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  2. PRIVY COUNCIL APPEALS. VICTORIAN TAX CASE.

    The matter of Syme versus the Victorian Tax Commissioners came before the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council to-day. The High Court of Australia had ordered five of ...

    Article : 174 words
  3. CANGAI STRIKE.

    The following particulars have been obtained respecting the strike at the Cangal copper mine. Mr. W. Hughes, superintendent of the mine, ...

    Article : 367 words
  4. IMPORT DUTIES.

    The Interstate Commission continued its sittings yesterday, when evidence was heard in regard to the duties on electroplate and materials, pianos, and corks. ...

    Article : 979 words
  5. AFTERNOON SHIFT.

    A special meeting of the miners' delegate board was held this afternoon to consider the afternoon shift award. Mr. Murphy, general secretary of the Tasmanian and Victorian ...

    Article : 224 words
  6. COUNTRY NEWS.

    A special meeting of the members of the School of Arts was held last night to discuss the billiard committee's action in ordering tables to be repaired at a cost of £2 10s ...

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  7. AUSTRALIAN WEATHER. THE "HERALD" MAP.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 152 words
  8. SHIPPING. ARRIVALS.—May 26.

    Tahiti, R.M.S., 7585 tons, Captain Evans, from San Francisco, via ports. Passengers—Misses V. Crawshaw, H. Bracy, L. Ferhert, Walker, A. Lawson, S. D. Kisch, Nobbs, Bowen, Milles; Mesdames C. H. ...

    Article : 311 words
  9. NEW SOUTH WALES CASE.

    In adjourning the case of the Pastoral Finance Association, Ltd., versus the Minister for Works, New South Wales, their Lordships suggested a settlement respecting the amount ...

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  10. DEPARTURES.—May 26.

    Taiyuan, s, for Melbourne. Sydney, s, for Newcastle. Kanowna, s, for Melbourne. Wyreema, s, for Cooktown, via ports ...

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  11. CASUALTIES. SYDENHAM RAILWAY FATALITY.

    The Acting City Coroner (Mr. Fincham) recorded, at an inquest yesterday, that William Smith Arthur, 37, was killed accidentally by a train near the Edgeware railway gates, at ...

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  12. VETERAN MAGISTRATE.

    Mr. William Crane, one of Sydney's oldest natives, died yesterday morning, at his residence, "Marellan," Cavendish-street, Stanmore. He was 87½ years of age, having been ...

    Article : 551 words
  13. PROJECTED DEPARTURES.—May 27.

    Mannheim, s, for Antwerp and Hamburg; Albany, s, for Antwerp and Hamburg; Morinda, s, for Port Moresby, Samarai, Woodlark, Yule Island; Persic, s, for Clarence River; Newcastle, s, for Newcastle; ...

    Article : 42 words
  14. STEAMERS DUE TO-DAY.

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  15. CLEARANCES.—May 26.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 201 words
  16. THE WEATHER. SNOW AT KIANDRA.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 296 words
  17. CHINESE INJURED.

    Yesterday, at 11.25 a.m., two Smithfield gardeners, Quong Ling and Phung Ling, were driving from Quay-street into Ultimo, when their horse took fright, and collided with a ...

    Article : 59 words
  18. METEOROLOGICAL REPORTS.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 726 words
  19. STOCKBROKER SENTENCED.

    Charles Edwin Fenner, stockbroker, was today sentenced to four years' imprisonment for fraudulent conversion of scrip. ...

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  20. RAILWAY LABOURER'S DEATH.

    The Acting City Coroner yesterday inquired into the death of Sydney Charles Hall, 22, a railway labourer, who fell from a moving train at Erskineville on May 19, and died the ...

    Article : 47 words
  21. THE WAIMATE.

    The Waimate, whose cargo of flax caught fire at sea, has reached the Falkland Islands. ...

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  22. A CRUSHED HAND.

    Mr. George Leighton, in charge of the locomotive department of the railway here, met with an accident to-day. Some carriages were derailed, and in endeavouring to free them Mr. ...

    Article : 74 words
  23. MOVEMENTS OF OVERSEA VESSELS.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 161 words
  24. ENGLISH DERBY.

    Kennymore is still a strong favourite for the Derby. Black Jester is next in demand, followed in the quotations by Durbar and Carancho, who are on the same mark. ...

    Article : 34 words
  25. CYCLIST KILLED.

    On Monday evening William Evans, of Norwood, was riding a cycle, when he collided with a horse and trap. Shortly afterwards [?]e died at Adelaide Hospital. ...

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  26. ENGLISH CRICKET.

    In the match between Essex and Middlesex at Leyton, which commenced on Saturday, J. W. H. T. Douglas, captain of the Essex team, won the toss, and sent Middlesex in. The ...

    Article : 133 words
  27. PASSENGERS BY R.M.S. OTRANTO.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 239 words
  28. FATAL RAILWAY ACCIDENT.

    Mrs. Margaret Gibson Duncan was run over and killed by a passenger train at Klein crossing. ...

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  29. SNOW AT KIANDRA.

    KIANDRA.—Snow commenced falling early on Tuesday morning, and continued throughout the day, the total fall being three inches. The road is now blocked for motoring. Mustering in the Mountains is now ...

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  30. THE WAIPARA.

    The B. I. and Q. A. Company has received a wireless message from Captain Hutchinson, of the steamer Waipara, which is ashore on the Hannibal Island reef, with 350 immigrants ...

    Article : 102 words
  31. PROTESTANT DEFENCE ASSOCIATION.

    "The Roman Catholics are striving to get State aid and have made an alliance with the present political party in power. They will get State aid for their schools unless we ...

    Article : 339 words
  32. MILITARY APPOINTMENTS.

    When Major-General Kirkpatrick occupied the position of Inspector-General of the Commonwealth Military Forces, he was also senior officer in Australia, and he was paid a ...

    Article : 125 words
  33. ENGLISH BILLIARDS.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 134 words
  34. RECOGNITION OF UNIONS.

    An extension of the embargo which has been placed on all Harbour Trust repair work on account of the refusal of the chairman of the trust. Mr. Holden, to recogniss ...

    Article : 56 words
  35. FUNERAL OF THE REV. R. S. PATERSON.

    The funeral of the late Rev. Robert Smith Paterson took place yesterday, and was largely attended. A service was held in the Crow's Nest Presbyterian Church, presided ...

    Article : 368 words
  36. MORINDA'S PASSENGERS.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 152 words
  37. BENEVOLENT SOCIETY.

    Mrs. Earp presided at a meeting at the Queen Victoria Club yesterday of the committee that is arranging for a concert in the Town Hall on June 15 in aid of the Royal ...

    Article : 142 words
  38. THE DOLLS' CARNIVAL.

    A crowded meeting in connection with the Dolls' Carnival, in aid of the Children's Hospital, was held at the Lady Mayoress's rooms, at the Town Hall, yesterday afternoon. The Lady Mayoress occupied ...

    Article : 319 words
  39. BRITISH AND FOREIGN SHIPPING.

    Langholm, s, from Auckland March 25, at London. Uganda, s, from Geelong March 25, at Liverpool. Dalblair, s, from Sydney March 16, at Plymouth. Favell, bq, from Newcastle March 22, at Tal Tal. ...

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  40. KULAMBANGRA FROM THE ISLANDS.

    Messrs. Levers Pacific Plantations, Ltd., report that their steamer Kulambangra is expected to arrive this morning at 8 o'clock from the Solomon Islands, and on being granted pratique will berth at No. 30 Wharf ...

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  41. THE MAILS.

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  42. SHIP SONGVAND FOR ROCKHAMPTON.

    The ship Songvand, which was so long overdue at Suva, Fiji, from New York, after discharging her cargo there, had to wait nearly a fortnight before she could get out. The steamer Navua towed her out on ...

    Article : 55 words
  43. SMALLPOX. THE BUNBURY CASES.

    A telegram from Western Australia informed the Federal Director of Quarantine (Dr. Cumpston) to-day that there were now four cases of smallpox under observation at ...

    Article : 78 words
  44. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    Sentences on the defendants who pleaded guilty in the military canteen cases have been deferred until the trials of Archibald Minto, formerly head of Lipton's military ...

    Article : 372 words
  45. SUGAR SEASON.

    There arrived by steamer from Sydney 49 Italian workmen, who will continue their journey to Herbert Rlv[?] and Burdekin, where they are accepting engagements in connection ...

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  46. TELEGRAPHIC SHIPPING.

    TOWNSVILLE (1258m).—Dep: Hay 26, Eastern, s, for Japan. BOWEN (1155m).—Dep: May 26, Wyandra, s, for Melbourne, Wodonga, s, for Brisbane. ...

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  47. INVESTMENTS.

    Mr. Robert Thodey, president, in the course of an address before a meeting of the Actuarial Society of New South Wales, on Monday, dealt with the question of ...

    Article : 291 words
  48. LATE MR. T. DAVIS.

    Probate has been granted of the will of Mr. Thomas Davis, public accountant, of Martin-place, Sydney, who died at North Sydney on January 28 last. The testator appointed ...

    Article : 62 words
  49. TWO CASES IN SYDNEY.

    Two cases of smallpox were reported by the Board of Health yesterday, one coming from the Newtown-St. Peters area, being a contact of a previous case, the second case ...

    Article : 38 words
  50. UNLOADING SHEEP.

    The Animals' Protection Society yesterday conducted three cases in the Burwood Police Court, in which cruelty to sheep was charged, as the outcome of the methods employed in unloading sheep trucks at the ...

    Article : 484 words
  51. COUNTRY BURGLARY.

    When the officials of the South Clifton Colliery went to the colliery office at Scarborough this morning, they found that it had been broken into by burglars the previous night, ...

    Article : 99 words
  52. MISS ELLA CASPERS CONCERT.

    Miss Ella Caspers, newly returned from Melbourne by way of an overland tour, during which she drew crowded audiences at Albury, Yass, Goulburn, and other country centres, ...

    Article : 358 words
  53. HISTORICAL SOCIETY.

    A paper on "Joseph Maria Matra, the Father of Australia," was read at the Royal Society's House last evening by Captain James H. Watson. Matra was, the lecturer said, a ...

    Article : 137 words
  54. WOMEN IN POETRY.

    Some of the sweetest singers in the long list of Australian poets were dealt with by Mr. A. G. Stephens last evening at the King's Hall, in the second of his "Evenings with Australian Authors." ...

    Article : 343 words
  55. PRESBYTERIAN ASSEMBLY.

    The Presbyterian General Assembly opened here yesterday. The Rev. J. R. Fiddian, M.Sc, formerly of Nhill, Victoria, Was elected Moderator. ...

    Article : 27 words
  56. HOUSE THEFTS.

    From Womerah, the home of Mr. Leonard Boworbank, in Rainbow-street, Randwick, a thief during Monday stole clothing worth £1 5s, the property of Mr. Bowerbank, and ...

    Article : 154 words
  57. HOSPITAL SATURDAY FUND.

    A meeting of the board of directors of the Hospital Saturday Fund was held on Monday. The report showed that the total amount collected on Hospital Saturday was £5633, or ...

    Article : 95 words
  58. COMMERCE CONGRESS.

    The annual congress of the Associated Australian Chambers of Commerce was opened in Perth this morning. Mr. B. Rosenstamm presided over a representative gathering ...

    Article : 70 words
  59. DEATH SENTENCE COMMUTED.

    The capital sentence passed on a young man, Henry Todd, for an offence against a girl at Narrandera, was reviewed at yesterday's meeting of the State Executive Council, ...

    Article : 40 words
  60. ROLLER-SKATING.

    The final of the half-mile novice handicap at the Moore Park roller skating rink last night was won by B. Rigg from C. Hale, with J. Brive close up third. ...

    Article : 7 words
  61. HOTEL BURNT.

    The Royal Hotel. Dajby, was totally destroyed by fire this morning. The insurances totalled £3000. ...

    Article : 21 words
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