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  2. AN ATTEMPTED SUICIDE.

    Wells, of Monte Carlo notoriety, who was recently arrested at Havre on a charge of committing frauds in London to the amount of £50,000, has made an attempt to commit suicide ...

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  3. TERRIBLE RAILWAY DISA[?]TER.

    Early on Wednesday morning the East Coast express from Scotland to London collided with a good strain near Thirsk station with most disastrous results, ten persons being instantly killed ...

    Article : 578 words
  4. Latest Intelligence.

    It is announced that the Chilian Government have agreed to pay to the English creditors of Peru a sum of £5,000,000 on account of the public debt of the latter country. [The ...

    Article : 190 words
  5. A MEMBER UNSEATED.

    The election of Mr. Horatio Davies(Conservative) as member of the House of Commons for Rochester has been declared void on the ground of corruption. ...

    Article : 64 words
  6. RESIGNATION OF SPENCER BALFOUR.

    Mr. Jabez Spencer Balfour, who was prominently connected with several of the land and building and investment companies which recently failed in London, has resigned his seat ...

    Article : 45 words
  7. THE CRONIN MURDER.

    The death is reported of a man named Bourke, who was one of the persons concerned in the murder of Dr. Cronin at Chicago some years ago. ...

    Article : 33 words
  8. THE CHITRAL TROUBLE.

    Commenting on the intervention of the British-Indian Government in the affairs of the native State of Chitral, on the north-western frontier of India, the Russian press generally ...

    Article : 58 words
  9. STATEMENT BY HOLMES.

    The special correspondent of the Press Association at Thirsk telegrams that the signalman Holmes on Thursday made an important statement on the subject of the railway ...

    Article : 421 words
  10. THE SILVER QUESTION.

    M. Tirard, one of the French delegates to the International Monetary Conference, referring to the proposals laid before the conference for establishing a bi-metallic currency, declared ...

    Article : 76 words
  11. REPORTED MASSACRE.

    Letters hays been received from West Africa reporting the masacre by natives of the French expedition under M.M. Jacques and Joubert, on the Upper Congo. ...

    Article : 29 words
  12. PUGILISM.

    F. P. Slavin, the Australian heavy weight pugilist, has issued a challenge to fight Joe Goddard, the Barrier champion pugilist of New South Wales. ...

    Article : 28 words
  13. VICTORIAN BUTTER.

    Several of the samples of Victorian butter which recently arrived have been found to be overcharged with "preservitas." ...

    Article : 22 words
  14. Advertising

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    Advertising : 1,263 words
  15. THE OAMARU LOANS.

    The bondholders of the Oamaru municipal loans of 1878 (£60,000, bearing 7 per cent interest) and, 1880 (£50,000 at 7 per cent) have, at the request of the municipality, agreed to ...

    Article : 50 words
  16. THE JACQUES EXPEDITION.

    Doubts are entertained as to the truth of the report of the massacre by natives of the French expedition under M.M. Jacques and Joubert on the Upper Congo. ...

    Article : 45 words
  17. QUEENSLAND NEWS.

    The cricket match between the Stanley Cricket Club, of Brisbane, and a Toowoomba team was commenced yesterday. The Toowoomba men went first to the wickets, and were disposed of ...

    Article : 802 words
  18. THE SUTHERLAND WILL CASE.

    In connection with the proceedings taken by the Duke of Sutherland to contest the will of his late father, Mr. Justice North has ordered the dowager Duchess of Sutherland to whom ...

    Article : 78 words
  19. INTERCOLONIAL NEWS.

    Alderman Manning was to-day re-elected mavor of Sydney without opposition. Free labourers have been sent to Newcastle to take the place of the wharf labourers who ...

    Article : 1,288 words
  20. A CLERGYMAN'S STORY.

    The Rev. J. S. Forsyth, in an interview on Wednesday evening with a representative of the Central News, said:—"I was returning from Aberdeen. Everything proceeded very ...

    Article : 1,209 words
  21. THE P. AND O. COMPANY.

    At the half-yearly meeting of the Peninsular and Oriental Company to-day, the report presented showed that the revenue of the company for the present year had decreased by £77,000 ...

    Article : 109 words
  22. Anarchists in London.

    In consequence of the extradition of Jean Pierre Francois on a charge of being concerned in the explosion at the Café Very, in Paris, the Anarchists are very active in London at the ...

    Article : 96 words
  23. MURDER OF A RUSSIAN JUDGE.

    News has been received of the murder of General Drozgowsky, the chief Judge at Tashkend, in Russian Turkestan. He had during his term of office passed sentence on a number ...

    Article : 57 words
  24. The Home Rule Question.

    Sir Edward James Reed (Gladstonian Liberal) M.P. for Cardiff, has published a letter in which he states his willingness to allow a enlarged scheme of local Government for Ireland ...

    Article : 113 words
  25. A MARRIAGE.

    Professor Andrew Harper was married to-day to Miss Rainy, daughter of Principal Ramy. ...

    Article : 18 words
  26. CLOSING OF SILVER MINES.

    The Denver Silver Mines, in the United States, have been closed, in consequence of the low price of silver, and hundreds of miners discharged. ...

    Article : 31 words
  27. AFRICAN TRANSCONTINENTAL TELEGRAPH.

    The African Transcontinental Telegraph Company, with a capital of £400,000, has been announced. The object of this company is to construct a telegraph line from Mashonaland in ...

    Article : 53 words
  28. Russia and Bulgaria.

    In consequence of the action of Prince Ferdinand of Bulgaria in endeavouring to have a change made in the constitution of the country to enable him to marry an Austrian princess, ...

    Article : 130 words
  29. A SLANDER CASE.

    Herr Ablwardt, a member of the German Reichstag, has been sentenced to five months' imprisonment for slandering the Jewish makers of the Lowe rifles. ...

    Article : 31 words
  30. THE COTTON TRADE.

    A large number of non-unionist operatives affected by the recent lockout are desirous of resuming work at the reduction of 5 per cent in wages insisted upon by the employers. ...

    Article : 64 words
  31. Panama Canal Scandals.

    A banker named Obendoerffer has given evidence before the Committee of the French Chamber of Depties on the Panama Canal scandals. He deposed to having received a ...

    Article : 295 words
  32. A MUNIFICENT GIFT.

    The Goldsmiths' Company (one of the twelve "great" City Livery Companies) has made a donation of £25,000 to Guinhess's Trust for the erection of workmen's dwellings in London. ...

    Article : 159 words
  33. THE AMERICAN TARIFF.

    Mr. Grover Cleveland, President elect of the United States, denies that he has any intention of calling a special session of Congress at an early date to deal with the tariff, question. ...

    Article : 60 words
  34. THE INDIAN CURRENCY.

    In reply to the communication from the Indian Currency Association urging Lord Kimberley, in view of the failure of the International Monetary Conference, to take measures for ...

    Article : 56 words
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