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  2. GENERAL NEWS.

    STRANDING OF A WHALE.—Our Busselton correspondent telegraphed on Aug. 18:—A large finback whale, about 70ft. in length ...

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  3. GREECE AND TURKEY.

    The long and vexatious delay in the settlement of the treaty of peace is causing great dissatisfaction in Greece, aud now some 3,000 ...

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  4. SALVATION "ARMY."

    In the Fremantle Town-hall on Aug. 17 " Commandant" Booth, of the Salvation "Army" received an enthusiastic welcome on the ...

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  5. SWIMMING.

    Great interest is being taken in the swimming match for £200 a side between " Joe " Nuttall, the English professional champion ...

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  6. INDIA.

    In response to the protest of the Viceroy of India (the Earl of Elgin and Kincardine), the Ameer of Afghanistan has issued a firman ...

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  7. VICTORIA.

    Judge Molesworth delivered judgment to-day in the application of Arthur Garner, theatrical manager, for an unconditional certificate ...

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  8. INTERCOLONIAL.

    In the Legislative Council today the Chief Secretary laid on the table plans for the new art gallery, also a design for the public library. ...

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  9. COAL TRIMMERS.

    A cutting competition has been started at Newcastle between the Coal Trimmers' Co-operative Association and the master trimmers. ...

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  10. TRAMWAY COMPANY.

    The Melbourne Tramway Company has declared a dividend of 3d. per share, which with a similar interim dividend has absorbed ...

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  11. RAILWAY GAUGES.

    Mr. Monorieff, the engineer-in-chief of the South Australian railways, who attended the conference in Melbourne on the ...

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  12. POOH IRELAND.

    A serious condition of affairs is reported from Ireland. It is found that the potato blight is ravaging the western counties of Limerick ...

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  13. A GOVERNOR CENSURED

    The Ameer of Afghanistan has censured the Governor of Jellalabad (a city on the Cabool River and midway between Cabool and ...

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  14. DISABLED STEAMER.

    The steamer Larnaca, which is chartered by the Adelaide Steamship Company, was reported at Port Phillip Heads this morning ...

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  15. REVENUE RETURNS.

    From July 1 to August 14 the stamp duties yielded £4,235, and the land aud income tax £3,666. ...

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  16. SPAIN'S SOLDIERS.

    It is stated that some 25,000 of the Spanish soldiers who were sent to quell the rebellion are on the sick list in Cuban hospitals. ...

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  17. THE TOTALISATOR.

    In the Legislative Assembly to-day Mr. Sleath moved the second reading of the Totalisator Bill. Mr. Crick, who opposed the ...

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  18. HELPING THE TREASURY

    In the past the justices of the peace have been in the habit of signing documents without the payment of fees, but since the ...

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  19. REINFORCEMENTS.

    Owing to the frontier troubles and the disturbed state of the country generally reinforcements will be sent out to India in ...

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  20. LEAKING BOILERS.

    The statement of the captain o the Larnaca is that the steamer left Adelaide on Sunday. When off Cape Northumberland the ...

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  21. OCCUPATION OF THESSALY.

    Lord Salisbury refuses to acquiesce in the occupation of Thessaly by Turkey pending the payment of a portion of the war ...

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  22. MEAT POISONING.

    Messrs. W. Weddell and Co., the colonial produce agents, have completed their inquiry into the circumstances attending the ...

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  23. TASMANIA.

    Sir Philip Fysh will leave Launceston for the Convention on Thursday week, lie will remain in Melbourne for a few days to ...

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  24. SPLIT IN THE LABOR PARTY.

    The split in the Labor party has culminated in the resignation of Mr. D. M. Charleston, member of the Central Division in the Legislative ...

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  25. ANTARCTIC SEAS.

    The steamer La Belgica, with M. de Gerlache and the members of his Antarctic expedition, sailed yesterday, and the Dutch and ...

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  26. PEGU PIRACY.

    The following telegram was published by a Straits Settlement newspaper on July 20:—"The Pegu was pirated by 11 A Chinese men ...

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  27. THE CANOVAS TRAGEDY.

    When he was being tried by the military court at Madrid for the assassination of the late Senor Canovas, Premier of Spain, the ...

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  28. RECOGNITION OF GOD.

    The Legislative Council has received a large number of petitions for and against the recognition of God in the Federal Constitution. ...

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  29. BICYCLE ACCIDENT.

    Corporal Hewitt, while riding e bicycle to-day, was run into by a cab. He sustained a fracture of the skull and his condition is now ...

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  30. BILLS DEALT WITH.

    In the Legislative Council this evening the Wangaratta to Whitfield Railway Bill passed all its stages. The Minister in charge of ...

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  31. SIR GEORGE TURNER.

    Sir George Turner reached Largs Bay to-day. In the course of an interview, he said that while in England he strongly urged that ...

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  32. SYDNEY ORANGES.

    The Sydney oranges which were received in the Orient Company's R.M.S. Oruba have now been sold, realising from 12s. to 13s. per case. ...

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  33. AFRICA.

    President Kruger is opposing the abolition of the dynamite monopoly, as recommended by the mining and industrial commission. ...

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  34. MELBOURNE INSOLVENCY

    The schedule of Sydney Smith, a Melbourne gentleman whose estate was recently sequestrated compulsorily, has been filed in the ...

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  35. PARLIAMENT.

    In the House of Assembly to—day the Treasurer expressed the opinion that the Convention could, under the existing Act, adjourn for ...

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  36. COLONIAL BISHOPS.

    The colonial bishops who have been attending the Pan-Anglican Conference are now making final arrangements to return to their ...

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  37. NEW SOUTH WALES.

    In the case of M'Kenna v. the Adelaide Steamship Co., for breach of agreement, the jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff for £30. ...

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  38. COLONIAL TROOPS.

    Sir Charles Wentworth Dilke, Bart., Liberal member for the Forest of Dean division of Gloucestershire, has entertained the New ...

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  39. TASMANIA WRECK.

    At a meeting of the Federated Stewards and Cooks' Union tonight it was resolved that subscription lists should be circulated ...

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  40. COBDEN CLUB.

    The gold medal of the Cobden Club (an association for the spread of free trade) has been bestowed upon Sir Wilfrd Laurier, P.C. ...

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  41. COURT-MARTIAL.

    A court-martial was held to-day to bear the charges of forgery, embezzlement, and desertion against Ernest Wright, chief ...

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  42. DUEL ABANDONED.

    General Albertone, the Italian officer who had arranged a duel with Prince Henry of Orleans, has abandoned the contest. The Prince ...

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  43. ENGLAND'S LIQUOR INTERESTS.

    A very concrete interest was given to one side of the liquor question on June 30 by Mr. E. N. Buxton, of the well-known firm of ...

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  44. VICTORIAN RIFLES.

    Regimental Sergeant - Major Algie, of the Victorian Mounted Rifles, who has received six weeks' training at Aldershot, has obtained ...

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  45. NEW ZEALAND.

    Parliament will be opened during the last week in September. ...

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  46. ASIATIC CHOLERA.

    A girl bas died at Bethnal Green, London, from Asiatic cholera. The doctors think that this is probably a sporadic or ...

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  47. VICTOR CONGRATULATED.

    The Count of Turin was accorded a great popular reception on returning to Italy after his duel with Prince Henry of Orleans at ...

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  48. THE DROUGHT.

    The drought which has prevailed south of Canterbury has broken, the first rain for many months having fallen. ...

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  49. COMMONWEALTH BILL.

    In the Legislative Assembiy to-day, in reply to a question, Mr. Brunker said that there was no record that the late Mr. Eddy had ...

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  50. COMMERCIAL.

    Owing to the scarcity of the supply Bradford "tops " have risen ½d. per lb. August 17. ...

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  51. SHOOTING AFFRAY.

    The woman Looney, who ran amok at Fielding with a revolver, fired six shots. She reloaded and began to shoot again. She has ...

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  52. SHIPPING.

    Arrivals—Steamer Yarrawonga, 2,553 tons, from Sydney ; barque Lintrathen, 699 tons, from Auckland ; and barque Loch Rannoch ...

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  53. GUN ACCIDENT.

    During gunnery practice on H.M. third-class screw cruiser Champion, 2,380 tons (Captain C. H. Cross), one of the ships of the ...

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  54. QUEENSLAND.

    At Townsville to-day the left arm of a man, in a decomposed state, was found floating in Boss Creek. ...

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