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  2. SCHOOL WORK AND EXAMINATIONS.

    It is noteworthy that at the recent school celebrations the relation which examinations bear to the ordinary schoolwork was referred to by more than one ...

    Article : 1,409 words
  3. ADELAIDE AND LONDON TELEGRAPH.

    The Committee of London wool importers have decided to limit the series of next year's wool operations to four sales. The date of first sale has been fixed for ...

    Article : 79 words
  4. THE NEW SOUTH WALES LOAN.

    The New South Wales Loan of £3,000,000, which was successfully floated during the week with over 250 per cent. of a surplus, has already advanced in price, and now ...

    Article : 35 words
  5. A COLONIAL COUNCIL IN LONDON.

    Sir Henry Parkes, writing in the Century, advocates the formation of an Australian Council to represent the colonies in England. He proposes that ...

    Article : 80 words
  6. BELT V. LAWES.

    The defendant in the celebrated case of Belt v. Lawes having declined, notwithstanding the reduction of the verdict of £5,000 to £500, proposed by the plaintiff ...

    Article : 50 words
  7. [RECEIVED December 23, 10 p.m.]

    Details of the fighting at Sontay and the capture of that town by the French troops are to hand. After a vigorous resistance the French made their way in to ...

    Article : 130 words
  8. MORE TROUBLE IN EGYPT.

    Dissensions are reported in all the tribes near Suakin, one of the principal stations for pilgrims to Arabia, and also in the district of Berber, en route to ...

    Article : 33 words
  9. [RECEIVED December 23, 7.25 p.m.]

    Messrs. Dixon and Howard Spensley, late of the Chartered Bank of Australia, at Melbourne, and also Sir Julius Vogel, of New Zealand, have been appointed by ...

    Article : 67 words
  10. REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.

    The P. & O. Steam Navigation Company's s.s. Ballaarat, which left Adelaide on November 24, arrived here on the 10th inst. ...

    Article : 54 words
  11. ILBERT'S BILL.

    The Government have intimated their intention of accepting a compromise in regard to Mr. Ilbert's Bill for India. An amended measure will be drawn up, under ...

    Article : 65 words
  12. ACCIDENT TO THE CZAR OF RUSSIA.

    An accident occurred to-day to the Czar while out hunting. His Majesty fell from his horse, which resulted in an injury to his shoulder. It is not ...

    Article : 46 words
  13. REPORTED OCCUPATION OF SONTAY.

    It is currently reported here that the French troops under the command of Admiral Courbet have taken the fortress of Sontay. ...

    Article : 40 words
  14. H.M.S. DRYAD FOR AUSTRALIA.

    H.M. corvette Tourmaline, of the Australian Station, will shortly be replaced by the war-sloop Dryad, which has been in Madagascar waters. ...

    Article : 26 words
  15. RUSSIAN INVASION OF INDIA.

    A detailed plan drawn up by the late Russian General Skobeleff, in which that eminent military authority showed how it would be possible to carry out a Russian ...

    Article : 46 words
  16. THE EXPLOSION ON THE CALEDONIAN RAILWAY.

    The trial of the ten prisoners who were arrested by the Glasgow police in September last, charged with being concerned in the dynamite explosion on the ...

    Article : 69 words
  17. THE FRENCH STEAMERS.

    In consequence of the strike of seamen on board the French Messageries Mari-times steamers at Marseilles, the Company is now engaging Bailors from foreign ...

    Article : 31 words
  18. [RECEIVED December 23, 7 p.m.]

    The London Stock Exchange is closed till Thursday on account of the holidays. The quantity of wheat afloat is 1,940,000 Quarters. ...

    Article : 76 words
  19. ABYSSINIANS MENACING.

    The Abyssinians, who have long coveted the town and port of Massoneh, on the Red Sea, are now menacing it, and it is feared that, owing to the powerlessness of ...

    Article : 45 words
  20. THE WOOL AUCTIONS.

    The next wool sales will open on February 12, and 30,000 bales have arrived to date. Four hundred thousand bales will be offered. Probably at the sales the ...

    Article : 69 words
  21. CRISIS IN SPAIN.

    The Spanish Cortes have given an adverse vote against the Ministry, and a crisis is now imminent, as it is understood that a resignation will take place. ...

    Article : 31 words
  22. WARNING RE NEW GUINEA.

    Earl Derby has warned the public against joining in schemes for taking up land in New Guinea. He intimates that if speculators purchase or pretend to ...

    Article : 57 words
  23. CAPTURE OF SONTAY.

    Advices from Admiral Courbet state that he has succeeded in capturing the fortress of Sontay. The French troops made a determined onslaught on the ...

    Article : 79 words
  24. PRICES OF WHEAT.

    The market for wheat remains unchanged. Australian wheat ex store is quoted at from 46s. 6d. to 47s. per quarter. ...

    Article : 27 words
  25. [RECEIVED December 23, 11.10 p.m.]

    Replying to a deputation that waited upon him to-day, Mr. Gladstone announced that it was the intention of the Government on the reassembling of Parliament ...

    Article : 56 words
  26. BISHOP OF RIVERINA.

    The Rev. Sydney Linton, M.A., Vicar of St. Philip, Heigham, Norwich, has been appointed Anglican Bishop of the Diocese of Riverina, in New South Wales. ...

    Article : 46 words
  27. LONDON WOOL SALES.

    Messrs. Helmuth Schwartze & Co. telegraph as under:—"London, December 21.—Wool Sales—The February series have been fixed to commence on the 12th. The ...

    Article : 72 words
  28. THE VICTORIAN RAILWAY CHAIRMAN.

    At the banquet given to Mr. Spaight, the newly appointed Chairman of the Victorian Railway Board, there were fully 300 gentlemen present. Earl Derby ...

    Article : 112 words
  29. NATIVE AFFAIRS IN NEW ZEALAND.

    The long-standing "native difficulty" in New Zealand is at an end. In October, 1881, Mr. John Bryce was called to the office of Native Minister when the colony ...

    Article : 5,778 words
  30. COLONIAL TELEGRAMS.

    The following have been chosen as members of the fourth Australian Eleven to visit England:—Alexander, Bannerman, Blackham, Bonnor, Boyle, Cooper, Giffen ...

    Article : 853 words
  31. COLONIAL BORROWING.

    The London Standard, in commenting on the present operations of the Colonial Governments in the London money market, expresses the opinion that at ...

    Article : 40 words
  32. AMERICA CLAIMS PANAMA CANAL.

    Mr. Frelinghuysen, the United States Secretary of State, has written a memorandum, in which he takes up the question of the Panama Canal and its ...

    Article : 110 words
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