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  2. AUSTRALIAN WEATHER.

    {No abstract available} [ILLUSTRATED]

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 180 words
  3. SHIPPING.

    Wimmera, s, 3022 tons, Captain Waller, from Auckland and other N.Z. ports. Passengers. Mesdames Ford, Thompson, Beal and child, Berry, Brett, Goss, Griffith, Hutchinson, and infant, Mackisack, Wolfson, ...

    Article : 224 words
  4. "THE GALLANT SECONDS."

    "Numero secundus, vir[?]te secundus nulli." This is the motto of the historic 2nd Regiment, but under the new territorial scheme the Seconds have been split ...

    Article : 472 words
  5. THE CADETS.

    A special appeal is being made to obtain 1170 dollars, the amount of the deficit, in connection with the Australian tour of the Canadian cadets. Captain Davy telegraphs ...

    Article : 307 words
  6. PERSONAL.

    His Excellency the Governor, accompanied by Lady Chelmsford, and attended by Captain de Moleyns, A.D.C., and Sir Thomas Lees, A.D.C., left Sydney last evening for ...

    Article : 662 words
  7. MOTOR CAR MISHAP.

    A case arising out of a motor car mishap was heard before Mr. Clarke, S.M., at the North Sydney Police Court on Thursday, when Charles Ernest Young, 57, sugar planter, was ...

    Article : 523 words
  8. COUNTRY NEWS.

    At a joint meeting of adherents of the Methodist and Presbyterian churches it was decided to invite the Rev. Hugh Paton to conduct a mission in Parkes towards the close of ...

    Article : 105 words
  9. MUNICIPAL.

    Steps are to be taken to have the town incorporated, and at the last meeting of the progress association a resolution was passed affirming the necessity for the establishment ...

    Article : 42 words
  10. DEPARTURES.—Aug. 9.

    Wollowra, s, for Melbourne. Manapouri, s, for Newcastle. H.M.A.S. Protector, for Melbourne. Chillagoe, s, for Cairns, via Newcastle and other ...

    Article : 60 words
  11. THE HOSPITALS.

    At a public meeting preliminary arrangements were made for a commercial travellers' carnival in aid of the hospital on October 9. The institution is badly in need of funds at ...

    Article : 164 words
  12. PROJECTED DEPARTURES.—Aug. 10.

    Mangolia, R.M.S., for London, via ports; Promise, s, for Makatea; Tahiti, s, for San Francisco, via ports; Karoola, s, for Western Australian ports, via Melbourne and Adelaide: Westralia, s, for Hobart; Maitai, ...

    Article : 108 words
  13. VISIT TO THE MOUNTAINS.

    The visiting Canadian cadets were yesterday the guests of the New South Wales Government, who had arranged for them to pay a visit to the Blue Mountains. The ...

    Article : 128 words
  14. CLEARANCES,—Aug. 9.

    Adelaide, s, 5872 tons, for Hamburg, via ports. Annaberg, s, 4463 tons, for Hamburg, via Queensland and Java ports. Winfield, s, 3215 tons, for Albany and Fremantle. ...

    Article : 152 words
  15. THE SCHOOLS.

    A request for the grant of a subsidy towards the cost of conveying the children on the Williewa Creek to the local Public school has been declined by the Department of Public ...

    Article : 51 words
  16. METEOROLOGICAL REPORTS.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 506 words
  17. DISTRICT COURTS.

    The Hay District Court concluded its sittings yesterday, the only case for hearing being an action for alleged trespass, brought by John M'Grory, of Willama, Hillston, ...

    Article : 703 words
  18. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    The Argentine Government have given the Royal Geographical Society £1000 towards its new headquarters, and, a provisional promise of £1000 from Australia has been announced. ...

    Article : 832 words
  19. MOVEMENTS OF OVERSEA VESSELS.

    Whakarua (United Tyser line) was despatched from New York on the 6th instatn for Melbourne, Sydney, and New Zealand ports. Guthrie, s, due from Melbourne, will load for Manila ...

    Article : 53 words
  20. FEDERAL PARLIAMENT.

    The President took the chair at 10.30 a.m. The Quarantine Bill report was adopted, and the third reading fixed for Wednesday next. ...

    Article : 32 words
  21. TELEGRAPHISTS.

    Discontent in the ranks of the telegraphists in the postal service is becoming more pronounced day by day. The Post and Telegraph Officers' Association has done everything in ...

    Article : 377 words
  22. R.M.S. TAHITI FOR SAN FRANCISCO.

    The following is a list of passengers booked by the R.M.S. Tahiti, sailing for San Fracisco, via Wellington, Rarotonga, and Papeete, from the N.D.L. wharf, Circular Quay West, at 3 p.m. to-day:—Mr. P. S. ...

    Article : 537 words
  23. SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    The total State revenue for 1911 was £4,450,739 a net increase of £269,267 on the figures for the previous year. The railway returns increased by £111,852, land and ...

    Article : 86 words
  24. TIMBER FROM TACOMA.

    To the agency of Messrs. R. Little and Company, the American four-masted barquentine James Tuft was despatched from Tacoma on the 5th instant for Sydney with timber. ...

    Article : 32 words
  25. MATARAM'S WIRELESS.

    Mataram, s, was spoken from Melbourne on Thursday, when nearing Cairns—a distance of over 1700 miles. ...

    Article : 18 words
  26. CARGO BY THE SOMERSET.

    Included in the cargo by the steamer Somerset, for London and Liverpool, via ports, are the following:— 300 tons of lead, 500 tons of copra, and 600 crates of rabbits. ...

    Article : 36 words
  27. LABOUR TROUBLES.

    The mining difficulty at South Greta colliery has been so far fixed up that the men resumed work to-day. A deputation interviewed the manager this afternoon, and will ...

    Article : 50 words
  28. THE DEMOSTHENES.

    The Demosthenes, due here to-morrow, left London or June 25, but owing to the industrial troubles then in full swing, she was forced to go to Rotterdam to obtain bunker coal for the voyage. She then returned ...

    Article : 148 words
  29. NEW ZEALAND SHIPPING.

    TIMARU (1318m).—Dep:Aug. 9, Courtfield, s, [?] New Caledonia. WELLINGTON (1239m).—Dep: August 9, Maunganui, s, for Sydney. ...

    Article : 20 words
  30. BRITISH AND FOREIGN SHIPPING.

    Carmanian, bq, from Adelaide April 9, at Falmouth. Ruapchu, s, 7885 tons, from Wellington, June [?] for London,a t Plymouth. ...

    Article : 90 words
  31. TRUCKERS' STRIKE.

    Forty truckers, comprising the morning shift, struck work at Kaitangata coalmine because one of their number was dismissed yesterday for refusing to work a winch in the ...

    Article : 49 words
  32. DISASTROUS COLLISION.

    A collision occurred between the steamers James Gayley (4777 tons) and Rensselaer (5124 tons) off Manitou yesterday, as a result of which the former sank within 20 minutes. ...

    Article : 90 words
  33. COMING BY THE DEMOSTHENES.

    The following is a list of passengers to arrive by the Aberdeen liner Demosthenes, which is due to-morrow:— From London: Mrs. C. N. Flint, Miss L. Flint, Miss B. Elliott, Mr. P. C. Hume, Mr. Murray Clarke, Mr. ...

    Article : 656 words
  34. STEAMER URILLA.

    The steamer Urilla, which was damaged by striking a sunken rock in Whitsunday Passage, parsed Cape, Moreton at 4.30 this afternoon, on her way to Sydney for repairs. ...

    Article : 35 words
  35. PROFESSOR KEMP CHARGED.

    At the police court, Toowoomba, to-day. John Patrick Daly, otherwise known as Professor Kemp, was remanded for eight days on a charge of having become unlawfully possessed ...

    Article : 108 words
  36. STEAMERS DUE TO-DAY.

    Guthrie, from Melbourne. Makarine, from Brisbane. Taiyuan, from Hongkong, via ports. Loch Tay (whaler), from Tonsberg. ...

    Article : 20 words
  37. THE MAILS.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 305 words
  38. STEAMERS DUE TO-MORROW.

    Hymettus, from Java, via Melbourne. Demosthenes, from London, via South Africa. Paloona, from Hobart. Kapunda, from Western Australia, via Adelaide and ...

    Article : 25 words
  39. CASUALTIES.

    At Pymble yesterday the City Coroner, Mr. Hawkins, returned a verdict of accidental death in the case of the death of Arthur H R. Porter, 39, an orchardist, of Darnley-road, ...

    Article : 75 words
  40. FRESH CHARTERS.

    Kiel, s, 4494 tons, Sydney, Melbourne, or South Australia to U.K. or Continent—wheat. Strathallan, s, 1464 tone, Newcastle to West Coast—coal. Inveric, s, 4789 tons, Newcastle to a port not disclosed—coal. ...

    Article : 34 words
  41. RAILWAY DISASTERS.

    A motorman and several passengers aboard a Cleveland South-west and Columbus interurban car are reported to have been killed, and many to have been injured as a result of ...

    Article : 84 words
  42. BAR HARBOURS.

    The following particulars were posted at the G.P.O. yesterday evening:—Harrington, no soundings on bar, crossing 9ft high water; Camden Haven Heads, bar 9ft, rise 3ft 9in; Yamba, dredge Antleon working on ...

    Article : 49 words
  43. THE WEATHER.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 121 words
  44. TELEGRAPHIC SHIPPING.

    BRISBANE(516m).—Arr: Aug. 9, Kumano Maru, J.M.S., from Melbourne: Tinana, s, from Townsville; Barotse, s, from New York; H.M.S. Cambrian, from Sydney; Burwah, s, from Rockhampton. Dep: Aug. ...

    Article : 966 words
  45. BOY SHOT.

    At Merrygoen William Clarence Sharrock, 14, was sitting in the bed of a creek at Rocky Waterhole, when he was struck in the lower part of the abdomen with a rifle shot. The ...

    Article : 65 words
  46. HELVETIA-EMPRESS OF BRITAIN COLLISION.

    The Marine Court delivered judgment to-day in connection with the collision between the liner Empress of Britain and the collier Helvetia, which resulted in the sinking of ...

    Article : 65 words
  47. KILLED BY A TRAIN.

    The five minutes past 2 train from Maitland this afternoon dashed into a horse and cart, driven by a lad named Hill, at Abermain. The boy was killed instantly, and the cart ...

    Article : 58 words
  48. A FERRY ROBBERY.

    At the North Sydney Police Court on Thursday two young men, William Campbell and Harold Furphy, pleaded guilty to stealing a handbag and two purses, containing £12, the property of Edith Maud Lloyd. ...

    Article : 266 words
  49. THE LAW INSTITUTE.

    At a meeting of the council of the Incorporated Law Institute, of New South Wales the following members of the council were elected as office-bearers for the ensuing year:—President, Mr. Ernest A. Smith; ...

    Article : 61 words
  50. PASSENGERS BY THE GNEISENAU.

    The following is the list of passengers for Australia coming by the German mail steamer Gneisenau, which is due to arrive at Fremantle from Br[?]men, via ports, on Tuesday:—Mr. Karl Fricke, Mr. August ...

    Article : 253 words
  51. CHAFFCUTTER FATALITY.

    A man named Denis Quinane was killed by a chaffcutter yesterday. He was fixing a belt on the flywheel when the engine must have started, and dashed him against the machine, ...

    Article : 195 words
  52. CRICKET.

    At the fourth annual meeting of the above club the Mayor (Alderman D. D. Middleton) presided. The following officer-bearers were elected:—Secretary, W. A. Green; assistant secretary, R. Creaghe: treasurer, ...

    Article : 114 words
  53. BOXING.

    Alderman A. L. Tearney said last night that Jack Johnson had agreed to fight Sum Langford and Sam M'Vea in Australia. He said that Johnson had told Mr. H. D. M'Intosh's ...

    Article : 107 words
  54. TRADES AND LABOUR.

    The Gas Employees' Conciliation Committee under the Industrial Arbitratin Act has been constituted, and efforts are being made to induce Mr. H. N. M'Laurin to act as chairman. The board will deal ...

    Article : 85 words
  55. CAMOERDOWN CLUB.

    The Camperdown Cricket Club's annual smoke concert and presentation of trophies was held in the Oddfellows' Hall, Newtown. Trophies for individual performances were presented as follow:—First bowling, ...

    Article : 74 words
  56. MOULDERS' CONDITIONS.

    The awards of the Iron Trades (Moulding) Wages Board of May 31 and June 21, 1911, have been varied. The variation is mainly in regard to apprentices, and provides that no boy exceeding 17 years of age shall ...

    Article : 109 words
  57. FIGHT WITH FLAMES.

    Yesterday mornign a fire broke out in a bedroom on the third floor of Milton, a boarding-house, in Bayswater-road, Darlinghurst. According to Mrs. Davies, who was ...

    Article : 209 words
  58. MONGOLIA FOR LONDON.

    The following is the list of passengers booked by the R.M.S. Mongolia, sailing from the P. and O. wharf, Circular Quay, at noon to-day:— Mr. R. H. Barber, Mrs. and Miss Hope, Mr. H. S. ...

    Article : 242 words
  59. BALMAIN AND DISTRICT ASSOCIATION.

    Mr. R. S. Weir, prresident, conducted the 13th annual meeting of the Balmain and District Cricket Association, held on Monday night. The report showed the past season had been most ...

    Article : 208 words
  60. TOMMY BURNS HEATS RICARDS.

    Tommy Burns, who weighted 13st 3lb, defeated Bill Ricards (14st 9lb) in the sixth round of a 15-round bout last night. Burns played until the sixth round: then knocked ...

    Article : 73 words
  61. PERMANENT FORCES.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 139 words
  62. THE PIECEWORK PROPOSAL.

    According to reports received by the secretary of the Railway Workers and General Labourers' Union, the men in the employ of the Murrumbidgee Irrigation Trust are greatly dissatisfied with the proposal of the ...

    Article : 134 words
  63. KYARRA DETAINED.

    An abrupt and serious interruption to the trip of the A.U.S.N. Co. liner Kyarra, en route from Sydney to Fremantle, occurred as she was proceeding down the Yarra the other day. Soon after the ...

    Article : 130 words
  64. TELEGRAPH CONSTRUCTION UNION.

    The Australian Telegraph and Telephone Construction and Maintenance Union decided to register under the Commonwealth Arbitration Act, and an application for registration was filed. Objections to the registration ...

    Article : 92 words
  65. ORDNANCE ADMINISTRATION.

    A British officer, skilled in the ordnance branch of military organisation, is to be invited to visit each of the Australian States during the year, to make suggestions with ...

    Article : 48 words
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