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  2. AN OVERSIGHT AND AN INQUEST.

    The day before Christmas is not a time for harsh words of any sort, and yet the City Coroner would certainly have done less than his duty if he had failed to point ...

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  3. THE FEDERAL CONVENTION.

    There is reason to fear that the [?] the general election in Western Australia early in the new year will interfere with the representation of that colony at the Federal ...

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    ADVENTURE WITH A SHARK.—F. Whitehead and L. Honeybone, both aged about nineteen, residents of Middle-park, had a sensational adventure with a shark in Hobson's Bay ...

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    OUR "SUNBEAMS" AND THE LONDON FRESH-AIR FUND.—It will doubtless be remembered by those interested that a few months ago the sum of £20 was sent from the funds of the ...

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    THE PROPOSED RIFLE TEAM FOR ENGLAND.—A special meeting of the Council of the South Australian National Rifle Association was held on Wednesday evening at the Staff ...

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    AN AUSTRALIAN JUDGE ON THE PRIVY COUNCIL.—It is understood that while in Melbourne the Premier of South Australia has been successful in securing the support of the ...

    Article : 1,359 words
  8. TAXATION IN IRELAND.

    Colonel E. J. Saunderson, Conservative member of the House of Commons for the North Division of Armagh, has joined in the demand made by the people of Cork and the ...

    Article : 117 words
  9. GERMANY AND FRANCE.

    It is computed by the German military authorities that the decision of the French Government to adopt the Canet quickfiring gun for field artillery will probably ...

    Article : 152 words
  10. THE EASTERN QUESTION.

    The Figaro, in its attack upon M. A. J. de Nelidoff, the Russian Ambassador to the Porte, accuses him of following in the footsteps of the late Prince Lobanoff and asserts that ...

    Article : 371 words
  11. THE NORTHERN TERRITORY.

    A powerful Syndicate has purchased the rights of Mr. J. C. Neild, member for Paddington in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, in certain special prospecting ...

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  12. CANADA.

    The Canadian Government has caused twenty-seven Returning Officers who acted during the general elections last June to be arrested on a charge of conspiring to defeat ...

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  13. VICTORIA.

    At a sitting of the Executive Council to-day Sir John McIntyre and Sir Henry Wrixon were sworn in as members of the Federal Council. ...

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  14. MR. DUNCAN GILLIES.

    The Hon. Duncan Gillies, the retiring Agent-General for Victoria, is to be tendered banquet at St. George's Club on January 5. Lord Loch of Drylaw, formerly Governor of ...

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  15. UNITED STATES.

    The failure of the National Bank of Illinois and two private Banks in Chicago has been followed by the suspension of the Bank of Minnesota. ...

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  16. NEW SOUTH WALES.

    The amount actually subscribed in Sydney to the Stockton Relief Fund is £167, exclusive of £107 promised. Mr. James Powell, the late Collector of ...

    Article : 150 words
  17. A PERSECUTED EARL.

    Amberley Cottage, Maidenhead, the riverside residence of Earl Russell, has been destroyed by fire. It is supposed that the building was set on ...

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  18. INDIA.

    The bubonic plague which has created such havoc in Bombay is reported to be increasing in virulence. The disease has made its appearance at ...

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  19. BROKEN HILL.

    The weather was again very hot locally to-day, the temperature being 110, which is the highest shade register recorded. The atmosphere was terribly oppressive throughout last ...

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  20. SPAIN AND THE UNITED STATES.

    The Hon. Richard Olney, the American Secretary of State, declares that Spain still has it in its power to avert a rupture with the United States, without losing its sovereign ...

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  21. FREE CHURCH OF SCOTLAND.

    The commission of Assembly of the Free Church of Scotland has selected the Rev. Hugh MacMillan, D.D., LL.D., of Greenock West Church, as Moderator of the General ...

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  22. FRANCE.

    General Billot, the French Minister of War, proposes to add an additional battalion of troops to 145 regiments of the line. The Minister originally cut down the ...

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  23. THE PHILIPPINE ISLES.

    The repots in the Philippine Islands have been victorious in two engagements fought against the Royalist troops near Cavite and Noveleta. ...

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  24. THE NORTHERN TERRITORY.

    The steamer Airlie, from Hongkong, arrived on the 19th, bringing six Chinese, and sailed for southern ports on the 20th, taking as passenger, Messrs. Carpenter, Barker, Biglow. ...

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  25. THE SCULLING CHAMPIONSHIP.

    Jake Gaudaur, the Canadian sculler who succeeded in wresting the championship of the world from Stanbury, the Australian oarsman, on the Thames this year, has issued a ...

    Article : 71 words
  26. GREECE.

    The northern provinces of Greece have been visited by heavy rains, causing terrible floods in the low-lying country. Many people have been drowned and ...

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  27. THE VICTORIAN PARLIAMENT.

    The work of the session having been virtually ended during the small hours of the morning. His Excellency came down with his prorogation speech this afternoon. the ...

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  28. LONDON COMMERCIAL.

    HARES AND RABBITS.—Heavy arrivals of New Zealand hares have spoilt the London market. Victorian and New Zealand importations are slow of sale at 2s. 9d., those from ...

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  29. THE BLUE MOUNTAIN MURDERS.

    Captain McBeth, of the Union steamer Taupo, writing from Raratonga under date December 15, says:—"On the afternoon of December 9. [?] sighted the four-masted ship ...

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  30. BURNING FATALITY.

    A terrible burning fatality occurred yesterday at Grampains, which is situated about twenty-five miles from Stawell. A woman named O'Rourke, living in the vicinity of ...

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  31. SILVER.

    Silver is now quoted at 2s. 5[?]d. per oz., being a fall of 1/16d. since yesterday's quotation. ...

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  32. THE BETTING LAWS IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

    This morning, before Dr. Black and Warden Hicks, at the Police Court. Andrew Daniel Jackson and William Henry Speed, of the Novelty Company, now performing at the ...

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  33. THE CHARGES AGAINST MR. LEADER, P.M.

    The Public Service Board handed to the Solicitor-General to-day the report of the Special Board appointed to enquire into the charges made by Mr. F. H. Tuthill, of ...

    Article : 408 words
  34. TO-DAY'S ENGAGEMENTS.

    Zoological Gardens—All day. Hindley-street, all day—Cyclorama of Waterloo. Adelaide Oval, 8 p.m.—"The Messiah." ...

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  35. TO-MORROW

    Cheltenham Park, 1.30 p.m.—Port Races. Cowra Chamber, 10.30 a.m.—Meeting allottees Serpentine Brick, Tile, Drainpipe, and Terracotta Company. ...

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  36. CONVICTS IN NEW CALEDONIA

    Information from Noumea to-day states that the French authorities in New Caledonia have received advices from France that a batch of between 500 and 600 convicts had been ...

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  37. BITE FROM A DEATH ADDER.

    A farmer named G. Palmer, while stripping a field of wheat near Inverell to-day, saw a small-quail running in the stubble and put his hand down to catch it. Instead of grasping ...

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  38. CHRISTMAS ON THE GOLDFIELDS.

    The town is very prettily [?] with evergreens, flags, banners, &c. The Christmas decorations are of an extensive nature, and the town presents a very animated ...

    Article : 51 words
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