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  2. FIFTEEN YEARS OF CRIME.

    There are, unhappily, some people for whom an honest life has no attraction, crime no abhorrence, the gaol no terror. They are a source of unending anxiety to the guardians ...

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  3. CASUALTIES.

    An open verdict was returned yesterday at an inquest on the body of Andrew McLeary, who was found floating in the harbour near Goat Island on Christmas Day. ...

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  4. NOTES AND COMMENTS.

    The match concluded is a remarkable one in many respects. Prior thereto honours were divided between the two States, each having won 35 matches. New New South Wales has ...

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  5. MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 1,745 words
  6. NEW ZEALAND.

    A petition is in circulation for signatures in Invercargill, where "no license" was carried, asking for an inquiry into the recent local option vote. It is alleged that there ...

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  7. SHIPPING.

    Claverdon, s, 3230 tons, Captain Scott, [?] Ocean Island Passengers—Mrs. Ellis and chil[?] Mr. N. Cotter, and Mr. C. Thompson. Pacific [?]osphate Company, Ltd., agents. ...

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  8. SOUTH AUSTRALIAN TEAM FOR MELBOURNE AND SYDNEY.

    The team to represent South Australia in the interstate cricket matches to be played in Melbourne and Sydney left by the Melbourne express to-day, under the ...

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  9. CRUISE OF THE OPHIR.

    The Orient-Pacific line notify that they propose sending their fine twin-screw steamer Ophir from London on April 12 to Lisbon for the medical congress. The following ports will also be visited:—Cherbourg, Nigo, ...

    Article : 188 words
  10. SUICIDE IN HYDE PARK.

    Early yesterday morning a drover named Patrick Kemp was found lying in Hyde Park with his throat cut. Near by was a blood-stained razor. ...

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  11. INDIAN PHYSICIAN FINED.

    At the police court to-day Osman Bloache was fined £50, with £2 8s costs added, for having a brass plate on his residence with the words "Osman Bloache, Indian Physician and ...

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  12. VICTORIA V SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    A team to represent Victoria in the cricket match with South Australia, which commences on the Melbourne Cricket Ground on Saturday, has been chosen as follows:—W. ...

    Article : 86 words
  13. DEATH IN A TRAIN.

    The elderly woman who died suddenly in a train at Redfern on Wednesday afternoon has been identified as Agnes Gronvald, a married woman, lately residing with her ...

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  14. BLUE METAL FOR THE CITY.

    Sir,—Mr. L. Litton is careful to avoid the real point at" issue. It is this. Does the report of the Public Works Department prove that the City Council is not using the best ...

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  15. TO LOAD WHEAT.

    The British ship Cambuskenneth, which arrived here in ballast from Callao on the 13th inst., has received a thorough overhaul in Mort's Dock. She will be floated out this morning, and will berth at Darling ...

    Article : 58 words
  16. FOUND DEAD.

    A ghastly discovery was made at a house In Elizabeth-street, Camperdown, yesterday afternoon, when the decomposed body of a widow named Maria Cocks, aged 70 years, was ...

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  17. DEPARTURES.—Dec. 28.

    Victoria, s, for Auckland. Oonah, s, for Hobart. Pilbarra, s, for Noumea and Fiji. Kate Tatham, bqta, for Napier, via Newcastle. ...

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  18. VICTORIA V SOUTH AUSTRALIA. JUNIOR MATCH.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 380 words
  19. DOCKINGS AND REMOVALS.

    The Department of Navigation, having insisted upon certain necessary repairs to the barquentine St. Kilda, she will this morning be taken to Mort's Dock. Upon completion of the work the St. Kilda will proceed ...

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  20. PROJECTED DEPARTURES.—Dec. 29.

    Westralia, s, for Hobart; Illawarra, s, for [?]th Coast ports; Tuncurry, s, for Cape Hawke; Newcastle s, for Newcastle; Como, s, for Yokohama and Shanghai. ...

    Article : 34 words
  21. SERIOUS ACCIDENT TO A SPORTSMAN.

    Mr. George Law, of Sydney, one of a camping party at Spring Creek, accidentally shot himself in one foot yesterday evening whilst rabbit-shooting. He was admitted to the ...

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  22. CLEARANCES.—Dec. 28.

    Victoria, s, 2969 tons, Captain W. Waller, for [?]ck land. Passengers—Mr. and Mrs. Clements, Mr. and Mrs. Baddeley, Master and Miss Baddeley, Mr. and Mrs. R. Decken and 2 children, Mr. and Mrs. ...

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  23. FATAL ACCIDENT AT SOFALA.

    A sulky accident with a fatal result happened about 2½ miles from Sofala late on Wednesday. Mrs. Culnane, with her two daughters, aged 3 and 13, was returning to ...

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  24. WARRIMOO-SQUIRREL COLLISION.

    The Marine Court will, at 11 o'clock this morning, resume the inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the collision between the steamer Warrimoo and the launch Squirrel, and the officers of the Warrimoo will ...

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  25. YONGALA AND GRANTALA TO BE INSULATED.

    It is probable that both the Yongala and the Grantala, of the adelaide Company's fleet will have a considerable portion of their holds insulated for the carriage of frozen produce from Brisbane. Hitherto ...

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  26. WOMAN SEVERELY BURNED.

    A serious burning accident happened to Mrs. John O'Brien, of Suntop, to-day. Her clothes caught fire in some unexplained way, and before the flames could be extinguished ...

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  27. IMPORTS.—Dec. 28.

    Chillagoe, s, from Brisbane and Rockhampton: 6 cs bottle, 30 hides, 200 cls wire, 147 bgs concentrat, 190 cs 11¼ csks 8 [?]hds golden syrup, 20 st[?] plates, 12 truck wheels, 30 bgs bones, 10 bls leath[?] ...

    Article : 767 words
  28. TWO BROTHERS DROWNED.

    A very sad double case of drowning is reported from Taralga, the victims being William Baxter and James Baxter, sons of Mr. John Baxter, a resident of Emu Flat. They ...

    Article : 112 words
  29. THE UNION LINERS.

    The Mokoia arrived at Auckland at 4 p.m. on Sunday. The Manuka left Auckland on Monday evening, and is due here this morning. ...

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  30. TELEGRAPHIC SHIPPING NEWS.

    RICHMOND RIVER HEADS (331 miles).—Dep: Dec. 27, Ramornie, s, at 6.15 p.m. CLARENCE HEADS (296 miles).—Arr: Dec. 28, Fiona, s, at 12.15 p.m., from Suva, Fiji. Dep: Dec. 25, ...

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  31. TO THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD.

    Sir,—Mr. Litton, i his reply to me, refers to independent reports of the City Council. I think the less said of some of those reports the better for the parties who made them. ...

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  32. MORE PEA-RIFLE ACCIDENTS.

    Two pea-rifle accidents were reported at Mackay to-day. Mabel Whitcome was found dead in her room with a bullet wound in her forehead. ...

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  33. BUSH FIRES.

    A bush fire at Toogong completely destroyed A. Irvine's crop, representing 160 bags, also 200 acres of grass, at Derowie station. The buildings, with the exception of a shed, were. ...

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  34. THE HOLIDAY IN THE COUNTRY.

    The Athletic Club sports yesterday proved a great success, despite the excessive heat. The chief event was a foot race, which was won by McKid, with Quickenden second. The bicycle race was won by ...

    Article : 640 words
  35. SWIMMERS DROWNED

    John Lloyd Jones, a tailor, was drowned at Kenny's Baths, St. Kilda, this morning while swimming in deep water. Mr. Jones was a regular bather and a good swimmer, ...

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  36. LAKE GEORGE.

    Sir,—Your sub-leader in the "Herald" of Thursday induces me to ask you to allow me to say a few words upon Lake George, from time to time a dry bed, or full, or partially ...

    Article : 483 words
  37. A FATAL DIVE.

    F. Webb, who injured his spine through diving off the springboard in the Semaphore Baths on Christmas Day, died on Wednesday evening. ...

    Article : 123 words
  38. METEOROLOGICAL REPORTS.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 768 words
  39. MOVEMENTS OF MAIL STEAMERS.

    The R.M.S. Ormuz, from London, bound to Sydney, cleared Queenscliffe at 5 a.m. yesterday, and signalled Wilson's Promontory at 12.5 p.m. She is due at Sydney at 6 p.m. to-day, and will berth at Flood's wharf, ...

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  40. A WHITE AUSTRALIA.

    Sir,—When doctors and Premiers disagree, it may not, perhaps, be held too great a presumption on the part of one of the "profanum vulgus" to have an opinion of his own. If ...

    Article : 316 words
  41. THE COMO TO SAIL TO-DAY.

    The steamer Como, of 5137 tons, running under the auspices of the Commonwealth line, will be despatched by Messrs. W. Scott Fell and Co., Limited, at 6 o'clock this morning for Yokohama (Japan) direct. ...

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  42. THE AFRIC AT LONDON.

    A cable message was received last evening notifying the arrival of the White Star liner Afric at London on Tuesday last, December 26. She sailed from Sydney on November 4, from Melbourne on November 11, ...

    Article : 47 words
  43. THE MAILS.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 331 words
  44. THE AIRLIE AT SINGAPORE.

    A cable message was yesterday received by Messrs. Burns, Philp, and Co., Limited, notifying that the steamer Airlie arrived at Singapore on the evening of Tuesday last, the 26th inst. The Airlie ...

    Article : 56 words
  45. TECHNICAL COLLEGE EXAMINATIONS.

    Sir,—Apropos of the master builders' proposed apprenticeship scheme, part of which requires a young man to obtain a Technical College certificate before being admitted as ...

    Article : 271 words
  46. TREE-DESTRUCTION IN OUR PUBLIC PARKS.

    Sir,—When is the desolating axe of the authorities that be going to cease its wholesale and merciless destruction of the numberless beautiful trees that adorn our city parks? ...

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  47. THE CLAVERDON, FROM OCEAN ISLAND.

    The steamer Claverdon, with a full cargo of phoaphates from Ocean Island, arrived at Sydney yesterday afternoon, and anchored in quarantine at 5.10 p.m. Upon receiving pratique she proceeded to an ...

    Article : 117 words
  48. TO THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD.

    Sir,—The concluding sentence in your leader on "White Australia" this morning says:— "If immigrants of British race cannot be drawn here," etc. ...

    Article : 228 words
  49. THE TIBERIUS.

    The German steamer Tiberius, which left this port early on the morning of the 16th inst., in defiance of the authorities, who alleged that she was overladen, is expected to signal Breaksea to-day or ...

    Article : 76 words
  50. DIRECT SERVICE NEW ZEALAND-SOUTH AFRICA.

    The Government of New Zealand is inviting tenders from Sydney shipping firms for (1) a direct steam service between New Zealand ports and South Africa, (2) for a service between New Zealand ports and South ...

    Article : 253 words
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