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  2. TO-DAY'S HOLIDAY ATTRACTIONS.

    Due provision has been made for the celebration of the holiday to-day. In addition to their special excursions by train to the Hawkesbury, Newcastle, the Mountains, and the Illawarra district, the ...

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  3. THE WEATHER.

    A strong south-west change set in on Saturday morning, accompanied by thick rain. The wind during the afternoon attained the force of a moderate gale, averaging 30 miles an hour, though the gusts at ...

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  5. THE COUNTRY

    WAGGA, Sunday.--Mr, Gormly's remarks in the Assembly last week, in calling attention to the excessive capital values placed on land in the Wagga district set apart for homestead ...

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  6. QUEENSLAND.

    BUNDABERG, Sunday.--A serious affray among the Malaytans occurred at Fairymead this afternoon. As the result of a practical Joke on the part of a Gilbert Islander, a Malaytan woman was ...

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  7. WEST AUSTRALIA.

    COOLGARDIE, Saturday.--A verdict of murder has been returned at Roeburne again Wanda, Congerland, Wargia, and Jandarue, in connection with the murder of John George Syton on the ...

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  8. SUPPOSED SUICIDE OF A WOMAN.

    PERTH, Saturday.--At Niagara a widow passing under the name of Johnson has been found dead in a tank, and is thought to have committed suicide. She kept a wine bar saloon. Her real ...

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  9. IMPORTS AND EXPORTS.

    BRISBANE, Saturday.--The imports of the colony for the quarter ended March 31 were valued at £1,326,000, an increase of £43,000 as compared with the corresponding quarter of last year. The ...

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  10. TWO PEOPLE BURIED ALIVE.

    PERTH, Saturday.--A shocking accident is reported from Mount Margaret, 100 miles north-east from Menzies. A woman named Chapman, the wife of the mining manager, was taking tea with ...

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  11. A BIG RAILWAY CONTRACT.

    BRISBANE, Saturday.--The Commissioners for Railways have accepted the tender of Swanson Bros., of Melbourne, for the construction of a high- level bridge over the Burdekin River, and the ...

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  12. MR. R. A. PRICE, M.P.

    BUNGWALL, Saturday.--The member for Gloucester, Mr. R. A. Price, reached Bungwall, Myall Lakes, to-day. He was accompanied by a party of residents from Coolangolook on the ride through ...

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  13. COOLGARDIE, Saturday.

    There are 115 patients to-day in the hospital, which is still overcrowded, despite the new ward recently erected. A women's ward to hold 15 beds is now being built. It is felt that the old hospital ...

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  14. THE CLARE LAND CASES.

    HAY, Saturday.--The special sitting of the Hay Land Board, convened to deal with the references by the Minister for Lands with respect to the bona fides of certain homestead leases on the ...

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  15. THE SHIPPING AT NEWCASTLE.

    NEWCASTLE, Saturday.--Contrary to expectations the great storm of last night and to-day has done no injury whatever to the shipping in the port. So many vessels are "doubled off" at the wharves, and ...

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  16. THE ARREST OF "SLIPPERY JACK."

    WALLERAWANG, Saturday.--The arrival of the notorious "Slippery Jack" in the custody of the police officers Wright and Preston, of Sunny Corner, caused considerable excitement in town last ...

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  17. ACCIDENT IN THE FOOTBALL FIELD.

    COOMA, Saturday.--This afternoon during a scratch football match, a young man named Sidney Goodwin had his collarbone broken. ...

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  18. AMUSEMENTS.

    Mr. Sydney Grundy's bright comedy "The New Woman," of which the Brough-Boucicault Company give a most effective performance, will remain in the Criterion bill until the end of the ...

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  19. THE CARE OF STATE INFANTS.

    GOULBURN, Saturday.--Coroner O'Brien held an inquiry this morning concerning the death of a State child five weeks old, handed over by the department to Mrs. Donnelly last Monday. ...

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  20. GALE ON THE SOUTH COAST.

    CLIFTON, Saturday.--A strong south gale has been blowing all day, and light showers have been falling since daylight. The weather is very bleak. There is at present every appearance of heavy rain ...

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  21. "TRILBY," AT THE LYCEUM.

    "Trilby" began its second week on Saturday night. There was an enormous audience, and the play went in capital style. It is to be staged en matinee on Wednesday. ...

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  22. SERVING THE STATE.

    The sixty-third anniversary of the Pitt-street Congregational Church was celebrated yesterday by special services. The Rev. Dr. Jefferis was the preacher, both morning and evening, and there ...

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  23. IN THE COUNTRY.

    ALSTONVILLE, Saturday.--The weather is again cold, with westerly winds. BERMAGUI, Saturday.--Heavy rain has fallen here during the week. From Wednesday night to ...

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  24. "SAVED FROM THE SEA," AT THE THEATRE ROYAL.

    "Saved from the Sea" was patronised on Saturday night by a very large audience, which included a number of enthusiastic footballers. The sensational incidents in which the play is so rich ...

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  25. FUNERAL OF MR. A. DUFF.

    PENRITH, Saturday.--The funeral of the late Mr. Alexander Duff, late ef Tamworth, who was district tariff superintendent here three years ago, took place to-day. The procession, which ...

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  26. "ACROSS THE CONTINENT," AT HER MAJESTY'S.

    This play, which will be remembered as one in which the late Mr. John L. Hall was famous, will be staged at Her Majesty's to-night. Mr. Alfred Woods is to play "The Ferret," and Mr.Harry ...

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  27. A DETERMINED SUICIDE.

    ROBERTSON, Saturday.--A young man named John M'Guiness, residing at Kangaloon, committed suicide this morning by shooting himself. From particulars to hand it appears that he ...

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  28. ROWDYISM AT NEWTOWN.

    On Saturday afternoon three men made a comparatively successful attempt to wreck the Milton Hotel at King-street, Newtown. Ex-senior-constable Elliot, the licensee, was also attacked by ...

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  29. THE TIVOLI.

    Messrs Tennyson and O'Gorman. two "knockabout" comedians, direct from England, appeared at the Tivoli on Saturday afternoon and evening, and made a particularly striking sucess.They ...

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  30. THE REY. HASKETT SMITH.

    An announcement that the Rev., Haskett Smith, the well-known lecturer, would preach at St. Andrew's Cathedral yesterday morning drew a large congregation, amongst whom were Lord and ...

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  31. ADVENTURES OF A DRUNKEN SAILOR

    NEWCASTLE, Sunday.--William Roberts, a seaman or the ship Domician, had a narrow escape from drowning last night. While in a state of intoxication he put off to his ship in a small ...

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  32. FITZGERALDS' CIRCUS AND MENAGERIE.

    Although the rain pelted down both on Saturday afternoon and evening, there were very good houses at Fitz-Gerald Brothers' Circus and Menagerie. There were ...

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  33. ALSTONVILLE, Saturday.

    The cane crops so far give promise of an unprecedentedly large yield, if the coming winter is mild and free from heavy frost. The Rous Mill starts on Monday next. The mill has undergone ...

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  34. MR. GOULD AT BOWRAL.

    BOWRAL, Saturday.--The Minister for Justice (Mr. A. J. Gould), accompanied by Mr. M'Court, M.P., arrived at midday yesterday, and was met at the station by the Mayor and aldermen, the ...

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  35. THE PREMIER AND THE LIQUOR LAWS.

    At the Wesleyan Church, Parramatta, last evening, the Rev. P. J. Stephen took as the subject of his discourse the Premier's attitude on the liquor question, as disclosed in his reply to a deputation ...

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  36. MR. LYNE AT WALBUNDRIE.

    WALBUNDRIE, Saturday,--Mr. W. J. Lyna (leader of the Opposition) was entertained this evening by the residents of Walbundrie. Mr. E. W. O'Sullivan and Mr. H. Levien, Ms. P., were also ...

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  37. FATALITIES.

    An old woman named Isabel Lydia Nealds was burnt to death at her husband's residence, Arden-street, Coogeo, early yesterday morning. Mrs. Nealds occupied a room by herself, and it is supposed that the ...

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  38. THE CYCLORAMA.

    The cycloramic picture of Jerusalem has drawn a very good number of patrons during tho week, and whether the weather be wet or dry, there Is always a large section of the population which ...

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  39. SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    ADELAIDE, Sunday.--The strike of engineers and bollermakers is practically at an end. The letter sent by the employees on February 10, demanding a minimum, wage of 10s a day, has been ...

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  40. CLOSING OF GOODLET AND SMITH'S WORKS.

    The cement works of Messrs. Goodlet and Smith at Merrylands have been closed down, and the men paid off. The manager, in explanation of the development, states that they cannot make cement to compete with ...

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  41. GARDEN FETE AT NEWTOWN.

    A garden fete in aid of the funds of the Newtown Benevolent Society was held at L'Avenue, Newtown, on Saturday last. In connection with the fete, which was formally opened by the Mayoress of the ...

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  42. ORGAN RECITAL.

    There was but a fair attendance at the organ recital on Saturday evening, the inclemency of the weather, no doubt, being principally responsible for this. The various items on the programme, ...

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  43. FRUIT CULTURE.

    On Friday night Mr. Angus Mackay, F.C.S., Instructor in Agriculture at the Sydney Technical College, delivered a lecture at the Toongabble School of Arts on "Fruit Culture." The ...

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  44. DEATH AT SYDNEY HOSPITAL.

    A man named William Coombs, 52 years of age, was taken to the Sydney Hospital on Saturday afternoon in a state of collapse, occasioned, it is supposed, by taking an overdose of an anaesthetic. Coombs, who ...

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  45. LECTURES.

    Owing to the inclemency of the weather on Saturday night the Rev. Haskett Smith postponed his lecture" "In Wonderland, or the Days of Giants," until Friday next. ...

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  48. WESTERN SUBURBS OPERATIC SOCIETY.

    At a general meeting of the members of the recently-formed Western Suburbs Operatic Society, the election of officebearers was conducted. Mr. A. J. Gray presided. It was agreed to ask his ...

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  49. DEATH OF AN INFANT.

    An illegitimate female infant named Veronica Wilmott, whose mother is said to reside in Newcastle, died about 6 o'clock on Saturday evening at tho residence of Dr. Watson, in Elizabeth-street. The infant ...

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  50. EARTHQUAKE AT PORT DARWIN.

    PORT DARWIN, Sunday.--A severe shook of earthquake was experienced here at 10 minutes past 7 on Monday morning. The direction appeared to be west to east. ...

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  52. CATTLE FOR BATAVIA.

    PORT DARWIN, Sunday.--The steamer Darwin left for Batavia on the 21st inst., with 200 head of cattle and 16 tons of pearlshell. ...

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