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  2. EARLY RECORDS OF EXPLORATION.

    Assistant-Surveyor Gregory reports, under date March 1, 1854, the frequent occurrence, in the Murchison district, of small specimens of copper, lead, ...

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  3. NEW SOUTH WALES.

    Sir Gerard and Lady Smith, who were the guests of Lord and Lady Hampden for some days, have pone on a visit to Brisbane. ...

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  4. INTERCOLONIAL.

    The Adelaide Underwriters' Association has been informed by the Melbourne Underwriters' Association that the marine war rates have been abolished on ...

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  5. MOROCCO.

    The Italian Government has despatched the warship Umbria to Mazagan-el-Brija to present an ultimatum to the Sultan of Morocco ...

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  6. OUR COMMANDANT.

    Major G. H. Chippindall, of the West Riding (Yorkshire) Regiment, had been appointed to the position of commandant of the Western Australian forces. ...

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  7. THE TRANSVAAL.

    The Government of the Transvaal has imposed a tax of 2½ per sent. on the gross output of the mynpacht mines which are worked at a profit, and it is ...

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  8. EUROPEAN POLITICS.

    It is stated that the Kaiser's hasty return from Palestine was due to the strained relations between Britain and France, and to the emphasis which was ...

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  9. GRETA COLLIERY DISASTER.

    No fresh developments have occurred in connection with the fall of the roof of the main tunnel at the East Greta colliery. The work of re-timbering the ...

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  10. OBITUARY.

    Mr. W. E. Ford, the proprietor of the York Hotel, died on Saturday, after a lingering illness. He was a well-known figure in Adelaide for many years. ...

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  11. FRENCH ANXIETY.

    Many of the French newspapers are unceasingly impressed with the gravity of the relations with Britain, aud some advocate a German alliance. ...

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  12. THE WEST INDIES.

    Mr. Joseph Chamberlain, the Secretary of State for the Colonies, has gratefully acknowledged the gift of 25,000 dollars (£5,000) from the people of ...

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  13. THE UPPER NILE.

    The London "Daily Chronicle" reports that the Indian troops have occupied Wadelai (on the left bank of the Upper Nile, about 45 miles below Albert ...

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  14. GLENELG RAILWAY.

    The Government has received a letter from the Glenelg Railway Company, formally declining the sum of £75,000 in cash offered for the line. ...

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  15. AFTER MANY YEARS.

    Recently a workman, while removing the floor of the Exchange Hotel at Murrumburrah, discovered some human remains. They were not identified, but ...

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  16. FRENCH NAVAL ACTIVITY.

    The French naval squadrons are engaged in constant gunnery practice and torpedo tactics. ...

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  17. UNIVERSITY EXAMINATIONS.

    The junior public examinations in connection with the Adelaide University will begin to-morrow. There are more than 200 candidates entered. ...

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  18. CHINA.

    News has been received from Peking that the Chinese rebels have looted the town of Kweichoufu, in the province of Suchwan, and burned down the French ...

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  19. STEAMER ASHORE.

    News has been received that the British steamer Atalanta has gone ashore at Newport, Yaquina Bay, Oregon, and twenty-eight persons have been drowned. ...

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  20. PRIVY COUNCIL.

    In the case of Prior v. the Attorney-General of New South Wales, leave to appeal has been refused. In the case of the Alliance Contracting ...

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  21. VICTORIA.

    The death is announced of Mr. Gavin Brown, one of the oldest and most respected members of the Stock Exchange. He had been concerned in Victorian ...

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  22. BRITAIN'S POLICY.

    It is believed by the French and Russian press that the British Government will submit its policy of "the open door" in China to tie consideration of the ...

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  23. QUEENSLAND.

    William Tait, an apprentice on the barque Jessie Osborne, was drowned while bathing in the river to-day at Maryborough. ...

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  24. UNITED STATES.

    During a heavy fog the Philadelphia express ran into a gang of platelayers, and killed eleven of them. ...

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  25. CAPE POLITICS.

    Mr. W. P. Schreiner's compromise over the redistribution of seats creates eight new constituencies, returning 16 members. ...

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  26. SEED WHEAT.

    As the result of the experiments in the cultivation of seed wheat in the mallee country, Steinlee, a cross between Steinwedel and King Jubilee, was ...

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  27. A GREAT OUTCRY.

    The Volksraad has sanctioned the taxation of the gold output. It is expected that the impost will yield £350,000. The news has created a great outcry ...

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  28. SIR G. BADEN-POWELL

    Sir George S. Baden-Powell, K.C.M.G., the Conservative member for Liverpool (Kirkdale division), who was private secretary to the Governor of ...

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  29. BRITAIN AND AMERICA.

    At the launching of H.M.S. Formidable at Portsmouth on Thursday the British and American flags were intertwined. ...

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  30. KETCH STRANDED.

    The ketch Burnett, from Brisbane to Townsville, laden with timber, has stranded and capsized south of White Cliffs. The crew was saved. ...

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  31. VENEZUELA.

    The Government of Venezuela has retained Mr. Benjamin Harrison, an ex-President of the United States, as counsel before the arbitration tribunal. Mr. ...

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  32. SUPPOSED SUICIDE.

    When the schooner Mary Peverley was proceeding down the river a sailor named John Eclund jumped overboard and was drowned. ...

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  33. THE PHILIPPINES.

    Some interesting facts about the situation in the Philippines have been supplied by Captain Thomson, of the steamer Victorious, which has arrived have been accumulated and the opinion of the Americans is that they have been sent there to stay. The Manila trade has apparently resumed its normal volume ...

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  34. CRETE.

    Each of the four Powers has undertaken to furnish Prince George of Greece, the new Governor of Crete, with £40,000 to defray the cost of ...

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  35. DARING ROBBERY.

    A sensational robbery is reported from the Elondyke Cyanide Company's works at Charters Towers. The watchman was blindfolded, and bars of bullion ...

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  36. COMMERCIAL.

    Kauri Gum.—Since the date of the last report 2,563 packages of kauri gum hare been offered, and 1,941 packages sold; quotations for quarters ...

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  37. ULUPNA CREEK MURDER.

    The execution of Alfred Archer, the Ulupna Creek murderer, will take place to-morrow morning in the Melbourne gaol. He is quiet and resigned. ...

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  38. TERRIBLE STORM.

    A great storm occurred on Friday in the Wairarapa, Wellington, Hutt, and Petone districts. The river was flooded, and rose six inches higher than, it was ...

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  39. OBITUARY.

    The death, is announced of Edward Bootle-Wilbraham, first Earl of Lathom, aged 61 years. [The deceased, who was Lord ...

    Article : 61 words
  40. WESTRALIAN ROBBED.

    Mr. Jeremiah O'Leary, a contractor from Western Australia, arrived in a steamer on Saturday, and went to Little Lonsdale-street West, to look for his ...

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  41. THE DREYFUS CASE.

    The anti-Semitic newspapers execrate the Court of Cassation in the foulest language, and the Government is making no attempt to protect the court. ...

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  42. THE BEST TIME FOR A BATH

    On this point there is considerable difference of opinion. The general idea, is that the best and most convenient time for taking a bath is just after ...

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  43. P. AND O. COMPANY.

    At the annual meeting of the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company, to be held shortly, the directors, after providing for the usual ...

    Article : 159 words
  44. RAILWAY WRECKER.

    Tomlinson has been sentenced to imprisonment for life for having attempted to wreck trains at Wellingborough station (near Northampton), on the ...

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  45. CHURCH NEWS.

    The Anglican bishops have unanimously resolved to refuse to institute clergymen who do not pledge themselves to keep ritualistic practices within ...

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  46. ALLEGED EMBEZZLEMENT.

    Thomas Davey, a traveller for Messrs. Hart, Lawrence, and Co., of Adelaide, was arrested yesterday on three charges of embezzlement. ...

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  47. NEW ZEALAND.

    John Shaw Smellie, lately of Perth, Coolgardie, and Adelaide, was arrested at Dunedin yesterday on a charge of having, while indebted to Mr. Hussey ...

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  49. E. S. AND A. BANK.

    The annual report and balance-sheet of the English, Scottish, and Australian Bank have been issued to the shareholders. The balance shows that the ...

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  50. ANOTHER SUICIDE.

    The suicide epidemic continues, and yesterday a youth named Lloyd, 18 years of age, shot himself at Nelson. ...

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  51. WELLINGTON MYSTERY.

    In reference to the Wellington mystery, the medical opinion is to the effect that the bones discovered belonged to an old Maori warrior. ...

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  54. TASMANIA.

    The Supreme Court action, G. W. Lavender, advertising manager, against Whitacre, proprietor of the "Daily Telegraph," for £2,000, on account of ...

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