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  2. QUEENSLAND.

    Bishop Barlow was tendered a send-off in the form of a conversazione on Tuesday. Speeches were delivered by Mr. Justice Chubb, the Major, Canon Pike, and the Rev. L. Hudson. Addresses were ...

    Article : 124 words
  3. RATNS IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    By far the best rain of the year was recorded yesterday. The summer has been very dry, and even with this fall included the rainfall is below the average for several months. In the past day or two there has ...

    Article : 2,474 words
  4. NEWCASTLE.

    The cavalry and infantry camp at the Newcastle racecourse was pitched to-day, and a large number of troops moved in to-night. The encampment will extend over five days, and it is anticipated that between 800 and 900 men ...

    Article : 652 words
  5. THE EDUCATION BILL.

    So many changes have been introduced into the educational system of England and Wales during the last few years that Mr. W. E. Forster, the author of the famous Act of 1870, would hardly recognise it ...

    Article : 820 words
  6. THE EASTER MANŒUVERS.

    This has been a day of lip service to the rainfall. Every good New South Wales man out here has said of the rain which fell, "Very fine; let us hope it will continue," but he has devoutly wished all the ...

    Article : 861 words
  7. LINNEAN SOCIETY.

    The twenty-seventh annual meeting of the Linnean Society of New South Wales was held at the Linnean Hall, Ithaca-road, Elizabeth Bay, on Wednesday evening. Mr. J. H. Maiden, F.L.S. ...

    Article : 273 words
  8. TRADES AND LABOUR.

    A meeting of members if the Sydney and Suburban Licensed Vanmen was held at the Trades' Hall last evening. Mr. H. Rose presided. The member, of the deputation that waited upon Mr. E. Fosbery ...

    Article : 128 words
  9. MARBLE WORKERS.

    A meeting of members of the Marble-workers Union was held at the Trades' Hall last evening. Mr. R. Ratcliffe was in the chair. Mr. Henry Traveller, of Blayney, a marble contractor, wrote a ...

    Article : 209 words
  10. SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    At a meeting of the Royal Agricultural Society yesterday Mr. T. Hardy, vigneron, said that starlings, not sparrows, took grapes clean off the bunch. The remaining grapes rotted. Good wine could not be ...

    Article : 79 words
  11. AUSTRALIAN SOCIALIST LEAGUE.

    The annual conference of the Australian Socialist League was opened at Mort Hall, Castlereagh-street, last night. There was a large attendance. The principal business was the reading ...

    Article : 286 words
  12. BUBONIC PLAGUE.

    Two additional cases of plague were reported yesterday. The first case recorded was that of George Colley, aged 27, a resident of Dick-street, off ...

    Article : 186 words
  13. THE TAILORESSES' UNION.

    A meeting of the Tailoresses' Union was held at the Queen's Hall on Wednesday night[?] Mr. H. E. Holland presided. It was decided to register under the Arbitration Act, and the rules were amended so as to ...

    Article : 51 words
  14. PARRAMATTA DISTRICT.

    Mr. T. R. Moxham has been in communication with the Public Works Department, asking when the work of improving the upper portion of the Parramatta River will be again gone on with. The work ...

    Article : 112 words
  15. BAULKHAM HILLS TRAM.

    Mr. T. R. Moxham has been informed by the Department of Public Works that the tramway from Parramat[?]a to B[?]lkham Hills will be completed in about two weeks' time, but that the necessary sheds ...

    Article : 63 words
  16. PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL.

    The monthly meeting of the board of directors of the Prince Alfred Hospital was held on Friday last, when there were present Professor Anderson Stuart, M.D., LL.D., in the chair, Hon. Dr. ...

    Article : 307 words
  17. THE CASE AT GUNTHER'S HOTEL.

    Yesterday Mr. Gunther, the proprietor of Gunther's Hotel, at the co[?]er of King and Castlereagh streets, made personal application to the Mayor of Sydney to release the building from quarantine. ...

    Article : 156 words
  18. BUSH FIRES.

    Further reports come in as regards the recent bush fires. Messrs. Moxham Brothers now estimate that it will cost £1000 to make good the damage done to their large orchard. Altogether about 1000 citrus ...

    Article : 110 words
  19. THE COAL EXPORT TRADE.

    The barque Earlscourt arrived to-day from Sydney to load a full cargo of coal for Valparaiso, and the four-masted barque Hougomont arrived from Sydney to load a cargo of coal from the Pacific Co-operative Colliery for San ...

    Article : 213 words
  20. THE FEDERAL CONTINGENT.

    The third battalion of the Federal Contingent was inspected yesterday morning by Brigadier-General Finn (State Commandant). The three companies were formed up on masse when the General arrived, ...

    Article : 392 words
  21. (From the Board at the Telegraph Office.)

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 931 words
  22. THE ULTIMO PUBLIC SCHOOL.

    In consequence of the appearance of a bubonic rat in the Ultimo Public school the building was yesterday closed. In accordance with a joint request from the Department of Public Instruction and ...

    Article : 139 words
  23. THE ARTILLERY AT THE HEADS.

    Last night No. 3 (garrison) company of the New South Wales Artillery paraded at Dawes' Battery, and were subsequently conveyed to South Head, where they will be given the usual Easter instruction ...

    Article : 143 words
  24. YESTERDAY'S HOLIDAY TRAIN TRAFFIC.

    Suburban train travellers last evening and night were somewhat perplexed as to the reason of the stoppages of the trains from Macdonaldtown inward to Sydney, but a glimpse of passing trains ...

    Article : 381 words
  25. ALLEGED ARSON.

    At the City Court to-day a young woman named Annie Davis, alias Annie Pankhurst, [?] was charged with having on the 25th instant "maliciously set fire to one bag of chaff, the property of one Arthur Pankhurst, then being ...

    Article : 194 words
  26. AUSTRALIAN HORSES AS REMOUNTS.

    Mr. B. Gibson, writing with regard to Australian horses as remounts, says that at the present moment he could procure not a few hundred, but a few thousand, at a price ...

    Article : 211 words
  27. THE OUTBREAK AT ULTIMO AND PYRMONT.

    In view of several cases of plague having, within the past week or two, made their appearance in and around the districts of Pyrmont and Ultimo, the Health Department is now making full ...

    Article : 274 words
  28. THE FLYING COLUMN.

    The first, second, third, and sixth squadrons of New South Wales Lancers and "A" Battery of Field Artillery, who are to act as a flying column in a supposed hostile territory for their Easter training, ...

    Article : 598 words
  29. VISIT OF THE PREMIER AND MINISTER FOR WORKS.

    The Premier, Mr. John See, and the Minister for Works, Mr. E. W. O'Sullivan, will visit Newcastle on Saturday next. Mr. O'Sullivan will perform the ceremony of turning the first sod of the proposed new line of tramway from the ...

    Article : 111 words
  30. AUSTRALIAN NATIVES' ASSOCIATION.

    A meeting of the metropolitan committee of the A.N.A. was held on Wednesday evening last. The chairman, Mr. O. Lindsay-Thompson, announced the receipt of a letter from the board of directors, ...

    Article : 132 words
  31. AGRICULTURAL SHOWS.

    The show was continued to-day. The weather was again hot and disagreeable. The attendance notwithstanding was very large, between 4000 and 5000 people being present. Everything passed off ...

    Article : 765 words
  32. BOWLING.

    The simi-final in the championship pairs and bowling champion under the auspices of the Northern District Bowling Association was played on the Lowlands green yesterday. Swain and Yeomans Hamilton Club) defeated Neve ...

    Article : 125 words
  33. LATE MINING.

    Sales and quotations on the Exchange to-day were:—Broken Hill Proprietary, buyer 32s 6d, seller 34s; North Broken Hill, 11s 9d, buyer 11s 9d, seller 11s 10[?]d; South Broken ...

    Article : 446 words
  34. AMUSEMENTS.

    The Lyce[?]m Theatre and the Tivoli Theatre will both be closed to-day, as is customary on Good Friday. At the Empire Theatre the usual performance of ...

    Article : 95 words
  35. BAR HARBOURS.

    The following reports were yesterday received:— Ballina.—14ft. on the bar, 10ft. on inside channel at high water. Camden Haven Heads.—7ft. 10in. on the bar, 6ft. 8in. ...

    Article : 57 words
  36. POLICE PROMOTIONS.

    Se[?]or-sergeant M. D'Arcy has been appointed Acting Sub-inspector; Inspector T. Cameron has been made Acting Superintendent, to take charge of the south-western district (Deniliquin); ...

    Article : 49 words
  37. BUSH FIRES NEAR ST. MARYS.

    The exceptional heat which prevailed yesterday caused the outbreak of several fires in this district. These, fanned by the strong north-yesterday wind, assumed large proportions, doing considerable ...

    Article : 176 words
  38. CHARTERS.

    Deptford, s., 2595 tons, time charter—Australian trade. M[?]el de Larrinaga, s., Australia to South Africa-Produce. Antigua, barque, 1[?] tons, P[?]get Sound to an ...

    Article : 96 words
  39. GOOD FRIDAY CONCERTS.

    This evening Mr. J. Edward Sykes will direct a sacred and classical concert at the Town Hall. M[?] Sara Lewis, a Melbourne soprano who has been especially engaged, will sing "I ...

    Article : 179 words
  40. MILITARY INTELLIGENCE.

    The Officer commanding the Third Commonwealth Contingent has accepted the invitation of the senior chaplain to attend with his regiment the 11 a.m. service at All Saints' Church, Woollahra, on ...

    Article : 42 words
  41. SAILING VESSELS NOW DUE. AT SYDNEY.

    Beech Holm, barque (NGRB), from Hudikswall[?] days. Defiance, brigantine (SLMS), from Whangarel—14 days. Columbia, ship (JKWM), from Port Pirie—7 days. ...

    Article : 188 words
  42. CROWN PROSECUTORS.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 170 words
  43. CASUALTIES.

    A man named George Bethune, 37, was admitted to St. Vincent's Hospital yesterday suffering from injuries received through being go[?]ed by a bull. He was in the service of Colonel Wright and was ...

    Article : 75 words
  44. R.M.S. AUSTRALIA AT FREMANTLE.

    The R.M.S. Australia arrived at daylight yesterday with the following passengers:— For Fremantle: Mr. and Mrs. Walkaden, Mr. and Mrs. Justice Harker, Mr. and Mrs. Leech, Mr. ...

    Article : 227 words
  45. MISS BRANDON USHER AT LEIPZIG.

    The Leipzig "Tageblatt" of February 19 states that "last might Miss Constance Brandon Usher, of Sydney, Australia, played two solo pieces for piano, 'Liebestraum' No. 3 (Liszt) and 'Ballade' (Ab ...

    Article : 152 words
  46. RIFLE SHOOTING.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 290 words
  47. A LIFT ACCIDENT.

    An electrician named James M'Ferran, of 211 Kent-street, was engaged fixing electric wires above the lift of the Sydney Stock Exchange yesterday, when he was crushed between the ...

    Article : 76 words
  48. THE INTERNATIONAL WOMAN'S SUFFRAGE CONFERENCE.

    Letters were received by the last mail from Miss Vida Goldstein, the Australian delegate to the first international woman's suffrage conference, held in Washington, U.S.A., from February 12 to 18. It is ...

    Article : 220 words
  49. MANLY BOWLING AND RECREATION CLUB.

    A three-rink team of Newcastle bowlers is to visit the Manly Club to-day, arriving on the ground at about 12.30 p.m. They will sit down to luncheon in the club's pavilion, and play a match commencing ...

    Article : 162 words
  50. QUEEN VICTORIA HOME FOR CONSUMPTIVES.

    The monthly meeting of the house committee of the Queen Victoria Home for Consumptives at Thirlmere was held at 32 Jamieson-street on Wednesday last. There were present:—Dr. Cecil Purser (in the chair), ...

    Article : 149 words
  51. APPOINTMENTS.

    The undermentioned appointments have been gazetted:— Mr. H. W. Bransgrove to be a member of the Fire Brigade Board for the municipal district of Parkes; his Honor F. W. Gibson, District Court Judge and chairman of ...

    Article : 225 words
  52. DON'T LOOK OLD.

    With advancing years greyness increases. Stop this with Lockyer's Sulphur Hair Bestorer, which darkens to the former colour and preserves the appearance. Lockyer's Restorer is made in England only.—Advt. ...

    Article : 59 words
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