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  2. REID CUSTOMS CASE.

    In the Supreme Court to-day the hearing of Kingston v. Robert Reid and Co. Ltd. was continued, before Mr. Justice Cooper and a special jury. Sir Arthur Rutledge, ...

    Article : 2,949 words
  3. IMPERIAL DEFENCE.

    The naval estimates for the year were presented to the House of Commons yesterday, and explained by Mr. H. O. Arnold-Forster, Secretary to the Admiralty. ...

    Article : 550 words
  4. GREAT STORMS IN QUEENSLAND.

    A devastating cyclone burst on the city of Townsville on Monday, and practically laid the main streeet in ruins before its fury was spent. The destruction wrought by the ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 2,170 words
  5. IN THE STATE GALLERIES.

    The Appropriation Bill was quickly passed when the Council met. Mr. Balfour observed that this measure usually marked the end of the session, and suggested that ...

    Article : 1,791 words
  6. SOUTH AFRICA.

    Dr. T. W. Smartt, the leader of the Progressive party in the Cape House of Assembly, who previously sat for Cathcart, has been elected for East London, ...

    Article : 225 words
  7. NEW CANADIAN RAILWAY.

    A company named the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway Company is being incorporated, with a capital of £15,000,000, for the purpose of constructing a line from ...

    Article : 136 words
  8. THE DUTCH RAILWAYS.

    A general strike is threatened by the Dutch railway employes unless the Government abandons its proposal to make it a punishable offence for any public servant ...

    Article : 203 words
  9. THE EASTERN QUESTION.

    The situation in the Balkan Peninsula is becoming increasingly serious. Severe fighting has taken place at Monastir[?] the capital of the vilayet of the same ...

    Article : 63 words
  10. PERSONAL[?]

    Mrs. Boyle (sister-in-law of His Excellency the Governor-General), accompanied by her two daughters, arrived at Largs Bay from London by the R.M.S. Oroya ...

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  11. ACCIDENT TO THE STEAMER TYRIAN.

    The non-arrival here from Sydney on Monday of the steamer Tyrian was explained yesterday forenoon, when a telegram reached Melbourne announcing that ...

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  12. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    A severe and prolonged carthquake has occurred in the island of Dominica, a British island in the Leeward group, 22 miles north of Martinique. ...

    Article : 243 words
  13. MOROCCO.

    The report given in a Reuter's telegram that the pretender to the throne of Morocco, Buhamara, has been captured by the troops of the Sultan has been ...

    Article : 106 words
  14. VENEZUELA.

    The protocols signed by the blockading powers, Great Britain, Germany, and Italy, agreeing to refer their dispute with Venezucla to the Hague tribunal, have been ...

    Article : 89 words
  15. SHIPPING NEWS.

    The following arrrivals and departures are reported:- Arrivals.—[?]ndralema, from Wellington January 16[?] Papanui, from Wellington ...

    Article : 50 words
  16. FRENCH ORPHANAGES.

    M. Combes, the French Premier, has decided to close the Convent of the Good Shepherd at Nancy, the authorities of which were recently ordered by the Court of ...

    Article : 122 words
  17. SOMALILAND.

    Advices from Somaliland state that Briga-dier-General Manning occupied Galkay[?] on Thursday last, the 5th [?]nst. The Mullah, avoiding an engagement, retreated to ...

    Article : 73 words
  18. NEW ZEALAND FINANCES.

    In the course of a political address to-day Mr. Seddon said that no moneylenders in the world should dictate the policy of New Zealand. The Government ...

    Article : 89 words
  19. THE ADEN HINTERLAND.

    [?] trouble is reported in connection with the Aden hinterland, the delimitation of which is being carried out by a boundary commission. ...

    Article : 142 words
  20. THE BRIDGEWATER TRUST.

    The Bridgewater Trust having expired the Earl of Ellesmere has inherited from his ancestor, the third and last Duke of Bridgewater, the vast canal properties ...

    Article : 220 words
  21. ACTION AGAINST MADAME MELBA.

    The action brought by John H. Tait against Madame Melba, in which £2/3/7 is claimed for work done, and £200 for damages for alleged breach ...

    Article : 179 words
  22. BIBLE-BURNING IN FIJI.

    The Methodist Conference to-day decided to bring under the notice of the Imperial Government the disturbing influence caused by the appointment of a Roman Catholic ...

    Article : 88 words
  23. AN EARTHQUAKE SHOCK.

    The postmaster at Mt. Gambier telegraphed this afternoon that a lighthousekeeper at Cape Banks reported a slight shock of earthquake at eight minutes past ...

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  24. THE ROYAL SCANDALS.

    Fraulein Adamovitch, the Viennese actress who cloped with the Archduke Ferdinand Leopold, brother of the ex-Crown Princess of Saxony, and now known as ...

    Article : 81 words
  25. LOST AT SEA.

    The German mail steamer Rhein reached Fremantle from Europe at 1 o'clock this morning. A sad occurrence took place during her voyage. On the night of February ...

    Article : 97 words
  26. RAILWAYS STANDING COMMITTEE.

    The Railways Standing Committee met yesterday at Parliament-house, in the Exhibition-building. Mr. Craven presided, and there were also present Mr. Morey[?] Mr. ...

    Article : 423 words
  27. FINANCIAL TELEGRAMS.

    Consols were quoted on Monday at 91[?], or a fall of [?] since last Thursday. ...

    Article : 24 words
  28. LABOUR IN AMERICA.

    The workmen employed in building iron structures in the United States are agitating for an increase in their wages on May 1. They allege that they are not sharing ...

    Article : 76 words
  29. COMMERCIAL TELEGRAMS

    Copper.—Monday's closing quotations were as follows:—Spot, £62/15/[?] or an advance of £1/17/6 since last Friday; three months, £63/2/6, or an advance of £2. ...

    Article : 66 words
  30. THE HALL DIVORCE CASE.

    The divorce case, Hall v. Hall and Wilson, was called on for the last time at the Supreme Court this morning. The respondent, Mrs. Hall, and the co-respondent, ...

    Article : 86 words
  31. THE LONDON WOOL SALES.

    The following private messages have been received:- By the Australian Mortgage, Land, and Finance Company Limited, from Messrs. ...

    Article : 143 words
  32. THE BUBONIC PLAGUE.

    A lasear on a steamer from Bombay has died of bubonic plague at Cape Town. The passengers had all landed before the discovery was made. ...

    Article : 42 words
  33. LAW NOTICES (This Day)[?]

    At Half-past 10 a.m.—Hibbeler v. Morris (part heard), Bayne v. Fitzg[?]rald. First Civil Court. (Before Mr. Justice [?]ood.) ...

    Article : 197 words
  34. MAIL STEAMERS.

    P. and O. Co.'s R.M.S. Ar[?]dia arrived at Suez from Australia on the 9th inst. P. and O. Co.'s R.M.S. Rome arrived at Plymouth from Australia on the 8th inst. ...

    Article : 35 words
  35. NEW INSOLVENTS.

    John Nance, school teacher, Daylesford[?] Liabilities, £448/4/5; assets, £27/4/; de[?]ciency, £421/0/5[?] Causes of insolvency— Pressure of creditors and want of ...

    Article : 54 words
  36. S.S. SIERRA AT AUCKLAND.

    The steamer Si[?]rra, from S[?]n Francisco, arrived this morning. Passengers for Sydney:—Mesdames Ham, Betts, Alves, Doyle, S. L[?]e, Hill, and Jackson, Misses [?]am (two), M. Neylon, M'Carthy, ...

    Article : 109 words
  37. G.M.S. RHEIN AT FREMANTLE.

    The German mail steamer Rhein arrived early this morning, and sailed at a quarter past 12 p.m. Saloon passengers:- For Fremanti[?]—Mr. H. D. Holmes and family, ...

    Article : 125 words
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    If you want a really high-class Plug Tobacco, try the very latest—Wills'[?] cele[?] [?] ...

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