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  2. "ACCOUNTANTS AND ACCOUNTANTS."

    "There are accountants and accountants," said a speaker at the latest annual meeting of the Adelaide Society of Accountants: and the public have ...

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    THE WARSHIPS. — The flagship H.M.S. Orlando is expected to leave Auckland on Thursday next on her return to Sydney. H.M.R. Katoomba will probably leave ...

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    THE WESTERN TRADE.—The trade both with regard to passenger and cargo traffic to the West of late seems to be increasing. A considerable number of steamers are being ...

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    THE SCHOOL OF MINES.—The Council of the South Australian School of Mines and Industries proposes to erect a crushing and cyanide plant for the treatment of bulk ...

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  6. WESTERN AUSTRALIAN MINING LAWS.

    At an influential meeting held to-day in London of shareholders in Western Australian gold mines, a resolution was carried protesting against the labour conditions in force on ...

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  7. THE LONDON BANK OF AUSTRALIA.

    The Bill introduced into the House of Lords for the purpose of enabling the London Bank of Australia to alter the terms of its charter has been read the second time, but ...

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  8. THE QUEEN'S DIAMOND JUBILEE.

    Her Majesty the Queen has decided that 700 men from the various contingents of colonial troops who are to visit England to attend the ceremonies in connection with the celebration of ...

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  9. THE EASTERN QUESTION.

    Incessant fighting is going on between the Moslems and the Christians in the vicinity of Retimo, in the island of Crete. "Red Cross" stores, for the use of the ...

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  10. CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY.

    A majority report by the Cathbridge University Syndicate favours the granting of degrees to women on similar conditions to those which apply to men. ...

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  11. THE TRANSVAAL.

    The Bars both of the Rand goldfield and of Pretoria, the capital of the South African Republic, generally condemn the resolution passed by the Volksraad at the instance of ...

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  12. THE S.S. AORANGI.

    The new steamer Aorangi, 2,700 tons register, built for the Australian trade, has succeeded in steaming at the rate of 17 knots per hour on her trial trip. ...

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  13. THE FAMINE IN INDIA.

    Official returns show that at present, owing to the prevalence of famine in the north-western provinces of India, 3,000,000 natives are engaged in relief works subsidized by the ...

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  14. BREADSTUFFS MARKET.

    WHEAT.—The Gazette average price of English wheat sold during last week shows a fall of 6d. per quarter. ...

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  15. NIGERIA.

    The troops of the Royal Niger Company, under the command of Major Arnold, have bombarded and occupied the city of Ilorin after two days' hard fighting against 6,000 ...

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  16. METAL STATISTICS.

    COPPER.—The total supplies for the month amount to 13,440 tons. The total deliveries for the month, including Chilian and North America, for all Europe amount to 14,880 ...

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  17. LONDON COMMERCIAL.

    TALLOW.—The imports for the month of February amount to 3,800 casks, as against 7,220 casks last month. The total deliveries for the mouth were 3,840 casks, as against ...

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  18. THE NIGER PROTECTORATE.

    The city of Benin, in Nigeria, which was recently captured by the punitive expedition commanded by Rear-Admiral Rawson, has been the scene of a devastating fire. Among ...

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  19. FIJI.

    Sir George Thomas Michael O'Brien, K.C.M.G., has been selected as Governor of Fiji and British High Commissioner for the Pacific Islands in succession to the late Sir J. ...

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  20. OVERSEA SHIPPING.

    AT DUNKIRK.—Kaffir, steamer, 1,774 tons, from Melbourne December 20; Asphodel, steamer, 1,730 tons, from Sydney December 20. AT LONDON.—Cairnbulg, barque, 1,569 tons. ...

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  21. POST-OFFICE SAVINGS BANKS.

    The House of Commons to-day voted the sum of £30,000 to make good a deficiency in the Post-office Savings Bank due to losses made last year on deposit accounts. The Chancellor of ...

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  22. SILVER.

    Bar silver is now quoted at 2s. 57/16d. per oz. ...

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  23. DEPARTURES.

    FOR SYDNEY.—Dartford, ship, 1,272 tons, from Antwerp; Sutherlandshire, ship, 1,549 tons, from Liverpool. FOR BRISBANE.—Cimba, steamer, 1,117 tons ...

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  24. THE RIVER DISTRICT.

    The following additional rain reports are to hand:—Yetman, 2'600 in.; Boggabilla, 3'560; Mungundi, 2'440; Mogil, 1'420; Collarendabri, 1'720—the above ensures a big rise in ...

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  25. JAPAN.

    The Japanese Government in establishing a gold currency throughout the Empire has adopted a ratio under which 32. oz. 1.3 dwt. of silver is taken as an equivalent to 1 oz. of ...

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  26. THE WRECK OF THE VALLALTA.

    Further particulars regarding the wreck of the Vallalta shows that the vessel struck on the Leschenault Reef, south of the Moore River, on Friday morning. Full graphic ...

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  27. CASUALTY.

    The German steamer Gera, which left Bremen for Sydney on February 15, has pone aground in the Ischia Channel, at the entrance, to the Bay of Naples. The steamer having ...

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  28. THE FEDERAL CONVENTION.

    At a special meeting of the Council of Churches held yesterday to consider tho propriety of approaching the Federal Convention with a view of securing the embodiment in the ...

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  29. THE AUSTRALIAN JOINT-STOCK BANK.

    The Australian Joint - stock Bank has almost completed negotiations with its British depositors concerning the proposed scheme of rearrangement, and the details are now in the ...

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  30. SYDNEY WESLEYAN CONFERENCE.

    The Wesleyan Conference spent to-day in discussing the question of Methodist organic union. A resolution was moved by the Rev. W. W. Rutledge declaring in favour of the ...

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  31. DROWNING OF A SOLICITOR.

    Mr. George Donaldson, a solicitor of this town, was found drowned floating alongside the steamer Pacific this morning at 5.30. The body was taken to the morgue, and Dr. Shuter ...

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  32. THE BUBONIC PLAGUE.

    The President of the Board of Health, Dr. Ashburton Thompson, says that, taking into account the distance that separates Australia from India, and the way in which the bubonic ...

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  33. A DOMESTIC TRAGEDY.

    A tragedy occurred at the Central Railway Station to-night, when a man, Harry L. Jackson, after shooting his wife dead, shot himself, with fatal results. Jackson's wife and ...

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  34. TO-DAY'S ENGAGEMENTS.

    Zoological Gardens—All day. Hindley-street, all day—Cyclorama of Waterloo. Netherby Park, Mitcham— Bakers' picnic. Company's Office, 3 p.m.—Meeting Lamb's G.M. ...

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  35. THE NORTHERN TERRITORY.

    The Palmerston and Pine Creek railway earnings for the week ended February 20 amounted to £374. The Customs returns for the quarter ended ...

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  36. THE QUEEN'S DIAMOND JUBILEE.

    His Excellency Lord Lamington, being desirous of publicly celebrating the completion of the sixtieth year of Her Majesty's reign, proposes to give a display of fireworks ...

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