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  2. LATEST INTELLIGENCE.

    The Post Office authorities having intimated to the Orient Company that they are liable to a penalty of £200 per bag on refusal to carry mails, the Company announce that they will ...

    Article : 58 words
  3. AMUSEMENTS.

    Irish drama, of the character initiated by Mr. Dion Boucicault, possesses a charm for the great body of the playgoing public that rarely fails to draw large audiences, when it is only decently played. The reasons for this are perhaps ...

    Article : 256 words
  4. The Sydney Morning Herald.

    The meeting of the members of the Mutual Provident Society, held on Thursday last, wisely decided to postpone till the next annual meeting any further consideration of the ...

    Article : 3,274 words
  5. THE RECENT EXECUTIONS AT CABUL.

    An influential memorial has been presented to the Government, demanding the appointment of a Commission, similar to that appointed in connection with the executions at ...

    Article : 45 words
  6. SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    Congratulatory messages have been exchanged between Mr. Glover, of the Cable Company, and the Chief Secretary, on the completion of the duplicate cable to Port Darwin. ...

    Article : 201 words
  7. VICTORIA THEATRE.

    At the Victoria Theatre on Saturday night H. J. Byron's comedy "Our Dad" was produced in the presence of a large audience. The comedy has been represented in Sydney most successfully on previous occasions, and with its plot ...

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  8. THE TURCO-GRECIAN BOUNDARY.

    A Berlin telegram to the Globe states that a fresh Congress is proposed to settle the boundary dispute between Greece and Turkey. ...

    Article : 30 words
  9. OBITUARY.

    The Marquis of Anglesea. ...

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  10. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) THE ORIENT COMPANY.

    The Post Office authorities having intimated to the Orient Company that, under an Act of Parliament passed in 1840, the conveyance of mails by the Orient Company is compulsory, ...

    Article : 52 words
  11. THE SITUATION IN AFGHANISTAN.

    The state of affairs in Afghanistan continues unsettled. The malcontents who are rallying in the vicinity of Ghuznee declare that they will resume hostilities unless Yakoob ...

    Article : 39 words
  12. WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

    His Excellency the Governor has expressed a wish to the Imperial authorities to be relieved of the Governorship of the colony, as he wishes to go home on private affairs. ...

    Article : 47 words
  13. NEW CHIEF JUSTICE FOR WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

    Mr. Wrenfordsley, late Advocate-General at the Mauritius, has been appointed Chief Justice of Western Australia. ...

    Article : 26 words
  14. WRECK OF THE SCHOONER BELLE.

    Mr. Thomas, from Ramsay Bay, reports that the Belle, schooner, of Melbourne, while loading cedar at Ramsay Bay, went ashore on Monday night, and became a hopeless wreck. No lives were lost. The ...

    Article : 57 words
  15. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENTS.) NARRABRI.

    The bridge over the Namoi will be finished in a few days, two months before contract time, although the contractor experienced six months of continual wet weather. ...

    Article : 36 words
  16. CUSTOMS INCREASED DUTIES BILL.

    Sir,—I must again beg to draw attention to the mistake so frequently made during the debates on the above bill, in both Houses of Parliament, respecting the difference of duty levied on spirits in this colony and in Queensland. ...

    Article : 410 words
  17. ORANGE.

    The annual hospital meeting took place last night. The report discloses an amount of debt, and special reference was made to the large number of patients from other districts forced on this institution. It was ...

    Article : 82 words
  18. DUBBO,

    The annual general meeting of subscribers to the Dubbo Hospital was held last night. The balance-sheet showed £61 to the credit of the institution. The following officers were elected:—President, Mr. M. E. ...

    Article : 88 words
  19. QUEEN'S THEATRE.

    The great success of the Loftus Troupe is unabated, and, indeed, there is reason to think their popularity is rapidly increasing. On Saturday night the Queen's Theatre was again most uncomfortably crowded from floor to celling, ...

    Article : 125 words
  20. YASS.

    The Joint Stock Bank intend building new premises on land in Cooma-street, purchased yesterday. At a meeting held last night it was decided to commemorate the opening of the new Court-house by a ...

    Article : 108 words
  21. IMPORT DUTIES.

    Sir,—Permit me, through your columns, to draw the attention of Mr. Watson and his colleagues, while they are puzzling their minds to devise some means by which to increase the revenue, to the fact that in South Australia ...

    Article : 602 words
  22. KELLY AND LEON'S OPERA HOUSE.

    The entertainment at Kelly and Leon's Opera House, on Saturday night, was made unusually attractive by the performance of "The Happy Land," the political burlesque that was prohibited in Melbourne by Mr. Berry, the ...

    Article : 721 words
  23. WEIGHBRIDGES FOR HAY, &c.

    Sir,—In your issue of Saturday last, I notice Mr. Lackey, in his reply to a deputation respecting the erection of weighbridges at various loading stations, said that the "auctioneers and agents would not accept the Government ...

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  24. WAGGA WAGGA.

    Several local prospectors have discovered a tin lode, which, on being assayed, gave nearly 60 per cent, The whereabouts of the mine is kept a secret, but it is supposed to be near Burke's Creek, Pullitop. It is ...

    Article : 89 words
  25. NEWS OF THE DAY.

    THE Orient Steamship Company, according to our cable message of this morning, has been induced by the Postal authorities of Great Britain to comply with the law, and will therefore convey mails to and from ...

    Article : 2,855 words
  26. ALBURY.

    George Lathbridge, District Court Bailiff, proceeded to Morven on Friday night to serve a process on Jas. Casey. Whilst Lethbridge was in the bedroom of the King's Hotel, James Casey and Owen Casey, his brother, armed ...

    Article : 124 words
  27. QUEENSLAND.

    The Colonial Secretary and Minister for Works left on Saturday, for Rockhampton and Townsville respectively, and the Minister for Lands leaves for Sydney and Melbourne on Tuesday. ...

    Article : 70 words
  28. VICTORIA.

    Thomas Wood, who was recently murdered at Creswick, had insured his life only three days previously. The company will pay the amount, £400. The Exhibition Building progresses very rapidly, ...

    Article : 255 words
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