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  2. SPECIAL TELEGRAMS.

    It is reported that the Chilian Government has demanded that Mr. Patrick Egan, the United States Minister at Santiago, shall be recalled, and has ...

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  3. SPECIAL TELEGRAMS. (THE ARGUS LONDON AGENCY. AFFAIRS IN IRELAND.

    Great excitement prevails in Cork, where an election is shortly to be held for the seat in the House of Commons rendered vacant by the death of Mr. ...

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  4. SPECIAL TELEGRAMS. (THE ARGUS LONDON AGENCY.) THE PROPOSED VICTORIAN LOAN.

    The banks are of opinion that it is undesirable and probably impracticable for Victoria to float a loan at present even for £1,500,000. They consider that ...

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  5. SPECIAL TELEGRAMS.

    A Dalziel's telegram states that a petition for divorce has been filed in London, a famous prima donna being the respondent, and a young foreign ...

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  6. SPECIAL TELEGRAMS.

    The earthquake in Japan was much more serious than was at first reported. The latest advices show that the towns of Nagoya, Gifou, and Ogaki have been ...

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  7. The Argus.

    The dissatisfied members in the Legislative Assembly are promised an early debate on the interesting question whether there should be two ...

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  8. VIEWS OF THE ECONOMIST.

    The Economist cautions Mr. Dibbs, the Premier of New South Wales, not to revive the old borrowing policy of the colony, and declares that Victoria has ...

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  9. GENERAL CABLE NEWS. THE POSITION OF UGANDA.

    A meeting of the Church Missionary Society was held in Exeter-hall last evening, when £8,000 was subscribed for the purpose of preventing the evacuation ...

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  10. MASSACRE IN MADAGASCAR.

    Intelligence has been received that the members of a French exploring party, eight in number, have been massacred by natives at Betsiboka, in Madagascar. ...

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  11. MR. MICHAEL DAVITT.

    Yielding to the pressure which has been brought to bear upon him, Mr. Michael Davitt has consented to stand for Kilkenny in the anti-Parnellite ...

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  12. INTERCOLONIAL TELEGRAMS. NEW SOUTH WALES.

    There has been improved business during the week at the theatres, "Society" at the Criterion and "The Dancing Girl" at Her Majesty's having secured the largest share of ...

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  13. THE LABOUR DIFFICULTIES IN ENGLAND. THE OMNIBUS AND TRAMWAY WORKERS' UNION.

    The Omnibus and Tramway Workers' Union, London, has decided to run omnibuses on its own account on the co-operative principle. The men ...

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  14. THE UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH.

    Mr. A. J. Balfour, the Chief Secretary for Ireland, who has been appointed leader of the House of Commons, in succession to the late Mr. W. H. Smith, has ...

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  15. MR. CHRISTIE MURRAY.

    Mr. D. Christie Murray, the novelist, who was recently adjudged bankrupt, has filed an account of his liabilities and assets. The former amount to £1,090, ...

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  16. FATAL MISHAP AT PLYMOUTH.

    A sad mishap occurred at Plymouth to-day. The gunboat Sabrina, 363 tons, three guns, was doing some tiring practice ...

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  17. THE NATIONAL BANK OF NEW ZEALAND.

    An instalment of the call of 30s. per share which was recently made on the shareholders in the National Bank of Zealand has been paid. The business of ...

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  18. THE STRIKE AT THE CARRON COMPANY'S WHARF.

    Mr. John Burns admits that the strike of the labourers at the Carron Company's wharf has resulted in failure. ...

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  19. THE FRENCH DUTY ON SALT MEATS.

    The French Senate has carried a resolution that the import duty on American pork shall be 25 francs per 100 kilos. This has been carried in opposition to ...

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  20. LOSS OF A MEXICAN WAR VESSEL FEARED.

    It is feared that the Mexican gun-vessel Democrata, 450 tons, with all hands, 70 in number, has been lost. ...

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  21. THE JEWS IN RUSSIA.

    Further details have been received respecting the anti-Jewish riots in Starodoub, a town in the province of Tchernigoff, when 40 houses were burned ...

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  22. LOCK-OUT IN THE LONDON BOOT TRADE.

    A lock-out in the London boot trade will commence to-morrow. The number of employe's who will be affected is 20,000. ...

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  23. THEATRICAL ENGAGEMENTS FOR AUSTRALIA.

    Mr. George Musgrove has concluded a theatrical engagement with the well-known actresses Mrs. Bernard Beere and Miss Maud Millett, and they will arrive ...

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  24. DESTRUCTIVE FIRE AT MILDURA.

    The most disastrous conflagration experienced in the settlement occurred to-day, by which the extensive premises of Messrs. M'Kay Bros. and Co., general merchants, were ...

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  25. LABOUR DISTURBANCES IN TENNESSEE.

    Fresh disturbances have occurred at Knoxville, Tennessee. The miners have objected to the employment of convicts at the coal-mines, and have broken out ...

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  26. THE CHARITIES COMMISSION.

    The members of the Charities Commission, consisting of Professor Morris (chairman), and Messrs. James Campbell, W. Anderson, and T. Harlin, ...

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  27. THE GERMAN ARMY.

    The Daily Telegraph states that the German Government intends to ask the Reichstag for a vote of £9,000,000 for the purpose of providing new artillery. ...

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  28. THE NORTH SYDNEY INVESTMENT AND TRAMWAY CO.

    An informal meeting of the principal bondholders in the North Sydney Investment and Tramway Company has been held. ...

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  29. DISASTER ON THE MISSISSIPPI.

    A serious disastor has occurred at Vicksburg, in the United States. A Mississippi steamer caught fire and was completely destroyed. ...

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  30. THE INFLUENZA IN EUROPE.

    Th influenza is prevailing to an alarming extent at Berlin and at Bucharest. ...

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  31. THE RUSSIAN FAMINE RELIEF FUND.

    The English press generally is opposed to the suggestion made by the Standard that a subscription should be raised in England for the benefit of the sufferers by ...

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  32. A COLLISION IN THE BAY.

    The Port Caroline, which arrived here to-day from calcutta, reports that on Thursday evening, between 7 and 8 o'clock, and shortly after she had left Williamstown, she was run ...

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  33. FINANCIAL FRAUDS IN SYDNEY.

    Yesterday morning in the case ot Jas. Peter Howe, M.L.A., and James Miller, charged with having conspired together to defraud the Australian Mercantile Loan and ...

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  34. THE TURF IN ENGLAND.

    The inquiry by the Jockey Club into the ownership of Comedy, who came in first in the race for the Cambridgeshire Stakes, which was run at Newmarket on ...

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  35. THE EIGHT HOURS QUESTION.

    Speaking at Wolverhampton last night, Sir John Gorst, the Under Secretary for India, suggested that the Government and the great municipalities should adopt ...

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  36. QUEENSLAND.

    The Mount Morgan Company's dividend for October amounted to £23,000, free of dividend tax. A young man named Alfred Akroyd was ...

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  37. SHOOTING AFFRAY AT NEW CASTLE.

    A serious shooting affray occurred at Newcastle last night. A young couple named Mary Murchie and Matthew Burridge had been to a dancing-hall. Just after leaving a ...

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  38. SHOCKING GUN ACCIDENT.

    A shocking accident occurred here yesterday morning, resulting in the death of a lad named Samuel Hayhoe, nine years of age. In company with two other boys Hayhoe was ...

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  39. NEW INSOLVENT.

    Arthur Augustus Williams, trading as A. A. Williams and Co., drapers, of Geelong. Liabilities, £5,892 1s.; assets, £7,134; surplus, £1,241 19s. Causes of insolvency— ...

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  40. ENGLAND AND EGYPT.

    Lord George Hamilton, the First Lord of the Admiralty, speaking at Edinburgh last night, said that if Egypt were evacuated by England the result would ...

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  41. LAW NOTICES (This Day).

    At Haif-past 10 a.m.—Spainn v. Spann, Robertson v. Blair and another (trustees), M'Kay v. the Victorian Railway Commissioners. FIRST CIVIL COURT. ...

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  42. THE INFLUENZA EPIDEMIC.

    John Drake, a young man, has died from influenza at Axedale after two days' illness. HEALESVILLE, SATURDAY. Mr. James Munro, one of the leading ...

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  43. THE BROKEN HILL MINES.

    Mr. Ellice Clark is about to visit Broken Hill for the purpose of reporting on the Australian Broken Hill and East Broken Hill mines. ...

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  44. SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    Mr. Joseph Oxley, aged 66, a very old resident of Port Adelaide, was run over and killed by a train in St. Vincent street this morning. He was crossing the line, and was ...

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  45. DEATH OF THE REV. DR. KELYNACK.

    The Rev. Dr. Kelynack, the principal of the Newington College, and a prominent Wesleyan clergyman, died to-day at the comparatively early age of 59. The deceased ...

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  46. SPECULATION IN COLONIAL BUTTER.

    The produce merchants in London are speculating in colonial butter to arrive. ...

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  47. RAILWAY ACCIDENT AT THE NORTH WHARF.

    A WATCHMAN'S T[?]IGH FRACTURED. Patrick Nolan, 45 years of age, who resides at 79 Heath-street, Port Melbourne, and is employed as a night watchman by the ...

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  48. A PICTURE FOR ADELAIDE.

    Mr. Wivel, of Adelaide, has purchased Gustave Doré's picture, "The Flight Into Egypt." ...

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  49. TASMANIA.

    The Hobart tramway syndicate have agreed to accept the offer of a London company, the terms being that the syndicate receives 33,000 shares in a company of 90,000 shares ...

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  50. PUGILISTIC.

    The Olympia Club, at New Orleans, has offered to give 25,000dol. as a prize for a fight between John L. Sullivan, the American champion, and F. P. Slavin, the ...

    Article : 55 words
  51. BALLARAT.

    The Buninyong shire election cases have assumed another phase. Mr. Downey, the unsuccessful candidate for the Middle Riding at the recent election, proceeded against ...

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  52. MOVEMENTS OF THE MAIL STEAMERS.

    The Norddeutscher Lloyd Imperial German Mail steamer Neckar arrived at Colombo on the morning of 30th inst. from Australia. ...

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  53. THE TARAMUNG RELIEF FUND.

    Messrs. James Paterson and Co. desire to acknowledge the following contributions forwarded by Mr. T. H. Le[?]priere:— T. H. Lempriere, £1 [?]s.: Charles Brown, £1 1s.; ...

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  54. ANOTHER LIFT FATALITY.

    John Benjamin Sykes, 45 years of age, kitchenman at the Cathedral Hotel, Swanston-street, who injured his spine by falling down the lift shaft at the hotel some time ...

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  55. NEW ZEALAND.

    A dispute has arisen between two rival parties of natives in the Poverty Bay district respecting land claims, and one chief, with 50 armed men, has taken possession of his ...

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  56. FRY'S MALTED COCOA,

    An ordinary breakfast cup of Malted Co[?] contains more nourishment than a pint of the beat ale or stout. It does not thicken in the cup. "The most strengthening combination ...

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  57. MANTLES, SUNSHADES, MILLINERY.

    Immense assortment lowest cash price. Choicest goods. George and George Limited. —[ADVT.] ...

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  58. LOVELY CURTAINS.

    LMuslin, Cullis Hill and Co.'s Great Clearing. Sale. ...

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  59. SUNSHADES, GLOVES, HOSIERY, &c.

    An immense display for the racing season. Buyers save 30 per cent. at Craig, Williamson, and Thomas's.—[ADVT.] ...

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  60. VISITORS TO MELBOURNE.

    Secure all your wants at George and George's Federal Emporium, the great cash mar[?] of the city.—[ADVT.] ...

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