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  2. COUNTRY NEWS.

    Another difficulty has arisen in connection with the Wagga Fire Brigade, and it appears probable the town will be without a fire brigade after the end of this year. In June last committee of citizens was ...

    Article : 166 words
  3. SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    At a meeting of the Methodist Federal Council to-day the Rev. H. T. Burgess moved,—"That the union of the Wesleyan Methodist, Primitive Methodist, and Bible Christian Churches in ...

    Article : 154 words
  4. VICTORIA.

    A deputation from the Medical Defence Association of Victoria waited on the Premier to-day and pointed out that it had been stated by the president of the Medical Congress at Toronto a ...

    Article : 226 words
  5. THE POWERS AND CHINA.

    Reuter's correspondent at Pekin telegraphs that Great Britain will demand a quid pro quo if China grants concessions to other Powers. ...

    Article : 384 words
  6. SPECIAL CABLES.

    Nine hundred Egyptian troops have entered Kassala, in the Eastern Soudan. ...

    Article : 32 words
  7. The Sydney Morning Herald.

    Renter's correspondent at Pekin telegraphs that Great Britain will demand a quid [?] quo if China grants concessions to other Power. Russian officers are drilling the northern armies ...

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  8. THE BRITISH SOUTH AFRICA COMPANY.

    Mr. Cecil Rhodes ia about to visit England with the object of arranging the issue of a loan of £1,000,000 on behalf of the British South Africa Company. ...

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  9. COMPENSATION FOR DISEASED MEAT.

    A special meeting of the Tamworth Pastures and Stock Protection Board was held on Tuesday to deal with letters received from the Narrabri board and from the Stock Board's council of advice, Sydney, ...

    Article : 176 words
  10. MINISTERIAL CHANGES.

    Some irritation was caused to the Premier by the fact of the appointment of Dr. Cockburn as Agent-General being first made in the columns of the "Register." He says no appointment has ...

    Article : 108 words
  11. AUSTRIA-HUNGARY.

    The Hungarian and Austrian Delegations have approved of the report of the committee on the Imperial Budget for 1898, which has been arranged on a basis ...

    Article : 44 words
  12. ADMINISTRATION OF INSCRIBED STOCK.

    Referring to a cable that a fresh arrangement had been made by Victoria with the London and Westminster Bank for the administration of Victorian inscribed stock, the Premier to-day ...

    Article : 416 words
  13. THE TIMBER TRADE AT JERVIS BAY.

    Much disappointment was created here to-day by a communication received from the Sydney agent of a London syndicate, which proposes entering upon the timber trade at Jervis Bay on the lease of a large ...

    Article : 1,377 words
  14. THE ASSAULT ON THE PREMIER.

    William Jewell, who, for assaulting the Premier on Saturday last, is now undergoing a sentence of six weeks' imprisonment with hard labour, will be released to-morrow, as the result of Mr. ...

    Article : 41 words
  15. COLONIAL EXHIBITION IN LONDON.

    The Earl's Court Exhibition Company proposes to hold an Australasian, Canadian, and African Exhibition at Earl's Court, London, in 1899, for the display of ...

    Article : 84 words
  16. QUEENSLAND.

    The Arawatta arrived from Sydney this morning, bringing the sailing boats Irex and Effie (22-footers), Edic (10ft.), and the canoe Robin. In a report to the Minister for Agriculture, Dr. ...

    Article : 116 words
  17. NEW ZEALAND.

    This afternoon a buggy containing Mr. Battley, formerly manager of the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, [?]his wife, and the driver, was struck by a train at the railway ...

    Article : 96 words
  18. LABOUR TROUBLES.

    The "Engineer" says that the employers in the engineering trades expect that the dispute with the men which resulted in the recent conference will be ...

    Article : 97 words
  19. THE INDIAN FRONTIER.

    News from the Indian frontier states that the column under the command of Brigadier-General Hammond has been detailed to rebuild Forts Ali Musjid, ...

    Article : 60 words
  20. CHRISTMAS FESTIVITIES.

    Christmas comes but once a year, and is perhaps provocative of greater festivity and real pleasure than any other season. It is a period of glorious rejoicing when in these sunny lands the earth is clad ...

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  21. WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

    A dispute over account led to a serious climax on Tuesday evening, when a man named Bell was shot in the jaw. He is now in the hospital. A man was arrested for the offence, ...

    Article : 45 words
  22. H.M.S. FLORA.

    Captain Arthur W. E. Protheroe has been appointed to the command of H.M.S. Flora, a twin-screw cruiser of the second class. ...

    Article : 30 words
  23. AUSTRALIAN PARLIAMENTS.

    In the Legislative Council on Tuesday night the Early Closing Bill was defeated by six votes to five. In the Assembly the bill to confirm the ...

    Article : 353 words
  24. TASMANIA.

    The Governor gave the vice-regal assent to various bills to-day, including the Appropriation Bill. This latter being passed will authorise the payment to Civil servants and members of ...

    Article : 155 words
  25. DISTRESSING FATALITY AT ORANGE.

    A distressing accident occurred this afternoon about 4 o'clock, by which two girls named Ina (aged 11) and Margery (aged 9), daughters of Mr. H.A. Crouch, district surveyor, and a nursegirl, ...

    Article : 261 words
  26. FAILURE OF A CANADIAN FARMERS' SOCIETY.

    The Farmers' Loan and Savings Society, Toronto, Canada, has suspended payment. Depositors are not likely to receive more than 60 per cent, of their ...

    Article : 35 words
  27. THE BEHRING SEA QUESTION.

    The indemnity to be paid to Great Britain by the United States in respect of the Behring Sea claims amounts to 857,000dol., with interest at the rate of ...

    Article : 49 words
  28. THE QUEENSLAND MAILS.

    A telegram was published from Brisbane yesterday to the effect that the Postmaster-General of Queensland had informed a deputation which waited upon him that New South Wales would not help ...

    Article : 407 words
  29. DROWNING FATALITY.

    One of the saddest deaths which have occurred in this district for many a day took place at Belford on Wednesday evening. Towards dusk a lad named Frank Edwards, aged 7, and his brother Alexander, ...

    Article : 226 words
  30. DEATH OF MRS. D'ARCY.

    The death is announced at Stanmore Hall, Middlesex, of Mrs. D'Arey, wife of Mr. William Knox D'Arcy, of the Mount Morgan mine. ...

    Article : 33 words
  31. THE WHEAT MARKET.

    Mr. Biter, a speculator of Chicago, is trying to establish a "corner" in wheat, and has bought from 8,000,000 to 10,000,000 bushels. ...

    Article : 51 words
  32. STEEL RAILS FOR THE NEW SOUTH WALES RAILWAYS.

    The Minister for Works has accepted a tender for the supply of 15,000 tons of steel rails and other material required in connection with the New South Wales railways. The rails are 601b. in weight, and ...

    Article : 398 words
  33. STRANGE CASE AT BROKEN HILL.

    A rather strange case is at present being investigated. On Friday last Constable Manns, in charge of the North Broken Hill police station, reported to the head station that a child named Herbert ...

    Article : 260 words
  34. AUSTRALIAN LEATHER.

    In reply to the inquiry, of Sir Andrew Clarke, Agent-General for Victoria, as to why Australian leather had been boycotted by the War Office, the Marquis of ...

    Article : 66 words
  35. ATHLETICS.

    The full programme for the Championship Sports meeting to be held on Saturday, January 8, in aid of the fund for sending the Australasian team to England appears in our advertising columns. Entries ...

    Article : 148 words
  36. THE NEXT AUSTRALIAN ELEVEN.

    Mr. Harry Musgrove, who managed the tour of the last Australian cricket team in England, sails for Australia in the Orient liner Cuzco, which leaves ...

    Article : 50 words
  37. TO-DAY.

    Organ Recital: Town Hall, 8 p.m. Canterbury Park Pony and Galloway Meeting: First Race starts at 2.15 p.m. Royal Standard Theatre: "Uncle Tom's Cabin," 8 p.m. ...

    Article : 95 words
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  39. COOLGARDIE CRUSHINGS.

    The following are the latest crushings:—London[?] derry, 330 tons, 607oz.; Australia, Limitad,[?] Bummer's Creek, 163 tons, [?]07oz. ...

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