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  2. TERRIBLE COLLIERY DISASTER IN FRANCE.

    A terrible disaster, caused by an explosion of fire damp, has occurred at a colliery at Montceau-les-Mines, in the department of Saone et Loire, France. ...

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  3. THE IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

    The following is a forecast of the Queen's Speech, to be delivered at the opening of Parliament to-morrow. The relations of Great Britain with ...

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  4. CHINA AND JAPAN. THE POSITION AT LLU KUNGTAO.

    Although the Japanese have occupied the island of Liu Kungtao, which they captured by a during and brilliant attack, taking a fortress by storm, some of the ...

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  5. INTERNATIONAL CRICKET.

    The fourth test match, played at Sydney between the English and Australian cricket teams, excited much interest in England, and the decisive victory ...

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  6. COUNTRY NEWS. BENDIGO.

    The omission of the letter "t" in a paragraph in this morning's issue made it appear that the manufacturing firm complained of by the Ladies' ...

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  7. THE DISMISSAL OF MARRIED FEMALE TEACHERS.

    In the Supreme Court yesterday, Mr. Justice A'Beckett gave his reserved judgment upon a petition by Mrs. Mary Jane Mattingley against the Queen, the object of which was to ...

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  8. THE BANK OF VICTORIA.

    The fourth half-yearly meeting of the shareholders in the Bank of Victoria Limited was held at the head office, Collins-street, yesterday. There were about fifty ...

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  9. TARIFF INQUIRY BOARD.

    The Tariff Inquiry Board sat again yesterday Present—Mr. A. L. Tucker (chairman), Mr. Bromley, Mr. Duggan, and Mr. Gurr. SPIRITS. ...

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  10. THE ACCIDENT AT THE BRITISH QUEEN MINE.

    Frederick Stephens, one of the two miners who were injured in the British Queen gold mine, White Horse Ranges, yesterday, owing to a quantity of quartz debris falling upon ...

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  11. CASTLEMAINE.

    An elderly man named Frederick Allen was arrested to-day on Camp Hill by Constable O'Loghlen on a charge of unlawfully wounding his wife. The husband ...

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  12. CHARGE OF LARCENY.

    At the Charlton Court of Petty Sessions today Anthony Pollock, formerly employed as a telegraph messenger at the Charlton Postoffice, was charged with embezzling £40, the ...

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  13. THE AUSTRALIAN MAIL CONTRACT.

    The Agents-General have, though reluctantly, agreed to leave the question of the extension of the mail contract with the P. and O. and Orient Companies ...

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  14. WARRNAMBOOL.

    The drainage question has given the Warrnambool Shire Council such a large amount of trouble that steps are being taken to bring about a more satisfactory condition ...

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  15. THE CHINESE LOAN.

    The Chinese 6 per cent. gold loan of £3,000,000 has been issued in London, the minimum being fixed at £96 10s. ...

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  16. CHARGE OF EMBEZZLEMENT BY A LEGAL MANAGER.

    The charge against Charles Millar, ex-legal manager of the Blucher's Reef Company, of embezzling £108 9s. 4d., the proceeds of a cheque said to have been received by him on ...

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  17. THE NATIVE RISING ON THE NIGER.

    The outbreak of natives in the territory of the Royal Niger Company has been suppressed by the company's forces. ...

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  18. THE MUNICIPAL SUBSIDY.

    The action of the Government in paying the shire's subsidy for the half-year ending December on the reduced basis was discussed at length by the Dimboola Shire Council to-day. ...

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  19. WILL OF A WEALTHY VICTORIAN.

    Probate has been granted of the will of Mr. Thomas Craig, of Melbourne, who died recently. The personalty of the deceased was sworn at £120,000. ...

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  20. THE FATAL BATHING ACCIDENT.

    Mr. M'Mahon, J.P., held a magisterial inquiry at Bulla to-day on the bodies of Mrs. Hillary and her child Bridget, who were drowned, as recorded in The Argus of ...

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  21. LORD DEERHURST.

    The case Wyndham v. Viscount Deerhurst, an action for breach of promise of marriage, will not come into court, a settlement having been arrived at by the ...

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  22. A TREACHEROUS ACT.

    The Portuguese at Delagoa Bay have sustained a serious disaster at the hands of the natives. Under cover of a flag of truce a strong ...

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  23. AUSTRALIAN PRODUCE. NEW ZEALAND RABBITS.

    The New Zealand rabbits by the Matatua, from Lyttelton November 16, which arrived on January 14, have been sold. Those which were packed in the ...

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  24. DESERTION UNDER THE DIVORCE ACT.

    In the Supreme Court yesterday, before Mr. Justice Hood, Richard Taylor, of Wedderburn, miner, petitioned for a divorce from his wife, Emma Christina Taylor, ...

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  25. INTERCOLONIAL TELEGRAMS NEW SOUTH WALES.

    The regulations relating to the importation and introduction of stock by sea into New South Wales have recently been altered. The principal changes relate to the charges ...

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  26. SOUTH AUSTRALIAN CHERRIES.

    The South Australian cherries shipped at Adelaide by the R.M.S. Australia, which arrived on the 25th ult., have been examined. The top layers, which ...

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  27. THE LONDON TELEPHONE SYSTEM.

    The London County Conucil has requested Mr. Arnold Morley, the Postmaster-General, to entrust it with the management of the telephone system of ...

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  28. THE BUTTER MARKET.

    The butter market is depressed. Victorian finest quality is quotod at from 90s. to 96s. per cwt. The butter shipped at Melbourne by ...

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  29. THE LONDON WOOL SALES.

    At the London wool sales to-day a medium selection was offered Prices were barely maintained, and many lots were withdrawn. ...

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  30. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    The shares in the Star of the East Gold-mining Company, Murchison, Western Australia, amounting to £90,000, have been allotted. ...

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  31. FALL OVER A RAILWAY EMBANKMENT.

    At about half-paat 8 yesterday morning Mr. Altred Ritchie, in walking along Heidelbergroad, Northcote, found the dead body of a man at the foot of the railway embankment, ...

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  32. QUEENSLAND.

    The New South Wales Fisheries Commission is expected to visit Queensland during the present month. A prisoner named Lovegrove jumped from ...

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  33. THE FLOODS IN NEW SOUTH WALES.

    The flood attained a height of 18ft. at Coraki, and is now down to the top of the public wharf. The country for a distance of 20 miles towards the Clarence is still one ...

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  34. NEW ZEALAND AND SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    Information has been received here from a reliable source to the effect that an important reciprocal treaty has been signed provisionally by Mr. Kingston, on behalf of ...

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  35. FINANCIAL TELEGRAMS. SILVER.

    Bar silver is quoted at 27½d., being a decline of 1-16d. since yesterday. ...

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  36. NEW INSOLVENTS.

    Mary Auld, of Thompson-street, Williamstown, widow. Causes of insolvency—Want of capital and illness of self and family. Liabilities, £35 11s.; assets, £10; deficiency, ...

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  37. THE CLONCURRY'S PASSENGERS.

    After the steamer Cloncurry left yesterday the old officers and crew came ashore, and were housed in the various buildings, the crew, being Lascars, having a separate ...

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  38. BROKEN HILL SHARES.

    Broken Hill Proprietary shares are quoted at 35s. 6d. ...

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  39. THE STANDING COMMITTEE ON RAILWAYS.

    The members of the Standing Committee on Railways were met at the Murtoa railway station to-day on their arrival from Horsham, en route for Hopetoun, by a number ...

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  40. TASMANIA.

    The Hobart Gas Company pays a dividend of 18s. per share on 5,424 shares, and carries forward £380. The profit for the half-year was £5,508. The company proposes to ...

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  41. "NEW AUSTRALIA."

    The colonists who arrived at the Semaphore by the Embleton last week from the "New Australia " settlement, Paraguay, and who, being without means, have been unable ...

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  42. RECENT MEETINGS.

    A special in meeting of the committee of the Victorian United Licensed Victuallers' Association was held at the head office on Monday afternoon to take into consideration a ...

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  43. RAILWAY FREIGHTS ON GRAIN.

    At to-day's meeting of the Shepparton Shire Council, a circular was received from the St. Arnaud shire asking that the following resolution should be endorsed:— ...

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  44. METROPOLITAN BOARD OF WORKS.

    The usual meeting of the Melbourne and Metropolitan Board of Works was held yesterday. The CHAIRMAN (Mr. E. G. Fitzgibbon) ...

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  45. FIRES IN THE SUBURBS.

    In Howard-street, Maidstone, an unoccupied four-roomed wooden house, owned by Mrs. C. Thompson, was entirely destroyed by fire early on Monday morning, and a building ...

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  46. LAW NOTICES (This Day).

    At Half-past 10.—English, Scottish, and Australian Bank Limited v. Taylor and another, Crawford and Son v. Joske, Best, and Company, Dimsey v. Victorian Railway Commissioners. ...

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  47. A YOUNG MAN KILLED BY A TRACTION-ENGINE.

    A fatal accident happened to-day at Bet Bet to a young man named Denis Carter, in the employ of Mr. Morris, of Lexton. He was standing in front of a traction-engine ...

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  48. THE DEATH FROM SHOOTING AT FITZROY.

    At an inquest at the Melbourne Hospital yesterday, it was ascertained that the young man who ran into a hairdresser's shop last Friday (as previously reported in The Argus) ...

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  49. "HELPING HANDS."

    Sir,—It is with feelings of the greatest satisfaction that I find myself in a position to state that His Excellency the Governor and Lady Hopetoun have not only consented ...

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  50. A DISASTROUS VOYAGE.

    The steamer Rotokino arrived to-night in a disabled condition, having been eight days out from Newcastle to Auckland. When three drys out she encountered the ...

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  51. NEW ZEALAND.

    The Maori members of the House of Representatives have issued a manifesto advising the natives to cease selling or leasing their linds. ...

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  52. CHARITABLE SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS.

    The committee of the Melbourne Benevolent Asylum held their weekly meeting on January 31. Present—Messrs. J. Garton (in the chair), C. Cock, W. R. Jaffray, A. C. Sturrock, Issac Barnet, J. ...

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  53. BUSH FIRES.

    Destructive bush fires are raging in the Darnum, South Warragul, Lardner, and adjacent districts, and much damage has been done to property and crops. In many ...

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