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  2. THE COUNTRY.

    COOMA, Monday.--At the Police Court today Martin O'Grady was committed for trial on a charge of inflicting grievous bodily harm on Alderman Thomas Mahony. It was ...

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  3. THE WEATHER.

    Heavy rain continued to fall at intervals in Sydney yesterday, and the day was (gloomy, with very little diminution of the muggy heat. The vessels arriving in the ...

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  4. THE WYALONG GOLDFIELD.

    WYALONG, Sunday.--The gold rush here is daily increasing, and the promise of the importance of the field is proved by the busy and excited aspect of all on the spot. By ...

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  5. ACCIDENTS TO SHIPPING.

    According to information received by the North Coast Company, hopes are entertained that the steamer Electra, which went ashore at the Manning River on Saturday, will be ...

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  6. OUR SPECIAL CABLES

    LONDON, Monday.--Further news has been received at Calcutta with respect to the British expedition which is operating against the Abors, on the north-east ...

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  7. RETURN OF MR. GLASSEY

    Mr. Glassey, ex-M.P. of Queensland, and formerly chief of the labor party in that colony, has arrived in Sydney from an extended tour of the United States and New ...

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  8. THE LIBERAL PARTY.

    LONDON, Monday, 1 p.m.--The Earl of Rosebery, the new Premier, addressed a meeting of the Liberal party to-day. Referring to the ...

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  9. MR. WRAGGES FORECAST.

    BRISBANE, Monday.--The following weather forecast for New South Wales was issued to-day by Mr. Wragge:-- "Still very unsettled throughout the colony: further ...

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  10. VINEGROWERS AND FRUIT- GROWERS' ASSOCIATION.

    LIVERPOOL, Monday.--A special meeting of the Vine and Fruit Growers' Association of New South Wales was held on Saturday evening to consider the Vine Diseases Act of ...

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  11. THE REVOLT IN BRAZIL.

    LONDON, Monday.--Ten new warships ordered for the Government of Brazil by Marshal Peixoto, the President of the Republic, have arrived at Rio de Janeiro, ...

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  12. A SCHOONER ASHORE.

    News was received in Sydney yesterday that the coasting schooner Stanley had gone ashore at Cape Hawke. It seems that the vessel was attempting to cross the bar on ...

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  13. THE REVOLT IN HAYTI.

    LONDON, Monday.--It is reported that General Hyppolite, the President of the negro Republic of Hayti, has seized a yacht belonging to General Magnat, the ...

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  14. THE HUNTER.

    WEST MAITLAND, Monday.--The hope that the bad weather had cleared was swept away on Saturday, when heavy rain fell all night and nearly all lady yesterday, and it ...

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  15. EDUCATION IN CANADA.

    LONDON, Monday.--The French Canadians of Quebec are agitated over the question of the abolition of religious instruction m public schools. ...

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  16. WRECK OF THE FOREST QUEEN.

    The crew of the coasting ketch Forest Queen appear to have had a narrow escape during the easterly gale raging off the coast. Tho vessel met the full force of the gale, and ...

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  17. CABLE AND MAIL SUBSIDIES.

    LONDON Monday, 1 p.m.--The Morning Post, commenting on the proposed Pacific cable and British subsidies to Australian and Canadian mail services, ...

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  18. THE GENERAL ELECTION.

    Mr. E. M. Clark, M.P., addressed the electors of St. Leonards at the Centennialhall, Walker-street, last night, the chair being occupied by Alderman G. J. Barry, ...

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  19. PECULIAR ROBBERY AT ALBURY

    ALBURY, Monday.--At the police court to-day James Smillie, manager of the Albury boiling down works, was committed for trial on a charge of breaking and entering the ...

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  20. THE PREVENTION OF FLOODS.

    A meeting of the ratepayers of East Maitland was held to-night to take steps whereby the Railway Commissioners should be asked to make some provision for the escape of ...

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  21. AUSTRALIAN PRODUCE.

    LONDON, Monday, 1 p.m.--Messrs. Houlder Brothers, shipowners, of London, Liverpool, and Glasgow, have informed Mr. Robert Reid, Victorian Minister for ...

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  22. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

    LONDON. Monday.--Parliament will be reopened to-day, after a short recess for the reconstruction of the Ministry. The Queen's Speech will, it is ...

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  23. THE PLATTSBURG ASSAULT CASE.

    NEWCASTLE, Monday.--The hearing of the charge of assault preferred by Elizabeth Wilson against Constable John Grainger, which arose out of the riotous ...

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  24. VICTORIA.

    MELBOURNE, Monday.--The Tariff Board have commenced their sittings in Melbourne, having completed taking evidence in the country. The evidence to-day was in ...

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  25. A KETCH IN DANGER.

    The pilot at the Richmond River telegraphed last evening:--"The ketch Tuggerah is in a dangerous position at Anchor Beach. Should the sea continue rising the ...

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  26. THE MANNING.

    PORT MACQUARIE, Monday.--The damage done by the flood on the Hastings is not so serious as was at first thought. Much of the corn is likely to be damaged by the rain ...

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  27. MR. GARVAN, M.P., BOGGED.

    COBARGO, Monday.--Mr. Garvan, M.P., and Mrs. Garvan were crossing the Dry River this morning in a buggy, when they got stuck. The horses broke the traces and ...

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  28. THE CHURCH IN FRANCE.

    LONDON, Monday.--Speaking in the French Chamber of Deputies, M. Spuller, Minister for Instruction and Public Worship, said the Government would insist ...

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  29. MR. F. E. M'LEAN AT DULWICH HILL.

    Mr. F. E. M'Lean, one of the candidates who have announced their intention of contesting the Marrickville seat at the next election, delivered a political address at the ...

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  30. A SCHOONER IN DISTRESS.

    PORT MACQUARIE, Monday.-- This afternoon the schooner Caledonia, in ballast, from Sydney, appeared off the bar flying distress signals. The tug Thistle went out and ...

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  31. FURTHER HEAVY RAIN ON THE MACLEAY.

    KEMPSEY, Monday.--Yesterday the river rose again several feet,and a good deal of rain fell during last night. The weather is clearer to-day, and the river has commenced to fall ...

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  32. THE PORT MELBOURNE SHOOTING CASE.

    MELBOURNE, Monday.--The scene of the affray at Port Melbourne, which resulted in the death of a burglar named Edward May being shot dead by a man named John ...

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  33. A RAILWAY EMPLOYEES' HOSPITAL FUND.

    BATHCRST, Monday.--On Saturday evening a meeting of railway employes was held to consider the advisability of establishing a railway employes hospital fund on a similar ...

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  34. RUSSIA AND FRANCE.

    LONDON, Monday.--The St. Petersburg correspondent of The Times regards it as a matter of congratulation that the Russian political leaders are afraid lest ...

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  35. THE NEPEAN AGAIN IN FLOOD.

    CAMDEN, Monday.--The continuance of rain during the last few days has again flooded the river, and the Camden bridge is now submerged, cutting off communication ...

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  36. THE SOUTHERN COLLIERIES.

    CLIFTON, Monday.--For the fortnightly pay, due on Saturday next, the South Clifton Colliery has worked about five days, and the Coalelifi Tour days. The Austimner ...

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  37. ON THE SOUTH COAST.

    WOLLONGONG, Monday.--Heavy rain set in again on Saturday night, since which time it has continued with but slight intermission. The watercourses have overflowed ...

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  38. MADAME BELLE COLE.

    This year, as our readers are aware, Australia is to be visited by Mine. Bello Cole, and arrangements have already been made by the Sydney Philharmonic Society for her ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  39. COUNTRY DISTRICTS.

    NYNGAN, Monday.--Mr. P. Crane has been naminated by the Labor Electoral League to run in the interests of labor at the coming general elections. There are, however, six ...

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  40. THE CITY COUNCIL COAL SUPPLIES.

    MELBOURNE, Monday.--At the meeting of the City Council to-day, the report of the public works committee recommending the acceptance of the tender of the Adelaide ...

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  41. SUBSIDENCE IN NEW YORK.

    LONDON, Monday.--A peculiar subsidence has occurred in Broadway, in the heart of the city of New York. An area of 40ft. square has caved in leaving a deep ...

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  42. THE DENISON LABOR ELECTORAL LEAGUE.

    Sir,--A paragraph in to-day's Daily Telegraph states that the Denison L.E.L. had selected Mr. A. J. Kelly, M.P., as the labor candidate for the Denison division for the ...

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  43. SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    ADELAIDE, Monday.--Four unemployed men were fined £5 and costs each at the police court this morning on a charge of unlawfully camping in the Botanic Park. ...

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  44. THE MINISTERIAL CORNER AND THE GOVERNMENT.

    MELBOURNE, Monday.--A meeting of members of the Legislative Assembly comprising the Ministerial "corner" was held this afternoon. Mr. Meth[?] presided. It was ...

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  45. GERMANY AND RUSSIA.

    LONDON, Monday.--The bill embodying the commercial treaty with Russia has been read a second time by the German Reichstag. The major portion ...

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  46. LANDSLIPS ON THE RAILWAY.

    BULLI, Monday.--Steady rain has fallen yesterday and to-day without intermission, and to-night there is no sign of clearing. More landslips have taken place on the ...

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  47. TASMANIA.

    The R.M.S. Ophir to-day look away 15,000 cases of apples. Mr. Justice Dodds will be Acting Chief Justice during the absence in England of ...

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  48. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    LONDON, Monday.--The death is announced of Selby, the well-known veteran cricketer (Notts), who visited Australia with the first English Elevens. ...

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  49. AMUSEMENTS.

    The Government Printing Office Dramatic and Musical Society staged Mr. W. S. Gilbert's "An Old Score" at the Royal Standard last night. The play is one well ...

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  50. SUICIDE OF A STRIKER.

    MELBOURNE, Monday.-- A young man, George Henry Simmonds, of Port Melbourne, committed suicide last night by hanging himself with a clothes line. Deceased ...

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  51. SCULLING-- SULLIVAN V. LAMBERT.

    LONDON, Monday.--Thomas Sullivan, the New Zealand sculler, and E. J. Lambert, of Penrith, New South Wales, have been matched to row on the Thames next ...

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  52. DEATH OF SIR JAMES FITZ JAMES STEPHEN.

    LONDON, Monday, 1 p.m.--The death is announced of Sir James Fitz-james Stephen, K.C.S.I., D.C.L., formerly legal member of the Council of ...

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  53. OTHER DISTRICTS.

    BATHURST, Monday.-- The weather is very wet. A lot of rain has fallen during the past few days. BLACKHEATH, Monday.--Heavy rains have fallen during the past week. Nearly 12in. has been ...

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  54. QUEENSLAND.

    GEORGETOWN, Monday.-- Mr. Hoolan, M.P. for Burke, addressed his constituents to-day. He announced the resignation of his eat in favor of Mr. Glassey. The labor ...

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  55. LATE SHIPPING.

    BRISBANE.--Arrived, March 12: South Australian, str., from Sydney. Sailed, March 12: Guthrie, str., for China; Fitzroy, str., left Bundaberg for Brisbane; Leura, str., left Keppel Bay for Brisbane; ...

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  56. VICTORIAN BRANDY AND, WINE.

    LONDON, Monday, 1 p.m.-- Messrs. Joshua Brothers, of Victoria, are sending exhibits of their wines and brandy to the Antwerp Exhibition. ...

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  57. THE PRICE OF SILVER.

    LONDON, Monday, 3 p.m.--Bar silver to-day rose 1-16d per oz., the present quotation being 2s 3[?]d per oz. ...

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