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  2. Celegraphic News.

    The French liner Lafayette, 3,394 tons, owned by the Compagnie Generale Transatlantique of Paris (which was captured while attempting to run the blockade and ...

    Article : 166 words
  3. THE FAR EAST.

    The Japanese troops will bo withdrawn from Wei-hai-wei on June 7, aud formal possession of the port will at once be taken by Great Britain. Detachments of the Highland ...

    Article : 193 words
  4. HAVANA HARBOR.

    Canadian files give the following details of events leading up to the Spanish-American war :—A special to the World from Havana, dated 4th April, says:—"Forty floating ...

    Article : 544 words
  5. CHURCH OF ENGLAND RITUAL.

    The Convocation of Canterbury, which represents the clergy of the southern provinces of England, has discussed the petition of Mr. John Kensit in reference to the Church of ...

    Article : 124 words
  6. QUEENSLAND.

    The Premier to-day, in replying to a deputation of persons interested in cyanide works with regard to the purchase of Cassell's patent rights, said he intends to remove all the shackles ...

    Article : 174 words
  7. THE PROGRESS OF VICTORIA.

    Lord Brassey has promised to read a paper before the members of the Royal Colonial Institute during the month of June on the recent progress of Victoria. ...

    Article : 40 words
  8. NEW ZEALAND.

    The public accounts published to-day show that the consolidated revenue amounted to £4,724,333, tho territorial to £263,296, and small items raised tho total to £5,494,950, ...

    Article : 52 words
  9. A ROYAL SCANDAL.

    A great sensation has been caused in court circles by the aberrations of Princess Louise (eldest daughter of King Leopold), who is now incarcerated in a private lunatic asylum after ...

    Article : 185 words
  10. A PROSPEROUS COMPANY.

    At the annual meeting of the Scottish-Australian Investment Company today the chairman announced that the profits for the past twelve months had totalled £7,692. The ...

    Article : 56 words
  11. THE PRICE OF BREAD.

    At Christchurch the price of bread has risen Id. a loaf. WELLINGTON, May 12. The Government have declined to grant ...

    Article : 129 words
  12. COMMERCIAL.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 220 words
  13. THE WHEAT MARKET.

    The English wheat market is quieter, and prices are unchanged. Foreigners are holding for an advance of Is, a quarter. ...

    Article : 28 words
  14. THE CAPE DE VERDE FLEET.

    The report that the Spanish squadron which recently Bailed from Cape de Verde had arrived at Cadiz has not been verified, and its authenticity is discredited by Mr. J. ...

    Article : 496 words
  15. VICTORIA.

    A large and influential deputation waited on the Solicitor-General to-day with regard to the decision of the Supreme Court as to magisterial bias, and the position of Mr. Lormer, ...

    Article : 150 words
  16. AUSTRIAN ARMAMENTS.

    The Austrian Government are applying to the Reichsrath for a vote of 30 million florins to be expended in the purchase of small arms and the strengthening of the ...

    Article : 74 words
  17. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    The relief vessels have salved 2,619 bales of wool from the Mataura, one of the New Zealand Shipping Company's line, which left Wellington for London on December 21. and ...

    Article : 135 words
  18. OBITUARY.

    The death is announced ol the tenth Duke of St. Albans, aged 58. He is is succeeded by his son, the Earl of Burford, now in his 28th year. ...

    Article : 38 words
  19. THE YARRAVILLE TRAGEDY.

    The condition of Mrs. McCarthy, who murdered her two daughters and attempted to murder her son yesterday, was very much worse to-day. She was removed to the Melbourne ...

    Article : 50 words
  20. AUSTRALIAN FEDERATION.

    Mr. G. H. Reid delivered a speech to-night at Goulburn on the Federation question, this being his second since the Federal Convention concluded its labors. There was a very large ...

    Article : 230 words
  21. NEWMARKET STAKES.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 94 words
  22. THE ITALIAN REVOLT.

    Fresh rioting of a serious description has occurred at Naples, where barricades had been erected. The troops were summoned and several rioters shot dead. ...

    Article : 387 words
  23. THE GOLD YIELD.

    The gold yield last month was 65,395 oz. The past four months show an increase of 7,927 oz. on the corresponding period of last year. ...

    Article : 31 words
  24. ACCIDENT TO MR. D. GILLIES.

    Mr. Duncan Gillies, M.L.A., slipped while ascending the stairs at his house at Toorak to-day and dislocated his shoulder. MELBOURNE, May 12. ...

    Article : 119 words
  25. LONDON WOOL SALES.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 56 words
  26. NEW SOUTH WALES.

    Mrs. Farrell, an old woman, was in bed last night when the bed curtains caught on tiro. The woman, who was very ill, was severely burned while endeavoring to extinguish the ...

    Article : 44 words
  27. THE MARKET UNCHANGED.

    The wool sales were continued to-day, when the competition was fair. The prices for all sorts remain unchanged. Messrs. Strachan, Cheadle, & Co. report ...

    Article : 125 words
  28. MEETING AT BRUNSWICK.

    A very largo and enthusiastic meeting was held in the Brunswick Town Hall to-night to consider the Federal Convention Bill. Mr. Higgins had a good reception, and his ...

    Article : 69 words
  29. A BARGE DESTROYED BY FIRE.

    At Bourke a barge attached to the steamer Wandering Jew was destroyed by fire last night, and a large quantity of drapery and groceries was destroyed. The barge was owned ...

    Article : 44 words
  30. TROOPS FOR THE PHILIPPINES.

    General Merrit, who has been commissioned to co-operate with Admiral Dewey in the Philippines, will take 1,500 troops in the first transport steamers, viz., Australia, City ...

    Article : 61 words
  31. CAULFIELD V. NORTON.

    The application made by Mr. J. P. T. Caulfield to-day to make absolute the rule nisi calling on John Norton, the defendant in the suit of Caulfield v. Norton, to show cause why ...

    Article : 143 words
  32. CRICKET.

    Mr. Richard Webster, at a meeting of the Surrey County Club yesterday, stated that cricketers did not take Lord Hawke seriously when he contended that the Marylebone ...

    Article : 86 words
  33. ADDRESS BY MR. T. J. BYRNES.

    The Premier (Mr. T. J. Byrnes) replying to an address of welcome at Charters Towers today referred to Federation. He said the subject was one not based merely on ...

    Article : 156 words
  34. GERMAN WARSHIPS FOR MANILA.

    Germany is sending four warships to Manila. The whole of Spain is now under martial law and the bread riots and looting are spreading. ...

    Article : 36 words
  35. THE PRICE OF SILVER.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 15 words
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