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  2. SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    PORT DARWIN, Sunday.--The full complement of cattle taken on Thursday last by the steamer Port Darwin practically complete the first thousand head shipped from there. ...

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  3. THE COUNTRY.

    ALBURY, Saturday.--According to the new arrangement there was to be no train from Sydney yesterday, and the mail train which usually remained here until Sunday left ...

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  4. ILLAWARRA SUBURBS HOSPITAL DEMONSTRATION.

    Yesterday was observed as a special hospital Sunday in the Illawarra suburbs, collections ill aid of the local hospital fund being taken in a number of the churches and ...

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  5. DISCOVERIES IN MARS.

    LONDON, Friday Night.--Professor Pickering, of Harvard University, who has been making observations of the planet Mars, asserts that he has ...

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  6. MARINE DISASTERS.

    LONDON, Friday Night.--A telegram from New York reports a terrible shipping disaster on Lake Superior. A steamer trading on the, lake sank ...

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  7. THE CHOLERA.

    LONDON, Sunday.--The prevalence of cholera in Austria has prevented military manoeuvres from being held in that country. ...

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  8. SIR GEORGE GREY.

    LONDON, Sunday.--The Sunday Sun, reviewing Mr. W. L. Rees' book "The Life and Times of Sir George Grey," says that Sir George has always been ahead of ...

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  9. VOLUNTEER INSPECTION AT SINGLETON.

    SINGLETON, Saturday.--The annual inspection of the volunteers of the 4th Regiment took place to-day, a large number of volunteers being present from all the towns in the ...

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  10. SHIP WRECKED IN THE ATLANTIC.

    LONDON, Sunday.--The Alumbagh a British ship, has been wrecked during a hurricane in the Atlantic. Thirty-five lives were lost. ...

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  11. THE SALVATION ARMY.

    LONDON, Friday Night.--General Booth has made a further statement in connection with the revolt of certain members of the Salvation Army in Canada. ...

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  12. THE BARRIER MINERS' STRIKE.

    BROKEN-HILL, Saturday.--This has been about the quietest day experienced since the strike started. Even the mass meeting on the reserve, though attended by a large ...

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  13. PRECAUTIONARY MEASURES IN THE COLONIES.

    MELBOURNE, Sunday.--Communication have been forwarded by the Premier to the Governments of other colonies announcing the precautions which the Board of ...

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  14. THE DEGRADATION OF POPULAR SPORT.

    The Rev. George Walters, of the Unitarian Church, Hyde Park, preached last night on "The Degradation of Popular Sport," making special reference to football, ...

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  15. DESTRUCTION OF A NEW SHIP AT GREENOCK.

    LONDON, Sunday.--The Auchmountain a new barque, which was lying at Greenock, has been totally destroyed by an explosion of gunpowder. ...

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  16. THE RABBIT PEST.

    COONABARABRAN, Saturday.--Several rabbits have been seen on the Gummin Gummin run, 30 miles west from here, some being brown and some black and white. There ...

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  17. BRITISH LABOR TROUBLES.

    LONDON, Saturday Night.--Rioting has taken place among the trade unionists who are opposing the employment of non-unionists in the Cheshire salt mines. ...

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  18. LORETTO NUNS AT RANDWICK.

    The latest addition to the Roman Catholic teaching orders of Sydney--the Loretto nuns --took possession of their convent and high school at Randwick yesterday afternoon. ...

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  19. SIR GEORGE DIBBS' VISIT.

    LONDON, Saturday Night.--The Economist, in an article on New South Wales finance, says that since the visit of Sir George Dibbs to England the colony's 3½ ...

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  20. OFFERING DISEASED CATTLE FOR SALE.

    WEST MAITLAND, Saturday.--At the police court yesterday H. Crothers was charged "that he did on June 10 expose for sale 49 diseased bullocks in the district of ...

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  21. WEATHER, STOCK AND CROPS.

    BATHURST, Saturday.--Another downpour of rain was experienced last night, 53 points being registered. BOWRAL, Saturday.--A thunderstorm ...

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  22. VICTORIA.

    MELBOURNE, Sunday.--An influential meeting of city merchants, traders and others was held on Saturday morning at the offices of the Employers' Union to consider the ...

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  23. THE TAILORS' STRIKE.

    LONDON, Friday Night.--The strike of tailors at Manchester and Sheffield, which arose out of a dispute in connection with wages, is collapsing. ...

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  24. SPECIAL STOCK TRAINS.

    ALBURY, Saturday.--Several stock and station agents here complain of the positive cruelty to animals which is brought about through the action of the Railway ...

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  25. LONDON FAILURES.

    LONDON, Saturday Night.--The London and General Bank, of 20 Budge-row, Cannon-street, which has an authorised capital of £1,000,000 and a subscribed ...

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  26. THE FRUITGROWERS' UNION.

    The monthly meeting of the council of the Fruitgrowers' Union of New South Wales was held at the Assembly-hall, Parramatta, on Saturday afternoon. The president (Mr. C. ...

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  27. THE LABOR PARTY AND A POLITICAL CRISIS.

    At a public meeting of the Newtown Labor Electoral League on Friday evening Mr. John Hindle, M.P., at the request, of the members present, delivered a short address ...

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  28. A TOWN DESTROYED.

    LONDON, Sunday.--Wilna, an ancient town in Russia, and capital of the province of the same name, has been destroyed by fire. Four thousand people ...

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  29. PREPARING FOR AN ELECTION.

    TAMWORTH, Saturday.--A large meeting of members of the Freetrade Association was held last night. Rules were adopted and other business transacted. Concerning the ...

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  30. RAILWAY CONSTRUCTION--PENDING LAWSUITS.

    MELBOURNE, Sunday.--A couple of big lawsuits over railway construction are pending. Some time since the board of arbitration awarded Messrs. Graham and Wordick, ...

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  31. THE SILVER COINAGE QUESTION.

    LONDON, Sunday.--Sir Saul Samuel, the Agent-General for New South Wales, is opposing the granting of exclusive concessions to Victoria in connection with ...

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  32. THE MERCANTILE BANK OF AUSTRALIA.

    LONDON, Saturday Night.--Mr. Millidge, the late general manager and liquidator in Victoria of the Mercantile Bank of Australia, will on Tuesday ...

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  33. THE VICTORIAN FISHERIES COMMISSION.

    NEWCASTLE, Sunday.--The members of the Victorian Fisheries Commission held a meeting at Port Stephens yesterday morning and received evidence in regard to the fish caught, ...

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  34. THE GUELPH FUND.

    LONDON, Saturday Night.--The agreement entered into by the Duke of Cumberland with the German Government, with respect to the disposition of the ...

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  35. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    LONDON, Friday Night.--The Orient Steam Navigation Company and the Peninsular and Oriental Company have raised the measurement freights to ...

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  36. THE CO-OPERATIVE MINERS.

    NEWCASTLE, Saturday.--The Wall[?]end miners have adopted the delegate board minute in reference to the ballot for the Co-operative miners giving 14 days' ...

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  37. FATALITIES AND ACCIDENTS.

    FOUND DROWNED.--The Water police all last week were engaged in dragging Blackwattle Bay for the body of the young man Arthur Gale, who was supposed to have been ...

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  38. A CONSTANTINOPLE DISASTER.

    LONDON, Saturday Night.--Fifteen persons have been killed by the collapse of a scaffold at Pera, a suburb of Constantinople. The architect who was ...

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  39. TASMANIA.

    HOBART, Sunday.--The new Ministry are finding some difficulty regarding retrenchment, for notwithstanding a conference they have had with the heads of the departments ...

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  40. THE WORLD'S WHEAT.

    LONDON, Saturday Night.--It is estimated that the world's wheat supply this years will be decidedly in excess of requirements. ...

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  41. SAFE ROBBERY IN THE CITY.

    A burglary, apparently premeditated for a much heavier hand than that obtained, took place early on Sunday morning at the office of Mr. R. Johnston, King-street. The safe ...

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  42. THE SILVER MARKET.

    LONDON, Saturday Night.--The Statist expects that the silver market will be quiet, pending tho American presidential election. ...

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  43. SERIOUS FALLING OFF IN THE REVENUE.

    HOBART, Sunday.--There has been a heavy declension in the revenue for the eight months just ended compared with the same period last year, the decrease being nearly ...

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  44. THE WORLD'S LARGEST STEAMER.

    LONDON, Sunday.--The Cunard Steamship Company are launching a steamer, which is said to be the largest vessel in the world. She has a displacement of ...

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  45. ARRIVAL OF THE R.M.S. AUSTRAL.

    ALBANY (W.A.), Sunday.--The R.M.S. Austral, Captain Take, from London, arrived here at 7 a.m. on Saturday, and sailed again at 9 a.m. the same day for Adelaide, ...

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  46. THE NATIVE REVOLT IN INDIA.

    LONDON, Sunday.--Hassin Ali, the chief who has been promoting insurrection against the British Government among the native tribes in the Black Mountain ...

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  47. A NARROW ESCAPE AT SEA.

    The ship Argument, which arrived in Port Jackson yesterday from Glasgow, had a narrow escape from collision with a wreck or portion of a wreck during the passage. The ...

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  48. WEST AUSTRALIA.

    Captain Hushes, of the ill-fated barque Laira, from New Zealand, was killed this morning through a load of timber falling on him. ...

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  49. THE STANDARD BANK OF AUSTRALIA.

    LONDON, Friday.--The response of shareholders in the Standard Bank of Australia to the call made on them has been most satisfactory. ...

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