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  2. THE POLITICAL SITUATION.

    There was a new development in cenaection with matters political yesterday Mr. C. G Heydon, who had been offered the post, formally acceptad the position of Attorney-General vice Mr. E. Barton. ...

    Article : 1,501 words
  3. COUNTRY NEWS.

    At the police court to-day William Lee, Robert Grimes, and Richard Marsden were charged with assaulting and robbing the Chinaman, Ah Choy, who jumped from the mail train on 27th November, and ...

    Article : 85 words
  4. VICTORIA.

    A general meeting of shareholders in the Coal Creck Proprietory Company was held to-day. The directors' repert stated that the prospects of the company were excellent; that it had a contract to ...

    Article : 81 words
  5. SPECIAL CABLES.

    H.R.H. the Princess of Wales is Buffering from influenza. ...

    Article : 29 words
  6. SPECIAL CABLES.

    News has reached London from South Africa to the effect that Major Forbes, the commander of one of the British South Africa columns, has captured Lobengula, ...

    Article : 137 words
  7. The Sydney Monring Herald.

    YESTERDAY Mr. C. G. Heydon accepted the position of Attorney-General. Mr. Hoydon is to be appointed to the Upper House to-day, and he will be sworn in as Minister at 10 o'clock. ...

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  8. THE SPANISH ANARCHISTS.

    Important arrests of anarchists have been made in Barcelona. ...

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  9. THE LABOUR VOTE.

    Messrs. Sleath and Ferguson, formerly of Broken Hill, have been in Orange the last few days, in connection with organising the labour vote. Mr. Sleath spoke for two hours last night from the ...

    Article : 129 words
  10. A TALE OF THE SEA.

    A piece of paper found on the beach at Port Melbourne on Wednesday and forwarded to the Secretary for Trade and Customs to-day contains the following inscription:—"To the finder.—Ship ...

    Article : 129 words
  11. THE HAWAIIAN QUESTION.

    It is believed in Washington that it is the desire of President Cleveland, after restoring ex-Queen Liliuokalani to the Hawaiian throne, that an Anglo-American ...

    Article : 55 words
  12. THE UNEMPLOYED AT INVERELL.

    A procession of the unemployed through the principal streets took place last night. The procession, headed by the Inverell Band, attracted a large crowd of both sexes, a procession ef tins sort ...

    Article : 280 words
  13. THE COLOURED GENTLEMAN BEFORE THE COURT.

    The "coloured gentleman" who wished to interview Sir George Dibbs, when arrested gave his name as William Roberts, and described himself as a native of India. He was brought before Mr. Smithers, ...

    Article : 117 words
  14. HOSPITAL SUNDAY COLLECTIONS.

    At a meeting of the Hospital Sunday Committee to-day the hon. secretary reported a large decrease in the amount received from collections, the total at data being £4899. It is anticipated that ...

    Article : 53 words
  15. THE ANGLICAN CHURCH IN AUSTRALIA.

    The Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge proposes to grant £1000 towards the clergy endowment fund in Brisbane, and also £1000 towards the ...

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  16. THE REBELLION IN BRAZIL.

    News from Rio de Janeiro states that President Peixoto ordered 15 of the officers and crew of the Brazilian man-of-war Parnahyba to be shot, as it was suspected that ...

    Article : 83 words
  17. THE VICTORIAN RAILWAYS.

    In speaking to-day of the proposal of the Government to obtain a railway manager from the United States, and of the agitation against that proposal, the Premier said that the Railway ...

    Article : 262 words
  18. SYDNEY HIGH SCHOOL.

    Last night at Quong Tart's Rooms the members of the High School Ex-students' Union entertained Mr. J. Coates, head master of the High School, at dinner. Mr. A. B. Piddington, B.A., presided. On ...

    Article : 769 words
  19. OPENING OF THE HUNGERFORD ERIDGE.

    The recently-erected bridge over the Goulburn River at Sandy Hellow about 25 miles from Muswellbrook and 10 from Denman, on the Casailiaroad, was opened to-day. The coremony was ...

    Article : 381 words
  20. COLONIAL GOVERNMENT STOCKS.

    Scrip of the last New South Wales loan is quoted at a premium of 6[?], Victorian scrip at a premium of 6¼, and Western Australian at a premium of 2. ...

    Article : 38 words
  21. BUSH FIRES IN THE COUNTRY.

    The bush fires which have been raging in the districts surrounding Narrandera during the past week have been almost extinguished. The losses are exceedingly heavy; three parts of Bynya Station is ...

    Article : 195 words
  22. THE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS.

    The Right Hon. Arthur Wellesley Peel, Speaker of the House of Commons, is suffering from an attack of influenza. ...

    Article : 32 words
  23. PRIVY COUNCIL APPEAL CASE.

    In the appeal to the Privy Council in the caso of Walsh v. The Queen, judgment has been reserved. The respondents were not called on. ...

    Article : 296 words
  24. SHOCK TO MR. GLADSTONE.

    The body of Mr. Miadock Outram, an old valet of Mr. Gladstone, has been found floating in the Thames. It is believed that he committed suicide. ...

    Article : 53 words
  25. THE GOULBURN PRESBYTERY.

    The Goulburn Presbytery met yesterday, and the Rev. George MacInues, B.D., of Ashfield, was unanimously nominated as moderator for the ensuing General Assembly. It was resolved to write to the ...

    Article : 142 words
  26. NEW ZEALAND.

    In connection with the project of the Government for obtaining cheap money for the farmers, the Agent-General will be instructed to ascertain what probability there is of capitalists in England ...

    Article : 232 words
  27. TO-DAY.

    St. Augustine's, Neutral Bay: Christmas F[?]te and Fair, Neutral Bay, 3 p.m. Miss whiteside's Cookery Lesson, School of Arts, 3 p.m. Sydney Grammar School: Old Boy's Union Concert, ...

    Article : 149 words
  28. DYNAMITERS IN DUBLIN.

    Enormous precautions are being taken to guard the military barracks in Dublin, owing to the authorities having received intelligence to the effect that dynamite ...

    Article : 39 words
  29. AN IMPORTANT LAND CASE.

    In accordance with the recent decision of the Land Court, the land board to-day confirmed the postponed application for an additional conditional purchase in the suburban special area, ...

    Article : 396 words
  30. SUICIDE NEAR MITTAGONG.

    Information was given to the police here yesterday by a man named George Elliott that the dead body of a man was suspended to the limb of a tree on Morris Flats, near Mittagong. Constables Nies and ...

    Article : 1,359 words
  31. EXPLOSION OF GUNPOWDER.

    A serious explosion has taken place at the Royal Gunpowder Faotory at Waltham Abbey, in Essex. Two men were killed on the spot, and ...

    Article : 60 words
  32. SUICIDE OF A CLERK.

    A clerk named Maas, an employee of a city firm, who was charged with stealing £20,000 belonging to the firm, committed suicide in the presence of his employer. ...

    Article : 35 words
  33. THE WEATHER.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 352 words
  34. QUEENSLAND.

    The Premier, Mr. Nelson, with his sons, will leave for Sydney by the Aramac on Saturday, proceeding thence to Melbourne, Hobart, and New Zealand. They will make the round of the New ...

    Article : 65 words
  35. BABY-FARMING IN MELBOURNE.

    The Full Court decided to-day that the points of law raised on behalf of Trances Knorr, who has been convicted for the murdor of an infant, were all untenable, and that the conviction must be ...

    Article : 208 words
  36. THE ANARCHISTS IN FRANCE.

    It has been ascertained that the anarchist Vaillant, the perpetrator of the dynamite outrage in the French Chamber of Deputies, is a member of a cosmopolitan ...

    Article : 59 words
  37. ANNANDALE SEPARATION ASSOCIATION.

    The final committee meeting of the above association was held on Wednesday evening at Newman's Hotel, Johnston-street. Pieneut: Mr. W. G. Winton (in the chair), Alderman Pritchard, ...

    Article : 194 words
  38. THE DORA DORA BLACKS.

    The Dora Dora blackfellow, Tinniuburry, alias Willie Anderson, arrived in Brisbane last night from Bundaborg in charge of Senior-constable King. He was brought up at the Police Oourt ...

    Article : 41 words
  39. RIFLE SHOOTING.

    On Saturday last the N.A.V. Rifle Club held their second competition for the fourth quarter of the current year at Randwick Rifle Range. Usual conditions, seven shots each at 500 and 600 yards; ...

    Article : 224 words
  40. MR. MACKENZIE BOWELL.

    Mr. Mackenzie Bowell, who left Sydney on his return to Canada in the steamship Arawa on 18th November, has arrived in Canada. ...

    Article : 131 words
  41. THE DUCIE RIVER MASSACRE.

    The police authorities have decided to despatch a strong force of police and trackers to the Ducie River, the scene of the recent massacres by the blacks. The Hon. John Douglas, Government ...

    Article : 106 words
  42. LATE MINING.

    The only sales of silver quoted were Central Broken, 3s 6d to 3s 7½d. Quotations for others were firm. Briseis tin were again dealt in at 10s. Jumbuna Coal preference shares realised improved ...

    Article : 275 words
  43. [BY TELEGRAPH.]

    Light rain has been falling since yesterday. There is every appearance of its continuing. BERRY, THURSDAY.. A violent thunderstorm occurred here this evening. ...

    Article : 135 words
  44. SERIOUS ENCOUNTER WITH NATIVES.

    It has leaked out in connection with the visit of the police party to Ducie River to investigate the murder of Bruce and Rowe, that the party was completely routed by the natives, Robert Bruce ...

    Article : 267 words
  45. VICTORIAN v. NEW SOUTH WALES ARTILLERY.

    On Saturday last a rifle match was fired simultaneously beotween teams representing the Victorian Permanent Artillery and the New South Wales Naval Artillery Volunteers. The teams fired on ...

    Article : 190 words
  46. SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    The Customs receipts last month were £51,215, and for the 11 months ended November £574,641, being £62,640 below the receipts for the corresponding period of 1892. ...

    Article : 138 words
  47. CIVIL SERVICE SUPERANNUATION FUND.

    Matters in connection with the accounts of the superannuation fund, provided under the Civil Service Act, are, it has transpired, in a very unfortunate position. The fund has been drawn upon very ...

    Article : 674 words
  48. PARLIAMENT OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    The Taxation Bill was passed in the Legislative Council to-day by 13 to 7. The Assembly carried the Benmark Irrigation Trusts Bill to its third-reading stage. In ...

    Article : 95 words
  49. THE UNEMPLOYED IN LONDON.

    The leaders of the unemployed agitation, who hold their meetings on Tower Hill, threaten to bring about a reign of terror in London unless work be found for ...

    Article : 51 words
  50. LATE SHIPPING.

    Bega (s.), 555 tons, Captain. O. W. Hersee, from Eden and southern ports. Passengers—Mrs. Lowrie, Miss Freiherg, Messrs. Storman, Hunter, [?]chier, Waller, Thompson and son, and three in the steerage. Illawarra S. N. ...

    Article : 50 words
  51. CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS.

    Sir,—Now that the Christmas holidays are close upon us it is surely time our railway authorities announced the facilities for railway travelling to holiday-makers. It would be a convenience to ...

    Article : 90 words
  52. TASMANIA.

    Seventy tons of ore have been raised at the Mount Lyell mine in cutting a chamber at the 50ft. level. An assay showed 98,000oz. of silver, of the value of £14,000. ...

    Article : 40 words
  53. IMPORTS.—DECEMBER 15.

    Bega (s.), from, Eden and ports: 2422 cheese, 501 kegs butter, 619 bags bark, 241 bales wool, 184 bags maize, 251 pigs, 3 casks tallow, 50 cases maizena, 3 coops poultry, 8 cases eggs, 4 bales leather, and sundries. ...

    Article : 83 words
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