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  2. COPYRIGHT AND THE CYCLORAMA.

    The plaintiffs who complain of the exhibition of the Cyclorama of Jerusalem in Adelaide have won their case so far as the application of the law of copyright to ...

    Article : 8,504 words
  3. THE WINDSOR TRAGEDY.

    The Attorney-General has forwarded a reply to the request of Dr. Henny on behalf of the Victorian Branch of the British Medical Association that in the ...

    Article : 245 words
  4. CRICKET IN ENGLAND.

    An important and interesting cricket match was begun at the Trent Bridge Ground, Nottingham, to-day. The proceeds were for the benefit of Alfred ...

    Article : 148 words
  5. ADELAIDE AND LONDON TELEGRAPH.

    In the House of Commons this afternoon Baron de Worms, Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies, was cross-examined by a number of members who had ...

    Article : 132 words
  6. AUSTRALIAN FINANCES.

    A telegram received from Melbourne announcing that Victoria is awaiting a chance to float a loan on the London market for two million has created ...

    Article : 110 words
  7. SIR R. G. W. HERBERT, K.C.B.

    A dinner was given last night to Sir Robert G. W. Herbert, K.C.B., D.C.L. (Oxon), LL.D. (Camb.), on the occasion of his retiring from the position of ...

    Article : 147 words
  8. COMMERCIAL.

    The present stools of copper in England and France amount to 49,900 tons. The quantity advised from Chili and Australia amounts to 3,750 tons. ...

    Article : 61 words
  9. SIR WILLIAM JERVOIS.

    Lieutenant-General Sir William Jerrois, ex-Governor of South Australia and New Zealand, will leave London by the New Zealand Shipping Company's Royal mail ...

    Article : 48 words
  10. LONDON COUNTY COUNCIL.

    The London County Council propose during the next eighteen months to expend £1,600,000 upon public works, including £420,000 for providing house ...

    Article : 48 words
  11. PERSIA.

    Persia has raised a loan in London in order to pay off the Tobacco Corporation. Site has adopted this method of abolishing the monopoly in the trade in ...

    Article : 56 words
  12. BRITISH SHIPPING.

    From Melbourne—Celestial Empire, ship, sailed January 22 ; Drumpark, ship, sailed January 19; Loch Canon, ship, sailed January 16 ; Ronena, ship, sailed ...

    Article : 232 words
  13. [RECEIVED May 17,11.50 a.m.]

    Miss Frances Saville, the Australian vocalist, has entered into an engagement to sing at the Brussels Opera-house for two years. ...

    Article : 31 words
  14. IRELAND.

    Messrs. John O'Leary and William Redmond, on behalf of subscribers, have presented James Stephens, the Fenian, with a house in Dublin. Mr. Redmond ...

    Article : 43 words
  15. DEEMING AS THE WHITECHAPEL FINED.

    Evidence of a most sensational character, bearing on Deeining's identity with the notorious Jack the Ripper, has been placed before us within the last day or two which should ...

    Article : 985 words
  16. COLONIAL FRUIT.

    Messrs. Wliito & Co. report that the apples sent by the Fanners' Co-operative Association by the Victoria and the Valetta are of a splendid quality, being ...

    Article : 66 words
  17. THE RUSSIAN FAMINE.

    Owing to the famine in Russia the Czar has ordered the effecting of considerable retrenchment in all branches of the public service. He has also directed ...

    Article : 54 words
  18. GENERAL BOOTH'S OVERSEA COLONY.

    With reference to the oversea colony which General Booth desires to establish in connection with the social wing of the Salvation Army, the General is sounding ...

    Article : 87 words
  19. COLONEL FRENCH.

    Colonel French, formerly Commandant of the Queensland forces, has been appointed Chief Instructor of Artillery at Woolwich. ...

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  20. MELBOURNE METROPOLITAN GAS COMPANY.

    The average price offered by tenderers for the loan of £50,000 for the Metropolitan Gas Company of Melbourne, paying interest at 4½ per cent., was £104 ...

    Article : 41 words
  21. THE QUEBEC SCANDALS.

    The case of the Government of Quebec against Mr. Ernest Pacaud, editor of Mr. Honors' Mercier's newspaper, for the recovery of 8100,000 (about £25,000) in ...

    Article : 78 words
  22. [RECEIVED May 17, 6.45 p.m.]

    The Duke and Duchess of Abercorn propose to visit Australia shortly. The Duke, who is a Conservative in politics, is the Lord Lieutenant of Donegal. ...

    Article : 39 words
  23. WINDING UP A FINANCIAL INSTITUTION.

    At a general meeting of the union Finance, Guarantee, and Investment Company to-day the balance-sheet to March 31 showed the total liabilities to ...

    Article : 125 words
  24. THE BRITISH BUDGET.

    Resolutions agreeing to the proposals of the Right Hon. G. J. Goschen's Budget have been carried in the House of Commons. ...

    Article : 24 words
  25. THE VICTORIAN RAILWAY COMMISSIONERS.

    A full statement of the cause of the suspension of the Railway Commissioners was placed before both Houses of Parliament to-day without a single word of ...

    Article : 283 words
  26. COLONIAL TELEGRAMS.

    At a meeting of the Metropolitan Fire Brigades Board to-day the competitive designs for a central lire station were considered. Messrs. Smith and Johnson ...

    Article : 43 words
  27. THE QUEEN'S BIRTHDAY UNITED GOLD-MINING COMPANY.

    The prospectus of the Queen's Birth-day United Gold-mining Company, with a nominal capital of £150,000, has been issued. ...

    Article : 25 words
  28. THE RISING IN PAHANG.

    It transpires that the Sultan of Pahang, in the Malay Peninsula, is acting with the Imperial troops and not against them. With 500 followers he is now pursuing ...

    Article : 45 words
  29. NEW SOUTH WALES.

    The Royal Commission appointed to enquire into the charges brought against the Railway Commissioners by Mr. Schey, M.L.A., met to-day, but ...

    Article : 116 words
  30. IMPORTANT WILL SUIT.

    An action has been begun for the revocation of the probate of the will of the late Mr. George Anthoness, wine and spirit merchant and brewer, of ...

    Article : 139 words
  31. TASMANIA AND THE FEDERAL SPIRIT.

    Mr. Clarke (Attorney-General) leaves in the Pateena to-morrow for Melbourne en route for Sydney, where he will meet Mr. Fysh (Premier). They will visit the ...

    Article : 48 words
  32. GENERAL RAINS IN QUEENSLAND.

    Rain has been general over the greater part of the colony, and heavy falls are reported m many parts of the western pastoral districts, where rain was much ...

    Article : 39 words
  33. NEW ZEALAND.

    Mr. John Martin, member of the Legislative Council, died to-day at the age of seventy-one. During the voyage of the ketch ...

    Article : 97 words
  34. THE RIVER DISTRICT.

    The following rains are reported to-day :—Mungundi, 280 points; Collarendabri, 760; Mogil Mogil, 500; Walgett, 190 ; Goodooga, 300 ; Bourke ...

    Article : 226 words
  35. DEAR MEAT AT BROKEN HILL.

    Owing to the continued drought, the scarcity of good stock, the necessity of trucking sheep from Hergott (South Australia), and the heavy expenses engendered ...

    Article : 71 words
  36. A DERELICT LUGGER.

    The Glanworth arrived at Cooktown last night with the lugger Siakio, of Sydney, in tow. Captain Sinclair reports finding her about three miles cast of Cape ...

    Article : 156 words
  37. REVOLTING CRUELTY TO INFANTS.

    A shocking case of baby-farming was revealed at the inquest on a baby at Carlton today. The evidence showed that a woman named Mrs. Elizabeth ...

    Article : 152 words
  38. A CONDEMNED CRIMINAL AND THE DOCTORS.

    The executive Council to-day considered the case of the prisoner Cecil, who is under sentence of death for the murder of a woman near Tumberumba. ...

    Article : 67 words
  39. THE CONDEMNED MAN'S WILL.

    In addition to the assignment of his property to Mr. Marshall Lyle, hit solicitor (says the Standard), Deeming has mada a will, which will be proved after his death. Miss ...

    Article : 161 words
  40. EMBEZZLEMENT AND FORGERY.

    Henry Walter Erles at the City Court to-day was brought up on six separate charges of embezzlement and five others of forgery, the total sum involved being ...

    Article : 61 words
  41. UNFORTUNATE STRIKE OF COPPER SMELTERS.

    The men employed at the Hunter River Copper-smelting Works, Waratah, resumed work this morning after a strike lasting five months. The men have ...

    Article : 64 words
  42. A PROVIDENTIAL RAINFALL.

    The heaviest rainfall at Mansfield for some years past began about yesterday at midnight. Up to this evening over 2½ inches had fallen, breaking up the most ...

    Article : 41 words
  43. OCEAN MAIL SERVICE.

    The Orient arrived at Plymouth on the morning of May 14. ...

    Article : 14 words
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