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  2. The Sydney Morning Herald.

    AT the request of Mr. Copeland, Sir George Dibbs has notified Mr. Hindle that under the exceptional circumstances of the case he will arrange for the motion of which that gentleman ...

    Article : 7,853 words
  3. VICTORIA. [BY TELEGRAPH.] (FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT.) DIFFICULTY WITH COAL-LUMPERS.

    Contrary to expectation, the coal-lumpers at Geelong refused at the last moment to handle the cargo on the steamship Age at the rates of 1s per hour day labour and 1s 6d per hour night work, ...

    Article : 135 words
  4. SPECLAL CABLES.

    News from South Africa states that Major Goold-Adams, with 500 men and four Maxim guns, is starting from Buluwayo for the Shangani River to inter the ...

    Article : 134 words
  5. IN PARLIAMENT.

    The Legislative Council sat for a little [?] an hour yesterday, and got through all the business on the paper. The House, on the motion of Mr. Combes, directed a call of hon. members to be ...

    Article : 1,124 words
  6. SPECIAL CABLES.

    London Truth reports that the accounts of the recent illness of H.R.H. the Princess of Walas were exaggerated, but that nevertheless it is certain that the Princess ...

    Article : 47 words
  7. THE GERMAN EMPEROR AND PRINCE BISMARCK.

    The Emperor William of Germany has invited Prince Bismarck to join in the celebration of the birthday festivities in Berlin, and has assigned him rooms in the ...

    Article : 37 words
  8. THE EASTERN SUBURBS ELECTORATE.

    The nominations for the vacancy in the electorate of the Eastern Suburbs caused by the acceptance of Mr. Gillies of the Agent-Generalship were receivable to-day. The only nomination ...

    Article : 49 words
  9. THE EGYPTIAN QUESTION.

    Lord Cromer, G.C.M.G., the British Consul-General and Minister Plenipotentiary at Cairo, has demanded an apology from the Khedive, Abbas Pasha, for his ...

    Article : 157 words
  10. FREEHOLD INVESTMENT BANKING COMPANY.

    The liquidation of the Freehold Investment Banking Company applied to Mr. Justice Williams in Chambers to-day for a "balance order" calling upon the contributories in Victoria to pay ...

    Article : 35 words
  11. THE CRISIS IN SERVIA.

    The decree by virtue of which ex-King Milan and Queen Natalie were expelled from Servia has been cancelled. M. G. A. Simitsch, the late Servian ...

    Article : 62 words
  12. ACTION FOR LIBEL.

    The libel action brought by James Hayes, jockey, against the propristons of the Austral[?]s was mentioned by Mr. Justice Williams in Chambers to-day, when Mr. Mitchell applied on ...

    Article : 56 words
  13. BROKEN HILL PROPRIETARY COMPANY.

    The seventeenth half-yearly general m[?]ting of the Broken Hill Proprietary S. N. Company was held to-day. Mr. Bowes Kelly occupied the chair. The attendance was small. By the balance-sheet ...

    Article : 200 words
  14. THE AMERICAN TARIFF.

    The United States House of Representatives has placed coal on the free list in the new tariff. ...

    Article : 29 words
  15. MR. BALFOUR AT MANCHESTER.

    In his speech at Manchester, Mr. J. A. Balfour, the leader of the Opposition, said that every party would welcome with heartfelt satisfaction what would be the greatest ...

    Article : 66 words
  16. THE FRENCH IN AFRICA.

    A French column has seized Tirnbuctoo, in the African Sahara, tapping the British hinterland. It is understood that this action is in ...

    Article : 44 words
  17. ITALY AND THE TRIPLE ALLIANCE.

    The Marquis di Badini, ex-Minister for Foreign Affairs in Italy, explicitly denies having attempted to overthrow the Triple Alliance. ...

    Article : 26 words
  18. A SHIPMENT OF CAPE FRUIT.

    The first consignment of Cape of Good Hope fresh fruit, shipped to London by a new ventilating process, has arrived in excellent condition. ...

    Article : 35 words
  19. HEAT AND BUSH FIRES.

    The weather continues excessively hot. The thermometer to-day showed a maximum of slightly over 90 degrees in the shade, but the heat was of the "steamy" kind, and much less endurable ...

    Article : 40 words
  20. INDIA COUNCIL BILLS.

    The Bank of England has made no allotment of India Council bills this week. Tenderers offered 14 15-16d. The India Council made a special allotment of a ...

    Article : 44 words
  21. A MILITARY APPOINTMENT.

    Lieutenant Percy Deamond Fitzgerald, of the Victorian Field Artillery (son of Mr. N. Fitzgerald, M.L.C.), who recently passed a first-rate examination, has been ...

    Article : 35 words
  22. SUICIDES.

    A man named Hermann Schracken, who was admitted to the Melbourne Hospital this morning suffering from the effects of poison self-administered, died two hours' after admission. ...

    Article : 118 words
  23. THE LIBERATOR BUILDING SOCIETY FRAUDS.

    It is anticipated that the trial of Jabez Spencer Balfour, the defaulting director of the Liberator Building Society, who has been arrested in the Argentine Republic, ...

    Article : 120 words
  24. N. Z. LOAN AND MERCANTILE AGENCY COMPANY.

    The terminable debenture-holders and the holders of 1888 dobenture stock in the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company are forming a ...

    Article : 40 words
  25. THE CORBETT-MITCHELL FIGHT.

    The Duval Club at Jacksonville, Florida, has obtained an injunction restraining the Sheriff from stooping the fight between James J. Corbett and C. Mitchell. ...

    Article : 69 words
  26. PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION.

    The election of a member of the Legislative Assembly for Windermere to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Mr. M. Butterby look place to-day. The candidates were Messrs. W. ...

    Article : 51 words
  27. TARRAWINGEE FLUX COMPANY.

    The half-yearly meeting of the Tarrawinges Flax Company was held to-day. The report stated that during the six months the sum of £18,851 had been paid in interi[?] dividends, ...

    Article : 49 words
  28. SECRETARY TO THE VICTORIAN AGENCY-GENERAL.

    The Victorian Government has cabled to Mr. C. H. Pearson, secretary to the Victorian Agency-General, intimating that he will be superannuated at the end of ...

    Article : 34 words
  29. SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    The Customs receipts for December amount to £44,996. At the end of last session the country party tried to reduce the Railway Estimates by £15,000, in ...

    Article : 182 words
  30. QUEENSLAND.

    The case of J. E. B. Hammond, Government agent on the labour schooner Ariel, has been considered by the Erecutive. The principal charge against Hammond was neglecting to accompany ...

    Article : 59 words
  31. MERCANTILE BANK OF AUSTRALIA.

    The official receiver of the Mercantile Bank of Australia, Limited, has requested the liquidators in Melbourne to furnish an account of the affairs of the bank up to ...

    Article : 52 words
  32. TO-DAY.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 58 words
  33. A RUMOURED QUEENSLAND LOAN.

    The Colonial Treasurer, who has been interviewed, denies that a Queensland loan is about to be floated. There are no public works requiring a loan, and no votes are authorised. Parliament is ...

    Article : 63 words
  34. THE FROZEN MEAT TRADE.

    Mr. W. Weddall, of Messrs. Weddell and Co., the agent for the Queensland Meat Export Company, states that Messrs. Wells and Co., at Port Said, have ...

    Article : 128 words
  35. FOUNDERING OF THE STEAMER KANOHOOKA.

    The port master received a telegram this evening stating that the telegraph operator at Karumba, a port of Normanton, on the Gulf of Carpent[?], reports that the Vigilant ...

    Article : 72 words
  36. TASMANIA.

    The Church Congress continued its sittings to-day. In the morning the Bishops of Nelson read a papar on "The Supply and Training of the Clergy." He insis[?] that it was just as much a ...

    Article : 100 words
  37. NEW ZEALAND.

    The cricket match, the N.S.W. team versus Hawkes Bay, was continued to-day, and resulted is a victory for the visitors by an innings and 13 runs. The first innings of N.S.W. closed ...

    Article : 105 words
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