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    THE AGRICULTURAL SCHOOL.—All arrangements in connection with the opening of the Agricultural School on Monday, June 7, are Complete. A Spacious classroom in the Old ...

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    A NEW TYPEWRITER.—As notified ia our advertising columns, Messrs. William Hong and W. Muirden, Principals of the Adelaide Shorthand and Business Training Academy ...

    Article : 864 words
  4. THE OXYGEN CURE FOR WOUNDS.

    Fatal wounds, like that of poor Mercutio, need not be "so deep as a well nor so wide as a Church door" in order to give access to those germs from the air ...

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  5. VICTORIA.

    At the inquest to-day on the body of Henry Coombes, aged eighty-two, who was recently committed to gaol on a charge of vagrancy, the Jury returned a verdict of death from ...

    Article : 380 words
  6. THE QUEEN'S DIAMOND JUBILEE.

    The address which the Council of the Royal Colonial Institute proposes to present to the Queen congratulating Her Majesty upon Her long aud glorious reign refers to the ...

    Article : 85 words
  7. BRITISH POLITICS.

    The House of Commons in Committee last night rejected an amendment which proposed to reduce from £300 to £150 the maximum amount to be paid in compensation to any ...

    Article : 46 words
  8. THE GRECO-TURKISH WAR.

    The Sultan Abdul Hamid, at the request of the Ambassadors representing the Great Powers in Constantinople, has agreed that the armistice with Greece shall be definitely ...

    Article : 55 words
  9. CHINA.

    The Belgian syndicate which has arranged to finance a loan of £4,500,000 for the Chinese Government has obtained in return very valuable concessions in regard to the construction ...

    Article : 90 words
  10. CAPE COLONY.

    On April 15 Mr. Du Toit, the President of the Afrikander Bund, moved in the Cape House of Assembly:— "That this House being of opinion that the ...

    Article : 346 words
  11. THE EGYPTIAN WAR FUND.

    Abdul Hamid has written to the Khedive of Egypt a letter ia which he conveys his thanks to those Egyptians who contributed to the War Fund established in Cairo in aid of the ...

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  12. THE QUEENSLAND NATIONAL BANK.

    The creditors of the Queensland National Bank in Groat Britain have adopted the scheme of reconstruction submitted by the local Directors. ...

    Article : 58 words
  13. THE INSTITUTE OF MINING ENGINEERS.

    The Institute of Mining Engineers held their annual dinner last night at the White-hall-rooms in London. Among the guests present were the Hon. R. ...

    Article : 115 words
  14. THE CRETAN QUESTION.

    France has proposed to the other Great Powers that a loan shall be arranged by them for the purpose of establishing a foreign gendarmerie. The Republic also suggests ...

    Article : 127 words
  15. BIMETALLISM.

    The Bimetallic League, influenced by the arrival of the United States Special Commissioner in Europe, are making renewed attempts to obtain a remonetization of ...

    Article : 38 words
  16. ARRIVAL AT PLYMOUTH.

    The South Australian and Victorian military contingents, which left Adelaide on April 28 by the Orient Line R.M.S. Orotava, have arrived at Plymouth. They are all in ...

    Article : 77 words
  17. NEW SOUTH WALES.

    Cash betting was carried on at the Kensington Pony Meeting to-day, and the names of offenders were taken by the police. The Chief Justice at the Central Criminal ...

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  18. AUSTRALIAN APPEAL CASE.

    In the appeal case of the Government of New South Wales versus Love, which went before the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, judgment has been resorted. ...

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  19. THE GOLD COAST.

    The members of Lieutenant F. B. Henderson's expedition to the hinterland of the Gold Coast, who were taken prisoners by the turbulent Chief Samory, have been released. ...

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  20. THE DERBY

    Galtee More won the Derby easily in a canter by two lengths. Eleven horses started, and Oakdene finished fourth. Time, 2 min. 42 sec. ...

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  21. THE MILITARY CONTINGENTS.

    The remainder of the New South Wales Lancers, who have como to England to take part in the celebrations of the Queen's Diamond Jubilee, have arrived at Chelsea. ...

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  22. SPAIN.

    In consequence of the difficulty of carrying on the business of the Cortes, owing to the absence of the members of the Opposition, Don Canovas del Castillo, the Spanish Prime ...

    Article : 152 words
  23. MASHONALAND.

    A black boy has come into Cape Colony with a report that large numbers of the Mashonas have surrounded Ballyhooly, near Fort Salisbury. ...

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  24. THE TROUBLES OF QUARANTINE.

    In the Country Court to-day William Grant sued the Board of Public Health for £50 damages in respect to alleged negligence on the part of the Board, through which he was ...

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  25. PRACTICE AT BISLEY.

    The Victorian rifleman, who arrived last month, are engaged in practice at Bisley, where the annual matches of the National Rifle Association are to take place. ...

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  26. THE TRANSVAAL.

    M. de Blowitz, the special correspondent of the Times at Paris, telegraphs that French financiers are convinced thai unless the Transvaal Government consents to introduce reforms ...

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  27. THE STEAMER DEVONSHIRE.

    Included in tho cargo of the Devonshire, which struck on an obstacle at the to Thursday Island, are rails to the value of £13,500. The entire cargo is valued at £73,700. ...

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  28. ABYSSINIA.

    The British Mission to Menelik, Emperor of Ethiopia, conducted by Mr. Rennell Rodd, C.M.G., as special Ambassador, met with a most cordial reception from the Abyssinian ...

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  29. THE WRESTLING COMPETITION.

    The combined team of cavalry and artillery has defeated the New South Wales Mounted Rifles in the wrestling competition at the Military Tournament at Islington. The ...

    Article : 58 words
  30. FRANCE.

    The French Government has asked the Chamber of Deputies to vote a sum of 1,000,000 francs (£40,000) to the Secret-service Fund. This is a large increase on the amount ...

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  31. THE TEA MARKET.

    The steamer Taiynan will sail on June 16 and the Guthrie on June 27 for Queensland ports, Sydney, and Melbourne. Each steamer takes 1,000 tons only. the rate of freight being ...

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  32. TO-DAY'S ENGAGEMENTS.

    Mass meeting Boot Trade at 3 p.m. Chamber of Manufactures, 8 p.m.—Mr. James Delehanty, "The Queensland Sugar Industry." ...

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  33. THE WEATHER IN THE COUNTRY.

    Very heavy showers of rain fell here this evening. About 0'250 inches was registered in fifteen minutes. CALCA, May 26. ...

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  34. THE SYDNEY RAILWAY SYSTEM.

    In the Assembly to-night the report of the Public Works Committee on the proposed extension of the railway system to the city was laid on the table, The report, which was a ...

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  35. QUEENSLAND.

    The Minister of Agriculture, speaking at the Wide Bay Show Dinner to - day, said one Agricultural College was sufficient for the colony, but he believed in the ...

    Article : 92 words
  36. A PATENT CASE.

    In the appeal from the decision of the Registrar of Patents in rejecting the application of the Cassell Gold-extracting Company for leave to amend its specifications. Judge ...

    Article : 125 words
  37. THE PROPOSED CREMATORIUM.

    There was a large attendance as a meeting of ratepayers conveyed by the Chairman of the Prospect District Council, and held at the Windmill Hotel on Thursday evening, the ...

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  38. A SYDNEY DIVORCE SUIT.

    A sensational turn was given to the divorce suit to-day in which Hugh Fredrick Davies sought to obtain a divorce from his wife Selina Davies, on the ground of desertion. The case ...

    Article : 171 words
  39. THE RAINFALL.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 611 words
  40. TASMANIA.

    The post-office at Dover, Port Esperance, fifty miles south of Hobart. was broken into last night and all the mailbags were stolen. The bays contained several sums of money. ...

    Article : 68 words
  41. BROKEN HILL WATER SUPPLY.

    The Municipal Council yesterday received a deputation from a recent public meeting asking for a purer, cheaper, and more extended supply of water. The deputation urged the ...

    Article : 105 words
  42. WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

    The gold entered at the Customs for export during May was 529,111 oz. 13 dwt. 3 gr., valued at £224,624 13s. 6d. About 10,000 oz. of the yield is included in the result of the ...

    Article : 148 words
  43. ASSISTING THE POOR.

    In the Assembly to-day Mr. HOGLE moved an adjournment of the House to call attention to the inadequacy of the provision proposed to be made in the forthcoming record-reign ...

    Article : 161 words
  44. A FATAL CRICKETING ACCIDENT

    A boy named Ellicott, eight years of age, killed at the public school yesterday through a cricket ball striking him on the left temple. It appears that at the morning recess ...

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  45. MORE EARTH TREMORS.

    The weather all day was strange and unusual, and as the evening showed so phenoapenal a sky people began to wonder if another earthquake was about to visit us. ...

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  46. ACCIDENT TO THE S.S. LUBRA.

    At about 7 o'clock this morning the steamer Lubra. lying alongside Bunbury, had a plate knocked in. The water began to flow, but the hole was stopped by blankets. The Lubra ...

    Article : 80 words
  47. A LIBEL CASE.

    John Norton, the Editor or Truth, was charged at the Central Criminal Court to-day with, having criminally libelled William Freeman Kitchen in an article published in his ...

    Article : 94 words
  48. THE DROUGHT.

    The Minister of Lands to-day stated in reply to a deputation of members of Parliament that be would make no general rule concerning the suspension of payments by ...

    Article : 127 words
  49. MOVEMENTS OF STEAMERS.

    The BALLAARAT arrived at Plymouth on the evening of Tuesday, June l, homeward bound. ...

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  50. THE DIAMOND JUBILEE.

    Messrs. Manifold Brothers, of Camperdown, have presented the Town Council with £750 to defray the cost of the erection of public baths in commemoration of the Queen's ...

    Article : 80 words
  51. LAW REFORM.

    In the Assembly to-day Mr. CHAPMAN introduced the Attorneys Costs Bill, which provides that any person shall be permitted to draw up any deed of conveyance or other ...

    Article : 74 words
  52. Advertising

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    Advertising : 747 words
  53. INTERNATIONAL TELEGRAPH CODE.

    It has now been definitely arranged to bring the international telegraphic alphabet into operation in Victoria on July 1. ...

    Article : 24 words
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