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  2. THE LUNATIC ASYLUM DISASTER. APPALLING SCENES.

    The fire which broke out in the Colney Hatch Lunatic Asylum, seven miles from London, yesterday morning, causing the death of 50 persons, originated in the following ...

    Article : 189 words
  3. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

    Pateena, steamer, from Launceston. Omrah, R.M.S., from London. Hirotha, barque, from Kaipara. Orowaiti, steamer, from Strahan. ...

    Article : 54 words
  4. PERSONAL.

    Mr. L. A. Samuels intends to proceed to London next month on business connected with the mines on the New Chum line, known as the Victoria Goldfields Co. He has to ...

    Article : 1,095 words
  5. INTERNATIONAL CABLES. WELSH COLLIERIES.

    The Welsh anthractie collieries have combined, with a capital of four millions steriing. ...

    Article : 25 words
  6. SOUTH AFRICA.

    The British Government has granted permission to Messrs. Fischer and Wolmarans, proceeded to Europe as Boer delegates, and afterwards to America, to return to South ...

    Article : 39 words
  7. THE WOOL SALES.

    At to-day's wool sales competition was spirited, and prices ruled firm. ...

    Article : 18 words
  8. GUILTY OF TREASON.

    The sentence of death passed on Colonel Lynch for high treason, in fighting for the Boers against Great Britain, has been commuted to penal servitude for life. ...

    Article : 43 words
  9. MAILS OUTWARD

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 78 words
  10. GENERAL NEWS.

    The quantity of wheat afloat for the United Kingdom is estimated at 2,115,000 quarters, as-against 2,160,000 quarters a week ago; and for the continent 780,000 quarters, ...

    Article : 90 words
  11. INTERNATIONAL CABLES. VOLCANIC ERUPTION.

    A violent eruption of Mont Pelee, the volcano in the French West Indian island of Martinique, occurred on Saturday last. The cone of the mountain, which was 800 ...

    Article : 58 words
  12. THE BUBONIC PLAGUE. FORTY-TWO CASES AT DURBAN.

    Forty-two cases of plague have occurred at Durban, and 27 cases have proved fatal. ...

    Article : 26 words
  13. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. WHEAT AND CEREAL MARKET. ETC.

    The market was very quiet to-day, only a few loads of hay being forward. Local buyers are visiting southern districts, with a view of purchasing, quantities of fodder. Wheat and ...

    Article : 360 words
  14. LATEST PARTICULARS.

    Litter particulars concerning the Colney. Hatch Asylum fire show that the outbreak originated in a storeroom, and was discovered by a nurse. The flames, however, ...

    Article : 177 words
  15. TWO FRESH CASES AT FREMANTLE.

    Two fresh cases of plague were reported to-day from among the contacts who were removed to Woodman's Point last night. The victims are Lucy Butterworth, a ...

    Article : 77 words
  16. AFFAIRS IN CHINA.

    Great Britain, the United States, and France have protested against the appointment of Yu-lien-San, formerly Governor of Hunan, to be Governor of Shansi. ...

    Article : 59 words
  17. THE NEW VICTORIAN SENATOR.

    Mr. Robert Reid. Minister of Education, has resigned his portfolio in the Irvine Government, and the resignation of his sent in the Council will follow almost ...

    Article : 49 words
  18. THE ALASKA BOUNDARY.

    In connection with the treaty signed by Colonel John Hay, the American Secretary of State, and Sir Michael H. Herbert, the British Ambassador at Washington, which ...

    Article : 183 words
  19. VENEZUELA. THE BLOCKADE.

    The British naval authorities at La Guayra, the port of Caracas, report that the blockade was raised on Wednesday last. It is stated, though unofficially, that Mr. ...

    Article : 97 words
  20. THE RAILWAYS. FURTHER TRAIN REDUCTIONS.

    Another curtailment of the train service is to be made on the Kerang line, commencing next week. The train leaving Bendigo for Kerang at 5 p.m. on Mondays and the train ...

    Article : 48 words
  21. FRIUT AND VEGETABLE MARKET.

    The market was well supplied to-day, but business was dull. The fruit forward was of good quality. Quotations:—Bananas, 9/ to 10/ per double ...

    Article : 286 words
  22. THE ACTING COMMISSIONER.

    The Minister of Railways has given notice of his intention to move in the Legislative Assembly to-day for leave to bring in a bill to provide for the further appointment of ...

    Article : 109 words
  23. THE CONCORDAT.

    In the French Chamber of Deputies yesterday, a proposal was submitted by M. Allard for the abolition of the Concordat, which regulates the relations between the French ...

    Article : 127 words
  24. THE POWERS SATISFIED.

    A further announcement has been made concerning the offer of a certain percentage of the Customs receipts at Puerto Cabello and La Gnayra, which it was recently ...

    Article : 103 words
  25. THE BBNDIGO ADVERTISER

    So serious a thing as a charge against the purity of a Minister's administration imperatively demands a thorough investigation, in the interests not only of ...

    Article : 2,395 words
  26. ADAPTABILITY OF ENGINES.

    It was reported from Rochester on Tuesday that a new locomotive of the "V[?]type visited that line on Saturday to test its adaptability. It was found to run clear of ...

    Article : 233 words
  27. THE MISSING LADY.

    A mysterious disappearance occurred here last Thursday night. Mrs. Charles Whiting, a visitor from Kerang, who has been suffering from insomnia, and stopping at Lamont's ...

    Article : 212 words
  28. FRENCH BISHOPS.

    M. Combes, the French Premier, who claims that the exclusive right of selecting bishops should be recognised as remaining vested in the Government, is strenuously ...

    Article : 358 words
  29. MELBOURNE CATTLE MARKET.

    To-day's cattle sales were well attended, there being a large number of both town and country buyers at Newmarket this morning when operations commenced. Fat Cattle.—A ...

    Article : 207 words
  30. NOTES FOR TO-DAY.

    Entries close Goornong races. Land Board, 11. Scholarship examinations, School of Mines, 7. ...

    Article : 96 words
  31. INTER-STATE CRICKET. VICTORIA Y. NEW SOUTH WALLS.

    The match between Victoria and New South Wales was continued to-day in fine weather. The Victorian batsmen made a good stand in their second innings, and the ...

    Article : 174 words
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  33. DETERMINED SUICIDE.

    An unknown man. who arrived at Tengala on Monday, and camped in a hut about a mile from Simpson's punt, committed suicide by drowning yesterday. Deceased had been ...

    Article : 340 words
  34. Advertising

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  35. INTER-STATE TELEGRAMS. FIREMEN'S DEMONSTRATION.

    There was only a moderate attendance at the Fire Brigade demonstration, which was concluded to-day. The Victorians were again successful, winning all the events, ...

    Article : 129 words
  36. FREDERICK THE GREAT G.M CO.

    Some time ago Mrs. Elizabeth Jane Rymer, of Forest-street, took out a Supreme Court writ against the Frederick the Great G.M. Company Ltd. for an injunction, to restrain ...

    Article : 242 words
  37. THE BRITISH NAVY.

    The new 18,000-ton battleships, for the construction of which the Admiralty invited tenders several months ago, will be the most 9.2in. guns, and 12.6in. guns. The ...

    Article : 96 words
  38. THE CLUB ROBRERY.

    The charge of robbery under arms preferred against Charles Evans Morgan and Nellie Clarke, in connection with the Commercial Travellers' Club, was further ...

    Article : 43 words
  39. TASMANIA V. VICTORIA.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 147 words
  40. THE FATAL STABBING A FERAY.

    The inquest touching the death of the boy Wm. Alexander Rugsley who was fatally stabbed by a Chinese at Waterloo on Sunday last, was opened to-day, and adjourned until ...

    Article : 38 words
  41. MOROCCO.

    Bankers in Paris are advancing to Morocco a loan of £280,000, to be guaranteed by four years' Customs receipts. ...

    Article : 30 words
  42. HOTEL DESTROYED.

    Clear's Family hotel, at the corner of Orr and Boase streets, was totally destroyed by fire at an early hour this morning. ...

    Article : 29 words
  43. COLLISION IN THE YARBA.

    About half-past 10 o'clock this morning a collision took place in the Yarra opposite No. 27 wharf, between the A.U.S.N., Coy.'s steamer Pilbarra, bound for Fremantie, and the ...

    Article : 133 words
  44. WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY.

    I [?]sor Braen, of Strasburg, claims to have discovered the means of projecting an unlimited volume of electric waves to any distance through the air in, a given ...

    Article : 88 words
  45. STEAMER OVERDUE.

    Some anxiety is being felt in regard to the Norwegian steamer Amsgar, which left New York at the beginning of last month with a shipment of grain. ...

    Article : 33 words
  46. AL FRESCO ENTERTAINMEET.

    The Upper Reserve proved a cool and pleasant retreat last evening, when another of Messrs Wallace and Fleming's al fresco concerts and biograph entertainments was ...

    Article : 228 words
  47. THE SAMOAN WAR.

    At a meeting of the Evangelical Council to-day, it was agreed to present a memorial to his Excellency the Governor-General, asking for the appointment of a Royal ...

    Article : 225 words
  48. STRANGE MORTALITY AMONGST CATTLE.

    A peculiar case of cattle mortality is reported from Scarsdale. Last week Mr. John Bird placed eight heifers in a paddock, and on Sunday one came home in a dazed state, ...

    Article : 204 words
  49. GERMAN POLITICS.

    Count Batiestrem, President of the Reichstag, who recently resigned owing to the clamor aroused by his unpopular measures in the House, notably in the case of the ...

    Article : 57 words
  50. Advertising

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  51. KING MENELIK.

    [?] [?] January. King Menelik of Abyssinia recently accepted the invitation of M. Declasse, the French Minister for foreign Affairs, to visit the ...

    Article : 86 words
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