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  2. District Councils.

    May 11.—Present—All. Tender accepted—75 yards quarry stone repairs new 32nd-milepost, Donald McRae, 1s. 8d. per yard. Work ordered—Spreading repairs, Port and Mill wards. Crs. Jones and Wheaton ...

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  3. BROKEN HILL.

    While a new explosive was being tried at Messrs. Barter and Sadler's open cut, at the Proprietary mine, this morning, the charge went off prematurely. Messrs. Baxter and ...

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  4. THE ITALIAN ELECTIONS.

    It is reported that the Czar of Russia has refused to grant the request of the Pope, made in reponse to a numerously-signed petition from Poland, respecting the release of the ...

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  5. LATE EDITION.

    The Agents-General of New South Wales Queensland, and New Zealand have entered into an arrangement with the Bank of England for the inscription of their stock at a reduced ...

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  6. THE VICTORIAN UNEMPLOYED.

    The Minister of Railways claims that the Government has fairly grappled with the unemployed question, and he does not think there will be an outcry this winter ...

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  7. INTERCOLONIAL NEWS.

    The Full Court to-day upheld the conviction of Annie Angus for receiving tobacco stolen from the Latrobe Bond by her brother, Alfred Marks, who is now serving a sentence. The ...

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  8. ARMENIA.

    Separate diplomatic notes have been forwarded to the Porte by the Governments of Great Britain, Russia, and France on the subject of the proposed reforms in Armenia. The ...

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  9. LAWN TENNIS.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 128 words
  10. THE McMEEKAN WILL CASE.

    The McMeekan will case was reviewed in the Practice Court to-day, when the plaintiff applied to Mr. Justice Hood for a commission to examine witnesses in Scotland, who were ...

    Article : 210 words
  11. CHESS.

    The weekly meeting of this club was held on Tuesday, May 14, the attendance being good. The handicap tourney was resumed and resulted in William Molloy—giving pawn and move—beating A. J ...

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  12. THE FRENCH IN AFRICA.

    Intelligence has been received that the French expeditionary forces have crossed the Niger, and have entirely looted the village of Nupe, which is situated in the country be ...

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  13. LONDON WOOL SALES.

    At the London wool sales to-day the French buyers were quieter, and the prices although fairly spirited were somewhat irregular. Hiles realised 6¾d, and Muliorina 3¾d ...

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  14. COMMERCIAL.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 13 words
  15. THE CURRENCY QUESTION.

    The Marquis of Ripon, Secretary of State for the Colonial Department, has replied to the communications of the Australian Agents-General that as the British Government has ...

    Article : 66 words
  16. SPORTING.

    Mr. Hughes accomplished the task early in the week of allotting the weights in the principal events of the A.R.C. Queen's Birthday meeting. The City Handicap is seven furlongs ...

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  17. SYDNEY WIFE-POISONING CASE.

    The Royal Commission appointed to enquire into the trial and conviction of George Dean on a charge of having administered poison to his wife sat again to-day ...

    Article : 213 words
  18. ALLEGED FALSE PRETENCES.

    Some startling revelations were made in connection with the arrest of Richard Patrick O'Grady to-day on a charge of obtaining £350 by false pretences. In February, 1876, the ...

    Article : 322 words
  19. AUSTRALIAN PRODUCE.

    A portion of the last shipment of Victorian honey is only bringing market 3d a pound. The market is glutted. Mr. John Bell, a director of the Orient line ...

    Article : 160 words
  20. NEW SOUTH WALES PARLIAMENT.

    In the Legislative Assembly this afternoon Sir Henry Parkes moved— That an address be presented to the Lieutenant-Governor respectfully informing his Excellency that ...

    Article : 356 words
  21. THE DIVORCE QUESTION.

    The Archbishop of Canterbury, sitting as President of the Convocation of the Province of Canterbury, has asked the bishops of the Church of England to prevent the clergymen ...

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  22. SALE OF ADULTERATED LIQUORS

    The case of Lenthal versus the Crown was decided by the Full Court to-day, when the court ruled that the fact of a police officer demanding from a publican samples of his ...

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  23. THE PITTSBURG IRONWORKS.

    It is stated that owing to the recent improvement in American trade the wages of the employes at the Carnegie Ironworks at Pittsburg have been advanced 10 per cent ...

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  24. SHOCKING ACCIDENT AT BRUNSWICK.

    A shocking accident occurred this morning at Ferry's Point terra-cotta works, Brunswick. William Edwards, aged 23, who attended to the machinery on the second floor for ...

    Article : 97 words
  25. CIVIL MARRIAGE IN HUNGARY.

    The Emperor Francis Joseph of Austria has accepted the resignation of Count Kalnoky, the Austrian Chancellor. The count urged that his position had become untenable owing ...

    Article : 75 words
  26. PORT MELBOURNE TUNNEL ACCIDENT.

    The inquest on the body of James Phillips, laborer, who was killed on May 7 by a fall of sand in the sewerage tunnel at Port Melbourne, was resumed to-day. Expert evidence ...

    Article : 55 words
  27. QUEENSLAND LABOR TRAFFIC

    Mr. Sydney Charles Buxton (Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies), replying to a question in the House of Cunmons to-day, stated that the Government had been advised ...

    Article : 102 words
  28. THE GAMBIER DISPUTE.

    The Full Court to-day granted Messrs. Howard Smith & Some leave to appeal to the Privy Council against the decision by the Full Court in refusing to upset the finding of the ...

    Article : 65 words
  29. GOLDFIELDS OF THE WEST.

    There are some magnificent samples of quartz on view from the Empress of Coolgardie mine, carrying heavy gold. They were taken from a big blow on the property at a depth of ...

    Article : 152 words
  30. SYDNEY SPORTING.

    The committee of the A. J.C. have appointed Mr. H. A. Thompson handicapper in place of Mr. Scarr, deceased ...

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  31. MYSTERIOUS DISEASE IN SHEEP.

    Enquiries have been made by the Chief Inspector of Stock into the causes of the mysterious disease which has broken out in cheep in the north-western districts. No trace ...

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  32. HOMING.

    The fifth race in connection with the Glanville Club was flown from Rosewerthy, a distance of 25 miles air line, on Saturday, May 11, and resulted in a win for Mr. W. H. Goodier's r c c I.X.L., by Barter—Lady ...

    Article : 527 words
  33. WEST AUSTRALIAN MINES.

    The capital of the Bardoc Gold Mining Company, the claim being situated at Coolgardie, W.A., amounting to £36,00, has been subscribed ...

    Article : 42 words
  34. A CENTENARIAN VAGRANT.

    William Styles, aged 103 years, who arrived in the ship Mahomed Shore in 1831, was today sent to gaol for six months for vagrancy ...

    Article : 31 words
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