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  6. OUR GREASY STREETS.

    Sir,-In ten minutes I have seen four horses Call at the corner of George and Market streets. including one attached to one or your own delivery carts. Where are the sand carts? If the ...

    Article : 78 words
  7. THE VOLUNTEER FORCES.

    Sir,-I should be obliged it you would permit me to draw attention through your columns to what would at first be thought a very trivial matter, tout which, in reality, is one likely to cause ...

    Article : 189 words
  8. A REASON.

    Mr. Herman Merivale, writing in the "World," tells the following anecdote of Sydney Smith, which is perhaps not so well known as it deserves: Sydney Smith found himself at dinner ...

    Article : 131 words
  9. THE ART SOCIETY'S CONVERSAZIONE.

    The rooms of the Art Society at 70 Pitt-street looked bright and animated on Wednesday night, when the customary conversazione took place. There was a large number of guests, who were ...

    Article : 240 words
  10. HONORS EASY.

    Mr. William Baird, in his life of General Wauchope, tells the following characteristic story of that gallant officer: On the way up the Nile with the expedition to relieve Gordon, Wauchope was, ...

    Article : 133 words
  11. TROUBLES OF STEAMER PASSENGERS.

    Sir,-You will confer a great favor on me, and also, I think, upon the public who have occasion to travel by those steamers running from Newcastle to Sydney, and vice versa, if you will, ...

    Article : 425 words
  12. RANDWICK TRAM SERVICE.

    A meeting of residents of Randwick was held at the local Municipal Chambers on Wednesday night, for the purpose of devising some means Whereby the tram service between Randwick and ...

    Article : 229 words
  13. A "USEFUL" COMPANION.

    A lady, rather void of benevolence, inserted the following advertisement in a London paper: "A lady in delicate health wishes to meet with a useful companion. She must be domesticated, ...

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  14. FOOTBALL EPITAPH.

    There has Just been fixed in the famous garden wall of the headmaster's house at Rugby School, overlooking the playing fields, the following tablet to the memory of William Webb Ellis, which ...

    Article : 91 words
  15. THE ROCKS RESUMPTIONS.

    A public meeting of property owners and ratepayers of "The Rocks" district was held on Wednesday night in the Federation Hall, to protest against the action of the Government in ...

    Article : 168 words
  16. THE STREET TRAFFIC POLICE.

    Sir,-It is to be hoped that the newly elected Municipal Council will, at its first meeting next week, take steps to have control of the traffic in the streets, which has been taken over by the ...

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  17. THE FEDERAL MEMORIAL.

    Sir,-Through your paper I notice the Commonwealth committee have recommended the Government to reproduce the pavilion in Centennial Park in marble. Certainly the design is worthy of it; ...

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  18. A BOER PICTURE OF DE WET.

    A diary found on the body of a Boer who was killed at Thaba'nchu (says the London "Daily Mail") thus describes the arrival of De Wet in camp on October 23 last: "At last we saw him ...

    Article : 116 words
  19. POODLES AS FOOTWARMERS

    The town council of Flensburg, if we may believe the "Cologne Gazette," was seized the other day of a singular petition from a worthy burgees, who prayed to be excused from paying ...

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  20. RAJAH'S ENGLISH WIFE.

    The young Rajah of Jind, who is lord of the third biggest native State under the Punjab Government, has celebrated his coming of age by marrying a European girl, Miss Olive Monalesen, ...

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  21. AN ALCOHOLIC MORAL.

    A Parisian jeweller had both bad and good luck. on November 20 last. On opening his shop in the Rue du Faubourg du Temple in the morning he saw that a case containing £80 worth of jewels ...

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  22. PATRLOTISM ON ANNIVERSARY DAY.

    Sir,-The Government must be aware that in going in opposition to the Public Holidays Act they are doing a great injustice to a large section of the community. Mr. John See is reported to ...

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  23. TATICAN ARMS TO BE BURNT.

    The Vatican is to be robbed of its great magazine of arms. All its old guns, swords, and cannon, nearly 100,000 in all, preserved since 1870, are to be done away with (says the Rome ...

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  24. PATENTS FOR INVENTIONS.

    Messrs. Arthur Griffith, patent agents, report that the following applications for letters patent and provisonal retention have been filed at the Patents Office, Sydney, sparing week ended January 15: ...

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  25. MURDER FOR A PIECE OF CAKE.

    An occurrence of a most extraordinary nature is reported from Armentieres, in France. A little girl 8 years old killed another little girl of 3 in order to steal a piece of cake from her. The ...

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  26. OUR SOUTH AFRICAN SOLDIERS UNPAID.

    Sir,-I was pleased to notice in your columns on Monday a reference to the extraordinary delay which has taken place in paying the partiaily-paid men who lately attended camp. But ...

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