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  2. TRAGEDY AT BROKEN HILL.

    Between the hours of 12 and 1 this morning a terrible tragedy occurred at South Broken Hill. Shortly after 12 o'clock a man named John Considine ...

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  3. SEQUEL OF THE MATABELE WAR.

    Considerable consternation has been caused by the report that the officers of the Chartered Company at Buluwayo, South Africa, have been informed that ...

    Article : 166 words
  4. FEVER EPIDEMIC AT COOKTOWN.

    Reports state that Cooktown is being visited with a fever epidemic unparalleled since 1875, the town being something like a huge hospital, for as fast as ...

    Article : 59 words
  5. ANARCHISM IN ENGLAND AND FRANCE.

    Pauwets, the employe at Paul Redcliff's chemical factory, and the author of the explosion at the Madeleine Church, Paris, assisted in the Barcelona Theatre ...

    Article : 195 words
  6. THE AUSTRALIAN MAIL SERVICE.

    The Right. Hon. Arnold Morley, M.P., Postmaster-General, has been negotiating with the P. & O. and Orient Companies, the present contractors for the ...

    Article : 237 words
  7. INTER-UNIVERSITY AND INTERCOLLEGIATE BOAT RACES.

    To British subjects in general the greatest of the regular rowing engagements of the year is undoubtedly the Oxford and Cambridge boat race. This is ...

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  8. ADELAIDE AND LONDON TELEGRAPH.

    Mr. Herbert Gladstone, son of the ex-Premiar, who had to submit himself to his constituents on taking the portfolio of First Commissioner of Works, has been ...

    Article : 310 words
  9. A PRIZE LOTTERY IN SYDNEY.

    The police yesterday arrested R. Hope Atkinson, J.P., at one time Manager of the Equitable Life Assurance Company of New York, and his alleged partner. ...

    Article : 206 words
  10. DISESTABLISHMENT IN WALES.

    Sir W. Vernon Harcourt, Chancellor of the Exchequer, has now definitely promised that the Government will force on a Bill for the disestablishment of the ...

    Article : 48 words
  11. THE RUSSO-GERMAN COMMERCIAL TREATY.

    The commercial treaty between Russia and Germany, which was conditionally signed and referred to the Reichstaf, and argeed to by that body a ...

    Article : 98 words
  12. VICTORIA'S BUTTER EXPORT TRADE.

    For nest year the Minister of Agriculture estimates that the export of butter from this colony will amount to 10,000 tons, being 4,000 tons morn than last ...

    Article : 82 words
  13. THE SLAVE TRADE IN AFRICA.

    Fodisilah, the notorious slave-trader who inflicted such losses on the British forces recently in the Gambia Settlement in West Africa, has been captured in French ...

    Article : 37 words
  14. THE HON. R. REID IN ENGLAND.

    The Hon. R. Reid has had an interview with the Right Hon. Campbell Bannerman, M.P., Secretary of State for War, Sir Henry Evelyn Wood, V.C. ...

    Article : 123 words
  15. THE INDIAN BORDER TROUBLE.

    The expedition under Captain Maxwell sent to the Indian border against the troublesome tribes of Abors has been abandoned for the present on account of ...

    Article : 40 words
  16. TERRIBLE BOILER EXPLOSION.

    A telegram has been published stating that a boiler exploded in a mine in Ekafcerinoslav, Southern Russia, killing 15 persons. ...

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  17. FIRE AT BROKEN HILL.

    A fire occurred at Railway Town at noon, on Saturday, the Terminus Hotel, a wooden building of twenty rooms, being entirely destroyed. The insurance on ...

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  18. UNEMPLOYED IN VICTORIA.

    The scheme propounded by the Government for establishing fishing Stations on the islands in Bass's Strait for the relief of a section of the unemployed has been ...

    Article : 71 words
  19. A KNIGHTHOOD FOR PROFESSOR SEELEY.

    Professor John Robert Seeley, M.A., has just been created a Knight of the Order of St. Michael and St. George. (Sir John Robert Seelay [?] KCMG ...

    Article : 170 words
  20. A KING LOST AND FOUND.

    The anxiety felt owing to the protracted absence of King Leopold II. has been dispelled by the discovery of His Majesty, who was found incognito at Montreux, a ...

    Article : 48 words
  21. THE BRAZILIAN REVOLUTION.

    The Brazilian revolution, according to the latest reports to hand, was brought to an end by the collapse of the insurgent forces owing to the want of ...

    Article : 152 words
  22. BROKEN HILL PROPRIETARY SHARES.

    Broken Hill Proprietary shares are now quoted at £2 5s. ...

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  23. THE WESTERN AUSTRALIAN MINES.

    A Coolgardie telegram dated March 14 states that a heavy thunderstorm broke over the town before dawn, and 0'035 inch of rain fell in a few minutes. The fall ...

    Article : 484 words
  24. WRECK OF THE S.S. CASINO.

    A telegram from Port Fairy reports that the steamer Casino strick on a sand-bank at the entrance of the river. She is supposed to have started a plate as the ...

    Article : 99 words
  25. BRITISH SHIPPING.

    From Sydney—Trafalgar, ship, sailed December 5; Celestial Empire, ship, sailed December 7. From Newcastle—Port Jackson, barque ...

    Article : 36 words
  26. THE PASTORALISTS AND THE SHEARERS.

    In was recently announced that the Pastoralists' Union of New Sooth Wales had notified the Shearers' Union of its intention to withdraw from the ...

    Article : 179 words
  27. THE COALMINERS' DIFFICULTY.

    The folly of the miners at Newcastle in believing that Sir George Dibbs will keep them in idleness if they refuse to go to work, even though the wages are less than ...

    Article : 172 words
  28. THE CUTTER GOLDEN HOPE STRANDED.

    The crew of the cutter Golden Hope arrived here in a dingey lait night. The cutter struck a rock and filled. The crew managed to beach her near the Red Banks, Nepean Bay. They ...

    Article : 67 words
  29. THE QUEEN IN ITALY.

    Her Majesty the Queen of England has arrived at Florence upon a short visit. ...

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  30. THE LATE MR W. L. MUECKE.

    The funeral of Mr. W. L. Muecke, who was killed through a fall from a load of bay, took place on Saturday. At Chalmers Church on Sunday the Rev. Dr. Paton ...

    Article : 276 words
  31. SUICIDE AT GOODWOOD.

    A sad case of suicide occurred at Goodwood on Sunday morning, when George Richard Bowering, draper, living on the Good wood-road, cut his throat with a razor at the rear of ...

    Article : 284 words
  32. FRANCE AND HER COLONIES.

    The French Chamber of Deputies has passed a credit of 150,000 francs for the purpose of establishing a separate Minister and Department for the ...

    Article : 46 words
  33. THE POSTAL CONFERENCE.

    The postal delegates arrived from Wellington last night, having travelled overland from the latter place. They visited all the chief places en route. The party ...

    Article : 49 words
  34. COLONIAL TELEGRAMS.

    The annual commemoration of the University was celebrated in Wilson Hall yesterday in the presence of a brilliant assemblage. The students exercised a ...

    Article : 176 words
  35. NEW SOUTH WALES AGENT-GENERALSHIP.

    A report was current to-day that Sir Saul Samuel had decided to retire front the position of Agent-General, and that Mr. T. M. Slattery, Minister of Mines ...

    Article : 64 words
  36. SIR HENRY PARKES IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

    Sir Henry Parkes's reception by the Mayor, Councillors, and citizens of Fremantle yesterday was marked by a display of the utmost enthusiasm. At ...

    Article : 172 words
  37. STARTLING REPORT FROM A HEALTH OFFICER.

    Dr. McOarthy, the Health Officer of Footscray, has sent in a sensational report to the Board of Health on the character of the Yan Yean water ...

    Article : 111 words
  38. THE OROYA AT ALBANY.

    The Oroya, Lavington, commander, arrived from Colombo at 7 a.m. yesterday. Saloon passengers:— For Adelaide.—Mr. Hallett, Mesdames ...

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  39. ELECTRICITY V. GAS.

    Sir—In reply to "H. Y. S.," the station belonging to the London Electric Corporation at Deptford was put up about the year 1886 by a gentleman called Ferranti, somewhat of ...

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  40. THE WAUKARINGA GOLDFIELD.

    The report of a good gold discovery at Nellinghoo, thirty miles north of Yaukaringa, has been confirmed. The reef is 12 ft. wids and consists of iron quartz and sandstone ...

    Article : 102 words
  41. THE WYALONG GOLDFIELD.

    The population at Wyalong is increasing by hundreds daily, and as the prospects of the field continue to be highly encouraging the men entertain ...

    Article : 133 words
  42. NEW SOUTH WALES.

    The payment of the call of £39,150 due yesterday on the shares of the reconstructed Australian Joint Stock Bank was very satisfactory. The capital of the Bank ...

    Article : 148 words
  43. RAIN IN THE COUNTRY.

    Nice showers have fallen this morning, with every prospect of continuance. The rain was much needed. Normanville, March 16. ...

    Article : 51 words
  44. CUSTOMS DUTIES IN MELBOURNE.

    Recently a practice has sprung up under which sellers in England and other countries of manufactured goods sold for shipment to this port make out their invoices ...

    Article : 120 words
  45. SERIOUS ILLNESS OF INSPECTOR BESLEY.

    Inspector Besley, who is suffering from cancer in the stomach, had an attack of hemorrhage yesterday. Dr. Markham has attended him night and day. Yesterday the ...

    Article : 70 words
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  47. THE WILLIAMSTOWN MURDER.

    Ernest Knox, who was sentenced to death for murder at Williamstown, will be executed to-morrow morning. His demeanour so far has been utterly callous. ...

    Article : 30 words
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