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  2. THE MAIL STEAMERS.

    The R.M.S. Oruba, of the Orient line, sails at 4 p.m. to-day for London via ports. Her passenger accommodation has been well taken up a large number of the berths being booked for ...

    Article : 165 words
  3. THE COUNTRY.

    MOLONG, Tuesday.--In consequence of statements which have appeared in "The Daily Telegraph" concerning Mr. Jago Smith's wool clip at Camboola, Mr. S. Taylor, of Goonoo, writes ...

    Article : 1,228 words
  4. NEWCASTLE.

    The Burwood miners, in lodge meeting, have adopted the following minutes of the Delegate Board meeting held en the 20th inst.:--"That the general secretary write to Mr. Binney, and ask ...

    Article : 299 words
  5. VICTORIA.

    MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--The half-yearly meeting of the Riverina Frozen Meat Company was held to-day. The meeting was only a formal one. The chairman stated that during the last eight ...

    Article : 201 words
  6. NOTES OF THE DAY.

    If "no sutor" why not "no sacerdos?" When the Church turns away from the providence which is in the fall of a sparrow, and undertakes to show people how to get a living, it makes just as ...

    Article : 1,655 words
  7. BRITAIN AND FRANCE.

    LONDON, Tuesday.--The British Government has issued a Blue-book in reference to the dispute as to the possession of Fashoda and the Bahr-el-Ghazal region of Central ...

    Article : 460 words
  8. NEW ZEALANDERS EXCITED.

    WELLINGTON, Tuesday.--The prospect of war is causing much excitement, and preparations tor defence are being made all over the colony. At Wellington the permanent force has manned the ...

    Article : 108 words
  9. MELBOURNE CUP TRAFFIC.

    The approach of the Melbourne Cup carnival, if in no other way, is unmistakably signalised by the crowded steamers that leave this port for the southern capital during the week before the ...

    Article : 138 words
  10. TO-DAY.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 149 words
  11. THE BUTESHIRE FIRE.

    Marine surveyors boarded the steamer Buteshire at Smith's Wharf yesterday, and commenced the survey of the vessel to ascertain the extent of the damage done by the recent fire on ...

    Article : 99 words
  12. ANXIETY IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    ADELAIDE, Tuesday.--In the Legislative Assembly to-night, Mr. Kingston, in reply to a question, denied a rumor that the Lieutenant-Governor had received any telegram with reference ...

    Article : 40 words
  13. PROBATE DUTY.

    MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--The sum of £47,934 was paid to-day as probate duty in the estate of the late J. L. Currie, of St. Kilda. The amount available for duty was £479,346. ...

    Article : 33 words
  14. "NO LAW FOR THE POOR MAN."

    MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--In the Practice Court to-day Mr. Justice Hodges was asked to strike out the action Martin Tobin v. Thomas Bowden, on the grounds that it was vexatious and an ...

    Article : 149 words
  15. PLAGUE IN VIENNA.

    LONDON, Monday Night.--Dr. Muller, the member of the medical staff of the Pathological Institute, at Vienna,, who died from plague, gave himself over as a martyr to the ...

    Article : 93 words
  16. TRAIN ACCIDENT ON THE NORTHERN LINE.

    An accident which will in all probability terminate fatally happened early yesterday morning on the railway line between Awaba and Fassifern. The victim was a man who, during a ...

    Article : 192 words
  17. A WARSHIP ASHORE.

    News by the French mailboat yesterday states that H.M.S. Mildura had returned to Noumea after a cruise through the New Hebrides Group. On the trip among the Islands, the Mildura went ...

    Article : 70 words
  18. THE NEW GUINEA MAIL SERVICE.

    Arrangements have been made with Messrs. Burns, Philp, and Co. for their steamer Moresby to carry the New Guinea mails from Queensland. The Moresby is to leave here on Saturday next, ...

    Article : 57 words
  19. REMINISCENT OF BOOM TIMES.

    MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--Another land boom insolvency has been announced. The schedule of Charles Nail, formerly draper, of Brunswick, has been filed. The debts are set down at £38,483, ...

    Article : 77 words
  20. PERSONAL.

    Approval was given at the Executive council yesterday of six months' leave of absence being granted to Mr. Justice Stephen, owing to Ill-health. Mr. R. E. O'Connor will act as Supreme ...

    Article : 41 words
  21. COLLISION AT NOUMEA.

    Advices received by the French mailboat Ville de la Ciotat state that the French steamer Saint Pierre has been in collision at Noumea. It appears that the Saint Pierre arrived at Noumea ...

    Article : 140 words
  22. THE KAISER ON TOUR.

    LONDON, Monday Night.--The Imperial yacht Hohenzollern, with the Emperor William and the German Empress on board, has left Constantinople for Palestine. ...

    Article : 60 words
  23. THE HUNTER-STREET STABBING AFFRAY.

    Otto Balke, 19, a German sailor boy of engaging appearance, was before Mr. C. N. Payten, S.M., at the Newcastle Court yesterday, charged with having, at Newcastle on the 22nd inst., ...

    Article : 206 words
  24. A FATAL FALL DOWN STAIRS.

    MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--A married woman, Mary O'Connor, aged 61, residing with her husband in Bouverie-street, Carlton, was found dead at the foot of the stairs last night. Apparently ...

    Article : 39 words
  25. NEW BUST FOR THE GALLERY.

    The trustees of the National Art Gallery have decided to perpetuate the memory of the late Mr. E. L. Monteflore, who, up to the time of his death, occupied a very prominent position on the trust, ...

    Article : 190 words
  26. ATTENDANCE AT CHURCHES.

    MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--The council of the Congregational Union met to-day, under the presidency of the Rev. Dr. Bevan. Statistics were presented showing the relative proportions of ...

    Article : 76 words
  27. FROM THE ISLANDS.

    The French mailboat Ville de la Ciotat arrived yesterday from Noumea. She brought 33 passen gers. News by the steamer states that the a French labor schooner Jeannette, Captain ...

    Article : 1,409 words
  28. ANOTHER ANARCHIST.

    LONDON, Tuesday.--Another anarchist has been arrested by the Egyptian police authorities at Alexandria. The man was proceeding to Palestine with ...

    Article : 41 words
  29. SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    The Metropolitan Cemeteries [?]ect Committee has handed in its report. It recommends that if the Parafield Cemetery is adopted, the Government should pay the cost of conveying the body ...

    Article : 98 words
  30. A DISTRICT FOOTBALL SCHEME.

    Mr. J. Forgie, who was asked some mouths ago by the northern branch of the Rugby Union to report on the feasibility of a system for district football, has informed the executive of the branch ...

    Article : 159 words
  31. PRESENTATION TO A CRICKETER.

    An interesting function took place on Saturday at the St. Leonards Oval, after the drawing of stumps in the local competition cricket match between North Sydney and Waverley, when Mr. ...

    Article : 149 words
  32. CHINESE RAILWAY CONSTRUCTION.

    LONDON, Tuesday.--Trouble has occurred between a party of Chinese soldiers and the English engineers engaged in the construction of the railway from Pekin to Hankow. ...

    Article : 52 words
  33. NEW ZEALAND.

    The death occurred to-day of Mr. J. Shephard, M.L.C., of Nelson. The 100 miles cycle relay record has again been lowered at Christchurch, the time now being ...

    Article : 55 words
  34. THE BURWOOD WHEELERS' STRIKE.

    A meeting of the Burwood wheelers and miners was held at Adamstown yesterday, to consider their position with regard to the strike of the former. It was pointed out that the wheeler ...

    Article : 402 words
  35. METROPOLITAN FIRE BRIGADE.

    As was generally anticipated, the position of superintendent of the Metropolitan Fire Brigade, rendered vacant by the resignation of Mr. Bear, has been awarded to Mr. Alfred Webb, who since ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 289 words
  36. WEST AUSTRALIAN GOLDFIELDS.

    KALGOORLIE, Tuesday.--A parcel of oxidised ore from Hannan's Reward North is to bo dispatched to Fremantle for treatment. A change is coming in at the east crosscut at 250ft. more ...

    Article : 171 words
  37. CHINESE COMMERCE.

    LONDON, Monday Night.--Lord Charles Beresford, M.P., has arrived in Pekin, where he is pursuing his, inquiries on behalf of the Associated Chambers of Commerce of ...

    Article : 74 words
  38. EGYPT APPROVES.

    LONDON, Tuesday.--The Egyptian Government has expressed approval of the action taken by Major-General Sir Herbert Kitchener in pushing southward from ...

    Article : 76 words
  39. THE COAL TRADE.

    WOLLONGONG, Tuesday.--No further developments have taken place in this district with regard to the coal-weighing difficulty. So far as is known, no preparations have yet been made by ...

    Article : 505 words
  40. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    LONDON, Tuesday.--The wheat market is excited. Wheat is about 2s dearer for the week, and business is limited. ...

    Article : 28 words
  41. HINT FROM A DIPLOMAT.

    LONDON, Monday Night.--Baron de Courcel, the French Ambassador in Loudon, has hinted to the Marquis of Salisbury that the concession of an outlet on the Nile to France ...

    Article : 56 words
  42. TIN.

    LONDON, Tuesday.--Tin is quoted at about £81 per ton. There is the usual speculation, and the market is subject to many fluctuations. ...

    Article : 25 words
  43. THE SHIP GANTOCK ROCK.

    LONDON, Monday Night.--An examination of the ship Gantock Rock, which snapped her moorings in Ballycastle Day, on the coast of Ireland, and was subsequently towed from a ...

    Article : 54 words
  44. AFTER MANY YEARS.

    ARMIDALE, Tuesday.--A little over eight years ago, Wm. Henry Taylor was charged, at Glen Innes, before Judge Fitzhardinge, and found guilty of attempting improper intimacy with a ...

    Article : 265 words
  45. VICTORIAN PARLIAMENT.

    MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--In the Legislative Council, the Supply Bill for the service of the current quarter, after some discussion, in which the expenditure on the re-grading of the railways ...

    Article : 327 words
  46. THE BRITISH NAVY ACTIVE.

    LONDON, Tuesday.--Eighteen torpedo-boat destroyers, all of which are equal to a speed of 30 knots, have been placed in commission by the British naval ...

    Article : 68 words
  47. CONCERT PARTY FOR AUSTRALIA.

    LONDON, Monday Night.--Mr. R. S. Smythe has arranged for a tour of the Australian cities by the Meister Glee Singers in the forthcoming spring. ...

    Article : 31 words
  48. NEW MINING COMPANY.

    LONDON, Monday Night.--The Scottish Coromandel Gold-mining Corporation, Haureki (New Zealand), has been formed, with a capital of £175,000, and shares are being issued to the ...

    Article : 34 words
  49. CAULFIELD CUP FATALITY.

    MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--The adjourned inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the death of the lad J. Flanagan, who was killed in the Caulfield Cup smash, was concluded to-day. ...

    Article : 291 words
  50. A LADY DOCTOR IN TROUBLE.

    LONDON, Tuesday.--Nancy Guilford, tho American lady doctor who was recently arrested in London and charged with the manslaughter of a girl, whose dismembered body was discovered at ...

    Article : 47 words
  51. FRENCH NAVAL ACTIVITY.

    LONDON, Monday Night.--Great activity continues in French naval circles. Fifteen hundred marines and 600 artillery have been sent to reinforce the garrison at ...

    Article : 41 words
  52. TEST MATCHES IN ENGLAND.

    LONDON, Tuesday.--It has been resolved that the English test matches against the Australian cricket team shall be played at Lord's Ground, the Oval. Manchester, and Trentbridge Leeds. ...

    Article : 53 words
  53. QUEENSLAND PARLIAMENT.

    BRISBANE, Tuesday.--In the Legislative Assembly, Mr. Morgan, the newly-elected member for Warwick, took his seat on the Ministerial benches. ...

    Article : 94 words
  54. THE FEDERAL CAPITAL.

    ALBURY, Tuesday.--The Albury Federal League has decided to communicate with the neighboring shires in Victoria and other public bodies in this portion of the Riverina asking ...

    Article : 50 words
  55. AMERICAN SENTIMENTS.

    LONDON, Monday. Night.--In their [?]ments upon the Franco-British situation, the American newspapers express strong sympathy with Great Britain. ...

    Article : 49 words
  56. TASMANIA.

    The eighth annual conference of Christian Endeavorers began to-day. Stirring addresses were delivered at the evening meeting. ...

    Article : 21 words
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