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  2. COMING EVENTS.

    Labor agitations are rapidly tending inevitably to one conclusion. Throughout the civilised world, for 30 years or more, labor has been engaged in organising, in preparing for a ...

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  3. THE COUNTRY.

    ALBURY, Thursday.--In the Wodonga Court of Mines yesterday, the appeal case, Robinson V. Nankewis, which affects the title of the Wallace-Bethunga Company, was commenced. ...

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  4. VICTORIA.

    MELBOURNE, Thursday.--Alexander Rogers and wife appeared at the City Court to-day to answer a charge of obtaining goods valued at £20, by false pretences, from James Weir, of ...

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  5. THE SITUATION IN PORTUGAL.

    LONDON, Wednesday Night.--The Times regards the situation of affairs in Portugal as critical, and says that should a revolution orris secure the dv s of resident foreigners ...

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  6. THE SHEARING DIFFICULTY.

    ROCKHAMPTON, Thursday.--The local Naval Brigade was called out this morning, but with what object has not transpired. There ace fully 700 unionist shearers in the ...

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  7. CENSUS RETURNS.

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  8. SUDDEN DEATH OF A SQUATTER.

    MELBOURNE, Thursday.--Mr. John R. Ross died unexpectedly at Yarra Glen to-day. Deceased was formerly manager in Melbourne of the London Chartered Bank, and had been ...

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  9. EFFECTS OF THE STRIKE--PUBLIC WORKS STOPPED.

    BRISBANE, Thursday.--One instance of the serious injury the shearers by their lawlessness are inflicting on the laboring community is found in the fact that the Government recently ...

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  10. THE JEWS IN RUSSIA.

    LONDON, Thursday.--The Emperor of Russia has issued a decree forbidding any Jews to reside in the city of Moscow. ...

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  11. THE NATIVE RISING IN INDIA.

    LONDON, Wednesday Night.--It is reported that 62 English prisoners are held captives by the Manipuri rebels in Assam. ...

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  12. THE ORGANISATION OF LABOR.

    PARKES, Thursday.--Mr. J. M. Toomey, secretary of the Young branch of the Shearers' Union, addressed a meeting here last night. He said that they proposed to organise labor ...

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  13. UNIONISTS SENTENCED FOR INTIMIDATION.

    ROCKHAMPTON, Thursday.--Michael Fanning, the head of the unionists in the district of Charieville, was sentenced at the police court at Charleville to-day to three months' hard ...

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  14. MEETINGS OF COMPANIES.

    MELBOURNE, Thursday.--The Federal Bank of Australasia at its half-yearly meeting to-day declared a dividend of 9 per cent. The credit to profit and loss account is £20,000, exclusive of ...

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  15. METROPOLITAN BOARD OF WORKS.

    MELBOURNE, Thursday.-- Mr. Fitzgibbon, Town Clerk of Melbourne, has been appointed Chairman of the Metropolitan Board of Works, at a salary of £2000. Mr. Fitzgibbon assumes ...

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  16. BREAKING UP A MAIN CAMP.

    BARCALDINE, Thursday.--The strike committee have decided to break up the main Camp and to send all the men out in small parties to various camps adjacent to stations ...

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  17. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    LONDON, Wednesday Night.--The Russian Government are purchasing 1,000,000 rifles from gun manufacturers in Austria. ...

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  18. SALES OF SUGAR.

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  19. THIS WALHALLA TRAGEDY.

    MELBOURNE, Thursday.--Cornelius Harrington, who recently kicked his wife to death at Walbaila, and was indicted for murder to the Sale Assizes, was yesterday found guilty of ...

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  20. PUBLIC MEETING AT BLACKALL.

    BLACKALL, Thursday.--At a public meeting held here yesterday, at which 300 persons were present (the Mayor in the chair), the fallowing resolutions were unanimously carried:--"That ...

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  21. THE ELECTION OF A SAMOAN KING.

    LONDON, Wednesday Night.--The United States Government have dispatched a cruiser to Samoa, in view of expected tronbles during the choosing of a successor ...

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  22. THE TRIAL OF THE CLERMONT RIOTERS.

    ROCKHAMPTON, Thursday.--At the Supreme Court to-dav Mr. Justice Harding resumed the bearing of the charges of rioting at Clermont brought against R. Raynor, William M'Carthy, ...

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  23. FOOTSCRAY PROCLAIMED A CITY.

    MELBOURNE, Thursday.--Footscray was officially proclaimed a city to-day by his Excellency the Governor. The day was observed as a public holiday in that suburb in honor of the ...

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  24. WOLLONGONG AGRICULTURAL ASSOCIATION.

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  25. NEW ZEALAND.

    AUCKLAND, Thursday.--Mr. M'Lean, chairman of the Union S.S. Company, goes to Sydney by the R.M.S. Mariposa to endeavor to popularise the San Francisco mail route. lie hopes to be ...

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  26. OPENING OF THE CHILIAN CONGRESS.

    LONDON, Thursday.-- General Jose M. Balmaceda, President of the Republic of Chill, in South America, formally opened Congress yesterday. ...

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  27. MANSLAUGHTER BY A BOY.

    BATHURST, Thursday.--At the Circuit Court to-day the case against Alfred Jackson, charged with the cruder of a Chinaman at Brandis Creek, near Orange, in November, 1885, was ...

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  28. THE PALACE HOTEL FIRES.

    MELBOURNE, Thursday.--The Palace Hotel cases were once more before the court to-day, when the charge of conspiracy against J. A. Wilson, W. Tiliey, sen., Minnie Neill and Mary ...

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  29. HOURS OF LABOR OF LONDON TRAMMEN.

    LONDON, Wednesday Night.--The London County Council have granted a concession to the employes on the tram lines, who in future are only to work ten hours a day. ...

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  30. TASMANIA.

    HOBART, Thursday.--Much excitement prevails at Blue Tiers concerning the recent tin discoveries. A large number of claims have been pegged off, and quite a revival of ...

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  31. THE COLLING WOOD TRAGEDY.

    MELBOURNE, Thursday.--John Finnigan was placed on his trial at the Central Criminal Court to-day for the murder of Rose Summers at Collingwood on April 2. Evidence was ...

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  32. THE LIGHTING OF NOWRA.

    NOWRA, Thursday.--The committee appointed at a public meeting recently held to consider and report upon the best means for the public lighting of the town mot last night, the ...

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  33. THE INFLUENZA EPIDEMIC.

    LONDON, Thursday.--The epidemic of influence has made its appearance in Christiania, the capital of Norway, and numerous deaths have occurred. ...

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  34. WEST AUSTRALIA.

    The Taylor-Carrington Dramatic Company cleared upwards of £1000 during their recent tour throughout the colony. The federation delegates were received at the ...

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  35. GRAIN AND PRODUCE EXHIBITION.

    MELBOURNE, Thursday.--The autumn show of Victorian grain and special farm products, under the auspices of the Royal Agricultural Society, was opened to-day at the warehouse of ...

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  36. CIRCUIT COURTS.

    BATHURST, Thursday.--At the Circuit Court to-day Alfred Martin Livingstone, found guilty of uttering a valueless cheque for £5 at Orange, was sentenced to two years' hard labor. On a ...

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  37. THE LONDON CHARTERED BANK.

    LONDON, Wednesday Night.--The London Chartered Bank of Australia has declared a dividend at the rate of 8 per cent. Per annum. ...

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  38. THE MOONAGIE MURDER.

    NYNGAN, Thursday.--Harold Dutton Mallallien, the alleged Moonagie murderer, was again brought before the Coroner's Court to-day. Sergeant Webb concluded his evidence, and ...

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  39. THE PRICE OF SILVER.

    LONDON, Thursday.--The price of silver has fallen a farthing per ounce owing to the lower exchanges from India. ...

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  40. THE TRIP OF THE MARINE BOARD.

    ULLADULLA, Thursday.--The steamer Bega, with the members of the Marine Board, arrived at Eden at 8 o'clock on Wednesday evening. The members at once proceeded to inspect the ...

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  41. FIRE AT THE BATHURST HOSPITAL.

    BATHURST, Thursday.--The Bathurst Hospital had a narrow escape of being burned down last night, being only saved by the presence of mind of the nurses. A smell of smoke was ...

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  42. UNDER SENTENCE OF DEATH.

    MELBOURNE, Thursday.--Fatta Chand, the Hindoo under sentence of death for murdering a fellow-countryman, declines to take food and has to be forced. Colston, the murderer of ...

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  43. BROKEN-HILL CONSOLS.

    LONDON, Thursday.--The shares in the Broken-hill Consols mine have risen onenighth. ...

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  44. COLONIAL STOCKS.

    LONDON, Thursday--Colonial stocks in the London market have fallen generally one-half. ...

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  45. FATAL LIFT ACCIDENT.

    MELBOURNE, Thursday.--Another fatal lift accident occurred to-day, when a man named William Allison met his death at Foy and Gibson's establishment, Collingwood. The ...

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  46. A NIGHT INTRUDER.

    ALBURY, Thursday.--Thomas Murphy, a young man and a recent arrival from Victoria, was charged at the police court to-day with being illegally on the promises of Mr. J. Peck ...

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  47. SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    ADELAIDE, Thursday.--The Chief Secretary has received a telegram from the Earl of Kintore, from Daly Waters, intimating that his Excellency hopes to arrive in Adelaide on May ...

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  48. MR. DEAKIN AND FEDERATION.

    MELBOURNE, Thursday.--At a banquet today, given in connection with the proclaiming of Footscray as a city, Mr. Deakin, in responding to the toast of "The Ministry and ...

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  49. BATHURST ANGLICAN SYNOD.

    BATHURST, Thursday.--The sittings of the Bathurst Diocesan Synod were continued and concluded to-day. The canon for the formation and regulation of parochial districts, the ...

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  50. REVEALING MINING TELEGRAMS.

    ADELAIDE, Thursday.--The Government have received a report from the board appointed to inquire into the leakage of mining news through the Telegraph Department, and have decided to ...

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  51. DESERTIONS FROM A BOYS' HOME.

    CAMDEN, Thursday.--Several boys deserted yesterday evening from the local Boys' Home, alleging that they had not received proper treatment. The police arrested the lads near ...

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  52. THE COBAR TO COCKBURN RAILWAY.

    BROKEN-HILL, Thursday.--Much disgust is expressed here at the opposition shown by the Broken-hill directory to the proposed railway line from Cobar to Cockburn, in refusing to ...

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  53. QUEENSLAND.

    At a meeting to-day of the creditors of Messrs. Baker and Co., one of the largest firms in Brisbane, merchants of nearly 80 years' standing, it was resolved to wind up the estate ...

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  54. ELECTRIC TRACTION.

    Tho series of experiments carried out at Messrs. Merryweather and Sons' Tramway Works, Greenwich, London, on behalf of the Gordon Electric Car Syndicate, have given ...

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  55. A DEFENCE OF THE SHEARERS.

    PARKES, Thursday.--Last night Mr. J. M. Toomey, secretary of the Young branch of the Shearers' Union, addressed a large meeting here in Fletcher's-hall, Mr. W. Gillespie, president ...

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  56. THE INTERCOLONIAL LABOR CONGRESS.

    MELBOURNE, Thursday.--The Intercolonial Labor Congress resumed its sittings at Ballarat this morning. Mr. Flynn, delegate of the Social Democratic Club, Melbourne, whose right to sit ...

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  57. MEAT CHILLING WORKS.

    YOUNG, Thursday.--A large representative meeting of pastoralists, farmers and business people of Young and district was held at the Royal Hotel this afternoon for the purpose of ...

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  58. INTERVIEWING MAGISTRATES.

    MELBOURNE, Thursday.--At the Carlton Court to-day Mr. Pennington, chairman of the bench, referred to the practice which had become common in Carlton of litigants interviewing ...

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  59. THE QUEENSCLIFF DISASTER INQUIRY.

    MELBOURNE, Thursday.--The board appointed to inquire into the recent gun explosion at Queenscliff met to-day to receive the reply from the Minister for Defence to their ...

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  60. A LETTER FROM QUEENSLAND.

    The acting secretary of the Trades and Labor Council, Mr. J. L. Longbottom, has received the following letter from Mr. J. W. Crawford, acting secretary of tho Australian Labor ...

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  61. CHARGE AGAINST A MAGISTRATE.

    GOULBURN, Thursday.--After a long lapse a reply has been received from the Minister for Justice to the petition sent him, asking that an inquiry might be made into tho conduct of Mr. ...

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