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  2. GENERAL NEWS.

    HOTEL PURCHASED.—Mr. John Geary has purchased the Oasis Hotel at Mount Margaret from Mr. Pogue, the figure being reported at ...

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  3. BRITISH V. ENGLISH.

    A petition signed by 104,388 Scotsmen has been presented to the Queen, asking Her Majesty to discountenance the use of the words ...

    Article : 340 words
  4. BRITISH POLITICS.

    Aa election, will be shortly held to fill the vacancy in the House of Commons caused by the death of Sir Frank Lockwood, the junior ...

    Article : 137 words
  5. INTERCOLONIAL.

    Great heat is reported from all parts of the colony. The highest reading was Euston, 124 in the shade. At Balranald it was 113. ...

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  6. EASTERN ASIA.

    The London "Standard" stated last week that the Russian Government had expressed itself ready to advance the balance of the war ...

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  7. VICTORIA.

    A scorcher was experienced to-day, when a record was put up at the Observatory, the highest reading in the shade being 107 degrees. The ...

    Article : 106 words
  8. ESCAPE OF PRISONERS.

    Jens Christien, an old Adelaide criminal, and Robt. Colquhoun, who lately escaped from the Waterside lockup at Perth, escaped from ...

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  9. FEDERAL CONTENTION.

    Mr. G. H. Reid, the chairman of the Federal Convention committee on finance, has telegraphed to Sir George Turner, suggesting the ...

    Article : 108 words
  10. VENEZUELA.

    The arbitrators appointed to settle the dispute between Great Britain and Venezuela, respecting the boundary of the Republic and ...

    Article : 99 words
  11. CRICKET.

    Trott, [?] meet in[?] Melbourne [?] Club's office, at 11 o'clock to-morrow morning to choose the team to ...

    Article : 178 words
  12. COMMITTED FOR TRIAL.

    At the last sitting of the Melbourne General Sessions a complaint was made by Judge Hamilton that a man named Abraham Nixon had ...

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  13. A SHANGHAI REPORT.

    Reports have been received from Shanghai that the British Admiralty has called into requisition the services of the Empress line of ...

    Article : 140 words
  14. DOCK ACCIDENT.

    While the steamer was being hauled up on the slips in Mort's dock yesterday for painting a sensational accident occurred ...

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  15. AFRICA.

    The French hare occupied Ojenne, a town in the Samory Empire, east of Bissandugu. ...

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  16. SEWER FATALITIES.

    Operations in the sewer at South Yarra for the recovery of the bodies of the smothered men were resumed this morning. Diver Beckett, with ...

    Article : 270 words
  17. SCIENCE AND PEACE.

    Dr. Alfred Nobel has left £434,000 to provide five annual prizes to students and inventors who shall be adjudged to have done ...

    Article : 459 words
  18. THE UPPER NILE.

    After a siege, which lasted six days, the native native captured Osobri, an important fort near Kassaia. A heroic defence was offered ...

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  19. FRENCH AGGRESSION.

    Reports have been received from Saigon, the capital of French Cochin-China, that the French have occupied, without any opposition ...

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  20. ATTEMPTED SUICIDE.

    At about eleven o'clock Dec. 30 the officials in charge of the central in police station were informed that a voting woman had attempted to ...

    Article : 332 words
  21. INTERCOLONIAL MATCH.

    Although the match was at an interesting stage, very few people attended the ground to-day. The gate receipts for the four days ...

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  22. LABOR TROUBLES.

    The result of the recent ballot shows that 55,000 men voted against the employers' proposals with regard to the "management" ...

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  23. A LONDON TRAGEDY.

    At Bow-street, to-day Prince, alias "Mad Archer," was charged with having murdered Mr. William Terriss, the eminent actor. ...

    Article : 88 words
  24. EASTERN QUESTION.

    The recent developments in connection with China are still receiving attention here. Captain M Kay, M.L.A., author of "The ...

    Article : 246 words
  25. AUSTRO-HUNGARY.

    A decree Las been gazetted at Vienna authorising the Government to levy taxes during the prorogation of the Reichsrath. ...

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  26. SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    The heat which has been raging in the colony all the week had not abated in intensity this evening, as predicted, the thermometer ...

    Article : 251 words
  27. GREAT SOUTHERN LANDS

    Agricultural settlement for the past year in this district has been very satisfactory, and shows no signs of diminishing Under ...

    Article : 306 words
  28. INDIA.

    The bubonic plague is increasing at Bombay, and a fresh exodus of the residents is taking place. The mortality in the city has been very ...

    Article : 43 words
  29. WEST INDIES.

    Sir Julian Pauncefote, G.C.B., G.C.M.G., the British Ambassador at Washington, is negotiating with the United States Government for ...

    Article : 56 words
  30. OBITUARY.

    The death is announced of Madame Marie Caroline Carvaiho Mioblan. The deceased anger was born at ...

    Article : 358 words
  31. LIEUTENANT LAMB.

    Lieutenant Lamb, of the New South Wales Permanent Artillery, who remained in England to [?] for a military examination, has ...

    Article : 37 words
  32. ILLICIT STILL.

    To-day Christopher Williams was fined £100 at the police court for having kept an illicit still, which was discovered in a house close to ...

    Article : 30 words
  33. THE BEST COMPLEXION IMPROVER.

    A London lady says:—"A sensitive skin should be treated as if it were a precious piece of embroi[?] dery. It should not be washed like ...

    Article : 154 words
  34. EASTERN QUESTION.

    The Sublime Porte has promised that £500,000 of the arrears due to Russia on account of the indemnity which was exacted at the ...

    Article : 48 words
  35. THROWN FROM A HORSE.

    A youth named John Kelly was thrown from his horse last night while returning from a gathering in connection with his brother's ...

    Article : 33 words
  36. CUBA.

    A decree issued by the Spanish Government establishing a system of autonomous government and administration in Cuba has been ...

    Article : 38 words
  37. BENNETT DIVORCE CASE.

    In the Bennett divorce case the jury retired at 3 o'clock on Wednesday afternoon. At mid-night they had not arrived at any ...

    Article : 133 words
  38. HAITI.

    A disastrous fire has occurred at Port an Prince (Port Republic), the capital city and principal seaport of Hayti Eight hundred houses ...

    Article : 52 words
  39. CUSTOMS RETURNS.

    From July 1 to December 25 the Customs; duties yielded £266,584, a decrease of £13,000 compared with the corresponding period of last ...

    Article : 26 words
  40. COMMERCIAL.

    The American visible supply of wheat and flour is now estimated at 52,378,000 bushels, against 51,448,000 bushes a week ago. ...

    Article : 28 words
  41. ANIMALS DYING.

    The intense heat has been responsible for many deaths at the Zoo. A valuable drill monkey, the only two seals, and a number of ...

    Article : 50 words
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