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  2. BUSH FIRES.

    Says the Jerilderie Herald:—During Christmas and New Year weeks we have had a number of bush fires. On Saturday, 22nd December, one broke out in the ...

    Article : 208 words
  3. KILLED BY THE HEAT.

    Mrs. Annie Vinnicombe, aged 40, was sent to the Sunbury Lunatic Asylum on 10th January, 1900, and being discharged from there on 21st December last, returned ...

    Article : 213 words
  4. CHINESE LABOR.

    The Minister for Works holds the belief that the Government of the colony should set an example, not only with regard to the rate of pay and hours of ...

    Article : 92 words
  5. ENCOUNTER WITH A SHARK.

    Captain Bord, pilot at Lake Macquarie Heads, accompanied by Messrs. Boyd and Podgee, while schnapper fishing outside the Heads, report having had an encounter with ...

    Article : 126 words
  6. AN INTERESTING COLLECTION.

    The Melbourne Public Library has just acquired for £100 a valuable collection of newspaper volumes stored up to now in the cellar of the Melbourne Athenasum. ...

    Article : 281 words
  7. FOUND DEAD.

    A magisterial inquiry and post-mortem examination was held at Chindera on the body of Edmund Austin, a laborer, who had been a resident of the Tweed for a ...

    Article : 94 words
  8. A HINT TO STOCKOWNEPORT OF FREMANTLE.RS.

    The Inspector of Stock for the Gundagai district, writes to the press aa follows:—A great many owners made their returns of stock, and have dated them for various ...

    Article : 140 words
  9. A GRIM SURPRISE.

    A shepherd on a big Queensland ran had a grim experience about a month back. He was living a hatter's life in a small hut on a lonely part of the run, and the incident ...

    Article : 220 words
  10. GUN ACCIDENT.

    A Lismore telegram says:—A shocking gun accident occurred while Mr. Clayton and his two sons were out with several others paddymelon shooting. Mr. Clayton ...

    Article : 88 words
  11. THE INDIAN CIVIL SERVICE.

    The Governor of South Australia, Lord Tennyson, has written to the Secretary of State for the Colonies pointing out the desirability of special facilities being offered to ...

    Article : 116 words
  12. PAYMENT OF FEDERAL MINISTERS.

    If the Governer-General's salary must be increased a hundredfold to admit of two seats of Government, numbers of the Federal Ministry will be in the same boat, ...

    Article : 96 words
  13. A SWINDLER'S TRICK.

    The story is told of a very neat trick played by a swindler upon the police and a publican. The latter reported that he had been approached by a Customs official ...

    Article : 148 words
  14. A TRAGEDY IN SYDNEY.

    A sensational incident occurred in the suburb of Rozelle early on Friday morning. A number of young men were creating a disturbance, when Constable ...

    Article : 148 words
  15. A PLUCKY RIDE.

    A splendid feat of horsemanship was witnessed during the running of the hurdle race at the Hillston meeting on Boxing Day. Old Dick Bradley, the ...

    Article : 118 words
  16. A PRINTER'S BURDEN.

    That a printer's life is burdened by sorrows other than these for which the well-advertised "printer's devil" is responsible, is brought to mind by the utterances of a well-known ...

    Article : 337 words
  17. STRANGE ACCIDENT.

    A strange fatal accident happened to a little girl named Mary Trevaskis on Friday morning on the farm of Mr. James Stone, of Woodstock West, where the child was ...

    Article : 152 words
  18. AUSTRALIAN ARCHITECTS' CONFERENCE.

    The first business meeting of the conference of Australian architects was held in Sydney last week. Mr. John Barlow, F.R.I.B.A., presided, and delegates were ...

    Article : 106 words
  19. THE QUEENSLAND REPRESENTATIVE.

    Mr. J. R. Dickson, Queensland's representative in the first Federal Ministry, is perhaps the most curious public speaker in the Commonwealth. His matter and ...

    Article : 108 words
  20. A RIVERINA PIONEER.

    The late Mr. Honry Ricketson was the first and probably the last man to score at Millionaire Tyson's expense. The two were young men together in New South ...

    Article : 148 words
  21. LAND FOR SELECTION.

    Some 28,314 acres of agricultural land and 34,138 acres of grazing land on Bathella run, Queensland, are to be thrown open to selection on Wednesday, 16th ...

    Article : 164 words
  22. THE LATE MRS. FLYNN.

    The funeral of the late Mrs. M. Flynn, of The Rock, who died in St. Vincent's Hospital on New Year's Day, took place at Wagga on Thursday last. The remains ...

    Article : 106 words
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