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  2. OUR ANGLO-COLONIAL LETTER.

    The reports of the local papers of the inquest held on the body of the late Sir William Jervois throw no new light the accident which caused his death. The story the coachman ...

    Article : 2,460 words
  3. AUSTRALIAN PRODUCE

    The arrival of the Australia, with its consignment of South Australian oranges brought Mr. E. Burney Young back to town on Friday evening. Your Produce Commissioner has ...

    Article : 1,674 words
  4. CABLE MESSAGES. THE CZAR.

    News from St. Petersburg states that the Czar has had a narrow escape from assassination. The aim was to compass his destruction during his recent visit to Warsaw, and ...

    Article : 135 words
  5. CABLE MESSAGES. THE EASTERN QUESTION.!

    The foreign Admirals on the Cretan seaboard have frustrated a further attempt by the Turkish Government to land troops in Crete on the pretext of suppressing disorder. ...

    Article : 103 words
  6. CABLE MESSAGES. THE INDIAN FRONTIER.

    A body of fanatics desperately defended the name of Hadda against the British. Eight Ghazis charged the attacking ranks despite a hail of bullets, and the onward rush was not ...

    Article : 48 words
  7. QUEENSLAND.

    A meeting of the unemployed was held in the Trades Hall this morning for the purpose of electing trustees for a proposed labor colony, Mr. Daniells a labor member of the ...

    Article : 140 words
  8. THE WOOL TRADE.

    Local interest is being turned to the first wool sale in Adelaide of the season, which will be held in the new wool exchange, Brookman's Building, to-day. It is not too much to say ...

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  9. OFFER OF NEW SOUTH WALES. CRITICISED IN ENGLAND.

    The Westminster Gazette in an article dealing with the offer of New South Wales to dispatch a contingent to assist the British forces in quelling the trouble on the Indian frontier ...

    Article : 167 words
  10. THE ANGLICAN CHURCH.

    The Church of England Congress began its sittings yesterday, under the presidency of the Right Rev. George Ridding, D.D., Bishop of Southwell. The attendance included Dr. W. ...

    Article : 122 words
  11. MUTINOUS FIREMEN.

    steamer Duke of B[?]kingham arrived to-day from London. The captain reports that when at Port Said the firemen refused to work and were taken before the British consul. ...

    Article : 167 words
  12. FINANCIAL NEWS.

    The following are the present average quoations for the shares of the— National Bank of New Zealand, £2. Union Bank of Australia, £34. ...

    Article : 43 words
  13. DEBENTURE STOCKS.

    Bank of New Zealand 4 per cent. guaranteed stook, £104. New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company's 4 per cent., £99. ...

    Article : 63 words
  14. BRITISH DISPOSITIONS.

    The British dispositions on the north-western frontier of India are as follows:—The brigades trader General Sir Bindon Blood and Colonel Jeffreys and Meiklejohns still remain ...

    Article : 70 words
  15. RAILWAY CONSTRUCTION.

    A deputation to-day asked Mr. Dickson to construct a railway from Hughenden to Cloncurry. Mr. Dickson in the course of his reply said this and an alternative route, namely, to the ...

    Article : 99 words
  16. THE PRICE OF SILVER.

    Silver is quoted at 2s. 1½d. per oz., a fall of [?]d.per oz. ...

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  17. NORTH MOUNT LYELL COMPANY.

    The shares in the North Mount Lyell Company, recently registered, have been allotted. ...

    Article : 21 words
  18. TRINITY COLLEGE.

    Miss Agnes Maloney, of Albury, has won the Junior National Prize at the Trinity College of Music. She gained the maximum number of marks and passed with honors. ...

    Article : 36 words
  19. LONDON WOOL SALES.

    The London wool sales to-day opened firm and prices show a general advance. Messrs. Charles Balme & Co. and Ronald Buxton & Co. offered 8,861 bales of medium ...

    Article : 563 words
  20. CENTRAL QUEENSLAND MEAT COMPANY.

    The Central Queensland Meat Export Company, who have, decide to temporarily close down on (October 13, have for some time past been working with half their staff, putting ...

    Article : 61 words
  21. SHARE SALES.

    To-day's quotations are:— British Broken Hill shares, 11s. 3d. Mount Morgan shares, 77s. 6d. ...

    Article : 19 words
  22. NEW SOUTH WALES.

    The Minister of Works, referring to the proposal to pay Mr. Joseph Mitchell £6 per ton for steel rails manufactured in the colony, to-day said when the last rails were imported ...

    Article : 219 words
  23. TYPHOID AT MAIDSTONE.

    Eight hundred cases of typhoid, 21 being fatal, have occurred at Maidstone since September 11. The outbreak is attributed to the use of polluted water. ...

    Article : 33 words
  24. WEST AUSTRALIA.

    Mr. Henry Bracey's Operatic Company has concluded an unprecedentedly successful season. Two rival cattle firms, Messrs. Connor ...

    Article : 79 words
  25. THE PARLIAMENT.

    In the Legislative As Assembly this afternoon Mr. Philip, in reply to Mr. Brown, said the Government expected to have the report of the Pearlshell Commission shortly. It ...

    Article : 105 words
  26. THE IRISH FAMINE.

    Mr. Gerald Balfour, Chief Secretary for Ireland, has made arrangements for tour through the Irish districts which are threatened with famine. ...

    Article : 30 words
  27. A FATAL ACCIDENT.

    A fatal accident happened at Coen on Saturday. Constable Roots and a miner named Thorburn into a long tunnel in a mine. The two men were just stepping out when a ...

    Article : 78 words
  28. KALGOORLIE DISTRICT.

    The return from the twenty-first parcel of ore sent to Adelaide to be smelted, from the Associated Mines, came to hand to-day, and was as follows:—Stone treated 153 tons, yield 786 ...

    Article : 603 words
  29. NEW ZEALAND.

    Mr. Percy Smith, the Surveyors-General, has been to Polynesia investigating the origin of the Maori race, and he has come to the conclusion that they originally came from the ...

    Article : 74 words
  30. REORGANISATION OF CHARITIES.

    The Premier is taking steps to reorganise the whole private charities in the city and suburbs. He has issued circulars to the various charitable agencies, the clergy, and ...

    Article : 130 words
  31. A CHINESE MURDERER COMMITS SUICIDE.

    See Chong, the Chinaman who yesterday was sentenced to death for the murder of a countryman, strangled himself in his ceil last night. He made a rope out of pieces of ...

    Article : 41 words
  32. MOUNT MORGAN MINE.

    The Mount Morgan Gold Mining Company has declared a dividend of 6d. per share for September, equal to £25,000. ...

    Article : 25 words
  33. VICTORIA.

    The Church of England Assembly to-day appointed a committee to consider and report to the bishop in council upon the desirability and practicability of affording increased ...

    Article : 124 words
  34. BRISBANE, September 29.

    The Marine Department has received a telegram from the harbormaster at Bundaberg stating that a collision occurred last night between the steamer Croydon and the cutter ...

    Article : 86 words
  35. ALLEGED EMBEZZLEMENT AND FORGERY.

    At the Police Court to-day Arthur Anderson, well known in commercial circles an employed as a clerks by Messrs. Henry Bull and Co., was committed for trial on a charge of ...

    Article : 69 words
  36. FEDERAL CONTENTION".

    In connection with the telegraphic arrangements during the Federal Convention 800 private messages and 164,527 words in press messages were telegraphed from parliament ...

    Article : 155 words
  37. A STRANGE FATALITY.

    At Glen Innes to-day an inquest was held on the body of William White, who was found dead with a bullet wound in the heart on Saturday. It was first supposed to be a case ...

    Article : 121 words
  38. TASMANIA.

    John Henry Clarke, a deserter from H.M.S. Penguin, was tried by court martial on board the Orlando to-day and sentenced to 90 days' imprisonment in the Hobarts Gaol ...

    Article : 45 words
  39. COMMERCIAL NEWS.

    BREADSTUFFS.—The quantity of wheat and [?]our afloat for the United Kingdom is estimated at 1,440,000 qrs., as against 1,160,000 a week ago, or an increase of 280,000 qrs. The ...

    Article : 257 words
  40. LOSS OF A BARQUE.

    News was received by the underwriters yesterday from Capetown of the loss of the barque Australia, flying the Norwegian flag. ...

    Article : 28 words
  41. TUB LAURA SHOW.

    The agricultural and horticultural show today was not up to the average, the wet weather and bad roads being responsible for the absence of exhibitors and visitors. The competition in ...

    Article : 94 words
  42. A TUG SUNK.

    The steamer Rosedale collided with the rug Alert on the Bellinger River to-day and the latter was sunk. The former was uninjured. ...

    Article : 28 words
  43. MOUNT GAMBIER CIRCUIT COURT.

    At the Circuit Court to-day James Parsons. of Narracoorte, was charged with having criminally assaulted Victoria Richards. The evidence disclosed consent and his Honor Mr. ...

    Article : 109 words
  44. INDIAN FROM TI R TROUBLE.

    In connection with the proposal to send New South Wales troops to India, the Premier today said, judging from cablegrams, it was to late in the day, as troops were being withdrawn ...

    Article : 165 words
  45. SYDNEY, September 29.

    At a meeting of the Water and Sewerage Board to-day the engineer recommended the execution of the second section of work for improving the Canterbury water supply. The ...

    Article : 355 words
  46. BROKEN HILL

    The meeting called by the mayor last night to take steps to bring about a public recognition of the miners' bravery in connection with the Block 12 fire fell through. Only about 10 ...

    Article : 57 words
  47. BROKEN" HILL September 29.

    The weather continued unsettled and stormy to-day, but the wind brought along more dust than rain. A few showers Last night, but they were too light to be recorded in the ...

    Article : 79 words
  48. THE BUNDALEER COMMISSION.

    The members of the Bundaleer Water Commission arrived here yesterday morning by the 3.30 train, and after an early breakfast drove to Beetaloo. The party, which consisted of ...

    Article : 105 words
  49. Advertising

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  50. ACCIDENT IN THE COUNTRY.

    A painful accident happened last week to a son of Mr. C.A. Hagel, foreman of the local district council. The little fellow was climbing on to a roadroller, his foot slipped ...

    Article : 85 words
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