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  2. NEWS BY CABLE.

    THE BRITISH AT JOHANNESBURG. PETITION TO THE QUEEN. LONDON, December 26.— Five thousand British subjects at Johannesburg marched in procession to the residence of the British Vice-Consul, and presented a petition to the ...

    Article : 128 words
  3. THE HOLIDAY.

    There was a remarkable increase in the traffic on all railway lines yesterday as compared with the same day last year. The total increase in the number of passengers was 11,185, and the ...

    Article : 334 words
  4. NEWS BY CABLE.

    LONDON, December 26.— The Canadian Government agrees to bear its share equally with Great Britain of five-ninths of the cost of the Pacific cable, the Australasian colonies ...

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  5. Advertising

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    Advertising : 195 words
  6. BOXING NIGHT CONCERT.

    Under the management of Mr. Fred Kellerman an entertainment under the above title was given in the Sydney Town Hall last evening, when the vast auditorium was well tilled by an ...

    Article : 221 words
  7. AN AMERICAN PROJECT.

    LONDON, December 26.— Two powerful American corporations are seeking to obtain a concession from the United States Government to lay a cable from America to Hawaii; ...

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  8. THE TRANSVAAL ARTILLERY.

    LONDON, December 26.— A conference of commandants of the Transvaal military; forces has been held, nominally to discuss the question as to the resumption of the campaign ...

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  9. AUSTRIA AND GERMANY.

    LONDON, December 26, 5.15 p.m.— The Austrian Government has expressed to the Prussian Government its regret at the recent speech of Count Thun-Hoheustein, the ...

    Article : 140 words
  10. TO-DAY'S FESTIVITIES.

    Though the day after Boxing Day this year is being generally kept as an additional holiday, it cannot be said that holiday-making is so universally the rale as it was yesterday. A slight air ...

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  11. THE DREYFUS CASE.

    LONDON, December 20, 5.15 p.m.— M. de Freycinet, the French Minister for War, has ordered the punishment of subaltern officers of the army for subscribing to ...

    Article : 60 words
  12. HARBOR AND RIVER EXCURSIONS

    Contrary to expectations yesterday turned out to be an ideal day for holiday waking. Notwithstanding that the morning was threatening there were thousands who decided to chance the elements, and they were not disappointed. It ...

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  13. HUNGARIAN POLITICS.

    LONDON, December 26.— Dr. Horanzky, President of the National Parry in the Hungarian Diet, grossly insulted Baron Banffy, the Premier, accusing him of deceit. Baron ...

    Article : 105 words
  14. CHINA AND FRANCE.

    LONDON, December 26.— The Viceroy of the province of Szechuan reports that it is impossible to peaceably obtain the release of the French missionary who was recently ...

    Article : 60 words
  15. ZANZIBAR.

    LONDON, December 26.— Sir A. H. Hardinge, the British Consul-General at Zanzibar, denies the report that it is intended to cede the island to Germany. ...

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  16. THE MILAN RIOTS.

    LONDON, December 26, 5.15 p.m.— Many of the minor offenders during the riots in Milan in May last have been amnestied. A quarter of a million postcards asking for ...

    Article : 48 words
  17. Yesterday's Fishing.

    An immense number of anglers proceeded yesterday to the Hawkesbury, as it was known by letter and telegram of the day previous that fish were plentiful and in good biting frame of mind. ...

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  18. RUSSIAN FINANCE.

    LONDON, December 26, 5.15 p.m.— The Russian Government has failed to place a loan of 90,000,000dol (£18,000,000) with American bankers. ...

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  19. IN THE COUNTRY.

    MOSS VALE, Tuesday.— The various pleasure resorts were extensively patronised yesterday, the weather being beautifully fine. Large crowds from Bowral, Moss Vale, Myra Vale, and other ...

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  20. PAPAL ALLOCUTION.

    LONDON, December 26.— Pope Leo XIII., in an allocution to the College of Cardinals, protests against the persecution of the clergy by the Italian authorities. ...

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  21. THE CHANNEL SQUADRON.

    LONDON, December 26, 5.15 p.m.— The Admiralty has directed the repairs to the ships of the Channel Squadron to be completed by January 14. ...

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  22. GERMANY EXPELLING RUSSIANS.

    LONDON, December 20, 5.15 p.m.— Owing to the action of the German authorities in expelling Russians from the Empire, the Russian Government- threatens the same ...

    Article : 39 words
  23. THE PLAGUE.

    LONDON, December 26. 5.15 p.m.— A passenger from Calcutta suffering from a mild form of plague, has been lauded at Plymouth. ...

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  24. GERMAN TRADE WITH THE COLONIES.

    LONDON, December 26.— The German Government insists that under the new commercial treaty with Great Britain German goods must be allowed to enter British ...

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  25. THE SOUDAN.

    LONDON, December 26. 5.15 p.m.— The expedition under Major Marchand, which left Fashoda on the 11th instant, and was report to be proceeding to the coast by way of the ...

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  26. ABYSSINIA.

    LONDON, December 26.— Ras Mangascia, the rebel Abyssinian chief, wHo recently asked the Italian authorities to intercede on his behalf, implores King Menelik to pardon him. ...

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  27. DEATH OF BISHOP NULTY.

    LONDON, December 26.— The death is announced of the Right Rev. Thomas Nulty, Roman Catholic Bishop of Meath, Ireland. (The venerable prelate was born in 1818, ...

    Article : 152 words
  28. ESCAPE OF A LUNATIC.

    An inmate of the Callan Park Hospital for the Insane escaped from the institution on Sunday afternoon, and is still at large. He is 24 years of age, and 5ft 7fn in height, with dark hair and ...

    Article : 73 words
  29. ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS.

    The recent rain had the effect of considerably brightening up the appearance of the lawns and plants at the Zoological Gardens, Which is decidedly one of the cheapest and most popular resort ...

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  30. A FATAL MISTAKE.

    ARMIDALE, Tuesday.— On Christmas morning, at 7 o'clock, Mr. Jas. Edward Hunter, 33, manager of John Hunter's Armidale Boot Branch, took a dose of supposed sheep-dip, containing arsenic. ...

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  31. ROW IN LITTLE OXFORD-ST

    At about 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon a disturbance took place in Little Oxford-street, in which a number of men of the dealer class engaged. Constables Thomas O'Keeffe and ...

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  32. MISS FLORENCE YOKING.

    LONDON, December 26, 5.15 p.m.— Miss Florence Young, the Australian actress, has made a success in the pantomime of "Dick Whittington" at the Grand Theatre, Fulham ...

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  33. AQUARIUMS.

    About 2000 people passed through the turnstiles at the Coogee Aquarium, where the new proprietor (Mr. T. Hardiman) had prepared a loll programme for his patrons. Daring the day ...

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  34. BITTEN BY A SNAKE.

    MOREE, Tuesday.— A lad was out wallaby shooting at Berrigal Creek. He shot one, and went to pick it up, when a brown snake jumped at him, and bit him on the thumb. He galloped to ...

    Article : 59 words
  35. RANJIT SINHJI.

    LONDON, December 26, 5.15 p.m.— Prince Ranjit Sinhji will return to England from India in April next. ...

    Article : 19 words
  36. Advertising

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    Advertising : 272 words
  37. A FATAL FALL.

    An Inquest was held at the Coroner's Court this morning by the city coroner concerning the death of a married woman named Maria Macpherson, 62, who died in the Sydney Hospital yesterday ...

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  38. BUGGY ACCIDENT NEAR MOREE.

    MORRE, Tuesday.— Mr. Arndell, of Rocky Creek Station, 75 years old, was driving in a buggy. While in the act of getting out to open the gate he fell between the wheel and the vehicle. ...

    Article : 102 words
  39. OCEAN EXCURSIONS.

    About 600 people made a trip to Cowan Bay in the steamer Newcastle, dispatched by the Newcastle and Hunter River Company; and the excursionists, after spending about, three hoars ...

    Article : 120 words
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