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  2. Liverpool—St. Peters Loop Line.

    A meeting of the residents of Canterbury and the neighbourhood was held in the Canterbury Council-chambers, on Friday night, forthepnrpose of protesting against the present line of survey re the ...

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  3. Borough Councils.

    WATERLOO.—A meeting of the Waterloo Borough Council was held on Friday night, when there were present the Mayor (Mr. W. B. Cole) and Aldermen Evans, Anderson, Torning, Harrisky, Spicer, Russell, ...

    Article : 540 words
  4. Proposed Military School.

    A meeting of gentlemen favorable to the establishment of a Military Technical School in Sydney was held in the Londoners' Club on Thursday evening. Captain Reid, R.A., occupied the chair. The object ...

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  5. SPORTING.

    Yesterday the committee dealt with a number of applications for registration as bookmakers for the Hawkesbury Race Club. Only those with good references were accepted, while some were held over and others rejected. ...

    Article : 87 words
  6. CABLEGRAMS.

    LONDON, March 13.—Military preparations are being actively carried on throughout the United Kingdom, and also in India, in view of possible hostilities with Russia. Plans have been ...

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  7. THE BOXING CHAMPIONSHIP.

    The following is Farnan's reply, to Foley.—"I accept Foley's offer, to box him for nothing on condition that he allows me £50 expenses to go to Sydney. The same amount I had awaiting his pleasure in Melbourne. If he ...

    Article : 259 words
  8. The Soudan Campaign.

    Saturday Mr. Dalley received a telegram from Col. Spalding on board the Australasian. The message had heen forwarded from King George's Sound, and said that the men and horses were all well; but that ...

    Article : 50 words
  9. Sir Peter Lumsden.

    CALCUTTA, March 13.—The latest news from the British Commissioner, Sir Peter Lumsden, says that he is in close proximity to Herat, which he will enter if the Russian troops make a further ...

    Article : 38 words
  10. IMPORTANT TELEGRAM FROM THE AGENT-GENERAL.

    The acting-Colonial Secretary received an important telegram, Saturday, from the Agent-General, giving the full particulars of the British forces in Suakim, which are to march thence ...

    Article : 153 words
  11. Persia Favours Russia.

    TEHERAN, March 13.—It is understood that the Persian Government views with favour the recent advance of Russia on the Afghan frontier. ...

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  12. Statement in the Commons.

    LONDON, March 13.—In the House of Commons, to-day, Mr. Gladstone made a further statement in connection with the Anglo-Russian difficulty. He said that the communications which had ...

    Article : 83 words
  13. A Savage Assault.

    A serious assault was committed upon Constable Jeffs at an early hoar on Saturday morning. From the evidence taken in Water Police Court, Saturday, it appears that a man named Albert Kidd met the ...

    Article : 97 words
  14. THE DUKE OF MANCHESTER'S OPINION.

    MAITLAND, Saturday.—The Duke of Manchester, writing to a gentleman on the Hunter River from Rockhampton previously to his departure for England, said : "I think the offer of troops for the ...

    Article : 59 words
  15. EXCITEMENT IN MELBOURNE.

    Great sensation has been created in Melbourne by the publication of a Renter's telegram with the news that 72,000 troops are being sent from India to the ...

    Article : 174 words
  16. Omnibus Accommodation.

    The transit accommodation of Sydney and the suburbs has been for many years in a notoriously un-satisfactory condition. The tram system appears to have been specially designed to compel the citizens ...

    Article : 333 words
  17. HUNTER RIVER PATRIOTISM.

    MAITLAND, Saturday.—The Mayor of East Maitland has convened a meeting for Wednesday next for the purpose of forming a branch of the New South Wales Patriotic Fund in East Maitland. A meeting ...

    Article : 110 words
  18. Protection Proposed in South Australia.

    The Adelaide OBSERVER, in its leading article of Monday last, says that within the last few days the statement has been made by two Ministers of the Crown that a revision of the tariff will be proposed ...

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  19. Stealing a Tape measure.

    Gerald Flynn, a mere boy, was charged before Mr. Addison, S.M., in the North Shore Police Court, on Saturday, with having stolen a measuring tape, valued at 6s 6d, the property of Henry Brill. ...

    Article : 152 words
  20. Bootmakers' Earnings— A Challenge.

    Sir,—In reply to the report appearing in your last night's issue on a meeting ol' the Operative Boot-makers' Union, and the strictures thw passed upon Mr. M'Murtrie and ycur valued paper, we hereby ...

    Article : 520 words
  21. North Bornco Company.

    LONDON, March 13.—The statement tnade by Lord Edmund Fitzmaurice, in the House of Com­mons, on the 9th instant, regarding British rule in North Borneo, does not in any way affect the ...

    Article : 46 words
  22. Balmain Police Court.

    John Loughlin, a labourer, was charged before Mr. Whittingdale Johnson, in the Balmain Police Court on Friday, with having been drunk in Darling-street, and was fined 10s, with the alternative or two days' ...

    Article : 142 words
  23. Tenders for Provisions, &c.

    The tenders of Mr. James Kidman, the well-known grocer in Sydney, have been accepted by the Government for the supply of provisions, &c., and wines and spirits, to the following institutions, for the year ...

    Article : 152 words
  24. Expulsion of Fenians from France.

    PARIS, March 13.—Stephens, the Fenian head-centre, who has for some years been a resident in this country, has been expelled by order of the Government, together with three other ...

    Article : 40 words
  25. New Guinea Exploration.

    A meeting of the admistrative council of the Geographical Society of Australasia was held on Monday last. Sir E. Strickland presided. The correspondence with the Victorian, branch ...

    Article : 215 words
  26. TELEGRAMS.

    When the prisoner Barnes was served with a writ charging him with the murder of J. B. Slack, he made no statement; and, since the visit of Mr. Hart, solicitor, who was appointed to ...

    Article : 179 words
  27. Booksellers and Stationers' Picnic.

    The seventh annual picnic of the booksellers and stationers, of Sydney took place on Thursday, at the pleasure grounds of the Sir Joseph Banks Hotel, Botany. The day was warm, and ...

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  28. The Glebe Fire Brigade.

    The annual meeting in connection with the Glebe Fire Brigade took place in the fire station, Mitchell-street, Glebe, on Friday night. Alderman Turner occupied the chair. There was a full attendance. After ...

    Article : 213 words
  29. RAMPANT LARRIKINIM.

    Sir,—On Saturday night last the Woolloomooloo larrikins ventured into the domain of respectability, and distinguished themselves by attacking, in a body, a gentleman at the corner of William-street and ...

    Article : 117 words
  30. An Employers' Union.

    A meeting of gentlemen favourable to the formation of an Employers' Union was held yesterday. Mr. J. M. Bruce presided, and about 80 leading employers of labour were present. A ...

    Article : 115 words
  31. Assaulting a Constable.

    Stephen Connors was charged before Mr. Addison, S.M., in the North Shore Police Court, on Saturday, with having assaulted Senior-constable Montgomery in the execution of his duty. Constable Montgomery ...

    Article : 118 words
  32. "A Hygienic Tea."

    What was somewhat oddly called a "hygienic tea," took place on Sunday evening, in West's Academy in Castlereagh-street. The term "hygienic" as far as could be gathered, had reference partly to ...

    Article : 254 words
  33. PETERSHAM CEMETERY.

    Sir.—Your correspondent of yesterday's issue about the above will not remember that when the bylaw mentioned was being dealt with in council it was deliberately arranged to prevent bodies being ...

    Article : 237 words
  34. Insolvency Court.

    Frederick Fane Ellerslie, of Lithgow, boarding-house keeper. Liabilities, £197 10s; assets, £77 10s. Mr. L. T. Lloyd, official assignee. John Wilkinson Platts, of Dubbo, butcher's ...

    Article : 91 words
  35. The Floyd Charlot Cab.

    Our attention has been called to a new style of hansom cab, imported by Messrs. Jewell, Davis, and Co., of 73, Clarence-street, Sydney, and which is known in the old country as the Floyd chariot cab. ...

    Article : 120 words
  36. Queensland News.

    Messrs. J. F. Buckland and Kinnaird Rose, members of the commission which was appointed to inquire into the nature of the agreemeut entered into by the New Guinea recruits, have ...

    Article : 173 words
  37. Newtown Police Court.

    In the Newtown Police Court on Saturday, before Mr. Meares, D.S.M., George Wheeler, a respectable looking boy, was charged with having thrown stones to the danger of passers by. Mr. J. Ross said that ...

    Article : 171 words
  38. The Argyle Electorate.

    We learn that Mr. Edward Gillespie, Mayor of Goulburn, is not a candidate for the representation of Argyle. He is supporting Mr. George Ranken, and will take the chair at that gentleman's meeting ...

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  39. Central Police Court.

    Mr. Meares, D.S.M., presided in the Central Police Court, Satntday, and marched a number of inebriates to the classic grounds of Darlinghurst. William Davies pleaded guilty to having no visible means of ...

    Article : 45 words
  40. Prince Alfred Hospital.

    Arthur Brightfield, in the employment of Mr. T. West, of Five Dock, was driving a dray loaded with stone in Ashfield. He was standing in the dray when he slipped and fell, and bad his right leg broken ...

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  41. The Late Lady Normanby.

    Concerning the death of Lady Normanby, a London correspondent wrote on January 30.—The illness to which the Marchioness of Normanby saccumbed on January 26 was not of long duration, nor was it at ...

    Article : 332 words
  42. War Material for New Zealand.

    It is understood that the Government has telegraphed to the Agent-General (Sir F. Dillon Bell), instructing him to purchase ordnance stores and war material to the extent of £100,000 for the ...

    Article : 42 words
  43. Water Police Court.

    Mr. G. W. P. Addison disposed of an unusually light charge list in the Water Police Court on Saturday. Annie Wooldridge, for having need obscene language in Phelps-street, was fined 30s, or seven ...

    Article : 85 words
  44. The Thistle Club.

    The half-yearly business meeting of the Sydney Thistle Club was held on Friday night in the Odd-fellows' Hall, Brisbane-street. First chieftain James Munro occupied the chair. The ...

    Article : 219 words
  45. Cootamundra Items.

    The first sitting of the Cootamundra Land Board began on Tuesday morning, and extended over four days. Mr. F. W. Watt, whose head, quarters are in Wagga, is the chairman, and was ...

    Article : 133 words
  46. The George's River Punt.

    On Friday s deputation of gentlemen from the George's River District waited upon the Minister of Works, and presented a petition, praying that the punt-crossing on the George's River, by the ...

    Article : 138 words
  47. Advertising

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  48. An Escaped Lunatic.

    The young desperado who shot Constable Hoskisson in a railway carriage while being conveyed to Picton, on a charge of horse stealing, about 12 months ago, was, it will be remembered, tried and ...

    Article : 103 words
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