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  2. THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

    The council of the Albury Freetrade and Liberal Association has agreed to run Mr. F. W, Tietyen[?], local solicitor, for the Hume on condition that other centres of the electorate co-operate. ...

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  3. WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

    The Government is arranging a Parliamentary trip to the Caves, Margaret River, and Karridale. The party will start on Friday week, and the trip will probably extend over four days. ...

    Article : 286 words
  4. NEWCASTLE. '

    At Wallsend Police Court to-day the Caledonian Coal-mining Company, Limited, proceeded by summons against six youths employed at the West Wallsend Colliery for having broken their contracts ...

    Article : 448 words
  5. SHIPPING REPORTS,

    Custom house.—Entered outwards February 25, Tambo, s., for Hobart, via Eden; Moresby, s., for New Guinea and New Britain, via Newcastle; Titus, s., for Lord Howe, Norfolk, and other islands, Arawatta, s., ...

    Article : 359 words
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  7. THE WEATHER.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 67 words
  8. SALES OF SHIPPING.

    English advices state:— The steel barque Garrymount has been purchased by Mr. Guiseppe D'Ali, of Trapani, Sicily. The iron ship Mountstuart, 1158 tons register, built i[?] ...

    Article : 108 words
  9. RAIN IN QUEENSLAND.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 118 words
  10. SAILING VESSELS DUE.

    Adderley, barque (PLDB), from Tacoma—53 days. Aladdin, ship (JTVG), from Java—112 days. Battinin Accame, barque (NGPJ), from Table Bay—42 days. ...

    Article : 122 words
  11. THE MAIL STEAMERS.

    The French mail steamer Polynesien, from Sydney January 21, arrived at Ma[?]seilles on the 24th instant, at 7 a.m., one day ahead of contract time. ...

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  12. SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    The inter-State lawn tennis matches, Victoria v. South Australia, were continued to-day. A strong wind, especially in the morning, made accurate play rather difficult. The totals for the day were:— ...

    Article : 88 words
  13. PASSENGERS PER R.M.S. SONOMA, SAILING TO-DAY.

    The following list of passengers has been booked by the R.M.S. Senoma, leaving the east side of Circular Quay at 2 p.m. to-day for San Francisco, via ports, including through bookings to London and other centres:— ...

    Article : 308 words
  14. PHOTOGRAPHY IN NATURAL COLOURS.

    Mr. H. Snowden Ward, F.R.P.S., writing in "Knowledge" says that the M'Donough-Joly process "has just reached the point of thorough practicability, and in a few months it ought to be possible ...

    Article : 320 words
  15. THE SOCIALIST LABOUR CANDIDATES.

    A public meeting in connection with the candidature of the ancialist labour party for the Senate was held at the Captain Cook Hotel, Kent-street, last night. Mr. George Lake occupied the chair. ...

    Article : 135 words
  16. ARRIVALS AT FOREIGN PORTS.

    The Danish barque Esmeralda, which left Melbourne on November 9 for East London, arrival at her destination on the 9th ultimo. The barque Killeena arrived at Bahia Blanca on ...

    Article : 319 words
  17. MISHAP TO THE G.M.S. STETTIN.

    The G.M.S. Stettin, 2478 tons, arrived off Cape Moreton on Friday night. Owing to a broken ecentric she did not berth at Pinkenba till this afternoon. Temporary repairs were effected at ...

    Article : 76 words
  18. VISIT OF THE FEDERAL MINISTRY.

    A special meeting of the executive committee appointed by the citizens to make arrangements for according a fitting reception to the members of the Federal Ministry on the occasion of their ...

    Article : 285 words
  19. THE NEWCASTLE LABOUR CANDIDATE.

    The work of counting the votes recorded by the members of the labour leagues throughout the district for the selection of a candidate to contest the electorate of Newcastle in the Federal House of ...

    Article : 132 words
  20. PASSENGERS PER R.M.S. MIOWERA.

    The following passengers booked by the Canadian-Australian R.M. liner Miowera, Captain F. A. Hemming, which sailed yesterday for Vancouver, via ports:—Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Oatts, Mr. P. Manifold, Mr. F. H. Whittle, Miss ...

    Article : 85 words
  21. MINING ON PRIVATE PROPERTY.

    The Black Range Mining League which recently applied to the Minister for Mines urging various reforms in the Mining on Private Property Act, and in other matters, has received a reply stating that it is ...

    Article : 238 words
  22. PASSAGES ENGAGED BY THE R.M.S. BRITANNIA.

    The following passages had been engaged by the P and O. Company's Britannia to London date January 17:- Mr. P. T. Addison, Mr. and Miss Allen, Mrs. and Miss Alderman Mr. and Mrs. John Brooks, Lieutenant L. R. ...

    Article : 383 words
  23. THE TEETH OF THE NATION.

    If we were truly a military nation, we certainly (the "Hospital" says) should give more attention to the children's teeth than we do at the present time. A committee of the British Dental ...

    Article : 461 words
  24. ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE VICTORIAN ELECTIONS.

    The writs far the election of members of the Senate will be issued about March 1, and the elections for both Senate and the House of Representatives will take place on M[?]h 29. In order to ...

    Article : 116 words
  25. THE VALUE OF A PENNYWORTH OF COAL AT SEA.

    A ton of cargo is carried 550 miles for a pennyworth of coal, says "Engineering." This is the result achieved by two steamers, the Inchdune and Inchmario, belonging to the Inch line of steamers, owned by Messrs. Hamilton, ...

    Article : 212 words
  26. THE CITY COUNCIL.

    The fortnighly meeting of the City Council was held in the council chambers to-night. The Mayor, Alderman W. J. Ellis, presided. A Mayoral minute was submitted suggesting that an application should ...

    Article : 187 words
  27. PASTORAL INTELLIGENCE.

    The stock passings for last week are as follows:— 7O0O ewes, from Lila Springs to Sales, travelling south, Tobin and Sons owners, F. Dalaney in charge; 7800 wethers from Berida to Bathurst, Sutherland ...

    Article : 471 words
  28. THE DEFENCE DEPARTMENT.

    Sir John Forrest arrived this morning from Sydney and spent the day conferring with Captain Collins, the Secretary of the Victorian Defence Department, as to the conditions under which the militia and the ...

    Article : 57 words
  29. THE TRANSATLANTIC TRADE.

    The immense traffic across the Atlantic is thus described by "Engineering":—Last year 838 vessels arrived at New York with passengers and they landed 137,852 first and second cabin passengers, and 403,491 persons who had ...

    Article : 576 words
  30. BOULDER LINE.

    Messrs. Houlder Brothers and Co., Limited, report the following movements of their steamers:- Hornby Grange was at Newcasle[?]on-Tyne on January 3, Ovingdean Grange sailed from Las Palmas on December ...

    Article : 131 words
  31. THE RUNIC.

    The Runic, a sister ship to the Persic and Medic, and the latest of the ships built for the White Star Australian line, berthed at the Quay yesterday. She is of 12,000 tons, and a detailed description of her dimensions ...

    Article : 289 words
  32. TASMANIAN ELECTIONS.

    Writs for the Federal House of Representatives will be issued in Tasmania on March 13, nominations will be received from the 18th to 22nd, and the election will take place on the 29th. The Senate ...

    Article : 80 words
  33. THE MINERS' ACCIDENT FUND.

    The conference of mining lodges convened to consider the provisions of the Miners' Accident Relief Act his recommended a number of amendments, including the following:—1. That payment be made ...

    Article : 261 words
  34. THE UNION LINE.

    The Oonah arrived at Hobart at 2 p.m. yesterday, and leaves that tort again for Sydney at 5 p.m. to-day. The Whangane is loading at Timaru sails on Saturday next for Sydney. ...

    Article : 44 words
  35. FRANCE AND AUSTRALIA.

    The Paris correspondent of the "Daily News" writing to that paper on January 2, laid:—"The birth of the Australian Commonwealth is not much noticed by the French, or, indeed, the Continental ...

    Article : 626 words
  36. THE NEW LOAN.

    Sir,—In the cable news contained in your to-day's columns it is announced that the New South Wales Government has placed Treasury bills to the amount of £1,000,000 at 4 per cent., with a currency of four ...

    Article : 931 words
  37. BERTHING.

    The Sonoma yesterday came to a berth at the Quay, at the M.M. Company's Wharf. The Yawata Maru came in yesterday to a berth at the Japan Mail Company's Wharf at the Quay. ...

    Article : 51 words
  38. BOER PRISONERS AT CEYLON.

    The transport Catalonia, which arrived at Colo[?] on January 9, carried to Ceylon a number of Boer prisoners. The "Ceylon Observer" says; "There are 612 prisoners on board and 19 officers under a[?] ...

    Article : 609 words
  39. HARBOUR REMOVALS.

    The U. S. transport Celtic will to-day be taken from Sutherland Deck to the stream. The steamer Pacifique berths at the M.M. wharf this morning. ...

    Article : 80 words
  40. THE COAL EXPORT TRADE.

    The quantity of coal exported to places beyond the State during the week ended at noon on Saturday was 78,113 tons, thus establishing a new record for the port. The previous record for one week was ...

    Article : 383 words
  41. CHARTERS.

    Alnwick, s., 8019 tons, Melbourne to United Kingdom or Continent—wheat. Munter, barque, 951 tons, Melbourne to South Africa— wheat. ...

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  42. THE SHIP-BUILDING TRADE.

    When many industries are bewailing a falling-off of orders, and a disappearance of the margin between costs and selling price, it is pleasant to find that the shipbuilding trade has still fair prospects (says "Engineering.") ...

    Article : 334 words
  43. NEW ZEALAND SHIPPING.

    The barque Northern Chief was docked at Auckland last week for an overhaul. This vessel loads kauri for Sydney. The barque Empreza arrived at Thames on the 14th ...

    Article : 127 words
  44. A PIONEER IN MECHANICAL ENGINEERING.

    "Engineering," in writing of the disappearance from Lambeth of the ancient engineering firm of Maudslay, Sons, and Field, says that but for the ingenious skill of the first Henry Maud[?]lay and the ...

    Article : 531 words
  45. THE FRUIT-SHIPPING SEASON AT HOBART.

    Regarding the additional opportunities that will be offered this season to fruit shippers to England, it is satisfactory to note the extension of the dry-air system, which is carried by the White Star liners and Holt's new line ...

    Article : 238 words
  46. STEAMERS CALLING AT HOBART THIS SEASON.

    The R.M.S. Arcadia, the first of the P. and O. line to make Hobart the first port of call during the 1901 fruit season, left Sydney on Wednesday last. As will be seen from the subjoined list the fruit shipments from Hobart in ...

    Article : 200 words
  47. MESSAGES FROM THE SEA.

    Mr. A. W. Andersen, acting Government meteorologist, Brisbane, forwards the following:- Current paper cast adrift from the F.M.S. Polynesien by Commander Boulard, on January 18, 1897, in 1st. 29·47 s., ...

    Article : 646 words
  48. THE HAND-PRINT OF A MONKEY.

    The many remarkable problems connected with the lines on monkeys' hands are discussed by Mr. R. Lydskker in "Knowledge." A clue to the causes of the patterns formed in the palm, he says, "seems to ...

    Article : 304 words
  49. ALLEGED ASSAULT AND ROBBERY.

    At the City Police Court to-day, John Malone, 26, coal-trimmer, Joseph May, 22, labourer, and John Somers, 20, labourer, were committed to take their trial at the March sittings of the Newcastle Court of ...

    Article : 69 words
  50. THE SENATE.

    Mr. Norton addressed to-night one of the largest meetings ever held in Goulburn, the Oddfellows' Hall being crowded. Amongst the audience were several hundred ladies. Mr. Norton declared that on no ...

    Article : 183 words
  51. WHAT IS EDUCATION?

    Educationalists have often mistaken ("Engineering" says) the conveyance of information for the process of education, and they have not remebered that a man may know a great many things and y[?] ...

    Article : 142 words
  52. A FATAL BURNING ACCIDENT.

    The City Coroner conducted a magisterial inquiry at the Lemongrove Hotel, Wallsend, this afternoon, into the circumstances surrounding the death of a child named Margaret Esteli Platt, 4½ ...

    Article : 274 words
  53. NEW STEAMER FOR THE GERMAN AUSTRALIAN LINE.

    The latest addition to the German-Australian line is the steamer Kiel, which arrived here yesterday on ber maiden voyage from Hamburg, Antwerp, Capetown, and Port Elizabeth. She is a wholesome specimen ...

    Article : 126 words
  54. NOVEL MARINE INVENTION.

    An Italian engineer, O. Becchioni, has invented a contrivance for the prevention of collisions upon the high areas. In its main feature the invention consists of a small boat, constructed after the pattern of the Whitehead torpedo, which ...

    Article : 250 words
  55. RIFLE SHOOT[?]NG.

    Private A. Kefford, of the volunteers, on Saturday put up 68 points at 600 and 600 yards, making 34 at each range. In the last five shootings Kefford has made a total of 334, an average of 68 4-5 per shooting. ...

    Article : 48 words
  56. SENATORIAL ELECTIONS IN QUEENSLAND.

    Information has been received at Rockhampton [?]at Mr. John Ferguson left London last week and will arrive in time for the senatorial elections. I A large and influential requisition to ask him to ...

    Article : 340 words
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