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  2. COLONIAL AND INDIAN EXHIBITION.

    London, Friday. -- The preparation of the various courts in the Exhibition is going on very rapidly, and considerable advance has been made in the last two ...

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  3. COLONIAL LOANS.

    London, Friday. -- The remarks of the Standard with regard to the Queensland loan, to the effect that it was impossible to overrate the importance of the ...

    Article : 78 words
  4. TOPICS OF THE DAY.

    The Standard must bo in despair. It is prophesying to an unbelieving nation. When the Queensland loan was announced, the customary shriek immediately followed, ...

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  5. THE LONDON RIOT.

    London, February 8. -- The starving mechanics of London to-day held a mass mooting in Trafalgar-square around the Nelson monument, and it resulted in a riot. The proceedings were ...

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  6. REUTERS MESSAGES.

    Constantinople, Thursday. -- It has transpired that at a precursory meeting held here yesterday the amended agreement between Turkey and Bulgaria ...

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  7. THE MENTONE RAILWAY COLLISION.

    Paris, Thursday. -- The report that a railway collision had occurred near Mentone has been confirmed, but accounts to hand show that the effects ...

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  8. RETURN OF CARDINAL MORAN.

    After an absence of soma five weeks, during which he visited all the principal parts of New Zealand, Cardinal Moran returned to Sydney yesterday with his private secretary, Dr. ...

    Article : 103 words
  9. THE QUEENSLAND LOAN.

    London, Thursday. -- The average for the Queensland million and a half 4 per cent, loan was about £105 10s. (REUTER'S MESSAGE). ...

    Article : 73 words
  10. BANK OF ENGLAND.

    London, Thursday. -- The weekly returns of the Bank of England show the proportion of reserve to liabilities to be 46 per cent. The reserve in notes ...

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  11. NEWS BY TELEGRAPH.

    CAMPBELLTOWN, Friday. -- The majority of the electors are indignant at Mr. Garrett going to England without acquainting them. Up to the present be has not taken them ...

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  12. COLONIAL STOCK.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 42 words
  13. THE WEATHER.

    After a long and disastrous spell of dry, sultry weather a much needed change took place yesterday. All day rain had been threatening, and towards evening it began to ...

    Article : 76 words
  14. COLONIAL WINES DUTY.

    London, Thursday. -- The Agents-General will interview Sir W. V. Harcourt on Tuesday on the question of duty on colonial wines. ...

    Article : 95 words
  15. RAIN IN QUEENSLAND.

    BRISBANE, Friday. -- Reports from the country show that splendid rains fell yesterday over certain parts of the colony. The ruin gauge registered over 2in. during 24 ...

    Article : 42 words
  16. COMMERCIAL.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 18 words
  17. THE MAILS.

    London, Thursday. -- The mails per Messageries steamer Sydney were delivered to-day. ...

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  18. THE PAINTERS' STRIKE IN BRISBANE.

    BRISBANE, Friday. -- Nine master-painters to-day signified their willingness to accede to the terms of 9s. daily as the minimum rate of wage and the other demands of the ...

    Article : 58 words
  19. DISTRESS IN THE CITY.

    At the last usual monthly meeting of the Charity Organisation Society there were present Mr. E. Fosbery (presiding), Rev. H. L. Jackson, and C. H. Myles, the secretary. The ...

    Article : 182 words
  20. THE NEW GUINEA QUESTION.

    TOWNSVILLE, Friday. -- The Hon. John Douglas arrived at Townsville to-day in the s.s. Whampoa, en route for Brisbane, where he will confer with ...

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  21. THE CHARGES AGAINST CAPTAIN SORENSEN.

    BRISBANE, Friday. -- Captain Sorensen, of the labor schooner Douro, who stands accused of various offences committed on the nigh seas, was charged before the police ...

    Article : 68 words
  22. SPECIAL CABLES.

    London, Thursday. -- Mr. Charles Todd, C.M.G., Superintendent of Telegraphs and Government Astronomer in South Australia, received the honorary ...

    Article : 53 words
  23. ALLEGED FORGERY.

    YOUNG, Friday. --- Harriet Vaughan, keeper of a boarding-house on the railway extension works, eight miles from Young, charged at the police court to-day with ...

    Article : 69 words
  24. DR. DALE AND MR. ALBERT SPICER.

    Our Congregational fellow-citizens are to be congratulated on the intelligence that next year's session of their union is to be graced by the presence of two distinguished ...

    Article : 299 words
  25. MR. BOSISTO.

    London, Thursday. -- Mr. Joseph Bosisto, M.P. for Richmond, the Executive Commissioner for Victoria, has arrived in London. ...

    Article : 21 words
  26. INTERCOLONIAL CRICKET MATCH.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 199 words
  27. MYSTERIOUS SUICIDE.

    BRISBANE, Friday. -- Captain Nightingall, of the steamer Glanworth, reported on the arrival of the vessel from Cooktown yesterday that a saloon passenger, Margaret ...

    Article : 125 words
  28. ABSENCE FROM OFFICIAL WORK.

    The Minister for Lands has written the following minute, having reference to officers of the Lauds Department absenting themselves from work without producing a medical ...

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  29. RUNNING SHEDS AT WELLINGTON.

    WELLINGTON, Friday. -- A large and influential meeting was held here last night, the Mayor presiding, to protest against the interference of certain Dubbo residents with ...

    Article : 126 words
  30. MAITLAND QUARTER SESSIONS.

    MAITLAND, Friday. -- The Maitland Quarter Sessions opened yesterday before his Honor Judge Dowling, when the following cases ware dealt with: -- Edward ...

    Article : 225 words
  31. HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR.

    His Excellency Lord Carrington, accompanied by the Hon. W. J. Lyne and Sir John Fowler, the consulting engineer to the Government in Loudon, will leave Sydney to-day on atrip to the ...

    Article : 75 words
  32. GROWN PROSECUTORS.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 105 words
  33. RE-SURVEY OF BASS'S STRAITS.

    MELBOURNE, Friday. -- The Premier has sent, through the Governor, a request to Admiral Tryon that he should send one of the ships under his command to make a ...

    Article : 65 words
  34. MISS GLADSTONE'S WEDDING.

    Miss Mary Gladstone, daughter of Mr. Gladstone, was married on February 2 to the Rev. Harry Drew, of Hawarden. A London cablegram to the New York Herald says: -- "The ceremony ...

    Article : 116 words
  35. SEVEN MEN NEARLY DROWNED.

    BRISBANE, Friday. -- The Postmaster-General received the following wire to-day from Rockhampton, reporting the narrow escape of seven men from drowning: -- "A ...

    Article : 146 words
  36. WATER CONSERVATION.

    The Royal Commission on the conservation of water met on Thursday. Mr. J. B. Donkin occupied the chair, and the following members were also present: -- Mr. F. B. Gipps. C.E., Mr. ...

    Article : 461 words
  37. WRECKS ON THE TASMANIAN COAST.

    HOBART, Friday. -- The barque Howard, timber laden, from Quebec to Melbourne, has been stranded near King Ringaroo[?] River. The barque Kassa, stranded in the ...

    Article : 47 words
  38. DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE.

    [?]st night the members of the Democratic Alliance held a meeting at the foot of the pedestal for the Queen's statue. The gathering, numbered 800, but it probably would have ...

    Article : 131 words
  39. RAILWAY GOODS-SHED AT GUNDAGAI.

    GUNDAGAI, Friday. -- The goods-shed now being erected at the railway terminus is perfectly inadequate to the wants of this district. The dimensions arc 72ft. by 22ft. ...

    Article : 107 words
  40. A PERILOUS VOYAGE.

    NEWCASTLE, Friday. -- Captain Arnot, of the schooner Louis Montgomery, which arrived here from Auckland to-night, reports dirty weather during the voyage. The ...

    Article : 179 words
  41. FURTHER FAILURES IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    ADELAIDE, Frida. -- A meeting of the creditors of Albert E. King, timber merchan, Adelaide, was held to-day, when the balance-sheets showed £13,764 ...

    Article : 113 words
  42. THE NEWCASTLE COAL-TRIMMERS.

    NEWCASTLE, Friday. -- The Lambton miners held a meeting to-day and decided to abolish the standard weight of coal. Mr. Cremor, the secretary of the coal-trimmers, ...

    Article : 50 words
  43. PRESBYTERIAN ASSEMBLY.

    The general assembly of the Presbyterian Church of New South Wales continued its sittings at St. Stephen's Church, Phillip-street yesterday, when the Rev. Andrew Gardiner' ...

    Article : 150 words
  44. VICTORIAN STOCK AND SHARE MARKET.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 101 words
  45. OVERLAND PASSENGER TRAFFIC.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 244 words
  46. AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS OF VICTORIA.

    MELBOURNE, Friday. -- The first and most important agricultural statistics of the colony for the year 1885-6, ending last day of February last, have been published. ...

    Article : 175 words
  47. THE YANKALILLA BANK ROBBERY.

    ADELAIDE, Friday. -- The police having presented their report on the mysterious robbery of the Commercial Bank, Yankalilla, are now awaiting instructions from the ...

    Article : 133 words
  48. THE FIRE BRIGADES' DEMONSTRATION.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 96 words
  49. THE MAIDEN TRIBUTE.

    A London cablegram, dated February 8, to the American papers says: -- "The first important case under the Girls' Protection Act came up for trial to-day. The defendant is ...

    Article : 227 words
  50. THE ADELAIDE BANK FAILURE.

    ADELAIDE, Friday. -- With reference to the condition of the Commercial Bant the directors will publish a balance-sheet before the shareholders' meeting on Monday, but ...

    Article : 72 words
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