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  2. Ministers in Bourke.

    On Saturday morning the Ministerial party left Byerock for Bourke in a couple of vehicles. The distance is 50 miles, and the road goes through some of the worst country it is possible to conceive. The ...

    Article : 1,093 words
  3. TELEGRAMS.

    It is reported that the master boot manufacturers, acting on legal opinion, contemplate issuing writs against the officers of the Boot Makers' Union, charging them with libel. The ...

    Article : 349 words
  4. SHIPPING.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 1,359 words
  5. CABLEGRAMS.

    London, December 6.—There is no truth in the statement recently made public that the Government of New South Wales had ordered the construction of two gunboats for the defence of that ...

    Article : 43 words
  6. French Protective Duties.

    London, December 6.—The committee of the French Chamber of Deputies recommended a heavy increase in the duties on flour and corn imported into France. ...

    Article : 29 words
  7. Free Trade in France.

    London, December 6.—M. Leon Say is organising a powerful free-trade party in France. ...

    Article : 20 words
  8. The Wheat Market.

    London, December 6.—An "off coast" cargo of wheat was sold on the continent at 35s 3d per 4961b. Nine cargoes, forward shipment, averaged 35s per 4961b. ...

    Article : 32 words
  9. The French Senate.

    LONDON, December 7.—The French Senate has rejected the amendment which was passed by the Chamber of Deputies that the members of the Senate should be elected by universal suffrage. ...

    Article : 34 words
  10. Maitland Items.

    In commemoration with the opening of the Maitland Park to-day as a recreation ground, the mayor's wife, Mrs. R. Hyndes, will be presented with a neat silver trowel, with which to plant a ...

    Article : 124 words
  11. Sir Julius Vogel.

    LONDON, December 7.—The committee of investigation in connection with the consolidated telephone company has re-affirmed that Sir Julius Vogel, a director, enriched himself, and has ...

    Article : 53 words
  12. Queensland News.

    The Chief Justice has given orders that the traffic around the Supreme Court is to be stopped during the present sitting, as the noise is disagreable, and it is difficult to hear the ...

    Article : 495 words
  13. The Franchise Bill.

    LONDON, December 6.—In the House of Lords last night the bill for the extension of the franchise was finally passed, and the House adjourned until February. ...

    Article : 35 words
  14. Sales in Cootamundra.

    The big land sale on Saturday was successful. The two frontage blocks of the Raman Catholic Church ground realised over £5 per foot. Other blocks were submitted. Some realised fair values, ...

    Article : 147 words
  15. France and Madagascar.

    PARIS, December 6.—Admiral Miot has sent dispatches to the Government announcing that he has again opened negotiations With the Hovas. ...

    Article : 25 words
  16. Hard Lines.

    The lines of some of the officers in the Lands Department do not appear to have fallen in pleasant, places. The exigencies of the new Land Act require the removal of many of ...

    Article : 756 words
  17. The Congo Conference.

    BERLIN, December 7.—The result of the negotiations between the Spanish Government and the West African Convention is that Spain is pledged to support the decision arrived at by the ...

    Article : 47 words
  18. The Sondan Expedition.

    CAIRO, December 7.—Advices have been received from General Lord Wolseley announcing that a detachment of the 19th Hussars and the first battalion of the South Staffordshire ...

    Article : 96 words
  19. Mudgee Items.

    The Mudgee people have not yet joined in the general scramble for a lands office, although the position of Mudgee is such that it is fully entitled to this boon. ...

    Article : 119 words
  20. Abstract of Sales by Auction

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 75 words
  21. Commercial News.

    LONDON, December 5.—Quantity of wheat afloat for the United Kingdom, 1,780,000 quarters. Chilian copper, £49 15s per ton. Tin: Straits and Australian, £75 per ton. New Zealand ...

    Article : 38 words
  22. Singleton Items.

    An important meeting of the members of the Mechanics' Institute was held on Friday night, in order to consider the recommendations from the Committee as to the better means of exit from ...

    Article : 133 words
  23. Family Notices

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    Family Notices : 278 words
  24. The Franchise Bill.

    London, December 7.—The bill for the extension of the Franchise has received the royal assent. ...

    Article : 24 words
  25. The Bechuana difficulty.

    LONDON, December 7.—Mr. Upington, the Premier of the Cape Government, has been mobbed in Kimberley, the capital of the Diamond Fields, in consequence of his expressed sympathy ...

    Article : 42 words
  26. The Suez Canal.

    LONDON, December 7.—The Suez Conal Commission has approved of the recommendation made by Sir Andrew Clark, vice-president of the Commission, and has decided to widen the Canal. ...

    Article : 33 words
  27. Fatal Stabbing Affray.

    The adjourned inquest on the body of James Graham, who was fatally stabbed in the neck by a selector named Killen, living at the 12-Mile Quarries, near Narrandera, ...

    Article : 122 words
  28. Australian Diamonds.

    LONDON, December 7.—A number of diamonds which were recently received in London from Australian diamond fields have been examined and tested by experts, and pronounced to be of ...

    Article : 37 words
  29. Queensland Parliament.

    In the Legislative Council, the amendments of the Assembly in the Pharmacy Bill were approved of. The Divisional Boards and Agricultural Drainage Bill was passed through committee ...

    Article : 608 words
  30. Successful Balloon Ascent.

    Mr. Henden, an English aeronaut, made a successful ascent from Prince Alfred Park on Saturday afternoon. He is an active, intelligent man, and an enthusiast in ballooning. "The Gem," the ballon in ...

    Article : 364 words
  31. Australasian Wheat.

    LONDON, December 7.—Off coast cargoes of Australasian wheat are quoted at from 34s 6d to 35s. New Australasian wheat (January to February bills of lading) is selling freely at from 34s ...

    Article : 45 words
  32. Advertising

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    Advertising : 288 words
  33. Sly Grog Shanties.

    Senior-sergeant Cornett, with a couple of policemen, made another successful raid on the shanty-keepers. It resulted in the arrest of the Frenchman Lukis, who was lately convicted and fined ...

    Article : 90 words
  34. Small-pox.

    We have to publish the unsatisfactory news that two more cases of samll-pox have occurred; but the unpleasant nature of the item is somewhat qualified by the fact that both the patients are at the ...

    Article : 176 words
  35. Along the Wharves.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 289 words
  36. Advertising

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    Advertising : 212 words
  37. Narrow Escape of Remenyi.

    Last night Remenyi, the violinist, had a narrow escape from a fearful death. The eminent musician was a passenger by the tram which left Randwick at 8.30, having embarked with some ladies and another ...

    Article : 459 words
  38. A CASE IN ULTIMO.

    John Casey, 33 years of age, a journeyman butcher, residing at 12 Ada-street, off Quarry-street, Ultimo, was removed to the quarantine hospital yesterday, as a small-pox patient. The inmates of the house (eight ...

    Article : 57 words
  39. SIR HENRY PARKES AND THE WORKHOUSE ACT OF 1866.

    Sir,—On reaching Goulburn, on my return to Sydney this morning, a copy of your paper of the 5th instant, fell into my hands. I read—I cannot say with any surprise—an article in this paper on a ...

    Article : 277 words
  40. LATER FROM RICHMOND.

    Mr. Samuel G. Wyatt, of the Windsor Police Station, wrote to Mr. William Land, dairyman, of Palmer-street, Woolloomooloo, on December 7, as follows:—"There is no truth in the report that ...

    Article : 329 words
  41. A Nuisance.

    A little boy named M'Duffy was knocked down and run over by a 'bus in High-street, Maitland, on Saturday night. The accident is attributed to the Salvation Army band, which makes it a ...

    Article : 81 words
  42. Commercial.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 927 words
  43. Newcastle Items.

    The tide surveyor seized 1800 contraband cigars on board the steamer Whampoa, and 8600 aboard the Corisbrook. The week's Customs revenue was £2926 ...

    Article : 70 words
  44. Advertising

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    Advertising : 91 words
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