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  2. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

    March 8— Rotomahana, s, 1727 tons, H. Sams, commander, from Melbourne. Passengers—Saloen; Mesdames Pearce and 4 children, Yeates and 3 children, Butler, Horton, Hally, ...

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  3. HIGH WATER, MOON'S PHASES, ETC.

    To-day, 9 a.m., 9.30 p.m. Moon Phases — Full moon, 19th day, 10th 44m 44s p.m. Town Time—St. John's clock, 1sec fast; ...

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  4. THE COLLIERS' STRIKE.

    The foal panic in Great Britain 1 abating. [The above messages should have come to hand on Monday evening.] ...

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  5. TELEGRAPHIC.

    It has transpired that an abortive attempt was made to destroy the offices of the British Legation at Brussels by dynamite. It is understood that the ...

    Article : 68 words
  6. NEW ZEALAND

    Mr W. A. Murray, formerly a member of the House of Representatives, has been missing for several days and fears for his safety are entertained, He was last seen ...

    Article : 61 words
  7. MERCANTILE BANK FAILURE.

    The Financial News, in an article dealing with the suspension of payment by the Mercantile Bank of Australia, says that the failure of that institution shows ...

    Article : 106 words
  8. SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    The ketch Enterprise, 61 tons, foundered near Althorpe on Sunday with 700 bags of wheat on board. She sprang a leak, and sank in two hours. No lives were lost. ...

    Article : 175 words
  9. A DESPONDING PUGILIST.

    Peter Maher, the pugilist who was defeated by Fitzsimmons at the Olympic Club, New Orleans, a few days ago, has made two attempts to commit suicide. ...

    Article : 99 words
  10. AUSTRALIAN BUTTER.

    A portion of the cargo of factory made butter ex Orizaba, which arrived on February 28, has been sold at prices ranging from 112s to 116s per cwt. ...

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  11. CURRENT TOPICS

    IN our advertising columns will be found a list of the numerous facilities offered by the Railway Department to enable our country friends to visit the ...

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  12. QUEENSLAND TREASURY BILLS.

    It is reported that Queensland has placed £1,000,000 of 4½ per cent Treasury Bills, having four years' currency, at £98. ...

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  13. Launceston Examiner

    THE jubilee of the Launceston Mechanics' Institute, which was celebrated last evening, marks an important event in the history of the city and ...

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  14. QUEENSLAND.

    The Government has decided to enlarge the scope of operations of the Labour Bureau for granting of Government relief. This will now be left in the hands of ...

    Article : 146 words
  15. ROYAL COLONIAL INSTITUTE.

    Mr W. B. Percival, the newly-appointed Agent General, will read a paper on New Zealand at the meeting of the Royal Colonial Institute in May. ...

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  16. GERMAN EAST AFRICA.

    During the debate on the colonial estimates in the German Reichatag the members of the Opposition strongly advocated the sale of the East African ...

    Article : 31 words
  17. DISCONTENT IN POLAND.

    Great irritation is manifested in Warsaw, where the Russian soldiers are billeted on the citizens. ...

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  18. PRINCE OF WALES.

    H.R.H. the Prince of Wales leaves England for Monte Carlo on Thursday next. ...

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  19. SIR W. C. F. ROBINSON.

    Sir William Robinson, who was recently Governor of Western Australia, is suffering from a severe attack of typhoidal malaria. ...

    Article : 24 words
  20. RESTLESS RUSSIANS.

    Another attempt against the lives of the Czar and Czarina of Russia has been discovered. Packets containing what was supposed to be explosive matter were ...

    Article : 63 words
  21. LORD CARRINGTON.

    The Pall Mall Gazette states that Lord Carrington is certain to be offered the chairmanship of the London County Council. ...

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  22. THE WINDSOR TRAGEDY.

    The detectives have obtained a great mass of evidence, which confirms the suspicion that the missing man Williams was the perpetrator of the recent horrible ...

    Article : 352 words
  23. TRADE OF THE UNITED KINGDOM.

    During the past month the total imports of the United Kingdom have increased by £1,560,000 compared with the total for February, 1891. For the ...

    Article : 39 words
  24. GOLD RECOVERY COMPANY.

    The prospectus of the Pyrites Gold Recovery Company, for which Parnell's patent process will be used, has been issued. The capital will be ...

    Article : 28 words
  25. AUSTRALIAN WARSHIPS.

    In the House of Commons last night Lord George Hamilton, First Lord of the Admiralty, speaking in reply to a question, said that the vessels forming the ...

    Article : 79 words
  26. OBITUARY.

    The death is announced of the Right Hon. Sir William Gregory, formerly Governor of Ceylon, at the age of 75 years. ...

    Article : 129 words
  27. HOBART SHIPPING.

    March 8—Oceana, a, 6200 tons, P.S. Tomlin, R.N.R., for London via Melbourne. Passengers—Saloon:—Mesdames White, Herring, Sams, Ganzoni and child, Jenkins, Corrib, J. ...

    Article : 54 words
  28. LONDON COUNTY COUNCIL.

    The amended electoral returns show that the new County Council is composed of 83 Progreesionists and 35 Moderate Progressionists. ...

    Article : 22 words
  29. ANTWERP WOOL SALES.

    The next series of Antwerp wool sales will be held on March 15, 16, and 17, when 6100 bales, including 1350 from Australia, will be offered. ...

    Article : 34 words
  30. BURMAH REBELLION.

    Further encounters have taken place between the British troops and the Kachins, the rebels of the mountain districts of Upper Burmah. The British ...

    Article : 56 words
  31. COMMERCIAL.

    The s.s. Red gauntlet, which arrived from West Devonport on Monday evening, brought 200 bags oats, 300 bags wheat and 7 tons petitoes. ...

    Article : 296 words
  32. THE BRITISH ARMY.

    During a discussion on the estimates the Right Hon. Edward Stanhope, Secretary of State for War, stated in the House of Commons last evening that recent ...

    Article : 116 words
  33. INDIAN FAMINE.

    The distress in Northern India consequent upon the protracted drought is increasing. In Madras the suffering of the people ...

    Article : 25 words
  34. QUEEN VICTORIA.

    Her Majesty Queen Victoria will leave England on the 17th inst. by the Royal yacht Victoria and Albert for the Isles of Hyeres, in the Mediterranean, where she ...

    Article : 33 words
  35. (From the Melbourne papers).

    It seems highly probable that upon the morning of Boxing day, when the messenger from the Hamburg Laundry called with the clean linen, the nefarious work ...

    Article : 617 words
  36. INTERCOLONIAL NEWS

    The heat to-day was intense, the thermometer registering 102deg. in the shade and 153deg. in the sun at the Observatory. It has been the hottest day experienced in ...

    Article : 61 words
  37. MR SPRINGER.

    Mr Springer, Chairman of the Committee of Ways and Means of the House of Representatives of the United States, who has been suffering from a severe ...

    Article : 46 words
  38. COMMERCIAL TELEGRAMS.

    The Australasian Mortgage and Agency Company Limited report:—We offered 575 bales at auction to-day, and sold 514 bales. ...

    Article : 71 words
  39. CLERICAL.

    The Rev. Mr Beecher, of Cambridge, has accepted the pastorate of the Congregational Church, Bathurst, N.S.W. The Rev. Mr Williams, at the urgent ...

    Article : 42 words
  40. VICTORIAN POLITICS.

    It is understood that Sir Mathew Davis, Speaker of the Legislative Assembly, who has recommenced practice as a solicitor, intends retiring from politics, and the ...

    Article : 89 words
  41. SHIP MAILS

    Close at Launceston as under:— ENGLAND AND CONTINENT OF EUROPE, ETC — R.M S. Oceans, Monday next, noon, SOUTH AUSTRALIA. — S.s. Rotomahana, ...

    Article : 76 words
  42. DEFECTIVE ARMAMENT.

    It is announced that it has been discovered that the guns on board H.M.S Pique, which was recently launched at Devonport, have been wrongly mounted. ...

    Article : 28 words
  43. BEHRING SEA DISPUTE.

    The United States press is furious at the proposal made by Lord Salisbury to open the whole Behring Sea to indiscriminate seal fishing outside the thirty ...

    Article : 115 words
  44. NEW SOUTH WALES.

    When the steamer Flora, bound from Hobart to Sydney, was 10 miles south of Cape St. George the cap of the high pressure cylinder broke. The captain signalled to ...

    Article : 233 words
  45. Advertising

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    Advertising : 223 words
  46. TO CORRESPONDENTS.

    RECEIVED.—"Curion[?]." HORTON COLLEGE.—We are much obliged for your communication, but you will notice that it was anticipated by a report of the match ...

    Article : 120 words
  47. SPAIN AND COMMERCE.

    The Spanish Government, which recently failed in an endeavour to negotiate with France for the operation of a minimum tariff between the two ...

    Article : 66 words
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