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    MODERN MELODRAMA.—Several unrehearsed and highly excising incident occurred at the initial production of "The Prairie King" at the Lyceum Theatre last night (says the ...

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  3. INTERNATIONAL CRICKET.

    The match between Stoddart'a team and the Victorian Eleven was continued to-day at 11 o'clock in the presence of over 20,000 people. The weather was delightful. ...

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  4. ESSENCE OF PARLIAMENT.

    IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL questions were asked by the Hon. J. Warren. In Committee, the Hon. R. S. Guture's amendment to the [?] Courts of Enquiry Bill was rejected by 12 to 10; the ...

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    GOVERNMENT WHARFS COMMISSION.—The Government Wharfs Royal Commission at at Parliament House on Tuesday evening to further discuss the Chairman's report. There ...

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  6. GREAT BRITAIN AND THE COLONIES.

    Speaking at Glasgow on Saturday the Right Hon. Joseph Chamberlain, Secretary of State for the Colonies, declared that when Great Britain some time ago was standing alone ...

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  7. THE INDIAN FRONTIER.

    Advices from the north-west frontier are to the effect that the obstinacy shown by the Yakkakhels to the British troops compels Sir William Lockhart, who is in command of the ...

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  8. TRAGEDY IN PARIS.

    A terrible tragedy 16 reported from Paris. The particulars received are to the effect that a French merchant, who was a cousin of Captain Dreyfus, together with his wife, an ...

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  9. BRITISH CONVOY IN PERIL.

    While in the Areanga, Pass a British convoy was surprised by tribesmen in ambush, who were in overwhelming numbers. The latter fired upon the advancing party within a ...

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  10. BRITISH LABOUR TROUBLES.

    The Executive of the British Boilermakers' Union proposes to suspend the London Committee owing to the refusal of the members to return to their work in accordance with the ...

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  11. THE SOUDAN.

    Four gunboats belonging to the Anglo-Egyptian expedition which is advancing along the Nile have shelled the new forts which were erected at Metemmeh by the Dervishes ...

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  12. NOTES IN THE COUNCIL.

    The Chid Secretary informed Mr. Warren that the arrears of rent due to the Crown on June 30 toralled £70,977, and the arrears of interest and purchase-money, including ...

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  13. BUYING OUT POLISH LANDOWNERS.

    The Prussian Government proposes to expend one hundred million marks on a scheme which involves the buying out of Polish landowners, and substituting German ...

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  14. DEATH OF AN ACTRESS.

    The death of Miss Amy Sedgwick, at the age of sixty-two years, is announced. Miss Sedgwick had a very successful career on the stage, from which she retired in 1877. ...

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  15. WEST AFRICA.

    The section of the French Press which is devoted to the advancement of colonial affairs has brought pressure to bear upon M. Hanotaux, the Foreign Minister, with a view to ...

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  16. WRECK OF A STEAMER.

    In a great storm which passed over Lake Erie, the southernmost of the five great lakes of the St. Lawrence Basin in Canada, the steamer Indaho was wrecked, and nineteen ...

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  17. BRITISH TRADE.

    The returns by the Board of Trade just issued show a decrease in the exports of machinery to the extent of £465,041 as compared with the statistics for tho corresponding ...

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  18. ALASKA.

    It is reported that a great goldfield has been discovered on the Koyu Kuk River in Alaska. The auriferous deposits are described as being very rich, and the field is said to be ...

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  19. THE BREADSTUFFS MARKET.

    The Gazette average price or wheat shows a decline of 6d. for the week. ...

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  20. AUSTRALASIAN FINANCE.

    The Directors of the New Zealand and Australian Land Company have issued their report, which shows a credit balance of £93,834 on the year's operations. The ...

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  21. COMPULSORY ARBITRATION.

    At the Industrial Conference held yesterday Baliol College, Oxford, Mr. W. P. Reeves, the Agent-General for New Zealand, delivered an address on the compulsory ...

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  22. NOTES IN THE ASSEMBLY.

    Captain Wallington came down to the bar and bowed protoundly as he presented viceregal messages declaring polling-places at Hyde Park and Denial and Murat Bays. ...

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  23. OVERSEA SHIPPING.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 61 words
  24. THE BARQUE CAMBRONNE.

    The barque Cambroune, which left Newcastle, New South Wales, on July 28 for San Francisco with a cargo of 2,550 tons of coal, has arrived at her destination. The captain of ...

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  25. THE PRINCE OF WALES'S BIRTHDAY.

    The holiday celebration to-day was favoured with splendid weather. The match between Stoddart's eleven and a team representing Victoria attracted about 20,000 persons. Large ...

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  26. ENGLISH RACING.

    The Australian horse Erl King won the Cheveley Hurdle Race at Birmingham yesterday by tea lengths. ...

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  27. A TEST GAME AT SYDNEY.

    The cricket match First Eleven versus Next Fifteen, arranged to determine the personnel of the team to meet Stoddart's eleven, was concluded to-day on the Sydney Association ...

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  28. WILLIAM KUX—A RECORD HOLDER,

    William Kux has for the second time mads a record bicycle ride from adelaide to Melbourne. In April, 1896, he beat the time made by F. S. Toms. Then J. E. Snell. of ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  29. PUGILISM

    Murphy, an Australian pugilist, has arranged to fight Dave Sullivan at the National Sporting Club on December 13. ...

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  30. PARLIAMENTS IN SESSION.

    In the Legislative Assembly to-day the Premier moved that leave of absence be granted to the Attorney-General, Mr. T. K. Byrues, until the end of the session. The ...

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  31. MR. HARDY AND THE PHYLLOXERA BILL.

    Sir—Mr. T. Hardy says "I know what is best for the wine industry of the colony." I do not dispute this; but, to be fruit, ought he not to give those engaged in the cultivation of ...

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  32. THE NEW SOUTH WALES ELEVEN.

    The team selected to represent the colony against the Englishmen is as follow:—M. A. Noble, F. A. Iredale, S. E. Gregory, A. C. K. MAcKenzie, J. J. Kelly, A. Coningham ...

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  33. VICTORIA.

    The quarterly meeting of the City Council was held to-day. Councillor McEacharn formally accented the office of Mayor and took the oath of allegiance. ...

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  34. NEW SOUTH WALES.

    An extraordinary shooting case was reported to the police this evening. During the after-noon Radio Morgan, a little girl, was playing in the yard at her parents' house at Redfern ...

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  35. TASMANIAN POLITICAL CRISIS.

    The political situation is still presenting difficulties. The Attorney-General has not yet been appointed, though it is understood that Mr. Urnuhart will be invited to take the ...

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  36. MONOMETALLISM.

    A memorial signed by no fewer than 1,200 manufacturers of Lancashire has been presented to the Right Hon. Sir Michael Hicks-Beach, the Chancellor of the Exchequer ...

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  37. THE AUSTRAL WHEEL RACE.

    The handicaps in connection with the Austral Meeting were issued to-night. In the Austral Wheel Race, 20 yards; Kellow and ...

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  38. NEW ZEALAND.

    Dr. Thomas Jeffrey, Professor of Biology at Otago University, died to-day from Diabetes. In conjunction with Dr. Haswell, of Sydney, he had been engaged on a compendious work ...

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  39. TO-DAY'S ENGAGEMENTS.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 63 words
  40. THE CROPS IN NEW SOUTH WALES.

    Information is to Hand of the crop prospects in a number of she representative districts. At Albury the harvest will be largely dependent upon the weather during the next ...

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  41. Advertising

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  42. A BOLD VENTURE.

    A party of eighteen subjects of the United Stated have reached Samoa in a vessel named the Sophia Nertherland. Their intention is to make for the Solomon Islands, where they ...

    Article : 117 words
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