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  2. COUNTRY NEWS.

    A coroner's inquiry was held on Friday night on the body of Thomas O'Brien, who was killed in Bridge-street on Thursday. In consequence of Mr. M'Cormick, P. M., being ...

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  3. THE BOOTMAKERS' STRIKE AT RICHMOND.

    The assault arising out of the strike at Messrs. J. and R. Mair's boot factory, Shelley-street, Richmond, came before the notice of the local bench on Saturday, when ...

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  4. ARRIVAL OF THE ORIENT AT ADELAIDE.

    The Orient Steam Navigation Company's R.M.S. Orient, from London October 28, arrived this morning, with 643 passengers, all well. ...

    Article : 163 words
  5. SPECIAL TELEGRAMS. (BY CABLE FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT.) PRESENT TO THE QUEEN.

    Her Majesty the Queen has accepted as a present some fine specimens of Queensland opals. ...

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  6. THE STATE OF IRELAND. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) THE NEW LORD MAYOR OF DUBLIN.

    Mr. T. Sexton, M.P., Parnellite member of Parliament for the Western district of Belfast, has been elected Lord Mayor of Dublin for the ensuing year. ...

    Article : 51 words
  7. THE CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS OF VICTORIA.

    Captain Evans, the inspector of charitabls institutions, in his report for the year ended June 30, 1887, which was presented to Parliament on Tuesday evening, makes several ...

    Article : 507 words
  8. THE PHYLLOXERA BOARD.

    The members of the Phylloxera Board, Messrs. Bosisto, Smith, Hardy, Moore, Woods, Craike, Harris, and D. E. Martin (secretary), continued their visits of inspection to some ...

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  9. THE NEW NAME FOR NEW SOUTH WALES.

    Sir Henry Parkes is framing a reply to the protest of the other colonies against the adoption of the name "Australia" by New South Wales, and will post it to Mr. Gillies ...

    Article : 179 words
  10. ANTARCTIC EXPLORATION.

    The Admiralty authorities state that they are willing to contribute towards the proposed Australian expedition to the Antarctic regions on condition that it is ...

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  11. IMPRISONMENT OF MR. T. D. SULLIVAN.

    Mr. T. D. Sullivan, M.P., Lord Mayor of Dublin for the past year, has been sentenced to two months' imprisonment for having published in the Nation ...

    Article : 42 words
  12. THE AGENT GENERAL FOR NEW SOUTH WALES.

    Sir Saul Samuel, the Agent-General for New South Wales, who has been granted six months' leave of absence, will probably sail for Sydney at the end of ...

    Article : 39 words
  13. ARREST OF IRISH MEMBERS.

    Mr. Edward Harrington, M.P. for Kerry, has been arrested for publishing in the Kerry Sentinel reports of meetings held under the auspices of the National ...

    Article : 92 words
  14. MR. VERNON'S ELEVEN IN NEW SOUTH WALES.

    The match between the Melbourne Cricket Club's English Team and eighteen of Parramatta was continued yesterday, and resulted in a draw in favour of the local men. The ...

    Article : 157 words
  15. COLLISION' OFF DOVER.

    News has been received of a collision between the Catherine, bound for Sydney, and the P. and O. Company's steamer Clyde, from Australia, which occurred off ...

    Article : 44 words
  16. ARRIVAL OF THE MARQUIS OF NORMANBY.

    The Marquis of Normanby, late Governor of Victoria, arrived here by the R.M.S. Orient to-day. He will stay at Goverment-house for a few days. ...

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  17. ARREST OF A SUPPOSED BURGLAR.

    Shortly after 2 o'clock on Sunday morning a man broke into the residence of the Rev. Canon Chase, M.A., inc[?]mbent of St. John's Church. The house is situated at the corner ...

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  18. M. PASTEUR'S PROPOSAL FOR DESTROYING RABBITS.

    The Spectator, commenting on the proposal of M. Pasteur, the eminent French scientist, for exterminating rabbits in Australia by inoculating them with the ...

    Article : 58 words
  19. MINING DISCOVERY AT SANDHURST.

    A reef showing nice gold was struck in the South New Chum mine last night. Most of the shares are held in Melbourne. The reef was met in the shaft, and is believed to be an ...

    Article : 51 words
  20. ENGLAND AND THE COLONIES.

    Sir Charles Dilke, speaking at Paddington, yesterday, said that a closer military union between England and the Colonies would enable the Empire to ...

    Article : 61 words
  21. THE QUEENSLAND NATIONAL BANK.

    Mr. Lee Mullins has been appointed to succeed Mr. R. D. Buchanan as London manager of the Queensland National Bank. ...

    Article : 28 words
  22. SHAW'S ELEVEN IN QUEENSLAND.

    The cricket match between Shaw's Eleven and Eighteen of Queensland was continued yesterday. There was a large attendance of spectators, including the Governor. The ...

    Article : 144 words
  23. SHOCKING FATALITY ON THE PARRAMATTA RIVER.

    While a number of young men were bathing off the steamer wharf at Ryde, on the Parramatta river, to-day, a very large shark, 12 or 14 feet long, suddenly darted alongside the jetty ...

    Article : 131 words
  24. ALLEGED ASSAULT BY LARRIKINS.

    A man named William O'Shea, of Lyell-street, South Melbourne, 36 years of age, was admitted to the Melbourne Hospital on Saturday, with a fracture said to have been ...

    Article : 84 words
  25. NEW PATENTS.

    Letters patent were granted by the Attorney-General on Thursday to the following:— Mr. H. W. Treloar, of Tarnagulla, for a ...

    Article : 350 words
  26. BALLARAT

    An open-air service was held under the auspices of the Old Colonists' Association to-day in aid of Charity Sunday. The collections realised over £76. ...

    Article : 88 words
  27. THE GERMAN DUTIES ON WHEAT AND FLOUR.

    The German import duty on wheat is to be raised to 13s., and that on flour to 17s. 9d. The question of the duties has been ...

    Article : 44 words
  28. INTERCOLONIAL TELEGRAMS. NEW SOUTH WALES.

    Several new appointments are to be made to the Legislative Council, which has recently been considerably reduced in number by deaths and resignations. ...

    Article : 319 words
  29. BRITISH MEDICAL ASSOCIATION, VICTORIAN BRANCH.

    A meeting of the Victorian Branch of the British Medical Association was held in the hall of the Royal Society on Wednesday evening last. The president, Dr. Willmott, and ...

    Article : 308 words
  30. THE WHEAT AND FLOUR MARKETS.

    The wheat market is quiet, and prices are stable. In America the rates are relatively dearer; the visible supply has been augmented by 2,000,000 bushels, ...

    Article : 64 words
  31. NEW TOWN-HALL AT ST. KILDA.

    Mr. W. Pitt, architect, of Collins-street, has been awarded the first prize for his design bearng the motto, "Aura Favente Feror," for the new St. Kilda Town-hall, which is to ...

    Article : 335 words
  32. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

    At the City Court on Thursday, before Mr. J. Wilton, J.P., and other magistrates, Henry Herman, a young man recently arrested in Sydney on a warrant charging ...

    Article : 387 words
  33. THE VICTORIAN SEAMEN'S MISSION.

    The monthly meeting was held on Monday last, when there were present—Mesdames J. M. Templeton, Webb, Chamberlin, Syme, Miller, J. C. Campbell, A. H. Young, and ...

    Article : 249 words
  34. FATAL BOATING ACCIDENT.

    A fatal boating accident occurred at Hexham at noon yesterday. A man named Wm. Cahill was rowing a little girl named Cheeseman across the Hunter, when the punt was ...

    Article : 50 words
  35. EUROPEAN TELEGRAMS.

    It is understood that Sir Charles Mitchell, who will shortly be replaced by Sir John Thurston as Governor of Fiji, will on his return to England be ...

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  36. FIRE AT THE OLD MILITARY BARRACKS, PERTH.

    Shortly after 10 o'clock this morning a fire broke out in the old military barracks at Perth, now used as police barracks. The fire started in one of the upper rooms, and ...

    Article : 343 words
  37. FRIENDLY SOCIETIES' GARDENS.

    A meeting of the trustees of the Friendly Societies' Gardens was held at the Temperance-hall, Russell-street, on the 1st inst. There were present—Mr. R. B. Patey (in the chair), ...

    Article : 245 words
  38. WHEAT AFLOAT.

    The total quantity of wheat and flour afloat for the United Kingdom at this date amounts to 1,460,000 quarters, being a decrease of 30,000 quarters during the ...

    Article : 51 words
  39. THE VICTORIAN ALLIANCE.

    At a special meeting of the executive of the Victorian Alliance held on Friday evenign, Mr. John Bellin presiding, the following resolution was unanimously adopted:— ...

    Article : 219 words
  40. THE METAL MARKET.

    Tin has declined £2, the price of Australian to-day being £165. Copper continues very firm. Chilian bars are worth £67 5s., being a rise of £9 ...

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  41. SANDHURST.

    The Assize Court sat to-day, Mr. Justice Holroyd presiding. An aboriginal, named Bradshaw, was found guilty of criminally assaulting a girl 10 years old at Gunbower, and ...

    Article : 212 words
  42. HARMONIC SOCIETY AT KEW.

    A meeting was held in the Kew Town-hall on Thursday evening for the purpose of forming a choral society. The chair was occupied by Mr. Oxenbould. The ladies and ...

    Article : 131 words
  43. THE MAILS.

    The British-India Steam Navigation Company's R.M.S. Bulimba left here to-day en route for Queensland ports. LONDON, DEC. 2. ...

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  44. QUEENSLAND.

    A Treasury return has been issued showing that the revenue for November was £226,292, as compared with £193,983 for the corresponding period last year. The revenue ...

    Article : 462 words
  45. CASUALTIES AND OFFENCES.

    A clerk in the employ of Messrs. White and Alford, shipping agents, Queen-street, Melbourne, has been missing from the office since the 26th ult. An investigation of his ...

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  46. SERIOUS CHARGE AGAINST A LODGINGHOUSE ATTENDANT.

    A man named William Greene, 52 years of age, was found by a constable in Carlton at half-past 4 o'clock on Saturday morning, in a very weak conditions, having evidently ...

    Article : 227 words
  47. THE WIDOW SMITH.—AN APPEAL TO THE CHARITABLE.

    Sir,—Some while ago I brought under your notice the case of Mrs. E. Smith. Allow me to recall the circumstances. Mrs. Smith was a nurse, and she followed that occupation ...

    Article : 463 words
  48. THE NEW LICENSING BILL. TO THE EDITOR OF THE ARGUS.

    Sir,—It seems to me to be now high time that the local option system, as proposed by our Legislative Assembly, should be clearly understood before it becomes law. I do not ...

    Article : 310 words
  49. THE WRECK OF THE CHEVIOT.

    At daybreak to-day the body of a man was found washed ashore at the place known as the Ocean Amphitheatre, on the back beach. The police on receiving information at once ...

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  50. FLAT EXAMPLES IN CONNECTION WITH PRIMARY DRAWING.

    Sir,—The misapprehension about "drawing from the flat" is so widespread, and in this 19th century the public papers are so essentially the popular educators, that I am ...

    Article : 471 words
  51. PASTORAL INTELLIGENCE. (BY TELEGRAPH FROM OUR CORRESPONDENTS.) NEW SOUTH WALES.

    COROWA, DEC. 3.—The weather is fine after the late heavy rains. The grasshoppers are very destructive to the grass crops and vines. ...

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  52. QUEENSLAND.

    WINTON, DEC. 3.—Thirty-one points of rain has fallen since the last report. Good accounts have been received from the neighbouring stations. At the Vindex head station four inches fell, and on the ...

    Article : 161 words
  53. MORE HOTELS FOR TRAVELLERS.

    Sir,—As a passing stranger I feel some di[?]dence in venturing to comment on your laws or customs; but I notice you have just passed a bill through one branch of your ...

    Article : 327 words
  54. OVERLAND PASSENGERS TO AND FROM SYDNEY.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 348 words
  55. TO THE EDITOR OF THE ARGUS.

    Sir,—There is one matter which I hope the Legislative Council will take into their consideration before passing the new Licensing Bill. ...

    Article : 234 words
  56. DEATH AT THE MELBOURNE HOSPITAL.

    A man named James Barrett was found by Constable Freebairn in Flinders-street, at about 5 o'clock yesterday evening. He was taken to the Melbourne Hospital in an ...

    Article : 172 words
  57. ATTEMPTED SUICIDE.

    A man named Charles W. S[?]lter, 28 years of age, was admitted to the Melbourne Hospital at 1 o'clock on Sunday afternoon, suffering from the effects of poison, which he ...

    Article : 145 words
  58. FURNITURE AUCTION SALE.

    The catalogues for Messrs. Gem[?], Tuckett, and Co.'s sales of Messrs. George and George's Furniture and Glass Stocks can be had this morning. The goods are ...

    Article : 82 words
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