TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES.

    A fire broke out in Breckenridge's store, Wyraliah, on Sunday morning, between 10 and 11 o'clock. The building and stock were entirely consumed. The cause of the fire is ...

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  51. SUICIDE OF A YOUNG GIRL.

    WILCANNIA, Monday.--A most determined case of suicide occurred here on Saturday, when a girl named Gertrude Lambert, aged 14, living at the Commercial Hotel, being accused of ...

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  53. HEAVY RAINS AND FLOODS IN VICTORIA.

    MELBOURNE, Monday.--Very heavy rains have been experienced in most portions of the colony since Saturday, showers of groat severity falling intermittently, causing in many ...

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