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  2. THE CRIMINAL SITTINGS.

    The Criminal Sittings, which began on Tuesday last and came to an end on Saturday, were marked by few cases of an unusually ...

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  3. THE AUSTRALIAN ELEVEN.

    The remaining five of the Australians did not succeed much better than the first batsmen, and when the innings closed the total was 218. ...

    Article : 154 words
  4. LABOUR TROUBLES IN GREAT BRITAIN.

    The anticipated settlement of the South "Wales strike has not been realized. The men have refused to ratify the tentative agreement of their leaders, and ...

    Article : 85 words
  5. COLONIAL TELEGRAMS.

    Tho Halle-Neruda final concert on Saturday night was a brilliant success. Miss Frances Saville had a hearty recall, and the first song was enthusiastically ...

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  6. ADELAIDE AND LONDON TELEGRAPH.

    Her Majesty the Queen, in a letter of farewell to the inhabitants of Heligoland, which was formally handed over to Germany to-day, thanks the islanders for ...

    Article : 80 words
  7. ANTWERP WOOL SALES.

    For the Antwerp wool sales, extending from August 18 to August 23, inclusive, 19,000 bales, including 6,000 Australian, have been catalogued. ...

    Article : 34 words
  8. REVIEWS.

    English Men of Action.—Havelock. By Archibald Forbes. Macmillan & Co. In stage parlance Mr. Forbes has boon cast for a fat Dart in "Havelock" as his ...

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  9. THE SILVER MARKET.

    Standard silver is now quoted at 4s. 3¼d. per oz. ...

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  10. QUEENSLAND.

    A return series of draught matches between Wylie and Mar were commenced on Saturday night. Two games were drawn and one was unfinished. ...

    Article : 27 words
  11. COMMERCIAL.

    At yesterday's public auction of Australasian tallow the number of casks offered was 1,550, of which 1,600 were sold. Prices are unchanged. ...

    Article : 33 words
  12. NEW ZEALAND.

    A Grain, Produce, and Finance Company has been formed at Chistchurch with a capital of £25,000. ...

    Article : 22 words
  13. [RECEIVED August 10, 9.35 p.m.]

    Owing to the existence of the strike the South Wales trade is paralysed, and food supplies to a large extent are cut off. Hundreds of the strikers are acting as ...

    Article : 124 words
  14. DARLING DISTRICT NEWS.

    The river is now 34 ft. 7¾ in., and has been stationary for the past four days. The steamer Lady of the Lake arrived from Bourke last night, and leaves ...

    Article : 130 words
  15. THE PARTITION OF AFRICA.

    The Congo Free State has annexed Muatayamoo, a piece of country lying to the southward of their present possessions in Central Africa. ...

    Article : 39 words
  16. SPRITES AND WINES

    The present quotations for wines and spirits are as follows:— Australian wines, from 2s. 6d. to 5s. per gallon. ...

    Article : 41 words
  17. [RECEIVED August 10, 4.15 p.m.]

    The match between the Australians and Cambridge University Past and Present was continued to-day, and the colonials made a brilliant stand which has quite ...

    Article : 253 words
  18. THE BREADSTUFFS MARKET.

    The English wheat market is unchanged. The Continental markets are dull. The American market is showing a general advance. ...

    Article : 96 words
  19. ARGENTINE REPUBLIC.

    The loan which the Government of the Argentine Republic are trying to raise from the British Banks will probably amount to one hundred million pesos ...

    Article : 40 words
  20. [RECEIVED August 10, 9.25 p.m.]

    The men have informed the police that their presence on Tuesday will tend to the destruction rather than to the protection of the railway property. ...

    Article : 78 words
  21. OCEAN MAIL SERVICE.

    The Parramatta arrived at Suez homewards on the morning of August 7. The Carthage left Suez outwards on the morning of August 8. ...

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  22. INSUBORDINATION IN THE ARMY.

    Eighty-nine men of the 19th Company of the Army Service Corps, stationed at Chatham, recently refused to go on parade, and barricaded themselves in ...

    Article : 105 words
  23. PROVINCIAL TELEGRAMS.

    The wile of the Rev. E. Gratton, of the Bible Christain Church, after a lingering illness died yesternight. Great sympathy is extended to the family, who have only lately ...

    Article : 64 words
  24. THE LABOUR QUESTION.

    A meeting of the newly formed Railway Employes' Union was held in the Gaiety Theatre this morning for the election of officers. Mr. W. H. Mitchell, who ...

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  25. THE NEW GOVERNOR OF NEW SOUTH WALES.

    The Earl of Jersey, the newly appointed Governor of New South Wales, who leaves London on October 24 in the P. & O. steamer Rome, will be entertained by ...

    Article : 62 words
  26. YUNTA, August 10.

    An accident occurred to-day to Mr. Edger, the guard of the train leaving at 5 o'clock for Cockburn. Whilst passing from tho roof of one carriage to another he missed his footing ...

    Article : 57 words
  27. AUSTRALIA V. ENGLAND.

    The following men have been chosen to represent England in the second of the great test matches which begin at Kennington Oval on Monday, August 11 ...

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  28. PORT BROUGHTON, August 9.

    The following propositions were carried at a meeting of the Wokurna ratepayers—Mr. R. W. Bawden, J.P., in the chair—(1) That this meeting support the Port Broughton Progress ...

    Article : 96 words
  29. THE BELTANA.

    Lloyds, the shipping agents, have presented a purse of 100 guineas to Captain Bright for the prompt action he took in saving the Beltana from destruction by ...

    Article : 100 words
  30. KADINA, August 10.

    On Saturday midday a timberman named Albert Wells was securing a piece of ground in Taylor's Shaft when a largo rock fell away and crushed his leg just below the knee. He was ...

    Article : 60 words
  31. BRITISH NAVAL MANOEUVRES.

    The annual manoeuvres of the British Navy have begun. Rear-Admiral E. H. Seymour, C.B., has command of the attacking squadron. ...

    Article : 42 words
  32. RETURN OF THE AUSTRALIANS.

    The majority of the members of the Australian Eleven sail by the Ormuz. Turner, Ferris, Charlton, and Trumble will wait for the Oceana, while Dr. ...

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  33. FARINA, August 10.

    A man named William Cobiac, a well-known teamster, was rejected on Saturday to the police as missing since Thursday night. The police, with the aid of a blacktracker ...

    Article : 69 words
  34. [RECEIVED August 9, 10 a.m.]

    Baron Henry de Worms, Under-Secretary for the Colonies, has received the despatches from the Governor and Ministers of Queensland in reference to the ...

    Article : 64 words
  35. THE CHOLERA IN SPAIN.

    The cholera, which first broke out at Valencia and afterwards appeared at Toledo and Madrid, is spreading, all efforts effectually to check the fearful ...

    Article : 57 words
  36. PETERSBURG, August 10.

    A large and influential meeting was held at Dawfon on Saturday last, Mr. A. Denipsey, J.P., in the chair. The meeting characterized the Railway Commissioners' action in ...

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  37. THE COMMISSIONER OF CROWN LANDS IN THE SOUTH-EAST.

    A meeting of the Tanners and Graziers Union was held yesterday. There was a very largo attendance. The progressive land tax proposal was fully approved, and a resolution ...

    Article : 521 words
  38. GERMAN TAX ON SUGAR.

    The Magdeburg Gazette (Prussia) states that the present tax on imported sugar will be maintained by the German Imperial Government. ...

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  39. THE WEATHER AND THE CROPS.

    We are enjoying a few fine days. Although the air is cold the change is very acceptable after the quantity of rain we have had, and a continuance of fine weather is very much ...

    Article : 75 words
  40. [RECEIVED August 9, 11.10 p.m.]

    Returns now to hand for the second quarter of the current year show that during that period the exports from the United Kingdom have increased by ...

    Article : 51 words
  41. THE NEW QUEENSLAND MINISTRY.

    There is reason to believe that the new Ministry will be constituted as follows:— Sir Samuel Griffith, Premier, Chief Secretary, and Attorney-General. ...

    Article : 84 words
  42. RAINFALL.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 265 words
  43. RELIGIOUS NEWS.

    THE LOTTERY BILL.—The President of the Wesleyan Conference (Rev. H. T. Burgess) preached a special sermon in the Archer-street Church on Sunday evening on gambling, with ...

    Article : 541 words
  44. [RECEIVED August 9, 11.10 p.m.]

    The consignment of ninety-seven cases of oranges sent to London by Messrs. D. and J. Fowler by the P. and O. liner Valetta, which left Adelaide on June 11, has ...

    Article : 58 words
  45. THE CENTENNIAL ORGAN.

    The grand Centennial Organ erected in the Centennial Hall, Sydney, was officially opened with considerable ceremony on Saturday afternoon, when the opening ...

    Article : 250 words
  46. [RECEIVED August 10, 9.35 a.m.]

    Mr. Justice Chitty, sitting in the Chancery Division of the High Court of Justice, has appointed Mr. Kenrick Receiver and Manager of the South Australian Mining ...

    Article : 50 words
  47. [RECEIVED August 10, 9.35 a.m.]

    The Northern Territory contribution to the Mining Exhibition now being held at the Crystal Palace has reached London, and is being placed in position. ...

    Article : 35 words
  48. RIFLE SHOOTING.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 178 words
  49. THE WRECK OF THE CARLISLE.

    This morning the steamer Lady arrived from Cliffy Island, bringing the remainder of the crew of the Carlisle, wrecked in Bass Straits. Eight men left ...

    Article : 149 words
  50. THE NOMINATIONS FOR THE YATALA VACANCY.

    Nomintaions for the vacant seat in the Assembly took place at noon at the Courthouse, Salisbury. The following were nominated:—Richard Butler, of Mallala, farmer ...

    Article : 66 words
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