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  2. A JOHANNESBURG SUNDAY.

    Old R[?]ndites can perhaps imagine the rejoicings at Johannesburg yesterday when the British flag was unfurled at Johannesburg. For Johannesburg is the Chicago of South Africa, and there has been no ...

    Article : 550 words
  3. NEW ZEALAND SHIPPING.

    Arrival: Deflance, brigantine, from Newcastle, at Kaipars, Departure: Tokomaru, s., for London, from Wellington. (For Continuation of Shipping Intelligence see Page 8.) ...

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  5. BUBONIC PLAGUE. OASES FOR TWO DAYS.

    On Saturday six cases of bubonic plague were discovered: Stanley O[?]kes, of Balmain; James Wilson, of Rose Bay, Richard Jones, of Burwood; John Fox, of the Quarantine Station[?] John Peard, of ...

    Article : 542 words
  6. DREDGE MINING IN NEW SOUTH WALES.

    A short time ago, at the invitation of one of the principals, Mr. D. Marks, on behalf of the company, the Minister for Mines (Mr. J. L. Fegan), accompanied by Mr. D. C. M'Lachian (Under-Secretary), ...

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  7. STREET DISTURBANCES.

    Considerable excitement was apparent in some of the crowded streets of the city on Saturday night consequent upon rumours that a collision was imminent between some of the soldiers from Victoria ...

    Article : 441 words
  8. LETTER FROM THE FRONT.

    Private George E. Jordo[?], of Ryde, who left for Africa with the New South Wales Army Medical Corp, has written a letter to his sister, Mrs. James Sta[?]bury, of Hyde from Bloomfontein, dated April ...

    Article : 276 words
  9. THE THIRD CONTINGENT.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 311 words
  10. HOW MAJOR EDDY DIED.

    The correspondent of the "Dundes Advertiser" (and also of the "Daily News"), writing from Burghersdorp on March 2[?], says:—I had a good many opportunities of chatting with Boero during the ...

    Article : 897 words
  11. WATER CONSERVATION SCHEME.

    A six days sitting of the land board closed yesterday. An application by the Broken Hill Proprietary Company for the special lou[?]e of about half a square mile on Mundi Mundi for the purposes of water ...

    Article : 263 words
  12. THE MAIL STEAMERS.

    The French mail steamer Polynesien left Noumea on Saturday morning at 9 o'clock, and may be expected in Sydney to-morrow (Tuesday) morning. The R.M.S. Australian, which left Sydney on April 18, ...

    Article : 79 words
  13. OUTBREAK IN BRISBANE.

    There are no further developments of the plague. The patients Asper[?]ell and Bishop will be released to-morrow, and O[?]everman in about a week. All contacts in Bachman's case will also he released ...

    Article : 48 words
  14. THE IVAN[?]E, FROM THE ISLANDS.

    The Ivanhoe, belonging to Messrs. Burns. Philip, and Co., Limited, arrived last night in harbour, and reports leaving Samarai, British New Guine[?], on April 1[?] with a carg[?] composed of sulphur, shell and gold-bearing stone ...

    Article : 84 words
  15. THE QUERN'S CHOCOLATE BOXES.

    It may be stated that Messrs. Sleath and O'Con[?]r, Ms. L. A., while on their visit to South Africa, were entrusted with a number of the Queen's chacolate boxes to bring over to New South Wales and ...

    Article : 104 words
  16. OUR EMPIRE NOT AGGRESSIVE.

    "What is this Empire which we have so much (at heart [?]" is a question which Lord Rosebery at a meeting of the Edinburgh Unity of the Empire Association asked and at the same time answered. He ...

    Article : 312 words
  17. THE FULTALA.

    The British India Company's steamer Fultala yesterday arrived from Calcutta, vis Adelaide and Melbourne, and berthed at the Circular Quay. She left on the 3rd ultimo, Singapore on the 9th, and had a fine weather passage. ...

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  18. PRECAUTIONS AT FIJI.

    The maximum period of quarantine for vessels arriving at Fiji from plague-infected ports without any case of plague having occurred on board during the voyage, has been reduced from 15 to 12 days. It ...

    Article : 83 words
  19. THE LORTON.

    The barque Lorton reports leaving Natal on April [?] in ballast for Sydney en route to Newcastle. The ship has called for docking. She had a fine run to Tasmania (May 14[?] and then got enterly gales and thick henry rain until ...

    Article : 73 words
  20. ENTERTAINMENT TO NEW ZEALAND SOLDIERS.

    At the invitation of Mr. C. W. Marter about 50 New Zealanders met at the Arcadia Hotel on Saturday evening to arrange for the entertainment of the soldiers of the New Zealand ...

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  21. ARRIVAL OF A NEW TYSER STEAMER.

    On Saturday last the new steamer Indradevi arrived from London, via Melbourne. She is a fine type of the cargo carrier, her gres[?] tonnage being 5680 tons, and her dimensions, length 420[?]t, and beam 53ft. Her carrying ...

    Article : 152 words
  22. TO THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD.

    Sir,—Mr. Frank Dyson, in your issue of the 31st ultimo, cites Pariset to show that plague did not appear in the Orient until 542 A. D., and for himself says that history records no trace of an epidemic in ...

    Article : 138 words
  23. CHURCH NEWS. CANON TUCKER AT ST. ANDREW'S CATHEDRAL.

    Last night Canon Tucker, of Melbourne, preached to a large congregation at St. Andrew's Cathedral. The service was fully choral. Canon Tucker preached from the text I. ...

    Article : 164 words
  24. CHARTERS.

    Edward, brig, Clarence River to Wellington, thence timber Kaipara to Fre[?]antle. Rotum[?], [?], Sydney to South Sea Islands and back—time charter. ...

    Article : 52 words
  25. A MESSSAGE FROM MA[?]EKING.

    Mr. Hunt, son of the inspector of schools at Dubbo, and brother to Mr. C. T. Hunt, teacher in the Hurwood Superior Public School, has sent from Mafeking to his relations in this colony a ...

    Article : 90 words
  26. KENNEL CLUB EXHIBITION.

    Saturday was the closing day of the annual exhibition of the Konnel Club held at the Exhibitionbuilding. The attendance throughout the day and in the evening was a large one. The total receipts ...

    Article : 116 words
  27. LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL APPOINTMENTS.

    The news of Mr. John Meagher's appointment to the Legi[?]tive Council was received with general satisfaction by the townspeople. ...

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  28. REMOVALS AND DOCKS.

    The R.M.S. Miowera moves to-day from the Quay to Mort's Dock. The barque Limari will be towed from Central Wharf to Mort's Dock to-day. ...

    Article : 63 words
  29. COAL FREIGHTS AND CHARTERS.

    Under Newcastle date the 1st instant, Mr. R. B. Wallace reports:— A plentiful supply of tonnago for San Franci has reduced the freight to 17s 6d[?] with but little inquiry. The ...

    Article : 304 words
  30. ST. JOHN'S, DARLINGHURST.

    The Rev. E. Lampard, B.A., who has been appointed to the rectorship of Holy Trinity Church, Miller's Point, preached farewell sermons at St. John's, Darlinghurst, on Sunday, both morning and ...

    Article : 144 words
  31. GROUNDING OF THE MOANA.

    The R.M.S. Moana, whilst leaving the port with a flood fide on Saturday afternoon went aground on the [?]andbank in North Harbour, where she remained fast for several ...

    Article : 65 words
  32. MEMORIAL FONT.

    To perpetuate the memory of the late Private S. C. Atehison, killed in an action of Colon[?]o on February 22, residents of Epping (at one time known as Car[?]grord), including the children of the district, ...

    Article : 183 words
  33. SOUTH AFRICAN SHIPPING.

    The German four-masted barque Barm[?]ek left Capetown May 5 for Newcastle. The German barque Albany arrived at Natal on the 9th ultimo from Adelaide. ...

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  34. THE A.M.P. LONDON OFFICE.

    Sir,—Although the board, like our worthy soldiers in South Africa, are evident believers in "if you don't succeed at first, try, try, try, again," I think it would have been more satisfactory both to ...

    Article : 469 words
  35. PRESENTATIONS.

    To celebrate the approaching marriage of his eldest son, Mr. Robert Fowler, jun., the Hon. Robert Fowler, M. L. C., gave a banquet to his employees and a number of his personal friends, representing ...

    Article : 602 words
  36. ST. JOSEPH'S, CAMPERDOWN.

    Yesterday morning Cardinal Moran paid a visit to St. Joseph's Church, Camperdown, and presided at the 10 o'clock Mass. There was a crowded congregation. The Rev. Father Holland, assisted by the ...

    Article : 192 words
  37. THE DAMAGE TO THE VIDYLIA.

    An Adelaide exchange says that the German barque Vidylin has sustained more damage in the gale which threw her on her beam ends than was at first supposed, and it is probable that the cost of putting her in shipshape ...

    Article : 132 words
  38. SHIPPING SALE.

    Auckland exchanges note that the fine iron clipper barqu[?] Clan M'Leod, 100 A[?], has just been purchased by Mr. J. J. Craig, of Auckland, who will run her in the [?] trade. The Cl[?]n M'Leod has been trading between New ...

    Article : 90 words
  39. PATRIOTIC FUND.

    Mr. Stihb[?]rt, the local treasurer to the Bushmen's Contingent Fund, has remitted the sum of £25 14[?] to the hon treasurer ni Sydney. ...

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  40. PRINCESS OF WALES AND THE NAVAL BRIGADE.

    The following message has been received by Captain the Hon. H. Lambton (who rendered such excellent service at Ladysmith) at Portsmo[?]th from H. R. [?] the Princes of Wales, from Copenhagen:—"My ...

    Article : 94 words
  41. NEW CALEDONIA SHIPPING.

    The Noumea correspondent of the "Sydney Morning Herald," under date the 31st ultimo, notes movements of shipping as under:— The St. Louis is to leave for Sydney, via Bair, this ...

    Article : 141 words
  42. LLOYD'S PATRIOTIC FUND.

    A telegran was received at the Treasury on Saturday from the Agent-General in London as follows:—"Lloyd's Patroitic Fund has handed me £1000 as a preliminary grant for the benefit of the ...

    Article : 70 words
  43. NEW ZEALAND SHIPPING NOTES.

    The steamship Pa[?]roa left Capetown on the 20th [?] for New Zealand. The barquentine Senorita, lately purchased by he Northern Union Stamship Company, of Auckland, has been ...

    Article : 210 words
  44. DR. CONAN DOYLE AND THE TROOPS.

    In the " Bloemfontein Friend" Dr. Conan Doyle given the following graphic picture of the troops:— "I watched them—ragged, bearde[?], fierce-eyed infanty—struggling along, under a cloud of dust. ...

    Article : 341 words
  45. RANDWICK PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.

    The committee of management of this church has accepted the tender of Mr. William Webster, Randwick, amounting to £1170, for the building of a ma[?]se, which will be erected on ground adjoining ...

    Article : 99 words
  46. A SALVAGE PARTY'S EXPERIENCE AT THE QUEEN CRISTINA.

    Captain R. S. Taylor, the Brisbane representative of Lloyd's, who, in company with Captain C. E. Bird, R.N.R., of this city, went up to float the stranded steamer Queen Cristina, a steel vessel of 3500 tons, stranded on Li[?]ou ...

    Article : 507 words
  47. ENDING OF THIS WAR.

    A meeting of the Mine Managers' Association was held last night. It was agreed that all the mines should participate in the [?] celebration on Wednesday next. Arrangements generally promise ...

    Article : 82 words
  48. PUBLIC SERVICE REGULATIONS.

    Some new regulations relating to the Public Service appear in the "Government Gazette." They are as follow:— Periodical Grading under section 9 of the Public ...

    Article : 628 words
  49. SAILING VESSELS DUE.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 95 words
  50. QUEENSLAND VOLUNTEERS.

    The invalided soldiers who were sent from South Africa on the Moravian arrived here by mail train on Friday night. A procession was formed at the Treasury Buildings, and matched ...

    Article : 159 words
  51. TH[?] WESTERN RIVERS.

    Sir,—A perusal of an able letter from ex-Judge Fo[?] on the "Drought Problem of tim West, " which appears i[?] to-day's "Rer[?]ld," seems to call for an expression of opinion on, at least, a portion of the subjects upon which ...

    Article : 476 words
  52. A WITNESS OF THE WAR.

    The most striking sentence in an address which Sir Howard Vincent delivered recently to the Imperial United Service Institution was (the "Daily Graphic" says) that "when our troops come back ...

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  53. THE WESTERN DIVISION.

    Sir—As an old colonist and one of the Western [?] may I be allowed to endorce the sensible and peached suggestions made by Mr. F. Cotton in a letter recently publi[?]hed in your paper? ...

    Article : 244 words
  54. UNDEMONSTRATIVE STATE EMPLOYEES.

    The action of the servants' committee of the Metropolitan Board of Works in recommending the dismissal of three of its officers (two Swis and one German) for holding aloof from the demonstration of ...

    Article : 117 words
  55. THE COUNTRY MINISTRY AND LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL APPOINTMENTS.

    Sir,—"By your works are you judged." The present Government is never tired of reiterating and assorting that it is purely country Ministry. In the pe[?]egr[?]stions of the individual members whilst in ...

    Article : 308 words
  56. STEAMING OF THE KAISER WILHELM DER GROSSE.

    Messrs. Weber, Lohmann, agents for the Norddeutscher Lloyd, forward the following particulars of remarkable passages made by the above steamer. Taking 11 runs out and home the longest time occupied in the run between ...

    Article : 178 words
  57. THE EXCELSIOR IN COMMISSION AFTER BEING SIX MONTHS SUBMERGED.

    Mes[?]rs. [?]uddart, Parker, and Co's harbour steamer, Excelsior, after lying beneath the waters of Robson's Bay for six months, is again in commission. It was this vessel that was raised by Messrs. D. Sheeby and Sons, of Sydney, ...

    Article : 264 words
  58. PROPOSED VISIT OF IMPERIAL TROOPS TO AUSTRALIA.

    A resolution was carried at a meeting of the Bonligo Council on Friday urgiug the Premier to open up communication with the Governments of the other colonies with a view of having a body of Imperial ...

    Article : 171 words
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