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  2. ENGLAND AND PORTUGAL.

    LONDON, Tuesday.--Sir James Fergusson, Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs, in reply to questions in the House of Commons last night stated that the reports ...

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  3. GENERAL NEWS.

    The business of the Executive Council yesterday was unusually heavy owing to some little delay in holding a Council through the Easter holidays and the absence of the Premier. ...

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  4. WASHED FROM THE ROOKS AT BONDI.

    Following close upon the drowning of the young man Henry Fisher at Bondi--in fact, on the very day that his body was recovered--comes the information of another drowning ...

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  5. THE TRAMWAYS AND RAILWAYS.

    We are rapidly approaching the period when our tramways, even with the present cumbrous system, will be a paying concern, thanks to improved management. For the year ended June ...

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  6. THE WAGGA TRAGEDY.

    WAGGA, Tuesday.--Alfred Smith is still a patient in the Wagga hospital, being under medical treatment. To-day Smith asked Police-inspector Harrison and the Rev. James ...

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  7. THE FLOODS ON THE DARLING.

    BREWARRINA, Tuesday.--The river to-day is again rising slowly, averaging about 3in in 24 hours and a gradual rise is expected for some days. Great damage will be done to ...

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  8. THE VICTORIAN LOAN.

    LONDON, Tuesday.--In financial circles the amount of the Victorian 3 12 per cent. loan of £4,000,000 is regarded as excessive. ...

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  9. WRECK OF A CUTTER.

    AUCKLAND, Tuesday.--A coasting cutter has been wrecked at Tauranga, 130 miles southeast from Auckland. Two young men, named Turner and Cinnamon, were drowned. ...

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  10. MR. J. HAYES, M.P., BEFORE THE ELECTORS.

    ALBURY, Tuesday.--Mr. James Hayes, one of the members for the Hume, addressed a large public meeting at Savernake, in the Corowa district, last night. He reviewed the political ...

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  11. THE SAMOAN LAND CASE.

    AUCKLAND, Tuesday.--The steamer Arawata, from Fiji, brings word that the Chief Justice sitting at Levuka dismissed an application to vary the order staying proceedings in the ...

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  12. THE CRICKET TEAM.

    LONDON, Monday.--Mr. W. L. Murdoch, the cricketer, who is to captain the Australian team during their coming tour, has arrived in London. He repudiates the ...

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  13. RAIN AND FLOODS IN NEW ZEALAND.

    AUCKLAND, Tuesday.--Continuous rain has fallen over the North Island for seven days past. Floods have occurred in some districts but no serious damage is reported. ...

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  14. THE WRECK OF THE EMILIE.

    AUCKLAND, Tuesday.--Brownrigg, mate of the barque Emilie, which was wrecked on Stewart Island, died from exhaustion at Invercargill to-day. The names of those drowned in ...

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  15. THE KAISER AND EMIN PASHA.

    LONDON, Tuesday.--The Emperor William of Germany has officially assured the British Government that the appointment of Emin Pasha as administrator of the German ...

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  16. MELBOURNE BURGLARS IN ADELAIDE.

    ADELAIDE, Tuesday.--George Cann and Frederick James, the men who broke into the house of Mr. Alfred Deakin, Chief Secretary of Victoria, and stole goods to the value of £450 ...

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  17. NEW ZEALAND FINANCES.

    AUCKLAND, Tuesday.--The present condition of the public accounts shows a probable surplus of over £100,000. ...

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  18. ALLEGED MISAPPROPRIATION OF MONEY.

    ADELAIDE, Tuesday.--The board appointed to inquire into the alleged misappropriation of money received for hawkers' licenses by Sergeant Upton, head of the Adelaide detective ...

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  19. THE IRISH LAND PURCHASE BILL.

    LONDON, Tuesday.--Mr. Chas. S. Parnell, M.P., intends to move in the House of Commons that the second reading of the Irish Land Purchase Bill be deferred for six ...

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  20. THE WALLARAH COLLIERY DISPUTE.

    NEWCASTLE, Tuesday.--The miners' delegate board held a meeting to-day. It has transpired that the reason the meeting was adjourned on Friday was owing to the chairman of the ...

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  21. TO THE EDITOR OF THE DAILY TELEGRAPH.

    Sir,--To smash up and make literary mincemeat of a Daily Telegraph leading article is perhaps a task which ordinary mortals seldom attempt without ignominous failure. My only plea for ...

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  22. FIRE AT QUEANBEYAN.

    QUEANBEYAN, Tuesday.--A destructive fire occurred last night about a quarter-past 11 o'ctock in the store of Mr. J. H. W. Walker, Macquade-street, near the river. Mr. Walker ...

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  23. THE COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF.

    LONDON, Tuesday.--H.R.H. the Duke of Cambridge, speaking at a banquet at the Guildhall last night, denied the report that he was about to resign his position as ...

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  24. THE RUST-IN-WHEAT SPECIFIC.

    ADELAIDE, Tuesday.--The Government have resolved to join with the other colonics in paying £10,000 to Mr. Smith Ellis, of South Yarra, for his specific for red rust in wheat if it ...

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  25. LORD AND LADY CARRINGTON VISIT BOURKE.

    With the object of making a personal inspection of Bourke and district during the present extreme floods, Lord Carrington, accompanied by Lady Carrington, left last ...

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  26. THE VICTORIAN POLICE FORCE.

    MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--A conference of members of the police force was held to-day, under official sanction, when the following resolutions were passed:-- ...

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  27. HORRIBLE DEATH OF A FARMER.

    MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--John O'Farrell, a well-known farmer of Dunstown, near Ballarat, arrived home last night in an intoxicated condition. He quarrelled with his wife and eight ...

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  28. THE ILLAWARRA IRONWORKS.

    LONDON, Tuesday.--The syndicate of Scotch ironmasters formed by Mr. Jos. Mitchell, M.P. for Illawarra, New South Wales, for the purpose of establishing ...

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  29. THE GOVERNMENT ASSISTANCE.

    One of the most alarming features of the situation at Bourke is the fact that there is an enormous flood coming down from the Culgoa which may reach the town at any moment, thus ...

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  30. ATTEMPTED WIFE MURDER.

    ADELAIDE, Tuesday.--A sailor named Chas. Osborn was committed for trial at Wallaroo to-day for attempting to murder his wife, Elizabeth Osborn, on March 28. The accused ...

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  31. RAILWAY FARES FOR CLERGYMEN.

    BRISBANE, Tuesday.--A deputation consisting of several ministers of religion waited on the Railway Commissioners to-day to request a reversion to the previous regulations as to ...

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  32. MR. H. M. STANLEY.

    LONDON, Tuesday.--Mr. H. M. Stanley, the African explorer, intends visiting Paris. The Prince of Wales will preside at the reception to be given in London to Mr. ...

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  33. FRESH FISH FOR SYDNEY.

    AUCKLAND, Tuesday.--The steamer Mararoa, which left here to-day for Sydney, takes 18 tons of fresh fish, including nine varieties. ...

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  34. DEPUTATIONS.

    Yesterday afternoon Mr. Cullen, M.P., introduced to the Minister for Works, in the absence of Mr. Fuller, M.P., a deputation of the Mayor and aldermen of Kiama to bring a number of ...

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  35. THE TRUST FUNDS BILL.

    LONDON, Tuesday.--It is probable that Mr. Goschen, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, will defer the introduction of the bill dealing with the investment of trust ...

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  36. DIOCESAN SYNOD OF TASMANIA.

    HOBART, Tuesday.--The Diocesan Synod of Tasmania commenced its sitting to-day, Bishop Montgomery presiding. The Bishop made his first synod address. A notice of motion was ...

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  37. MR. HENRY GEORGE AT FORBES.

    FORBES, Tuesday.--Mr. Henry George arrived here on Sunday evening, a large number of persons going out to meet and escort him to town. He was officially received by the ...

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  38. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    LONDON, Tuesday.--It is understood that the Grand Duke Constantine, cousin of the Czar of Russia, has been arrested on a charge of writing seditious poetry. ...

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  39. A COURT-HOUSE FOR FERNMOUNT.

    A deputation from the Bellinger River district, consisting of Messrs. M'Dougall and Kethel, Js.P., waited upon the Minister for Justice yesterday and represented to him the ...

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  40. A BOY DROWNED AT LISMORE.

    LISMORE, Tuesday.--A boy named Joseph Lobliner, aged 10 years, son of Charles Lobliner, storekeeper, was drowned at the Government wharf this afternoon. He and some other ...

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  41. THE MAILS DELAYED BY THE FLOODS.

    The Postmaster-General has received information by telegram from the postmaster a Brewarrina that the Sydney and Byrock mails arrived on Monday night, the mailman stating ...

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  42. THE NEW AUSTRALIAN CRUISERS.

    MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--Information has been received from Loudon through a private source to the effect that the Australian fleet of swift cruisers of the improved Archer type will ...

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  43. THE EIGHT-HOUR LABOR DEMONSTRATION.

    LONDON, Tuesday.--The Austrian Government have decided not to interfere with the proposed eight-hours labor demonstration to be held in Vienna in May next. ...

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  44. FATAL ACCIDENTS.

    On the arrival in port of the steamer Illaroo from Bellambi Captain Kech reported that while hauling alongside the jetty at Bellambi the hook of the messenger carred away and ...

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  45. MR. HENRY HUDSON.

    LONDON, Tuesday.--Mr. H. Hudson, who has formed a syndicate in England for the manufacture of locomotives in New South Wales, sails for Sydney on May 2. ...

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  46. AMUSEMENTS.

    All the dress circle seats in the Theatre Royal were taken in less than an hour of the opening of the plan for Saturday evening next, the first night of Mrs. Potter and Mr. Kyrle ...

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  47. COLLISION BETWEEN VEHICLES.

    MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--A serious collision between a springcart and a buggy occurred tonight at Clifton-hill, both being upset and the occupants more or less injured. In the cart ...

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  48. MR. JAMES WHITE'S HORSES.

    LONDON, Tuesday.--Mr. James White's two Australian colts, Kirkham and Narellan, have considerably deteriorated in their training, especially the latter. ...

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  49. MAIN ROAD THROUGH GUNDAGAI.

    Mr. Barnes, M.P., with the Mayor of Gundagai, waited upon the Minister for Works yesterday to urge that a special grant might be given for the main road running through the ...

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  50. QUEENSLAND FLOOD RELIEF FUND.

    BRISBANE, Tuesday.--Mr. Murphy, a member of the Assembly, has promised £100 if further funds are required for flood relief. Sir Charles Lilley has also promised a second donation if ...

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  51. SARA BERNHARDT TO VISIT AUSTRALIA.

    LONDON, Tuesday.--Sara Bernhardt, the distinguished French tragedienne, has signified her intention of paying a professional visit to Australia next year. ...

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