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  2. SYDNEY WATER SUPPLY.

    Mr. Jacob Garrard, the president of the Water and Sewerage Board, has been out of town for a few days, and only returned to his office yesterday morning, when he was seen by a representative of ...

    Article : 687 words
  3. THE BUBONIC PLAGUE.

    Three days have now clapsed without new cases of plague being discovered by the Board of Health. The only event worthy of note yesterday was the death of David Austin, aged 65, residing at ...

    Article : 203 words
  4. THE WEATHER.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 80 words
  5. THE TOWITTA TRAGEDY.

    The trial of Mary Augusta Schippan entered upon its fifth day this morning at the Criminal Court. Sir Josiah Symo[?], who defended the accused girl, intimated that he would not call evidence for the ...

    Article : 1,201 words
  6. SPECIAL CABLES.

    In regard to the abandonment by Miss Roosevelt of her visit to London in connection with the corouation celebrations, it is explained that her inexperience coupled with the ...

    Article : 420 words
  7. COMMONWEALTH NOTES.

    Mr. Barton learned to-day through the medium of the press cable that the King has directed the issuo of Royal letters patent pla[?]ing British New Guinea under the control of the Government of the ...

    Article : 1,019 words
  8. CHINA.

    The settlement at Jehol of the claims of Christian converts for damage done by the Boxers led to riots. Brigands pillaged the district and Kidnapped a Belgian missionary. ...

    Article : 86 words
  9. THE WAR IN SOUTH AFRICA.

    A further batch of Boer prisoners at Hawkins Island, Bermuda, as a protest against the continuance of the war in South Africa, took the oath of allegiance to Great ...

    Article : 75 words
  10. A GOOD DOWNPOUR AT MILLTHORPE.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 106 words
  11. THE SHANGHAI CONSERVANCY BOARD.

    The British and the Japanese, with the support of the Shanghai Chamber of Commerce, are co-operating to [?]l[?]t two shipping representatives on the new Conservancy Board of the ...

    Article : 53 words
  12. THE CAPTURES OF DE WET'S RESERVES.

    Colonel Rimington, in the cave which his column discovered in the Reitz district containing vast quantities of munitions of war, and supposed to be Commandant do Wet's ...

    Article : 88 words
  13. A STARTLING INCIDENT.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 713 words
  14. REFERENCE IN THE WOOLLAHRA COUNCIL,

    The aldermen of the Woollahra Council last evening discussed the plague. The Mayor (Alderman W. F. Latimer, M.L.A.), who presided, reported that three men were engaged in a house to house ...

    Article : 239 words
  15. SUCCESS OF KWANG-SI REBELS.

    The rebels in the province of Kwang-si surprised the mandari[?]s at Kai-clau, everpowered the garrison, and released the prisoners in the gaols. ...

    Article : 80 words
  16. CAPTURES BY THE NEW SOUTH WALES MOUNTED RIFLES.

    The New South Wales 3rd Regiment of Mounted Rifles, under Lieutenant-Colonel C. W. Cox, operating in the eastern portion of the Orange River Colony, captured seven ...

    Article : 51 words
  17. THE BLAGOVESTCHENSK MASSACRES.

    The "Daily Chronicle" reports that General Gribesky, Governor of the Amur province of Siberia, has been cashiered for his cruclty in the Blagov[?]stch[?]nsk massacres. ...

    Article : 132 words
  18. THE CITY COUNCIL.

    A meeting of the health committee of the City Council was held yesterday morning, the Mayor (Alderman Thomas Hughes) presiding. The town clerk read the following progress ...

    Article : 955 words
  19. GENERAL BOTHA.

    General Louis Botha, with 800 men is [?]gered on his farm 25 miles north-east of Vryheid, in the South-eastern Transvaal. ...

    Article : 25 words
  20. THE KING.

    King Edward on his way to Nice will spend two days in Paris. He will probably have an interview with President Loubet. ...

    Article : 30 words
  21. DR. KUYPER'S SUGGESTION.

    Mr. Kruger declares that the correspondence between Dr. Kuyper, the Premier of the Netherlands, and the Marquis of Lansdowne, the British Foreign Minister, with ...

    Article : 60 words
  22. IRELAND.

    Mr. Justice Andrews, in addressing the Grand Jury at the Sligo Assizes, said that the state of the county was highly unsatisfactory. There were 47 branches of the United ...

    Article : 155 words
  23. IMPERIAL POLITICS.

    The discussion upon the resolution for the appointment of a select committee to inquire into contracts for remounts, for the supply of meat to the Army, and into the payment of ...

    Article : 64 words
  24. A COURT EPISODE.

    At the Quarter Sessions yesterday his Honor Judge Heydon referred to a case tried recently at Darlinghurst. He said that he had been given to unde[?] ...

    Article : 299 words
  25. PRISONERS FOR INDIA.

    The transport Bavarian has sailed from Durban with 1000 prisoners for India. ...

    Article : 18 words
  26. THE CABINET MEETING.

    Owing to the illness of Mr. A.J. Ba[?]our, First Lord of the Treasury, the meeting of the Cabinet, which it was intended to hold on Friday last, was postponed till to-morrow. ...

    Article : 38 words
  27. WESTERN AUSTRALIAN CASUALTIES.

    The War Office makes the following corrections:—Sixth Western Australian Mounted Rifles: Sergeant P. J. Daley and Private John Graham Dale were severely wounded ...

    Article : 44 words
  28. THE COMMONWEALTH.

    The Japanese Government, in making announcements in the Di[?]t, expressed the belief that the steps taken for the removal of the discrimination of Japanese in the alicn ...

    Article : 44 words
  29. INVALIDED SOLDIERS.

    The following telegraphic despatches have been received by the Lieutenant-Governor from the chief casualty officer at Capetown:— "Referring to your telegram of February 14, C. J. ...

    Article : 206 words
  30. INTIMIDATION BY MOONLIGHTERS.

    Mounted men, disguised and armed, rode up to the house of Mrs. M'Inerney, near Kilrush, and fired revolvers at the windows. A patrol of police demanded the surrender ...

    Article : 92 words
  31. THE FEDERAL CONTINGENT.

    The third battalion now in camp in the Centennial Park will embark for South Africa in His transport Manhattan (8004 tons) approximately on April 1. The date of the steamer's arrival in Sydney is ...

    Article : 170 words
  32. CONTEOL OF NEW GUINEA.

    The King has directed that letters patent should issue placing Brtish New Guin[?]a under the Commonwealth of Australia, ...

    Article : 27 words
  33. THE MAN NITSCHKE.

    Gustave Nitschke unwisely sallied forth from the Criminal Court at half-past 5 this evening unattended by the usual escort of police. He had listened to Sir Josiah Symon exhaust the vocabulary of opprobrium ...

    Article : 481 words
  34. THE CAPE CONSTITUTION.

    Forty-five members of the Progressive Party in the Cape Colony House of Assembly have signed a petition to the King asking for the suspension of the Constitution of the ...

    Article : 51 words
  35. AFGHANISTAN.

    The Ameer Habibullah, anticipating trouble, has asked the Haddah Mullah to defer his visit to Cabul. It is now not expected that the Mullah will ...

    Article : 42 words
  36. MR. HOLMAN AT FORBES.

    Writing from Forbes under date of March 8, Mr. W. A. Holman, M.L.A., takes exception to an item of country news in the "Herald" of the 6th relating to his visit to Forbes. Mr. Holman writes:— ...

    Article : 202 words
  37. CYCLING IN NEW ZEALAND.

    Great interest was taken in the cycling meeting at Dunedin on Saturday owing to the presence of Martin, Sutherland, and Palmer. Palmer won the two-mile race from Connell by half a wheel, in 4 ...

    Article : 148 words
  38. FEDERAL CAPITAL SITE.

    Letters received from Mr. Bropwn, member of the House of Representatives for Ca[?]oblas, state that the Parliamentary party expects to start on its tour on Friday week, and to reach Orange on the 26th ...

    Article : 49 words
  39. LAND TRANSACTIONS IN THE TRANSVAAL.

    A proclamation issued at Pretoria amend[?]s the Transvaal law relating to the registration of deeds, and provides for the resumption of the right to transfer property from April 15 ...

    Article : 42 words
  40. THE SALVING OF THE PORT PATRICK.

    The action brought by John and William Brown, trading as J. and A. Brown, owners of the tug Champion, against the owners and others interested in the ship Port Patrick for the recovery of £12,000 ...

    Article : 648 words
  41. ITALY.

    Signor Giolitti, the Italian Minister for the Interior, has settled the threatened strike of railway workers by promising the payment of the sum demanded by instalments spread over ...

    Article : 36 words
  42. THE CITY SHOOTING CASE.

    A young man named William Clarke, who was [?]hot by a policeman early on Saturday morning while endeavouring to evade arrest on a charge of assault, died at the Sydney Hospital at 4 o'clock ...

    Article : 389 words
  43. THE RAND GOLD MINES.0

    Thirteen hundred stamps are working on the Rand gold mines. Native labour is scarce. ...

    Article : 21 words
  44. TROOPS COMING HOME.

    The Aberdeen left Cape Colony on March 4. She brings here Captain Jenkins (Sydney Mounted Rifles), Major Lon[?]han (Bush Veldt Carabineers), and 41 men of various corps for Sydney, five for ...

    Article : 49 words
  45. THE PACIFIC CABLE.

    At the invitation of the Telegraph Construction and Maintenance Company, the Lieutenant-Governor, the Mayor, and a number of leading citizens launched aboard the cable steamer Anglia to-day. ...

    Article : 81 words
  46. AN INQUIRY INTO BETTING.

    The committee appointed by the House of Lords to inquire into the practice of betting held a sitting on Saturday morning. The Duke of Devonshire, Lord President of ...

    Article : 197 words
  47. THE POPE'S JUBILEE.

    The Pope on Saturday received the Earl of Denbigh, who headed a mission of congratulation from King Edward on the attainment of the Pope's jubilee. The Pope cordially ...

    Article : 46 words
  48. NEW ZEALAND AND THE WAR.

    Lord Ranfurly, in addressing the Ninth Contingent encamped at Dunedin, said it could not be long before the day arrived when terms of peace must be arranged. Those terms could only be such ...

    Article : 134 words
  49. BREACH OF THE HARBOUR TRUST REGULATIONS.

    In the Summons Division of the Water Police Court yesterday A. Bjorkman, master of the tug Hero, was proceeded against for omitting to aff[?] metal discs on the ropes attaching his vessel to the ...

    Article : 54 words
  50. THE QUEENSLAND ELECTIONS.

    The candidates throughout the State are making a final effort to-night on the eve of the general elections. A number of open-air and other meetings are being held in the city and suburbs. In several ...

    Article : 95 words
  51. MILITARY SERVICE IN NATAL.

    The Legislative Assembly of Natal has passed a resolution strongly favouring compul sory military service. ...

    Article : 25 words
  52. RETURNED SOLDIERS.

    Sergeant Smith, of the Imperial Light Horse, after nine months' fighting at the war in South Africa, recently returned to Sydney. He had a varied experience amongst the Boers. Sergeant ...

    Article : 231 words
  53. A NEW THEORY.

    A correspondent signing himself "Watch" puts forward a new theory with regard to the spread of the plague. His theory is as follows:—"That certain substances, on putrefying, generate a heavy ...

    Article : 140 words
  54. NINTH NEW ZEALAND CONTINGENT.

    A number of sheep and cattle dogs are being shipped with the Ninth Contingent. ...

    Article : 23 words
  55. STRIKE AT DURBAN

    A strike has occurred in the railway work[?] shops at Durban. Seven hundred men are out. The strikers demand an advance of [?]s a day in their wages, an advance which the ...

    Article : 42 words
  56. BREWERS' LICENSE FEES.

    The question of the double payment of brewers' license fees was again before the Police Court today, when the adjourned case, that of Henry Headley, manager of the Albury Brewery, was further heard. ...

    Article : 213 words
  57. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    Messrs. Duveen Brothers, art collectors, who bought from Mr. James Garland, of New York, his collection of Chinese porcelain for £120,000, have resold the collection to ...

    Article : 97 words
  58. THE APPROACHING HOLIDAY.

    A bulletin was posted in the 'Change room yesterday that the Royal Exchange, Stock Exchnnge, the hipping offices, and the merchants' offices and ware[?] [?]ouses will not close on Monday next. ...

    Article : 161 words
  59. THE DISEASE IN BRISBANE.

    Two further cases of plague were reported at Brisbane to-night. The patients are a man named William Alexander Street, residing in Brown-street, New Farm, and Herbert Wood, aged 18, residing in ...

    Article : 219 words
  60. IMMUNITY FROM RINDERPEST.

    It is officially announced in Berlin that a cheap and sure means of giving cattle immunity from rinderpest has been discovered. ...

    Article : 29 words
  61. THE STEAMER ETRURIA.

    The Cunard liner Etruria, which broke her propellor 500 miles from the Azores, and which was picked up by a Leyland liner, has arrived at the island[?] ...

    Article : 39 words
  62. SILVER.

    Bar silver is quoted to-day 1-16d higher [?] 2s 1 1-16d per ounce standard. ...

    Article : 21 words
  63. SIREN SOAP IS ALL SOAP,

    and not soap and water. Will last longer and [?] more work than any other. All grocers, in bars and tablets.—Advt. ...

    Article : 27 words
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