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  2. AUSTRALIAN WEATHER.

    {No abstract available} [ILLUSTRATED]

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 105 words
  3. HOME FOR INCURABLES.

    "There are so many who wish to be admitted, and so few who can be taken in." In this way his Excellency summed up the position of the Home for Incurables at the ...

    Article : 974 words
  4. NEW ZEALAND.

    Mr. Dinnie, Commissioner of Police, will resign on the conclusion of the Commission of Inquiry now being conducted regarding the administration of the force. ...

    Article : 36 words
  5. NEWCASTLE.

    Further evidence was taken to-day by the Public Works Committee in reference to the proposal to extend the northern breakwater at the entrance to the Newcastle Harbour. ...

    Article : 437 words
  6. QUEENSLAND.

    A conference of the representatives of the Marsupial Boards of Queensland was held to-day. It was decided to recommend that foxes, eaglehawks, and crows be included in ...

    Article : 58 words
  7. SHIPPING.

    Sildra, s, 3267 tons, Captain Christiansen (off Sydney Heads, for orders, and instructed to proceed to Melbourne), from Ocean Island and Nauru (Pleasant Island). Passengers for Sydney landed by tender:— ...

    Article : 214 words
  8. INDUSTRIAL DISPUTE.

    Work is at a standstill at the Otira tunnel works, Midland railway, owing to the contractors (McLean and Sons) demanding from each man 10s 6d deposit for lamps. A meeting, ...

    Article : 90 words
  9. DEALING WITH NEGLECTED CHILDREN.

    A meeting organised by the National Council of Women was held to-night for the purpose of considering the best steps for dealing with delinquent and neglected children. The Home ...

    Article : 122 words
  10. SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    At a meeting of the committee of the Council of Farmers and Producers' Political Unions to-day, it was unanimously agreed that the council should use its best efforts to secure ...

    Article : 100 words
  11. DEPARTURES.—Aug. 16.

    Sildra, s (from the Heads), for Melbourne. New Guinea, s, for Melbourne, via Newcastle. Barrier, s, for Cairns, via Newcastle. Nardoo, s, for Adelaide, via Newcastle. ...

    Article : 30 words
  12. PROJECTED DEPARTURES.—August 17.

    Atua, s, for [?] Tonga, Samoa, and Auckland; Hobart, s, for Melbourne, Adelaide, and Western Austrail an ports. Paloona, s, for Hobart; Burwah, s, for Brisbane, Maryborough, Bundaberg, and Rockhampton; ...

    Article : 122 words
  13. CASUALTIES.

    William Radford, who fell from his engine at Beecroft station on Friday night, and fractured his skull, died at Prince Alfred Hospital yesterday morning. ...

    Article : 29 words
  14. TO THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD.

    Sir,—It is worse than useless to hope that the average patron of trade will ever be more than a mere economical unit, studying self first and last. Hence the amelioration of ...

    Article : 372 words
  15. A MUSICIAN'S SUICIDE.

    Henry Graham, a professional musician, aged 85, shot himself dead yesterday at his home in Ferry-road, Glebe. He had [?]urt his back a few days ago by a fall, and shortly ...

    Article : 118 words
  16. ALUM MOUNTAIN DISASTER.

    The funeral of Stephen Crockford and Charles Keel, who were killed in the mining accident, took place yesterday afternoon. The remains were brought to the Church of ...

    Article : 152 words
  17. CLEARANCES.—Aug. 16.

    Barrier, s, 2036 tons, Captain Irvine, for Cairns, via Newcastle. Nardoo, s, 2907 tons, Captain [?] for Adelaide, via Newcastle. ...

    Article : 34 words
  18. ENTERED OUTWARDS.—Aug. 16.

    O[?] R.M.S., for London, via ports; Burwah, s, for Queensland ports; Karitane, s, for Tasmania, via Newcastle and Port Kembla; Hobart, s, for Fremantle, via ports; Flensburg, s, for Hamburg. ...

    Article : 36 words
  19. METEOROLOGICAL REPORTS.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 1,138 words
  20. MOVEMENTS OF OVERSEA STEAMERS.

    Yangtsze (Ocean S.S. Company—Holt's Blue Funnel line) left Glasgow on Saturday last for Sydney, via Adelaide and Melbourne. Marama, R.M.S. (Canadian-Australian line), was ...

    Article : 218 words
  21. SUICIDE BY DROWNING.

    The City Coroner, Mr. Stephen Murphy, held an inquest yesterday concerning the death of Mrs. Pash Hodges, aged 28, lately living at 89 Foster-street, Leichhardt, who was found ...

    Article : 186 words
  22. RESUMPTION OF WORK AT HETTON COLLIERY.

    Members of the Helton Miners' Lodge cavilled to-day for the work which it has been decided to carry on at Hatton colliery. The Minister for Mines recently gave authority ...

    Article : 123 words
  23. A WOMAN'S DEATH.

    Mrs. Penney, widow of an ex-tennis champion of Christchurch, was missing from her home, Lower Hutt, near Wellington. Her body was found after a fortnight's search in ...

    Article : 69 words
  24. COAL AND OTHER EXPORTS.

    The following vessels cleared at the Customs-house to-day:—Zambesi, s, for Kaha[?], with 4919 tons coal and 1163 tons bunkers; Perth, s, for Melbourne, with 2450 tons coal; ...

    Article : 44 words
  25. ATUA FOR ISLANDS TO-DAY.

    The Union S.S. Company's island steamer Atua will be despatched from Sydney at 8 o'clock to-night for Fiji, Tonga, and Samoa, with the following passengers:— ...

    Article : 148 words
  26. FELL OFF HIS TRAM.

    Herbert Coote, 24, a tram conductor, living in Barcom-avenue, Darlinghurst, fell from his tram in Boomerang-street, near Cathedral-street, yesterday evening, and struck his ...

    Article : 51 words
  27. COAL AGENT FOUND DEAD.

    Mr. James Donaldson, the local agent at Westport for the Stockton coal Company, was found dead in his office. The deceased was a son of Mr. Donaldson, police magistrate, of ...

    Article : 42 words
  28. TO THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD.

    Sir,—Although no longer practising pharmacy, having given it up to enter another profession, I cannot keep quiet after reading the misleading statements of one of ...

    Article : 819 words
  29. THE WEATHER.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 271 words
  30. KNOCKED DOWN BY A MOTOR.

    Margaret O'Toole, a middle-aged woman, living by herself in Drummoyne, was crossing City-road at about 7.15 last night, when she was knocked down by a motor car. She was ...

    Article : 82 words
  31. MR. HUGHES ON THE POLITICAL SITUATION.

    In the Miller's Point Mechanics' Institute last night, Mr. W. M. Hughes, M.P., delivered a political address under the auspices of the West Sydney Federal Council. ...

    Article : 491 words
  32. THE NEW ORIENT LINERS.

    The R.M.S. Orsova, the first of the fleet of new 12,000[?] ton mail liners built for the Orient S.N. Company, returned to Sydney yesterday from her visit to Brisbane, and berthed at the Quay. She will shortly be ...

    Article : 77 words
  33. BOY BADLY SCALDED.

    William Clark, aged 11 years, living in Denison-street, Rozelle, accidentally pulled a can of boiling water over himself at his home last evening, and received severe scalds about ...

    Article : 49 words
  34. MARATHON FROM LONDON.

    The Aberdeen liner Marathon, from London, bound to Sydney, arrived at Melbourne yesterday direct from Capetown, from which port she sailed on July 28. ...

    Article : 29 words
  35. MAN DIES SUDDENLY IN BED.

    Wm. Hocking, married, died suddenly on Monday morning. Mrs. Hocking, awakened and found her husband gasping. She rushed for a doctor; but on her return Hocking was ...

    Article : 48 words
  36. SEYDLITZ AT FREMANTLE.

    The German mail steamer Seydlitz, of the fleet of the Norddeutscher Lloyd, from Bremen and Southampton, bound to Sydney, arrived at Fremantle at 8.30 a.m. yesterday. ...

    Article : 34 words
  37. SILDRA LOSES HER MAINMAST.

    The Norwegian steamer Sildra, laden with a cargo of phosphates from Ocean and Pleasant Islands, which was off Sydney Heads on Sunday night waiting for orders, again made her appearance early yesterday ...

    Article : 172 words
  38. A BROKEN SHOULDER.

    R. Hourigan was unloading tents, etc., when one of the tent poles fell on him and broke his shoulder. ...

    Article : 31 words
  39. PARRAMATTA DISTRICT.

    On Saturday night a raliway guard named Thomas Ewin was found dead on the railway line at Blacktown. Ewin, who was a guard on the Blacktown-Richmond line, was ...

    Article : 480 words
  40. SUDDEN DEATH.

    Edward Prior, a labourer on the Proprietary mine, died suddenly from heart disease this morning while standing at a carpenter's bench on the mine. Deceased lost an arm in ...

    Article : 52 words
  41. BLAZE AT NORTH BOTANY.

    A fire broke out yesterday afternoon at the oil and grease factory of Jas. Morrison and Co., Robey-street, North Botany. The cause was the boiling over of resin, which blazed ...

    Article : 335 words
  42. MOUNTAIN INDUSTRIES.

    At a recent conference between the representatives of the Lithgow Coal Association and the Western Miners' Association, the owners offered to continue to pay the ...

    Article : 383 words
  43. MARINERS AND THE POSTAL ACT.

    The attention of commanders, owners, and agents of vessels is called by the Deputy Postmaster-General to the provisions of section 71-of the Commonwealth Post and Telegraph Act, 1901 (1 Edward VII., No. 12), ...

    Article : 144 words
  44. FOUND DEAD ON THE ROAD.

    The body of a young man named Wm. Flatley was found on the road near Swan Bay. He was riding from Dungarubba to his home at Swan Bay on Saturday night, and it is ...

    Article : 69 words
  45. DROWNED IN THE NAMOI.

    The Namoi reached a height of nearly 19ft yesterday, but is now falling Slight losses of stock are reported. A man named N[?] land was drowned in the river near the bridge ...

    Article : 87 words
  46. SAILING VESSELS DUE.

    The following sailing vessels are now due at Sydney:— Antares, sh, from Marseilles—105 days. Bertha, bq, from Hamburg—119 days. Bertha, 4-masted bq, from Hamburg—108 days. ...

    Article : 60 words
  47. BAR HARBOURS.

    The following telegrams were received yesterday respecting the condition of the various bar harbours:— Forster, 7ft on bar at high water; Manning Heads, 12ft on bar, with beacons in line, 13ft inside bar, 8ft on ...

    Article : 67 words
  48. CHEAP MEDICINES.

    Sir,—With reference to Mr. W. Arnold's letter re the above subject I do not by any means agree with that gentleman's statement that a pharmacist cannot possibly put up a ...

    Article : 315 words
  49. THE VALUE OF A MAN.

    Last night, in the William-street Methodist School Hall, the first of a series of short addresses by a working man to working men was, delivered by Mr. E. Venning Thomas. It ...

    Article : 418 words
  50. TELEGRAPHIC SHIPPING.

    COOKTOWN (1550m).—Dep.: Aug. 14, Warrego, s, for Burketown. TOWNSVILLE (1370m).—Arr: Aug. 16, Bingera, s, and Kumano Maru, J.M.S., both from Brisbane; Sylvan, ...

    Article : 1,007 words
  51. NEW ZEALAND SHIPPING.

    AUCKLAND (1281m).—Arr: Aug. 16, Laira, bq, from Newcastle. KAIPARA HEADS.—Arr: Aug. 16, Marjorie Craig, bq, from Newcastle. ...

    Article : 39 words
  52. THE MAILS.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 190 words
  53. CRICKET ASSOCIATION.

    Messrs. Hume, Barbour, and Iredale were appointed at the monthly meeting of the N.S.W. Cricket Association last night as the selection committee. Mr. Noble was ...

    Article : 307 words
  54. RAILWAY AND TRAMWAY ASSOCIATION.

    The complaints made by the Tramway Union against the Amalgamated Railway and Tramway Association have been considered by the executive of the latter association. ...

    Article : 387 words
  55. LICENSING COURT.

    At the Parramatta Licensing Court on Monday, before Mr. E. L. Maitland, S.M., the license of the Red Lion Hotel[?] Five Dock, was transferred from John Bishop Rutland to ...

    Article : 29 words
  56. ABERDARE MINERS.

    Through the presence of gas in the Aberdare mine the management required the men to start work with safety lamps in a portion of the mine to-day. The men affected ...

    Article : 97 words
  57. WATER BOARD REDUCTIONS.

    At Bexley Council on Tuesday evening, Alderman Griffin, suburban representative on the Water Board, pointed out to the members of the council, as an argument against the municipal protest on the ...

    Article : 264 words
  58. TO THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD.

    Sir,—The letter which appeared in your edition of Tuesday last under the above heading, and signed "M.P.S.," is of a very interesting character, as showing two sides ...

    Article : 506 words
  59. INTERSTATE CRICKET.

    At the monthly meeting of the N.S.W. Cricket Association last night the following dates were approved for the interstate matches:— N.S.W. v Queensland, at Brisbane, Dec. 10, ...

    Article : 105 words
  60. AMUSEMENTS.

    This evening, under the auspices of the Australian Elocutionary Association, at the Y.M.C.A. Hall, Mr. Walter Bentley, the well-known tragedian, will deliver a lecture on the subject of "The Voice, and how to use ...

    Article : 56 words
  61. FORGER SENTENCED.

    Duncan M'Intyre Johnson, who had pleaded guilty to a charge of forgery and uttering, and another charge of uttering, was at the General Sessions to-day sentenced to 18 ...

    Article : 60 words
  62. WYNDHAM'S ENTERTAINERS.

    Wyndham's Entertainers, who have just returned from a South African tour, gave their opening performance in the [?] Town Hall last night. ...

    Article : 29 words
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