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  2. THE RIVER DARLING.

    In addition to information previously given in connection with the report on the "Utilisation of the River Darling," prepared by Mr. H. G. M'Kinney, C.E., and Mr. F. W. Ward, ...

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  3. AMUSEMENTS.

    In announcing a second edition of the Lyceum pantomime, Mr. Williamson does not precisely mean what he says. The pantomime itself, a slight afterpiece inserted as ...

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  4. THE COUNTRY.

    WOLLONOONG, Saturday.--The residence of Mr. James Martin, at Springhill, was totally destroyed by lire shortly before midnight lost night. The members of the family, with ...

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  5. THE IRISH CHANNEL TUNNEL.

    LONDON, Friday Night.--Mr. Harrison Hayter, the eminent engineer, and president of the Institution of Civil Engineers has expressed an opinion at a meeting of ...

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  6. POLITICS IN VICTORIA.

    LONDON, Saturday.--The Times comments on the political situation in Victoria. Referring to the spirit of independence ...

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  7. THE PROPOSED INCOME TAX.

    MACLEAN, Saturday.--To-night a public meeting was held here for the purpose of protesting against the new revenue proposals of the Government. The Mayor, Alderman ...

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  8. THE MINISTERIAL PROGRAMME.

    MELBOURNE, Sunday.--Mr. Patterson, the Premier-elect, will most probably unfold the Ministerial policy at Castlemaine on Saturday afternoon. If anything unforeseen ...

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  9. THE ARREST OF THE MISSING MELBOURNE SECRETARY.

    MITTAGONG, Saturday.--Frederick Humphries, alias Robert Clark, was arrested on Tuesday night at 10.30 at the Mittagong station, by Constable James Gallagher, upon ...

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  10. ENGLAND AND EGYPT.

    LONDON, Sunday.--The recent difficulty between the Khedive of Egypt and the British Government was due to the French and Russian Governments ...

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  11. COLONIAL STOCKS.

    LONDON, Saturday Night.--The Financial Times says that colonial stocks are unstable, and a nervous and uneasy feeling dominates the market. Letters are being ...

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  12. PRIMITIVE METHODIST CONFERENCE AT BOWRAL.

    BOWRAL, Saturday.--The annual conference of the Primitive Methodist Church commenced its sittings to-day in the Association-hall. This is the first time the ...

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  13. THE SOUTH AUSTRALIAN LOAN.

    LONDON, Saturday Night.--Sir John Bray, the South Australian Agent-General, states that it is probable that the unsubscribed balance of the last ...

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  14. VICTORIA.

    MELBOURNE, Sunday.--A very sad suicide was reported late on Friday night at Brighton. Miss Alice Cameron, a young single lady, aged 23, had been seeing the ...

    Article : 118 words
  15. IRISH HOME RULE.

    LONDON, Saturday Night.--Mr. H. H. Asquith, the Secretary of State for Home Affairs, stated his opinion, in the course of a political speech, that it was necessary ...

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  16. MISS NAYLOR'S CONCERT.

    The public responded very well to the benefit concert given at the Town-hall on Saturday evening on behalf of Miss Naylor, and the space set apart for the popular prices ...

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  17. WELSH LABOR TROUBLE.

    LONDON, Sunday.--A serious labor difficulty is imminent in Wales, where 90,000 miners threaten to go out on strike in preference to accepting a proposed reduction ...

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  18. ALLEGED LAND DUMMYING.

    GRENFELL, Saturday.--At the sittings of the land board to-day the land of Edward Howarth and Hall, in connection with which Michael O'Sullivan was recently sentenced ...

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  19. THE PROPOSED VINE DISEASES BILL.

    A special meeting of growers, under the auspices of the Fruitgrowers' Union of New South Wales, was held in the Victoria-hall, Parramatta, on Saturday afternoon, for the ...

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  20. THE PUTNEY MURDER.

    LONDON, Friday Night.--The trial has concluded of Charles Charlvood, Dr. Francis, and Alice Francis (the doctor's wife), who were charged with causing the ...

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  21. THE FEDERAL COUNCIL REPRESENTATION

    MELBOURNE, Sunday.--Some difficulty has arisen over the question of the representation of the colony at the Federal Council, owing to the defeat of the Shiels Ministry. ...

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  22. IRISH PRISONERS.

    LONDON, Sunday.--James Francis Egan, the dynamiter who was convicted and sentenced at Birmingham in 1884, and in whose garden treasonable papers ...

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  23. THE "NEW AUSTRALIA" SCHEME.

    ALBURY, Saturday.--It is reported that the executive officers in charge of the "New Australia" scheme are in receipt of a cablegram from the agent in Buenos Ayres, South ...

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  24. TWO BOYS DROWNED.

    MELBOURNE, Sunday.--Two boys named Willie and Herbert Colee, aged 16 and 10 years respectively, were found drowned in the Campaspe River, at Elmore, on Saturday ...

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  25. MR. THOMAS CURRAN, JUN.

    LONDON, Sunday.--Mr. Thomas Cumin, jun., M.P. for Kilkenny, and son of Mr. Thomas Curran, M.P. for Sligo, formerly of Sydney, has married Miss Marie ...

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  26. THE GRAIN HARVEST.

    MELBOURNE, Sunday.--The prospect of a rich grain harvest has been realised, judging by the consignments which have passed over the railways, now that the grain season has ...

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  27. MR. RAE, M.P., AT WAGGA.

    WAGGA, Sunday.--Mr. Arthur Rae, one of the members for the district, addressed his constituents in the Town- hall on Saturday, about 100 being present. He spoke Upon ...

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  28. TASMANIA.

    HOBART, Sunday.--The members of the Ministry who are on tour in the West Coast district are being enthusiastically received. Speaking in reply to a deputation ...

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  29. THE REMARKABLE WILL CASE.

    LONDON, Friday Night.--In the case in which Mr. Arnold Morley, M.P., Postmaster-General, and Mr. Samuel Morley seek to upset a bequest of £140,000 under ...

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  30. THE ATTEMPTED SUICIDE OF A STATIONMASTER.

    MELBOURNE, Sunday.--In connection with the attempted suicide of W. Hughes, stationmaster at Frankston, it appears that shortly after an interview with Detective Lomax, ...

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  31. ABORIGINAL CUSTOMS.

    A meeting of members of the Royal Geographical Society was held on Thursday, in the rooms of the Royal Society, at 5 Eliza, beth-street, when papers were read by Mr. ...

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  32. QUEENSLAND.

    BRISBANE, Sunday.--A special general meeting of the shareholders in the Queensland Meat Export Company was held yesterday, the meeting having been convened to ...

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  33. THE SOUTHERN COLLIERIES.

    CLIFTON, Saturday.--At the Coaleliff colliery, for the week ended to-day, the miners worked full time, whereas the South Clifton, for the same period, only worked two days ...

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  34. QUEENSLAND SEPARATION.

    LONDON, Saturday Night.--The interview which was to have taken place between the Marquis of Ripon, Secretary of State for the Colonies, and several ...

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  35. BRISBANE, SUNDAY.

    A meeting of persons favorable to the formation of a Liberal party has been advertised to be held in the town- hall on Tuesday next. ...

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  36. ALBURY, SATURDAY.

    Nothing has been elicited so far to supply a motive for the suicide of Allan M'Leun, the bank manager at Germanton who shot himself with a revolver on Thursday. An ...

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  37. SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    The officers of H.M.S. Orlando and H.M.S. Tauranga were entertained at a picnic at Lord Kintore's summer residence, Marble-hill, on Saturday. ...

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  38. GREAT BRITAIN AND MOROCCO.

    LONDON, Sunday.--Sir Joseph West Ridgway, K.O.B., the British special commissioner in Morocco, has been instructed to co-operate with the representatives of ...

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  39. NEW ZEALAND.

    The steamer Wairarapa, which left for Sydney to-day, took 45 saloon passengers, including Lord Burford. Her cargo included a large quantity of frozen fish. ...

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  40. FROZEN MEAT.

    LONDON, Saturday Night.--Importers of Australian frozen meat advise that the animal heat should be allowed to escape from the carcases before they are frozen. ...

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  41. WEST AUSTRALIA.

    ALBARY, Sunday.--An accident occurred at the Torbay Sawmills on Friday. Alexander Munro was engaged with three fellow workmen working a vertical saw. A log was ...

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