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  2. V. R.C. AUTUMN MEETING.

    Fine weather, a cool breeze, and a sky that stood at set fair favoured the final day of the V.R.C. Autumn Meeting at Flemingten on Saturday. None the less, in spite of the ...

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  3. SCANDAL IN LONDON.

    The Marquis of Queensberry, who was arrested a week ago on a warrant charging him with having criminally libelled Mr. Oscar Wilde, the well-known author ...

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  4. THE NEW GOVERNOR OF VICTORIA. LORD BRASSEY'S DEPARTURE.

    Lord Brassey, the newly-appointed Governor of Victoria, states that he will not sail for Melbourne before July. ...

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  5. HEALTH OF LORD ROSEBERY.

    The Earl of Rosebery, the Prime Minister, who has been suffering from a severe attack of influenza, continues to slowly improve, but it will be necessary ...

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  6. CHINA AND JAPAN. THE PORT OF NEWCHWANG CAPTURED.

    The Japanese have continued their operations at the treaty port of Newchwang, the native part of which they recently captured after a desperate ...

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  7. THE R.M.S. OROYA.

    The latest information respecting the R.M.S. Oroya, which lies aground in the Bay of Naples, is of a more favourable character. The gale is abating, and the ...

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  8. THE BANKING COMMISSION.

    The Banking Commission took evidence in the shire-hall to-day, the members present being Messrs. Winter, Kennedy, and Cook. There was a small attendance, and little ...

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  9. THE WESLEYAN CONFERENCE.

    The sittings of the Wesleyan United Conference were resumed to-day, the Rev. W. H. Fitchett in the chair. Dr. Watkin moved his resolution relating ...

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  10. SELECTORS' ARREARS. TELLING STATISTICS' FROM DIMBOOLA.

    At the meeting of the Dimboola Shire Council yesterday the shire valuer in submitting his valuations showed that during the past year no fewer than 1,200 persons ...

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  11. ACCIDENT TO LORD RICHARD NEVILL.

    A serious accident has occurred to Lord Richard Nevill, son of the Marquis of Aborgavenny, and a member of Lord Brassey's staff. ...

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  12. DISTRESS IN STAWELL SHIRE.

    At the last meeting of the Stawell Shire Council a very strong opinion was expressed by resolution in favour of giving relief to selectors in arrear by reducing the yearly ...

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  13. THE LONDON WOOL SALES.

    At the London wool sales to-day the competition was keen and prices were well maintained. The following prices were obtained for ...

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  14. THE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS.

    The Right Hon. Arthur Wellesley Peel, who has been Speaker of the House of Commons sinco 1884, has announced his intention to retire at an ...

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  15. AUSTRALIAN PRODUCE. BUTTER AND CHEESE.

    The butter market is demoralised. Australian is selling at 90s. for choicest, from 84s. to 86s. for finest, and 80s. for fine. ...

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  16. THE PEACE NEGOTIATIONS.

    Telegrams from Tokio state that the view held in official circles there is that the prospects of the conclusion of an early peace between China and Japan ...

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  17. FURTHER TESTIMONY.

    We have had several letters from correspondents arising out of the determination of the Minister of Lands to press selectors to pay up arrears of rent, included in which ...

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  18. NEWFOUNDLAND AND CANADA.

    The serious financial troubles through which Newfoundland has recently passed has led that colony to seriously consider the advisability of joining the Dominion ...

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  19. TROUBLES IN VENEZUELA.

    Difficulties are impending with the South American Republic of Venezuela. The Government of that country, ...

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  20. THE POSITION IN SWAZILAND

    The South African Republic has dispatched a force of 1,000 burghers for the purpose of enforcing its supremacy over Swaziland, in accordance with the ...

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  21. IN EXTREMIS.

    "A Selector" writes from Goroke:— Kindly allow me a small space to explain the condition of a number of selectors in regard to their arrears. In the district I live, ...

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  22. AN IMPERIAL TRADE LEAGUE.

    An Imperial league is being formed for the purpose of arranging a system of mutual trade relations between Great Britain and the colonies. ...

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  23. LIVE CATTLE.

    The live cattle shipped at Sydney by the steamer Culgoa on January 9 have arrived and been slaughtered at Deptford. One was rather wasted, but the ...

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  24. COMMERCIAL TELEGRAMS.

    WHEAT.—The English market is dull. The Continental markets are advancing with increased firmness. The American market is changing a little for the ...

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  25. EXCLUSION OF AMERICAN CATTLE FROM FRANCE.

    The prohibition of the importation of American cattle into France on the ground of the alleged prevalence of plouro-pnoumonia in the United States ...

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  26. ENGLAND AND CYPRUS.

    In the House of Commons last night, Sir Wm. Harcourt, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, was questioned regarding the report published in the Daily ...

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  27. POULTRY.

    Some of the turkeys which have arrived by the Maori King have been found to be very old birds. The poulterers object to their being killed by ...

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  28. AN AMERICAN PACIFIC CABLE.

    Negotiations are being concluded at New York with Russia, France, Japan, and Hawaii by which these four powers agree to take shares in an American ...

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  29. BANKING LEGISLATION IN SYDNEY.

    Banking matters are engaging the attention of the Government and the heads of the principal financial institutions, with a view to the introduction of legislation. It is ...

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  30. MORE EMIGRATING FARMERS.

    Mr. John Young, of Nhill, writes:— Mr. Irvine's lette re arrears and reduction of selectors' rents has brought to a head the ferment that has been growing for the past ...

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  31. RABBITS.

    In connection with the recent ship ments of frozen rabbits from Australia and New Zealand, the salesmen state that it is useless sending the animals ...

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  32. THE STRIKE IN THE BOOT TRADE.

    The strike, in the boot trade is assuming a serious complexion. At Leicester 10,000 operatives have struck work. They demand that the ...

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  33. THE TOOTING TRAGEDY.

    The plasterer who murdered his wife and five children at Tooting, a suburb of London, yesterday, by cutting their throats, afterwards committed suicide. ...

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  34. SIR ROBERT DUFF'S ILLNESS.

    The Premier yesterday received a telegram from Hobart stating that the Governor had not passed a good night, and was much the same as on the previous day. It is ...

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  35. WEST AUSTRALIAN GOLDFIELDS.

    Three leases at the 23 Mile have been purchased by Mr. A. J. Arthur on behalf of an English syndicate. The properties have been opened up to a depth of 40ft, or 50ft. The ...

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  36. THE ANTI-SEMITIC MOVEMENT.

    His Holiness Pope Leo the Thirteenth has expressed strong disapproval of the persecution to which the Jews are subjected in several European countries, and ...

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  37. EXPORT OF PRODUCE. POULTRY, &c., FOR EXPORT.

    A large quantity of poultry and game was received on Friday at the refrigerating works for shipment by the s.s. Aberdeen at the end of this month. The poultry are of good ...

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  38. DEATH OF MR. WALL, M.A.

    Great regret was felt here this morning when it became known that Mr. Henry Beresford de la Poer Wall, M.A., warden of the Hamilton and Western District College, and ...

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  39. INTERCOLONIAL TELEGRAMS. NEW SOUTH WALES.

    The foundation stone of the Hawkesbury Agricultural College was laid yesterday by the Minister of Agriculture. The new structure has cost £7,417, and will ...

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  40. GENERAL CABLE NEWS. SALE OF A COOLGARDIE MINE.

    Kingston's Isabella mine, at Coolgardie, has been sold to a London syndicate [Published in Saturday's Second Edition.] ...

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  41. THE GOVERNORSHIP OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    The Marquis of Ripon has informed Lord Kintore that his successor as Governor of South Australia will soon be appointed, and that he has had numerous ...

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  42. LEAP FROM A TRAIN.

    When the train from Portland last evening had reached four miles on this side of Branxholme a woman was seen falling or jumping out of a carriage window on to the permanent ...

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  43. THE TIMBER TRADE.

    A trial shipment of timber will shortly be exported from this district to the London market, and considerable interest is naturally centred in the experiment ...

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  44. NEW AUSTRALIAN COMPANIES.

    The following now Australian mining companies have been registered:— The New Hampton Plains Exploration Company, Coolgardie, capital £180,000. ...

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  45. AUSTRALIAN FEDERATION.

    Mr. James Bryce, the President of the Board of Trade, and the author of "The American Commonwealth," writing to Sir Henry Parkes, expressions his warm concurrence in the policy of ...

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  46. QUEENSLAND.

    The labour schooner Sybil has arrived from the South Seas, and anchored at the mouth of the river. An epidemic of dysentery has broken out among the islanders on ...

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  47. THE SYDNEY HARBOUR COLLIERIES COMPANY.

    The shares in the Sydney Harbour Collieries Company, which has been formed to work the coal seam struck at Cremorne, are being allotted. ...

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  48. VICTORIAN FRUIT.

    Arrangements continue in progress for shipments of Victorian fruit to London, and on Friday a consignment of about 50 cases of apples arrived per rail, for the purpose of ...

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  49. BOOT STRIKE AT SYDNEY.

    A strike which, though small in its beginning, may develop into one of considerable extent, has taken place at Mr. W. Graham's Premier Boot Factory, ...

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  50. THE WRECK OF THE SCHOONER MARTHA.

    Captain Livingstone reports that the Government steamer Lady Loch proceeded to the wreck of the schooner Martha on Friday last, but it being found that the schooner ...

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  51. SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    A fire occurred last evening at a block of buildings at the corner of the Semaphore and Military roads at the Senaphore, Messrs. Jones Bros,' drapery shop being completely gutted ...

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  52. LAW NOTICES (This Day).

    At Half-past 10.—Dodgshun and Sons v. Middleton and another (part heard). Fartiere v. Taylor and another, Falkingham others v. the Victorian Railways Commissioner, Webb v. Smith, the ...

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  53. AN ACT OF INCENDIARISM.

    Two men named Boyd und Warby were committed for trial at Tocumwal yesterday on the charge of setting fire to Tattersall's Hotel on the 25th ult. The committal was ...

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  54. POLITICS IN SYDNEY.

    The elation of the Premier at defeating the amendment on clause 12 of the Land and Income Tax Bill, proposed by Mr. B. R. Wise, who endeavoured to establish the land tax on ...

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  55. A TRADE IN HONEY.

    The department ot Agriculture is anxious to encourage the export of honey, and the Minister has sanctioned the payment of a bonus on honey exported outside ...

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  56. THE ENGLISH CRICKETERS IN TASMANIA.

    The cricket match between Stoddart's English Eleven and Eighteen of North Tasmania was commenced yesterday. The weather was magnificant, but the attendance ...

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  57. WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

    A man named Alexander Gilchrist was sentenced at the Geraldton Quarter Sessions to three years' penal servitude for obtaining a large sum of money by false pretences, ...

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  60. TASMANIA.

    The R.M.S. Austral, which is due here to-morrow from Sydney, will take 15,000 cases of fruit. ...

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  61. NEW ZEALAND.

    About 150 applications have been received under the Advances to Settlers Act, and the Lending Board yesterday granted loans amounting to £60,000. ...

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  64. THE MAIL STEAMERS.

    F.M.S. Australian passed Suez inwards on the 8th inst. ...

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