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  2. THE CARPENTERS' STRIKE.

    LONDON, Thursday. -- The President of the British Institute of Architects, who was appointed to act as arbitrator between the employers and employes in connection ...

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  3. GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS.

    LONDON, Thursday. -- The British Government are making inquiries as to the amount of wages paid to the operatives employed in the Leicester factories, prior ...

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  4. THE COUNTRY.

    WILCANNIA, Friday. -- A case of drowning occurred to-day. William May, a barber, aged about 21, went out in one of the Rowing Club skiffs and was swamped by the wash ...

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  5. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.

    The thunderstorms which visited the city and suburbs yesterday morning though not unusual for this time of the year, were more than usually severe, and were accompanied by a ...

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  6. WEST AUSTRALIA.

    PERTH, Friday. -- Mr. Peterkin, one of the pioneers of the Murchison goldfield states that the value of the gold already obtained there is about £20,000. He says that he has ...

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  7. VICTORIA.

    MELBOURNE, Friday. -- The Queensland beetle has at last found its way into Victoria, and is causing considerable destruction amongst orchards at Mildura, and promises, ...

    Article : 212 words
  8. THE MINERS' STRIKE IN FRANCE.

    LONDON, Thursday. -- The whole of the minors employed in the collieries in the north of France have struck work for shorter hours and an advance of wages. ...

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  9. PROPOSED PUBLIC WORKS.

    PERTH, Friday. -- The Premier, speaking at the Wellington Agricultural Show dinner yesterday, stated that the Government proposed immediately after the coming season ...

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  10. THE LIBERAL PARTY.

    LONDON, Thursday. -- Mr. Joseph Chamberlain, M.P. for Birmingham, denies the allegation that he is a political renegade. He asserts that Mr. ...

    Article : 57 words
  11. WOLLONGONG HARBOR TRUST.

    WOLLONGONG, Friday. -- At the meeting of the Wollongong Harbor Trust to-day the correspondence included a letter from the Lands Department concerning a special ...

    Article : 125 words
  12. LOAN PROPOSALS.

    PERTH, Friday. -- The Premier delivered a speech at Bunbury last night, when he slated that the Government, in view of the financial depression in England, had proposed to ...

    Article : 238 words
  13. RUSSIAN BRIGANDS.

    LONDON, Thursday Night. -- A number of brigands waylaid and stopped a railway train near Moscow. They succeeded in abstracting £5000 from the mail bags. ...

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  14. THE FARMERS' POLITICAL PROGRAMME.

    MELBOURNE, Friday. -- At a well-attended meeting of the North Gippsland Agricultural Society several proposals of the Victorian Farmers' National Union were considered, ...

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  15. THE ENGLISH CRICKETERS.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 1,064 words
  16. LONDON LANDLORDS.

    LONDON, Thursday. -- A number of London landlords, in the guise of ratepayers, are raising a hostile agitation against the assessments and taxation ...

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  17. AUSTRALIAN FINANCES.

    LONDON, Friday. -- The Daily News asserts that Australian securities will yet reassert themselves on their real merits despite the rivalry of American railway ...

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  18. THE RAILWAY STRIKE AT LISMORE.

    LISMORE, Friday. -- The strike on the first section of the railway has developed to a greater extent than was first anticipated. All the men have come out, the last being ...

    Article : 145 words
  19. PRINCE GEORGE OF WALES.

    LONDON, Thursday. -- Prince George of Wales, who is suffering from a severe attack of typhoid fever, is progressing favorably towards recovery. ...

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  20. ELECTRIC TRAINS.

    LONDON, Thursday Night. -- Mr. Edison, the famous electrical engineer and scientist, who for some time past has been directing his attention towards using ...

    Article : 87 words
  21. THE NORTHERN COLLIERIES.

    NEWCASTLE, Friday. -- Mr. Jesse Gregson, general superintendent of the A.A. Company, is still prevented from attending to business through a prolonged attack of ...

    Article : 193 words
  22. THE INFLUENZA EPIDEMIC.

    The Australasian Medical Gazette in an editorial on the influenza epidemic refers to the recent publication by Dr. Franklin Parsons, of the Medical Department of the ...

    Article : 467 words
  23. BRITISH POLITICS.

    LONDON, Friday. -- The Marquis of Harrington, in a speech delivered last night, said that the principles adopted by the English Liberal party were akin to ...

    Article : 62 words
  24. CASE OF SUPPOSED LEPROSY.

    MELBOURNE, Friday. -- A young man who has been under treatment at the out-patient department of the Melbourne Hospital for skin disease has, it is feared by the medical ...

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  25. FAILURE OF GERMAN BANKERS.

    LONDON, Thursday. -- The banking firm of Messrs. Nordmeyer and Michaelson, of Hamburg, Germany, have failed, with liabilities stated at £750,000. The assets ...

    Article : 77 words
  26. ONE MAN KILLED AT HOMEBUSH. FIVE OTHERS RENDERED UNCONSCIOUS.

    During the heavy thunderstorm yesterday morning a house in the course of erection in Powell-ntreet, Homebush, was struck by lightning, a plasterer named George Watton ...

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  27. A CLAIM AGAINST EMPLOYERS.

    MELBOURNE, Friday. -- In the second Civil Court to-day an action was commenced by Peter Dade, a mechanical engineer, for the recovery of £3000 damages from Hoskins and ...

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  28. EMIN PASHA.

    LONDON, Friday. -- News from Central Africa states that Emin Pasha has been successful in his warfare against the native tribes in the district of the North Albert ...

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  29. FRANCE AND RUSSIA.

    LONDON, Friday. -- M. Nicholas de Giers, the Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs, who is at present in Paris, has been invited to dine with M. Sadi Carnot, ...

    Article : 54 words
  30. THE BOURKE ELECTION. -- NOMINATIONS.

    BOURKE, Friday. -- The nomination of candidates took place to-day to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of J. P. Howe. Only about 250 people were present ...

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  31. SHIPPING FOR SYDNEY.

    LONDON, Friday. -- Fearing the advent of protection in New South Wales, owing to the programme set forth by the Dibbs Ministry, there is a glut of shipping in ...

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  32. SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    ADELAIDE, Friday. -- On Thursday the Premier received a cable message from Mr. Samuel Deering, assistant Agent-General, stating that Sir Arthur Blyth will not resume ...

    Article : 95 words
  33. THE REVOLT IN BRAZIL.

    LONDON, Thursday. -- The European Powers generally do not regard Marshal da Fonseca as the Dictator of the Republic of Brazil. ...

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  34. ROUMANIA ARMING.

    LONDON, Friday Noon. -- The Government of Roumania have purchased 220,000 Mannlicher rifles. ...

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  35. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    LONDON, Thursday. -- Ex-King Milan of Servia has dodged himself not to return to that country, and has formally renounced all his rights to the Servian ...

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  36. ROUND-HILL DEVASTATED. -- MONSTER HAIL STONES.

    BROKEN-HILL, Friday. -- The oppressive weather which has prevailed here during the last few days terminated yesterday in a terrific storm, which caused much damage in ...

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  37. CANADIAN CORRUPTION.

    LONDON, Thursday. -- Mr. Arnold, late Chief Engineer in the Public Works Department of the Canadian Government, who some time since was suspended in ...

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  38. THE MOONTA MINERS' STRIKE.

    ADELAIDE, Friday. -- At a meeting of miners at Moonta to-day a letter was read from the secretary of the A.M.A., Broken-hill, enclosing a cheque for £500. This was ...

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  39. FORGED BANK NOTES.

    ADELAIDE, Friday. -- In response to an advertisement a number of holders of forged notes on the Bank of Adelaide presented the same for inspection at the bank's head office ...

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  40. THE BISHOP OF MELANESIA.

    LONDON, Thursday. -- Dr. Selwyn, who has resigned his position as Bishop of Melanesia, is obliged to go about on crutches owing to the injury to his leg, and ...

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  41. IN THE COUNTRY.

    MACLEAN, Friday. -- A great number of persons are affected with influenza. Shark Creek public school has been closed for several days, but the cases are generally ...

    Article : 587 words
  42. CANADIAN SETTLEMENT.

    LONDON, Thursday. -- With a view to opening out the fertile lauds of the colony, the Government of the Dominion of Canada have decided upon placing ...

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  43. THE PRODUCTION OF ARTIFICIAL RAIN.

    ADELAIDE, Friday. -- At a meeting of the Geographical Society to-day it was decided that it was desirable to initiate experiments in South Australia with a view to artificial ...

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  44. THE FRENCH TARIFF.

    LONDON, Friday. -- The debate on the tariff proposals of the Government was opened in the French Senate yesterday by M. Lacour, who maintained that the new ...

    Article : 66 words
  45. THE RUSSIAN WHEAT EXPORT.

    LONDON, Thursday. -- Five thousand dock laborers at Warsaw, the capital of Russian Poland, have been thrown out of employment in consequence of the ...

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  46. DESTRUCTIVE GALE AT BATHURST.

    BATHURST, Friday. -- A tremendous squall of wind, rain, hail and thunder shortly after midnight this morning did considerable damage. The roof of the cattle and horse ...

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  47. AMERICAN SHEEP FOR SYDNEY.

    LONDON, Friday. -- Sixty American merino rams have arrived in London and are to be shipped by an Orient steamer for Sydney. ...

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  48. CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY.

    LONDON, Friday. -- A memorial addressed to the University of Cambridge with regard to the abolition of Greek as a compulsory subject in the University ...

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  49. THE VICTORIAN RIFLE ASSOCIATION MEETING.

    MELBOURNE, Thursday. -- The rifle matches at Williamstown to-day were interfered with by heavy rain. The Representative Match was completed, but the top scores were not ...

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  50. THE FRENCH FLEET.

    LONDON, Friday. -- Admiral Gervais, commander of the French fleet which recently visited Russia and England, states that his mission was with a view to ...

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  51. THE TROUBLE IN CHINA.

    LONDON, Friday. -- The situation in the disaffected districts in China is improving. ...

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  52. TASMANIAN MINERAL SYNDICATE.

    LONDON, Friday. -- A Tasmanian mineral syndicate has been registered with a capital of £50,000. ...

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  53. IN THE COUNTRY.

    BATHURST, Thursday. -- A greet change has taken place in the weather. The glass fell from 89 on Tuesday to 74 yesterday. Heavy showers of rain have fallen and more is ...

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  54. ONE MAN ONE VOTE.

    MELBOURNE, Friday. -- Conflicting statements have been made regarding the operation of the one-man-one-vote principle in South Australia, where it has been in force ...

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  55. DALZIEL'S AGENCY.

    LONDON, Friday. -- Dalziel's News Agency is being floated into a company with a capital of £100,000. ...

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  56. STOCKS AND SHARES.

    LONDON, Thursday. -- On the London Exchange yesterday shares in the Bank of Australasia fell £1. Auckland (New Zealand) Harbor Trust shares declined 10s. ...

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  57. TROTTING.

    LONDON, Thursday. -- There is great excitement in trotting circles in America, through Parlo Alto, the celebrated trotting horse, owned by Senator Stanford, of ...

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  58. RUSSIAN TROOPS ON THE POLISH FRONTIER.

    LONDON, Thursday. -- Forty thousand Russian troops are moving towards the Polish frontier. ...

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  59. SLAVIN V. JACKSON.

    LONDON, Thursday. -- Frank P. Slavin and Peter Jackson, the Australian pugilists, have decided to accept the offer of the National Sporting Club, London, to ...

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  60. THE SALVATION ARMY.

    LONDON, Friday. -- The self-denial week observed by the members of the Salvation Army throughout the United Kingdom has resulted in a return of £22,000 ...

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  61. THE WHEAT MARKET.

    LONDON, Thursday. -- The cargo of New Zealand wheat brought by the ship Lake Superior, from Port Lyttelton, has been sold in London at 42s 3d per quarter. ...

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  62. NEW ZEALAND.

    In consequence of the outbreak of glanders amongst the horses of Sell's circus, the Stock Department are adopting precautions against the possible introduction of the disease from ...

    Article : 83 words
  63. THE AUSTRALIAN ELEVEN.

    LONDON, Thursday. -- The committee of the County of Gloucester Club have expressed their willingness to play against the team of Australian cricketers who ...

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  64. THE RUSSIAN LOAN.

    LONDON, Thursday. -- The Vienna correspondent of the Daily Chronicle says that the Rothschilds assisted the French banks to the extent of £5,000,000 in ...

    Article : 44 words
  65. Advertising

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    Advertising : 89 words
  66. THE BLYTH AND GLADSTONE RAILWAY.

    ADELAIDE, Friday. -- A deputation of members of Parliament waited yesterday on the Commissioner for Works to ask that the construction of the Blyth and Gladstone railway ...

    Article : 82 words
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