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  2. ANOTHER SOCIAL PROBLEM.

    The position of clerks Is just now attracting some attention. The salaries paid for clerical work are, as a rule, very small, and the supply is usually in excess ...

    Article : 6,780 words
  3. ADELAIDE AND LONDON TELEGRAPH.

    The feeling as to the prospects of the forthcoming Victorian 3½ per Cent. Loan of £4,000,000 is more sanguine. It is believed that it is likely to average £101 ...

    Article : 100 words
  4. THE DARLING FLOODS.

    An additional gang of 100 navvies with timber and implements to be used with a view of strengthening the embankments around Bourke was dispatched by special ...

    Article : 297 words
  5. THE COLONIZATION COMMITTEE.

    Sir Frederick Napier Broome, K.C.M.G., late Governor of Western Australia, and Sir Thomas Cockburn Campbell, Bart, one of the delegates ...

    Article : 113 words
  6. PRESIDENT CARNOT AND THE QUEEN.

    Comment has been made about the conduct of the President of the French Republic (M. Sadi Carnot). He was lately at Aix-les-Bains, where the Queen ...

    Article : 54 words
  7. ADELAIDE CUP DAY.

    Thanks to the combined influences of along dry summer and the depredations of locusts the outlook from Morphettville on Cup Day was not as green and ...

    Article : 5,104 words
  8. THE SILVER MARKET.

    Bar silver is quoted at 45d per oz. The rise in price is owing to the effect that important legislative proposals are pending in the Congress of the United States ...

    Article : 53 words
  9. H. M. STANLEY.

    It is reported that Mr. H. M. Stanley will shortly be appointed as Governor of British East Africa. ...

    Article : 35 words
  10. [RECEIVED April 17, 9.25 p m.]

    The Joint Committee of the Senate and the Home of Representatives in the United States propose that the Treasury shall buy 4,500,000 oz. of silver monthly. ...

    Article : 43 words
  11. [RECEIVED April 17, 8.15 p.m.]

    The Standard, in Its financial article this morning, states that there is no enthusiasm about the loan, but interested Syndicates will secure its being well covered. ...

    Article : 34 words
  12. THE PAN-AMERICAN CONGRESS.

    The sittings of the Pan-American Congress have been discontinued. The Congress is generally regarded as a failure, and its proceedings will be virtually resultless. ...

    Article : 40 words
  13. THE BANK RATE.

    The Governors of the Bank of England have to-day reduced the Bank rate of interest to 3 per cent. ...

    Article : 32 words
  14. [RECEIVED April 18, 12.5 a.m.]

    The success of the new Victorian Loan is assured, and it will probably be quoted at a premium of £l? per cent. It is expected that heavy tendering will be the order of the day. ...

    Article : 45 words
  15. LABOUR TROUBLES.

    The Directors of the Hoffman Brick Company to-day notified to their men on strike that one of the brickyards would be closed for alterations, and that those ...

    Article : 375 words
  16. [RECEIVED April 18, 1.50 a.m.]

    Tenders for the Victorian Loan have been opened. The amount required has been far more than covered, and the premium is estimated roughly at 36s. ...

    Article : 35 words
  17. THE WOOL SALES.

    At the wool tales to-day the market was brisk. Scoured Merinos realized one penny, good greasies a halfpenny, and inferior greasies a penny below the ...

    Article : 45 words
  18. THE UNITED STATES TARIFF.

    The Committee of Ways and Means has reported the Republican Tariff Bill to the House of Representatives in the United States. After making hides and sugar ...

    Article : 76 words
  19. THE YORK CONVOCATION.

    The Upper House of the York Convocation, which ia now sitting, has upon the motion of the Right Rev. Dr. Moor-house, Bishop of Manchester, formerly ...

    Article : 144 words
  20. THE BREADSTUFFS MARKET.

    An Australian cargo of wheat for prompt shipment has been told at 35s. per quarter. ...

    Article : 27 words
  21. [RECEIVED April 17, 4.15 p.m.]

    The Hon. James White's colts, Narellan and Kirkham, performed a good striding gallop of a mile and a half to-day. ...

    Article : 32 words
  22. MADAME MELBA.

    Madame Melba (Mrs. Armstrong), the well-known Australian singer, appeared last night in Paris as Marguerite. In this character she scored the greatest success made since Patti appeared. ...

    Article : 37 words
  23. [RECEIVED April 17, 5 p.m.]

    Mr. S. H. Parker, one of the delegates from Western Australia in connection with the Enabling Bill, intends to return to the colony by the P. & O. s. s. Oceans, ...

    Article : 42 words
  24. BANK ROBBERY IN INDIA.

    A native cashier employed in India by the Chartered Bank of India, Australia, and China, has been found guilty of large defalcations. ...

    Article : 56 words
  25. [RECEIVED April 17, 9.25 p.m.]

    The Right Hon. James Lowther, M.P., has resigned his position as Steward of the Jockey Club. Mr. J. H. Houldsworth has been elected in his place. ...

    Article : 38 words
  26. THE EIGHT-HOURS MOVEMENT.

    The Socialists declare that there need be no fear about the observance of May Day in honour of the eight-hours movement, They assert that the day will be observed peacefully everywhere. ...

    Article : 47 words
  27. CAPTAIN KANE.

    Captain Kane, who commanded H.M.S. Calliope during the storm at Samoa that year, is now an applicant for the command of the gunnery ship Excellent, now ...

    Article : 31 words
  28. COLONIAL TELEGRAMS.

    A meeting of members of Parliament to-day decided to welcome Mr. Munro, leader of the Opposition, on the return to the colony from Europe, by a popular ...

    Article : 181 words
  29. RAID ON A BETTING CLUB.

    The police during last night made a raid upon the Fidelio Club, a low betting resort In Soho. They succeeded in arresting fifty-seven ...

    Article : 44 words
  30. PORTUGESE RAILWAY LOAN.

    The attempt of the Portugese Government to float a loan for the building of railways has been a complete fiasco. ...

    Article : 24 words
  31. MISS AMY HORTON.

    Miss Amy Horton, the well-known burlesque actress, who lately played in Adelaide, will shortly appear in London in a new burlesque written by Mr. Fergus Hume ...

    Article : 39 words
  32. LABOUR RIOT IN SILESIA.

    The miners In Silesia are out on strike for higher wages and shorter hours of work. Serious riots have taken place in various parts of the province, but these have now been suppressed by the military. ...

    Article : 49 words
  33. THE BOOTMAKERS' STRIKE.

    The strike of bootmakers in the East-End of London still continues. The masters, however, have decided to submit the difficulty to arbitration. ...

    Article : 34 words
  34. THE STORM KING.

    The lifeboat Storm King, which left London on September 7 and arrived at Cape Town on March 2, has sailed from the latter port for Melbourne. ...

    Article : 29 words
  35. LIBELLING A RAILWAY COMMISSIONER.

    At the Water Police Court to-day Solomon Josephs, proprietor and editor of the Tamworth News, was charged with having published an article reflecting on ...

    Article : 129 words
  36. ALLEGED DROWNING OF AN INSOLVENT.

    A warrant has been issued for Alfred G. Jones, mercantile broker, who disappeared on March 24 under circumstances apparently indicating that he had been ...

    Article : 73 words
  37. THE INFLUENZA EPIDEMIC.

    Influenza is becoming very prevalent throughout the city and suburbs, but the disease is not of a virulent form. Auckland, April 17. A death from influenza occurred at Christchurch to-day. ...

    Article : 49 words
  38. QUEENSLAND.

    The R.M.S. Tara, which was floated this morning, resumed her voyage in the evening after again taking in the cargo which had been lightered. ...

    Article : 29 words
  39. NEW ZEALAND.

    The Government contemplate offering a large reward for an improved process of treating flax. The approximate trade returns for the ...

    Article : 79 words
  40. INTERCOLONIAL RAILWAY PASSENGER TRAFFIC.

    Boudoir passengers per express to Adelaide:—Messrs. Wald, P. Begg, J. Arthur, Cumming, C. H. Anderson, Kirby, J. P. Segoe. C. Booth ...

    Article : 105 words
  41. THE ST. KILDA MURDER.

    The trial of Henry Bennett, charged with the murder of his uncle, George Thomas May, at St. Kilda, on March 24, commenced to-day. A plea of ...

    Article : 59 words
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  43. THE SYDNEY DYNAMITE CASE.

    The trial of Thomas Cosgrove, auctioneer, on at charge arising out of the dynamite explosion which caused such a sensation in the city months ago, was ...

    Article : 70 words
  44. NORTHERN TERRITORY.

    The earnings of the Palmerston and Pine Creek Railway for the week ended April 12 were £335. The Chingtu arrived on Tuesday ...

    Article : 135 words
  45. PROVINCIAL TELEGRAMS.

    Mr. McGregor, Chairman of the Broken Hill Proprietary Board, accompanied by the metallurgist, Mr. Schlapp, inspected the Refinery Works to-day. Mr. McGregor left ...

    Article : 160 words
  46. FATAL TRAM ACCIDENT.

    A child named Victoria Bromley, three year of age, was run over by a tramcar in Queensberry-street to-day. She was taken to the Melbourne Hospital, but expired almost immediately after admission. ...

    Article : 42 words
  47. OCEAN MAIL SERVICE.

    The Victoria left Colombo on Monday evening, 14th inst, outwards. ...

    Article : 15 words
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    Advertising : 60 words
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