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  2. INTERCOLONIAL NEWS. TASMANIA.

    Thomas Normoyle, found guilty of the manslaughter of G. H. Knight, a postman, whom he shot dead, was sentenced by the Chief Justice to two years' imprisonment. Mrs. ...

    Article : 116 words
  3. Sydney Telephone Exchange.

    Stockholm, Dunedin, and Honolulu have each been respectively quoted aa the centre of the greatest amount of telephonic communication in proportion to the population. As I have never ...

    Article : 1,398 words
  4. INTERCOLONIAL NEWS. NEW ZEALAND.

    A cable has been received from London to the following effect: The bondholders of the Oamaru Harbor Board Debentures Loan of 1879 for £ 100,000 (6 per cent.) have accepted a reduction ...

    Article : 130 words
  5. REVENUE RETURNS.

    The revenue for the month of February totalled £ 57,412, against £ 55,649 for the last year. There has been an increase on the first two months of the present year of £ 1513, compared with the ...

    Article : 40 words
  6. KING TAWHAIO CLAIMS KINGLY RIGHTS.

    A native difficulty has arisen over the road through the native block in Auckland. King Tawhaio still claims kingly rights. He says he levies no taxes because of his love for his ...

    Article : 51 words
  7. FATHER AND SON DROWNED.

    Percy Hobbs Grubb and his son, Hugh Grubb, aged 14, on March 2 landed from a boat in Blackman's Bay, and took in 8ewt of ballast, afterwards leaving for Hobart. A squall ...

    Article : 47 words
  8. AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE.

    The case of Professor Aldis has been considered by the University Senate. It was resolved, on the motion of Sir Robort Stout-" That it is undesirable to express an opinion on the internal ...

    Article : 122 words
  9. Branding Pigs.

    A question as to whether the branding of stock in certain cases is cruelty to animals was dealt with by Judge Foster, in Chambers, on February 28. In this case the animal ...

    Article : 484 words
  10. NEWS IN BRIEF.

    Mr. Walter A. Gatenby, the well-known finewool sheepbreeder, of Launceston, was found dead in bed on February 28. The Chief Justice has left for England. He ...

    Article : 125 words
  11. SIR WILLIAM JERVOIS ON THE DEFENCES.

    The Government has consulted Sir William Jervois, ex-Governor, who is now in England, and others who have been connected with the defences of the country, upon the report ef Colonel Fox, ...

    Article : 240 words
  12. VICTORIA. RAILWAY FREIGHTS.

    An influential deputation waited on the Minister for Railways on February 28, and urged the reduction of freights on wheat, more especially on that intended for export, in order to ...

    Article : 67 words
  13. A TWO-HEADED CHILD.

    Mrs. M'Namara, of Carlton, a suburb of Melbourne, the wife of a laborer and mother of five children, gave birth to a child with two heads. Surgical aid was employed, but though ...

    Article : 48 words
  14. BURG-LARS IN MELBOURNE.

    MELBOURNE, Monday.— Another serious attempt at burglary occurred at Williamstown at 3 o'clock this morning, when a fruiterer's shop, kept by a Mrs. Smith, was broken into. ...

    Article : 137 words
  15. NEWS IN BRIEF.

    At Greymouth two lads named John Kennedy and Patrick M'Grath wore drowned. At Dunedin, James Eattray and Francis Meenan were each fined £ 5 for exporting a box of ...

    Article : 139 words
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  17. SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    The Government, following their policy of retrenchment, have issued an order that in future all Civil servants giving evidence in the law courts shall pay the fees received into ...

    Article : 155 words
  18. QUEENSLAND. THE LATE DROUGHT.

    BRISBANE, Monday.— A return has been issued showing the dire effects of the drought which has just been broken up. During the past two years one station in the North Gregory district lost ...

    Article : 128 words
  19. A DISORDERLY MEETING.

    BRISBANE, Tuesday.— In the Town Hall last night a largely attended meeting of the Women's Franchise Association was held, a large percentage of men also being present. Mrs. John ...

    Article : 129 words
  20. WEST AUSTRALIA,

    The Government has appointed Mr. L. Lindley Cowan as secretary of the newly-formed Agricultural Bureau. The revenue returns for the month of February ...

    Article : 38 words
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