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  2. THE GREAT HEAT.

    Unhappily Mr. Baracchi was no false prophet when he said on Wednesday night that the following day would be the hottest this season, for when yesterday came it not ...

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  3. THE SCRAMBLE FOR CHINA. FINANCE AND RUSSIA.

    The Russian and French Governments have been conducting negotiatious for some time past for the raising of a loan of £6,000,000 for China, to enable that country ...

    Article : 121 words
  4. DESTRUCTIVE FIRE.

    A destructive fire has occurred at Portau-Prince, the capital of Hayti. No fewer than 800 houses were destroyed by the fire, and 3,000 persons are homeless ...

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  5. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1897.

    In public affairs in the colonies the year, though quiet, has been eventful. The leading incidents have been in Victoria the restoration of equilibrium ...

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  6. THE SOUTH YARRA CATASTROPHE. WORK OF THE DIVERS.

    Early yesterday morning operations were resumed at rhe works in Yarra-street for the purpose of recovering the bodies of the three men, Christopher Mossop, James ...

    Article : 1,346 words
  7. THE ENGINEERS'STRIKE.

    The details of the voting on the ballot of the members of the Amalgamated Society of Engineers as to whether the terms offered by the employers should be ...

    Article : 69 words
  8. CANON TUCKER'S APPEAL.

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  9. FRANCE ON THE NIGER.

    News has been received from the Niger territory that the French have occupied Oyenne, to the east of Bissandugu, which is an important town on one of the ...

    Article : 41 words
  10. INCENTIVE TO INVENTION.

    The late Mr. Alfred Nobel, the honorary president of the Nobel Dynamite Trust Company Limited, has left £434,000 as a fund to provide for the payment of five ...

    Article : 65 words
  11. THE SEWERAGE ACCIDENT.

    Sir,—Herewith I enclose cheque for £1 (one pound) towards the find in aid of the widows and orphans of those poor fellows who lost their lives at the South Yarra ...

    Article : 282 words
  12. TURKEY AND RUSSIA.

    The Porte promises to pay Russia shortly £500,000 of the arrears of the indemnity due in connection with the Russo-Turkish war of 1877. ...

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  13. REPORTED FRENCH ACTION.

    A report from Saigon, the capital of French Cochin-China, states that France has occupied the island of Hainan, belonging to the province of Kwangtung, in the ...

    Article : 50 words
  14. THE PLAGUE IN INDIA.

    The bubonic plague, which has raged in various parts of India for a length of timepast, is increasing in severity in Bombay, and a fresh exodus of the populaiton is ...

    Article : 65 words
  15. THE WEST INDIES.

    Sir Julian Pauncefote, the British Ambassador at Washington, is nogotiating with the United States Government with the view of arranging a reciprocity treaty with ...

    Article : 69 words
  16. CHINA DESPONDENT.

    The Emperor of China, who reigns under the title of Kwange-seu, or "Succession of Glory," has promulgated an extraordinary order in connection with the approaching ...

    Article : 543 words
  17. A SCOTTISH GRIEVANCE.

    A petition, signed by 104,388 inhabitants of Scotland, has been forwarded to Her Majesty the Queen praying that steps may he taken to abolish the use of the words ...

    Article : 71 words
  18. SEWER GAS AT THE YARRA TUNNEL.

    Sir,—In your issue of Wednesday Mr. Nevins is reported as saying that "a couple of half-crowns I had in my pocket were turned quite black by my visit to the ...

    Article : 266 words
  19. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    Lieutenant Cecil Walter Lamb, of the No. 1 Company, First Garrison Division, New South Wales Artillery, has passed his examinations in five of the chief courses of ...

    Article : 219 words
  20. CUBA AND SPAIN.

    A decree by the Spanish Government establishing autonomous government nnd administiatiou in Cuba has been gazetted at Havannah. ...

    Article : 27 words
  21. THE ADELPHI MURDER.

    The man Archer, who recently assassinated Mr. William Terriss, the well-known actor outside the Adelphi Theatre, in the Strand, has alleged that the officers of ...

    Article : 147 words
  22. INSURANCE OF WORKMEN.

    Sir,—In this morning's issue you refer, in connection with the recent sad-accident at the sewerage works, to the question of the insurance of the workmen engaged in ...

    Article : 224 words
  23. STALE MILK TWICE A WEEK. A STARTLING STATE OF AFFAIRS.

    The well-meaning persons who secured the dairynien's assistants of Melbourne a halfholiday on Wednesdays and Sundays entirely overlooked the fact that an obdurate ...

    Article : 389 words
  24. COMMERCIAL TELEGRAMS.

    Wheat.—The American visible supply east of the Rockies is estimated at 52,378,000 bushels, against 51,448,000 bushels a week ago, and 73,500,000 bushels a year ago. ...

    Article : 31 words
  25. BERTHING MAIL STEAMERS.

    The axiom that possession is nine points of the law has evidently been seriously laid to heart by Captain Linklater, of the mail steamer Orotava, as be, in open defiance of ...

    Article : 761 words
  26. THE TEST MATCH.

    Immediately on the conclusion of the intercolonial match yesterday the Englishmen had a practice on the M.C.C. ground, and although the heat was severe at Bendigo ...

    Article : 268 words
  27. THE BRAVE DEAD.

    Sir,—The statment is made by one of your correspondents this morning that brave Alexander Gibson alone died in attempt to save lives of others. ...

    Article : 144 words
  28. BRITAIN SECURING STEAMERS.

    A report has been received from Shanghai that the British Admiralty has requisitioned the "Empress" steamers for Imperial service purposes. ...

    Article : 62 words
  29. HOSPITAL SUNDAY.

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  30. THE SOUDAN ADVANCE

    News has been received that a force of native levies have captured Osobri, an important fort on the river Atbara, within a few miles of Kassala. The levies laid ...

    Article : 88 words
  31. TO THE EDITOR OF THE ARGUS.

    Sir,—In following the semi-political controversv on the subjeet of the milk vendors' half-holiday, certain material facts are apt to be forgotten. It seems probale that, ...

    Article : 333 words
  32. WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

    A cyclone swept over the town of Onslow yesterday, doing considerable damage. The derrick of the Government artesian boring plant was damaged, the hospital was totally ...

    Article : 139 words
  33. QUEENSLAND.

    The Methodist Federal Council met yesterday afternoon, when the plan of Methodist union was unanimously adopted, the presidents of both churches signing the ...

    Article : 97 words
  34. THE LATE MR. GLADSTONE WRIGHT.

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  35. NEW INSOLVENTS.

    Thomas Brien, of Balmain-street, Richmond, labourer. Causes of insolvency— Pressure of creditros and their refusing to give him any reasonable terms towards ...

    Article : 67 words
  36. NEW ZEALAND.

    At an inquest commenced here to-day on the body of a young woman named M'Callum, whose father is harbourmaster at Port Chalmers, evidence was given showing ...

    Article : 135 words
  37. THE INQUEST.

    The coroner for Bourke, Mr. Morrison, opened an inquest yesterday concerning the circumstances of the death of Alexander Gibson. ...

    Article : 109 words
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  42. THE CONDITION OF GIBBS.

    Though the fierce heat continued yesterday, and it was feared George Gibbs, one of the gallant reseuing party, who himself nearly perished, would sueeumb to the ...

    Article : 71 words
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