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  2. THE FIRE AT BLOCK ELEVEN.

    BROKEN-HILL, Wednesday.--There is a greater issue of vapor from the crevices in Block 11 to-day, but nearly all of it appears to be steam, and Mr. Stewart is not ...

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  3. SECOND EDITION.

    LONDON, Wednesday, 1 p.m.--The Bethanga Gold-mining Company, Beechworth, Victoria, is being formed to acquire nine mines in the district. The ...

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  4. OUR SPECIAL CABLES.

    LONDON, Tuesday Night.--The trial concluded to-day of Arthur Pleydell, alias Bond, alias Richardson, Francis Alfred Beaumont, alias Packe, and ...

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  5. NOTES OF THE DAY.

    What is rightly described as a peculiar law point is now under consideration of the Victorian law authorities. An officer of the police force had left by will to a priest ...

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  6. OUR SPECIAL CABLES.

    LONDON, Wednesday.--The "Nowosti," of St. Petersburg, asserts that by an alliance with Abyssinia Russia would be able to easily secure a coaling ...

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  7. PERSONAL.

    A sincere feeling of regret was expressed among the wide circle of friends and acquaintances of the late Mr. John Hinchcliff when it became known that that gentleman ...

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  8. THE BANCO COURT.

    A matter of some importance as affecting the procedure in the licensing courts of the colony came before the Full Court yesterday, on the application of one James ...

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  9. THE SPEAKERSHIP OF THE COMMONS.

    LONDON, Wednesday, 1 p.m.--"The Pall Mall Gazette" says that the Government will not oppose the re-election of Mr. W. C. Gully, Q.C., as Speaker. ...

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  10. THE PRICE OF SILVER.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 18 words
  11. A REPORTED BRITISH-ITALIAN TREATY.

    LONDON, Wednesday, Noon.--It is unofficially announced from Rome that Italy aud Great Britain have entered into a treaty for united action in ...

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  12. THE MAIL STEAMERS.

    After a fast passage from the colonies, the M.M. liner Polynesien, with the mails dated Sydney, July 1, arrived at Marseilles at 6 o'clock on the evening of the 30th ult. ...

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  13. THE COUNTRY.

    SINGLETON, Wednesday.--Misses Dwyer (Sydney), Janie Bercinis (Branxton), Katie Anderton (Waratah), Kate May (Raymond Terrace), and Taylor (East Maitland) ...

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  14. ANTI-JESUIT RIOTS IN PORTUGAL.

    LONDON, Wednesday.--The newspapers of Lisbon have published articles accusing the Jesuits of stealing little children. ...

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  15. THE REFORMS IN ARMENIA.

    LONDON, Wednesday.--From Constantinople it is reported that the Sultan of Turkey has accepted the demands of the Powers respecting ...

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  16. THE HALF-HOLIDAY MOVEMENT IN NEWCASTLE.

    NEWCASTLE, Wednesday.--The rule setting apart Thursday afternoons as a half-holiday for shopkeepers and their employees has latterly been infringed by some ...

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  17. FUNERAL OF THE LATE MRS. HOPKINS.

    The remains of the late Mrs. Livingston Hopkins were interred in St. Thomas's Cemetery, St. Leonards, yesterday. A large number, of friends of the deceased ...

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  18. ATTEMPT AT SUICIDE.

    COWRA, Wednesday.--A man named William Hill attempted to commit suicide to-day by jumping down a well 70ft. deep head first. He only, however, received a ...

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  19. ANOTHER HARBOR COLLISION.

    Another collision took place in the harbor yesterday, by which the steamer Saucy Jack, belonging to the Pastoralists' Finance Association, Limited, sustained damage to ...

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  20. THE REVOLT IN MACEDONIA.

    LONDON, Wednesday.--From Sofia, the capital of Bulgaria, it is reported that the rebellion in Macedonia against Turkish rule has resulted in failure. ...

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  21. THE NARRABRI-MOREE RAILWAY.

    MOREE, Wednesday.--The contractors of the railway have commenced work 30 miles from Moree, and they will carry on work in both directions from that centre. ...

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  22. FIRE AT CASINO.

    CASINO, Wednesday.--The residence of Mr. L. H. Glasgow, solicitor, was destroyed by fire this morning. The cause is unknown. Very little furniture was saved. ...

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  23. TO-DAY.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 139 words
  24. A NEW TYPE OF STEAMER.

    A new type of steamer, known as the Turret class, has lately come into favor among shipowners at home, and news was received by the mail yesterday that one ...

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  25. BATHURST QUARTER SESSIONS.

    BATHURST, Wednesday.--At the Quarter Sessions to-day the jury in the case of Edward Creasey and Minnie Rogers, charged with stealing watches, were unable ...

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  26. VICTORIA.

    MELBOURNE, Wednesday.--The Castlemaine Brewery Company, at its half-yearly meeting to-day, declared a dividend at the rate of 7 per cent., and carried forward ...

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  27. SOUTH AFRICA.

    LONDON, Wednesday.--The Government of Cape Colony, in replying to the congratulations of Mr. Joseph Chamberlain, Secretary of State for ...

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  28. AUSTRALIAN WIDOWS' FUND LIFE SOCIETY.

    MELBOURNE, Wednesday.--The half-yearly meeting of the Australian Widows' Fund Life Assurance Society was held this afternoon. The chairman stated that ...

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  29. THE WEATHER.

    The north-easter yesterday caused a rise in the temperature, and it felt like summer weather in Sydney during the day. At 3 p.m. the thermometer registered 61.2deg., ...

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  30. MADAGASCAR.

    LONDON, Tuesday Night.--A number of native preachers of Madagascar have been inciting the soldiers to murder British residents. The foreign ...

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  31. TRIAL TRIP OF THE TUG STERLING.

    The steaming Sterling, recently purchased by Mr. E. Lane, of this city, from Captain Deane, of Melbourne, for the towing business at this port, was taken on a trial trip ...

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  32. A STORMY VOYAGE FROM NORFOLK ISLAND.

    A stormy passage fell to the lot of the 69-ton schooner Alice May, which arrived yesterday from Norfolk Island. The vessel started from the island as far back as ...

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  33. THE UNION BANK.

    LONDON, Monday Night.--The half-yearly meeting of the Union Bank of Australia was held to-day. Mr. Arthur Flower, who presided, ...

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  34. A SPECULATION IN WHEAT.

    MELBOURNE, Wednesday.--The Union Flour Milling Company at Horsham has suspended business. This step is attributed to the unexpected local rise in the ...

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  35. SOUTH AUSTRALIAN PARLIAMENT.

    ADELAIDE, Wednesday.—In the Assembly to-day the Premier stated that, if possible, the Government would sell the two large guns lying at Glenelg to Japan. He ...

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  36. VICTORIAN PARLIAMENT.

    MELBOURNE, Wednesday.--The Legislative Assembly was nearly all day engaged on revising the tariff. The duty on stationery was fixed at 20 per cent, ad valorem. ...

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  37. A TRYING PASSAGE FROM NEW ZEALAND.

    Some idea of the weather which has prevailed lately in the Tasman Sea may be interred when it is stated that the barque Acacia was 32 days making the passage ...

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  38. THE M'EVOY MINING ACCIDENT.

    MELBOURNE, Wednesday.--No other bodies have yet been recovered from the M'Evoy mine, though rapid progress is being made in cleaning up No. 3 drive. ...

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  39. ANOTHER CONVICT STEAMER FOR NOUMEA.

    The French Government are evidently determined to continue the landing of convicts at New Caledonia, as another shipload is now en route to Noumea by the ...

    Article : 94 words
  40. AMENDING THE LIBEL LAWS.

    MELBOURNE, Wednesday.--A deputation from the council of the Australasian Institutes of Journalists waited on the Attorney-General to-night at Parliament ...

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  41. NEW MINING COMPANIES.

    LONDON, Tuesday Night.--The Southern New Chum Gold-mining Company, Bendigo, Victoria, has been formed, the public having subscribed ...

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  42. SHIPPING CASUALTIES.

    A cable from Auckland yesterday stated that the steamer Kiripaka has been stranded at Kiripaka Heads. Her back is broken. The steamer was of 150 tons, and was ...

    Article : 102 words
  43. A HARD WINTER.

    CASINO, Wednesday.--The reduction in weight of sugarcane by frosts is estimated at fully 20 per cent. The young cane seems to be totally destroyed, hence the prospect ...

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  44. ENGLISH SPORTING.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 83 words
  45. QUEENSLAND PARLIAMENT.

    BRISBANE, Wednesday.--In the Legislative Assembly to-day, in reply to Mr. Morgan, the Minister for Lands stated that the Government had acquired three blocks of ...

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  46. FLOATING OF THE STEAMER JENNY LIND.

    The steamer Jenny Lind, which was beached on Monday night at Chowder Bay, after collision with the ferry steamer Lady Mary, was floated yesterday. The floating ...

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  47. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    LONDON, Wednesday.--New York telegrams report that President Cleveland has suggested Mr. Thomas F. Bayard, the United States Ambassador ...

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  48. TASMANIA.

    HOBART, Wednesday.--A meeting of the shareholders of the Bank of Van Diemen's Land, in liquidation, was held to-day. The chairman, Mr. Fitzgerald, said that in the ...

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  49. SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    At a meeting of the shareholders of the East End Market Company yesterday, the profits for the past half-year were shown to have amounted to £1957. The usual ...

    Article : 123 words
  50. PUBLIC TENDERS.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 167 words
  51. THE SHEARING SEASON.

    ALBURY, Wednesday.--Reports from the Central Riverina states that the pens of nearly all the larger sheds have been filled, and that there is every prospect of a quiet ...

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  52. AUSTRALIAN WOOD-PAVING BLOCKS.

    LONDON, Tuesday Night.--The City Municipal Council of Liverpool is testing Victorian stringy bark blocks for street- paving purposes. ...

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  53. LATE SHIPPING.

    ADELAIDE.--Arrived. July 31: Bunmyong and Rockton, from Albany; Sommerfeld, Cessfield, from Hamburg. Sailed, July 31: Wollowra, for Albany; Valetta, for London; Loose Spring, for ...

    Article : 44 words
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