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  2. News by Telegraph.

    BATHURST, Friday.—The District Court opened on Thursday, before Judge Docker, when two jury cases occupied the Court till half-past 10 last night. The first was the action Kite against ...

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  3. THIRD EDITION.

    It is stated in Newcastle that, at the conference of the colliery proprietors in Sidney, it was decided that the masters would not send their agreement to the miners until the latter had ...

    Article : 568 words
  4. To-day's Sporting.

    MELBOURNE, Saturday.—The richest stakes ever offered in Australia in connection with jumping races were run for at Flemington this afternoon. The past revenue of the V.R.C. has enabled at to become liberal, ...

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  5. Suspicious Deaths at Botany.

    The inquest on the exhumed bodies of Charles Andrews and John Collins was resumed before the City Coroner (Mr. H. Shiell, J P.) at the Coroner's Court, Chancery-square, this morning. ...

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  6. Advertising

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    Advertising : 1,511 words
  7. Miners' Troubles.

    NEWCASTLE, Saturday.—It is stated hero on good authority that Mr. Curley, the miners' general secretary, has received an intimation that the result of the mining colliery proprietors' ...

    Article : 219 words
  8. Sale of City Property.

    BRISBANE, Friday.—A block of land, on which the Wharf-street Baptist Church is erected has been sold to a Melbourne buyer for £16,000. The trustees of the church intend to erect a ...

    Article : 41 words
  9. Disobeying Directions.

    BRISBANE, Thursday.—In the police court to-day a cabman named Michael Riley was charged with driving a woman in a hansom against her wish, and in an opposite direction to where she ...

    Article : 48 words
  10. Charge of Embezzlement.

    BRISBANE, Thursday.—W. Willis, teller of the Queensland National Bank, Meckay, was charged in the local police court to-day with the embezzlement of £200. He was remanded. Bail was ...

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  11. Alleged Card Swindle.

    MELBOURNE, Friday.—At the City Police Court this morning, Frank B. Tarbon was brought tip on a charge of conspiring to defraud Herman Koek-Koek of £482 10s; but was discharged, as ...

    Article : 45 words
  12. Death of a Molong Resident.

    MOLONG, Friday.—The death, of the wife of Mr. H. S. M. Bette, J.P., of Valehead Estate, took place early this morning. Since April last typhoid fever has never left Mr. Betts' household ...

    Article : 119 words
  13. A Suspicious Character.

    MELBOURNE, Saturdry.—One of the New South Wales detectives, now here, spotted a auspicious character in the street wearing a pin and looking remarkably like one described as part of the ...

    Article : 110 words
  14. Attempted Suicide.

    MELBOURNE, Friday.—A married woman named Greer, aged 30, residing in Charles-street, Collingwood, attempted to commit suicide this morning, by jumping: off Victoria-street Bridge ...

    Article : 42 words
  15. The Police Cell Outrage.

    At the Central Criminal Court on Friday before his Honor Judge Foster, Robert Hewart was charged with having feloniously and maliciously murdered one Thomas Park. The ...

    Article : 593 words
  16. Newcastle Benevolent Society.

    NEWCASTLE, Friday.—At the ordinary meeting of the general committee of the Newcastle Benevolent Society, the vexed question of the appointment of the secretary, which has caused ...

    Article : 59 words
  17. Fatally Burned.

    MELBOURNE, Saturday.—An old woman named Emma Scott, housekeeper to a resident at Brunswick, sustained severe burns in June last owing to the bed-clothes having' been set on fire by ...

    Article : 56 words
  18. Electric Lighting.

    BLAYNEY, Friday.—Notwithstanding that a second petition against lighting the town was presented to the council on Thursday night, that body carried a motion to advertise in the Sydney ...

    Article : 72 words
  19. Fatal Accident in Pitt-street

    A sad accident occurred in Pitt-street this afternoon, by which a law clerk named W. C. Grosvenor, in the employ of Messrs. Holds worth and Evans, solicitors, 75, Pitt-street, and ...

    Article : 243 words
  20. Sir Joseph Banks Handicap.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 206 words
  21. Pigeon and Poultry Show.

    YOUNG, Thursday.—The Young Pigeon and Poultry Show entries dosed here this afternoon with 600. Great preparations have been made under the supervision of its active and genial ...

    Article : 49 words
  22. Forbes Literary Association.

    FORBES, Friday.—The Forbes Social and Literary Association started this week. Archdeacon Dunstan, the president, delivered the inaugural address to a large attendance. A great many ...

    Article : 52 words
  23. News by Telegraph.

    NEWCASTLE, Saturday.—The half-yearly meeting of the Stockton Progress Committee was held last night, under the chairmanship of Mr. W. Donnelly. The report stated, among other items, ...

    Article : 108 words
  24. Bourke Customs Revenue.

    BOURKE, Friday.—The Customs revenue at Bourke for the quarter, ended June 30, amounted to £4664 19s 10d; for month of July, £1385 2s 5d; for month ending July 31, £339 6s 10d. ...

    Article : 37 words
  25. Mems.

    QUOTTS.—Newcastle, Saturday.—J. Russell and M. Jeffrey have been matched to play quoits at Stockton for £10 a side next Saturday. CYCLING: THE NEWCASTLE MEETING.—Our correspondent ...

    Article : 241 words
  26. Bourke Railway Receipts.

    BOURKE, Friday.—The following ate the railway receipts, Bourke Railway Station, for the month of June:—Live stock, outwards, 4 horses, 108S cattle, 5346 sheep, trainage £1796 19s 11d; goods ...

    Article : 65 words
  27. To-day's Police Courts.

    INEBRIATES.—Peter Young, William Robinson, John Wilson, Ellen Judson, Mary Harrison, Emily Nicholson, John Cleary, Edward Charlewood, Marion Bourke, James Patterson, Wm. ...

    Article : 112 words
  28. Death of Mr. G. A. Morell.

    At an early hour this morning Sydney, if not all New South Wales, suffered a Joss in the death of Mr. Gustavus Alphonse Morell, senior partner in the firm of Morell and Kemp, architects, ...

    Article : 397 words
  29. Matthew Burnett in Newcastle.

    NEWCASTLE, Saturday.—Mr. Matthew Burnett continued his mission at Miami on Wednesday and Thursday, having had very successful meetings. Over three hundred persons took the ...

    Article : 68 words
  30. Bourke Postal Statistics.

    BOURKE, Friday.—The following are the post and telegraph office returns for the half-year ended June 30, 1888:—Telegrams, messages transmitted, 14,723, yielding £1088 1s 11d; messages ...

    Article : 101 words
  31. The Eskbank Brewery.

    LITHGOW, Friday.—The Eskbank Brewery, which was recently floated into a company, concosisting; of all the Lithgow publicans, has been considerably renovated, and otherwise ...

    Article : 182 words
  32. Late Shipping.

    Sea Nymph (bq), 327 tons, Captain Brady, from Noumea. DEPARTURES.—August 4. Leura (s), 1186 tons, Captain F. H. Stamford, for Brisbane. ...

    Article : 133 words
  33. Canowindra School of Arts.

    CANOWINDRA, Friday.—A meeting of the townspeople was held here on Thursday evening, to establish a Mechanics' School of Arts. Mr. Rice occupied the chair. Subscriptions were liberally ...

    Article : 77 words
  34. WATER.

    DRUNKENNESS.—James Martin, William Mills, Jacob Hendrickson, Martin J. Salmon, Samuel Jobson, Henry Herbert, Alexander Hawlshaw, Mary Margaret Jones, Mary Emerson, John ...

    Article : 120 words
  35. Sudden Death at Waterloo.

    A man named Robert Reeves, 54 years of age, a laborer, and a married man, residing at 122, Botany-street, Waterloo, died suddenly at his residence on Friday. About 2 o'clock he ...

    Article : 85 words
  36. Victoria.

    MELBOURNE, Friday.—Sir P. M. Darley, Mr. Justice Windeyer, and Mr. Justice Deffell, of New South Wales, Chief Justice Way and Justice Boucaut, of South Australia, and Chief Justice ...

    Article : 67 words
  37. Alleged Railway Mismanagement

    LITHGOW, Friday.—All the collieries in the district were idle the greatest part of to-day, owing to the scarcity of Government tracks. This evil is Incoming a regular custom with the ...

    Article : 118 words
  38. Found Dead.

    A married woman, named Agnes M'Neish aged 45 years, residing with her husband at No. 6, M'Elhone-place, off Dowling-street, was found dead, at her residence, on Thursday. Her husband ...

    Article : 81 words
  39. Metropolitan Land Board.

    The following recommendations have bun arrived at with reference to the applications made to the Metropolitan Land Board on the 30th and 31st ultimo:— ...

    Article : 430 words
  40. REDFERN.

    DRUNKENNESS.—William Jackson and William Green. AN UNRULY PASSENGER.—John Mateer, 21, a butcher, charged with having used had language ...

    Article : 61 words
  41. Customs Collections.

    MELBOURNE, Friday.—The total Customs collections for the last month amounted to £291,844, or £78,429 over the estimate. The excess over the same month of last year was £105,766. This ...

    Article : 50 words
  42. Fatal Result of a Fall.

    The man, Alexander Patterson, who, yesterday, fell from a ladder at the Medical Hall of the University, died in the Sydney Hospital at 1.45 o'clock this morning. He was brought to ...

    Article : 92 words
  43. Broken Hill Water Supply.

    BROKEN HILL, Friday.—At a special meeting of the Progress Committee held on Thursday night, the question of the water supply cams under discussion. Mr. Williams said that not ...

    Article : 373 words
  44. Unveiling a Statue.

    MELBOURNE, Thursday.—The Premier of Victoria and the Secretary for Mines leave for Ballarat to-morrow morning, for the purpose of unveiling the statue bequeathed to the people ...

    Article : 41 words
  45. The Late Fire at Waterloo.

    It will be remembered that a few weeks ago a fire took place at Waterloo by which a number of Chinamen were rendered destitute. Sir Henry Parkes made a statement in the House just before ...

    Article : 87 words
  46. Victoria.

    MELBOURNE, Friday.—The Central Board of Health has decided to draw the attention of the police to the fact that the Opera House is without the protection of firemen, they having been ...

    Article : 46 words
  47. Colonial Judges' Conference.

    MELBOURNE, Thursday.—The judges of the colonies of Australasia held a meeting this morning in the judges' conference room, but the business was only of a preliminary character. ...

    Article : 75 words
  48. Seamen in Trouble.

    MELBOURNE, Friday.—A large crowd of seamen from the Imperial man-of-war Nelson came into collision with the Williamstown police last night, the result being that two, named Smith and ...

    Article : 60 words
  49. The Electrical Institute.

    The secretary of the Electrical Institute of i New South Wales has secured rooms at No. 62, Phillip-street, over those of the Nautilus Club.; Though they are an troisieme, as the French say. ...

    Article : 211 words
  50. Australasian Milling Exchange

    The following sales took place at the call sale in the Exchange this morning:—Silver: Block 14, £3 15s; Central B. H. Contributing, 21s 9d; B. H. Bonth, £5 7s 6d; South Extended, 11s 3d; Terrible ...

    Article : 58 words
  51. Alleged Conspiracy to Defraud.

    MELBOURNE, Thursday.—The hearing of the charge against Messrs. Petsch, Doehling and Co., for conspiring to defraud the Customs, was resumed to-day, and was again adjourned. ...

    Article : 32 words
  52. Queensland.

    BRISBANE, Friday.—The following gentlemen have been appointed commissioners for taking affidavits:—Mr. George Henry Taylor, deputy sheriff, Dubbo; Mr. George Coleman, Wagga; Mr. A. J. ...

    Article : 66 words
  53. Accident to an M.L.C.

    MELBOURNE, Friday.—Whilst alighting from his carriage after his return from the Government House dinner on Wednesday night, Mr. Nicholas Fitzgerald, M.L.C., missed his footing ...

    Article : 44 words
  54. Stock and Share Reports.

    MELBOURNE, Saturday.—The Stock Exchange reports the following quotations to-day:—Block 14, seller 75s; British Blocks, 60s; Centrals, 25s; Souths, £5 6s, £5 5s 6s: South Extended, 11s; New ...

    Article : 135 words
  55. Queensland.

    BRISBANE, Thursday.—The revenue for July was £242,641, against £220,351 for July last year. The taxation amounted to £146,786, against £124,909; territorial, £18,156, against £17,823; ...

    Article : 61 words
  56. Attempted Suicide.

    DUBBO, Saturday.—A man named Chanvel has just shot himself in the head with a revolver in the Commercial Bank, Dubbo. He is not expected to recover. ...

    Article : 30 words
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