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  2. SHIPPING NEWS.

    HIGH WATER.—Morning, 6.42; evening, 7.6. Sun: Rises, 6.23; sets, 5.31. Moon: Rises, 4.57; sets, 3.33. ...

    Article : 23 words
  3. CURRENT EVENTS.

    Mr. Deputy Pearse Morrison recently laid the foundation stone of an extension to the Guild Hall School of Music near the Thames embankment. During the past 18 years the ...

    Article : 2,271 words
  4. THE LARGEST CARRIER IN THE WORLD.

    No sooner is a 10,000-ton steamer finished than the keel of one larger is laid down, and yesterday an account was received of the biggest vessel now afloat. It is the Pennsylvania, of 13,500 tons ...

    Article : 210 words
  5. AUSTRALIAN PRODUCTS AND BRITISH CUSTOMERS.

    THE arrival in Newcastle of Mr. R. J. FAIRBAIRN, representative of the Co-operative Wholesale Society of England and Scotland, has ...

    Article : 794 words
  6. ARRIVALS.—August 25.

    Oonah, s, 945, Gibb, from Sydney. D. Williams, agent. Tekapo, s, 2139, Sams, from Sydney. D. Williams, agent. ...

    Article : 79 words
  7. GERMAN WAR OFFICE AND CARRIER PIGEONS.

    Some remarkable flying by carrier pigeons took place recently from Dover. Two thousand of these birds had been in crates on the Admiralty Pier in charge of an agent of the ...

    Article : 162 words
  8. DEPARTURES.—August 25.

    Glaucus, s, for Melbourne. Amur, s, for Beachport. Agapanthus, s, for Bombay. Solingen, s, for Singapore. ...

    Article : 41 words
  9. WEATHER FORECASTS.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 221 words
  10. EXPORTS.

    Federal, s, for Melbourne: 40 tons coke, 3300 tons coal. Oonah, s, for Hobart via Sydney: 700 tons coal. Paramita, ship, for Manila: 1928 tons coal. ...

    Article : 68 words
  11. FOREIGN TRADE OF THE UNITED KINGDOM.

    The annual statement of the trade of the United Kingdom with foreign countries and British possessions for the year 1896, compiled at the Custom-house, has been issued. ...

    Article : 158 words
  12. TELEGRAPHIC SHIPPING.

    Sydney.—Arrivals, August 25 Balmain and Sydney, steamers, from Newcastle; Barrabool, s, from Brisbane; Koonya, s, from Moruya; Barcoo, s, from West Australia Thomley, s, from Port Pirie; ...

    Article : 236 words
  13. GENERAL NEWS.

    The Economist gives some interesting figures concerning Mr. Ernest Terah Hooley's companies. In the case of his latest scheme, the amalgamation of the meat ...

    Article : 142 words
  14. COMMERCIAL.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 398 words
  15. ONE HUNDRED MILES AN HOUR.

    One of the great attractions at the Brussels Exhibition is the lightning express monorail railway, in the British section. " It has been built (says a London contemporary) ...

    Article : 284 words
  16. NOTES.

    The steamer Menmuir left Port Darwin yesterday for Hongkong. The barque Drumeraig arrived at Adelaide yesterday from Barry. ...

    Article : 278 words
  17. THE ISSUES FOR THE FIRST HALF OF 1897.

    Since the commencement of the year (says an English financial journal) 326 prospectuses have been publicly advertised, and the amount they nominally represent—including ...

    Article : 161 words
  18. FASHION'S TORTURES.

    One of the very latest stories from Paris is that ladies of the fashionable world go "into retreat" for Lent, and undergo tortures, not by way of penance, but in order to be ...

    Article : 176 words
  19. BARNESS BURDETT-COUTTS AND THE EMIGRANTS.

    "Elbee" writes the World apropos of the ready interest which the Barness-Burdett Coutts has always taken in all that pertains the colonies. The following little incident ...

    Article : 260 words
  20. STEAMERS DUE.

    Stassfurt, from Sydney. Thornley, from Sydney. Wyoming, from Sydney. ...

    Article : 11 words
  21. FOR SINGAPORE.

    The German steamer Solingen was sent forward by Messrs. J. and A. Brown yesterday for Singapore, via Sydney, with 2900 tons of Pacific coal. ...

    Article : 26 words
  22. THE BESSFIELD.

    After an absence of 18 months the barque Bes-field returned to Newcastle yesterday from Algon Bay, under charter to Messrs. J. and A. Brown, to load coal for Valparaiso. Captain Dacy is still in ...

    Article : 37 words
  23. THE NETHERBY.

    The ship Netherby put in an appearance yesterday after a passage of 51 days from Monte Video. The Netherby comes to Messrs. J. and A. Brown, and loads Duckenfield coal for Valparaiso. ...

    Article : 29 words
  24. THE LALLA ROOKH.

    The barque Lalla [?]ookh, which recently put into Sydney in distress, will be taken to Mort's Dock for repairs, The damage to the vessel baa been found on examination to be above the water-line. ...

    Article : 36 words
  25. Family Notices

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    Family Notices : 73 words
  26. THE AGAPANTHUS.

    The steamer Agapanthus cleared he port yesterday for Bombay, via Sydney, with 5300 tons of Wickham and Bullock Island coal and 500 tons of Pacific bunker coal. C. F. Stokes and Co., agents. ...

    Article : 37 words
  27. THE "FORTIES" AND FINANCE.

    The "forties" were prolific in financial history. The introduction of the penny post in 1840 was of much commercial moment, and while many men of our blood were ...

    Article : 154 words
  28. CHARTERS

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 40 words
  29. THE PREMIER'S RETURN.

    A MEETING of the Government supporters was he in the House to-night to consider what course of action should be adopted in connection with the return of Mr. G. H. ...

    Article : 85 words
  30. News in To-day's Paper.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 85 words
  31. THE WHANGAROA.

    A report received by the Monowai stated that the seow Whangroa, recently ashore On the Manawatu bar, does not appear to be greatly injured, as she is masking no water. Her stern post and rudder have, ...

    Article : 76 words
  32. A USEFUL NEW MINERAL.

    In the Island of Barbadoes, West Indies, says a London scientific journal, the discovery was made some months back of large quantities of a certain mineral—locally called ...

    Article : 359 words
  33. LOCAL MOVEMENTS.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 90 words
  34. THE "BIKE" SUPERSEDED.

    A Berlin journal reports a new departure in what the Teutons call the movement of women: the bike in Germany is giving place to the foil. The fencing school of Berlin is ...

    Article : 204 words
  35. THE BUTCHERS' PICNIC.

    THE annual picnic arranged by the employees of the butchering establishments in and around Newcastle took place at Toronto yesterday. The day being fine, the outing, ...

    Article : 209 words
  36. THE TANAIS.

    A successful trial has been made by the Messageries Maritimes steamer Tanais, when a speed of 14¼ knots per hour over the measured mile is reported to have been attained. The vessel since her ...

    Article : 129 words
  37. Index—To-day's Advertisements.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 160 words
  38. THE JAPAN STEAMSHIP COMPANY.

    The Nippon Yusen Kaisha, of Tokio, the Japan line of steamers now running to Australian ports, has held its half-yearly meeting, when Mr. R. Kondo, the chairman, in the course of his address, ...

    Article : 178 words
  39. THE NORTH COAST LINE.

    THE motion of Mr. CLARKE, member for the Hastings and the Macleay, affirming the advisableness of referring the subject of constructing a north ...

    Article : 313 words
  40. RAILWAY PROGRESS IN JAPAN.

    Japan does not seem to have made such rapid progress with the work of railway construction as might have been expected. According to the latest details available, the ...

    Article : 187 words
  41. Advertising

    {No abstract available}

    Advertising : 115 words
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