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  2. SHIPPING.

    India R.M S 7911 tons Captain Vibert from London, via ports. Passengers—Mr. and Mrs. L. J. Langmead, Madame Caron, Mr. J. R. T. Henderson, Dr. J. S. Wilson, Mr. C. M. Foy, Miss Garden ...

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  3. PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHERS.

    The Summer School for Public school teachers opened at the Hawkesbury Agricultural College on Tuesday morning. The first day was devoted mostly to preparation. Nearly ...

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  4. RAFFLING.

    Mr. Wade has resolved to in future keep a tight hand on the conditions under which raffles and art unions are carried on in the State. He is of opinion that there has been ...

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  5. NEWCASTLE.

    The following were to-day's clearances:— The Alexander Craig, bq, for Auckland, with 680 tons Brown's; Hobart, s, for Fremantle, via Sydney, Melbourne, and Adelaide, with ...

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  6. SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    A human leg was found floating close to the Largs Bay jetty to-day. It is believed to be a portion of the body of Mr. A. G. Townsend, who was drowned at the Outer ...

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  7. WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

    The promises of the Perth Pneumatic Malting Company were destroyed by fire early this morning. The origin of the fire is unknown. The loss is estimated at about £10,000, which ...

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  8. COUNTRY NEWS.

    At a guild meeting last night the Vice Dean, Archdeacon Bartlett, gave some figures showing the church progress of St. Saviour's Cathedral during the past five years. The number ...

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  9. AT THE TECHNICAL COLLEGE.

    A special summer course in physics and one in chemistry for Public school teachers is being given at the Technical College, Ultimo, by Mr. W. J. Clunles-Ross, B.Sc., F.G.S. About ...

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  10. THE TRAMWAYS.

    Several propositions have been laid before the Government with regard to the tramways, but up to the present the only proposals placed before them are from a Melbourne ...

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  11. BURNED BY ELECTRICITY.

    James White, tramway employee, who was so dreadfully burned by the electric wires in, High-street a month ago, is still an inmate of the hospital. Although his medical ...

    Article : 64 words
  12. HOTEL BURNT DOWN.

    This morning the Who'd Have Thought It Hotel, three miles from the town, on the road to the plains, was totally destroyed by fire, only three chimneys being left standing. The ...

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  13. FIGHTING BUSH FIRES.

    A bush fire brigade has been formed at Laka Albert, to take in an area within a radius of five to seven miles. Landowners will be expected to contribute is per hundred ...

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  14. THE CRUISE OF THE TITUS.

    The steamer Titus, of Messrs. Burns, Philp, and Co.'s fleet of island mail steamers, which arrived on Wednesday night from her 12 weeks' cruise in the Gilbert and Ellice Groups, and anchored in Watson's Bay, was ...

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  15. FAREWELL TO FARMERS.

    Last night a farewell social was held at the School of Arts, Oaks, to Messrs. E. P. Moore and W. D. Donohue, who have secured farming proporties on the Darling Downs, Queensland, ...

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  16. ACCIDENT TO A JOCKEY.

    The jockey G. J. Smith, who was injured through the horse Coromandel falling with him in the Hurdle Race at the W.A.T.C. meeting on Monday last, is still unconscious. But ...

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  17. BARRIER RAILWAY RATES.

    In the Executive Council this morning, a bylaw, which increases the rates on the Barrier railway, made by the Railway Commissioner, was approved. The Commissioner ...

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  18. PASTORALISTS' UNION ORGANISED.

    A number of pastoralists met in Perth today and decided to form a Western Australian Pastoralists' Union. ...

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  19. IS ACTING DEMORALISING?

    "Habit is a subtle and dangerous thing, and there is always the chance that during a long run of a piece some thoroughly conscientious artist accustomed to 'lose' himself 'in his ...

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  20. SERIOUS RAILWAY ACCIDENT.

    A railway accident occurred at Kirksstall, near Warrnambool, late last night. A passenger express train, which left Spencer-street about 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon, arrived at ...

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  21. JAPANESE FAIR.

    A Japanese Garden Fair was opened this afternoon in St. Aldan's Parish-hall, which was profusely decorated with wistaria, each stall having distinctive flowers all artistically made ...

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  22. HUDDART, PARKER, AND CO.'S LINE., PARKER, AND CO.'S LUTE. I

    The Anglian is at Melbourne. The Barwon leaves Melbourne for Sydney and Newcastle Saturday, Jan. 20. The Burrumbeet leaves Sydney for Western ...

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  23. DEPARTURES.—Jan. 4.

    Bayard, bq, for Falmouth. Oonah, s, for Hobart. Kongsbyrd, bqtne, for Kalpara, via Newcastle. Wakatipu, s, for Launceston, via Eden. ...

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  24. CHARGED WITH ATTEMPTING TO SHOOT.

    Albert O'Brien, a young man, on remand, was charged at the police court to-day with attempting to discharge a loaded firearm at L. P. Boyd, licensee of the Club House Hotel, ...

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  25. PROJECTED DEPARTURES.—Jan. 5.

    Wakool, s, for Natal, Capetown, and London, via ports; Adansi, s, for Dunkirk and London, via Suex Canal; St. Louis, s, for Noumea; Allinga, s, for Melbourne; Augusta, s, and Duroby, s, both for Tweed ...

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  26. GRAFTON RAILWAY OPENING.

    At a meeting of the demonstration committee to-day, a motion was carried to ask the member for the Clarence to invite the Premier, Ministers, and members of Parliament ...

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  27. THE NAVY IN PORT.

    Last evening, at the Centenary Hall, a public welcome was given to the officers and men of the British navy now in port connected with the Methodist, Congregational, ...

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  28. CLEARANCES.—Jan. 4.

    Kongsbyrd, bqtn, 253 tons, Captain H. E. Ha[?], for Kalpara, via Newcastle, with through cargo for Newcastle. Oonah, 1757 tons, Captain J. V. Bentley, for Hobart, ...

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  29. REMOVALS AND DOCKINGS.

    The barque Inverneill was yesterday afternoon removed from her anchorage near Garden Island to a discharging berth at the Routh side of Gibbs, Bright, and Co.'s Wharf, west side Circular Quay. ...

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  30. WHARFAGE DUES.

    Despite the promise of the Premier, to the contrary, wharfage dues are still being collected here, and also at Sydney, to the detriment of the trade of the port. No wharfage ...

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  31. METEOROLOGICAL REPORTS.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 757 words
  32. ATTRACTING FARMING IMMIGRANTS.

    A suggestion by which immigration in a small way may be encouraged comes from the Agent-General (Mr. Tavernor) in a letter to the Premier. It is proposed that the ...

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  33. COASTER OUTWARD.—Jan. 4.

    Galgabba, ktch, for Camden Haven. ...

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  34. MUNICIPAL.

    Some of the decking of the Broadwater Bridge has broken, and the council has had to stop all traffic over it until repairs are effected. ...

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  35. IMPORTS.—Jan. 4.

    Kyogle, s, from Clarence River; 17 bgs bones, 520 bxs butter, 43 cs eggs, 21 cs fish, 4 cs fruit, 69 hides, 1 calf, 25 pigs 4 csks tallow, 3 bgs oysters, 6 bgs maize, 2 bgs beans, 1 bg cucumbers, 2 cs cucumbers, 17 ...

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  36. TELEGRAPHIC SHIPPING NEWS.

    KARUMBA.—Arr: Jan. 4, Maranoa, s, from Brisbane. TOWNSVILLE (1370 miles).—Arr: Jan. 4, WOllowra, s, from Cairns. KEPPEL BAY (877 miles).—Dep: Jan. 4, Peregrine, ...

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  37. WESTERN AUSTRALIAN FIELDS.

    The value of bullion won at the Golden Pole mine for the month of December amounted to £6212. The latest progress report issued by the management of this mine stated ...

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  38. CASUALTIES.

    An inquest was held yesterday concerning the death of a young woman named Albertona Holm, who was found unconscious in the Hurstville railway station on Tuesday night, ...

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  39. A PROSPEROUS CHRISTMAS.

    The metropolitan tram receipts for the Christmas and New Year holidays eclipsed all previous records. For Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, New Year's Eve, and New ...

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  40. EXPORTS.—Jan. 4.

    Adansi, s, for Dunkirk and London, via Melbourne 73 his sheepskins, 1034 tons zinc concentrates, 160 csks tallow, 72 bls woollen cuttings, 4280 bls wool, and sundries. ...

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  41. A FATAL MISTAKE.

    Thomas Brown, the boy who drank a small quantity of caustic soda solution in mistake for lemon syrup, at the residence of his uncle, Mr. Joseph Wilton, of Wilberforce, early on ...

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  42. ABANDONING AN INFANT.

    The inquest on the remains of an infant found hurled near Bunna Burra was continued to-day. Sub-Inspector Evans, in his evidence, stated that a woman named Adelaide ...

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  43. MOVEMENTS OF MAIL STEAMERS.

    The R.M.S. Orotova from Sydney bound to London, arrived at Adelaide at 6.30 a.m. yesterday and sailed again at 2.30 p.m. The R.M.S. Sonoma, from San Francisco bound to ...

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  44. INEBRIATES' HOMES.

    Sir,—Lane Cove is one of the largest [?] suburban boroughs, but has not a single hotel or wine shop in any part of it, so that the sight of a drunken person is rare. ...

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  45. RAILWAY TO MUNGINDI WANTED.

    Several speakers proved optimistic in their addresses to the Minister for Works yesterday, when they advocated an extension of the railway from Moree to Mungindi. Mr. ...

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  46. BROKEN HILL STATISTICS.

    At the end of December last the Broken Hill mines employed 7717 men, the highest number in the history of the Barrier. At the end of 1904 the total was 6991, and in 1900—the boom ...

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  47. THE FEDERAL CAPITAL.

    Sir,—Your lengthy correspondent, John Hyland, asks: "If the Premiers at the Conference did not agree that New South Wales was to select the Federal territory, subject ...

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  48. PASSENGERS BY THE RUNIC.

    The following is a list of the passengers by the White Star liner Runic, from liverpool via ports, due here early on Saturday morning next:— From Liverpool: Mr. H. W. Atkinson, Mrs. M. ...

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  49. THROWN FROM A HORSE.

    Henry Savage, a boy aged 17, in the employ of Messrs. Butcher and Uhr, Ltd., was killed this morning through being thrown from a horse. The deceased left the shop of his ...

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  50. QUEENSLAND RAINFALL.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 135 words
  51. SUICIDE OF A WOMAN.

    Louisa Doheny, aged 30, committed suicide at Rockhampton last night by jumping into the river. She was suffering from religious mania. ...

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  52. ABSTEACT OF SALES BY AUCTION THIS DAY.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 360 words
  53. NEW ZEALAND SHIPPING.

    AUCKLAND (1281 miles).—Arr: Jan. 4, Sonom[?] R.M.S., from San Francisco. PICTON (1246 miles).—Arr: Jan. 4, Kamona, s, from Newcastle. ...

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  54. THE MAILS.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 266 words
  55. AN AUTOGRAPH-HUNTER'S TRICK.

    "A lady of my acquaintance," says a writer in the Connoisseur," "extracted a holograph letter from 'Georgo Eliot' by pretending to take an active part in the movement for ...

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  56. PASSENGERS BY THE WAKOOL.

    The following passengers have booked by the Blue Anchor liner Wakool, which will sail to-day for London, via Natal, Capetown, and ports:—Miss Hobson, Mr. F. Chandler, Mr. J. H. Campbell, Mr. J. Tullett, ...

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  57. ALMANACS AND CALENDARS.

    We have received almanacs and calendars from Messrs. Websdale, Shoosmith, and Co., Mr. E. Ritchie, Messrs. Spencer, Simpson, and Man. ...

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  58. ARRIVAL OF THE INDIA.

    The P. and O. Company's R.M.S. India, from London, via ports arrived at Sydney early yesterday morning, and moored in Athel Bight. Captain T. W. Vibert, R.N.R., states that the mail steamer, having embarked ...

    Article : 396 words
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