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  2. SPECIAL TELEGRAMS.

    Her Majesty has given her assent to the Western Australian Enabling Bill. ...

    Article : 41 words
  3. SHOCKING TRAGEDY AT SWAN HILL.

    A shocking tragedy was brought to light on Friday at a spot on the banks of the Murray near the Tyntynder Station, about 14 miles from Swan Hill, when Donald M'Donald, a ...

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  4. TRADES AND LABOUR.

    A special meeting of the members of the Operative Masons' Society was held at the Trades-hall on Saturday evening to consider a difficulty which had arisen ...

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  5. THE TROUBLES IN THE SHIPPING TRADE.

    A deadlock has occurred between the steamship owners and the Federated Seamen's Union with reference to the new rules which the latter body sought to enforce. ...

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  6. NOTES AND COMMENTS.

    Some of our stock and station friends in the elder colony are advancing with the times, and in very practical fashion. In evidence thereof take the following advertisement cut ...

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  7. CONTENTS OF TO-DAY'S PAPER.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 441 words
  8. INTERCOLONIAL TELEGRAMS. NEW SOUTH WALES.

    Sir Henry Parkes has received a cable message confirming the intelligence that the Earl of Jersey has been appointed to succeed Lord Carrington as Governor of the colony. ...

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  9. MADAME MELBA.

    Madame Melba (Mrs. Armstrong), the Australian vocalist, sang before the Prince and Princess of Wales at Marlborough-house last evening. ...

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  10. MISS MYRA KEMBLE.

    Miss Myra Kemble, the actress, sails for Australia by the Orient Co.'s R.M.S. Orizaba, which leaves London on August 29. ...

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  11. LORD DEERHURST AND HIS CREDITORS.

    The creditors of Viscount Deerhurst have accepted his offer to pay 10s. in the £in cash immediately, and give security for the balance of his liabilities. ...

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  12. LABOUR DIFFICULTY AT GEELONG.

    The circular letter from the employés of produce merchants and chaffcutters was read at a meeting of the merchants this evening. It stated that the men in their employ would ...

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  13. A QUESTION OF PRECEDENCE.

    A good deal of public comment has been provoked by a decision of the Prince of "Wales in connection with the Royal Commission on the Working ...

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  14. RECOVERY OF THE BODY OF MR. BUCHANAN.

    The disappearance of Malcolm Buchanan, which has been involved in mystery for six weeks, was cleared up yesterday afternoon by the discovery of the body in Splatt's Creek, a ...

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  15. QUEENSLAND.

    A Bowen telegram states that the s.s. Changsha was got off yesterday morning, no damage having been done to her. She was making no water. After getting off the rocks ...

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  16. AN ENGLISH EIFFEL TOWER.

    Sir Edward Watkin, M.P., has decided to erect an iron tower that shall surpass in height the Eiffel tower at Paris, in Wembley-park, about two miles from ...

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  17. INDEX TO ADVERTISEMENTS.

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  18. SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    The Chief Secretary has received reports from the Railway Commissioners and other Government departments as to the possibility or otherwise of extending the eight hours ...

    Article : 200 words
  19. THE EMPEROR WILLIAM'S VISIT TO RUSSIA.

    It has been arranged that General Caprivi, the Chancellor, shall accompany the Emperor William of Germany on his approaching visit to Russia. ...

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  20. LIGHT-WEIGHT GOLD COINS.

    In the House of Commons last night Mr. Goschen, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, stated that he hoped before the end of the financial year to pass a bill to ...

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  21. THE WEATHER. -'-?  SYNOPSIS OF THE WEATHER.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 138 words
  22. INQUIRY INTO THE WRECK OF THE NELSON.

    The inquiry into the wreck of the Nelson was resumed on Saturday. Alexander Clerke, resident engineer, stated that be recently made a survey of the Porpoise Rock, and ...

    Article : 142 words
  23. SALE OF LAND IN HAMPTON PLAINS.

    Yesterday 500,000 acres of land forming the Olis Estate, in Hampton Plains, Western Australia, was offered for sale at auction in London. Fifty-five ...

    Article : 69 words
  24. A DARING BURGLARY.

    A burglary of a daring character was reported to the South Melbourne police on Saturday by Mrs. Smith, the wife of a blacksmith living at 140 Coventry-street. She ...

    Article : 180 words
  25. TASMANIA.

    The Premier visited Launceston on Saturday, and, accompanied by the mayor and aldermen, selected a site for the detention house for short-sentenced prisoners. The ...

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  26. RAILWAY FATALITY AT MOONEE PONDS.

    About 11 o'clock on Saturday night the dead body of a man was found lying at the side of the railway on the up line to Melbourne, between the Moonee Ponds and ...

    Article : 224 words
  27. VICTORIA.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 56 words
  28. TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION BETWEEN PARIS AND LONDON.

    The French Government proposes to [?]ay a cable for telephonic purposes between France and England, by which [?]eans direct telephonic communication ...

    Article : 38 words
  29. BALLARAT.

    At the town council meeting held last evening, the members for the North and South wards drew lots to decide who should retire prior to the forthcoming election, with ...

    Article : 95 words
  30. WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

    Mendelssohn's "Elijah," by the Perth Musical Union, was given last night in the town-hall to a crowded audience. The rendering was in every respect a magnificent ...

    Article : 129 words
  31. THIS UNEMPLOYED.

    Sir,—I was afraid of making my letter of the 21st inst. under the above heading too long, or there were one or two points connected with the labour question not touched ...

    Article : 802 words
  32. IMELBOURNE OBSERVATORY.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 69 words
  33. THE SMOKELESS POWDER.

    The experiments which have been made by the British military authorities with the smokeless powder are satisfactory. Some doubts, however, are expressed as ...

    Article : 44 words
  34. MISERY OF "MARVELLOUS MELBOURNE."

    Sir,—At Friday's meeting of the Trades-hall Council (vid[?] The Argus report of the same) Mr. J. Hancock "had no hesitation in denouncing the whole [meaning my 'Misery' ...

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  35. BURNING ACCIDENT AT LILYDALE.

    A man named Martin Ryan, 49 years of age, was admitted to the Melbourne Hospital last night, suffering from severe burns to the body. According to the statement of the ...

    Article : 111 words
  36. MURRAY. MURRUMBIDGEE, OVENS, BARWON, NAMOI, AND GOULBURN RIVERS.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 165 words
  37. THE TRANSVAAL GOLD-FIELDS.

    The revenue received by the South African Republic from the Transvaal gold-fields during the half year ending June 30 shows a decline of £66,000 ...

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  38. NEW ZEALAND.

    The Wellington Acclimatisation Society shipped by the Hauroto for Sydney 5,000 brown trout ova, 2,000 Loch Leven trout ova, and as an experiment a thousand American ...

    Article : 170 words
  39. THE FRENCH NAVAL MANŒUVRES.

    The French naval manœuvres now proceeding. An attack upon Cherbourg formed part of the operations. A number of ironclads forced the entrance to ...

    Article : 52 words
  40. INQUEST.

    The city coroner, Dr. Youl, held an inquest at the Melbourne Hospital yesterday on the body of a man named Stephen Clarke, who was admitted to the institution on the 22nd ...

    Article : 175 words
  41. NEW DOCKS AT SOUTHAMPTON.

    Her Majesty the Queen yesterday opened the new Empress Docks at Southampton. ...

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  42. JUDGE HARRISON'S CHARGE TO THE JURY.

    Mr. John Dillon has given notice in the House of Commons that he will move for the appointment of a Select Committee to consider Judge Harrison's ...

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  43. FATAL MINING ACCIDENT AT BALLARAT.

    A fatal accident occurred to-day at the Speedwell mine, Ballarat East, to a man named Wm. Flanagan, who leaves a widow and four children. The deceased and an ...

    Article : 113 words
  44. PASTORAL INTELLIGENCE.

    TEA, JULY 26.—Large quantities of fat cattle have recently been trucked hero for Melbourne, and special trains have to be frequently put on to keep pace with the increased traffic. Yesterday Messrs. J. ...

    Article : 64 words
  45. SANDHURST.

    Drs. Crane and Reville, the Roman Catholic bishop and coadjutor bishoop of Sandhurst, have given a commission to an artist in Rome to paint a picture for the Sandhurst ...

    Article : 276 words
  46. NEW SOUTH WALES.

    WILCANNIA, JULY 26.—The river is now 34ft. 5½in., and falling slowly. It is thought, after the small rise which has just passed Bourke, that a steady but gradual lowering of the river may be considered ...

    Article : 221 words
  47. THE MINING EXHIBITION.

    Mr. W. Pritchard Morgan, M.P., states that the executive of the Mining Exhibition which is to be opened at the Crystal Palace, Sydenham, on Monday ...

    Article : 53 words
  48. ATTEMPTED ESCAPE FROM PARRAMATTA GAOL.

    An exciting scene was witnessed at the Parramatta gaol yesterday. Two prisoners, who had been working on the extension of a wall on the gaol premises under the care of ...

    Article : 159 words
  49. Advertising

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  50. THE NEW ZEALAND AGRICULTURAL COMPANY.

    Mr. Justice Chitty has appointed a provisional liquidator of the New Zealand Agricultural Company. ...

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  51. A DAUGHTER'S ANXIETY.

    Mrs. E. A. Edwards, of Chevington, Bury St. Edmunds, England, in writing to her chemist, expresses her regret that she had finished her supply of St. Jacobs Oil. Her mother, she says, misses it very ...

    Article : 77 words
  52. MOVEMENTS OF THE MAIL STEAMERS.

    The P. and O. Co.'s R.M.S. Coromandel, from London 11th July, left Suez for Australian ports on the morning of the 25th inst. ...

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