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  2. CURRENT TOPICS.

    THE usual weekly meeting of the Launceston Benevolent Society was held yesterday in the Town Hall. Present—Messrs J. Stephenson (chairman), A. W. Birchall ...

    Article : 2,676 words
  3. CABLE MESSAGES.

    The Right Hon. G. J. Goschen, Chancellor of the Exchequer, has informed Mr Dibbs that ho will be happy to discuss the question of permitting trust funds to ...

    Article : 102 words
  4. FASHIONABLE MARRIAGE.

    The Earl of Orkney was married to Miss Connie Gilchrist, the popular actress, to-day. The bride was given away by the Duke, of Beaufort. ...

    Article : 25 words
  5. RITISH GENERAL ELECTIONS.

    The following votes have been recorded :— Gladstonians. 2,375,000 Conservatives and Unionists 2,118,000 ...

    Article : 357 words
  6. COMING EVENTS.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 177 words
  7. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

    July 20—Cambria, s, 59 tons, John Rock-well, for Strahan via N.W. Coast. July 20—Lillie May, kt, 42 tons, H. Johnstone, for Hobart via George's Bay ; ...

    Article : 251 words
  8. OBITUARY.

    The death is announced of Mr Thomas Cook, head of the well-known tourists agency firm. LONDON, JULY 20, 6.25 A.M. ...

    Article : 78 words
  9. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

    The petition of Alexander Armstrong, River Cam, farmer, was filed in bankruptcy yesterday. The debtor estimates has liabilities at £419. ...

    Article : 23 words
  10. COLONIAL WOOL SALES.

    Messrs Dalgety and Co., of London, report under dote June 16 as follows :—The third series of colonial wool sales opened on the 14th lost. We subjoin statement of arrivals and ...

    Article : 277 words
  11. WESLEYAN CONFERENCE.

    The Rev. Dr. Rigg has been elected president of the Wesleyan Conference. [Rev. James Harrison Rigg, D.D., was born in 1821 at Newcastle-on-Tyne, and ...

    Article : 148 words
  12. BISMARCK AND THE GOVERNMENT.

    Prince Bismarck states that during his term of office as Chancellor of the German Empire, he succeeded too well in strengthening the Crown against Parliament, ...

    Article : 48 words
  13. Launceston Examiner

    THE newly formed Council of Agriculture met at the Public Buildings yesterday, and the way in which members handled the various subjects ...

    Article : 1,801 words
  14. INTERNATIONAL CRICKET.

    Lord Sheffield announces that he will not take a team of English cricketers to Australia this autumn ; and denies the rumour that he contemplated spending ...

    Article : 33 words
  15. RAINFALL.

    July 20, 9 a.m.—Gould's Country, 31 points; Launceston, 13; Tamar Heads, 14; Oatlands, 7; Corinna, 85 ; Bischoff, 94; Circular Head, 18 ; Remine, 74. ...

    Article : 577 words
  16. PRICE OF SILVER.

    Bar silver is quoted at 3s 3½d per ounce. ...

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  17. PERSIAN PLAGUE.

    The plague has broken out at Khorassan, a Persian province on the Khiva. ...

    Article : 16 words
  18. VICTORIAN SECURITIES.

    Victorian Government securities are quoted at 7s 6d discount. LONDON, JULY 20, 6.25 A.M. Victorian scrip is now quoted at £92. ...

    Article : 38 words
  19. COMMERCIAL TELEGRAMS.

    Wheat is steady at 3s 11½d per bushel. ...

    Article : 20 words
  20. COUNTESS OF DONOUGHMORE.

    The Countess of Donoughmore (a daughter of the late Colonel Stephens, of Tasmania), has been fined £20 for removing her daughter, who was ...

    Article : 59 words
  21. MUSIC.

    Mr F. H. Cowen, the celebrated composer who conducted the concerts at the Melbourne international Exhibition, has resigned the position of conductor to the ...

    Article : 73 words
  22. SHIP MAILS.

    Close at Launceston on under:— ENGLAND AND CONTINENT OF EUROPE, ETC.— R.M.S. Oroya, Monday next, noon. SOUTH AUSTRALIA.—S.s. Coogee, to-morrow, ...

    Article : 51 words
  23. CHILIAN INDEMNITY.

    The Government of Chill has consented to pay an indemnity of 75,000 dollars in gold for the attack on the seamen belonging to a United States cruiser at ...

    Article : 36 words
  24. PIRACY.

    Two men have been arrested at A[?]cension Island and remanded to Madeira on a charge of murdering most of the crew and seizing a vessel on a voyage to the ...

    Article : 33 words
  25. Advertising

    {No abstract available}

    Advertising : 302 words
  26. IDAHO REVOLT.

    Notwithstanding the vigilance which is displayed by the Federal troops the leaders in the Idaho riots hale effected their escape. ...

    Article : 27 words
  27. CAPE OF GOOD HOPE.

    In the House of Assembly, a bill for altering the qualification for the franchise has been read a second time by a majority of 25. It is proposed to increase the ...

    Article : 56 words
  28. TO CORRESPONDENTS.

    ERN. M. BENNETT, S.A.—The citizens have recently authorised the lighting of the city by electricity at an estimated cost of £45,000. No contracts have yet been entered into. ...

    Article : 43 words
  29. HOBART AND THE SOUTH.

    The Loyal Raglan Lodge, [?].U., celebrated its anniversary by a concert and dance in the Exhibition Building to-night, when there was a large attendance. ...

    Article : 234 words
  30. KAISER WILHELM.

    The Emperor of Germany, who is away on his Norwegian whaling cruise, is taking an active interest in the sport, and has harpooned his first whale. ...

    Article : 28 words
  31. BULGARIAN MURDERS.

    The trial of the persons arrested for the murder of Dr. Vulcovitch, Bulgarian Ambassador at Constantinople, has been concluded at Sofia. Milianvoff, Popoff, ...

    Article : 52 words
  32. HOMESTEAD LABOUR TROUBLES.

    The unionist workers who recently struck at Messrs Carnegie, Phipps, and Co.'s establishment at Homestead, near Pittsburg, refuse to resume operations ...

    Article : 45 words
  33. FRENCH WARSHIPS.

    French cruisers have been ordered to proceed to Oran, the seaport of Algeria. ...

    Article : 15 words
  34. CHOLERA IN EUROPE.

    Ten deaths from cholera occurred at inter Villier, a suburb of Paris, yesterday. The Russian troops stationed on the ...

    Article : 83 words
  35. RIOTOUS REAPERS.

    One hundred and eighty riotous reapers, at the village of Jamise, in Hungary, killed the inspector of police. The gendarmes fired upon the mob, killing ...

    Article : 33 words
  36. THE ENGLISH MAIL.

    The Orient S.S. Company's R.M.S. Ormuz, with the English mails on board, arrived at Albany at 11.30 p.m. on Tuesday, The Tasmanian portion of the malls will probably ...

    Article : 41 words
  37. INTERCOLONIAL NEWS.

    A cablegram signed by Sir Bryan O'Leghlen on behalf of the Home Rulers in Victoria has been forwarded to Mr Gladstone, heartily congratulating him ...

    Article : 54 words
  38. HOBART SHIPPING.

    Further reports of damage to shipping by yesterday's gale have been received. The ketch Rosebud went ashore in Ralph's Bay, the Skipjack lost her propeller, and several smaller ...

    Article : 51 words
  39. NEW ZEALAND AND RIVER PLATE COMPANY.

    At a meeting of shareholders in the New Zealand and River Plato Land Mortgage Company hold yesterday, the chairman (Mr Thomas Russell) stated ...

    Article : 72 words
  40. ARCHBISHOP MURPHY.

    The Rev. Father Gilleran, who is in charge of St. Mary's Cathedral, has received a letter from the Archbishop of Hobart, written from Maynooth College, ...

    Article : 190 words
  41. INTERCOLONIAL SHIPPING.

    The Adelaide Marine Board has received a report to the effect that early this morning, about 25 miles from Ironbridge Shoal light, a large iron bark was sighted, showing signals. ...

    Article : 71 words
  42. NEW SOUTH WALES.

    It has been discovered by the Newcastle police that J. M. Fogarthy, ex-manager of the Permanent Mutual Benefit Building and Investment Company of Sydney, for ...

    Article : 120 words
  43. MOROCCO.

    Muley Hassan, Sultan of Morocco, who recently consented to enter into a commercial treaty drafted by Sir Ewan Smith, the British Minister, at the last ...

    Article : 192 words
  44. THE DAMAGED MAIL STEAMER.

    The divers who have examined the British-India Company's mail steamer Dorunda, which recently grounded near Thursday Island, report that the damage to the hull is not so ...

    Article : 70 words
  45. TASMANIAN PEARS.

    As showing the splendid prices obtainable this year in England for Tasmanian fruits, Mr B. T. Solly has received a letter from Mr Dangold Butler, the secretary to ...

    Article : 91 words
  46. A LIGHTSHIP IN DANGER.

    Between two and three o'clock this morning Queenscliff was startled by signals from the west channel lighthouse. A life-boat was at once despatched, and the steam tug Eagle also ...

    Article : 124 words
  47. WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

    The Orient Company's R.M.S. Ormuz arrived at Albany at half-past eleven o'clock last night, and sailed for Adelaide at two o'clock this morning. ...

    Article : 28 words
  48. QUEENSLAND.

    A telegram has been received by the Commissioner of Police with reference to the strike of the wool-scouring bands at Kynuna station, to the effect that free ...

    Article : 82 words
  49. MAINTENANCE OF MAIN BOADS.

    A deputation from the residents of Oat-lands waited on the Minister of Lands (Mr Pillinger) to-day, for the purpose of discussing the matter of the maintenance of ...

    Article : 711 words
  50. JUST IMAGINE.

    Business sites, villa sites, cottage lots, water frontages in the City of Perth, the capital of the "coming colony," West Australia, from £5 5s per lot. No deposit ...

    Article : 210 words
  51. AN UNKNOWN WRECK.

    The steamer Murrumbidgee, of Lund's line, which arrived from London yesterday, experienced some terrific weather when rounding the Cape. The captain reported a succession of ...

    Article : 314 words
  52. BEST TO WORK THE MAILS BY.

    Mr Thomas Wroe, postmaster, Buckley's Crossing, N.S.W., writes:—"As a timekeeper your Waterbury cannot be beaten; and I find it much better to work the mails than other ...

    Article : 177 words
  53. SMALL-POX OUTBREAK.

    The medical officer in charge of the quarantine station reports that all the occupants are still apparently free from small-pox. The patients on the hulk are ...

    Article : 82 words
  54. AFFAIRS IN AFGHANISTAN.

    Abdul Rahmann, Ameer of Afghanistan, is raising 70,000 troops for the purpose of quelling the rebellion which has broken out amongst the Urgaghan Ha[?] ...

    Article : 78 words
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