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  2. BREVITIES.

    The Quarter Sessions were opened at Orange on Monday. There was only one case—namely, that of Charles Kingsley, poundkeeper at Cargo, charged with embezzling £4 12s, Government ...

    Article : 1,655 words
  3. The Government Programme.

    Mr. Dibbs and his colleagues met early yesterday morning and deliberated until late in the afternoon, when they adjourned till the evening. They met again in the Executive Council Chamber ...

    Article : 1,600 words
  4. RAILWAY ACCIDENTS IN GREAT BRITAIN.

    The railway companies of Great Britain carried in 1890 about 800 millions of passengers, of whom (says an English, contemporary) only 18 were killed by accidents to trains, rolling stock, ...

    Article : 134 words
  5. THE LABOR PARTY.

    Mr. W. A. Murphy, M.L.A. (Balmain), is acting as secretary of the Parliamentary Labor party during the absence Mr. T. J. Houghton, M.L.A., in the north. The Parliamentary party ...

    Article : 366 words
  6. THE EFFECT OF FROST ON INSECTS.

    It has been noted that certain insects will revive after having been subjected to severe frost. It is a common experience among mountain climbers for instance to find butterflies lying ...

    Article : 133 words
  7. SPORTING.

    Entries close this afternoon for the five events provided for on the programme prepared for next Saturday night's meeting at Lillie Bridge. The following officials have been appointed to ...

    Article : 449 words
  8. The Influenza Epidemic.

    The epidemic of influenza is still raging throughout the colony. A large number of employes of the Railway Department are down with the prevailing malady. In one district ...

    Article : 1,046 words
  9. The Photographic Art.

    Photography has long assumed the dignity of an art. In order to encourage that art the TOWN AND COUNTRY JOURNAL offers a prize of £25 to the photographer who sends us the most perfect ...

    Article : 197 words
  10. Scientific and Useful.

    By-products (says an English contemporary) in many chemical industries often have considerable commercial value without that fact having been discovered. The residue, which ...

    Article : 148 words
  11. ELEMENTARY EDUCATION IN ENGLAND IN 1890.

    From the annual report of the Education Department recently issued, it appears that school accommodation has again grown more rapidly than, the estimated increase of the population; ...

    Article : 204 words
  12. Pedestrianisin.

    There was an excellent attendance at Botany on Monday, when the 275 Yards Handicap and the Half mile Handicap were run. 275 YARDS HANDICAP. ...

    Article : 358 words
  13. RULES FOR THE COMPETITION.

    The competition will close on NOVEMBEE 30th NEXT, and the prizes will be awarded as soon after that date as possible. No conditions are made as to the subjects of the ...

    Article : 290 words
  14. AN ECONOMICAL STOVE.

    M. O. de Clausen, a Russian engineer, has been experimenting in London with a new stove. Finding that much free oxygen escapes with the unburned fuel from chimneys, this experimenter ...

    Article : 155 words
  15. HEAT FROM THE MOON.

    Mr. C. Vernon Boys has been making measurements of the heat of the moon by means of his very delicate radiomicrometer. His method was to focus the rays of the ...

    Article : 174 words
  16. Swimming.

    At well attended meeting of the representatives of various swimming clubs held last night at the Natatorium, Pitt-street, it was determined to form an association. It was decided that swimme's ...

    Article : 99 words
  17. Advertising

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    Advertising : 222 words
  18. Cricket.

    Essington B v. Windsor, played on Moore Park, and won by the former by 16 rung. Scores: Essington B, 47 (Morton ll; Hellmrich 10); Windsor C.C., 31 (Turner 7). Hellmrich and Ellis bowled well for ...

    Article : 950 words
  19. THE ROYAL MINT 1890.

    The number of coins struck in the Royal Mint last year was 88,000,000, of which 17,500,000 were rejected in the weighing-room. The total coinage issued was £7,680,156 in gold, £1,694,688 in ...

    Article : 147 words
  20. OUR NEAREST STELLAR NEIGHBOUR.

    A parallax of one second of arc would be equal to about 1,1800 of the breadth of the full moon, and would represent a distance of 200,000 times greater than that which separates the earth from ...

    Article : 147 words
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