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  2. SALE OF THE STEAMER GOVERNOR BLACKALL.

    The Governor Blackall, a steamer which figured prominently in connection with the Queensland trade several years ago, was yesterday sold at auction by Messrs. Fraser, Uther, and Co. for ...

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  3. THE SINKING OF THE OROTAVA.

    LONDON, Tuesday Night.--At the time that the Orient Company's R.M.S. Orotava filled with water, and sank in Tilbury Docks, 300 men were on board engaged in coaling ...

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  4. PERSONAL.

    Lady Hampden, the Hon. Dorothy Brand, and Master Geoffry Brand proceeded to the country residence at Moss Vale yesterday. The Governor and other members of the vice-regal party, ...

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  5. THE PALACE THEATRE OF VARIETIES.

    The most recent addition to Sydney playhouses is the now Palace Theatre of Varieties, in Pitt-street, which has just been erected by Mr. George Adams. At the outset he gave carte ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  6. GOVERNMENT PRINTER'S DEPARTMENT.

    The grading of the Government Printing Office by the Public Service Board was published in a supplement to the "Government Gazette" yesterday. Contrary to expectation, there do not ...

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  7. QUEENSLAND.

    ROCKHAMPTON, Wednesday.--The trial of John Bohan for the murder of Michael Callaghan near Lorida Station concluded late last night. The jury returned a verdict of wilful murder, ...

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  8. TURKEY AND THE POWERS.

    LONDON, Wednesday.--The Porte has banished 300 Turks and a number of Constantinople officials implicated in the recent massacre of Armenians in the Turkish capital. ...

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  9. FUNERAL OF THE LATE REV. DR. GILCHRLST.

    The funeral of the late Rev. Dr. Gilchrist took place yesterday. The remains having been brought over from North Shore to St. Stephen's Church, Phillip-street, a funeral service was ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  10. THE FATE OF MACDONALP'S PARTY.

    BRISBANE, Wednesday.--The cutter Rocklitz arrived at Samarai from Milany Bay last Sunday. Captain Oates reports that he had traded in the locality where Macdonald and party ...

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  11. THE IRISH QUESTION.

    LONDON, Wednesday.--In the course of a speech last, night. Mr. E. H. Carson, Q.C., the Unionist member for Dublin University, said that too many of their Irish friends were ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  12. MIXING AT WOODLARK ISLAND.

    COOKTOWN, Wednesday.--The schooner Clara Ethel arrived from Wood lark Island via Samarai at noon to-day with 15 passengers from the former place, and five from the latter. All those ...

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  13. THE QUARANTINE PASSENGERS.

    BRISBANE, Wednesday.--The health of the quarantined persons off the steamer Duke of Devonshire, who are now at the Peel Island Quarantine Station, continues good, and the ...

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  14. IMPORTANT ARBITRATION CASE.

    BRISBANE, Wednesday.--The important arbitration case, tho Rockhampton Municipality v. the Rockhampton Harbor Board, was practically concluded to-day. The municipality claim £160, ...

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  15. THE FRENCH NAYY.

    LONDON, Wednesday.—The French Chamber of Deputies yesterday rejected the proposals made by M. Lockroy, an ex-Minister of Marine. These were that the sum of ...

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  16. AMERICA AND SPAIN.

    LONDON, Wednesday.--The Cuban League which has been formed in New York includes among its members several prominent men, among them being Messrs. ...

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  17. ACCIDENT ON THE RAILWAY.

    BRISBANE, Wednesday.--An accident happened on the Esk or Brisbane Valley Branch Railway to-day. A series of special cattle trains are being run, and the first of these was ...

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  18. THE TICK PLAGUE DISAPPEARING.

    BRISBANE, Wednesday.--Further encouraging reports continue to reach the Stock Department from inspectors stationed in the various tick-infested districts. It seems that the pest is ...

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  19. MR. M. A. O'CALLAGHAN.

    The Dairy Expert appointed by the Government. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  20. ALLEGED ADULTERATION OF LIQUOR.

    BRISBANE, Wednesday.--The Excise Department has for some time been engaged in taking samples of the different liquors sold in the city and suburban hotels. Ordinary ale sold at one of ...

    Article : 118 words
  21. CLASSIFICATION AND SALARIES.

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  22. DEATH OF BARONESS ROTHSCHILD.

    LONDON, Tuesday Night.--The Baroness Leonora do Rothschild, while taking part in n stag hunt at Chamant, France, to-day, was thrown from her horse against a tree and ...

    Article : 68 words
  23. ITALY AND THE SOMALIS.

    LONDON, Wednesday.--The Italians have executed live Somalis in connection with the recent attack made by the Somalis on an Italian expedition, when Signor Cecchi, the ...

    Article : 55 words
  24. SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    ADELAIDE. Wednesday.--Messrs. Giffen, Hill, and Jones, members of the Australian Eleven, returned to Adelaide this morning. A large crowd assembled at the railway station to welcome ...

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  25. THE FRENCH MINISTER IN LONDON.

    LONDON, Wednesday.--Baron Alphonse de Courcel, the French Ambassador in London, is retiring from that position; The cause of his retirement is unknown. ...

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  26. THE COLONIAL OFFICE.

    LONDON, Tuesday Night--Sir Robert H. Meade, Permanent Under-Secretary of the Colonial Office, has met with an accident, breaking one of his legs. ...

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  27. VICTORIA.

    MELBOURNE, Wednesday.--The dangerous practice of "coasting" down hills in the metropolis on bicycles was responsible for a very serious accident to-day, the victim being Mr. Justice ...

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  28. THE GLENBROOK TRAGEDY.

    The difficulty of finding a fixed name by which to designate the wanted man who left Newcastle in the Swanhilda, and against whom a verdict of murder was found in connection with the ...

    Article : 364 words
  29. FATAL COLLISION WITH A TRAIN.

    ADELAIDE, Wednesday.--A boy named Finley Tucker, the son of Mr. Wallace Tucker, and a nephew of the Mayor of Adelaide, was killed at the Grand Junction crossing of the Port railway ...

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  30. A NEW BULLET.

    LONDON, Wednesday.--The Indian military authorities have approved of a bullet invented by Captain Bertie Gordon Clay, of the 5th Dragoon Guards, and which is ...

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  31. THE QUEEN'S RECORD REIGN.

    LONDON. Wednesday.--The exhibition which is being promoted at the Crystal Palace, in commemoration of the completion of the 60th year of the Queen's reign, will ...

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  32. WEST AUSTRALIA.

    ESPERANCE, Wednesday.--Mr. J. Thomson, of Port Augusta, has arrived with the racehorses Gem, Star, Dick, and Gong from Port Augusta. He left on July 10, and arrived at Beladonia in ...

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  33. AUSTRALIAN WINES.

    LONDON, Tuesday Night.--Mr. E. Barney Young, the South Australian commercial agent, read a paper at the Royal Colonial Institute to-day in which he advocated ...

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  34. TRAMWAY COLLISION AT JOLIMONT.

    MELBOURNE, Wednesday.--A collision resulting in a lady being seriously injured happened at Jolimont this morning, between a tram car and a spring cart. The car was coming down a hill, ...

    Article : 185 words
  35. TO-DAY.

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  36. THE ROUTE OF THE NORSEMAN RAILWAY.

    ESPERANCE, Wednesday. -- Excitement has been created by the publication of the new route for the railway to Norseman from Bunbury along the Williams River via Wagin, then tapping the ...

    Article : 81 words
  37. SUGAR BEET PRODUCTION.

    LONDON, "Wednesday. --Herr Licht, the Magdeburg expert, reports that the production of beet sugar for the past month showed au increase of 113,000 tons. He estimates ...

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  38. CITY RAILWAY EXTENSION.

    MELBOURNE. Wednesday. -- The Railway Standing Committee has decided to recommend the immediate construction of a line to Collingwood, thereby directly connecting the central ...

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  39. A REPORT FROM TRUNDLE.

    The Inspector-General of Police yesterday received a report from Trundle from the officer of police in charge of the Parkes district in connection with the wanted man Butler, or Horwood. ...

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  40. NEW ZEALAND.

    AUCKLAND, Wednesday.--The petroleum well at Moturoa yielded 12 barrels of oil on Saturday, 11 on Sunday, and six on Monday, which exceeded all expectations. The result is exciting ...

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  41. THE REV. DR. CLIFFORD.

    LONDON, Tuesday Night.--The Rev. Dr. John Clifford, pastor of the Westbourne Park Baptist Church, London, is a passenger for New Zealand by the outgoing mail steamer ...

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  42. THE CASE OF MRS. CECILIE ANDERSON.

    MELBOURNE, Wednesday.--The case of Mrs. Cecllie Anderson has been revived by a petition for free pardon, which was presented to the Governor. Mrs. Anderson was tried and ...

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  43. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    LONDON, Tuesday Night--The death is announced to-day of the Earl of Darnley, aged 69, the father of the Hon. Ivo Bligh, the well-known cricketer. Lord Clifton, the ...

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  44. DEATH FROM SUNSTROKE.

    AUCKLAND, Wednesday.--The weather is exceptionally hot and dry throughout the colony. A laborer at Timaru, who suffered from sunstroke, died to-day. ...

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  45. MR. CECIL RHODES' HOUSE DESTROYED BY FIRE.

    LONDON. Tuesday Night.--A Are has occurred in the house of Mr. Cecil Rhodes, at Capetown, the premises being completely gutted. ...

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  46. TASMANIA.

    The railway returns show an increase as compared with the corresponding period of last year of £10,366. Ton applications have been received for the ...

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  47. INQUIRIES ON THE ORARA GOLD- FIELD.

    COFF'S HARBOR, Wednesday.--Special interest in the Butler tragedy has extended to the Orara goldfield from the fact that the police have been inquiring about a man who was ...

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  48. QUEENSLAND TOBACCO.

    LONDON, Tuesday Night,--A consignment of Queensland tobacco, Weighing 5ewt., was sold at auction to-day, and realised 112d per lb. The tobacco was of rank growth and ...

    Article : 39 words
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