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  2. OUR RAILWAYS.

    Sir,—I wish to draw your attention to the way in which travellers are treated on the journey to and from Bourke on the Western line. On arrival at Dubbo the sleeping car is ...

    Article : 364 words
  3. METHODIST GENERAL CONFERENCE.

    The sessions of the first General Conference of the Methodist Church of Australasia were continued to-day, the president, the Rev. Dr. Fitchett, in the chair. The discussion on the ...

    Article : 1,742 words
  4. ROYAL NAVAL RESERVE.

    The enrolment of the first batch of men for the Australasian branch of the Royal Naval Reserve, which is about to be formed under the terms of the Naval Agreement of 19[?]3, took place last evening at ...

    Article : 678 words
  5. COUNTRY NEWS.

    Some fictitious Commonwealth P.O. orders have been passed on local tradesmen during the last few days. Two for £5 and £10 were presented for payment. The imitation is good ...

    Article : 91 words
  6. THE COMMONWEALTH PARLIAMENT.

    The Speaker took the chair at half-past 2 o' clock. CONCILIATION AND ARBITRATION BILL. The House went into committee on the ...

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  7. EMPIRE DAY

    Sir,—The interesting news in your cables of Thursday and Friday last relative to "a widespread" celebration of an Empire Day deserves especial notice. The late beloved ...

    Article : 855 words
  8. RAID ON-CHINESE GAMBLERS.

    On Sunday night the police raided a Chinese cookshop in Sloano-street, and arrested the proprietor on a charge of keeping a gaming-house, also 15 other Chinese and one European ...

    Article : 67 words
  9. PICTURE GALLERY FOR THE BARRIER.

    Towards the end of last year Dr. Booth suggested the establishment of a public picture gallery at Broken Hill, pointing out that the nucleus of this might be formed by the ...

    Article : 217 words
  10. TO THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD.

    Sir,—The question of the discontinuance of the week-end excursions to Goulburn and Bathurst has caused such an amount of adverse comment, and has been the subject of ...

    Article : 1,524 words
  11. MUNICIPAL.

    The returning officer at the Town Hall to-day declared Mr. Jabez Wright elected unopposed to the vacancy in the Municipal Council for Stuart Ward, caused by the ...

    Article : 75 words
  12. NEWCASTLE.

    An interesting case to the mining community was heard at the Newcastle police court to-day, before Mr. Scott, S.M., arising out of the strike at the Teralba collieries in January last, when certain miners ...

    Article : 848 words
  13. DANGER OF ELECTRIC WIRES.

    At the last meeting of the Fire Brigades Board a report was read from the chief officer in regard to a call to a fire in Clarence-street on the morning of May 6. An examination of the premises and an ...

    Article : 395 words
  14. SOUTH COAST.

    Marble headstones are being placed over the graves of the unknown dead recovered from the Bulli colliery explosion. NOWRA, Tuesday. ...

    Article : 79 words
  15. THE BULLI MINES.

    For the pay to be distributed next Saturday. Woonona pit will have two days and South Bulli seven days. This is the lowest wage for some time past. ...

    Article : 412 words
  16. AMERICAN VIEW OF THE BRITISH NAVY.

    A notable American public man has just visited London. This is Commodore Melville, formerly Engineer-in-Chief of the United States Navy, who has had a brilliant career since he joined the Northern Navy ...

    Article : 289 words
  17. CLOSING OF GOVERNMENT SAVINGS BANKS ON SATURDAY NIGHTS.

    Sir,—Would you kindly draw the attention [?] the "powers that be" to the inconvenience that the working people are subjected to since the closing of the Government Savings Bank on ...

    Article : 390 words
  18. SOCIALISM (LABOUR?) VERSUS MONOPOLY.

    Sir,—As the a[?]e is to be put to the root of the tree of monopoly by the present Federal Government, would it not be advisable to begin by attacking one which is ever encroaching and throwing out new stems, and— ...

    Article : 901 words
  19. THE COAL EXPORT TRADE.

    The German barque Lita cleared at the Customs to-day for Valparaiso, for orders, with 2742 tons of West Wallsend coal; the steamer Norkoowa for Melbourne, with 2200 tons of coal; the steamer Chillagoe ...

    Article : 315 words
  20. BIG TREES.

    Sir,—I beg to enclose a letter from Prof. C. S. Sargent, of the Arnold Arboretum. Harvard University, U.S.A., in regard to my article, "Where are the largest trees in the world?" which appeared in the ...

    Article : 141 words
  21. Arnold Arboretum, Harvard University.

    My dear Mr. Maiden,—I am very much obliged to you for sending me the copy of the "Sydney Morning Herald" with your article about the "Big Trees of Australia and America." What you say about the ...

    Article : 547 words
  22. THE ATTITUDE OF GERMANY.

    Sir.—Your article of Thursday last on the possibilities of the German attitude during the struggle between Russia and Japan may be expected to cause more attention to be given to that Power's designs thatn would ...

    Article : 303 words
  23. THE MONTH'S REVENUE.

    The revenue collected at the Newcastle Customhouse during the month of May was as follows:—Harbours and light rates, £906 10s 4d; pilotage, £1121 17s 11d; removal dues, £692 10s; duty and excise, ...

    Article : 32 words
  24. A MODERN VIKING.

    The Odessa papers state that of 30 gunners who worked the guns of the Variag in her glorious fight at Chemulpho, only three returned to Odessa. Nearly all the ...

    Article : 370 words
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