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  2. COLONIAL PARLIAMENTS.

    In the Legislative Council to-day the Publication of Rolls Bill passed, also the Bill providing for the construction of a line to the South Gippsland coal mines. Sir. Davis ...

    Article : 282 words
  3. TERRIBLE MASSACRE IN CHINA.

    The anti-foreign and anti-Christian spirit in China has again exhibited its existence in a terribly ruthless fashion. Father Minn, a French priest, and a ...

    Article : 51 words
  4. ADELAIDE AND LONDON TELEGRAPH.

    Following upon the dismissal of the Liberal Administration of the Hon. Honore Mercier, owing to implication in the Chaleur Say Railway scandal, a ...

    Article : 57 words
  5. FINANCIAL TROUBLES IN MELBOURNE.

    For several weeks past the suspension of payment by some Building Society or by one or other of the lesser banking institutions has been an almost ...

    Article : 8,943 words
  6. AMERICA AND CANADA.

    Within the past six months the United States military forces on the Canadian frontier have been trebled as a matter of precaution. ...

    Article : 38 words
  7. DEATH OF THE DUKE OF DEVONSHIRE.

    The death is announced of the Duke of Devonshire, the father of the Liberal Unionist leader, the Marquis of Hartington, at the age of 83. ...

    Article : 40 words
  8. A SOCIETY SCANDAL.

    Great interest has been excited in a case in which Mrs. Osborne sued Major and Mrs. Hargreaves, of Torquay, South Devon, for slander. ...

    Article : 154 words
  9. [RECEIVED December 22, 6.58 p.m.]

    The Unionist newspapers throughout Great Britain eulogize the late Duke of Devonshire, and deplore the transfer of Lord Hartington from the House of Commons to the House of ...

    Article : 46 words
  10. NEW SOUTH WALES.

    In the Legislative Council to-day it was decided that on rising to-morrow the House adjourn till January 12. The amendments of the Assembly in the Bill amending the law ...

    Article : 298 words
  11. THE RUSSIAN FAMINE.

    The Grand Duke Nicholas, the heir-apparent to the throne, the Grand Duke George, and the Grand Duka Michael, the three sons of the Emperor of Russia. ...

    Article : 87 words
  12. [RECEIVED December 22, 9.45 a.m.]

    Commander Walcot, of the South Australian warship Protector, intends to leave London, on his return to Adelaide, by the P. & O. steamer Oceana on January 8. ...

    Article : 42 words
  13. SEVERE WEATHER IN ENGLAND.

    The weather in England continues to be very severe. Now a sharp frost has set in. Open spaces of water are frozen over. ...

    Article : 82 words
  14. MR. GLADSTONE REFUSED FREEDOM OF LIVERPOOL.

    The corporation of Liverpool have refused to grant the freedom of the City to the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone, M.P. ...

    Article : 27 words
  15. WOMEN'S COLLEGE, SYDNEY.

    Miss Louisa MacDonald, Master of Arts, of the London University, has been appointed Principal of the Women's College, Sydney. ...

    Article : 22 words
  16. LORD SHEFFIELD'S CRICKETERS.

    The first of a series of club matches in Melbourne by Lord Sheffield's team began on the Melbourne Cricket Ground to-day, their opponents being sixteen of the M.C.C. The ...

    Article : 294 words
  17. BRITISH SHIPPING.

    From Sydney—Port Victor, s.s., sailed October 13, via Newcastle October 15, Rockhampton October 28, and Townsville October 31. ...

    Article : 42 words
  18. THE CHARGE AGAINST A COMMONER.

    Mr. George W. Hastings, M.P. for East Worcester, who was arrested on a charge of obtaining £15,000 by fraud from the trustees under a will, has been ...

    Article : 48 words
  19. COLONIAL TELEGRAMS.

    Messrs. George James Ward, John Allen Smith, and Reuben Richard Felstead, of South Yarra, trading as the Red Cross Preserving Company, sequestrated their estate to-day. ...

    Article : 61 words
  20. NEW SOUTH WALES.

    Judge McFarland to-day resigned his position as District Court Judge. ...

    Article : 16 words
  21. QUEENSLAND SHEARING.

    Information has reached the police that a large number of mounted and fully equipped men have reached Clermont, and are preparing to camp there, apparently in readiness for the ...

    Article : 122 words
  22. QUEENSLAND.

    In connection with the Eurimbla-Lismore collision and the suspension of Mr. Burney's certificate by the Marine Board Mr. Justice Real has printed a rule nisi, calling upon the ...

    Article : 43 words
  23. THURSDAY ISLAND.

    Mr. J. Douglas, C.M.G., the Government Resident, returned to-day from a trip up the Batavia River. The Presbyterian federal Mission to Aborigines has been fairly started ...

    Article : 56 words
  24. PROPOSED LABOUR COLONY IN VICTORIA.

    A deputation representing the Charity Organization Society asked the Chief Secretary to-day for assistance towards founding a labour colony in Victoria on the model of the ...

    Article : 73 words
  25. DEATH OF A WELL-KNOWN SCIENTIST.

    Mr. T. S. Ralph, M.R.C.S., died at his residence at Kew to-day at the age of seventy-nine. He arrived in the colony in 1851. In the following year he went to New Zealand ...

    Article : 129 words
  26. WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

    The Government have reserved for the use of the Adelaide Syndicate 2,000 acres of the Collie coalfield asked for by them some time ago. The reserve takes place from August 21 ...

    Article : 112 words
  27. METHODIST UNION.

    Delegates representing the Wesleyan, Primitive Methodist, and Bible Christian Churches held a meeting last evening for the purpose of promoting. Methodist union. Mr. ...

    Article : 62 words
  28. A. MILLIONAIRE KILLED BY A TRAIN.

    Mr. John Harris, of Harris Park, was killed this morning by being run over by a train while attempting to cross the line near Harris Park Siding, on the Parramatta line. ...

    Article : 108 words
  29. TERRIBLE DEATH OF A STOWAWAY.

    It was reported to the police early on Sunday morning that the dead body of a man had been found in one of the bunkers of the R.M.S. Merkara, then lying alongside the hulk. The ...

    Article : 131 words
  30. COUNTRY FIRES.

    A fire took place on the premises of Mr. Raggatt, butcher, to-day, and sparks from the smoke of the house ignited an adjoining storeroom, which was full of new hay. The ...

    Article : 153 words
  31. DROWNING OF A WEALTHY LANDOWNER.

    Information was received at Bendigo tonight of the drowning of Mr. T. Robertson, proprietor of the Campaspe Estate, near Goornong. Mr. Robertson went to bed at ...

    Article : 135 words
  32. THE NORTHERN TERRITORY.

    The Palmerston and Pine Creek Railway earnings for the week ended December 12 were £264. The Menmuir arrived from Hongkong on ...

    Article : 148 words
  33. THE HARVEST.

    The recent week of wind and rain has made had havoc among the wheat crops. The Steinwedel variety was mostly sown, but it cannot withstand the force of the wind, and its ...

    Article : 133 words
  34. THE MOONTA STRIKE.

    The Queensland Labourers' Union have voted £75 to assist the Moonta miners on strike. ...

    Article : 24 words
  35. OCEAN MAIL SERVICE.

    The Shannon arrived at Plymouth on the morning of the 21st. The Yarra passed Aden homeward on December 21. ...

    Article : 23 words
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