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  2. TELEGRAPHIC INTELLIGENCE. (From the Echo, Herald, and Evening News.) TAMWORTH.

    [Herald.]—Heavy rain fell here on Sunday morning from 3 o'clock till 9. There was a thunderstorm the same evening, and it rained heavily for a short time. It is very hot to-day. ...

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  3. The Dreadful Tay-Bridge Disaster.

    On Sunday a heavy gale swept over Dundee, and a portion of the Tay-bridge was blown down while the train from Edinburgh, due at 7.15 was passing. The train was duly ...

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  4. Irish Distress Relief Fund.

    A public meeting of subscribers to the above fund was held at the Royal Hotel on Monday night. The chairman (Mr. P. A. Jennings) stated that the amount received up ...

    Article : 300 words
  5. YASS.

    [Herald.]—Last year there were eighty owners of over 500 sheep each, in Yass district. This year the number has increased to 102 owners, and to 64,602 sheep. ...

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  6. WARIALDA.

    [Herald.]—The Bishop of Armidale leaves here this morning for Narrabri. He officiated yesterday, and arranged for improvements to the church. ...

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  7. COONAMBLE.

    [Herald.]—The heat is very oppressive. There are thunderstorms allround the district, and one passed over here last night and nine points of rain fell. ...

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  8. PARRAMATTA.

    [Evening News.]—The first meeting of the municipal council this year was held yesterday, for the purpose of electing the members for the various committees, and during the ...

    Article : 65 words
  9. BRAIDWOOD.

    [Herald.]—Ann Webb, wife of James Webb, a carrier, was found hanging this morning in a water closet. At the inquest a verdict of suicide through insanity was ...

    Article : 108 words
  10. ADELAIDE.

    [Herald.]—The consumption of water during January reached 81,000,000 gallons, and the greatest quantity consumed in one day was 5,000,000 gallons. ...

    Article : 218 words
  11. LISMORE.

    [Evening News.]—To aid the Irish Famine Relief Fund a public meeting, convened by advertisement, was held in Dean's room, Lismore, on Saturday last, under the presidency ...

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  12. BRISBANE.

    [Echo.]—The prospectors' report with reference to the finding of the Woolgar goldfield states that on May 28th they discovered payable gold on a tributary of the Woolgar ...

    Article : 338 words
  13. The Horsewhipping Case Between Two Surveyors.

    At the Glen Innes Police Court, on the 6th instant, (as reported in the Examiner), William Bede Christie appeared on summons to answer the charge of beating and ...

    Article : 359 words
  14. WAGGA WAGGA.

    [Echo.]—An inquest was held on the body of the man taken from the river on Saturday, and a verdict returned that deceased was found drowned in the Murrumbidgee River ...

    Article : 113 words
  15. East Maitland Police Court.

    CHARGE OF BURGLARY.—Henry Thompson, alias Lawson, alias Fitzgerald, was charged with breaking and entering the dwelling of Peter Murphy in January last year, and ...

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  16. Arrival of the S.S. Menmuir at Cooktown.

    The E. and A. Company's steamship Menmuir, bringing the Torres Straits mail, left Hongkong on January 23, arrived at Singapore on the 28th instant, and waited five days for the ...

    Article : 190 words
  17. COOTAMUNDRA.

    [Evening News.]—Visited Temora on Thursday, the prospectors of which have nothing worth mentioning in deep ground. They washed three loads, and obtained a little ...

    Article : 164 words
  18. EASTERN NEWS.

    The appointment of Mr. Ah Choy, Chinese barrister, to a seat in the Legislative Council of Hongkong, by Governor Hennessy, has given great offence. ...

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  19. WELLINGTON.

    [Evening News.]—The hind wheel of Cobb's coach from Orange to Wellington broke on Saturday night while coming down Mumblehill, 16 miles from Wellington. The coach ...

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  20. COOKTOWN.

    [Herald.]—The Corea arrived to-day from Thursday Island, and reports very bad weather in the Straits, and little pearl-shell obtainable. All the buoys and beacons in ...

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  21. A musical Prodigy.

    Yesterday morning a Constitution reporter observing quite a crowd around a negro boy in the car shed, approached and inquired the cause of the excitement. He discovered that ...

    Article : 307 words
  22. COMMERCIAL.

    Pepper, black, quiet, price steady, lOdol. 50c. per picul; white, 16dol. Pearl sago has declined. Tapioca is drooping; flake, 5¾dol. per picul; pearl, 5½dol. Coffee: No sales ...

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  23. ONE-MILE, GYMPIE.

    [Evening News.]—The North Glanmire Company's mine crushed 190 tons, the result of a fortnight's raising, and it resulted in the extraordinary yield of 736 oz. 4 dwt, 6 gr. of ...

    Article : 77 words
  24. DENILIQUIN.

    [Evening News.]—A fire commenced about 4 o'clock this morning in Ryan's grocery store, completely destroying that shop, one belongto Lacey, butcher, and two buildings occupied ...

    Article : 79 words
  25. Central Criminal Court.

    Robert Williams, a middle-aged man, who is a free-selector at Bamarang, was placed upon his trial on a charge of committing a rape on his daughter, Maria Williams, 17 ...

    Article : 242 words
  26. MELBOURNE.

    [Herald.]—A meeting of citizens convened by the Mayor was held in the Town Hall this afternoon, to protest against the proposal to open the Exhibition at night. A resolution ...

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  27. WINDSOR.

    [Herald.]—A man named John Brown, a butcher, was found dead in South Creek, on Sunday morning. He was seen at 10 o'clock the previous evening, at M'Grath's Hill, when ...

    Article : 154 words
  28. Dispatch of Mails via Torres Straits.

    Mails will be made up at this office, on Saturday, February 21, 1880, per E. and A. M. S. Somerset, closing at 10 a.m., for Java, Singapore, Eastern Archipelago, India, China, the Continent of Europe, ...

    Article : 83 words
  29. WOLLONGONG.

    [Herald.]—Steady rain fell yesterday and to-day, and the country looks beautifully fresh. A gentleman representing an English ...

    Article : 64 words
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