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  2. INTERCOLONIAL CRICKET

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 706 words
  3. THE BUBONIC PLAGUE.

    It is apparent that the Health authorities are now taking precautions to prevent the introduction of the bubonic plague in our midst. The latest cases of quarantine are those of a ...

    Article : 219 words
  4. EARLY CLOSING ACT.

    The provisions of the Early Closing Act come into force on Monday next, January 1, and it is well that shopkeepers in the metropolitan and country districts should make themselves ...

    Article : 838 words
  5. THE BOER WAR.

    Yesterday the men of the field hospital unit were put through stretcher drill at the Victoria Barracks. Additional horses have been purchased for the corps, and the packing of the ...

    Article : 625 words
  6. THE VICTORIAN CONTINGENT.

    MELBOURNE, Thursday Afternoon.—The Minister for Defence has decided, on the recommendation of the Commandant, that Colonel Tom I'[?]ice shall go with the contingent. He will ...

    Article : 83 words
  7. COUNTRY VOLUNTEERS.

    ARMIDALE, Thursday.—G. Cory (manager of Rookwood Station) and J. Lorrimer (Hillgrove) left last night for Sydney to join the contingent for South Africa. Mr. Cory is taking his own horse, ...

    Article : 714 words
  8. THE PATRIOTIC FUND.

    PENRITH, Thursday.—A meeting, convened by the Mayor in answer to a requisition by a large number of residents of Penrith, was held in the Council Chambers last night, in connection with ...

    Article : 84 words
  9. Horrible Outrage in Victoria.

    MELBOURNE, Thursday Afternoon.—Intelligence was received this afternoon from the police at Broadford of the murder of a girl, 8 years of age, named Rita Jones. The body was found ...

    Article : 332 words
  10. THE CITY PRECAUTIONS.

    As intimated in Wednesday evening's edition, active steps are being taken in the direction of bringing about a condition of thorough cleanliness in the city, in order to decrease the danger ...

    Article : 300 words
  11. TWENTY-SIX COWS MUTILATED.

    A shocking act of barbarity was reported to the police at No. 3 Station about noon yesterday. It appears that twenty-six cows belonging to Mr. Palmer, dairyman, of Bourke-street, Waterloo, ...

    Article : 282 words
  12. THE BALMAIN ESCAPEE.

    After a brief period of sweet liberty, John Stockel, 27, dealer, the escapee from the Balmain Police Station, has once more been placed behind the iron bars. Stockel was arrested exactly one ...

    Article : 158 words
  13. THE DEPARTURE OF "A" BATTERY.

    At Central Wharf yesterday Major Lee, embarkation officer, with a staff of men from George's Head, was busily engaged preparing for shipping on board the transport Warrigal, guns, waggons, ...

    Article : 282 words
  14. EXECUTIVE COUNCIL.

    The last meeting for the year of the Executive as held yesterday, the Governor presiding. All outstanding business was dealt with. The regulations under the Early Closing Act, which ...

    Article : 43 words
  15. THE QUEEN'S GIFT.

    The Queen's Christmas gift to the troops in South Africa was 90,000 half-pound tins of chocolate, the tins being specially designed. Her Majesty's original intention was to send ...

    Article : 86 words
  16. ROSEBERY PARK RACES.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 214 words
  17. THE TICK PEST.

    MURWILLUMBAH, Thursday.—Some weeks ago a number of inoculated North Coast cattle were forwarded to the Queensland tick infested country, in order to test the value of inoculation. ...

    Article : 136 words
  18. WATER AND SEWERAGE BOARD.

    The weekly meeting of the Metropolitan Board of Water and Sewerage was held yesterday, the president (Mr. Jacob Garrard) occupying the chair. The abstract of moneys collected from ...

    Article : 407 words
  19. FRENCH OFFICERS

    Colonel de Villebois Mareuil and Count de Segonzae, who are among the French officers who are serving the Boers, less it may be presumed out of sympathy with these Protestant farmers ...

    Article : 492 words
  20. MR. WRAGGE'S FORECAST.

    New South Wales.—Heavy rain over north-eastern rivers, and occasional rain along the coast; generally fine inland; easterly squalls north from Smoky Cape, but south-westers to south-easters ...

    Article : 226 words
  21. CONTINGENT NOTES.

    The Premier yesterday telegramed to Sir John Forrest, informing him that the troopship Surrey would call at Fremantle, as desired, for the West Australian men, the agents (Messrs. Birt and ...

    Article : 273 words
  22. SHIPPING.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 542 words
  23. ABORIGINES BOARD.

    A meeting of the Aborigines' Protection Board was held at the offices, Phillip-st, yesterday, Mr. E. Fosbery (Inspector-General of Police), presiding. A communication was received from the ...

    Article : 319 words
  24. FREETRADE.

    At a meeting of the sub-committee appointed in connection with the Freetrade Provisional Committee, held on Wednesday afternoon. (Mr. Pulsford, M.L.C., in the chair), correspondence was ...

    Article : 110 words
  25. A QUESTION OF PAY.

    A question has arisen among the artillerymen of "A" Battery with regard to their pay. It is pointed out that a gunner's pay in the Permanent Artillery is 2s 3d per day, whereas the men who ...

    Article : 251 words
  26. THE GRAIN MARKET.

    Messrs. Goldsbrough, Mort, and Company, Limited, write:—With the holidays intervening, there has been little doing in the wholesale trade, business being only of a hand-to-mouth character, ...

    Article : 186 words
  27. RAIN IN THE NORTH.

    MURWILLUMBAH, Thursday Afternoon.—Steady rain set in this morning at 6 o'clock, and it has rained with slight intermission ever since. The rain will prove of wonderful benefit to the ...

    Article : 112 words
  28. THE SURRENDER OF VRYBURG.

    Mr. F. Townshend, of the "Walcha Witness," has received word of his brother, who is in the hands of the Boers at Vryburg, Bechuanaland. He sent an "open letter" to his father in Capetown, ...

    Article : 195 words
  29. A CYCLIST INJURED.

    John Adair, 31, a salesman, residing in Brougham-street, Darlinghurst, presented himself at the Hospital yesterday to have injuries to the abdomen and a scalp wound attended to. It ...

    Article : 60 words
  30. DR. GEORGE MARSHALL.

    Dr. G. A. Marshall, of the Army Medical Corps, has been appointed medical officer of "A" Battery, and will leave with the corps for South Af- rica in the Warrigal on Saturday. Dr. Marshall is a son of the late Dr. Joseph Marshall. ...

    Article : 140 words
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