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  2. ANOTHER LAW REFORMER.

    The truth of the old adage that the man who acts as his own lawyer usually finds that he is representing a client who is not conspicuous for wisdom was strikingly ...

    Article : 1,603 words
  3. VICTORIA.

    A warrant has been issued for the arrest of James Whyte in connection with the forgery of scrip in the New Perseverance Goldmining Company. Whyte was ...

    Article : 416 words
  4. ESSENCE OF PARLIAMENT.

    In the Legislative Council, Hon. R. S. Guthrie moved that Mr. C. M. Muirhead, Parliamentary agent for the Outer Harbour Bill, be summoned to the Bar of the Council to allow him to make ...

    Article : 351 words
  5. FEDERATION.

    The debate on the question of inland rivers was resumed in the Committee of the Legislative Assembly to-night. Not much fresh light was thrown on the question by ...

    Article : 614 words
  6. ECHOES FROM LONDON.

    It would be impossible to exaggerate the apprehension that prevails in the East-End of London in the matter of the water supply. The regular service was weeks ago ...

    Article : 4,711 words
  7. THE KAISER'S TOUR.

    The Emperor of Germany, accompanied by the Kaiserin and suite, landed in Constantinople to-day from the royal yacht Hohenzollern. ...

    Article : 227 words
  8. GREAT BRITAIN AND FRANCE.

    The Duke of Devonshire, Lord President of the Council, in a speech delivered in London yesterday, referred to the dispute concerning the ownership of Fashoda. He remarked ...

    Article : 76 words
  9. CRETE.

    Many of the ringleaders in the massacre of Christmas at Candia have undergone trial, and seven of their number were condemned to death—three for the murder of British ...

    Article : 83 words
  10. CONTEMPLATED GENERAL MASSACRE.

    The "Times" correspondent at Candia reports that prior to the Sultan's acceptance of the ultimatum which demanded that the Turkish soldiers and officials should evacuate ...

    Article : 44 words
  11. COUNT MURAVIEFF'S INFLUENCE.

    It is believed in Vienna that Count Muravioff, the Russian Foreign Minister, who is visiting Paris, is exercising a moderating influence on both France and Great ...

    Article : 39 words
  12. UNITED STATES.

    In accordance with notice formally given the United States Government caused the "Stare and Stripes" to be hoisted in Puerto Rico yesterday, and the island is now an ...

    Article : 38 words
  13. EGYPT.

    The "Daily Chronicle" reports that one reason why the Emperor of Germany decided not to visit Egypt was because he had learned that petitions would be predated to him at ...

    Article : 219 words
  14. NOTES IN THE COUNCIL.

    The feature of Wednesday's sitting was the presence of Lord Kilmorey at the Bar of the Council. In anticipation of bearing a Peer address the House the galleries had ...

    Article : 2,034 words
  15. THE FAR EAST.

    Dr. Matignon, the physician of the French Legation at Pekin, was summoned to the Royal Palace yesterday for the purpose of medically examining the Emperor of China ...

    Article : 62 words
  16. A CONCESSION TO GERMANS.

    The Germans have secured from Haidar Pasha a concession of land belonging to him near Scutari, the Asiatic suburb of Constantinople, for the construction of a shipping port. ...

    Article : 36 words
  17. THE HOLY LAND.

    The Bishop of Salisbury, Right Rev. John Wordsworth, D.D., is on a visit to Jerusalem. Yesterday he consecrated the Anglican Collegiate Church of St. George in that city. ...

    Article : 42 words
  18. NEW SOUTH WALES.

    A number of gentlemen assembled in the Wilcannia Club Hotel last night to bid farewell to Mr. A. J. Esau, the late proprietor of the "Western Grazier" newspaper. ...

    Article : 169 words
  19. BRITISH AGRICULTURE.

    Mr. John Corbett, an ex-member of Parliament, has given £50,000 to found a School of Agriculture. [Mr. Corbett is generally known as the ...

    Article : 149 words
  20. WEST INDIES.

    It is reported that £50,000 is still needed to provide relief for the sufferers from the hurricane which recently devastated Barbados, St. Vincent, and other smaller British ...

    Article : 58 words
  21. THE ROBBERY OF JEWELS.

    It has transpired that the satchel containing the Dowager Duchess of Sutherland's jewels, which were valued at £30,000, was stolen from a railway carnage in Paris. On entering the ...

    Article : 61 words
  22. TO-DAY'S ENGAGEMENTS.

    Morning. 19.—Jubilee Exhibition—Easel Club Exhibition Afternoon. 3.—Archer-street Wesleyaa Church—Floral and ...

    Article : 44 words
  23. A SHIP ON FIRE.

    A disastrous fire occurred in the early hours of this morning on the steamer Buteshire, of 5,574 tons, lying at Miller's Point. The outbreak in the first instance was ...

    Article : 1,118 words
  24. AUSTRALIAN COMPANIES.

    The Freehold Trust Company of Australia, Limited, has declared a dividend at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum, and the Directors report that there is £3,563 to carry ...

    Article : 83 words
  25. THE STRATHMERTON TRAGEDY.

    Mr. Justice Hood sat in Criminal Jurisdiction at Benalla to-day, and opened the trial of Alfred Archer, who was charged with having murdered William Matthews ...

    Article : 143 words
  26. QUEENSLAND.

    The Government has accepted the tender of G. C. Wilcox for the construction of the railway extension from Hughenden to Winton, a distance of forty-five miles. The ...

    Article : 88 words
  27. EXPLOSION AT A MUSIC HALL.

    During a biograph entertainment at the Tivoli Music Hall last evening a lantern exploded, causing a burst of flames and a great deal of smoke. The fire was quickly extinguished ...

    Article : 67 words
  28. ANARCHISM.

    European nations are earnestly discussing various proposals for the suppression of anarchism. German opinion favours the view that no ...

    Article : 72 words
  29. THE SMALL BOY BILL.

    Whereas it has become manifest that the pest known as "the small boy," [?] vulgaris, has increased in and about the neighbourhood of Adelaide to such an extent ...

    Article : 697 words
  30. NEW ZEALAND.

    Frederick Cotterel, a solicitor, recently from England, while suffering from mental aberration, attacked with a stone hammer his two daughters, aged seventeen and ...

    Article : 191 words
  31. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    S. W. Greasley has accepted a challenge from E. Cavill, the Australian, to swim against him over a mile course for £50 a side. Mr. Cornelius Vanderbilt, the American ...

    Article : 53 words
  32. THE WRECK OF THE MOHEGAN.

    It is stated that the compasses of the wrecked American passenger steamer Mohegan became unreliable owing to the magnetic attraction exercised by the Manacle ...

    Article : 45 words
  33. PARLIAMENTS IN SESSION.

    The Legislative Assembly devoted the whole of its sitting today to the further consideration of the Laud Bill, and a long discussion arose on two or three important ...

    Article : 687 words
  34. VICTORIAN MINING ACCIDENT FUND.

    The examination of Isaac Jacobs, who borrowed £20,000 from the trustees of the Victorian Mining Accident fund, was begun to-day by the Parliamentary ...

    Article : 159 words
  35. BREADSTUFFS.

    Wheat.—The quantity of wheat afloat for the United Kingdom is 1,464,000 qrs., compared with 1,500,000 qrs. a week ago. The quantity afloat for Continental ports is ...

    Article : 41 words
  36. THE BARQUE BLENGFELL

    As a result of tho petroleum explosion on board the barque Blengfell off Margate, the whole of the stern of the vessel was blown out. There are no traces of the nine persons ...

    Article : 66 words
  37. LONDON FINANCE.

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  38. PENNY POSTAGE.

    The Washington Government is proposing that penny postage should be established between the United States and Great Britain, Franco, and Germany. ...

    Article : 41 words
  39. WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

    At the Criminal Sessions to-day John [?] who was charged with having shot at his wife, who was alleged to be living with another man, was acquitted. Patrick ...

    Article : 257 words
  40. TALLOW FACTORY DESTROYED BY FIRE.

    Messrs. Goldsbrough, Mort, &. Co.'s extensive factory for the manufacture of tallow, glue, and kindred articles, situate on the Saltwater River, Kensington, was ...

    Article : 116 words
  41. CURE FOR LOCKJAW.

    Dr. Rombard, of the Pasteur Institute at New York, is reported to have cured a case of lockjaw by means of an injection of tetanus serum in the region of the brain. ...

    Article : 46 words
  42. LONDON COMMERCIAL.

    Tallow.—At the tallow auction 2,000 casks were offered, of which 800 were sold. Prices were unaltered. ...

    Article : 22 words
  43. BURGLARY AT BROKEN HILL.

    An impudent robbery was perpetrates last night at Messrs. Prest and Hocking's ironmongery store, Argent-street. The night was intensely dark. The burglars ...

    Article : 206 words
  44. INTERCOLONIAL RIFLE MATCHES.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 352 words
  45. POLITICIANS VERSUS JOURNALISTS.

    In the Legislative Assembly this afternoon the Premier, in reply to a question, said the evidence given in recent proceedings in the Supreme Court against Messrs. Kirwan and ...

    Article : 236 words
  46. ADMINISTRATION OF NEW GUINEA.

    In connection with the administration of New Guinea it is considered desirable to appoint a Resident Magistrate and a physician on the Mambare River, and a ...

    Article : 97 words
  47. QUEENSLAND POLITICS.

    In the Legislative Assembly to-day Mr. Philp moved the second reading of the Mining Bill. He urged its acceptance, to relieve the industry and induce the ...

    Article : 145 words
  48. MINIMUM RATES OF PAYMENT FOR PUBLIC SERVANTS.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 184 words
  49. NEW PLEASURE OF H.R.H.

    The Prince of Wales now smokes only Ogden's Guinea Gold Cigarettes. Medically recommended by leading physicians, who pronounce them to be an unequalled smoke. ...

    Article : 36 words
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