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  2. SPAIN AND A PROTECTIVE TARIFF.

    LONDON, Thursday.--A motion has been introduced into the Spanish Congress in favor of the adoption of a protective tariff. After a debate the motion was rejected ...

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  3. GENERAL NEWS.

    Sir Henry and Lady Parkes will to-day entertain the Vernon boys to the number of nearly 200, In 1854, when first elected to the old Legislative Council, Sir Henry moved for a ...

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  4. PARLIAMENT.

    The President took the Chair at 4.30 p.m . ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS. Mr. W. H. SUTTOR, in answer to Mr. DAY, stated that the Railway Commissioners had ...

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  5. THE GOVERNOR'S LEVEE.

    His Excellency the Governor held the usual Birthday levee yesterday at noon, the attendance, as will be seen, being very large. Those gentlemen who were entitled to private entres ...

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  6. THE MOONTA AND WALLAROO MINES DISPUTES.

    ADELAIDE, Thursday.--An interview took place to-day between the directors of the Moonta copper mines and two Victorian delegates of the Australian Miners' Association and ...

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  7. NEWS BY TELEGRAPH.

    KEMPSEY, Thursday.--Ralph Medina, the chief cook of the steamer Woodburn, died suddenly at Smithtown last night. Deceased had been complaining of late of pains in his back ...

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  8. THE TASMANIAN LOAN.

    LONDON, Thursday.--The London Stock Exchange has deferred quoting the last Tasmanian loan until a full report of the recent law proceedings have been received ...

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  9. THE DAIRIES SUPERVISION ACT.

    KIAMA, Thursday.--At the fortnightly meeting of the Kiama Council to-day a letter was read from the Central Illawarra Council stating that they intended to contest at law the action ...

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  10. OFFICIAL REPORTS.

    From Dr. Manning's annual report on the state of vaccination in the colony presented to Parliament it appears that the proportion of vaccinations to births is decreasing rapidly, ...

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  11. QUEENSLAND PARLIAMENT.

    BRISBANE, Thursday.--The Assembly to-day had but a short sitting. The members proceeded to Government House and presented the Address-in-Reply. A few motions by private ...

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  12. "THE TIMES "-PARNELL COMMISSION.

    LONDON, Wednesday Night.--Mr. William O'Brien, M.P. for North-east Cork, continued his evidence to-day before The Times-Parnell Special Commission. ...

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  13. WHARF ACCOMMODATION AT WILLIAMSTOWN.

    MELBOURNE, Thursday.--The necessity for opening up the water alongside the Williamstown railway pier was brought prominently before the Railway Commissioners by a ...

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  14. THE ADELAIDE ANGLICAN CONFERENCE.

    ADELAIDE, Thursday.--At the annual sittings of the Anglican Synod a motion was brought forward advocating an alteration in the system of life incumbencies and the adoption of ...

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  15. EXTERMINATION OF THE CODLIN MOTH.

    HOBART, Thursday.--At a meeting of the fruit board it has been decided that the Government be asked to pay £100 to any person or persons who will make and demonstrate at his ...

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  16. WEST AUSTRALIA.

    LONDON, Wednesday Night.--The Pall Mall Gazette to-day contains a contribution from Sir George Campbell, M.P. for Kirkcaldy, on the granting of responsible ...

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  17. MR. JOHN DEASY'S LETTERS.

    ADELAIDE, Thursday.--Mr. John Deasy, the Irish Home Rule delegate, has telegraphed from Melbourne positively denying that be ever stated or thought that his letters has been ...

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  18. THE CASE OF MADAME BRUSSELS.

    MELBOURNE, Thursday.--Mr. Henry varley, the well-known evangelist, waited to-day on the Minister for Justice and asked him to have the decision of the magistrates reviewed in ...

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  19. LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY.

    Mr. BRUCE SMITH, in answer to Mr. HUGH TAYLOR, for Mr. Thompson, said that the expenditure on the wash-away in High-street, West Maitiand, on the bank of the river ...

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  20. THE SANTLEY CONCERTS.

    MELBOURNE, Thursday.--Mr. Santley gave his second concert in the Town-hall to-night, and it proved another big success, the place being crowded. Mr. Santley was encored each ...

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  21. TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES.

    The annual course of musketry instruction of the Goulburn company of volunteer infantry was concluded on Wednesday. Out of 48 men taking part 20 passed as marksmen, 13 as ...

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  22. THE BUILDERS' STRIKE IN BERLIN.

    LONDON, Wednesday Night.--The strike among the masons of Berlin for an increase of wages and nine hours' work per day is extending to other branches of the building ...

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  23. STABBING IN THE FOOTBALL FIELD.

    MELBOURNE, Thursday.--William Williams, a Youth of 18, was to-day found guilty of stabbing another lad at the Prince's Oval while engaged in a football match and was sentenced ...

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  24. THE MELBOURNE UNEMPLOYED.

    MELBOURNE, Thursday.--The unemployed, to the number of 300, again assembled to-day in front of the Working Men's College. After a number of speeches had been made, it was ...

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  25. THE DUNEPIN EXHIBITION.

    AUCKLAND, Thursday.--The directors of the Dunedin Exhibition have succeeded in securing the Anglo-Australian Society of Artists' collection of paintings now on view in the ...

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  26. THE COLLIERS' STRIKE IN PRUSSIA.

    LONDON, Wednesday Night.--A difficulty has arisen over the proposed compromise between the mine owners and the colliers who were on strike, and as a consequence ...

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  27. AGRICULTURE IN QUEENSLAND.

    BRISBANE, Thursday.--The returns for the quarter ending March show that 356 agricultural farms, with an area of 79,000a., have been taken up, the rent from which amounts to ...

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  28. MINE ACCIDENT AT SANDHURST.

    MELBOURNE, Thursday.--A mining accident happened at the Hercules and Energetic Mine, Sandhurst, to-day. Two men named Matthew Hall and Jno. Roberts were working in the ...

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  29. CABLE NEWS.

    LONDON, Wednesday Night.--Mr. Sampson Pox, of Leeds, has given a donation of £45,000 to the funds of the Royal College of Music, London, of which the Prince of Wales ...

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  30. TO-DAY'S HOLIDAY ARRANGEMENTS.

    The railway and tramway authorities have made special arrangements for the convenience of travellers to and from the suburbs to-day, while tourist and ...

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  31. LOYALIST DEMONSTRATION AT THE PROTESTANT-HALL.

    Sir,--I am certain you deserve the thanks of every loyal man and woman in the colony for the good report you have given of the speeches that were delivered on Monday night at the ...

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  32. MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCE FROM MELBOURNE.

    MELBOURNE, Thursday.--The police have received a report that Basil Carter, aged 16, the son of Mr, R. Carter of the Audit Office, has disappeared most mysteriously since the 21st ...

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  33. IMPROVED WOOL PROSPECTS.

    LONDON, Thursday. -- Messrs. Charles Balme and Co. and Messrs. Jacomb, Son and Co., the well-known woolbrokers, predict that there will shortly be a material ...

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  34. NEW BRIDGE OVER THE SHOALHAVEN RIVER.

    KIAMA, Thursday.--After bottoming the river at several points the engineers appear to have at last arrived at a satisfactory solution of the difficulty in Iregard to the erection of a bridge ...

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  35. THE SOCIETE DES METAUX.

    LONDON, Thursday.--It is rumored that a syndicate has been formed to acquire the business and property of the Société des Métaux which recently collapsed. ...

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  36. TO THE EDITOR OF THE DAILY TELEGRAPH.

    Sir,--Having been present at the so-called Loyalist meeting on Monday night; 1 a peaceable citizen of Sydney denounce the above meeting as violent, and likely to have caused a ...

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  37. DEATH OF PROFESSOR WRIGHT.

    LONDON, Thursday.--The death is announced of Dr. William Wright, the eminent Professor of Arabic in University College, London, aged 59. ...

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  38. PROPOSED NEW BATHURST LOCKUP.

    BATHURST, Thursday.--A somewhat animated discussion took place at the borough council meeting last night on a motion by Alderman Webb that the council should grant the ...

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  39. THE CHESS TOURNAMENT.

    LONDON, Wednesday Night.--The New York Chess tournament concluded to-day, resulting in a tie between M. Tschigorin, of St. Petersburg, and Mr. Weiss, of Vienna, ...

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  40. PETITION FOR THE COMMUTATION OF A SENTENCE.

    ADELAIDE, Thursday.--Henry Richardson, of Port Augusta, on March 9, shot at and wonnded a commercial traveller named Leonard Woodman for seducing his wife. Richardson ...

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  41. AUSTRALIAN FRUIT IN LONDON.

    LONDON, Wednesday Night.--Among the cargo by the P. and O. Company's R.M.S. Br tannia were 350 cases of Australian apples. These were found to be in fair ...

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  42. ALBURY SHEEP DIRECTORATE.

    ALBURY, Wednesday.--At a meeting of Albury sheep directors to-day a communication was received from the Chief Inspector of Stock, suggesting that as several boards had protested ...

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  43. THE BIJOU THEATRE FIRE.

    Sir,--As you have commented in your leading article this morning upon the necessity of some supervision being adopted to control the proper erection of the electric light in buildings, from ...

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  44. THE LAND BILL.

    ARMIDALE, Thursday.--A meeting of pastoral lessees was held at Armidale to-day for the purpose of considering certain clauses in the Land Bill now before Parliament. The ...

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  45. MASONIC WELCOME TO LORD KINTORE.

    ADELAIDE, Thursday.--The Grand Masonic Lodge of South Australia officially welcomed his Excellency Lord Kintore to-night and presented him with a congratulatory address. ...

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