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  2. THE OPAL TRADE.

    A London correspond at writes:—"So many inaccurate reports respecting the opal business have from time to time appeared in the press, that in order to ...

    Article : 217 words
  3. A MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT'S GRIEVANCE.

    Mr. Affleck, M.P., appears to be under the impression that the Government Printer is dealing unfairly with members in the matter of bindings to parliamentary ...

    Article : 118 words
  4. A HORSE-WHIPPING CASE.

    At the police court, Cobden, on Thursday the case of Kerr v. Muntz, an action for assault, in which £50 damages were claimed, was called on. The case ...

    Article : 171 words
  5. INTERFERENCE WITH STREET TREES.

    The ruthless way in which officials of the Telegraph Department have in certain instances been lopping away branches of trees which interfered with telegraph and ...

    Article : 131 words
  6. THE VICTORIAN STOCK TAX.

    The Riverina Herald, in a late issue, thus warns Victorians of the mischievous recoil of the stock tax:—"The present disastrous drought will inevitably be the ...

    Article : 126 words
  7. MASONRY AT JUNEE.

    The annual meeting in connection with Lodge Alexandra, No. 117, U.G.L., N.S.W., was held in the Masonic Hall, Belmore street, Junee, on 19th inst. ...

    Article : 188 words
  8. A DIVORCE CASE.

    A peculiar case of divorce has been commenced in Melbourne. In 1884 Alfred Charles Conves, aged 16, one of the members of Dr. Barnardo's destitute ...

    Article : 134 words
  9. RUTHERGLEN VINEGROWERS' ASSOCIATION.

    The Rutherglen Vinegrowers' Association are summoning a conference of delegates from all similar bodies throughout the colony to be held in Melbourne on ...

    Article : 147 words
  10. TUBERCULOSIS.

    Mr. John Pottie, veterinary surgeon Sydney, delivered a lecture at the School, of Arts, Nowra, on "Tuberculosis." Treating at length of the disease, Mr. Pottie ...

    Article : 112 words
  11. A GLEAM OF SENSE.

    Some glimmer of commonsense on the subject of unionism has penetrated the editorial sanctum of the Australian Work man. Our labor contemporary has ...

    Article : 161 words
  12. LAND TAX DEDUCTIONS.

    Those taxpayers who are entitled to a deduction from land tax to the amount o' income tax leviable upon the interest derivable from mortgages are reminded that ...

    Article : 123 words
  13. ELECTRIC LIGHTING.

    The Cabinet has decided to proceed with the erection of an electric lighting station on the railway land at North Melbourne, at a cost of £22,000. The ...

    Article : 101 words
  14. SIR ROGER TICHBORNE.

    It is reported that Messrs. Wallace and Robson, having received a satisfactory medical report from the register extract copied at the asylum, are ready to proceed ...

    Article : 140 words
  15. AN EXCITING INCIDENT.

    An exciting incident occurred at the Yass court-house. Two wall-known residents had some words in the lobay of the court-house, and finally came to blows. ...

    Article : 101 words
  16. DEATH OF A WELL-KNOWN FARMER.

    On Sunday morning Mr. "William Ripper, a well-known farmer and grazer, of Myra, near Mathoura, was found drowned in a well on the homestead. On ...

    Article : 128 words
  17. STATUTE LAW CONSOLIDATION.

    It is satisfactory to welcome the appearance in Parliament of the first instalment of the results of the work of the Statute Law Consolidation Commission ...

    Article : 151 words
  18. ATTEMPTED SUICIDE.

    A determined attempt at suicide took place on 20th inst. at Liverpool, when a man named Booth, about 83 years of age, and an inmate of the Liverpool ...

    Article : 137 words
  19. LUNACY STATISTICS.

    The report of the inspector general of the insane for last year shows that on December 31, 1896, there were 3815 insane persons under official cognisa[?]ce being ...

    Article : 99 words
  20. JUBILEE DEMONSTRATION AT WaGGA.

    A preliminary meeting in connection with the Queen's record reign celebrations was held during the week at the Commercial Hotel, Wagga, at which a ...

    Article : 105 words
  21. EXECUTION AT MAITLAND.

    The execution of Charles Hines for an assault on his stop daughter took place in Maitland gaol on Friday morning. Hines' composure never left him, and he ...

    Article : 167 words
  22. MRS. G. H. REID.

    Mr. Reid has left the "long wash of Australian seas," behind him, and he is now probably sp[?]ding across the Indian Ocean in the Orient liner Orizaba to the ...

    Article : 156 words
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