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  2. NOTES OF THE DAY.

    If the shoemaker should stick to his last, why should not the preacher stick to his gospel? The Rev. Joseph Cook may be a big authority on the question "Does death ...

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  3. THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT.

    A meeting of the general council of the National Association was held at the offices on Thursday last, Mr. W. T. Poole (vice-president) in the chair. The ...

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  4. THE COUNTRY.

    URALLA, Friday.--Mr. Patrick Bourke, a selector residing on Salisbury Plains, was returning from Mr. Michael Davitt's lecture at Armidale, when he was thrown ...

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  5. PURE-BRED POULTRY.

    There is a deep-rooted prejudice amongst poultry keepers as a class against what are termed "fancy" poultry, the popular idea being that they are useless for any other ...

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  6. OUR SPECIAL CABLES.

    LONDON, Friday.--In the House of Commons last night Sir Charles Dilke, Liberal member for the Forest of Dean, directed attention to the trade in ...

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  7. OUR SPECIAL CABLES.

    LONDON, Thursday, 1 p.m.--From China it is reported that the religious fanatics at Fuehan have attacked and wrecked the American mission station ...

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  8. PERMIT FEES ON TRAVELLING SHEEP!

    NARRANDERA, Friday.=At the police court to-day, a man named Piper, a drover in charge of 9600 sheep, was charged by the stock inspector with neglecting to produce ...

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  9. PERSONAL.

    To the list of young Australians who have distinguished themselves in the classic arenas of the Old World, both in literary pursuits and on the playing fields. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  10. THE MAIL STEAMERS.

    The Orient liner Liguria from London and the German mall steamer Sachsen, from Bremen, are due at Sydney to-day. Both vessels passed Wilson's Promontory ...

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  11. THE COOMA LINE.

    "With the object of encouraging the traffic on the Cooma line considerable reductions Will shortly he made in the rates for the carriage of general goods. The ...

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  12. THE KU-CHENG MASSACRE.

    LONDON, Friday, 1 p.m.--Viceroy Lui, who has been appointed the Chinese Imperial Commissioner to Inquire into the massacre of missionaries ...

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  13. BUGGY ACCIDENT.

    MOREE, Friday.--Mrs. William Moses, of Combadello station, her governess, and her children were returning from a drive on Wednesday evening, when they had an ...

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  14. THE JURY SITTINGS.

    To-day will be the last of term, and the Full Court will sit to deliver a reserved judgment, and to transact other business Incidental to the last day of the ...

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  15. THE REFORMS IN ARMENIA

    LONDON, Friday, Noon.--From Odessa it is reported that the Russian military commander in the Caucasus is gradually moving troops to the ...

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  16. THE SEARCH FOR THE CATTERTHUN

    The New Zealand Insurance Company yesterday received the following telegram from the salvage steamer Sterling, which, with the tug Mermaid, is engaged ...

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  17. THE RYLSTONE MYSTERY.

    RYLSTONE, Friday.--The adjourned inquest on the body of the male infant found in the river under the bridge was resumed to-day. Witnesses deposed to seeing a ...

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  18. MILITARY REVOLT IN CHINA.

    LONDON, Thursday Night--Telegrams from Shanghai state that the Chinese soldiers at Tien-tsin are in revolt, and clamoring for the arrears of ...

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  19. GENERAL CABLE HEWS.

    LONDON, Friday,, 1 p.m.--The British committee of creditors of the City of Melbourne Bank have decided upon the liquidation of the bank unless the ...

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  20. THE PAYMENT OF MEMBERS CASE.

    The case of the Attorney-General v. Rennie, which has been known for some time past as the payment of members' case, was mentioned before the Full Court ...

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  21. FROZEN MEAT AND LIVE CATTLE FOR LONDON.

    The R.M.S. Orient, of the Orient line, sailing hence on Monday, takes between 4000 and 5000 carcases of mutton for the English market. The remainder of her ...

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  22. COLONIAL FRUIT.

    LONDON, Friday, 1 p.m.--The Mildura lemons by the R.M.S. Cuzco have sold at 12s 6d per case. The New South Wales oranges by the same ...

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  23. ASSAULT BY KANAKAS.

    MURWILLUMBAH, Friday.--A case of brutal assault by Kanakas was tried at the police court to-day. A man named Daniel Hayes was attacked by a mob of Kanakas ...

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  24. VICTORIA.

    MELBOURNE, Friday.--Two extraordinarily mysterious assaults, Just at dusk, in the streets of South Melbourne, have been reported to the police during the week. ...

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  25. CURIOUS MORTALITY AMONG FTSH

    BERRY, Friday.--During the week Seven Mile Beach has been strewn with dead fish for a space of 15ft. from low water mark. A singular coincidence is that large ...

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  26. OVERDUE VESSELS.

    No news has been received by the agents of the French barque Marie Alice, now 191 days out from Sydney to Antwerp, and fears are entertained that she has been lost with ...

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  27. FAST RAILWAY SPEED.

    LONDON, Thursday, 1 p.m.--Last night's train from London to Aberdeen on the West Coast route (London and North-Western and Caledouian lines) ...

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  28. TASMANIA.

    HOBART, Friday.--A basis of union has been agreed upon for the amalgamation of the Presbyterian Church and the Free Church of Scotland, and will be presented to the synod. ...

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  29. THE REV. DR. COOK.

    Yesterday Dr. Joseph Cook lunched at the Y.M.C.A. with a number of clergymen and others, who had been Invited to meet him. To-morrow afternoon he will give a ...

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  30. THE TERM SITTINGS.

    The sitting of the Full Court yesterday was prolific of the usual number of miscellaneous motions. As a beginning, two barristers were admitted, and both ...

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  31. WOLLONGONG WATER SUPPLY.

    WOLLONGONG, Friday.--The Mayor and several of tho aldermen visited the Cordeaux River yesterday to see as to Its suitability as a source of water supply for ...

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  32. DESTRUCTION OF A PUBLIC BUILDING.

    HOBART, Friday.--The Glblin Memorial-hall, a handsome building at West Devon-port, was destroyed by fire early this morning. The fire is supposed to have been ...

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  33. THE FIRE ON THE SHIP HILARIA.

    MELBOURNE, Friday.--The Crown today applied for a postponement of the trial of Lindsay and Benson, charged with setting fire to the ship Hilaria, to enable ...

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  34. THE FIRE ON THE STEAMERS VICTORIAN AND EMU.

    Yesterday morning Captain J. M. Banks, representing the underwriters, and the marine surveyor for the owners, paid a visit to Johnstone's Bey, with the object of ...

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  35. MASONIC INSTALLATION.

    {No abstract available}

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  36. THE INSOLVENCY OF C, B. FISHER.

    MELBOURNE, Friday.--An application was made to Judge Molesworth to-day for a certificate of discharge and a dispensation with a statutory dividend in the ...

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  37. A SLAYER IN THE WITNESS BOX.

    MELBOURNE, Friday.--In connection with the recent County Court case of M'Rae v. the Colonial Bank, charges of forgery and perjury are proceeding against ...

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  38. GERMAN MILITARY MANOEUVRES.

    LONDON, Friday. --Field-Marshal Lord Roberts, late Commander-in-Chief in India, has accepted the invitation of the Emperor William of Germany to be ...

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  39. QUEENSLAND.

    At the police court to-day, Howard Freeman, styled "Professor" Freeman, was charged with an illegal operation. The Crofton police have received news of ...

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  40. PROPOSED METHODIST UNION.

    WOLLONGONG, Friday.--A largely attended meeting was held last night at the Wesleyan Church, Wollongong, for the purpose of testing the feeling regarding the ...

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  41. SWEATING IN THE TAILORING TRADE.

    MELBOURNE, Friday.--At a meeting of the Trades-hall Council to-night, Mr. Thorn reported that a contractor having a Government contract was working girls at ...

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  42. THE CURRENCY QUESTION.

    LONDON, Friday.--Replying to a question in the House of Commons last night, Mr. A. J. Balfour, First Lord of the Treasury, said that he had always ...

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  43. SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    ADELAIDE, Friday.--The Hospital Board sat to-day, when the dispute over the suspended nurses came up for consideration. Dr. Stirling read the draft reply to the ...

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  44. TYPHOID FEVER

    The Metropolitan Board of Water Supply and Sewerage have issued a report or the typhoid fever cases in the metropolis for the half-year ending June 30 last. The ...

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  45. THE COLONIAL BANK.

    MELBOURNE, Friday.--A special meeting of the Colonial Bank was held to-day. Sir W. J. Clarke presiding, and adopted a number of amendments of the articles of ...

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  46. THE SUGAR SEASON.

    ALSTON VILLE, Friday.--Crushing is proceeding satisfactorily at the Rous mill. The field gangs can barely keep pace with the mill's requirements. It is ...

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  47. THE M'EVOY DISASTER--THE VERDICT.

    MELBOURNE, Friday.--The magisterial Inquiry Into the M'Evoy disaster was concluded to-day. A verdict was returned that Kneeboue was killed by on Inrush of slush. ...

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  48. KILLED BY A FALL OF COAL.

    NEWCASTLE, Friday.--A miner named James Lambert was killed in a tribute colliery at Jesmond to-day by a fall of coal. Only his son was working with ...

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  49. WEST AUSTRALIAN MINING.

    LONDON, Thursday, 1 p.m.--The Menzies and Crusoe Gold-mining Company, Coolgardie, West Australia, which has been formed with a capital ...

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  50. THE BATHURST RACECOURSE DIFFICULTY.

    BATHURST. Friday.--At a special meeting of the Bathurst Jockey Club to-night to consider the report from the deputation to the Minister for Agriculture in ...

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  51. THE LUMPERS' DIFFICULTY SETTLED.

    ADELAIDE, Friday.--A conference between representatives of the lumpers of Port Adelaide and the shipowners of the port was held to-day. when the following ...

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  52. NORTH AND FINGALL COMPANY.

    LONDON, Thursday Night.--The North aud Fingall Gold-mining Company, Coolgardie, offered £55,000 in shares to the public and the sum has ...

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  53. NEW AUSTRALIA.

    ADELAIDE, Friday.--John M'Gaw who has returned from New Australia, Paraguay, and who is working his way to Sydney as a fireman on the Woolloomooloo. ...

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  54. CURIOUS SHOOTING CASE.

    Shortly after 1 o'clock this morning a young man named Frederick Dyson was shot in the back in Crown-street, under extraordinary circumstances. Dyson and a friend named Thus. ...

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  55. ENGLAND AND THE AMEER.

    LONDON, Thursday, 2 p.m.--The British Government have refused the request of the Ameer to have Afghanistan represented by a direct ...

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  56. THE COAL TRADE.

    WOLLONGONG, Friday.--The coal trade showed an improvement tills week, most of the collieries working well. Shipping at the port was fairly' brisk, and in ...

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  57. TO-DAY.

    {No abstract available}

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  58. THE FROZEN MEAT TRADE.

    LONDON, Thursday, 1 p.m.--Messrs. Bergl and Brabbin are opening 100 shops in Loudon for the sale of Australian meat. ...

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  59. NEW ZEALAND PARLIAMENT.

    WELLINGTON, Friday.--In the House of Representatives the Treasurer announced that the Agent-General has received tenders for the construction of a new cable ...

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  60. THE WESTERN COLLIERIES.

    LITHGOW, Friday.--The coal output of the western collieries remains at about the level of the past few months, the aver-ago working time for the pits varying from ...

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  61. NORTHERN TERRITORY.

    PORT DARWIN, Friday.--The old sugar plantation at Shoal Bay bus boon purchased by Mr. C. Koddle. ...

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  62. THE WEATHER.

    Rough westerly weather was reported in Bass Straits yesterday, and the steamer Age, en route from Newcastle to Melbourne, had to seek sholter in Waterloo ...

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