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  2. DOES NOT INTEND TO RESIGN.

    SIR DUNCAN GILLIES, the Victorian Agent-General, does not intend to resign. ...

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  3. A BUGGY ACCIDENT.

    MRS.GIBNEY, with her infant and others, were thrown out of a buggy at Woodford on Tuesday. The infant was killed and the mother seriously injured. ...

    Article : 28 words
  4. The Western Champion.

    IF the general election resolved itself into a struggle for supremacy between capital and labor, as some very well-meaning but fussy individuals assume, ...

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  5. THE JAMIESON TRIALS.

    HERR KRUGER has retailed the services of Sir R. T. Reid, Q.C., and Sir G. Lewis to watch the trial of Dr. Jamieson on behalf of the Transvaal Government. ...

    Article : 34 words
  6. TOPICS OF THE WEEK.

    SIMULTANEOUSLY with the arrival of Mr. George Kerr in Barcaldine there appeared upon the hoardings of the town certain printed documents intended to ...

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  7. ATTEMPTED ILLEGAL OPERATION.

    AT the Police Court to-day Mrs. Jane Brooke and Thomas Chambers, charged with attempting to commit an illegal operation, were both remanded. ...

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  8. PERISHED IN A SNOWSTORM.

    FULLY 130 persons perished in a snowstorm at Orel, near Moscow. ...

    Article : 17 words
  9. FATAL ACCIDENT.

    JAMES E. DOYLE, while riding home after the Beaudesert races on St. Patrick's Day endeavored to jump his horse over a wire fence, when the horse fell and threw him on ...

    Article : 48 words
  10. THE FLOGGING OF NATIVES.

    THE flogging of natives in Fiji has been stopped, and the officer punished. ...

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  11. BATTLESHIPS FOR AMERICA.

    THE United States Naval Committee recommend the construction of four battleships. ...

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  12. DISCHARGED AND CONGRATULATED

    R. M. RILEY, formerly Police Magistrate and Gold Warden at Cloncurry, who was remanded from Gympie, was charged at the Police Court Cloncurry, with the ...

    Article : 51 words
  13. CEREMONY DELAYED.

    THE second-class cruiser Dido, 5600 tons register, which has been built by contract at Govan-on-Clyde, near Glasgow, was to have been launched to-day. The ceremony was ...

    Article : 66 words
  14. SUPREME COURT BUSINESS.

    AT the Supreme Court to-day, J. S. Ogilvie, a well-known accountant, pleaded guilty to embezzlement of the funds of the ambulance brigade, and was sentenced to six months ...

    Article : 69 words
  15. A LABELLING BILL.

    A BILL providing for the labelling of foreign and colonial meat and cheese was introduced into the House of Commons by Francis B. Mildmay. It passed its second reading ...

    Article : 35 words
  16. New South Wales.

    The funeral of Mr. Donnelly, M.P. for Cowra, who died on Saturday night, left St. Patrick's Church yesterday for the Waverley Cemetery, there being a large attendance of ...

    Article : 40 words
  17. THE ANGLO-AMERICAN DIFFICULTY.

    THE New> York Herald to-day publishes a statement to the effect that the Commission appointed by the United States Congress to inquire into the true boundary line between ...

    Article : 42 words
  18. SEIZURE OF INDECENT PICTURES.

    THE police yesterday made a raid on the premises of Greene & Co., art photo agency, Pitt-street, and seized 250 indecent pictures. Greene has since been served with a criminal ...

    Article : 46 words
  19. TITLE FOR THE EMPEROR OF AUSTRIA.

    QUEEN VICTORIA has conferred upon the Emperor of Austria the title of Chief Colonelcy of the King's dragoons. ...

    Article : 26 words
  20. LATEST NEWS

    AN earthquake occurred at Valparaiso, causing much damage. ...

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  21. LOSSES IN CUBA.

    According to a Blue Book issued this week the year's losses in Cuba arising through the rebellion amount to £26,800,000. ...

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  22. THE VACANCY FOR COWRA.

    MR. S. W. DOWELL has already announced himself as a candidate in the Protectionist's interest for Cowra. Mr. Alfred Allen will also contest the seat as a Government supporter. ...

    Article : 38 words
  23. TROUBLE IN PERU.

    AN Indian rising has taken place in Peru. ...

    Article : 13 words
  24. THE JOHANNESBURG TRIALS.

    THE members of the Reform Committee at Johannesburg, who it is alleged were implicated in the Jamieson invasions, have been committed for trial, and reserved their ...

    Article : 34 words
  25. THE WILL OF DENIS MEAGHER.

    THE will of the late Dennis Meagher has been passed for probate. He bequeathes his son, Richard D. Meagher, his library, and all his other property to his sister, Mrs. Dillon ...

    Article : 41 words
  26. A BIG ROBBERY.

    BURGLARS entered a jeweller's shop in Bond-street and stole articles to the value of £5000. ...

    Article : 21 words
  27. ELECTION MATTERS.

    THE election of a member for South Louth, in the room of Dr. Ambrose, deceased, resulted in the return of Mr. M'Ghie, a Dillonite. ...

    Article : 28 words
  28. MARK TWAIN.

    MARK TWAIN is recovering from his recent illness. ...

    Article : 12 words
  29. A JOCKEY SERIOUSLY INJURED.

    A JOCKEY named J. Cripps was seriously injured while schooling the horse Waratah over hurdles. ...

    Article : 21 words
  30. LONDON WOOL SALES.

    THERE is eager competition at the wool sales, and crossbreds are still commanding late rates. ...

    Article : 21 words
  31. A GIGANTIC LEASE.

    Tne lease of Monte Carlo has been renewed for another 50 years. ...

    Article : 17 words
  32. ATTEMPTED SUICIDE.

    A man named Michael Solomon, aged 27, an employee in the Australian brewery, made a desperate attempt yesterday to commit suicide. He inflicted about a dozen wounds ...

    Article : 56 words
  33. GERMAN COLONISING SOCIETY.

    DR. PETERS has resigned the Presidency of the German Colonising Society. ...

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  34. HOLY WAR PROCLAIMED.

    KHALIFA has proclaimed a holy war in the Soudan. Several Arab tribes have volunteered to assist the British. ...

    Article : 25 words
  35. GOVERNMENT PROSPECTING PARTY.

    A PROPOSAL is being considered by the Governments of New South Wales and Victoria to form a mining prospecting party to investigate the country between Cape ...

    Article : 43 words
  36. THE CUBAN INSURRECTION.

    A SPANISH garrison in Cuba, mistaking a battalion of Spanish troops for rebels, fired upon them, killing twelve and wounding thirty-one, including several officers. ...

    Article : 29 words
  37. SUSPECTED NIHILISTS.

    Six officers have been arrested at Kieff, Russia, for being suspected Nihilists. ...

    Article : 16 words
  38. COLONIAL AND INTERCOLONIAL.

    AT the sittings of the Northern Supreme Court in its criminal jurisdiction yesterday, before his Honor Mr. Justice Chubb, Thomas Miller, charged with the murder of a ...

    Article : 114 words
  39. THE VENEZUELAN QUESTION.

    MR. CURZON stated that President Cleveland's proposals with reference to the Venezuelan question were received and now under consideration. ...

    Article : 51 words
  40. A HANDSOME GIFT.

    A GIFT of £50,000 by Mr. Russel was handed to the Vice-Chancellor of the Sydney University yesterday. ...

    Article : 22 words
  41. NOT A NATURALISED SUBJECT.

    IT has transpired that one of the jurors who tried the directors and editor of the defunct labor organ, the Daily Post, was not a naturalised British subject, and an attempt ...

    Article : 48 words
  42. BANK OF NEW ZEALAND.

    THE Bank of New Zealand Estates Co.'s debenture proposals have been adopted by the creditors. ...

    Article : 21 words
  43. FATALITIES AT SEA.

    DURING the passage of the barque Kelburn from Table Bay to Newcastle, a sailmaker named W. Beveridge fell down the hold and was killed. ...

    Article : 59 words
  44. EGYPTIAN AFFAIRS.

    The Egyptian Government have requested half-a-million sterling from the Egyptian reserve fund to defray the cost of the expedition against the dervishes. ...

    Article : 89 words
  45. ST. PATRICK'S DAY.

    ST. PATRICK'S DAY was observed as a general holiday throughout the colony. The weather was splendid. At the Q.T.C. races at Eagle farm ...

    Article : 52 words
  46. Saturday's Elections.

    THE result of the elections held on Saturday last will, with one exception, prove extremely comforting to the Government. The defeat of Mr. Byrnes at North Brisbane must have ...

    Article : 525 words
  47. PROBABLE STRIKE OF COALMINERS.

    THE Premier last night, speaking on the prospects of a strike among the coal traders, said the men were foolish to strike now, as there are plenty of hands available to take ...

    Article : 40 words
  48. Cultivation on a Large Scale.

    IT would really seem that if we are to have cultivation of the great wheat area of Central Queensland alluded to by Professor Shelton, that the community ...

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  49. A SOUTHERN SOLICITOR FILES.

    C. H. B. MACKAY, solicitor, of Toowoomba, has filed a petition for the liquidation of his estate, the liabilities being £9858. ...

    Article : 27 words
  50. SIR HENRY PARKES' LIBRARY.

    THE sale of Sir Heniy Parkes' library and curios took place yesterday, and was very poorly attended. Valuable first editions at works by prominent writers of the past went ...

    Article : 112 words
  51. DISASTROUS EXPLOSION.

    BY an explosion of powder aboard the British steamer Matadi off Bona, North Africa, the steamer was destroyed and 40 persons were drowned. The officers were ...

    Article : 31 words
  52. BURNT TO DEATH.

    AN elderly lady, Mrs. Murphy, was terribly burned in Brisbane through her clothes accidentally igniting. She is not expected to recover. ...

    Article : 27 words
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