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  2. THE AUBURN MURDER.

    The execution of the condemned men, Digby Grand and Henry Jones, for the murder of a constable at Auburn, had been fixed for Tuesday morning, but a sensational ...

    Article : 504 words
  3. FLOODS AND FLAMES.

    The cable correspondent of The Advertiser sent information concerning the appalling catastrophe which during the last week in May devastated the town and ...

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  4. BROKEN HILL WATER SUPPLY.

    Since the Government relief committee started distributing rations about 1,800 names have been registered at the Trades Hall, where goods are also being given to ...

    Article : 313 words
  5. THE EPIDEMIC OF CRIME.

    Reports of burglaries having been committed in the suburbs have been unusually numerous for some time, and evidently there is a gang of housebreakers[?] the police ...

    Article : 582 words
  6. THE FISCAL QUESTION.

    The council of the National Union, of Conservative Associations, at their annual meeting yesterday, carried a resolution welcoming the proposed enquiry into ...

    Article : 193 words
  7. GUARDS OF HONOR.

    As the result of the action of Sir Langdon Bonython in having called attention in the House of Representatives to the failure to provide a guard of honor for Sir G. R. ...

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  8. THe POPE.

    There is renewed anxiety with regard to the health of the Pope. His Holiness (who is now in his 93rd year) has undergone two severe fainting fits, and is ...

    Article : 83 words
  9. THE FAR EAST.

    The intelligence from the Far East is still of diso[?]eting nature. It is believed that the Powere are pressing Russia to give more exlicit pledges than she has yet done for ...

    Article : 378 words
  10. SOUTH AFRICA.

    At a meeting held at Heidelberg, in the Transvaal Colony this week, and attended by 2,000 Dutchmen, General Botha delivered an address, the tone of which is ...

    Article : 127 words
  11. VENEZUELAN AFFAIRS.

    French, Belgian, and United States subjects, residing in Venezuela, through their Commissioners at the Hague Court of Arbitration, claim heavy damages from the ...

    Article : 110 words
  12. VICTORIAN FINANCE.

    Commenting on the Victorian State revenue returns, the Financial Times describes the estimated surplus of £80,000 as the more notable, as the result was ...

    Article : 169 words
  13. A MINISTERIAL VISIT.

    Mr. O'Sullivan (Minister for Works), Mr. Davis (Under-Secretary), Mr. Wade (principal engineer for water supply and sewerage)[?] and the members for the ...

    Article : 65 words
  14. THE IRISH LAND BILL.

    The executive committee of the recently-formed Irish Landlords' Association have passed a resolution affirming that the concessions granted by Mr. Wyndham to the ...

    Article : 73 words
  15. THE BRITISH NAVY.

    resolution, forming the basis of the N[?]al Works Bill, and covering an expenditure for the next two years of £[?]25,000 on old items, and £1,250,000 on ...

    Article : 180 words
  16. MEETING OF CITIZENS.

    A public meeting, called by the Mayor, was held on the Central Reserve this afternoon. There was a large attendance, and the following resolutions were carried:— ...

    Article : 224 words
  17. A FEDERAL WINDFALL.

    Having a surplus to point to the Victorian State Treasurer (Mr. Shiels) cannot restrain himself from anticipating his Budget deliverance to Parliament and he announces ...

    Article : 284 words
  18. VICTORIA.

    The mail coach between Tallangatta and Corryong capsized on Friday while the driver was trying to avoid a log in the road. Of four passengers on board only one, Mr. ...

    Article : 96 words
  19. REMOUNT STATIONS.

    The War Office, replying to a communication from the Australasian Chamber of Commerce in London, in respect to the proposed establishment of remount stations ...

    Article : 79 words
  20. SMALLPOX IN TASMANIA.

    The Chief Secretary has arranged with the local Board of Health for the immediate removal of all smallpox patients and contacts to the Verulam quarantine station. ...

    Article : 81 words
  21. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    Mr. T. Skarratt Hall, the chairman of directors of the Mount Morgan minc, Queensland, who died in London last month, has bequeathed to his window a legacy of ...

    Article : 54 words
  22. WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

    The 50-mile Cycling Road Championship of the State was won on Saturday by O. W. Prowse, with Fraser second and Connop third. The winner's time was 2 hours 42 ...

    Article : 287 words
  23. FEDERAL AFFAIRS.

    On Tuesday, in the House of Representatives, the Minister of Trade and Customs will move for leave to introduce the Conciliation and Arbitration Bill, the principal ...

    Article : 91 words
  24. ADELAIDE MUSICIANS.

    Miss Elsie Jones (daughter of Mr.L. H. Jones, Mus. Bac, the well-known Adelaide musician) and Miss Marie Edmeades (another South Australian) gave a successful ...

    Article : 48 words
  25. CANADIAN RAILWAYS.

    The Canadian Government have decided to conatruct, under the supervision of a specially appointed Commission, a railway form Moncton, New Brunswick, via Quebec, ...

    Article : 142 words
  26. NEW SOUTH WALES SHEEP

    The annual meeting of the New South Wales Sheepbreeders' Association was held last evening. Mr. F. B. Suttor, M.L.C., in moying the ...

    Article : 362 words
  27. NEW ZEALAND CONTACTS LIBERATED.

    The four contacts who were detained at Somes Island in connection with the smallpox outbreak in Tasmania have been liberated. ...

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  28. ACTION IN NEW SOUTH WALES.

    The passengers by the steamer Oonah from Tasmania, who were successfully vaccinated, were released yesterday afternoon. It was originally intended that the ...

    Article : 75 words
  29. PEEL RIVER PASTORAL COMPANY.

    The directors of the Peel River Pastoral Company have declared an interim dividend of l½ per cent. ...

    Article : 25 words
  30. NEW GUINEA.

    An ethnological expedition is to be dispatched from London to New Guinea, under the auspices of the Royal Society and the Royal Geographical Society acting in ...

    Article : 71 words
  31. ARRANGING FOR FURTHER WORK.

    The Federal Cabinet held two long meetings on Friday and Saturday morning for the purpose of further considering the Bills to be introduced into Parliament, and ...

    Article : 46 words
  32. ANTWERP WOOL SALES.

    The Antwerp wool sales closed yesterday, the tone which, characterised Tuesday's competition being unaltered. Altogether 10,249 bales of La Plata wool were offered, ...

    Article : 34 words
  33. NEW ZEALAND.

    The Weights and Measures Bill which has been introduced to the State House of Representatives gives power to the Governor by proclamation to declare that after a date ...

    Article : 84 words
  34. CONSUL FOR BELGIUM.

    In Saturday's Gazette it is notified that Mr. F. Haylebrook has been appointed Consul-General of Belgium at Melbourne, with consular jurisdiction over Australia and the ...

    Article : 36 words
  35. FINANCIAL NEWS.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 46 words
  36. COMMERCIAL NEWS.

    Copper.—Copper is quoted at £56 10/ on spot and £56 2/6 at three months. Lead.—Lead is quoted at £11 13/9. Linseed Oil.—The quotation for linseed ...

    Article : 207 words
  37. ABANDONED CUSTOMS OFFICES.

    The Customs offices at Murray Bridge and Nelson's Bay' (Port Stephens, New South Wales) have been revested in the State Governments, being of no further use to the ...

    Article : 35 words
  38. THE COTTON TRADE.

    The latest official statement as to the condition of the American cotton crop shows that it has improved three points since May, but is still eight points below the 10 years' ...

    Article : 140 words
  39. THE WESTERN AUSTRALIAN RAILWAY.

    The report on the proposed Western Australian railway is expected to reach the Home Secretary on July 16. ...

    Article : 26 words
  40. THE PRECEDENCE DISPUTE.

    The Premier traverses Sir Robert Stout's statement in regard to precedence, pointing out that the judges' petition to the King was based on a table which never existed, ...

    Article : 48 words
  41. THE PRICE OF SILVER.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 16 words
  42. SOUTH AFRICAN WAR GRATUITY.

    The Defence Department has at last received a cablegram from the War Office authorising the payment to the 5th Victorian Contingent of the £5 South African ...

    Article : 37 words
  43. THE GOVERNMENT MEAT TRADE.

    The remarks recently made by Mr. Seddon indicate that the first retail meat shop under the Government scheme will be opened at Cardiff, the headquarters of the ...

    Article : 134 words
  44. CUSTOMS PROSECUTION.

    At the Brisbane Police Court to-day John Thomas Lynch was fined £5 and £2 2/[?] costs for a breach of the Customs Act in presenting an invoice which was not a ...

    Article : 40 words
  45. QUEENSLAND.

    The Queensland Consular Agent for the United States of America held a reception on Saturday to mark the celebration of Independence Day. ...

    Article : 104 words
  46. Advertising

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    Advertising : 786 words
  47. THE BANK OF NEW ZEALAND.

    Regarding the Bank of New Zealand the Premier said, in the course of an interview, —"I see no reason, to deviate from what I have already said on the subject. The ...

    Article : 127 words
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