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  2. SPECIAL TELEGRAMS. (THE ARGUS LONDON AGENCY.) THE VICTORIAN LOAN. CAUSES OF THE PARTIAL FAILURE.

    The average price obtained for the amount of the Victorian 3½ per cent. loan that was subscribed, namely £2,000,000, was £97 11s. 4d., or 1s. 4d. above the ...

    Article : 202 words
  3. SPECIAL TELEGRAMS. (THE ARGUS LONDON AGENCY.) THE MELBOURNE NATIONAL GALLERY. THE LONDON COMMITTEE DISAGREE.

    A serious disagreement has taken place among the members of the committee who are entrusted with the duty of selecting pictures for the Melbourne National ...

    Article : 360 words
  4. SPECIAL TELEGRAMS.

    An Anglo-Indian force, consisting of 10,000 men, has been massed at Kohat, in the Punjaub, to suppress the rising of the Miranzais, a Pathan tribe, which ...

    Article : 123 words
  5. The Argus.

    The result of the application by the Victorian Government for a loan of £3,000,000 at 3½ per cent, is not altogether pleasant, nor yet is it ...

    Article : 9,779 words
  6. THE MANIPUR DISASTER. THE DEFENCE OF THOBAL.

    Captain T. S. Boileau, of the 44th Bengal Native Infantry, who escaped from Manipur, denies the charge made by Jubraj, the leader of the insurgents, that ...

    Article : 99 words
  7. SHOCKING MURDER NEAR SYDNEY.

    A shocking murder was committed to-day at Surrey Hills, When an old man, named Maurice Dalton; battered his wife to death with a branding-iron. The mnn is 72 years of age, ...

    Article : 412 words
  8. COMMENTS OF THE LONDON PRESS.

    The scrip for the new Victorian loan is quoted at the minium price, £97 10s. The Times, commenting on the result of the operation, says that the colonies ...

    Article : 138 words
  9. MILITARY MOVEMENTS.

    The forces under Lieutenant Grant and Captain Presgrave, who have retired from Thobal to Tamu, will shortly effect a junction with Islie's (?) column at Patel, ...

    Article : 59 words
  10. A SUCCESSOR TO MR. FOLINGSBY.

    Mr. Nicholas Chevalier, the well-known artist, formerly of Melbourne, has declined to assist Mr. Louis Fagan, the assistant-keeper of prints and drawings ...

    Article : 172 words
  11. STATEMENT BY THE TREASURER.

    The cable message which the Treasurer received from the Agent-General yesterday with reference to the floating of the loan was as follows:— ...

    Article : 696 words
  12. ENGLAND AND PORTUGAL.

    It is expected that Portugal will ratify the new convention which Lord Salisbury has drafted, with a view to settling the boundaries of the British and Portuguese ...

    Article : 70 words
  13. THE SHIPPING FEDERATION. INSURANCE OF EMPLOYES.

    The Shipping Federation has decided that the existing shilling registration ticket which it issues to its employés shall insure for the sum of £25 any ...

    Article : 79 words
  14. THE NEW ORLEANS OUTRAGE.

    A confession made by a Sicilian named Polity, one of those who were lynched at New Orleans, has been published. The man was shot in gaol along with 10 ...

    Article : 70 words
  15. QUARANTINING OF THE R.M.S. BRITANNIA AT ADELAIDE. SUPPOSED CASE OF CHICKEN-POX.

    The R.M.S. Britannia, which arrived at noon yesterday, has been detained all day in close quarantine. Nineteen Adelaide passengers have landed, and gone into the ...

    Article : 44 words
  16. INQUIRIES BY THE BOARD OF HEALTH.

    With reference to the quarantining of the R.M.S. Britannia at Adelaide, the chairman of the Board of Health states that as soon as he heard of it he telegraphed to the president ...

    Article : 151 words
  17. THE COST OF THE LONDON STRIKE.

    It is estimated that the recent strike at the London docks cost the Shipping Federation £15,000, this amount including £12,000 which was paid as wages ...

    Article : 42 words
  18. A GRAVE SCANDAL.

    The London evening paper, The Star, asserts that warrants have been issued for the arrest of Captain E. H. Verney, M.P. for North Buckinghamshire, and ...

    Article : 70 words
  19. THE FIRE IN CHICAGO.

    At the burning of the Dime Museum in Chicago, which was connected with the Haymarket Theatre, the audience were enabled to escape unhurt through ...

    Article : 87 words
  20. DISSATISFACTION AMONG THE PASSENGERS.

    A passenger by the Britannia kindly forwarded us the following information yesterday morning:— "We have been quarantined here on ...

    Article : 285 words
  21. FIRE AT MADAME MELBA'S HOUSE.

    A serious fire occurred last night at the residence of Madame Melba, the Australian prima donna, in Paris. The flames gained ground so rapidly ...

    Article : 104 words
  22. MOVEMENTS OF THE MAIL STEAMERS.

    The P. and O. Company's R.M.S. Valetta, from Melbourne, February 28, arrived at Plymouth on the afternoon of the 13th inst. ...

    Article : 116 words
  23. GENERAL CABLE NEWS. THE BUDGET SPEECH.

    In the House of Commons to-day Mr. Goschen, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, announced that he would deliver his Budget speech on Thursday, ...

    Article : 37 words
  24. THE OUTBREAK OF INFLUENZA.

    The influenza in New York is increasing in severity, and the disease is also very prevalent in the city of Brooklyn. The number of deaths daily ...

    Article : 94 words
  25. THE EAST SYDNEY AND NEWCASTLE ELECTIONS.

    The elections to fill the vacancies in the East Sydney and Newcastle electorates caused by the death of Mr. J. R. Street and Mr. James Fletcher were held to-day. [?] ...

    Article : 223 words
  26. THE AUSTRALIAN BROKEN HILL CONSOLS MINE.

    The Broken Hill East Consols Silver-mining Company, an offshoot of the Australian Broken Hill Consols Company, will shortly be placed upon the London ...

    Article : 72 words
  27. MARINE BOARD INQUIRY AT SYDNEY.

    At the usual meeting of the Marine Board to-day, the inquiry into the l[?] the steamer Truganini at the N[?]des was resumed, The board found, after further ...

    Article : 141 words
  28. THE FEDERAL OVERCOAT.

    42s. to order, cash only. Extraordinary value. George and George Limited, Collins-street.—[ADVT.] ALBUMS, ALBUMS.—A magnificent supply of Albums, ...

    Article : 41 words
  29. FRY'S COCOA.

    Fry's Malted Cocoa does not thicken in the cup. It is perfectly pure, with Malt Extract added, and an ordinary breakfast cup of the cocoa is more invigorating and sustaining than a pint of the best a[?] or [?]ut. ...

    Article : 49 words
  30. CADBURY'S COCOA.

    "A perfect Food."—Health.—[ADVT.] ...

    Article : 8 words
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