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  2. NOTES OF THE DAY.

    Sir George Dibbs is reported to have dropped regretful words about the disloyalty of political parties in the course of his speech at Tuesday's picnic, where such lashings of compliments were ...

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  3. PERSONAL.

    The Speaker of the Legislative Assembly (Sir J. P. Abbott) will leave for New Zealand by the steamer Anglian to-day upon business. He will be absent for about five weeks. It ...

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  4. THE SCUTTLING OF THE COMMODORE.

    LONDON, Tuesday Night.--The filibuster steamer Commodore, which foundered while proceeding from Jacksonville, Florida, to Cuba with arms, etc., for the rebels, was ...

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  5. QUEENSLAND.

    BRISBANE, Wednesday.--The Executive today considered the case of John Bohan, under sentence of death for the murder of Michael Callagan, near Lerida Station, in the Central ...

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  6. THE MAIL STEAMERS.

    The English mails by the R.M.S. Orient are due here to-morrow. The Orient called at Adelaide yesterday, en route from London to Sydney. The mammoth mail steamer Friedrich dor Grosse, ...

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  7. THE MARINE ENGINEERS.

    An understanding was arrived at yesterday that the conference between representatives of the Associated Steamship Owners' and the Marine Engineers should take place in Sydney to-morrow. ...

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  8. THE GLENBROOK TRAGEDIES.

    LONDON, Wednesday, Noon.--Detective M'Hattie and Constable Couroy, of Sydney, have arrived at Vancouver in the steamer Miowera in order to secure the arrest of the ...

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  9. SECOND EDITION.

    LONDON, Wednesday. 2 p.m.--At the weekly auction sales of Australian tallow, held to-day, 2625 casks were offered, of which 1200 were sold. Prices were as ...

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  10. THE WEATHER.

    The weather yesterday was fine and clear throughout the colony, and as no disturbance was in sight the immediate prospects are for fine warm weather, with light easterly and northerly ...

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  11. ROYAL COMMISSION ON MINING.

    BRISBANE, Wednesday.--The Royal Commission on Mining was appointed to-day, consisting of Messrs. W. H. B. O'Connell, A. Dawson, J. Hoolan, J. Hamilton, W. Smythe, members of ...

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  12. RETIREMENT OF CAPTAIN GODDARD.

    Alter a remarkable career as a shipmaster in the Australian trade, Captain William Goddard, of Messrs. Devitt and Moore's clipper ship Macquarie, is retiring from the sea, with a view ...

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  13. PREPARATIONS FOR BUTLER'S RETURN.

    A cable was received yesterday from Vancouver by Messrs. Huddart, Parker, and Co., of the Canadian-Australian line, announcing the arrival of the R.M.S. Miowera on January 4. The Miowera ...

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  14. THE COUNTRY.

    TAMWORTH. Wednesday.--A farmer named Bennett Treloar, living at The Forest, Moor Creek, met with his death last night while driving home with his horse and dray. Deceased ...

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  15. THE CONFERENCE OF PREMIERS.

    BRISBANE, Wednesday.--The Premier, Sir Hugh Nelson, will leave for the south next week for the purpose of attending the conference of Premiers, to be held at Hobart on February 2. ...

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  16. A FEVER-STRICKEN VESSEL.

    A telegram received from Albany, W.A., yesterday, states that the steamer Clitus, bound from Java to Melbourne and Sydney, put in at that port at 10 a.m. for medical assistance, there ...

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  17. PECULIAR ASSAULT CASE.

    BRISBANE, Wednesday.--At the Police Court to-day, Thomas William Whitaker and Thomas Schofield were charged with assaulting an elderly man named William Matthews, in Mary-street. ...

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  18. THE DOVEDALE-INDIANAPOLIS COLLISION.

    The steamer Indianapolis, under charter to the 'Adelaide Steamship Company, which was damaged by collision with the steamer Dovedale in Newcastle harbor on Tuesday, arrived in Sydney ...

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  19. POLICE COURT RETURNS.

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  20. COLORED LABOR IN NATAL.

    LONDON, Wednesday.--A monster meeting which was held yesterday at Durban, Natal, passed resolutions demanding that the Government, should take steps to secure the ...

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  21. EXPORT OF PRODUCE.

    BRISBANE, Wednesday.--Four dairy farms operating here propose to send 40 tons of butter to London by the steamer Jumna this month. This will be the largest shipment ever sent from ...

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  22. BITTEN BY A SNAKE.

    GOULBURN, Wednesday.--While out bicycling at Kippilaw, Mr. D. P. M'Killop, son of Mr. M'Killop, of the Commercial Bank, sat down, and felt a pain in the thigh. He afterwards saw a ...

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  23. INVESTIGATIONS AT BALLARAT.

    MELBOURNE, Wednesday.--The police have been investigating the statement that a man answering the description o£ Butler was at the Canadian Gully, near Ballarat, at the time of ...

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  24. FEDERAL COUNCIL DELEGATE.

    BRISBANE, Wednesday.--Mr. B. D. Morehead, M.L.C., has recovered from his recent illness, and he was to-day sworn in before the Governor as a delegate to the Federal Council. ...

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  25. FIRE AT ALBURY.

    ALBURY, Wednesday.-- A cottage in David-street, owned and occupied by Patrick Cheevers, was totally destroyed by fire early this morning. Mr. Cheevers' daughters retired to rest, leaving ...

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  26. THE SWANBANK RAILWAY.

    BRISBANE, Wednesday.--The Railway Department to-day formally took possession of Mr. Lewis Thomas' Swanbank railway, for the purchase of which £12,000 was passed by Parliament ...

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  27. MR. CECIL RHODES.

    LONDON, Wednesday.--Mr. Cecil Rhodes was entertained at a banquet at Capetown last night, and sails for England to-day. Two hundred prominent Africanders at ...

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  28. THE BANKING TROUBLE IN AMERICA.

    LONDON, Wednesday.--New York reports that since the beginning of December 28 banks and banking firms have failed, all being connected with the suspended National ...

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  29. ARTESIAN BORES.

    BRISBANE, Wednesday.--Mr. J. W. Boulbee, the superintendent of Government bores in New South Wales, is at present on an official visit to Queensland. He is just now in the ...

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  30. A MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCE.

    WEST MAITLAND, Wednesday.--A well-known cattle dealer named Keyran Rigney, left Maitland some two months ago to go to Coolgardie, and not having since been heard of, his friends are ...

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  31. STARTING THE AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE.

    BRISBANE, Wednesday.--Professor Shelton is expediting the arrangements for the opening of the Agricultural College at Gatton, which is expected to start with a full school. ...

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  32. DEATH IN THE BUSH.

    COBAR, Wednesday.--Yesterday news was brought into town by the police that a body, supposed to be that of John Sands, has been found in the bush at Double Gates. He had been at the ...

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  33. RELEASE OF SMALLPOX PATIENTS.

    BRISBANE, Wednesday.--The two Chinamen who were quarantined in Moreton Bay in consequence of an outbreak of smallpox aboard the steamer Duke of Devonshire were released on ...

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  34. AFFAIRS IN TURKEY.

    LONDON, Tuesday Night.--Despite the promises of the Sultan, the Dragomans (interpreters) of the French and Italian Embassies have been excluded from the court ...

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  35. THE STOCKTON MINE DISASTER.

    NEWCASTLE, Wednesday.--At the Stockton inquest to-day the only witness examined was Jas. M'Douald, who has been employed at the pit tor 11 years past, and is a son of the ...

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  36. THE MINERS' FEDERATION.

    LONDON, Wednesday.--The annual meeting of the Miners' Federation of Great Britain is being held this year at Leicester. In his opening address Mr. B. Pickard, ...

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  37. THE ALBURY WATERWORKS.

    ALBURY, Wednesday.--At a meeting of the Albury Council to-night, a letter was read from the Department of Public Works, demanding payment of two instalments, amounting to £2900, due ...

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  38. SHIPPING CASUALTIES.

    The Sydney-owned steamer Princess, a vessel of 39 tons, had a narrow escape from foundering off Barranjoey on Tuesday night, whilst en route to Sydney from the Hawkesbury River with ...

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  39. THE SITUATION IN ADELAIDE.

    ADELAIDE, Wednesday.--The position in regard to the Adelaide Steamship Company's vessels at Port Adelaide is unchanged. The steamer Flinders cleared during the morning for ...

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  40. TREATMENT OF CONSUMPTIVE PATIENTS.

    ARMIDALE, Wednesday.--Replying to the request that consumptive patients might be received into the Armidale Hospital, the committee of the institution has decided to inform the ...

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  41. MURDER OF AN ARMENIAN OFFICIAL.

    LONDON, Tuesday Night.--From Constantinople it is reported that Debros Effendi, an Armenian, who was appointed against his desire as assistant Caimacan, or Governor of ...

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  42. THE DEATH PENALTY IN AMERICA.

    LONDON, Wednesday.--The United States Congress has passed a bill abolishing the death penalty in 55 out of 60 offences in the federal criminal code. ...

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  43. DUELLING IN GERMANY.

    LONDON, Wednesday.--In the edict issued by the Emperor William of Germany, extending the authority of Courts of Honor in dealing with duelling, his Imperial Majesty ...

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  44. A NEW PHASE OF THE TROUBLE.

    MELBOURNE, Wednesday.--An important turn has taken place in the strike to-night. Messrs. Huddart, Parker, and Co. engaged four engineers on their boats-- two on the Coogee, one on the ...

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  45. THE DISASTER FUND.

    A meeting of the general committe of the Stockton colliery disaster fund was held in a room in the Town-halt yesterday. Mr. J. F. Burns in the chair. The subscriptions received to date ...

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  46. THE ACCIDENT TO THE YARRA-WONGA.

    Particulars of the accident which happened to the Blue Anchor line steamer Yarrawonga on her last homeward voyage are gathered from private letters received from those on board. The ...

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  47. THE LAMBETH CONFERENCE.

    LONDON, Wednesday.--The Most Rev. Dr. Temple, Archbishop of Canterbury, has appointed Mr. F. W. Pennefather lay secretary of the Lambeth Conference to be held in July ...

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  48. INTERNATIONAL BIMETALLISM.

    LONDON, Wednesday.--Mr. G. W. Smalley, the New York correspondent of "The Times," states that Senator Woolcott, is about to visit Europe as the unofficial envoy ...

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  49. ALLEGED FRAUD IN STAMPS.

    MELBOURNE, Wednesday. -- A man named Thomas Webb, a printer and stamp dealer, carrying on business in the Eastern-arcade, has been arrested on a charge of extensive frauds by the ...

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  50. TO-DAY.

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  51. SCULLING CONTESTS.

    LONDON, Wednesday.--A sculling match has been arranged between W. Haines, of Putney, and C. Stephenson, of New Zealand. The race will be rowed on the Thames on ...

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  52. BRITISH BECHUANALAND.

    LONDON, Tuesday Night.--Reports from Vryburg, British Bechuanaland, state that the natives have murdered an English trader named Robinson. ...

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  53. MR. HENRY CHAPLIN.

    LONDON, Wednesday.--Mr. Henry Chaplin, President of the Board of Trade, was seriously injured yesterday by being thrown from his horse when hunting at Trentham ...

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  54. VICTORIA.

    MELBOURNE, Wednesday.--The Friedrich der Grosse, of the Norddeutscher-Lloyd line, arrived in the bay to-day from Bremen. This vessel, which is on her maiden voyage, is the largest ...

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  55. A REPORTED QUEENSLAND LOAN.

    LONDON, Tuesday Night.--It is reported in financial circles in the city that a Queensland loan is about to be floated. The "Financial News" states that the ...

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  56. NEW ZEALAND.

    WELLINGTON, Wednesday.--As the outcome of the unjustifiable arrest of Mr. South, a share-broker, at Auckland, on a charge of drunkenness, Sergeants M'Mahon and Gamble have been ...

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  57. TASMANIA.

    HOBART, Wednesday.--Garrison sports took place to-day, and proved a great success. There were competitors from eight warships now in port, also from all parts of the colony. The ...

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  58. THE JAPANESE NAVY.

    LONDON, Wednesday.--The Japanese Government have purchased the Brazilian cruiser Almirante Barroso. The Almirante Barroso is a cruiser of 1960 ...

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  59. FATAL FIRE AT MUDGEE.

    MUDGEE, Wednesday,--On Tuesday evening Mrs. Gurton's dwelling was totally destroyed by fire, and two of her boys, Percy (aged 7) and Joseph (aged 5) were burned to death. ...

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  60. A RIFLE TEAM FOR ENGLAND.

    MELBOURNE, Wednesday.--A circular has been issued by the federal council of the Rifle Association of Australasia with regard to the proposal to send an Australian team to England to ...

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  61. VICE-REGAL TOURS.

    HOBART, Wednesday.--Sir Thomas F. Buxton, the Governor of South Australia, with Lady Buxton, family, and suite, arrived per Coogee at Launceston this morning, after a rough trip across ...

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  62. A DENIAL FROM QUEENSLAND.

    BRISBANE, Wednesday.--In connection with the cable message giving the comments of the "Financial News" on the proposed Queensland loan, it is stated on the best authority that there ...

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  63. FIRE AT CORAKI.

    CORAKI, Wednesday.--A fire broke out at the residence of Patrick Cliffy early this morning. A stiff north-easterly wind was blowing, and considerable difficulty was experienced in ...

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