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  2. CABLE MESSAGES.

    It seems that the discovery of the plot to destroy the Imperial Palace at Gats-china was in consequence of warnings which the authorities received from ...

    Article : 59 words
  3. Advertising

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    Advertising : 840 words
  4. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

    May 17—Pateena, s, 1212 tons, H. Sams, commander. from Melbourne, Passengers—Saloon : Mesdames Gladman, Henry and in-ant, Rickards, Adams and infant, Martin, ...

    Article : 623 words
  5. CURRENT TOPICS.

    A GENERAL, winding-up of affairs is taking place with regard to the Tasmanian Exhibition. Important matters are constantly receiving the attention of ...

    Article : 3,105 words
  6. METROPOLITAN GAS COMPANY'S LOAN.

    Tenders for the 4 per cent. loan of 50,000 issued by the Metropolitan Gas Company of Melbourne were opened to-day. The minimum had been fixed at ...

    Article : 56 words
  7. QUEENSLAND LABOUR QUESTION.

    In reply to a question asked in the House of Commons this afternoon Baron de Worms, Under Secretary of State for the colonies, said that the Imperial ...

    Article : 86 words
  8. TOBACCO MONOPOLY IN PERSIA.

    Persia has raised a loan in London in order to pay the British Imperial Corporation the indemnity demanded on account of the abolition by the Shah of ...

    Article : 69 words
  9. AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS

    The second interim report of the Registrar-General (Mr Robert M. Johnston) was published in yesterday's Gazette, and gives a comparative table of last season's ...

    Article : 413 words
  10. SIR WILLIAM JERVOIS.

    General Sir William Jervois sails for the colonies per Kaikoura. He wi l spend some months in New Zealand. ...

    Article : 23 words
  11. VICTORIAN FINANCES.

    A cable has been received announcing that Victoria is waiting a favourable opportunity to float a 2,000,000 loan. This information has caused some uneasiness ...

    Article : 97 words
  12. THE MALAY PENINSULA.

    The Sultan of Pahang is pursuing ex-Orang Kaya, under whose leadership serious revolts occurred in Semantan, where the rebels took possession of the ...

    Article : 42 words
  13. CANADIAN CORRUPTION.

    The prosecution of M. Pacaud (formerly manager for Mr Mercier), who was charged with conspiring to defraud the Government of 100,000 dollars in ...

    Article : 62 words
  14. GENERAL BOOTH'S OVER-SEA COLONY.

    General Booth is sounding the shipping companies in order to ascertain the most favourable terms for conveying 50,000 colonists to New Zealand in batches of ...

    Article : 265 words
  15. DISTINGUISHED VISITORS.

    The Duke and Duchess of Abercorn contemplate visiting Australia. ...

    Article : 11 words
  16. BRITISH BUDGET.

    The budget resolutions in the House of Commons have been agreed to. ...

    Article : 14 words
  17. RAINFALL.

    May 17, 9 a.m.—Southport, .09 inches ; Oatlands, .3 ; Falmouth, .10; Tamar Heads, .047 ; Launceston, .19; Waratah,.42; Circular Head, .22 ; Corinna, .7; Swan Island, .13; Remine, ...

    Article : 414 words
  18. THE DERBY.

    The Duke of Westminster states that his colt Orme has no chance of winning the Derby. ...

    Article : 18 words
  19. Launceston Examiner

    THE recent appointment of deven gentlemen to form the first Council of Agriculture under the provisions of the Council of Agriculture Act, passed ...

    Article : 1,688 words
  20. VICTORIAN GOLD MINE.

    The prospectus of the Queen's Birthday United Gold Mining Company, of Bendigo, Victoria, has been issued. The capital will be £150,000. ...

    Article : 25 words
  21. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

    The wheat market continues strongly influenced by the great demand from the northern colonies for breadstuffs and partly by the determination of the farmers to adhere to ...

    Article : 57 words
  22. RUSSIAN RETRENCHMENT.

    In consequence of the famine, the Czar has ordered retrenchment in all branches of the public service, and has given instructions that the military manœuvres ...

    Article : 32 words
  23. BURNIE TOWN BOARD MEETING.

    SIR,—I regret that the report of this meeting published in your issue of 7th current should have escaped my notice until drawn thereto by Mr John Henry's ...

    Article : 292 words
  24. ADDITIONAL TO PREVIOUS TELEGRAMS.

    The report of the London Missionary Society, to be presented at the annual meeting, shows that the revenue of the society for the year exceeds by £35,000 that ...

    Article : 1,722 words
  25. SHIP MAILS

    Close at Launceston as under:—VICTORIA.—S.s. Pateena, this day, 7.30 a.m. ENGLAND, AND CONTINENT OF EUROPE, ETC.—R.M.S. Brittania, Monday next, 6 a.m. ...

    Article : 59 words
  26. THE FENIAN HEAD CENTRE.

    Messrs John O'Leary and William Redmond, on behalf of the subscribers, have presented James Stephens, formerly Head Centre of the Fenian movement, ...

    Article : 57 words
  27. OPERA.

    Mr Francis Saville has entered into a two years' engagement in Brussels. ...

    Article : 13 words
  28. AUSTRALIAN APPLES.

    Messrs White and Company report that the apples sent by the Farmers' Co-operative Association of Victoria per R.M.S. Valetta are of splendid quality, ...

    Article : 98 words
  29. THE MAIL STEAMERS.

    Shaw, Savill, and Albion Company's R.M.S. Doric arrived at Plymouth on the morning of the 12th. The R.M.S. Polynesion passed Aden ...

    Article : 49 words
  30. THE S.S. PATEENA.

    After an absence of about five weeks the Union S.S. Company's steamer Pateena, so long and favourably known in the Tasmanian trade, arrived in port yesterday after having ...

    Article : 319 words
  31. LOST IN THE BUSH.

    One of Dunedin's oldest inhabitants, who is still hale and hearty, has owned one of the best corner sections in the city ever since the first sale of town land took place ...

    Article : 323 words
  32. CRICKET.

    In their match with an All England Eleven, Lord Sheffield's team, who have just returned from Australia, only succeeded in putting 89 runs together in their ...

    Article : 59 words
  33. LONDON COUNTRY COUNCIL.

    The London County Council proposes during the next eighteen months to expend 1,600,000 on public works. This sum will include 420,000 for housing ...

    Article : 40 words
  34. ALKALI IN COCOA.

    ALKALI IN COCOA.—The public are cautioned against Dutch Cocoas and their English imitations, which, though called pure, contain about 4 per cent. of added Alkali, etc., giving the ...

    Article : 56 words
  35. CHEAP BEDSTEADS.

    To-day and during the week MESSRS DEMPSTERS will sell 35 bedsteads which have arrived from home in a damaged condition. They will all be set up on the ...

    Article : 151 words
  36. COLONEL FRENCH.

    Colonel G. A. French, C.M.G., who relinquished command of the Queensland Defence Force and was accorded the thanks of the Parliament of that colony ...

    Article : 42 words
  37. HOBART SHIPPING.

    May 17—Talune, s, 2000 tons, H. W.H. Chatfield, commander, from New Zealand. Passengers—Saloon : Miss Joel ; Messrs Wilson, Smith, M'Carthy, Reynell and son, Wilson, ...

    Article : 154 words
  38. DINNER TO SIR ROBERT HERBERT.

    LONDON, MAY 17, 12.25 A.M. Sir Robert G. W. Herbert, K.C.B., who recently resigned the position of Permanent Under-Secretary for the Colonies, was entertained by the Agents. ...

    Article : 230 words
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