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  2. CANADA AND FOREIGN TREATIES.

    The Canadian House of Commons has unanimously adopted an address to the Queen praying Her Majesty to resist the "most-favoured nation" clause in the ...

    Article : 101 words
  3. ADELAIDE AND LONDON TELEGRAPH.

    The authorities of Roumania are alarmed at the action of the Russian authorities in massing 100,000 soldiers in Bessarabia. The Government of the Kingdom have ...

    Article : 99 words
  4. THE NEW SOUTH WALES LOAN.

    So far only a small portion of the newly issued New South Wales Loan has been paid up under the discount arrangements. ...

    Article : 36 words
  5. THE CHURCHES AND SOCIAL REFORM.

    It is a gratifying sign of the times that the Churches are becoming alive to the importance of those social questions which touch religion on the one side and ...

    Article : 6,693 words
  6. CHINA.

    Some British residents have been arrested at Chin-Kiang-Foo, one of the treaty ports of China, on a charge of smuggling arms and dynamite to the ...

    Article : 211 words
  7. MOONTA MINERS.

    We have received a telegram from our Moonta correspondent stating that a crowded meeting of miners was held in the Moonta Institute Hall on Saturday night to discuss the ...

    Article : 1,146 words
  8. [RECEIVED September 26, 11 a.m.] London, September 26.

    Scrip in the newly issued New South Wales Loan is quoted to-day at a premium of 1s. 3d. on the minimum. ...

    Article : 28 words
  9. TAXATION IN NEW ZEALAND.

    The Economist states that some contracts for the purchase of lands in New Zealand have been cancelled owing to the adoption of what it considers a most ...

    Article : 55 words
  10. CANADIAN CORRUPTION.

    The newspaper in Quebec, which is recognised as the organ of the Premier (the Hon. Honore Mercier), threatens that Quebec will be driven to assert its ...

    Article : 71 words
  11. RUSSIA AND PERSIA.

    It is reported that Russia is on the point of concluding a treaty with Persia by which commerce with other nations will be virtually excluded from that ...

    Article : 70 words
  12. THE WOOL SALES.

    A public sale has been held of Australian woolled sheepskins. There was a moderate attendance of home and foreign buyers. Biddings showed a decreased ...

    Article : 85 words
  13. THE RUSSIAN LOAN.

    The Press of Berlin are warning the German public against investing in the new Russian Loan. They have taken this course notwithstanding the fact that ...

    Article : 58 words
  14. THE CZAR AND CZARINA.

    The Czar and Czarina of Russia, who have been visiting the King of Denmark at Copenhagen, passed through Berlin privately on Friday night. ...

    Article : 38 words
  15. [RECEIVED September 27, 10.5 p.m.]

    The wool market is quiet, and prices are unchanged. ...

    Article : 19 words
  16. RUSSIA AND AFGHANISTAN.

    The Amir of Afghanistan has opened that country to free commercial intercourse with Russia. The ostensible reason for this course is that the Amir ...

    Article : 57 words
  17. BREADSTUFFS MARKET.

    The English wheat market is showing a general advance. The Continental markets are steady. The American market is tending ...

    Article : 50 words
  18. RUSSIAN PRESS.

    The sale of the Moscow Gazette, which is one of the best circulated daily papers in the city, and is devoted to the publication of general news, has been prohibited ...

    Article : 65 words
  19. THEATRICALS FOR AUSTRALIA.

    Mr. William Terriss, the famous dramatic actor, and Miss Millward, who has recently been acting the part of Gervaise in "Drink" at the Drury-lane Theatre ...

    Article : 57 words
  20. COMMERCIAL.

    At yesterday's public auction of Australasian tallow the number of casks offered was 1,400, of which 1,075 were sold. ...

    Article : 47 words
  21. EGYPT.

    It is reported that the British Premier, the Marquis of Salisbury, has, in reply to the demand of the Turkish Government for the reopening of the Egyptian ...

    Article : 69 words
  22. ABOUR TROUBLES.

    The strike of dock labourers in the employ of the Carron and Leith Shipping Company is assuming a serious phase. The dispute at present is as to the payment of ...

    Article : 50 words
  23. SACKING A TOWN.

    News has been received that a band of armed men have sacked the stores and post-office at San Antonio, Missouri, U.S.A., and taken everything of value they ...

    Article : 44 words
  24. [RECEIVED September 26, 11 a.m.]

    The Gaiety Theatre at Liverpool has been destroyed by fire. ...

    Article : 21 words
  25. THE SPANISH RAILWAY COLLISION.

    Mr. Seymour Lucas, the English painter, who was in one of the trains which came into collision at Burgos, in Spain, was rescued from the wreck. He ...

    Article : 49 words
  26. IMPERIAL FEDERATION.

    The City of London Branch of the Imperial Federation League has appointed a special committee to consider the question of the more favoured treatment of colonial ...

    Article : 39 words
  27. GERMAN EAST AFRICA.

    The German Government have decided to increase their forces in East Africa by the addition of 300 Soudanese and 590 Zulus. ...

    Article : 80 words
  28. MOUNT MORGAN G.M. CO.

    Shares in the Mount Morgan G.M. Co. are quoted at 52s. 6d. ...

    Article : 16 words
  29. CHAFFEY'S IRRIGATION COMPANY, LIMITED.

    The London representatives of Chaffey's Irrigation Company have arranged to open an office in Piccadilly. ...

    Article : 20 words
  30. [RECEIVED September 27, 10.25 a.m.]

    Mr. D. M. McEacharn, of the firm of McIlwraith, McEacham, & Co., sailed for Melbourne by the Orient S.S. Company's steamer Orient on September 25. He ...

    Article : 49 words
  31. BURMAH.

    A renewal of native troubles in Burmah is announced, the Tsawbwa of Wuntho having collected large bands of troops for the purpose of attacking Wuntho. ...

    Article : 88 words
  32. FATAL EXPLOSION AT NEWARK.

    A serious casualty has occurred in connection with a pyrotechnical exhibition in the City of Newark, County of New Jersey, United States. A bomb which was ...

    Article : 59 words
  33. REBELLION OF MOORS.

    The Moors at Cape Juby on the West Coast of Sahara have revolted, and threaten the destruction of a British factory. The gunboat Goshawk has been ...

    Article : 51 words
  34. THE WILLEWA IRRIGATION SCHEME.

    The project for floating the Willewa irrigation scheme is advancing satisfactorily. ...

    Article : 17 words
  35. A MARRIAGE.

    Mr. Arthur Wigram Allen (son of Sir George Wigram Allen, a late [Speaker of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly) has married Miss Ethel Lamb. ...

    Article : 28 words
  36. THE RUSSIAN JEWS.

    Last week 2,000 Russian Jews left the ports of Kieff and Odessa for the United States of America and for Australia. Seven thousand departed for the ...

    Article : 49 words
  37. PICTURES FOR TASMANIAN EXHIBITION.

    Over 100 pictures will be shipped for the Launceston Exhibition next week. The portrait of the Queen, which is to be lent by Her Majesty, has been insured ...

    Article : 34 words
  38. A ROYAL BETROTHAL.

    Alexander I., King of Servia, who is in his sixteenth year, has been betrothed to the Princess Helena (daughter of the Prince of Montenegro), who was eighteen ...

    Article : 45 words
  39. STEAMERS FOE AUSTRALIA.

    Messrs. McIlwraith, McEacharn, and Co. have purchased the iron screw steamer Wyndcliffe, 707 tons gross, which was built at Newcastle in 1877. She will be ...

    Article : 118 words
  40. THE ST. MANDE RALWAY ACCIDENT.

    The prosecutions of railway officials in connection with the accident which happened at St. Mande, in France, on July 27, have concluded. On that occasion a ...

    Article : 98 words
  41. HOME RULE.

    Sir William Vernon Harcourt speaking at a public meeting at Ashton declared that if Mr. Parnell remained stiff-necked and seditious he would jeopardize the ...

    Article : 55 words
  42. ENGLISH RACING.

    The Lancashire Plate, of 12,000 sovs. added to a sweepstakes of 5 sovs. each for starters. Penalties and allowances. Seven furlongs. ...

    Article : 89 words
  43. PROVINCIAL TELEGRAMS.

    At an extraordinary meeting of the Corporation last night it was unanimously resolved to advertise a public meeting in the Institute in about a week to strengthen the ...

    Article : 126 words
  44. THE LATE BANK FAILURE IN TASMANIA.

    In response to an influential requisition Mayor Sutton has convened a public meeting of citizens in Launceston to consider the action of the Government in connection with the ...

    Article : 75 words
  45. J. McEWAN & CO.

    A further dividend at the rate of 10 per cent. has been declared by James McEwan and Co., Limited, English and Australian hardware merchants. ...

    Article : 28 words
  46. VICTORIAN RAILWAY MANAGEMENT.

    The annual banquet of the Railway Drivers' and Firemen's Association was held at the Masonic Hall last night. Mr. Speight, in returning to the toast of the Commissioners ...

    Article : 205 words
  47. H.M.S. SWINGER.

    H.M.S. Swinger, screw gunboat of 430 tons, which was lately ordered home, after spending several years on the Australian Station, has arrived at Malta, all ...

    Article : 31 words
  48. THE AUSTRALIAN SQUADRON AT MELBOURNE.

    Yesterday the Chamber of Commerce entertained the petty officers and men of the Auxiliary Squadron at dinner at the Exhibition Building. The day had been declared a public ...

    Article : 183 words
  49. BROKEN HILL.

    Mr. Harper, Mining Manager of the Proprietary Mine, left here to-night per the express to take six months' holiday on account of ill-health. He will pay a visit to America ...

    Article : 132 words
  50. DEATH OF MR. JUSTICE WEBB.

    Judge Webb died at his residence, Caulfield, yesterday, after a short illness. On Monday last be complained of a strange feeling in the head, but intended to attend Court duties till ...

    Article : 90 words
  51. YORKETOWN, September 26.

    The half-yearly meeting of the Daly District of Oddfellows was held in the Melville Hotel this morning. All the District Officers and delegates from nine Lodges were present. ...

    Article : 84 words
  52. PORT AUGUSTA, September 27.

    The Church of England Bazaar closed last night. The proceeds amounted to £180. ...

    Article : 18 words
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