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  2. CONGRESS ON EDUCATION.

    An Education Congress is now being held at the Victorian Earl's Exhibition, Earl's Court. Lord Loch, formerly Governor of ...

    Article : 107 words
  3. SWIMMING.

    A swimming contest for the world's five-miles amateur championship was held on the Thames yesterday, when Mr. Percy Cavill, of ...

    Article : 216 words
  4. VICTORIA.

    A procession of Orangemen and members of the Protestant Alliance Society took place at [?] this afternoon. Although isolated ...

    Article : 325 words
  5. VICTORIAN OFFICERS BANQUETTED.

    Mr. Louis Brennan, C.B., formerly of Victoria, where he invented the torpedo bearing his name, and now superintendent of ...

    Article : 331 words
  6. POLICE COURTS.

    DRUNKENNESS.—Edward [?] who had been fined on Friday for drunkenness, was ordered to pay another [?] of 5s. Three ...

    Article : 435 words
  7. BISLEY MATCHES.

    The firing for the Kolapore Cup match for teams representing the colonies, India, and Britain, which was concluded at Bisley to-day ...

    Article : 120 words
  8. INTERCOLONIAL.

    The conference of representatives of the dairying industry closed last evening. Several papers were read and a number of resolutions ...

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  9. THE NORTH POLE.

    Herr Andree has now ascended from Danes Land in his new balloon in an attempt to reach the North Pole. The ascent was made ...

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  10. THE MISSING STEAMER.

    There are still no tidings of the French steamer Tanais, and some alarm is being felt for her safety. She is now five days overdue, nine ...

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  11. THE QUEEN'S REIGN.

    Her Majesty has issued a message to her people conveying expressions of her appreciation of the manner in which the completion of ...

    Article : 165 words
  12. REVOLVER ACCIDENT.

    A boy named Alexander Kirkwood was playing with a revolver at Surry [?] Sydney, when the weapon exploded. The blank ...

    Article : 35 words
  13. NEW GUINEA.

    The Archbishop of Canterbury (Dr. Frederick Temple, P.C., D.D.) has approved of the appointment of the Rev. Montague John ...

    Article : 177 words
  14. A GREAT STRUGGLE.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 439 words
  15. SENSATIONAL. BOLT.

    A sensational accident occurred at Newcastle last night. A horse attached to a sulky bolted in Hunter-street, which was crowded ...

    Article : 64 words
  16. COMMERCIAL.

    Since the date of the last report 2,567 packages of kauri gum have been offered, and 853 packages sold at an advance of from 2s. 6d. to ...

    Article : 95 words
  17. HUGE FRAUDS.

    News has been received in Sydney of some huge frauds which a short time ago were perpetrated in Germany by a man named May ...

    Article : 75 words
  18. GREECE AND TURKEY.

    Tewfik Pasha, the Turkish Minister of Foreign Affairs, has announced, at a meeting of Ambassadors in Constantinople, that ...

    Article : 54 words
  19. WOOL SALES.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 112 words
  20. REVIEWS.

    This story (by F. [?] may be confidently recommended to young readers, especially to such as have dreams-like Dania-of ...

    Article : 253 words
  21. MINING RETURNS.

    The Block 14 mill during the week treated 2,073 tons of crudes for 586 tons of concentrates and slimes. The shipments were 971 ...

    Article : 69 words
  22. OUR PREMIERS.

    Germany has been closely watching and noting the speeches made by the colonial Premiers. The conclusion arrived at in that ...

    Article : 46 words
  23. SEVERAL ARRESTS.

    The following were arrested by the police on a charge of riotous behavior:—Patrick Reidy, Johanna M'Mahon, Hugh Kingsman, John ...

    Article : 63 words
  24. AMERICA AND BRITAIN.

    The New York Times has published an article on the relations existing between Britain and the United States. This journal ...

    Article : 57 words
  25. SIR JOHN M'INTYRE.

    Sir John M'Intyre, ex-leader of the Opposition in the Victorian Legislative Assembly, has had a long interview with Mr. Joseph ...

    Article : 437 words
  26. SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    The executive committee of the Wells and Jones memorial fund, having telegraphed to the acting Premier of Western Australia that ...

    Article : 65 words
  27. DISCOVERS IN THE BUSH.

    The body of Mr. Hume, a mining manager of Melbourne, who has been missing since March last, was found in the bush near ...

    Article : 74 words
  28. MR. G. H. REID.

    Mr. G. H. Reid, Premier of New South Wales, returned to London from Scotland, and then went to Paris. He will return here on ...

    Article : 35 words
  29. CHARGE OF LARCENY.

    About a fortnight ago a young man named Thomas Phillips was barged at the Perth Police Court with the larceny as a bailee of the ...

    Article : 449 words
  30. FREMANTLE.

    (Before Mr. Fairbairn, R.M., and Messrs. T. W. Smith, E. Solomon, and G. Y. [?] J. P.'s.) CHARGE AGAINST A PUBLICAN. ...

    Article : 420 words
  31. LIBRARY CONFERENCE.

    The second International Library Conference is now being held under the presidency of Sir John Lubbock, member of the House of ...

    Article : 102 words
  32. THE FUNERAL.

    One of the largest public funerals ever seen in Adelaide was that of the late Messrs. Wells and Jones to-day. Service was held this ...

    Article : 174 words
  33. WESTERN AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINES.

    Mr. Joseph Chamberlain, Secretary of State for the Colonies, has promised Sir John Forrest, Premier of Western Australia, that ...

    Article : 49 words
  34. A YOUNG MAN'S SUICIDE.

    A young man named James Young has committed suicide by cutting his throat with a butcher's knife. ...

    Article : 21 words
  35. A PROSPEROUS COMPANY.

    The directors of the Trustees and Executors' Agency Company propose to pay a dividend of 5 per cent., and to carry forward the ...

    Article : 30 words
  36. "SKETCHES IN LAVENDER."

    It is only natural that Mr. Jerome, K. Jerome, having made his chief success by humorous writings, should object to being ...

    Article : 316 words
  37. SCULLING.

    Mr. Ten Eyck, a well-known amateur, of Boston, Massachusetts (U.S.A.), has won the Diamond Challenge Sculls race on the Thames ...

    Article : 45 words
  38. A NEW BUREAU.

    The Commissioner for Customs has given instructions for the immediate establishment of a bureau for the collection of information for ...

    Article : 32 words
  39. ENGLISH TURF.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 185 words
  40. THE PRIZES.

    The winners have secured a stake of £80 in cash and a silver bugle, presented by Messrs. John Dewar and Sons, distillers, Perth ...

    Article : 282 words
  41. SHOCKING FATALITY.

    Charles Venner. 16, was driving a load of wood at Ballarat when he fell off the shaft. His feet caught in the reins, and he was dragged ...

    Article : 38 words
  42. CRICKET.

    The team of cricketers selected by Mr. A. E. Stoddart to visit Australia this year will include-(1) J. T. Hearne, of Middlesex ...

    Article : 85 words
  43. CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL.

    A deputation waited on the Treasurer on Saturday, and asked for a grant of £1,000 for the children's hospital. A favorable reply ...

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  44. RAILWAY REVENUE.

    The railway revenue for the month of June showed an increase of £34,165 over the corresponding month of last year. ...

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  45. A DEPARTING CONTRALTO.

    Mrs. Oldham, a well-known contralto vocalist, will be shortly leaving to take up her permanent residence in Western Australia. ...

    Article : 44 words
  46. SKELETON UNEARTHED.

    The skeleton of a human being was discovered at Port Melbourne by some men who were engaged in digging a trench in Dow-street. ...

    Article : 33 words
  47. AUSTRALASIAN CHAMBER OF MINES.

    In response to representations made by a deputation of members of the Australasian Chamber of Mines, Sir Hugh Nelson, Premier ...

    Article : 76 words
  48. TASMANIA.

    Mr. H. J. Dean, a well-known resident, died yesterday. He was Mayor of Launceston in 1883. Nearly all the Royal personages ...

    Article : 75 words
  49. QUEENSLAND.

    The chief inspector of stock has received a further telegram from Inkerman Station showing that the experiments in regard to ...

    Article : 38 words
  50. BRITISH POLITICS.

    While the Welsh Education Bill was under discussion in the House of Lords yesterday, the Duke of Devonshire recommended the ...

    Article : 60 words
  51. OBITUARY.

    The death is reported of the Rev. Isaac Harding, a very old Wesleyan minister. ...

    Article : 16 words
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