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  2. COUNTRY JOTTINGS.

    At the last meeting of the Singleton Municipal Council a letter was received from Cessnock, stating that a league had been formed there to support the movement for the ...

    Article : 120 words
  3. INTERSTATE NOTES.

    Sunday games in parks and reserves are causing trouble at Wangaratta (V.), and at the last meeting of the borough council, Councillor W. H. Edwards moved that the council's solicitor ...

    Article : 197 words
  4. NOTES FROM ABROAD.

    Giving evidence at an inquest at Ipswich, Suffolk, Dr. W. F. Fryer said the right side the best to sleep on, and it was prejudicial for any one to sleep on the left side, ...

    Article : 95 words
  5. WHAT PEOPLE THINK.

    Mr. C. D. Peterson, the president of the Surf Association of New. South Wales expresses himself as follows over the protracted delay in the building of the much-needed Coogee ...

    Article : 389 words
  6. Eggs Before Centipedes.

    The Rev. P. E. T. Widdington, vicar of St. Peter's, Coventry, and president of the Church Spiritual League, recently received an anonymous letter complaining of the bad state of ...

    Article : 110 words
  7. The Width of Tyres Act.

    During a discussion upon the special grants for main roads at the meeting of the Kyeamba Shire Council on September 19, Councillor M'Pherson ventured the opinion that if the ...

    Article : 116 words
  8. Prize Canaries Eaten by Rats.

    A pair of canaries, exhibited by Mr. W. Y. Coase, of Gladstone, at the. recent Bundaberg (Q.), show, and which were awarded the silver medal, were afterwards lodged at the railway ...

    Article : 73 words
  9. Old King Coal.

    Coal has nothing to fear from the boom in oil as fuel, according to Mr. D. A. Thomas, head of the Cambrian Coal Combine. Speaking ht the Summer Mining School of the Glamorga ...

    Article : 90 words
  10. Forestry and Settlement.

    Mr. H. J. Lyne, district, forester, and Mr. Nicholson, surveyor, have been visiting the Coolongolook district, inspecting the forest reserves in connection with re-classification. ...

    Article : 113 words
  11. Labor Justices of the Peace.

    Owing to the hard things said of Justices of the Peace by members of the Labor Party in the Commonwealth Parliament, Mr. Kelly, Hon. Minister in charge of the Home Affairs ...

    Article : 186 words
  12. A Cambridge Veteran.

    The Rev. Edward Atkinson, D.D., Master of Glare College, Cambridge, has just celebrated his 94th birthday. He has been Master for 57 years, and is believed to be the ...

    Article : 81 words
  13. Australian Frozen Meat in London.

    It is reported that the High Commissioner of New Zealand has organised a thorough inspection of the Thames barges which receive chilled and frozen meat from the Dominion, ...

    Article : 236 words
  14. A Bonus for Wombats.

    At the last meeting of the Braidwood P.P. Board a letter was received from Mr. D. J. Hart, who wrote on behalf of residents of Gilston, asking for a bonus; to be paid for the ...

    Article : 110 words
  15. "Little Obese Wretches."

    Speaking at a baby show at Boston (U.S.) Dr. Charles E. Page said:--"I want to tell the mothers of those babies that have been exhibited that every one of them is a little obese ...

    Article : 63 words
  16. After Secrets of the Sea.

    As a result of the research work to be carried out by the yacht Hiawatha, the North Sea is expected to yield, some secrets of value both to science and to fisher-folk. ...

    Article : 147 words
  17. A Gulf Railway.

    The residents of the Normanton district of Queensland are agitating for a railway to open up the district. At a meeting at Normanton a few days since, the following resolution was ...

    Article : 144 words
  18. A Pipe Band for Lithgow.

    An endeavor is being made at Lithgow to form a pipe band in connection with the Caledonian Society. The following gentlemen have been elected officers:--Pine major. Mr. ...

    Article : 58 words
  19. A Good Example.

    A number of friends of Mr. T. N. Upton, secretary of the Lithgow District Hospital, have (says the "Mercury") formed themselves into a working bee, and for several Saturday ...

    Article : 73 words
  20. The Coming of the Fleet.

    "Henley" writes as follows:-- "I am hoping that in the list of illuminations that are to welcome the arrival of the Australian fleet Will be included the nocturnal lighting of parts ...

    Article : 217 words
  21. The Poverty of the Clergy.

    The poverty of the clergy ds a problem that drops up in many forms. The Rev. P. J. Kelly, pec,tor of Whitewood Mere, near Leeds, writes in his parish magazine:-- "You give, me a big ...

    Article : 197 words
  22. The Transcontinental Railway.

    The Minister for Home Affairs has accepted further tenders in connection with the construction of the railway from Kalgurli to Port Augusta. It is estimated that £5000 will be; ...

    Article : 193 words
  23. "A Policeman's Lot."

    In announcing the transfer of a constable from Maude to Gilgunnia, the Maude correspondent of the "Riverina Grazier" says:-- "The life of a police constable at Maude is not a ...

    Article : 157 words
  24. Donkey and Mule.

    An amusing point was argued at the West London Police Court on a summons taken out by the London County Council against George Hoggan, a street-organ proprietor, of ...

    Article : 171 words
  25. Progressive Bathurst.

    "Botanist" informs us that the Bathurst Council has decided to allow citizens to form garden plots in some of the streets of the municipality, where these plots will not ...

    Article : 146 words
  26. Bathurst Mayoral Allowance.

    At the next meeting of the Bathurst Municipal Council, Alderman Beavis will move:-- "That, in the opinion of this council, circumstances have arisen which render it advisable ...

    Article : 65 words
  27. White v. Black Divers.

    In response to representations as to the necessity for the gradual instead of immediate, displacement of black divers in the pearl shelling industry by white labor, the Minister for ...

    Article : 97 words
  28. Water Famine in Grafton.

    The water famine is becoming very acute in both Grafton and South Grafton. Several hotels and private householders are now carting water for domestic purposes. ...

    Article : 35 words
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