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  2. Borough Councils.

    RYDE.—The municipal council of Ryde held its regular meeting last week. The mayor and Aldermen Best and Bishop were absent. Alderman Ross presided. The finance committee ordered the payment ...

    Article : 2,822 words
  3. An Exasperated Alderman.

    In the District Court on Tuesday, an action was brought by Mr. Robey, a solicitor, against Alderman M'Mahon, to recover £200 damages, "for that the said defendant did break and enter a dwelling-house ...

    Article : 1,179 words
  4. News from Noumea.

    A second native revolt has only just been prevented by the prompt and active measures adopted by the Government. The drought was terrible, and the famishing cattle have ...

    Article : 449 words
  5. The Queen City by Night.

    Among the various characteristic traits which distinguish man from the lower animals, ethnologists appear to have forgotten or neglected to enumerate the love of sight seeing. What other ...

    Article : 953 words
  6. TELEGRAMS.

    An advance guard of the Salvation Army has opened fire in Wollongong, having been "wrestling with the devil" for the last few days. Wollongong is to be made a station under the control ...

    Article : 70 words
  7. SPOTTING.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 71 words
  8. Singleton Items.

    An inquest was held in Singleton, on Tuesday, into the death of a young woman named Annie O'Neill, who took a fit in the Roman Catholic Church on Sunday night, and died on the ...

    Article : 64 words
  9. BOXING MATCH FOR £1000.

    A boxing match for a trophy and a £1000 "side wager" has been arranged between two well-known amateurs in this city. Both have gained considerable repute in boxing circles. ...

    Article : 35 words
  10. DISPUTED BET.

    A disputed bet, worthy of record, is reported in connection with the late Summer Cup meeting. Mr. B. S. Thompson was under the impression that he had laid only eight ponies against Brown and Rose to a well-known backer, ...

    Article : 169 words
  11. A Sailor Drowned.

    The chief officer of the steamer Lismore, John Gerey, was accidentally drowned near Lismore when bathing last evening. The body was soon recovered, but life was extinct. ...

    Article : 32 words
  12. Fire in Werris Creek.

    A disastrous fire occurred in Werris Creek on Boxing Day. Thirty acres of wheat, which were about to be stripped, caught fire, and were totally ruined. A quantity of grass and an Underwood's ...

    Article : 108 words
  13. MEMS.

    Betting is paralysed over the Tattersall's Cup, most of the bookmakers having laid the double—two Brown and Roses. 10 to 1 is off on the field, bar one. It is almost settled that Farnan will not meet Foley. ...

    Article : 189 words
  14. Werris Creek Items.

    Mr. Taggart, a runholder, is about to enter an action against the Commissioner of Railways for losses caused by the ignition of his grass paddocks by some sparks from an engine. The ...

    Article : 91 words
  15. Shooting Case at Ryde.

    The man Moore, on bail of £800, appeared in Ryde on Monday, before Messrs. Manning and D'Ardier. Js.P., and was charged with having shot at and wounded Waiter Delve on Friday, on the ...

    Article : 1,086 words
  16. Kissing the Book.

    A witness in the Lunacy Court, in the Central Police Court, yesterday, was asked to take the oath in the usual form toy kissing the book. She refused to do so. Mr. Clarke inquired whether she was not a ...

    Article : 115 words
  17. Attempted Suicide.

    A young man named Pyne, who is a stranger in the district, walked into the sea near Brighton Beach, on Sunday night, with the object of drowning himself. He was rescued by some persons ...

    Article : 130 words
  18. Why He Drew Forth His Purse.

    "I haven't seen your pet dog for several days," said a Burwood husband to his wife. "No," she replied, "the fact is, I have given him away." "Why, you needn't have done that; I had no ...

    Article : 190 words
  19. Carcoar Items.

    Considerable interest was taken in the sitting of the police court to-day, when three lads named Joseph Corry, Henry Fox, and James Friend were charged with having broken into a store occupied ...

    Article : 129 words
  20. Casualties.

    A man named Francis Bacon, living in Druitt-street, had his arm broken while he was fighting with another man in Park-street, on Monday afternoon. He was treated in the Sydney Hospital. A boy named ...

    Article : 202 words
  21. Case of Infanticide.

    An inquiry was held yesterday by the city coroner in the South Sydney morgue, on the body of a newlyborn female infant, found sewn up in a piece of old linen, by some children in Lackey-street, Darling ...

    Article : 261 words
  22. Distress in Britain.

    Archibald Forbes, in Tuesday's Adelaide ADVERTISER, under date London, November 14, said:—"Since I wrote my last letter, fortnight ago, I have been making a harried journey through some of the ...

    Article : 516 words
  23. Chairman of Bourke Land Board.

    Our Cobar correspondent telegraphed on Tuesday:—Last night the principal residents in Cobar, numbering nearly 100, met in the Commercial Hotel to bid farewell to Mr. Tompson, the police magistrate, ...

    Article : 259 words
  24. Newtown Police Court.

    In the Newtown Police Court on Tuesday, before Mr. Buchanan, S.M., one man was fined 10s for drunkenness. Mary Connolly, a miserable looking old woman, was charged with having ill her possession ...

    Article : 174 words
  25. The "Masher" Collar.

    Three Lord Justices sitting in judgment on the "Masher" collar is more novel than dignified. In July last, as reported in the TIMES, Messrs. W. H. and H. Le May, hosiers, Wood-street, ...

    Article : 485 words
  26. Alleged Wrongful Dismissal.

    In the District Court action Farrer v. Strahelin, to recover £200 damages for an alleged wrongful dismissal, Judge Wilkinson gave a verdict in favour of the defendant. ...

    Article : 30 words
  27. Licensing Court.

    The weekly meeting of the Central Licensing Court was held on Tuesday. The following transfers were granted:—Peter Roxby to George Cope, Castle Connell Hotel, Begent-street; James Tanner ...

    Article : 57 words
  28. Prince Alfred Hospital.

    On Tuesday, December 23, Susannah Hill, 13 years of age, residing [?] Hill-street, Leichhardt, fell down in a fit while gathering mulberries, and had her arm broken above the wrist. On Christmas Day, Mrs. ...

    Article : 510 words
  29. Burned to Death.

    Annie Hart, 14 years of age, residing in Kingsclear-road; Alexandria, was taking a pot of potatoes off the fire on Monday, when her dress caught fire. In her fear and excitement, she ran upstairs and set fire to ...

    Article : 79 words
  30. A Stupid Joke.

    Robert Cochrane was charged in the Newtown Police Court, on Tuesday, with having stolen a horse and cart, valued at £4O, the property of Albert Short. The prosecutor was going home from the ...

    Article : 190 words
  31. "We Call Them Tramps."

    One of the upper ten thousand, who was visiting America, accepted the hospitality of a gentleman in New York. When taking farewell of his host, the latter asked him what he thought of the American ...

    Article : 147 words
  32. Blue's Point, North Shore.

    We understand that the borough council of Victoria has considerable improvements in contemplation at the Blue's Point Wharves. It is intended to provide extensive wharfage accommodation, in view of ...

    Article : 158 words
  33. Advertising

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    Advertising : 223 words
  34. The Petersham Fire.

    The adjourned inquiry into the circumstances connected with the death of a girl named Clara Rees, who expired in the Prince Alfred Hospital, on Friday last, in consequence of the severe burns which she ...

    Article : 173 words
  35. Water Police Court.

    We have been requested to say that the temporary appointment of Mr. F. B. Davidson as registrar of the small debts branch of the Water Police Court, which he has held since the suspension of Mr. [?] ...

    Article : 17 words
  36. Advertising

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    Advertising : 32 words
  37. Advertising

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    Advertising : 1 words
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