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  2. NEWS BY TELEGRAPH.

    BOURKE, Friday. -- Efforts are being made with every prospect of success to float a slaughtering company to work in conjunction with the chilling depot which the Railway ...

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  3. THE DEATH OF IRVING BISHOP.

    LONDON, Thursday Night. -- The inquiry into the death of Irving Bishop, the well-known thought render, who was alleged to have been dissected before death had ...

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  4. GENERAL NEWS.

    In connection with the case Card v. Rawlings, in which judgment was delivered by the Full Court yesterday, a public meeting of the friends of and sympathisers with Mr. T. H. Rawlings, ...

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  5. THE RAIN AND FLOODS.

    Is Mr. Russell's prediction to be fulfilled? is the question that most people at present are concerned about; and from reports to hand it would seem as if in the end the Government ...

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  6. ROBBERY WITH VIOLENCE -- A COMMERCIAL TRAVELLER ATTACKED.

    NEWCASTLE, Friday. -- An old offender named Wm. Callaghan was charged at the Police Court to-day with assaulting and robbing a commercial traveller. Henry Fuller, on the ...

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  7. THE SALE OF ZOLA'S WORKS.

    LONDON, Thursday Night. -- Mr. Henry Vizitelly, the managing partner of the well-known firm of London publishers, who was fined £100 last October for publishing ...

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  8. THE CHARGES AGAINST MR. JOHN DAVIES.

    At an early period of yesterday's proceedings in the Assembly, Sir HENRY PARKES announced that he had received the opinion of Mr. F. Rogers, Q.C., ...

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  9. "ROUGH ON RATS" AS A POISON.

    ADELAIDE, Friday. -- In view of the large number of suicides in New South Wales from taking "Rough on Rats" the Government have decided to extend the provisions of the ...

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  10. THE RAILWAYS.

    The Railway Commissioners have received the gratifying intelligence that communication on all the railway lines has been restored, the places on the lines which had been rendered ...

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  11. DROWNED IN A FLOODED CREEK.

    KIAMA, Friday. -- An inquest was held to day touching the death of the unfortunate man Patrick Casey. Evidence was given to the effect that Casey left home on the morning of ...

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  12. THE PROTECTION MOVEMENT.

    BATHURST, Friday. -- Mr. Rose addressed a meeting of about 300 persons in the School of Arts-hall to-night on the subject of protection. Alderman Halliday was in the chair. Mr. ...

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  13. A FLOOD AT WISEMAN'S FERRY.

    WISEMAN'S FERRY, Friday. -- Very disastrous floods were experienced here and on the M'Donald River on Monday last. At noon the water commenced running across the flat in ...

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  14. RAILWAY EXTENSION AT WOLLONGONG.

    WOLLONGONG, Friday. -- Great public satisfaction is expressed at the prospect of the railway and harbor being at no distant date connected by means of a loopline with the Mount ...

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  15. IN THE COUNTRY.

    ALBURY, Friday. -- Reports received here from the neighborhood of Ivanboe, beyond Hay, state that owing to recent heavy rains, rendering the roads impassable for heavy ...

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  16. THE CONFERENCE ON SAMOA.

    LONDON, Thursday Night. -- It is understood that the Berlin Conference on Samoan affairs resulted in an agreement that Malietoa, the deported king, should be ...

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  17. A MAIL STEAMER OVERDUE.

    HOBART, Friday. -- The steamer Tainu, due from London, was not signalled at dusk. She has probably encountered the recent gale. She has 42 passengers for Australian ports, ...

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  18. THE STEAMER BEESWING IN THE GALE.

    MELBOURNE, Friday. -- The steamer Beeswing, which arrived to-day from Newcastle, reports encountering a hurricane for 52 hours during the voyage. She lost boats and deck ...

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  19. MELBOURNE SEWERAGE SCHEME.

    LONDON, Friday. -- Sir Graham Berry, Agent-General for Victoria, has received a large number of applications for the position of advising engineer on the Melbourne ...

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  20. SUPPOSED DROWNING OF A SELECTOR.

    WAGGA, Friday. -- An elderly man named Thomas O'Donnell, who a fortnight ago was discharged from the Wagga Hospital, where he had been an inmate for some time, is reported ...

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  21. THREATENED BANKRUPTCY PROSECUTION.

    ALBURY, Friday. -- At a meeting of creditors in the bankrupt estate of Chas. Jackson, builder and contractor, held last night, it was decided to submit the evidence taken before the ...

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  22. BRIDGING THE MURRAY.

    ALBURY, Friday. -- The agitation for the construction of a bridge over the Murray at Tintaldra is being renewed and a public meeting is to be held at Corryong to forward the ...

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  23. THE RIOTS IN SERVIA.

    LONDON, Thursday Night. -- The political riots in Servia have resulted in 100 members of the Progressist party being placed under arrest. ...

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  24. THE VICTORIAN CABINET.

    MELBOURNE, Friday. -- The action of the Premier in compelling Mr. Nimmo to resign is very adversely criticised in political circles. Mr. Nimmo, member for Albert Park, ...

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  25. A ROUGH CAMP-OUT.

    Mr. James S. Bray, naturalist, of Queen's-place, sends us the following: -- "On Friday last I started for Betonga, on the Hawkesbury River, and reached there ...

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  26. KI[?]LED ON THE RAILWAY.

    MELBOURNE, Friday. -- Patrick Cassidy, employed as an engine-driver by the Footscray town council, was cut to pieces on the railway line last night. His body was found this ...

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  27. THE HAWKESBURY FLOODS.

    WINDSOR, Friday. -- To-day the weather has been calm and dull. Rain fell during the night and early this morning in smart showers, and fears were entertained that it had set in ...

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  28. MELBOURNE TRADES-HALL COUNCIL.

    MELBOURNE, Friday. -- At a meeting of the Trades-hall Council to-day during the discussion of a motion asking Parliament to abolish the harbor trust, it was mentioned that the ...

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  29. MADAME MELBA.

    LONDON, Friday. -- Madame Melba (Mrs. Armstrong), the Australian singer, who was such a success in opera in Paris, makes her déb[?]t in London next Thursday, appearing ...

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  30. THE DEPARTURE OF ENGLISH MAILS.

    MELBOURNE, Friday. -- A reasonable time having been allowed to elapse since the arrival in London of the joint proposal of the Postmasters-General of New South Wales, Victoria ...

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  31. TASMANIAN REVENUE.

    HOBART, Friday. -- The consolidated revenue for the month of May is £51,768, aa against £68,463 for last year. Hobart Customs show a deficiency of £10,000; Launceston, £3000; ...

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  32. KEMPSEY COURT ACCOMMODATION.

    KEMPSEY, Thursday. -- Judge Murray, in discharging the juries at the Quarter Sessions on Monday last, spoke strongly of the inadequate court accommodation and expressed surprise ...

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  33. CABLE NEWS.

    LONDON, Thursday Night. -- The Admiralty deny the report published yesterday that three British warships have been dispatched to protect British interests in ...

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  34. THE IRISH DELEGATES.

    BRISBANE, Friday. -- All arrangements have been completed for the reception of Mr. Dillon. The Opera House, the largest public building[?]in Brisbane, has been engaged, and it is expected ...

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  35. FIRE AT MOUNT KEMBLA.

    WOLLONGONG, Thursday. -- A fire broke out at the store of Messrs. Pickering and Davidson, at Mount Kembla, at about 9 o'clock last night, the amount of damage done being estimated at ...

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  36. THE FLOODS AT MAITLAND.

    WEST MAITLAND, Friday. -- The flood waters about Maitland are now rapidly subsiding and a fall of about 16ft. has already taken place in the Hunter River. A new danger has ...

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  37. THE SHAH OF PERSIA.

    LONDON, Friday. -- The Shah of Persia, who is at present on a visit at St. Petersburgh, expects to arrive at Berlin in a week. ...

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  38. TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES.

    The Rev. Principal Rainy arrived at Hobart from Melbourne yesterday. He preaches in St. Andrew's Church to-morrow, and will be received by the Presbyterian representatives and ...

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  39. GRAFTON APPEAL COURT.

    Grafton, Thursday. -- At the Municipal Appeal Court held to-day 26 cases were heard. A number of assessments were confirmed, and some reduced. The Rev. A. Barron, ...

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  40. NEWS FROM THE EAST.

    THURSDAY ISLAND, Friday. -- The steamer Tannadice arrived here from Hongkong and Port Darwin to-day. The Hongkong Press states that a terrible ...

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  41. MR. PARNELL'S ACTION AGAINST THE TIMES.

    LONDON, Friday. -- The libel action brought by Mr. C. S. Parnell, M.P., against The Times in connection with the publication of the celebrated forged letters, and in ...

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  42. THE MARRICKVILLE FLOODS.

    Sir, -- Would you grant me a small space in your columns for the purpose of discussing this oft-printed "heading" of late in the daily press. From many of the reports which have ...

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  43. WILBERFORCE COMMON.

    The Minister for Mines received a deputation yesterday, consisting of Messrs. Conlon, Smith, Rutter and Beecroit, trustees of the Wilberforce Common, who laid before Mr. Smith a petition ...

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  44. THE BRITISH AND AUSTRALIAN BANK.

    LONDON, Thursday Night. -- The formation of the projected British and Australian Bank is delayed pending the arrival from Melbourne of the gentleman who has ...

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  45. A MELBOURNE INSOLVENCY.

    MELBOURNE, Thursday. -- Abraham Brodie, Flinders-street, Melbourne, clothing manufacturer, filed his schedule to-day; liabilities £6443, assets £4212, deficiency £2320. ...

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  46. THE MELBOURNE UNEMPLOYED.

    MELBOURNE, Thursday. -- Very little is being done by the unemployed except soliciting assistance from members of Parliament. One member has written to them stating that he ...

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  47. ON THE SOUTH COAST.

    WOLLONGONG, Friday. -- Rain commenced to fall here again last night about midnight, and continued at intervals until 10 o'clock this morning, when it ceased. The sky has been ...

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  48. THE MELBOURNE CONTEMPT CASE.

    MELBOURNE, Friday. -- The Chief Justice to-day forwarded his reply to the deputation which waited upon him in reference to the imprisonment of Mr. Daly, solicitor, for contempt ...

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  49. THE VICTORIAN FREEHOLD BANK.

    LONDON, Friday. -- The Financial News denounces the Victorian Freehold Bank, Limited, which has established a branch in London, of which Sir E. H. Galsworthy, Sir ...

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  50. THE VICTORIAN CHAIRMANSHIP OF COMMITTEES.

    MELBOURNE, Thursday. -- The Government have decided to support the candidature of Mr. M'Lean for the Chairmanship of Committees. Messrs. Shackell and Graves were ...

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  51. VICTORIAN PARLIAMENT.

    MELBOURNE, Thursday. -- Parliament is to meet on Tuesday. The vice-regal speech will be read by the Acting-Governor. In the Assembly the address-in-reply will be moved by ...

    Article : 103 words
  52. THE NORMANTON-CLONCURRY RAILWAY.

    BRISBANE, Thursday. -- A deputation waited on the Minister for Railways yesterday to urge the immediate construction of the Normanton-Cloucurry railway. The deputation stated ...

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  53. A NEW ZEALAND SHIPPING COLLISION.

    AUCKLAND, Friday. -- An official inquiry into the circumstances attending the collision between the U.S.S. Company's steamer Australia aud the steam tug A[?]whina has resulted ...

    Article : 60 words
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