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  2. NEWCASTLE NEWS.

    The annual meeting of subscribers to the Newcastle Hospital was held in the lecture-hall of the School of Arts last evening. The president, Mr. C. H. Hannell, occupied the chair. The ...

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  3. THE COUNTRY.

    WEST MAITLAND, Friday. -- The annual meeting of the members of the School of Arts was held this evening. The report stated that during the year £250 had been paid off the mortgage of £1000 ...

    Article : 148 words
  4. NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION.

    The annual meeting of the members of the National Rifle Association was held in the United Service Institute, Chancery-square, last night, Colonel Longfield being in the chair. ...

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  5. VICTORIA.

    MELBOURNE, Friday. -- The Public Service Board has inquired into the charges preferred Against Richard Hain, telegraph operator, of improperly using moneys received while in charge ...

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  6. SHIPPING.

    Ensenada, four-masted bqtne., 999 tons. Captain Toye, from Lyttelton 14th inst. W. Scott. Fell and Co., Maranoa, str., 1505 tons, Captain W. Sinclair, from ...

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  7. THE TAMWORTH HOSPITAL.

    TAMWORTH, Friday. -- The annual report of the committee of the Tamworth Hospital allows a very satisfactory condition of affairs, and the financial statement proves that the institution is ...

    Article : 74 words
  8. AUSTRALIAN WIDOWS' FUND.

    MELBOURNE, Friday. -- The twenty-fifth annual meeting of the Australian Widows' Fund Life Assurance Society was held to-day. The report showed that the revenue for the ...

    Article : 101 words
  9. THE TAMWORTH MECHANICS' INSTITUTE.

    TAMWORTHI, Friday. -- The annual report of the Mechanics' Institute shows a flourishing state of affairs. At the beginning of the year the debit balance was £43; now there was a small ...

    Article : 88 words
  10. THE LISMORE HOSPITAL.

    LISMORE, Friday. -- At the annual hospital meeting yesterday, Mr. W. Locket (president) in the chair, satisfactory reports were read. The hon. secretary's report recorded that a great ...

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  11. LEWIS V. MARTIN.

    MELBOURNE, Friday. -- In connection with the Lewis v. Martin match, arrangements have been made for the postponed match between the above riders to be hold under the auspices and ...

    Article : 139 words
  12. THE COOTAMUNDRA WATER SUPPLY.

    COOTAMUNDRA, Friday. -- Mr. E. B. Price arrived here yesterday with a surveyor and accompanied by the Mayor and aldermen went out to the Mount Coughlan and Rocky Creek country. ...

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  13. THE DUBBO REFRIGERATING COMPANY.

    DUBBO, Friday. -- A meeting of the Dubbo Refrigerating and Boiling-down Company was held this evening. The balance-sheet for the half-year showed a loss of £934. The chairman ...

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  14. SUICIDE AT BUNGLE GULLY.

    WALGETT, Friday. -- An inquest was held at Bungle Gully by the coroner, Mr. W. J. Martin, on the body of James Frederick Doyle, aged 60. The jury found that deceased died from the ...

    Article : 57 words
  15. THE LABOUR PARTY AND FEDERATION.

    Sir, -- I shall be glad it you will allow me to reply to the criticism upon the Labor Party's attitude towards Federation contained in your leading article of Wednesday's issue. You set ...

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  16. FIRE AT WOLLONGONG.

    WOLLONGONG, Friday. -- A fire broke out between 8 and 9 o'clock last night in a cottage in Flinders-street, occupied by Richard Huxham. The two back rooms were very much damaged ...

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  17. THE HARVESTS.

    BUNGENDORE, Friday. -- Threshing has started, and so far the yield has been most satisfactory, reaching about 30 bushels to the acre. The grain is good. ...

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  18. THE WARRNAMBOOL CHESS CONGRESS.

    MELBOURNE, Friday. -- Play in the tournament for the Australian chess championship was resumed to-day. F. H. Wilson (Melbourne), who was to have met J. S. Stanley (Warrnambool), ...

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  19. ALLEGED ATTEMPTED SUICIDE.

    ALBURY, Friday. -- A sensation was caused in town last night on the fact being known that Mr. Alexander Dundas, manager of the Albury Bolling-down Works, and well-known in this ...

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  20. GRAFTON SCHOOL OF ARTS.

    GRAFTON, Friday. -- The annual meeting of the School of Arts was held this evening. The income last year to the general fund was £127, and to the building fund £36. The expenditure from the ...

    Article : 149 words
  21. THE WEST AUSTRALIAN GOLDFIELDS.

    KALGOORLIE, Friday. -- The new find made is in the vicinity of the Limekilns, to the south-west of Kalgoorlie, within a mile from the recently discovered galena show, is a quartz reef about ...

    Article : 147 words
  22. THE SHIPPING ARRANGEMENTS.

    A marked improvement has taken place in the tug service of this port, and the detention of vessels at the cranes after they have received their cargoes is an abuse that has almost ...

    Article : 427 words
  23. SUNSTROKE AT PENRITH.

    PENRITH, Friday. -- A serious case of sunstroke took place here yesterday. A young man named Henry Vine was out at Kingswood selling potatoes, when he suddenly felt giddy, and a few ...

    Article : 87 words
  24. THE WARREN RAILWAY LEAGUE.

    WARREN, Friday. -- An Important meeting of the Warren Railway League took place yesterday, when correspondence was read from Mr. J. C. Ryrie regarding tho exchange of 6a. of his land ...

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  25. LAND SETTLEMENT.

    NOWRA, Friday. -- At the Crown land sale held at Nowra, 30 improvement leases in the parishes of Bunberra and Illaroo were offered. The lots ranged from 18¾ acres to 2½. Only three lots ...

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  26. ST. GEORGE COTTAGE HOSPITAL.

    The annual meeting of subscribers to the St. George Cottage Hospital was held in the School of Arts, Kogarah last night, the chair being occupied by Mr. J. H. Carruthers, M.P. The report of the committee stated ...

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  27. SHEEP STEALING IN THE COOMA DISTRICT.

    COOMA, Friday. -- The losses of sheep in this district are frequently reported to the police by sheep-owners, and it is rather significant that there is generally a case of sheep-stealing or ...

    Article : 228 words
  28. SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    ADELAIDE, Friday. -- At the half-yearly meeting of the Port Adelaide Dock Company the directors reported that the balance at the credit of the profit and loss account was £9179, out ...

    Article : 225 words
  29. A WARNING FROM VICTORIA.

    A telegram has been received by Mr. James Curley, the miners' general secretary, from Outtrim (Victoria) requesting him to warn the miners of this district against proceeding to ...

    Article : 149 words
  30. YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION.

    The annual meeting of the Y.M.C.A. was held in the Association-hall last night, the president (Mr. J. R. Fairfax) presiding. The annual report, which was submitted by Mr. David ...

    Article : 606 words
  31. NARRABRI HOSPITAL.

    NARRABRI, Friday. -- The annual meeting of the subscribers to the hospital was held last night. For the committee 30 nominations were received, and a ballot will take place a fortnight ...

    Article : 117 words
  32. A FEDERAL CONVENTION CANDIDATE.

    A movement has been set on foot with the object of inducing Mr. Brunker to become a candidate for election to the Federal Convention, and a nomination paper for that gentleman is ...

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  33. A BIG LUMBER CARGO.

    ADELAIDE, Friday. -- The largest cargo of Baltic timber ever landed at this port was brought to-day by the four-masted Russian barque Kennia. The cargo consisted of 2,696,499ft. of ...

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  34. MINERS FOR WEST AUSTRALIA.

    A number of miners in this district are accepting engagements to proced to the Murchison (W.A.) goldfields, to work in the mines there at a wage of £3 10s per week. Agents have been ...

    Article : 61 words
  35. COONAMBLE MECHANICS' INSTITUTE.

    COONAMBLE, Friday. -- At the annual meeting of the subscribers of the Mechanics' Institute, held last night, Mr. H. C. Broad occupied the chair. The report and balance-sheet disclosed a ...

    Article : 110 words
  36. BOOKMAKERS PROSECUTED.

    There were 22 bookmakers before the police court yesterday, charged with breaches of the Betting Houses Suppression Act in laying wagers at the Wallsond and Newcastle races. Eight ...

    Article : 67 words
  37. THE GOSFORD AGRICULTURAL SHOW.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 279 words
  38. A FISHING CUTTER WRECKED.

    HOBART, Friday. -- The crew of the fishing cutter Seashell arrived here to-night, having walked from Eddystone Point. They state that the Seashell foundered on St. George's Rock, on the 4th ...

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  39. ACCIDENT TO THE FASSIFERN TRAIN

    The private train which runs from Toronto to Fassifern collided with a cow which had strayed on to the line on Thursday, with the result that the motor was derailed and thrown on to its ...

    Article : 352 words
  40. STRANGE DEATH OF A SWAGMAN.

    BROKEN-HILL, Friday. -- Sub-Inspector Webb has received information to the effect that a man whose name is unknown died under somewhat singular circumstances last night at Mount ...

    Article : 114 words
  41. INSTITUTE FOR THE BLIND.

    The annual meeting of the New South Wales Home Teaching: Society for the Blind, the Industrial Home for Blind Women, and the Retreat for the Aged Female Blind was held in the Y.M.C.A.-hall on ...

    Article : 303 words
  42. MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS.

    Mr. W. J. Blunt addressed a gathering of ratepayers, last night at the corner of Kenilworth and Flood streets, Bondi. Mr. J. Pringle occupied the chair; and Mr. Creig proposed and Mr. Gustly seconded a vote of ...

    Article : 51 words
  43. THE NOMINATIONS.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 163 words
  44. DEVELOPING SHALE DEPOSITS.

    MOUNT VICTORIA, Friday. -- Messrs. Mackenzie and Hy. Wood have accepted a contract for the second of a series of drives at the Grose Valley shale deposits. The first is in some 45yds., with ...

    Article : 47 words
  45. FATALITIES.

    Sergeant M'Crimmon, the officer in charge of the Pyrmont police, last night recovered the body of a man which was floating near Yeager's Wharf, Johnstone's Bay. The body was identified as that of a seaman who ...

    Article : 68 words
  46. FIRE AT RYDE.

    A five-roomed weatherboard dwelling, with shop attached, at Marsfield, owned by Mr. T. Bellamy, and occupied by Mr. G. M'Minn, was totally destroyed by fire at an early hour ...

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  47. THE GOULBURN HOSPITAL.

    GOULBUUN, Friday. -- The annual meeting of subscribers to the hospital was held to-night. The report showed that the income for the year was £1325, including a special grant of £100 from ...

    Article : 106 words
  48. DEATH OF AN INFANT.

    An infant, one month old, named Cecilia Mary Collins, was found dead in bed at her parents' residence, James-street, Enmore yesterday. The child was put to bed at 7.30 yesterday morning, and was not seen again ...

    Article : 70 words
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