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  2. AMUSEMENTS.

    The presentation of a new programme at the Opera House last night drew a very good audience, and from the opening overture to the concluding knockabout act of Messrs. ...

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  3. CIVIL SERVICE SUPER-ANNUATION FUNDS.

    In the report of the Civil Service Investment Board of Queensland for 1892, which was recently presented to the Queensland Parliament, some interesting comparisons ...

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  4. SIR HENRY PARKES IN THE NORTH.

    SINGLETON, Monday.--Sir Henry Farkes arrived here to-day, and was received at the railway station by the president and other members of the Freetrade Association, ...

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  5. MR. G. H. REID AT BOURKE.

    BOURNE, Monday.--To-night Mr. G. H. Reid, M.P., addressed a very large audience in the Bijou Theatre on the political situation. The Mayor (Mr. M'Millan) occupied ...

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  6. SECOND EDITION.

    LONDON, Monday, 1.5 p.m.--Bannerman, who is suffering from an injury to his hand, received during practice, is unable to play in the match against Lord ...

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  7. THE CRISIS IN GERMANY.

    LONDON, Monday Noon.--Berlin telegrams report that the press of the city doubt whether Count von Caprivi, the Imperial Chancellor, will be successful in ...

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  8. THE CRICKETERS.

    LONDON, Monday, 7.27 a.m.--This morning's London newspapers devote considerable space to comments on the eighth Australian Cricket Team in ...

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  9. THE MOUNT KEMBLA COLLIERY.

    WOLLON[?]NG, Monday.--The miners employed at the Mount Kembla colliery have received 14 days' notice that their services will be dispensed with. This is looked upon ...

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  10. NEWCASTLE HOSPITAL.

    NEWCASTLE, Monday.--The committee of management of the Newcastle Hospital held another meeting this evening to consider the series of charges made by W. Timbrell against ...

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  11. COLONIAL SECURITIES.

    LONDON, Monday.--The Times again advises investors in colonial securities to retain the stock. ...

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  12. THE MATCH.

    LONDON, Monday, 3.5 p.m.--Grace and Shrewsbury were the first English batsmen. Grace played a vigorous and plucky innings, hitting out very freely, ...

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  13. THE BANKS.

    LONDON, Monday.--In consequence of the cancellation of the meeting of Scotch creditors of the Standard Bank of Australia, which was to have been held at ...

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  14. ALHAMBRA MUSIC-HALL.

    The popularity of the Alhambra Music-hall is of the perennial order, and bumper houses continue to be the rule, bank suspensions and other signs of the times ...

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  15. THE BANKS.

    LONDON, Monday, Noon.--A meeting of the English shareholders in the Standard Bank of Australia was held in London to-day. ...

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  16. ADDITIONS TO GOULBURN GAOL.

    GOULBURN, Monday.--Extensive additions to the gaol have just been completed, comprising an entirely new wing 145ft. long and and 42ft. wide, containing 114 cells, and the ...

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  17. THE MONEYS OF CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS.

    ALBURY, Monday.--At the meeting of the committee of the hospital to-day the question of the attitude of the reconstructing banks with reference to the deposits representing ...

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  18. LORD SHEFFIELD'S TEAM.

    LONDON, Monday, 7.27 a.m.--The following players have been finally chosen to constitute Lord Sheffield's team in the match against the Australians, which ...

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  19. MEETING OF DEPOSITORS.

    LONDON, Monday, 3.25 p.m.--A meeting of depositors in the Standard Bank of Australia was held to-day, at which it was decided to remodel the reconstruction ...

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  20. THE DOCKERS' STRIKE AT HULL.

    LONDON, Monday.--Further attempts at incendiarism at Hull have been frustrated. An effort was made to burn extensive ...

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  21. AUSTRALIAN BANK SHARES.

    LONDON, Monday, Noon.--The quotations for Australian bank shares on the Stock Exchange to-day were as follow:-- Bank of Australasia, £67 ; Bank of New ...

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  22. MR. PURVES, Q.C., AND THE BANKING DIFFICULTIES.

    MELBOURNE, Monday.--At a meeting of the Australian Natives' Association at Collingwood to-night, Mr. Purves, Q.C., delivered a speech upon the questions of the ...

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  23. PROPOSED RAILWAY TO ROBERTSON.

    ROBERTSON, Monday.--A public meeting was held here on Saturday night to consider the advisability of asking for the survey of a light line of ...

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  24. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    LONDON, Monday, Noon.--Broken-hill Proprietary shares were quoted at £3 17s 6d. ...

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  25. WILLS OF THE WEEK.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 214 words
  26. THE PRICE OF SILVER.

    LONDON, Monday, 2.55 p.m.--Bar silver rose 1-16d per oz. to-day, and is now quoted at 3s 2d 7-16ths. ...

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  27. THE MERCANTILE BANK CASES.

    MELBOURNE, Monday.--The Mercantile Bank of Australia defendants were before the city magistrates again to-day. Mr. Walsh, the Crown Prosecutor, announced that the ...

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  28. CAMBRIAN SOCIETY.

    Members of the Cambrian Society of New South Wales hold their monthly meeting at Q[?]g Tart and Co.'s rooms last evening. Mr. J. G. Arthur, vice-president, occupied the ...

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  29. THE BANK RATE.

    LONDON, Monday, 2.55 p.m.--It is expected that the bank rate of discount wiil be raised to 4 per cent. ...

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  30. AN OLD LADY AND 2000 SOVEREIGNS.

    MELBOURNE, Monday.--During the recent financial s[?]re an old lady, residing in the Ballan district, drew 2000 sovereigns out of an institution at ...

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  31. THE DUBLIN EXPLOSION.

    LONDON, Monday.--The chief of the Dublin police force has stated with respect to the explosion of a dynamite bomb near the Four Courts on Saturday, that he ...

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  32. COLONIAL STOCKS.

    LONDON, Monday, Noon.--On the Stock Exchange to-day colonial stocks, except those of New Zealand, fell [?]rom 10s to £1. ...

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  33. THE COUNTRY.

    NEWCASTLE, Monday.--The local Marine Board gave its decision this afternoon regarding the collision which took place in the harbor early on the morning of April 26 ...

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  34. IN THE COUNTRY.

    ST. MARYS, Monday.-- The municipal council has been temporarily relieved from the difficulty caused by moneys being locked up in the A.J.S. Bank, Mr. Lees, M.P., ...

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  35. THE CHURCHES.

    On Wednesday evening last the Congregational Church, Glebe, held an " At Home " in the school-hall. There was a numerous company gathered, including the Mayor and ...

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  36. SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    ADELAIDE, Monday.--An inquest was held on the body of William Ashton, a compositor, who was killed by being thrown from a racing "rover" bicycle on Friday evening. ...

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  37. MAY DAY IN LONDON.

    LONDON, Monday.--The annual trades procession by way of celebrating May Day was held in London yesterday. The number of persons who took part ...

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  38. IN QUEENSLAND.

    BRISBANE, Monday.--In the Supreme Court to-day, before Mr. Justice Harding, friendly petitions were again brought on for winding-up three banks, namely, the ...

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  39. MURDER AT LITTLE SWAMP.

    ADELAIDE, Monday.--A shocking tragedy took place at a farm at Little Swamp, near Port Lincoln, this morning, when George Page, a laborer, shot his niece, Elizabeth ...

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  40. IN WEST AUSTRALIA.

    PERTH, Monday.--The Commercial Bank of Australia was re-opened this morning. Meetings of the shareholders and creditors of the National Bank of Australasia were ...

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  41. SINGLE TAX LEAGUE.

    A public meeting, under the [?]uspices of the Newtown branch, was held on Saturday night at Buek[?]ll-street, Newtown, Mr. A. G. Taylor in the chair when Mr. W. E. ...

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  42. FOREIGNERS IN FRANCE.

    LONDON, Monday.--The French Chamber of Deputies has unanimously passed a resolution in favor of the compulsory registration of foreigners in France, with a ...

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  43. THE QUEENSLAND ELECTIONS.

    BRISBANE, Monday.--The [?]ormal declaration of the poll was made at Townsville to-day. After the recount Mr. Philp (M) was shown to have polled 747 votes, Mr. Burns ...

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  44. CORRUPTION IN CANADA.

    LONDON, Monday.--The French section of the Canadian press has made serious charges against the Dominion Government officials in connection with the ...

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  45. CHOKED WHILST AT DINNER

    CAMDEN, Monday.--An inquest was held to-day before Mr. W. C. Furner, the Coroner, upon the body of a man who was choked yesterday at dinner time. A piece of meat ...

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  46. INTERCOLONIAL FREE TRADE.

    MELBOURNE, Monday.--The important question of the free interchange of commodities between the colonies, as a step in the direction of Australasian federation, was ...

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  47. A CLAIM FOR WAGES.

    GLEN INNES, Monday. -- At the police court to-day 37 miners sued the Glen Elgin Gold Mining Company, of which Captain Anthony Cooks is the managing director, for ...

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  48. WEST AUSTRALIA.

    PERTH, Monday.--The first issue of Government Treasury Bills at 4½ per cent. resulted in £20,000 being subscribed after only live days' notice of issue. The primary ...

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  49. LABOR ELECTORAL LEAGUE.

    The half-yearly general meeting of the Newtown branch of the Newtown Labor Electoral League was held on Friday evening in the Warwick-hall, Station-street. ...

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  50. IMPERIAL INSTITUTE.

    LONDON, Monday.--A quadruple procession is to be held in connection with the opening of the Imperial Institute by the Queen on Wednesday. The four ...

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  51. SUICIDE AT GRAFTON.

    GRAFTON, Monday.--Alexander Creighton, a plumber, employed on the Grafton gaol building, committed suicide to-day by drowning, after having previously made an ...

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  52. LATE SHIPPING.

    BRISBANE.--Arrived, May 8: [?]wing, Ga[?], and G[?] strs., from Sudney. Yara[?] str., arrived at Maryborough from B[?]; Ar[?] str., arrived at Kee[?] Ba[?] from Sydney; Bu[?]wah, str., ...

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  53. THE OUTBREAK OF SMALLPOX.

    PERTH, Monday.--The smallpox epidemic is rapidly abating. No new cases have been reported. PERTH, MONDAY. ...

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  54. A HOTEL DESTROYED BY FIRE.

    OBERON, Monday.--Naylor's Royal Hotel was burnt down last night. A groom named Harry Lister was awakened shortly after midnight by a noise, and found the main ...

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