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  2. POLITICAL CRISIS

    When the Legislative Assembly met yesterday afternoon at 4.30 o'clock there was a very small attendance of members, which was to be accounted for mainly by the fact that neither the members of ...

    Article : 8,077 words
  3. VICTORIA.

    The sixtieth anniversary of the opening of St. James[?] Cathedral was celebrated to-day. The festival comprised a celebration of the Holy Communion this morning, and a special choral service this ...

    Article : 86 words
  4. TRAMWAY EMPLOYEES' UNION.

    A meeting of the New South Wales Government Tramway Employees' Industrial Union was held in the Trades' Hall last night to witness the unfurling of a new banner. The ceremony was ...

    Article : 842 words
  5. THE WEAT[?]

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 654 words
  6. STATE PARLIAMENTS.

    In the Legislative Assembly to-day Mr. Fox, a Government supporter, gave notice to move on October 9, that in view of the known deficit in the finances of Queensland and of a further deficiency ...

    Article : 255 words
  7. NEW ZEALAND SHIPPING.

    WELLINGTON.—Arrivals: Oct. 2. Monowai, s., from Sydney: Rimutaka, s., from Hobart Departure: Oct. 2, S. [?]on, s., for Hongkong. PORT CHALMERS.—Arrival: Oct. 2, Ganymede, ...

    Article : 378 words
  8. QUEENSLAND.

    The revenue for September was £244,894, a decrease of £251/318 compared with September last year. This is principally due to the pastoral occupation receipts, from which £258,601 less than in ...

    Article : 188 words
  9. GRAZING AREAS FOR DROUGHT-STRICKEN STOCK.

    The Minister for Lands has decided to make a large area of Crown lands on the Gippsland line, about 100 miles from Melbourne, available as grazing areas for drought-stricken stock in the northern and ...

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  10. RELIEF FOR RETIRED RAILWAY EMPLOYEES.

    A deputation consisting of several members of the Assembly waited on the Acting Railway Commissioner to-day and asked for some relief for railway servants who were forced to retire at the age of 65. ...

    Article : 123 words
  11. THE OUTRIM COLLIERY STRIKE.

    The directors of the Outtrim-Howitt Coal-[?]ing Company intend to decline to meet the district officers of the Victorian Coalminers' Association to confer respecting the claim of the company's coal hewers to ...

    Article : 118 words
  12. SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    The motion to suspend the operation of the Outer Harbour Act was rejected by a majority of 12 in the House of Assembly yesterday. In the Assembly to-day the Premier indicated that ...

    Article : 188 words
  13. MOVEMENTS OF MAIL STEAMERS.

    The R.M.S. Omrah, from London reached Fremantle at 5.20 a.m. yesterday, and subsequently left for Adelaide. The R.M.S. Arcadia, from London, passed [?] ...

    Article : 228 words
  14. THE CHANGSHA.

    The steamer Changsha arrived in Moreton Bay from Japan to-day and left later in the evening. The following are the Sydney passengers:—Mrs. Stewart and maid, Captain Peelles, Messrs. Stewart, ...

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  15. ALLEGED MURDER.

    At the inquest held at Snake Valley to-day concerning the death of Johanna Gorman the jury returned a verdict of wilful murder against a man named Francis Sheehan, who was a relative of the ...

    Article : 200 words
  16. THE STEAMER DUKE OF SUTHERLAND.

    The steamer Duke of Sutherland passed Cairns to-day, only leaking slightly. Later she arrived at Townsville. An endeavour will be made to secure a diver in order to make an examination of the vessel's ...

    Article : 229 words
  17. FIRE AT CIRCULAR QUAY.

    Shortly after midnight a fire occurred amongst a largest[?]ck of straw on Flood's Wharf, Circular Quay. The flames were discovered by Watchman M'Lean, who is employed on the wharf, and he immediately ...

    Article : 436 words
  18. PASSENGERS BY THE DAMASCUS.

    The following passengers have booked by the Aberdeen liner Damascus, sailing at noon to-day, for Natal, Capetown, and London via ports:—Mr. J. W. Butcher, Messrs. Blair (2), Mr. W. Cowley[?] ...

    Article : 226 words
  19. NEW ZEALAND.

    A small band of determined opponents stonewalled the Government bill proposing to pay the Midland Railway debenture holders £150,000 in settlement of their claims against the colony. Eight members of ...

    Article : 52 words
  20. DISAGREEMENT IN THE COUNTRY PARTY.

    The question of the action of the country party in regard to the motion of censure has caused a disagreement among the members who comprise it. One prominent Parliamentarian announced his ...

    Article : 93 words
  21. TASMANIA.

    The contractor Pullen, at Lyell Blocks, was met this morning by unionists, and after an hour's discussion decided not to go on with the contract, and said after hearing both sides that he was quite in accord ...

    Article : 166 words
  22. THE UNION LINERS

    The Wakatipu left Launceston yesterday afternoon for Sydney via Eden. The Monowai arrived at Wellington at 3[?]a.m. yesterday. ...

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  23. INTER-STATE RAINFALLS.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 102 words
  24. INCREASE IN THE GOLD EXPORTS.

    The gold exported from New Zealand last month totalled 57,783oz., of the value of £220,466[?] being the largest return for some years. The quantity exported for the last nine months totalled 327,846oz., of the ...

    Article : 58 words
  25. MUNICIPAL COUNCILS.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 283 words
  26. THE QUEEN'S CORONATION ROBES.

    The following is a description (published by the London "Times") of the robes worn by the Queen at her coronation:—The underskirt was made very plain and the bodi[?] tight fitting, all being of gold ...

    Article : 828 words
  27. THE NEW A.U.S.N. STEAMER WYANDRA.

    An advice received from London by Messrs. Burns, Philp, and Co. states that the now steamer Wyandra, built for the Australasian United Steam Navigation ...

    Article : 271 words
  28. THE EPIDEMIC AT AUCKLAND.

    In reference to the curious epidemic of sickness at Auckland, a medical man at Dunedin states he has concluded that it is a new disease, which he calls African measles owing to its first appearance at ...

    Article : 54 words
  29. THE MURRAY WATERS.

    The Premier received a reply to-day from Sir John See detailing the contents of his wire to Mr. Irvine protesting against the diversion of the Murray waters at Waranga, and stating that the ...

    Article : 94 words
  30. DEPLORABLE CONDITION OF THE INTERIOR.

    The Bishop of Riverina, who has an extensive knowledge of the ravages of the drought in the interior of this State, was interviewed by a representative of the "South Australian Register" at ...

    Article : 490 words
  31. THE MOUNT KEMBLA DISASTER.

    The North Sydney fund for the relief of the sufferers by the recent disaster at Mount Kembla has so far reached the sum of £258 3s 10d, including a contribution of £100 from Mr. James Milson. The ...

    Article : 120 words
  32. FRESH AIR IN COAL MINES.

    In the operations of coal-mining, which, in the United Kingdom alone, produce something over 235,000,000 tons a year, and find employment for nearly three-quarters of a million of people, there is ...

    Article : 534 words
  33. DEBATE IN THE SOUTH AUSTRALIAN PARLIAMENT.

    In the Assembly on Wednesday a resolution moved by the Premier protesting against the Victorian diversion works calculated to interfere with the flow of the River Murray ...

    Article : 170 words
  34. BALMAIN.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 529 words
  35. TOWN HALL RELIEF FUND.

    The committee acknowledge with thanks the following subscriptions:— Amount previously acknowledged...... £10,899 11 2 Collected by the Misses Dalley and ...

    Article : 183 words
  36. SHIPPING RETURN.

    The following is a return, showing the number of ships which have arrived at Sydney during July, August, and September, giving their national ports of departure and total register tonnage:— ...

    Article : 170 words
  37. VIEW OF THE VICTORIAN GOVERNMENT.

    After the stress of the elections Ministers had a little time to-day to look over some matters of importance which cropped up during the campaign. One of these is the protest of the South Australian ...

    Article : 196 words
  38. AN AMERICAN ADMIRAL AND A DUCHESS

    A telegram from Woodsh[?]ll (Mass.), published in the San Francisco "Chronicle" on August 31, says:—There is war in the fleet of Rear-Admiral Higginson—war more real than the make-believe one ...

    Article : 657 words
  39. AGRICULTURAL AND PASTORAL.

    Yesterday afternoon the Farmers and Settlers' Association met. It was decided to co-operate with kindred associations to urge upon the Minister for Lands to personally inspect the timber reserves near ...

    Article : 159 words
  40. THE CATCHMENT AREA.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 330 words
  41. QUEENSLAND AND THE SECESSION MOVEMENT.

    In the Legislative Assembly to-day the debate was resumed on Mr. Plunkett's secession motion. The Minister for Railways, the first speaker, said that they were bound to give federation a fair trial. The ...

    Article : 150 words
  42. THE THEORY OF THUNDERSTORMS.

    No generally accorded theory of thunderstorms has as yet been built up (writes "Engineering"). In special cases we come, perhaps, near the real conditions. Thus Michie Smith has made a very ...

    Article : 442 words
  43. SMITHFIELD AND FAIRFIELD.

    A meeting of the above council was held on September 26. Present: The Mayor (Alderman Anderson), and Aldermen Stimson. Davison, Critchley, Downey, Anthony, and Bellinger. The ...

    Article : 159 words
  44. CASUALTIES.

    An old man named William Warn[?]r, 77, residing in Regent-street, Redfern, was alighting from a tram at the corner of Crown and Albion streets yesterday, when he slipped and fell to the roadway, sustaining ...

    Article : 58 words
  45. ACHIEVEMENTS ON AMERICAN RAILWAYS.

    A correspondent writes to the London "Times":— "Two new record-making achievements by American railway locomotives are reported. On Thursday, July 3, one of the new tandem compound locomotives ...

    Article : 409 words
  46. FATAL FIRE AT BOURKE.

    A fire occurred about 10 p.m. yesterday in a small wooden building in Darling-street, owned by Mr. W. King and occupied by an old-age pensioner named Francis Johnson Wilson. The house was quickly ...

    Article : 159 words
  47. POSSIBLE DEVELOPMENTS.

    There was a good deal of excitement in the lobbies of Parliament House during the whole of yesterday. Meetings of parties were being held in different rooms. They had not terminated even after the ...

    Article : 180 words
  48. A BLIND MAN HURT.

    A blind man named George Evans, 48, residing at 22 Palmer-street, Woolloomooloo, was taken to the Sydney Hospital yesterday suffering from a crushed foot. He alighted from a tram at the Haymarket, ...

    Article : 65 words
  49. THE TAPLIN MEMORIAL.

    Some time ago the committee of the Ashfield Infants' Home decided to testify to their appreciation of the late Miss Louise Taplin's long connection with the home as matron by the erection of a memorial. Competitive ...

    Article : 232 words
  50. GREATER SYDNEY.

    The Northern Suburbs Municipal Committee has on various occasions approached the Public Works Department and urged that steps should be immediately taken to secure an adequate supply of water for the ...

    Article : 77 words
  51. PITT-STREET CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH.

    An entertainment was held under the auspices of the Pitt-street Congregational Literary and Social Union in the Pitt-street Congregational School-hall last night. There was a large attendance, and an ...

    Article : 109 words
  52. ALLEGED FRAUD ON THE RAILWAY COMMISSIONERS.

    The arrest was made last night on a warrant issued by the New South Wales Railway Commissioners of a man described as J. W. Henderson, alias Donald M'Lean, alias J. A. Cameron, alias J. Williams. ...

    Article : 111 words
  53. NEUTRAL BAY DRAINAGE.

    On several occasions the North Sydney Council applied to the Water and Sewerage Board to construct sewers for the purpose of draining the large area on the heights of Neutral Bay near the ...

    Article : 129 words
  54. WOLFE'S SCHNAPPS

    should be in every house at all times in case of necessity. WOLFE'S SCHNAPPS.—Advt. This week's "Sydney Mail" contains photographs ...

    Article : 60 words
  55. THE LABOUR PARTY.

    The Labour party filed into the House at about 10 o'clock at night and took seats on the Opposition [?] It looked as if all was over, and ...

    Article : 752 words
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