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  2. ACCIDENT ON THE RAILWAY.

    OUR Gunning correspondent wired as follows on Monday morning:— "A young man named James Curtin jumped from the up mail train on Saturday night when ...

    Article : 257 words
  3. MOOREFIELD RACES.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 67 words
  4. LADY TREVOR.

    'I have sought Miss Rosse everywhere,' he said. 'You remember that I made but a brief stay after my return to Breezy Lodge. I was anxious to find Miss Rosse, ...

    Article : 1,212 words
  5. FASHION NOTES.

    THIS is a phase—if one may use the word— of dress which is often overlooked; yet few kinds of dress admit of more varied ornament. There is also a view of the ...

    Article : 1,520 words
  6. Fatal Cycling Accident.

    DURING a bicycle race from Melbourne to Werribee on Saturday afternoon a competitor named William Sheppard was thrown heavily against the wall of a stone bridge at the bottom of a hill. His skull was ...

    Article : 98 words
  7. Braidwood.

    THERE are 12 candidates for the Junior University Exam, to be held in Braidwood, at the Literary Institute, on Monday, the 7th June next. There are ten from the Braidwood Superior Public ...

    Article : 73 words
  8. MONDAY'S POLICE COURT.

    BEFORE the Police-Magistrate and Messrs. Oliver and Hammond. SUPPOSED INSANITY. Patrick Ryan, aged 38, was dealt with for ...

    Article : 558 words
  9. WAR IN EUROPE.

    THE Turkish Squadron has captured 11 Greek vessels, and has taken them into the Straits of the Dardanelles. It is reported from Athens that the Greeks have ...

    Article : 104 words
  10. Braidwood Electorate.

    Mr. Austin Chapman, M.P., is in receipt of the following departmental correspondence:—From the Secretary for Lands, acknowledging a protest from the residents of Bungonia against a proposed ...

    Article : 197 words
  11. NEW BILLS.

    THE bill for the extermination of noxious weeds, which has been introduced into the Assembly by the Minister for Lands, is the measure which was revised by the Noxious Weeds Conference about a ...

    Article : 846 words
  12. CABLE NEWS.

    The Government has decided to appoint a Royal Commission to inquire into and report upon the methods of fixing the rents of Irish holdings. Mr. Gerald Balfour, Chief Secretary for Ireland, ...

    Article : 57 words
  13. The Agricultural Conference.

    THE conference of Ministers of Agriculture was continued on Saturday. It was decided that there should be no alteration whatever in the tick quarantine line which was adopted at the last ...

    Article : 144 words
  14. THE PARIS DISASTER.

    The Paris newspapers are full of charges of cowardice and inhumanity preferred against the male portion of the assemblage at the charity fete in Paris, on the outbreak of the fire which resulted ...

    Article : 112 words
  15. Grant for Record Reign Demonstration Refused.

    WEST MAITLAND, Saturday—A deputation waited upon the Hon. J N. Brunker to-night, to ask if the Government would render financial assistance to a movement to locally celebrate the record reign of her ...

    Article : 1,054 words
  16. THE DIAMOND JUBILEE CELEBRATIONS.

    Mr. A J. Balfour, First Lord of the Treasury, has stated in reply to a question asked in the House of Commons that the Sultan of Turkey is sending a special envoy to the record reign ...

    Article : 112 words
  17. TELEGRAMS.

    THE Quarter Sessions opened to-day. A number of persons pleaded guilty to various charges, and were remanded for sentence. THE WEATHER.—RAIN REPORTED. ...

    Article : 136 words
  18. LONDON WOOL SALES.

    At the wool sales prices are hardening. The bulk of the wool offering is being taken by Yorkshire houses. The series will close on 24th May. ...

    Article : 195 words
  19. EXPORT OF HARES.

    WE have been handed the following correspondence for publication:— "Parliament House, "11/5/97. ...

    Article : 254 words
  20. ROAD SPECIFICATIONS.

    DEAR SIR,—In the specifications of the road contracts just called for it states that all necessary gravel is" to be the best obtainable." In all the previous contracts a distance was specified in which ...

    Article : 123 words
  21. IMPORTATION OF BUTTER, &c.

    SIR,—I quite agree with "Elector of Argyle" in your issue of Tuesday last where he points out that it will be impossible to feed cows and compete with the Victorians sending butter here free this winter. ...

    Article : 206 words
  22. THE CONGO FREE STATE.

    Missionaries in the Congo Free State have testified to the cruel treatment of the natives. They declare that the rubber trade is answerable for the burning of 45 villages in one district alone. ...

    Article : 40 words
  23. THE PRUSSIAN DIET.

    Prince Holenlohe, the German Imperial Chancellor, has introduced into the Prussian Diet a law limiting the right of public meeting. The German press is indignant, and declares that ...

    Article : 45 words
  24. Road Race.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 72 words
  25. RAILWAY DISASTER IN RUSSIA.

    A terrible railway disaster has occurred at Rockenhaf, in Russia. A train was derailed and wrecked. One hundred soldiers were killed and 60 injured. ...

    Article : 30 words
  26. Traffic to Western Australia.

    THE passenger traffic towards Western Australia. though not so brisk as it was, is still a profitable element in steamship business. Of cargo there is usually an abundance offering, but the passenger ...

    Article : 81 words
  27. THE WESTERN AUSTRALIAN LOAN.

    Tenders for the 3 per cent. Western Australian Government loan of £1,000,000 were opened at noon to-day. The total amount tendered for was £769,500. ...

    Article : 67 words
  28. QUEANBEYAN.

    ON Monday last an accident of a somewhat serious nature happened to a two-year-old son of Mr. J. Fitzgerald, of Tuggranong. It appears that the little fellow was playing in the sheep-yard, and in ...

    Article : 326 words
  29. Ingenious Attempt to Escape.

    IT is reported that a prisoner nearly escaped from the Parramatta gaol on Saturday. It seems that the turnkey had his attention directed to the lid of a tank in which the usual hominy and food are ...

    Article : 91 words
  30. MRS. LANGTRY GRANTED A DIVORCE.

    Mrs. Langtry, the well-known society actress, has obtained in California a divorce from her husband on the ground of desertion and neglect of maintenance. ...

    Article : 33 words
  31. THE P. AND O. COMPANY.

    The Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company has declared a dividend at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum on the preferred shares and 7 per cent. on the deferred shares. ...

    Article : 196 words
  32. Proposed Rainmaking Experiment.

    MELBOURNE, Sunday.—Farmers to the west of Echuca have agreed to subscribe 5s each and make application to the Minister for Lands for permission to bore a number of holes in the rocks near the ...

    Article : 68 words
  33. Advertising

    {No abstract available}

    Advertising : 554 words
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