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  2. CAMPAIGNING IN RHODESIA.

    ALBURY, Wednesday.—The following are extracts from a letter from Mr. Gordon Fleming, formerly of Albury, who is in the Rhodesian Mounted Troops, dated Tuli Forts, December 18, 1899: As ...

    Article : 776 words
  3. NEWTOWN'S MAYOR.

    The Newtown Council appears to be in a some-what awkward fix with regard to the election of Mayor for the current year. When the meeting was held on the 15th instant to elect a Mayor. ...

    Article : 484 words
  4. THE PLAGUE.

    At half-past 9 oclock on Tuesday night the plague claimed its second victim, the patient John Makins, 36, lately residing at No. 4 Murray-street, Pynnont, dying at that hour. Makins was ...

    Article : 366 words
  5. THE TYPHOID SEASON.

    The Civic authorities are busily engaged in making a strict inquiry into the cause of the outbreaks of typhoid in various parts of the city. It has been assumed on many sides that ...

    Article : 423 words
  6. CRONJE'S SURRENDER.

    LONDON, February 27, 6.55 p.m.—Lord Roberts in a further dispatch, explains that the defeat of the Boer reinforcements so demoralised the enemy that he rapidly ...

    Article : 78 words
  7. REJOICINGS AT THE NEWS.

    GLEN INNES, Wednesday.—The news of the capitulation of Cronje was received here with expressions of unbounded delight. HAY, Wednesday.—There is great local ...

    Article : 215 words
  8. FAREWELL TO BUSHMEN.

    'A send-off was on Monday night given at the National Athletic Club, Pitt-street, to Mr. P. Bourke, well known on the Clarence for many years, and who joined the Bushmen's ...

    Article : 1,042 words
  9. THE S.A. CONTINGENT.

    ADELAIDE, Wednesday Afternoon.—The Government has declared a public half-holiday on next Tuesday, when the Bushmen's Corps will embark. ...

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  10. COMMUNICATION WITH KIMBERLEY.

    The Postmaster-General has received a notification from Adelaide of the restoration of telegraphic communication with Kimberley. ...

    Article : 22 words
  11. HORSES FOR SOUTH AFRICA.

    MAITLAND, Wednesday.—Captain Markwell, of the Maitland Half-squadron Lancers, who has been acting as agent for the Imperial Government in the purchase of horses for military ...

    Article : 77 words
  12. DR. ARMSTRONG AT BALMAIN.

    A special meeting of the Balmain Council was held on Monday night, when Dr. Armstrong, health officer for the metropolitan district, attended, at the Mayor's invitation, and addressed the ...

    Article : 188 words
  13. REDFERN FORAGE SALES.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 680 words
  14. JUSTICE IN A QUANDARY.

    After puzzling considerably over the case of the old man Dark, whose dimness of sight and "hardness" of hearing had placed justice in a quandary on Tuesday morning at the Central Police Court, ...

    Article : 133 words
  15. THE LAMBTON ALDERMEN.

    NEWCASTLE, Wednesday.—The Mayor of Lambton (Alderman Thornton) and Aldermen Hubbuck and Metcalfe, who were arrested on Saturday for not paying the fines imposed on them ...

    Article : 183 words
  16. EARLY CLOSING.

    At the Redfern Police Court on Tuesday, Alice Russell, who keeps a fish and fruit shop at 1 Raglan-street, Alexandria, was proceeded against for having on February 18 kept her shop open ...

    Article : 242 words
  17. ACCIDENT ON THE MAPLEMORE.

    Samuel Thomas, 42, second cook on the transport Maplemore, fell from the spar deck to the main deck of the vessel shortly before 1 o'clock yesterday, a distance of about 12ft. He ...

    Article : 58 words
  18. THE BANKSTOWN SHOOTING ACCIDENT.

    The youth Alfred Ernest Childs, Who on Sunday week last was seriously injured by the accidental discharge of a pea rifle at Upper Bankstown, is making a quick recovery at the Auburn Hospital ...

    Article : 201 words
  19. ST. GEORGE'S HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY.

    The St. George's Horticultural Society held a very successful show in the Hurstville Hall on Saturday night in aid of the local branch of the Patriotic Fund. A large number of magnificent ...

    Article : 691 words
  20. TRANSIT COMMISSION.

    The weekly meeting of the Metropolitan Transit Commission was held at the board's office, 153 phillip-street, Sydney, yesterday, there being present: Sir Matthew Harris, M.L.A. (chairman), ...

    Article : 201 words
  21. To the Editor of the "Evening News."

    Sir,—Knowing that you are obliging enough to answer difficult questions in connection with the above, I beg to ask the following, as it interests dozens of others similarly situated. My father is the ...

    Article : 260 words
  22. FIRE AT PICTON.

    PICTON, Wednesday Morning.—Smith's general store was burnt to the ground this morning. Everything was destroyed. After great efforts, Mr. A. Skellett's residence and the public school ...

    Article : 43 words
  23. THE FEDERAL CAPITAL.

    BARBER'S CREEK, Wednesday.—Mr. A. Oliver, federal capital commissioner, accompanied by Messrs. Hopkins and Rumsey, representing Barber's Creek, and Jobson, from Towrang, drove ...

    Article : 293 words
  24. THE SHARE MARKET.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 641 words
  25. MAITLAND PRODUCE SALES

    WEST MAINLAND, Wednesday.—There was a good supply forward at to-day's sales of produce. A large quantity of lucerne hay was forward, farmers rushing their stocks into the market, fearing a ...

    Article : 543 words
  26. LIVERPOOL DISTRICT NEWS

    LIVERPOOL, Wednesday.—A strong local committee is making the necessary arrangements for the entertainment of the Minister for Works and his colleagues on the occasion of his visit to this ...

    Article : 426 words
  27. THE BUSHMEN'S FUND.

    Additional subscriptions to the fund have been received as follows: Collected by R. J. Moore, Angledool Station. £4; G. Allen Mansfield, Elizabeth Bay, £2 2s: collected by Chas. Toohey; ...

    Article : 465 words
  28. SOUTHERN COAL TRADE.

    WOLLONGONG, Wednesday.—The district collieries worked the following times for the week ended Saturday last: Metropolitan (Helensburg), 6 days; Woonona, 6; Corrimal, 6; Mount Keira, 5½; ...

    Article : 262 words
  29. FIRE'AT ENMORE.

    A small fire occurred shortly before noon yesterday at 74 Marion-st, Enmore, the residence of Mr. R. W. Craggs, by which the contents of a bedroom were damaged. The outbreak is said to have ...

    Article : 126 words
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