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  2. INTERCOLONIAL NEWS. TASMANIA.

    Mr. P. Farrelly, ex-Mayor of Launceston, and one of the loading public men of the city, died on December 28 under painful circumstances. On the night of the December 13 Mr. Farrelly, it is ...

    Article : 243 words
  3. INTERCOLONIAL NEWS. QUEENSLAND.

    BRISBANE, December 28— At Spring Hill on Tuesday night a determined suicide occurred. A man named Shultz had been threatening to murder his wife, who was sick in bed, and Sergeant ...

    Article : 114 words
  4. INTERCOLONIAL NEWS. PHYLLOXERA IN VICTORIA.

    MELBOURNE, Monday— In consequence of the discovery of phylloxera at Emu Creek, the phylloxera board spent Saturday in examining the vineyards in the Bendigo district. In one ...

    Article : 103 words
  5. INTERCOLONIAL NEWS. VICTORIA.

    The position of Agent-General was offered to Mr. Duncan Gillies by the present Government some time age but was declined for private reasons. It has since been ascertained that ...

    Article : 87 words
  6. THE CONDEMNED WOMAN KNORR.

    MELBOURNE, Monday— The condemned woman Mrs. Knorr, when informed by Captain Burrowes that the Cabinet had decided that the sentence of death was to be carried out nn January 15, broke ...

    Article : 70 words
  7. SPEIGHT v. SYME LIBEL CASE.

    MELBOURNE, Monday— The libel case, Speight v. Syme, proprietor of the AGE newspaper, is near its end. On Saturday the proceedings in court extended from 10 in the morning till after ...

    Article : 482 words
  8. A FATAL FIRE.

    BRISBANE, Tuesday— At Bulimba on Sunday night two little boys, aged 4 and 2 respectively, sons of William John Hughes, a laborer, were burned to death. Mr. and Mrs. Hughes left home ...

    Article : 142 words
  9. AN EVENTFUL RACE MEETING.

    MELBOURNE, December 27— At a race meeting at Cowaar, Gippsland, yesterday, held in aid of the funds of the local R.C. Church, the horses in the first race all tumbled coming round a corner. ...

    Article : 89 words
  10. THE SHOOTING AFFRAY AMONG BOYS.

    The lad Archer, who is charged with shooting a boy named Sutcliffe, has been further remanded, as the injuries of Sutcliffe prevent him from attending the court. ...

    Article : 32 words
  11. TWO CHILDREN DROWNED.

    BRISBANE, Friday— A drowning accident, in volving the loss of two lives, occurred at Corinda on Boxing Day. Two of Mr. Joseph Hale's children, aged 9 and 2 years respectively, left home ...

    Article : 72 words
  12. NEWS IN BRIEF.

    The Globe Hotel, at Numurkah was de stroyed by fire at an early hour on Saturday morning. The hotel was insured for £ 900 and the stock and furniture for £ 300. ...

    Article : 382 words
  13. BURNED AND BRUISED.

    Messrs. J. M. Martin and William Cox, when engaged generating oxygen hy moans of oxide of magnesia and chloride of potash in the Albert Hall for a limelight view, met with a very severe ...

    Article : 57 words
  14. NEWS IN BRIEF.

    During the holidays one or two accidents occurred in Moreton Bay, but it is not known whether any fatal results ensued. A wrecked crew was picked up by one of Clark's cyster boats ...

    Article : 215 words
  15. A GOVERNMENT LOAN.

    A 4 per cent, loan of £ 1,000,000 was placed on the London market on December 28. The minimum was fixed at 98, the loan to bear interest at the rate of 4 per cent. Subscription lists are ...

    Article : 63 words
  16. NEWS IN BRIEF.

    An old resident of Launceston named Henry Heald, when engaged fishing on December 28 fell down in his boat and expired. It is thought from over exertion in rowing. Heald was a married ...

    Article : 279 words
  17. GREAT FLOODS IN GIPPSLAND.

    MELBOURNE, Saturday— There are great floods in Gippsland. The Mitchell River is higher than during any previous inundation. The hop and maize fields and many houses on the river flats ...

    Article : 152 words
  18. NEW ZEALAND. AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY.

    It is gleaned from a London cable that there are over 100 candidates for the chair of mathematics at Auckland University College, rendered vacant by the resignation of Professor W. S. Aldis, M.A. It ...

    Article : 57 words
  19. WRECK OF THE EILLAN DONAN.

    The following telegram reached Auckland: "The brigantine Eillan Donan has been wrecked at New Caledonia. The crew were all saved." The Eillan Donan was a wooden vessel of 270 tons, built at ...

    Article : 98 words
  20. WEST AUSTRALIA. A NEW MINING DEPARTMENT.

    A new department, to be devoted exclusively to the mining industry, is about to be established by the Government, owing to the very rapid growth of that industry during the ...

    Article : 72 words
  21. Thursday Island News.

    THURSDAY ISLAND, Monday— The captain of the barque Gazelle, from Rocky Island, was carried to the hospital on Saturday morning in a very bad state, suffering from consumption. The ...

    Article : 233 words
  22. A SENSATIONAL LAWSUIT.

    MELBOURNE, December 27— A sensational action will shortly come before the Supreme Court. The plaintiff is a well-known member of turf circles, and is suing the executors of the late Mr. Gr. ...

    Article : 105 words
  23. NEWS IN BRIEF.

    It is reported that a petition will he lodged against the return of Sir Robert Stout on the ground of corrupt practices in the shape of a bet made by one of his agents in the late general ...

    Article : 204 words
  24. SUICIDE.

    On December 23, a man named John Williamson, aged 59 years, committed suicide near Checkgrup on Saturday by shooting himself in the neck with a double-barrelled shotgun. The ...

    Article : 53 words
  25. MORE COAL IN VICTORIA.

    MELBOURNE, Monday— The diamond drill has been boring for coal on the lied Bluff, St. Kilda, for the past two weeks, and at a depth of 101ft 6in the drill pierced a splendid seam of brown ...

    Article : 98 words
  26. RAIN AT COOLGARDIE.

    Excellent rains are reported to have fallen in the Coolgardie district during the last few days. At Doodlekine nearly 3in was registered. It is also hoped that the downfall extended further ...

    Article : 48 words
  27. MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCE.

    Parlier Jones, an ex-policeman, went on board the steamer Flinders at Geraldton, in a slightly inebriated condition, and no trace of the man could be found when the vessel arrived at ...

    Article : 60 words
  28. THE WIDOW AND HER LOVER.

    MELBOURNE, Dec. 28— A widow of 50 named Hart complained to the city police, to-day, of haying been wooed, won, and robbed of £ 150, through meeting a handsome stranger, ...

    Article : 59 words
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