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  2. OUR LIFEBOAT.

    THE lifeboat service of Newcastle dates back to 1847, in which year a large and cumbersome boat was built in Newcastle. It was ill adapted for the purposes for which it was ...

    Article : 1,331 words
  3. A "Protectionist-Liberal" Party.

    THE whirl of political changes and developments is apparently unceasing and, at the same time, curious. The present position of the members of the Assembly is that for all ...

    Article : 1,242 words
  4. President of Minmi Progress Committee.

    MR. CHARLES HENRY RIGBY, the president of the Minmi Progress Committee, is a native of Surrey, England, and was born in the year 1839. The early portion of his life was ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 525 words
  5. Stockton Municipal Council.

    THE fortnightly meeting of this council was was held last night. There were present: Aldermen O'Mara (Mayor), Hudson, Rees, Goodman, Warland, Asquith, and Young. ...

    Article : 1,128 words
  6. SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    Mr. Reid arrived by the Melbourne express this morning to join the R.M.S. Orizaba, which sails for London to-morrow. He was met at the railway station by the ...

    Article : 349 words
  7. PARLIAMENT.

    THE SPEAKER took the chair at 4.30 p.m. Messages from the Governor were read covering the introduction of a bill to pay allowances to the New South Wales ...

    Article : 939 words
  8. TELEGRAMS.

    THE Treasurer's advance account for April amounted to £3340. This includes £500 to the Newcastle Benevolent Society for outdoor relief, £1082 for expenses in connection ...

    Article : 705 words
  9. A COXSWAIN'S STORY.

    Mr. W. Ahern, who was one of the crew, and subsequently coxswain of the lifeboat for some years, speaks very highly of her seagoing capabilities when she first landed, ...

    Article : 486 words
  10. SHARE MARKET.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 288 words
  11. THE NEW BOAT.

    On May 24 of last year the boat was called away to the rescue of a boat's crew from the steamer Byron, which foundered outside in a heavy gale. On this occasion nine men ...

    Article : 433 words
  12. THE HUNTER RIVER FLOODS REPORT.

    THE report of Mr. Price, C.E., upon a scheme for the mitigation of floods in the Hunter River has been forwarded by the Minister for Works to the Mines Department, with a ...

    Article : 298 words
  13. WALLSEND COUNCIL.

    THE fortnightly meeting of the above council was held last evening. There were present: The Mayor (Alderman Bower), and Aldermen Abell, Wills, Sanders, Rushton, Morgan, ...

    Article : 494 words
  14. VICTORIA.

    A curious case of attempted murder has occurred at Sale. A man named Robert Todd was walking along a street with his wife when a young woman named Marie ...

    Article : 184 words
  15. CITY IMPROVEMENTS.

    IT is rather a remarkable fact that, while competition is becoming keener, the volume of trade at some of the places of business should be more extensive now than ever it ...

    Article : 315 words
  16. A BIG RECLAMATION WORK.

    IN the course of a few months a start is proposed to be made with the reclamation of an area of 569 acres of land in the vicinity of the old Port Waratah smelting works at the top ...

    Article : 211 words
  17. QUEENSLAND.

    A poorly-attended meeting of citizens was held to-day, at which it was decided to commemorate the Queen's jubilee by entertaining children of the city at a feast and ...

    Article : 173 words
  18. DAY LABOUR VERSUS CONTRACT.

    AN interesting return was presented in the Assembly to-night showing the cost of carrying out certain Government works by day labour instead of by the contract system. ...

    Article : 133 words
  19. FATALITY AT WALLSEND.

    A SON of Mr. Patrick O'Donnell, a resident of Pittown, Wallsend, met with rather a peculiar accident yesterday from the effects of which he died. The little fellow, who ...

    Article : 103 words
  20. Advertising

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    Advertising : 260 words
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