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  2. VICTORIA.

    Goldsbrough, Mort. and Co., Limited, have just negotiated the sale of a small line of extra super clothing wool scoured by William Murray and Son, at 24d per lb. This is the highest price paid for ...

    Article : 52 words
  3. MASTER BUILDERS' ASSOCIATION.

    A meeting of the Master Builders' Association was held last night at 266 Pitt-street. Mr. R. D. Sim[?] presided. A request was received from the Sydney Labour ...

    Article : 195 words
  4. THE YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION.

    The twenty-fourth annual festival of the Y.M.C.A. was held yesterday in the large hall of the institution, Tea was provided in the large hall at 6.30 p.m., and a large number sat down. At the after ...

    Article : 2,551 words
  5. THE COMMONWEALTH PARLIAMENT.

    The President took the chair at half-past 2 o'clock. PETITION. Senator Neild presented a petition from the trades ...

    Article : 2,815 words
  6. RAIN SQUALLS IN MELBOURNE.

    Several rain squalls of an unusually severe nature broke over Melbourne this afternoon. The weather conditions in Hobson's Bay were very unpleasant, and interfered with shipping. ...

    Article : 207 words
  7. THE SEARCH FOR THE KENNIFFS.

    Chief-Inspector Douglas leaves Brisbane again tomorrow in connection with the search for the Kenniffs. A careful system of watching and patrolling is being carried out by the police. Regarding ...

    Article : 162 words
  8. ROYAL AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY.

    A meeting of the council of the Royal Agricultural Society of New South Wales was held at Tattersall's-chambers on Monday[?] the 16th instant, the president of the society, the Hon. John See, being in ...

    Article : 208 words
  9. QUEENSLAND.

    At a meeting of the Mackay Chamber of Commerce to-day the regulation prohibiting vessels from working cargo at Flattop on Sundays was discussed. A resolution was carried drawing the attention of the ...

    Article : 103 words
  10. NEWCASTLE.

    A peculiar instance of the operation of the Customs Act in regard to the sealing of ships' stores has became manifest in connection with the proposals for the illumination of the harbour on Coronation night. There is a big fleet ...

    Article : 144 words
  11. ALLEGED ACCESSORIES AFTER THE FACT.

    Two men named Boyce and Mulholland appeared at the Roma Police Court to-day on remand from Mitchell charged with being accessories after the fact to the murder of Doyle and Dhalke. They were ...

    Article : 50 words
  12. RAILWAY STATION DESTROYED BY FIRE.

    Early on Saturday morning the station building at Mount Edgecombe, Zigzag, was totally destroyed by fire. The flames soon obtained a firm hold, and great volumes of black smoke issued from the ...

    Article : 246 words
  13. BRITISH AND FOREIGN SHIPPING.

    Arrivals: Kiel, s., from Adelaide, via Java; O[?]u, ship, from Timaru; Ethel, barque, from Hobart; Star of Australia, s., from New Zealand ports; Suevl[?], s., from Sydney, via Capetown; Norge, ship, from Melbourne; ...

    Article : 1,025 words
  14. RAINFALLS IN THE STATE.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 134 words
  15. THE COAL EXPORT TRADE.

    The ship Mount Stewart arrived from Sydney to-day to load coal for San Francisco, and the steamer Nithsdale from Melbourne to load mixed coal for Mani[?]a. The ship [?]zon sailed for Manila with 1886 tons of West ...

    Article : 178 words
  16. SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    A meeting of the general committee of the Land Grant Transcontinental Railway League, which was formed a few days ago, was held to-day, and an influential executive committee, consisting mainly of ...

    Article : 81 words
  17. THE WEATHER.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 132 words
  18. STATE REFORM.

    In response to a requisition signed by 70 electors a public meeting was held at the School of Arts last night for the purpose of discussing the question of Parliamentary reform. The meeting was largely ...

    Article : 197 words
  19. ESTATE OF THE LATE MR. J. ANGAS JOHNSON.

    The estate of the late Mr. J. Angas Johnson has been sworn nat to exceed £120,000, the bulk of the property being bequeathed to the testator's relatives. The whole of Mr. Johnson's water-colour pictures, ...

    Article : 57 words
  20. A CUSTOMS CASE DISMISSED.

    At the Port Adelaide Police Court to-day Charles Moore, trading as Moore and Co., was charged by the State Collector of Customs with having made a false declaration and Customs entry on March 21 ...

    Article : 165 words
  21. FOOD FOR STARVING STOCK.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 274 words
  22. BUBONIC PLAGUE.

    At the last meeting of the Alexandria Council a letter was read from the secretary to the Board of Health, in reply to a communication from the aldermen asking to be furnished with detailed particulars ...

    Article : 579 words
  23. PUBLIC SERVICES OF THE COLONIES.

    Dr. Black, one of the Public Service Commissioners of Western Australia, who has been making inquiries in the eastern colonies, states that he confined his attention chiefly to New South Wales and ...

    Article : 75 words
  24. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

    The Speaker took the chair at half-past 2 o'clock. ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL, in answer to Mr. M'Donald[?] said it was not true that the Government ...

    Article : 3,027 words
  25. POLICE RETRENCHMENT.

    The Government has had under notice an order in Council made so long ago as 1848, by which each member of the police force with four years' service can claim an extra 1d per day on his ordinary rate of ...

    Article : 146 words
  26. MOVEMENTS OF MAIL STEAMERS.

    The G.M.S. D[?] arrived at Colombo on the 15th instant, homeward bound. The R.M.S. Rome arrived at Plymouth from Sydney on the 10th instant. ...

    Article : 72 words
  27. THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 293 words
  28. THE ADDERLEY, FROM VANCOUVER.

    The barque Adderly, which left Vancouver, British Columbia, on April [?], with a cargo of lumber, arrived yesterday, and anchored in Watson's Bay at 5.30 p.m. Light variable winds and poor trades were the cause of the long ...

    Article : 57 words
  29. THE SCHOONER IRIS CRIPPLED.

    The Omrah reported on arrival at the Semaphore that the schooner Iris, which left Port Adelaide on Saturday for Western Australia, was down the Gulf flying signals of distress. The steam tug Surprise, ...

    Article : 156 words
  30. THE ISLAND TRADE.

    The steamer P[?], of Messrs. Burns, Philp, and Co.'s Island fleet, arrived at Thursday Island yesterday from New Guinea ports, and will sail again on the 21st instant for Cooktown, via New Guinea. ...

    Article : 45 words
  31. BAR HARBOURS.

    The following reports were received yesterday as to [?] bars along the coast:[?] Tweed Heads.—10ft. on the bar at high-water mark, rise of tide 2ft.; inside channel crooked and narrow, [?] ...

    Article : 85 words
  32. THE AMERICAN AND AUSTRALIAN LINE.

    [?] and Co., Limited, Dangar, [?], and Co., H[?]lder Brothers and Co., Limited, joint agents, [?] the movements of their New York steamers as follows:— The [?]nia arrived Sydney June 14. ...

    Article : 178 words
  33. NEW ZEALAND.

    The Makohine vi[?]duct, on the North Island trunk railway, was opened for traffic to-day by the Minister for Public Works, who said there had never been a better piece of work turned out in any part ...

    Article : 61 words
  34. CASUALTIES.

    A bookmaker named George W. Mahon, aged 48, living at the King's Head Hotel, Elizabeth street, was admitted to the Sydney Hospital about 7 p.m. yesterday suffering from a bullet wound in the head. ...

    Article : 190 words
  35. APPLICATION OF THE TOWNS POLICE ACT.

    For a considerable time past the municipal council of Annandale has experienced some difficulty regarding the non-application of the Towns Police Act to the borough by the magistrates for the district. ...

    Article : 352 words
  36. PRODUCE EXPORT TRADE.

    Mr. Cameron, the Commercial Agent, reports a shortage of Australian supplies of butter in London. This reason has greatly helped the sale of the New Zealand article. ...

    Article : 49 words
  37. THE HOULDER LINE.

    Messrs. Houlder Brothers and Co., Limited, report [?] following movements of the Houlder line steamers:— The U[?]ston Grange sailed Buenos Ayres April 1[?] for the Cape. ...

    Article : 64 words
  38. THE WRECK OF THE MAWHERA.

    The Union Company's liner Mawhera, which recently became a total wreck on a reef near Apataka Island, in the Paumoto Group, was formerly engaged in the Wellington coastal trade, but for the ...

    Article : 203 words
  39. CHINA NAVIGATION COMPANY.

    The T[?] leaves Melbourne for Hongkong and [?] via Newcastle and Sydney, on 19th instant. She is due i[?] Sydney on the 25th instant, and sails for China and Japan via ports, on Wednesday, the 25th, at 4 p.m. ...

    Article : 143 words
  40. A LABOURER INJURED.

    A man named William Murphy, aged 31, a labourer, living in Park-street, Camperdown, and employed at Warren's brick works, St. Peters, was injured about midnight yesterday. He was working ...

    Article : 127 words
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