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  2. OUR WEATHER.

    Theatregoers on Thursday night got a disagreeable surprise when they came out. At 10 o'clock the stars were shining brightly, as the love songs put it, and the night looked promising and fine. ...

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  3. THE SHARE MARKET.

    On May 15 the London Bank of Australia will release the fourth instalment of their transferable deposit receipts. The fifth instalment of 30 per cent, of the total amount will not be due until ...

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  4. LANSDOWNE-CURRA-JONG COLLISION.

    Mr. Justice Owen, sitting as Deputy Judge Commissary in Vice-Admiralty yesterday, delivered judgment in the actions arising out of the Lansdowne-Currajong collision. There was a ...

    Article : 461 words
  5. WATER CONSERVATION.

    NARRANDERA, Friday Afternoon.—Messrs. G. W. Darley, Engineer-in-Chief of the Works Department; Slevers, chief valuer of the Lands Department; Hanna, surveyor of the Works ...

    Article : 317 words
  6. THE PLAGUE.

    It was officially started yesterday that block 1 cleansing was completed on Thursday night, but it was discovered at the last moment that one cellar had been overlooked. From this ...

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  7. THE WAR.

    Letters lately received in Sydney show that Of the New South Wales officers now at the front Colonel Smith, R.A., the commander of "A" Battery, was, when the mail left, at Graspan, ...

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  8. THE PATIENTS.

    Yesterday, report on the condition of the patients at the Quarantine Station stated that Valley, Keene, King, S. Bell, A. Bell, Greathead, Mrs. Moore, E., R., and H. Dovey, Stratford, ...

    Article : 181 words
  9. IN NO. 2 BLOCK.

    Number 2 block is now receiving attention at the hands of the cleansers. Similar lines to those followed on No. 1 are being followed, and, as was anticipated, great quantities of filth and ...

    Article : 181 words
  10. Local Issue of Treasury Bills.

    The Premier has decided to ask for local tenders for £500,000 worth of Treasury Bills, under the Treasury Bills Act of 1899. The annual interest is fixed at the rate of 3½ per cent., and the ...

    Article : 89 words
  11. N.S.W. ARMY MEDICAL CORPS.

    MELBOURNE, Friday.—The late Lieutenant-Colonel Umphelby, in the course of a letter to a friend published in to-day's "Argus," says: I have Just been out to see the New South Wales ...

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  12. COMMONWEALTH BILL.

    MELBOURNE, Friday Afternoon.—The Premier has cabled to Mr. Deakin, the Victorian Federal Delegate in London, a denial of the statement in the "Times" as regards his attitude ...

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  13. 10,000 DOSES OF SERUM.

    The Premier yesterday received a communication from the Government of India stating that 10,000 further doses of the Dr. Haffkine's serum for inoculation, would be dispatched by the P. and O. ...

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  14. THROWING BOYS INTO A CANAL.

    At the Glebe Police Court on Thursday, before Mr. Wilshire, S.M., James Winning, 18, dealer, and William Kain, 18, carter, were charged with having in company assaulted a boy named Arthur ...

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  15. DEATH OF A VICTORIAN MEDICAL OFFICER.

    MELBOURNE, Friday Afternoon—The Premier to-day received a cablegram from Colonel Road, commanding the Australian Regiment, announcing the death of captain Hopkins, medical ...

    Article : 82 words
  16. HOUSE INSPECTION AND OTHER MATTERS.

    The City Council held a meeting yesterday, the Mayor (Alderman Sir Matthew Harris) in the chair. A report from Mr. Louis B. Blackwell, superintendent of the Plague Department, was ...

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  17. THE CARPENTERS' STRIKE

    The carpenters' strike is still in full swing, and there seems to be little hope of a settlement. A "News" reporter was informed yesterday that there is not the remotest chance of the builders ...

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  18. FISH MARKETS.

    At the Redfern Council on Thursday night, a letter was received from Mr. J. D. Batchelor, auctioneer, drawing attention to a recent bylaw passed by the City Council, prohibiting any ...

    Article : 216 words
  19. DEATH OF COMTE DE BENEDETTI.

    LONDON, March 29.—The death is announced, at the age of 83, of Comte Vincent de Benedetti, who was French Ambassador at Berlin at the outbreak of the war between France and ...

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  20. STRANDED.

    The Union Company's steamer Kittawa, when attempting to leave the Strahan Harbor on Thursday for Devonport, Tasmania, became stranded on a sand bank. At 1 p.m. yesterday she was reported ...

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  21. A DISHONEST SERVANT.

    At the Water Police Court, yesterday, James M'Cann, 26, butcher, was charged, before Mr. Isaacs, S.M., with embezzling two sums of 7s lOd, and 14s 5d, the property of his master, William ...

    Article : 146 words
  22. MAN OVERBOARD.

    When Messrs. Howard Smith's steamer Tyrian was passing Jervis Bay yesterday she signalled that while passing Cape St. George she lost a man overboard. ...

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  23. COST OF THE TRAM CONVERSION SCHEME.

    The Chief Commissioner for Railways has had an interview with the Premier in regard to the tramway conversion scheme, in the course of which Mr. Oliver stated that the cost of the work ...

    Article : 229 words
  24. RELIEF AT NEWCASTLE.

    NEWCASTLE, Friday.—The coasting schooner Jones Brothers, which was detained in quarantine with a suspicious case on board, was released at 10 o'clock last night. She proceeded ...

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  25. IN BANKRUPTCY.

    William Norman Brown, of Blakebrook, laborer. Mr. L. T. Lloyd, official assignee. Frederic Benson Pope, of Dungog, lately carrying on business as a publican at Keiso's Hotel, ...

    Article : 41 words
  26. THE FINANCE COMMISSION.

    The Premier has at last succeeded in obtaining the services of three gentlemen to act upon a commission to inquire into the public finances. The appointment will be' made at next Tuesday's ...

    Article : 53 words
  27. THAT COMMERCIAL AGENT.

    It is understood that several gentlemen are endeavoring to get the position of Commercial Agent in England for the Government. Apparently, however, the appointment is not to be ...

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  28. THE NEWCASTLE BOATS.

    By some means or other vessels trading between Newcastle and Sydney were exempted from the recent proclamation which requires all coasting vessels leaving Port Jackson to obtain a ...

    Article : 72 words
  29. A CHARGE OF SLANDER.

    The hearing of the action in which Sydney Ford, of Guildford, sued to recover £500 compensation from his brother-in-law, James M'Kechnie, for alleged slander, was resumed ...

    Article : 68 words
  30. A CHARGE OF ARSON.

    At the Glebe Police Court, on Thursday, before Mr. Wilshire, S.M., Mary Helen Lahiff, 36, a domestic, was charged with wilfully and maliciously setting fire ...

    Article : 559 words
  31. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.

    Following are the cases set down for hearing at the Central Criminal Court, commencing at Darlinghurst en Monday next: Jesse Small, carnally knowing; William Samuel Paul, William ...

    Article : 71 words
  32. UNEMPLOYED AT COBAR.

    COBAR, Friday Afternoon.—Already the names of between 250 and 300 men are on the list desirous of obtaining work on the waterworks, the official opening of which takes place on April 14. ...

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  33. THREE FRESH CASES.

    Two fresh cases were discovered yesterday afternoon. Shortly after noon, Mrs. Annie Walsh, 30, residing at Sussex-street, a few doors from Bathurst-street called at the Board of Health's ...

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  34. THAT MILITARY INQUIRY.

    It is matter of conversation in certain military circles that the report of the military inquiry into the Neild-Waine imbroglio, and into the affairs of the 7th Regiment, has been sent on by the ...

    Article : 91 words
  35. QUARTER SESSIONS.

    Following are the cases set down for hearing at the Metropolitan Quarter Sessions, commencing at Darlinghurst on Monday next: George Williams, assault and robbery; Frank Fulton, shop ...

    Article : 380 words
  36. SHIPPING.

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  38. ON CIRCUIT.

    Several of the judges will be absent from Sydney for the next few weeks on circuit. Mr. Justice Cohen will preside at the Wagga, Albury, aid Denliquin courts; Mr. Justice Owen at ...

    Article : 85 words
  39. THE ABSENT-MINDED PARSON.

    MELBOURNE, Friday.—Allan Hornby, representing himself as a clergyman of the Church of England, was sent to goal to-day for three months, on a charge of stealing a pair of opera ...

    Article : 217 words
  40. THE WEATHER AND THE PLAGUE

    Asked yesterday whether the plague epidemic would be in any way affected by the rainy weather, Dr. Ashburton, Thompson said that the rain would not make any difference in the spread ...

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    The nisi prius sittings closed yesterday, and for the next few weeks the judges will be absent from Sydney on circuit. Our Cebar correspondent wires: The Governor ...

    Article : 219 words
  42. PROBATES AND ADMINISTRATIONS.

    His Honor Mr. Justice Walker yesterday granted probate in respect of the wills of W. A. Alderton, Mary B. T, Sweetman, Patrick Murphy, Alice S. Bertram, George Bush, William Craigen, Charles ...

    Article : 174 words
  43. PLAGUE-STRICKEN RATES.

    Dr. Thompson was questioned yesterday aS to certain statements which had" bean made, to the effect that rate bad recently been dying from the. plague in different parts of the city. He ...

    Article : 181 words
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