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  2. AMUSEMENTS.

    "The Mikado" will be produced at the Theatre Royal for the first time in Australia this evening, when the new piece will be most carefully staged after the author's directions ...

    Article : 180 words
  3. MR. STEAD'S IMPRISONMENT.

    LONDON, Friday. -- The sentence of three months' imprisonment passed upon Mr. Stead, the editor of the Pall Mall Gazette, is considered in some ...

    Article : 80 words
  4. THE TERRA INCOGNITA OF THE NORTH-WEST.

    Not long ago a mild mania broke out amongst Sydney capitalists for squattages in Western Australia. Explorers had come back from the terra incognita ...

    Article : 818 words
  5. REGISTRATION OF DEATHS.

    An adjourned meeting of the New South Wales branch of the British Medical Association, was held at the Royal Society's rooms, Elizabeth-street, last evening, to consider the ...

    Article : 4,136 words
  6. NEWS BY TELEGRAPH.

    GRAFTON, Friday. -- The schooner Golden' Isle grounded on the spit west of the Black Reef buoy, at the entrance of the Clarence River, yesterday. Captain Clough was missed ...

    Article : 47 words
  7. TOPICS OF THE DAY.

    The more the merchants' agitation for a direct service between Sydney and San Francisco is looked into the more manifest becomes the folly of spending from £10,000 ...

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  8. SYMPATHY WITH MR. STEAD IN ADELAIDE.

    ADELAIDE, Friday. -- A meeting of representatives of nearly every church and numerous influential citizens, under the presidency of the Hon. D. Murray, M.L.C., was held in ...

    Article : 115 words
  9. TELEGRAPH LINE TO SILVERTON.

    ADELAIDE, Friday. -- Mr. R. R. Knuckey has just completed the survey or the telegraph line which, is to connect Silverton with Adelaide as far as the boundary. He ...

    Article : 122 words
  10. MR. DARRELL'S BENEFIT.

    Mr. George Darrell took his benefit at the Opera House last night before an appreciative audience, when a capital programme was warmly greeted by his various friends. The ...

    Article : 159 words
  11. THE CHURCH QUESTION.

    LONDON, Friday. -- Mr. Gladstone's references to the disestablishment question in his recent speeches are creating much comment. The Scotch dissenters ...

    Article : 75 words
  12. ADELAIDE FREE-TRADE LEAGUE.

    ADELAIDE, Friday. -- A meeting of the South Australian Free-trade League held tonight was thinly attended. A draft of the rules was agreed to. Mr. J. H. Symon, ...

    Article : 89 words
  13. MR. G. W. ANSON.

    At the Opera House to-night Mr. G. W. Anson will make his first appearance in Australia with a company which will include several new actors from London as well as some old ...

    Article : 1,423 words
  14. COMMERCIAL.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 56 words
  15. THE BURMAH WAR.

    CALCUTTA, Friday. -- Advices from Burmah state that King Theebaw's proclamation calls on all his subjects to take arms against the English, whom, ...

    Article : 67 words
  16. MEETING OF INDEPENDENT MEMBERS.

    A meeting of independent members of the Legislative Assembly, summoned by a circular signed by Messrs. W.Clarke and W. J. Ferguson, was held in the eastern library of the ...

    Article : 207 words
  17. THE NEWCASTLE MEMBERS.

    NEWCASTLE, Friday. -- This evening an enthusiastic public meaning was held at the Ship Inn, to take steps to entertain Messrs. Fletcher and Lloyd, Ms.P., at a public banquet. The ...

    Article : 94 words
  18. REUTER'S MESSAGES.

    LONDON, Thursday. -- The weekly returns of the Bank of England show the proportion of reserve to liabilities to be 42 per cent. The total reserve in notes ...

    Article : 40 words
  19. THE POLITICAL BOGIE MAN.

    The efforts of the "Independent" members to solve the political problem have not resulted in any conspicuous success. Their much-talked-of meeting ...

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  20. THE PARLIAMENTARY DISPUTE IN QUEENSLAND.

    BRISBANE, Friday. -- When the Assembly met this afternoon, the Premier in a short speech moved that a conference of both Houses be held to consider the state of ...

    Article : 186 words
  21. THE WHEAT MARKET.

    LONDON, Thursday, -- Off-coast cargoes of wheat are selling at 35s. 3d. ...

    Article : 16 words
  22. RATE OF DISCOUNT.

    LONDON, Thursday. -- The Bank of England has raised the rate of discount to 3 per cent. ...

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  23. THE CITY ARCHITECT.

    Some time ago Mr. T. H. Sapsford, the City Architect, sent in two accounts to the extent of nearly £5000 for extras in connection with the foundations of the new Centennial-hall, which ...

    Article : 182 words
  24. SHIPPING.

    LONDON, Thursday. -- The Orient S.S. Company's R.M.S. Sorata arrived at Plymouth on the morning of the 12th inst. ...

    Article : 20 words
  25. TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES.

    The Adelaide police magistrate, Mr. Beddome, has obtained eight months' leave of absence which he spends in the other colonies, his position meantime being filled by Mr. ...

    Article : 332 words
  26. TASMANIAN PARLIAMENT.

    HOBART, Friday. -- In committee of supply this evening, the Assembly passed a vote of £25,000 to provide rolling stock for the conveyance of coal from the Fingal mines. ...

    Article : 50 words
  27. THE EIGHT-HOURS DEMONSTRATION.

    A meeting of the Eight-hours. Demonstration Committee was held at the Swan-with-TwoNecks Hotel last evening, when Mr. R. H. Brown, president, occupied the chair. The ...

    Article : 219 words
  28. NEW BUILDING SOCIETY FOR NORTH SHORE.

    A meeting of gentlemen favorable to the formation of a new building society on North Shore was held last night in the offices of Messrs. G. T. Clarke and Co., Walker-street ...

    Article : 229 words
  29. MILITARY MATTERS.

    The names of Captain Leslie, Herbert Kyngdon of N.S.W. Volunteer Artillery, and Lieutenant Haviland Le Mesurier appeared in the Gazette yesterday as having been appointed to the rank ...

    Article : 199 words
  30. SHOCKING CRUELTIES IN THE SANDWICH ISLANDS.

    The San Francisco correspondent of the New York Tribune reports that well-authenticated accounts of horrible cruelty to Japanese laborers on the Sandwich Islands have been received. ...

    Article : 212 words
  31. THE SMOKE-TIME DIFFICULTY.

    When the T.S.N. Co.'s steamer Flora arrived in port yesterday morning from Hobart, the agents were applied to by a number of wharflaborers, belonging to the union, to be engaged ...

    Article : 188 words
  32. OVERLAND PASSENGER TRAFFIC.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 304 words
  33. Advertising

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    Advertising : 283 words
  34. BURIED IN A SAND-HILL.

    Yesterday afternoon, at about 2 o'clock, whilst employed at Alderson's sand-pit, Bourkestreet, Redfern, a man named Thomas Rainford was killed by the sand-bank above him giving ...

    Article : 112 words
  35. REGISTRATION OF DEATHS.

    The important question of registration of deaths formed the subject of discussion at the British Medical Association meeting last evening. At the previous Friday's meeting a paper ...

    Article : 131 words
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