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  2. TELEGRAMS.

    A deputation from the Licensed Victuallers' Association will wait on the Chief Secretary on Wednesday to lay before him its views on the question of the opening of the public-houses on Sundays. ...

    Article : 365 words
  3. Quarter Sessions.

    Mary Ann Tanner pleaded guilty to having attempted to commit suicide. She was released upon a bond to be of good behaviour for the future. LARCENY. ...

    Article : 157 words
  4. Miscellaneous.

    He is a marvel of his age, and may prove a puzzle to posterity. . . . When from time to time the great leader changes hie mind he does so from honest conviction, mixed with an appetite for applause, and ...

    Article : 555 words
  5. Driven from Home.

    At an early hour tins morning (says the New York, HERALD of August 13) a young girl was led into the 126th-street police station. She had two bullet holes in her head, from which blood was streaming. She ...

    Article : 264 words
  6. Sporting.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 175 words
  7. The Gunboat Protector.

    The new gun boat the Protector was visited yesterday by the Chief Secretary, the Commissioner of Public Works, the Minister of Justice, the Mayor of Port Adelaide, and several members of Parliament. The ...

    Article : 245 words
  8. PIGEON MATCHES IN DUBBO.

    The pigeon match held yesterday was one of the best ever shot in the colony. Mr. P. Gannon, of Sydney, secured the first prize of £50, and killed nine birds. There were 12 ties for the second prize (eight birds). These ...

    Article : 99 words
  9. The Berrygraph.

    A novel kind of copying process, which is termed the Berrygraph, has recently been patented by the inventor, the Hon. Mr. Berry, Minister of Lands Fiji. Mr. Bullard, of George-street, has shown us ...

    Article : 88 words
  10. BOXING.

    The friends of Farnan and Foley met on Thursday. evening last for the purpose of arranging a boxing match under the Marquis of Queensbery rules. As is well known, Farnan challenged our champion for any sum up ...

    Article : 111 words
  11. Killed on the Railway.

    An inquest was held by Mr. H. Shiell, the city coroner, in the South Sydney Morgue, on Saturday, on the body of John Clooney, who was knocked down and killed by a locomotive at the Newtown railway ...

    Article : 484 words
  12. Robbery on a Steamer.

    A man named Perry was robbed of a £50 and a £10 note aboard the steamer Maitland, on the passage from Sydney last night. ...

    Article : 32 words
  13. Child Burned to Death.

    About 8 45 a.m on Saturday a child named Eva Hamlin, two years and eight months of age, was [?] to the Sydney Hospital suffering from severe burns all over her body and limbs. It ...

    Article : 132 words
  14. Narrabri Walgett Railway.

    A public meeting was held in the School of Arts, Gunnedah, last evening, to protest against the proposed railway in connection with Walgett being made via Mudgee and Coonamble, and to urge upon ...

    Article : 361 words
  15. MEMS.

    Mr. Blackburne, the English chess champion, may visit Australia before the end of the year, as his medical attendants think it dangerous for him to face the English winter in his present state of health. ...

    Article : 299 words
  16. Newcastle Items.

    The weather has taken a wonderful change. It is bright, warm, and calm. The lunatic aboriginal, Billy Prince, was sent to Gladesville to-day. He had been "running amuck" ...

    Article : 47 words
  17. Ryde Borough Council.

    The full council of Ryde met on Friday night. The finance committee recommended the payment of accounts amounting to £35 12s 6d. The following letters were read:—1. From Messrs. Hordern, whole, and not on port, of the main road from Gladesville through Ryde to Parramatta. 4. From the Department of Works, announcing that trial surveys have not yet been completed for the tramway to ...

    Article : 154 words
  18. Mudgee Items.

    A sheep stealing case was tried in Mudgee yesterday. The prisoner Lynch was found guilty, and sentenced to three years' imprisonment. Mr. John Miller, of Messrs. Miller and Ahearn, ...

    Article : 260 words
  19. ROSEBERY ON LONDON CHILDREN.

    In the Mansion-house, London, a meeting was held recently in aid of the "Country holiday fund," the object of which is to provide fresh air for ailing London children by sending them into the country to ...

    Article : 1,258 words
  20. Insolvencies.

    Before the Acting Registrar (H. J. Greville, Esq.). In the matters of E. J. Bloxham, Wm. Crook-shank. J. S. Whitney, J. J. Paskins, and Solomon Ellis, third meetings, several debts were proved, the ...

    Article : 1,241 words
  21. Suicide by Poisoning.

    The City Coroner held an inquest in the Carlisle Castle Hotel, Newtown, on Saturday, on the body of Ellen Brennan 28 years of age, who was found dead in her bed on Friday morning. Mary Carroll deposed ...

    Article : 280 words
  22. Outrage on a Girl.

    Sydney need not blush for her larrikins after what happened last night in the Albert Park. The Waterloo and the Woolloomooloo outrages have been put into the shade by the diabolical assault which ...

    Article : 495 words
  23. The Woollahra Mystery.

    T. Stanbrough, the father of the late Mrs. Payne, of Ocean-street, Woollahra, Sydney, who, it will be remembered, died is great agony from the effects of poison a few weeks ago, has written the following ...

    Article : 844 words
  24. George Augustus Sala.

    The reason why George Augustus Sala broke off with R. S. Smythe, the much-trawelled manager and pilot, and entered into an arrangement with Messrs. Allison will Rignold, has leaked out. Forbes ...

    Article : 65 words
  25. Public Landing Rights.

    The case of Finn v. Jeanneret, which, when stripped of its leral technicalities, really resolves itself into an assertion of a claim to a right to a landing at Mossman's Bay, brings into prominence the question ...

    Article : 386 words
  26. Homicide.

    Edward L. Thornton, ex-member for Warwick, gave himself up to the police in consequence of having shots man. He and another man were travelling to Callandoon with sheep. They has a ...

    Article : 48 words
  27. Interesting London Gossip.

    Archibald Forbes writes in to-day'e ADVERTISER as follows:—Ellen Terry is slowly recovering from what was really a serious illness. Her vaccination west wrong, but that was comparatively a trifle. ...

    Article : 388 words
  28. Terrible Railway Smash.

    A terrible railway accident happened yesterday on the South-western Railway, between Brisbane and Ipswich, and resulted in the death of an engine-driver. Six passengers were seriously injured. The ...

    Article : 483 words
  29. The Government Relief Works, Rookwood.

    The camp of the men employed on the Government relief works was shifted about three weeks ago to a central position, exactly midway between Rookwood and Bankstown this site being found more ...

    Article : 511 words
  30. Adelaide Theatricals.

    The Majeronis have been playing to good houses in the Theatre Royal during the past week in "Marie Antoinette," which, on Monday evening, will be replaced ed by "Federa." ...

    Article : 144 words
  31. Fatal Accident.

    A fatal accident occurred on Saturday afternoon to a young man named Arthur carrill, aged 27 years. He was engaged driving a load of furniture along Oxford-street, when by some means he managed to ...

    Article : 175 words
  32. Protection in south Australia.

    An important meeting of Protectionists was held yesterday as Mount Barker, teh centre of one of the manufacturing districts of South Australia. A resolution was carried unanimously, that the industries ...

    Article : 121 words
  33. Alleged Embezzlement.

    Carles Edward Eglis, a clerk in the employment of Messrs. Permewan, Wright, and Co., railway carrying agents, was summoned to-day on a charge of haying embezzled several sums of money belonging to his employers. The case was postponed for a ...

    Article : 63 words
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