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  2. EASTERN PARLIAMENTS.

    The Legislative Council to-day rejected the Householders' Suffrage Bill. Mr. Warren threatened to block the Loan Appropriation Bills. ...

    Article : 265 words
  3. VICTORIA.

    In the case of Lincoln, Stuart, and Co., charged with having "sweated" a woman who, it is stated, had signed an affidavit to the effect that the charge ...

    Article : 65 words
  4. PERTH WATER SUPPLY.

    A meeting of ratepayers of the city of Perth was held in the Town-hall on Dec. 15, for the purpose of considering the question of the water supply, for the ...

    Article : 4,350 words
  5. THE PHILIPPINES.

    Mr. William Jennings Bryan, who opposed President M'Kinley for the Presidency, urges that the precedent of the establishment of an independent ...

    Article : 78 words
  6. SIR W. HARCOURT.

    It is announced that Sir William Vernon Harcourt will retain his seat in the House of Commons, but in future will act as a private member, and not as ...

    Article : 43 words
  7. INTERCOLONIAL.

    In the local court to-day a debtor was sentenced to 14 days' imprisonment for having failed to attend the last sittings of the court, in answer to an unsatisfied ...

    Article : 84 words
  8. TERRIBLE TRAGEDY.

    Stewart Briggs an ex-policeman and artilleryman, who has been lately unemployed, quarrelled with, his fiancee, Maggie Dutt, recently, and struck her. ...

    Article : 152 words
  9. RESIGNATION FINAL.

    It is now considered that the resignation of Sir W. Vernon Harcourt is final. The decision is attributed to the movement to recall Lord Rosebery to the ...

    Article : 109 words
  10. BIG INSOLVENCY.

    The schedule of James Swift, accountant, has been filed. The liabilities amount to £30,000, and the assets to £8,000. The cause of the insolvency ...

    Article : 35 words
  11. ATTITUDE OF REBELS.

    The Philippine insurgents consider that the Spanish Government ought to employ the £20,000,000, which have been paid by the Americans for the ...

    Article : 61 words
  12. DIVORCE COURT.

    In the Divorce Court to-day the petition of Stephen Williams, fanner, for a divorce from his wife, on the ground of adultery, was granted. The wife ...

    Article : 83 words
  13. BURNING FATALITY.

    Mrs. Kerr, 77 years of age, was burned to death to-day, owing to her clothing having ignited while she was burning paper under a copper. ...

    Article : 27 words
  14. IMPORTS AND EXPORTS.

    The imports during the mouth of November reached a total value of £1,800,000, being an increase of £150,000, over the corresponding period of last year. ...

    Article : 49 words
  15. AFFECTING SCENES.

    An inquest into the circumstances surrounding the Petersham tragedy was opened to-day. The identification of the deceased women was established ...

    Article : 334 words
  16. EUROPEAN POLITICS.

    It is reported in Vienna that serious negotiations are proceeding between Russia and Britain in order to arrange a modus vivendi in China. ...

    Article : 31 words
  17. A LONDON TRAGEDY.

    Schneider, a London butcher, who on November 13 burned to death in an oven a baker named Berndt, and afterwards stabbed Ross, a master baker ...

    Article : 44 words
  18. OBITUARY.

    Mr. Alexander Murray, a well-known colonist, died to-day as the result of a buggy accident near Mitcham. ...

    Article : 19 words
  19. RAILWAY FATALITY.

    An elderly man named James M'Kay was killed near Warrnambool to-day. He was driving over a level crossing, when a goods train collided with the ...

    Article : 33 words
  20. INDIAN REMOUNTS.

    A notice in the "Government Gazette" states that the Indian Army Remount Department expects to purchase 1870 military horses in the colonies during the ...

    Article : 29 words
  21. PAINFUL CASE.

    Mrs. M'Nab, who was convicted of the manslaughter of her infant, whom she poisoned, and was strongly recommended to mercy, was brought up for ...

    Article : 50 words
  22. RUSSIAN DIPLOMACY.

    According to the London "Daily News," the Russian Government induced China to withhold the balance of the war indemnity due to the Japanese, who ...

    Article : 49 words
  23. VICTORIA.

    In the Legislative Council to-day, the Land Bill was passed through all its stages. The Legislative Assembly passed the ...

    Article : 35 words
  24. NIGER CONVENTION.

    The French Government has allowed the date for the ratification of the Niger Convention to pass without having taken any steps to give adherence to ...

    Article : 113 words
  25. NEW SOUTH WALES.

    The report of Mr. Justice Owen, who, as sole commissioner, inquired into the charges made against the conduct of the Minister of Works (Mr. Young) at ...

    Article : 75 words
  26. PARIS EXHIBITION.

    The Government has decided that the colony will not be represented at the Paris Exhibition to be held in 1900. ...

    Article : 22 words
  27. SPAIN.

    An extraordinary demonstration is reported to have taken place in the city of Granada, which is situated 130 miles east of Seville. ...

    Article : 54 words
  28. NEW SOUTH WALES.

    In the Legislative Council to-day, the Probate Succession Duties Bill was shelved. In the Legislative Assembly the ...

    Article : 225 words
  29. MARNIE COLLISION.

    The steamer Derwent collided with the steamer Mahinapua to-day, while swinging in the basin. The latter was badly damaged and her passengers and ...

    Article : 37 words
  30. CHARGE OF EMBEZZLEMENT.

    William Dovers was committed for trial to-day at Bombala on a charge of having embezzled public moneys. He admitted a deficiency of £950. ...

    Article : 26 words
  31. SUICIDE.

    Mark Sousee, who resided at Spring-mount, near Creswick, was discharged from a lunatic asylum recently. Last night he illused his wife, and then ...

    Article : 29 words
  32. CUBA.

    A serious fight has occurred in the streets of Havana between, some Spanish soldiers and a band of the Cubans. The quarrel arose from the refusal ...

    Article : 74 words
  33. FEDERATION.

    In the Legislative Assembly yesterday the Premier, in reply to Mr. Gillies, said, in regard to federation, that the Premiers ought to discuss the New ...

    Article : 177 words
  34. BUBONIC PLAGUE.

    Several deaths from the bubonic plague are reported daily at Tamatave, in Madagascar. Up to the present time no Europeans ...

    Article : 33 words
  35. SIR FREDERICK SARGOOD.

    Sir Frederick Sargood was entertained at a dinner this evening by the members of the Legislative Council. In responding to the toast of his health, he severely ...

    Article : 70 words
  36. FIRE AT ALBANY.

    At about one o'clock this morning the church bells rang out a fire alarm, and crowds turned out into Vancouver-street, facing the Recreation Ground ...

    Article : 414 words
  37. IRELAND.

    A serious outrage was attempted yesterday in the Belfast Court on Sir Peter O'Brien, the Lord Chief Justice of Ireland. ...

    Article : 55 words
  38. QUEENSLAND.

    The Goodiwindi district is in a deplorable condition, water being scarcer than for years past. ...

    Article : 21 words
  39. THE CONGO.

    Four Belgian traders are reported to have been eaten by cannibals in the district of the Upper Ubanghi, one of the largest rivers of Central Africa, and ...

    Article : 40 words
  40. QUEENSLAND.

    In the Legislative Assembly to-day, a bill was read the first time to prevent the further employment of Japanese in pearl-fishing. ...

    Article : 50 words
  41. NEW ZEALAND.

    The evidence given yesterday at the inquest on the Royal Oak Hotel fire showed that there was plenty of time for the victims to have effected their ...

    Article : 70 words
  42. PROSPECTS OF THE COUNTRY.

    Mr. L. H. Courtney, the member for Bodmin, Cornwall, read a paper yesterday before the Statistical Society on the Congo Free State. He declared that the ...

    Article : 78 words
  43. NORWAY.

    King Oscar II., of Norway and Sweden, has refused to give his sanction to the recent resolution of the Norwegian Storthing (Parliament) in favor ...

    Article : 51 words
  44. FIRE AT BROKEN HILL.

    A fire, which destroyed seven buildings in Patton-street. South Broken Hill, occurred yesterday. The outbreak started in Bellamy's secondhand score ...

    Article : 66 words
  45. AN EXTRAVAGANT LIFE.

    In the London Bankruptcy Court, on October 25, before Registrar Linklater, there was a sitting for the public examination of L. E. Maitland Strode ...

    Article : 319 words
  46. TOOHER DIVORCE CASE.

    The hearing of the Tooher divorce case, in which the wife petitioned for a dissolution of marriage on the ground of desertion, and upon the circumstances ...

    Article : 229 words
  47. DETAILS OF THE OUTRAGE.

    News has been received that the Ubanghi cannibals surprised and massacred seventy native soldiers who were escorting the traders. ...

    Article : 27 words
  48. CHINA.

    Colonel John Hay, the American Secretary of State, who was formerly ambassador of the United States in London, is actively favoring a moral and ...

    Article : 59 words
  49. ATTEMPTED TRAIN-WRECKING.

    A youth named Clayoreu was sentenced to six months' imprisonment, with 10 lashes, for having attempted to wreck a train. ...

    Article : 26 words
  50. CRICKET.

    Arrangements have been made for an Indian cricket team to visit England in 1900. ...

    Article : 23 words
  51. LIBEL ACTION.

    The libel action, Dr. Sheeman versus George Crowley, was concluded to-day. A verdict was found for the plaintiff for £1,000. The libel was contained in ...

    Article : 35 words
  52. THE LATE JAMES TYSON.

    Litigation over the late Mr. James Tyson's estate has begun. Mrs. Catherine Mulholland, a niece of Mr. Tyson, has issued a writ against John Tyson ...

    Article : 142 words
  53. ALIEN LABOR.

    Three Afghans were fined at Bourke to-day for having absconded from the service of the Bourke Carrying Company, which offered to pay their lines if they ...

    Article : 56 words
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  55. THE AUSTRALIAN SQUADRON.

    H.M.S. Royal Arthur has been ordered to proceed to Hobart on Monday. Several ships of the squadron will accompany the Royal Arthur. ...

    Article : 27 words
  56. Advertising

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  57. SUPPOSED ANTHRAX.

    A laborer named Byrne has died from a fly bite at Corowa. It is believed the anthrax was communicated to the bite from a dead animal. ...

    Article : 28 words
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