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  2. COUNTRY NEWS.

    Mrs. Margaret Hayes, a well-known resident of West Maitland, while walting yesterday afternoon at a street cornor for a tram, fell to the road, and expired from heart ...

    Article : 68 words
  3. PRESERVATIVES.

    The Chief Secretary and Minister of Public Health (Mr. Oakes) stated on Saturday that the office of the Director-General of Public Health had constituted a secretariat to ...

    Article : 305 words
  4. WIRELESS.

    It is doubtful whether any branch of science may be said to be more wonderful than wireless, and it is Just as doubtful whether any science has made such remarkable progress ...

    Article : 1,447 words
  5. A HEAVY GALE.

    North-western Cantemury has experienced the worst gale for many years. Lyttelton felt the full force of it. Clouds of dust and pebbles as big as peas were blown about. ...

    Article : 105 words
  6. INTERSTATE CRICKET.

    The return interstate match between New South Wales anu Queensland will commence to-day at 11.30, at the Sydney Cricket Ground, and will be continued on Tuesday and ...

    Article : 312 words
  7. CHILDREN'S SEASIDE HOLIDAY HOME.

    DEDICATED AT CRONULLA ON SATURDAY BY THE PRIMATE. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  8. ELECTRIC SUPPLY FOR WAGGA.

    Interesting particulars were made available regarding the proposed Burrinjuck hydre-electric scheme, in relation to the supply of electricity to Wagga and other towns by the ...

    Article : 312 words
  9. AVIATION.

    An official statement issued by the chairman of the St. Louis Aeronautic Corporation respecting the three-day "Air Meet" recently held at the St. Louis Field, Bridgeton, U.S.A., ...

    Article : 482 words
  10. POLYGLOT EMPIRE.

    "Few people have any conception of the multitude of languages spoken in the Empire," said Professor Jones in an interview appearing in the London "Evening Standard." "Some ...

    Article : 333 words
  11. CHINESE INJURED.

    Quin War, a Chinese gardener on the Kelso flats, was admitted to the Bathurst District Hospital this afternoon suffering from concussion of the brain. It is alleged that be ...

    Article : 51 words
  12. AMONG ESKIMOS.

    Christian Lenden, the Norwegian explorer, who has spent practically the whole of the last 16 years among the Eskimos of Greenland and Alaska, is now in Paris, and has some ...

    Article : 296 words
  13. EARLY PIONEERS.

    Ding! Dong! As three visitors passed out of the churchyard gate, one of them, the youngest and most irresponsible, pulled the rope of the old church ...

    Article : 1,538 words
  14. NEW SOUTH WALES JUNIORS V VICTORIAN JUNIORS.

    The finish of the New South Wales and Victorian Junior cricket match on Saturday was exciting. The Sydney team had a narrow victory. On the first day both sides completed ...

    Article : 565 words
  15. LAND BOARD.

    The Minister for Lands has acceded to the request by the P. H. and I. Association to have land board meetings held here. This will be a boon to local people, who previously ...

    Article : 50 words
  16. A CENTENARIAN'S MEMORIES.

    With faculties unimpaired and a retentive memory that lifts the veil on interesting pages of the history of early Maitland, Mrs. Kathleen M'Ginley, of East Maitland, recently ...

    Article : 833 words
  17. THE HOLIDAYS.

    The programme of events to-day will include this trotting meeting at Victoria Park, the County of Cumberland tennis tournament, cycling at the Sports Ground, the interstate ...

    Article : 434 words
  18. RELIGION.

    Sir,—The neat little letter by Mr. Godfrey in your issue of to-day reminds one of a similar phrase that occurs in one of Emerson's essays, in which that seer suggests that our ...

    Article : 141 words
  19. WHERE GOLD WAS FIRST DISCOVERED.

    This photograph was taken in front of the obelisk to the memory of Messrs. Hargraves, Lister, and James and William Tom, on the occasion of the unveiling ceremony at Ophir on Friday afternoon. On the right hand side is the Minister for Mines, Mr. J. C. L. Fitzpatrick, to whose sympathetic interest was due the decision of the State Ministry to erect the obelisk. Next to him is Senator Albert Gardiner (N.S.W.), who knows the district very well, ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 197 words
  20. HUNTER CRICKET ASSOCIATION.

    The Hunter Association competition matches were continued yesterday. Robins met Morpeth, and lost eight wickets for 212 (W. Moore 82, V. Cummins 78 not out). In the B grade match, Robins v Marist Bros., ...

    Article : 181 words
  21. LATE SHIPPING.

    ADELAIDE.—Arr.: Dec. 30, Jason, s, from Antwerp; Macumba, s, from eastern States. Dep.: Dec. 29, Boonah, s, and Parattah, s, for London; Ellicrfcld, s, for Hamburg; Riverina, s, for Fremantle. ...

    Article : 123 words
  22. INDEX.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 215 words
  23. THE OBELISK AT OPHIR.

    The obelisk, unveiled at Ophir on Friday by the Minister for Mines, Mr. J. C. L. Fitzpatrick, is a fine trachyte monument, with appropriate words, honouring the names of Edward Hammond Hargraves, John Hardman Australia Lister, and James and William Tom. The obelisk is situated about 200yds below the ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 172 words
  24. WESTERN AUSTRALIAN DEFICIT.

    It is expected that as a result of increased activity in several directions the year's revenue will only be £250,000 short of the expenditure, including a contribution of ...

    Article : 45 words
  25. CHURCH REUNION.

    Sir,—In proportion as a Catholic is imbued with the Catholic spirit he desires the reunion of the Catholic Church and the Church of England. I would respectfully suggest that ...

    Article : 391 words
  26. ADVERTISEMENTS.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 205 words
  27. WEAPONS IN NEXT WAR.

    Major-General Sir W. E. Ironside, Chief of the Staff College, in a lecture' in London on "The Development of Modern Weapons," dealt with tanks (including armoured cars), ...

    Article : 239 words
  28. TROPICAL BUTTERFLIES.

    A fine collection of Australian insects, butterflies and moths, will be exhibited by Mr. F. P. Dodd in St. James's Hall, Phillip-street, for some weeks, commencing on January 7 ...

    Article : 55 words
  29. BUSH FIRES IN NEW ZEALAND.

    Bush fires are raging on a ten-mile front near Kaikoura. John Barrett, a settlor out on the bills, had a race for life against the frames. He reached home just in time to assist his family ...

    Article : 47 words
  30. TO-DAY.

    Criterion: "His House in Order," 2, 8. Theatre Royal: "The Spanish Main," 2, 8. Orand Opera House: "Rockets," 2.15, 8. Hippodrome: "The Forty Thieves," 1.45, 7.60. ...

    Article : 94 words
  31. RINDERPEST.

    There have been no fresh developments in connection with the rinderpost outbreak. An inspector sent to Busaclton to investigate a auspicious case has not yet forwarded his ...

    Article : 88 words
  32. THE NORWEGIAN CAPITAL.

    Ten members of the Storthing have submitted a proposal to change the name of the Norwegian capital, Christiania, to Oslo, its original name. It is suggested, according to ...

    Article : 56 words
  33. TASMANIAN PRODUCE

    The Kimons left Devonport for Sydney on Saturday with 5047 sacks of potatoes, 257 racks of sweds, 28 bags peas, and 8 ban of oats, for Sydney, and 450 sacks at potatoes for Newcastle. ...

    Article : 45 words
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