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  2. LONDON WOOL MARKET.

    LONDON, August 17.--It will be a difficult task to give anything more than a general bird's-eye view of the position of the woollen and worsted industry until wo get over the ...

    Article : 1,617 words
  3. COUNTRY NEWS.

    TAREE, Wednesday.--In consequence of the bar shoaling up at Maiming Heads, efforts are being made to secure the services of the dredge Antlion, in order to remove the obstruction referred ...

    Article : 139 words
  4. WAR LETTERS IN BRIEF.

    Private J. C. Cripps, one of three brothres in the New South Wales Mounted Infantry at the front, should be the envy of his comrades. He has been in almost ...

    Article : 1,036 words
  5. VICTORIA.

    Llewellyn Ratcliffe and Benjamin Morgan were, before the Ballarat Police Court, to-day charged with conspiracy to defraud in connection with the Glenine No. 1 salting affair. They ...

    Article : 147 words
  6. MR. SUTTOR AND THE COUNCIL.

    It was generally understood yesterday that Mr. F. B. Suttor, the representative of the Government in the Upper House, would take the earliest opportunity, when the Council met, of explaining ...

    Article : 1,639 words
  7. GRAFTON TO CASINO RAILWAY.

    The report of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Public Works on the Grafton to Casino railway was laid before the Legislative Assembly yesterday. The proposed lino is 61 miles in ...

    Article : 639 words
  8. AN ALLEGED LETTER PILFERER.

    PARKES, Wednesday.--Heury W. Bransgrove, a iad of 17, employed as a messenger in the local telegraph-office, was to-day charged, before the police magistrate, with having stolen certain ...

    Article : 103 words
  9. DROWNING OF AN APPRENTICE.

    An inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the drowning of John Moore Thompson, apprentice on the ship Loch Katrine, which took place from the Australian Wharf early on ...

    Article : 145 words
  10. OFF THE LINE.

    SINGLETON, Wednesday.--This afternoon an accident occurred to a train of 36 empty stock trucks. While proceeding slowly up the sleep incline on the northern side of the railway bridge, ...

    Article : 117 words
  11. LEGISLATION FOR GRADING CHAFF.

    Melbourne and Geelong chaffcutters and produce agents waited on the Minister for Agriculture to-day to assure him that there was no demand on the part of consumers for the ...

    Article : 88 words
  12. A DWELLING-HOUSE BURNED.

    KATOOMBA, Wednesday.--A fire broke out at 7.30 to-night in a weatherboard residence occupied by Mr. Watson, butcher, Willie the family were away, and the building, and contents were ...

    Article : 81 words
  13. A STANDARD FRUIT CASE.

    The Fruitgrowers' Association saw the Minister for Agriculture, and asked that the size of fruit cases should be fixed by law at a capacity of an Imperial bushel, and that steps be taken ...

    Article : 135 words
  14. A BLACKFELLOW'S DEATH.

    BOMBALA, Wednesday.--An old aboriginal, well, known in this and the Delegate districts, as Joe Banks, appears to have met his. death under somewhat peculiar circumstances. For some time ...

    Article : 263 words
  15. MEETING OF THE OPPOSITION.

    At a meeting of the Opposition this evening, a sub-committed, consisting of Sir George Turner, and Messrs. Trenwith, Morrissey, Peacock, and Harris, was appointed to draw up ...

    Article : 46 words
  16. PERPETUAL MOTION.

    Mr. Herbert Rose, F.G.S., claims to have discovered the secret of perpetual motion. He has been working at his residence at East Prahran on a model with a gravity wheel, which ...

    Article : 135 words
  17. A BRAVE BUSH OFFICER.

    Lieutenant H. B. Christie, of the New South Wales Bushmen, was mentioned in General Orders issued by Major-General Baden-Powell for gallantry in staying with a man whose horse ...

    Article : 226 words
  18. A CHAPTER OF ACCIDENTS.

    GOSFORD, Wednesday.--Miss Hannah Howard, a domestic servant at Mr. J. M. Meroney's, in playing with some children, fell down and broke her wrist. The following day a heavy door fell ...

    Article : 144 words
  19. THE TRADE BAROMETER.

    Customs returns for victoria for eight months ending August 31 show that the imports of merchandise for the period were £1,455,047 more than for the same period last ...

    Article : 78 words
  20. THE DUST AND THE MICROBE.

    "Nice time or the morning to be sweeping dust in our faces!" The old gentleman closed his eyes and turned his head sharply as clouds of dust and dirt ...

    Article : 406 words
  21. A CHILD KILLED BY A CART.

    MORUYA, Wednesday.--A fatal accident happened this morning to a little boy, 18 months old, a son of Mr. Geninazzi, a barber. He was run over by a milk-eart, driven by a dairyman ...

    Article : 76 words
  22. SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    The estate of the late Mr. J. S. Scott has been sworn at £10,000, and is bequeathed to members of the testator's family. in replying to a deputation to-day, the ...

    Article : 76 words
  23. CASUALTIES.

    As the last tram from Leichhardt was passing along Elizabeth-street, between King and Hunter streets, last night, a woman, whose name is unknown, jumped off and severely Injured herself. ...

    Article : 127 words
  24. NEWCASTLE.

    The usual meeting of the Hunter District Water Supply and Sewerage Board was held at the offices, Newcastle, yesterday. The board, had under further consideration tho question of water being ...

    Article : 115 words
  25. THE SHEARING SEASON.

    NARRABRI, Wednesday.--Nowley cut out on Saturday. Mount Lindsay announces starting on the 27th. The owner offers 22s 6d a hundred to shearers working through to the end of the ...

    Article : 73 words
  26. WEST AUSTRALIA.

    The Pull Court has given an important decision concerning residence areas on the goldfields. The Court holds that there is nothing in the Act or regulations to prevent holders of areas ...

    Article : 139 words
  27. THE UNEMPLOYED.

    NARRABRI, Wednesday.--Four more unemployed arrived this morning, and are camped about a mile out, being provisioned and supplied with cooking utensils by roads officials. ...

    Article : 53 words
  28. LOST HIS ARM.

    Thomas Spindler (30), residing at White Bay, Rozelle, was engaged at Maxwell's timber yard yesterday afternoon, when his left arm was almost cut through by a circular saw. At the ...

    Article : 55 words
  29. SHIPPING ITEMS.

    The steamer Saint Louis arrived at Newcastle yesterday morning from Noumea, and on its being found that two or three days must elapse before cargo could be given her, it was decided to, ...

    Article : 134 words
  30. FATAL RIDING ACCIDENT.

    INVERELL, Wednesday.--Miss Jacob, a young lady who has been visiting her friends here, fell from her horse on Friday last, sustaining Injuries to her head, from which she died this ...

    Article : 1,411 words
  31. CARBOLIC TAR POISONING.

    Constable Hogan took a house painter, named George Macdonald (47), residing in Brisbane-strewet, to the Sydney Hospital last evening. in a state of collapse. Tho sufferer stated that ...

    Article : 40 words
  32. PAINTERS' WAGES.

    A conference of delegates from the master painters with, the trade society of painters was held at the Trades-hall last night to discuss the claims of the operatives for an increase in the ...

    Article : 433 words
  33. DAMAGED IN THE GALE.

    The gale blew itself out on Monday night. The barque Euphrates was berthed at South Quay, and Captain Webster. Lloyd's surveyor, examined the damage. He found that the vessel had ...

    Article : 80 words
  34. SCARCITY OF BLASTING POWDER.

    Owing to the heavy demand, in England for explosives, as the result of the Boer and Chinese wars, and the abnormally busy time experienced during tho past half-year at the Newcastle ...

    Article : 204 words
  35. TASMANIA.

    A large deputation of members of Parliament waited upon the Treasurer and asked that the press rates for Parliamentary reports be reduced by one-lialf, conditionally that no loss was ...

    Article : 64 words
  36. THE SIGNBOARD TROUBLE.

    The following correspondence, which has passed between Messrs. West garth, Nathan, and Co., solicitors, and the Mayor of Sydney, regarding the recent removal of signboards and blinds, has ...

    Article : 354 words
  37. DREDGERS FOR QUEENSLAND.

    The second of two powerful dredgers, which have been built to the order of the Government of Queensland, was launched by Sir W. G. Armstrong, Whit worth, and Co., Limited, from their ...

    Article : 125 words
  38. NEW ZEALAND.

    The first instance of an old age pension applicant being imprisoned for making a false statement occurred to-day at the Thamos, where a man who stated he had only £46 worth of ...

    Article : 50 words
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  40. CONCILIATION AND ARBITRATION.

    Particulars of the working of the Conciliation and Arbitration Act from April, 1396, to March last show that the total cost of settling the disputes which arose during that period was £5401. ...

    Article : 56 words
  41. PATRIOTIC FUND.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 95 words
  42. PENSIONS FOR THE AGED POOR.

    The Old Ago Pensions Amendment Bill is to be re-introduced by the Government. Under this bill the amount of pensions to be grunted to married applicants inust not exceed such sum as ...

    Article : 96 words
  43. Advertising

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    Advertising : 75 words
  44. TECHNICAL AND RELIGIOUS EDUCATION.

    A Technical Instruction Bill has been introduced late the House of Representatives. The measure does not, as had been expected from the previous utterances of the Premier, contain any ...

    Article : 92 words
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