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  2. COUNTRY NEWS.

    This afternoon, upon the information of Mr. Frank A. Esgar (officer of Customs), Henry Keily was proceeded against in the police court for a breach of the Customs Act. The plaint set forth that on the 4th ...

    Article : 1,394 words
  3. THE PASTORALISTS AND SHEARERS.

    The Pastoralists' Union has received a report stating that Gunlee station, in the Moree district, has 22 men, and the shearing is progressing well. A telegram from Salisbury Downs station conveys the ...

    Article : 123 words
  4. THE GOLDFIELDS OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

    Cash to the amount of £500 has been received at the warden's office, Coolgardie chiefly in payment for new leases. A mile of country 60 miles from Kurnalpi has been leased, and a number of ...

    Article : 1,140 words
  5. NEW ZEALAND. [BY TELEGRAPH.] (FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT.) REPORTED AMALGAMATION OF BANKS.

    The rumours which were current some months ago about an amalgamation between the Bank of New Zealand and another New Zealand bank have again been revived, but both the Colonial Bank ...

    Article : 93 words
  6. VICTORIA. [BY TELEGRAPH.] (FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT.] SUCCESS OF VILLAGE SETTLEMENTS.

    The second anniversary of the Tucker Village Settlements having taken place, a report has been prepared showing the progress of the movement. From this it appears that settlements have been ...

    Article : 109 words
  7. SPECIAL CABLES.

    According to further advices from Shanghai, it is believed that the unsuccessful attack by the Japanese fleet upon the forts and arsenal at Wei-Hai-Wei, on the ...

    Article : 75 words
  8. The Sydney Morning Herald.

    FURTHER advices from Shanghai state that it is belived that the unsuccessful attack by the Japanese fleet upon the forts and arsenal at Wei-Hai-Wei, on the promontory of Shantung, in Chinese ...

    Article : 9,023 words
  9. TO-DAY.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 185 words
  10. DISTURBANCES IN THE COBAR DISTRICT.

    A special train conveying about 90 free-labou shearers and rouseabouts reached Cobar yesterday morning at 6 o'clock. The men were at once taken away in conveyances to the different stations where ...

    Article : 1,477 words
  11. A TERRIBLE TRAGEDY.

    A terrible tragedy is reported from Otautau, in Southland. A miner named Frederick Hooker made a desperate attack on a family named Reynolds, residing at Merrivale diggings. Reynolds ...

    Article : 181 words
  12. MINING LEASES AT MOUNT LYELL, TASMANIA.

    In the Supreme Court to-day Mr. Justice A'Beckett concluded the hearing of an action brought by James Crotty against Frank Gee Duff, of Melbourne, financial agent, respecting the ...

    Article : 221 words
  13. RAILWAY ACCIDENT IN LONDON.

    An alarming accident took place at the St. Pancras Railway Terminus, London, last night. As the Scotch mail was approaching ...

    Article : 69 words
  14. MINISTERIAL ELECTIONS.

    A monster meeting in support of the candidature of the Hon. Joseph Cook, Postmaster-General, was held here to-night. Alderman Thirlwell was in the chair. Mr. Cook was ...

    Article : 1,400 words
  15. DEATH OF THE CROSS-COUNTRY RIDER, T. CORRIGAN.

    The cross-country rider, T. Corrigan, died at 20 minutes past 6 o'clock this morning from the effects of the injuries received at Caulfield on Saturday. He never recovered consciousness. In ...

    Article : 1,070 words
  16. THE ANARCHISTS IN FRANCE.

    The trial of 30 leading anarchists in Paris was concluded on Saturday. The accused were discharged, as the prosecution failed to prove that they belonged to ...

    Article : 86 words
  17. THE RAILWAY EARNINGS.

    The railway earnings for the week ended 9th August amounted to £42,651, as compared with £43,864 for the corresponding week of last year. The aggregate earnings to this date from 1st July ...

    Article : 66 words
  18. THE SETTLEMENT OF TRADE DISPUTES.

    A conference of representatives of the Melbourne Chamber of Commerce, the Employers' Union, and the Trades Hall Council was held in the Town Hall this evening to consider the ...

    Article : 89 words
  19. THE FRENCH IN WEST AFRICA.

    The frontier of Liberia, in West Africa, and the boundary of the French territory adjacent thereto, have been so rearranged as to make Liberia almost a French ...

    Article : 43 words
  20. VISIT OF THE GOVERNOR TO ADELAIDE.

    The Governor and the Countess of Hopetoun left by express this afternoon for Adelaide, where they will be the guests of the Earl of Kintore for a few days. The Governor returns on ...

    Article : 42 words
  21. THE UNITED STATES TARIFF.

    The failure of the Tariff Conference in the United States to adjust the difference existing between the two Houses with regard to the Tariff Bill leaves the ...

    Article : 76 words
  22. DISTILLERY AT MILDURA.

    The Minister of Customs has now come to a decision in favour of issuing a license for the establishment of a distillery at Mildura. The license will be issued on condition that all ...

    Article : 208 words
  23. QUEENSLAND.

    In view of the glutted nature of the English meat market, the directors of the Queen-sland Meat Export Agency Company have decided to make a concession in their freezing charges. At the ...

    Article : 292 words
  24. TASMANIA.

    Only 13s 9d will be called up on the £1 shares of the Hobart Exhibition. The Exhibition will be opened free of debt. On Saturday the Hon. Nicholas Fitzgerald, ...

    Article : 109 words
  25. THE WEATHER.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 493 words
  26. NEWS FROM THE EAST.

    The steamer Taiwan has arrived in port, and has been placed in quarantine is she has come from an infected port. Her mails have been quarantined, and will not be available until ...

    Article : 107 words
  27. SOUTH AUSTRALIA. [BY TELEGRAPH.] (FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT.) SALVATION ARMY RESCUE MEETING.

    The annual rescue meeting in connection with the Salvation Army was held in the Town Hall this evening, the building being crowded to excess. Colonel Kilbey and Brigadier Hoskin gave ...

    Article : 72 words
  28. ST. LUKE'S PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, REDFERN.

    Last evening the Presbytery of Sydney met in St. Luke's Church, Redfern, to induct the Rev. T. J. Curtis into the pastorate of the church. The church was well filled. The Rev. T. Clouston, Moderator ...

    Article : 311 words
  29. BANK ROBBERY AT GRAFTON.

    There was considerable excitement in town to-day when a report gained currency that the local branch of the English, Scottish, and Australian Bank had been robbed of £929 9s. Mr. Erskine S. Smith, ...

    Article : 225 words
  30. THE CAMBRIAN SOCIETY.

    The monthly meeting of the Cambrian Society of New South Wales, which was held last night in Messrs. Quong Tart and Co.'s rooms, King-street, resolved itself into a musical evening. About 170 ...

    Article : 282 words
  31. IRISH NATIONAL FEDERATION.

    At a meeting of the Irish National Federation to-night, it was decided to co-operate with the executive of the federation in the other colonies in extending an invitation to the executive in Dublin ...

    Article : 171 words
  32. Advertising

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