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  2. THE STRIKE AT LUCKNOW.

    Matters here are still in a state of unrest. Everything has passed off quietly to-day, but the feeling of bitterness between the parties has in no way diminished. All the elements necessary for ...

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  3. COUNTRY NEWS.

    At the police court to-day a Chinaman named Duck Chong appeared on bail charged with a breach of the Chinese Restriction Act. It will be remembered that on the 7th instant be presented to the ...

    Article : 172 words
  4. NEWCASTLE.

    The weekly meeting of the Hunter District Water Supply and Sewerage Board was held at the offices, Newcastle, this morning. The president (Mr. H. D. Walsh) occupied the chair, and Messrs. ...

    Article : 248 words
  5. VICTORIA.

    At a meeting held in the Town Hall to-day to consider the best form of welcoming the Premier, Sir George Turner, it was decided, in view of Sir George Turner's ill-health and the engagement ...

    Article : 641 words
  6. INTERNATIONAL DUEL.

    The duel to which Prince Henry of Orleans was challenged by the Count of Turin, a nephew of King Humbert of Italy, in consequence of accusations of ...

    Article : 336 words
  7. SECOND EDITION.

    To-day's price of bar silver is 2s 1¼d per ounce standard, a fall of ½d since last quotation. ...

    Article : 26 words
  8. SPECIAL CABLES.

    The Earl of Elgin, Viceroy of India, has seriously remonstrated with the Ameer of Afghanistan with regard to the action of the Afghans in joining the ...

    Article : 127 words
  9. THE SOUTH AUSTRALIAN PREMIER.

    Mr. Holder has received it telegram from Mr. Kingston announcing his departure from Vancouver two days earlier than was expected. So it is quite possible that he will be in Sydney on ...

    Article : 47 words
  10. A NEW CREAMERY.

    The New South Wales Creamery Company's creamery, North Codrington, was opened to-day. A large gathering representing various parts of the district was present. Mr. C. C. Lance, the ...

    Article : 102 words
  11. ADELAIDE SPORTING NEWS.

    To-day, at a meeting of the S.A.J.C. Committee, Maurice Griffin, the trainer, was called on to show cause why he should not be dealt with for accepting for the mare Britomarte in the Gawler ...

    Article : 129 words
  12. THE LABOUR MARKET.

    The report of the Superintendent of the Labour Bureau, Mr. Creer, for the month of July has been received by the Minister at the head of the department, Mr. Garrard. The report says that the ...

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  13. MR. BEN TILLETT AT WALLSEND.

    Mr. Ben Tillett, the English labour leader, who is at present on a visit to this district, addressed a large meeting of miners at the Wallsend School of Arts to-night. The chair was occupied by Mr. ...

    Article : 316 words
  14. SHOOTING ACCIDENT.

    A young man named Frederick Griffiths, who resides with his parents on a farm on Richmond lowlands, was brought into town this morning suffering from severe gunshot wounds, accidentally ...

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  15. LATE COMMERCIAL.

    There was no movoment in the local wheat market to-day, although some inquiry was reported on the part of millers. A strictly hand-to-mouth business is being done, and stocks are not replenished until ...

    Article : 137 words
  16. SOUTH AFRICA.

    At a large meeting held at Capetown recently it was decided to urge the Government to enter into negotiations with the Orange Free State with the view to the ...

    Article : 143 words
  17. THE MINING TATALITY.

    At the Courthouse to-day an inquest was held by the Coroner (Mr. M. S. Machen) touching the death of Andrew Johnson, manager of the Prince of Wales mine, who was killed at 10 o'clock on ...

    Article : 1,403 words
  18. LATE MINING.

    The Queen Margaret output for the past four weeks is as follows:—Stone treated, 392 tons of stone, yielding 56[?]oz. 8dwt. 12grs. of smelted gold. The North Boulder output for the past ...

    Article : 778 words
  19. PROPOSED NEW RESERVOIR.

    The question of the necessity for increased reservoir accommodation at East Maitland was exhaustively discussed at to-days meeting of the Water and Sewerage Board. A report was read from the ...

    Article : 149 words
  20. ANALYSIS OF WATER.

    At to-day's meeting of the Water and Sewerage Board a letter was read from the Board of Health covering a report of the Government Analyst on the usual samples of water submitted for test, the ...

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  21. SENOR CANOVAS' ASSASSIN.

    Golli, the assassin of Senor Canovas del Castillo, Premier of Spain, has been found g[?]ilty of the murder, and has been sentenced to death. ...

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  22. SCULLING IN ENGLAND.

    Emmett, the English sculler, and Sullivan, of New Zealand, have been matched to row a race on the Thames course on the 13th September for £50 a side. ...

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  23. THE PIPE CONTRACTS.

    The Minister for Public Works has communicated with the local Water and Sewerage Board intimating that he cannot fall in with the suggestion of the board that separate tenders should be invited for the ...

    Article : 94 words
  24. PARLIAMENTARY BUSINESS.

    In view of the fact that Parliament will have to bring its present sittings to a close on or about the 26th of this month in order to make way for the Federal Convention, it is probable that an attempt ...

    Article : 862 words
  25. IMPERIAL FEDERATION.

    Some of the Russian newspapers have published articles upon the question of an Imperial Federation of the English race. They declare that a British Imperial ...

    Article : 100 words
  26. SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    The German mail steamer Gera put in an appearance and was boarded by the health officer (Dr. Toll) shortly after 5 o'clock this morning. The French steamer Polynesien arrived from ...

    Article : 556 words
  27. LECTURE BY PROFESSOR ANDERSON.

    The third lecture of the winter course under the auspices of the Young Men's Christian Association was delivered last evening, at the hall of the institution, by Professor Anderson, the subject being "Law ...

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  28. SHIPMENT OF COAL.

    The quantity of coal shipped at the different Government wharfs for home, intercolonial, and foreign consumption during the week ended to-day totalled 37,482 tons, as compared with 56,366 tons for the ...

    Article : 78 words
  29. CITY COUNCIL.

    The fortnightly meeting of the Newcastle City Council was held in the Town Hall to-night. The Mayor presided, and there were also present Aldermen Moroney, Sharp, Rodgers, Lock, Timbury, ...

    Article : 136 words
  30. ELECTRIC LIGHT SYSTEM.

    A letter from Mr. Norman Selfe was read at to-night's meeting of the City Council offering to prepare plans and specifications for an additional electric-lighting plant equal to 1000 16-candle power ...

    Article : 151 words
  31. FIRE ON THE OROYA.

    A fire occurred on board the R.M.S Oroya when that vessel was in the Red Sea. There was no panic. ...

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  32. MEETING AT WYALONG.

    A public meeting was held at the Eureka Hotel, West Wyalong, on Saturday night, to raise funds to assist the Lucknow miners in carrying on the strike. Mr. E. J. Polkinghorne was chairman, and ...

    Article : 143 words
  33. THE WEATHER.

    The finishing touches of what proved a very fine rain were given during Sunday in the country, the storm terminating in the south-eastern corner of the colony, with seattered exceptions. By 9 a.m. ...

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  34. LEAGUE OF WHEELMEN.

    The weekly meeting of the executive of the Newcastle branch of the League of Wheelmen was held at the rooms, Centennial Hotel, to-night. Mr. W. T. Gibb, president, occupied the chair. Owing to ...

    Article : 155 words
  35. THE CANADIAN GOLDFIELDS.

    The Pacific Coast newspapers are on couraging the miners to resist the Canadian police in the collection of unjust charges upon the goldfields. ...

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  36. KINDERGARTEN SCHOOLS.

    Yesterday a "Herald" representative waited upon Miss Buckey, an American lady, who arrived from Honolulu on Sunday to take control of the kindergarten schools of Sydney. Miss Buckey has ...

    Article : 616 words
  37. QUEENSLAND.

    The cases of alloged illegal employment of [?]anakas were continued to-day in the police court. Mr. J. R. Dickson, Minister for Railways, who was charged, pleaded privileget as a member of ...

    Article : 394 words
  38. RUGBY FOOTBALL UNION.

    The weekly meeting of the executive of the Northern branch of the Rugby Football Union was held in the hall of the Chamber of Commerce to-night. A protest was received from the Morpeth ...

    Article : 176 words
  39. A FATAL ACCIDENT.

    Mr. Bowden (coroner) held an inquest at the Coroner's Court, Chancery-square, yesterday on the body of a man named George Olsen, who died in the Sydney Hosptal on Sunday night. The evidence ...

    Article : 348 words
  40. THE STATUE OF SIR HENRY PARKES.

    The Mayor of Newcastle has received a communication from the Under-Secretary for Public Works intimating that the Government cannot grant the application of the Newcastle City Council for ...

    Article : 87 words
  41. TASMANIA.

    The Launceston Marine Board proposes to borrow £5000 for the improvement of the Tamar River and harbour. ...

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  42. A UNIFORM RAILWAY GAUGE.

    The conference between the railway engineers of Victoria (Messrs. Woodroffe and Norman), New South Wales (Messrs. Th[?]w and Firth), and South Australia (Messrs. Roberts and Monerieff), after ...

    Article : 215 words
  43. NEW ZEALAND.

    An address of welcome from the New Zealand Wesleyan Conference has been presented to the Governor, who, in reply, expressed the hope that the Empire would as years rolled by be more ...

    Article : 61 words
  44. BOWLING MATCH.

    A two-rink bowling match was played on Saturday afternoon on the Lowlands Bowling Green between the Newcastle and Lowlands bowling clubs, and resulted in an easy victory for Lowlands by ...

    Article : 72 words
  45. CALEDONIAN SOCIETY.

    At a meeting of the Northern Caledonian Society, held on Saturday evening, it was resolved to request the council of the United Caledonian Society of Newcastle, Wallsend, and Minni to convene a ...

    Article : 393 words
  46. A CYCLING FATALITY.

    A young man named Freeman has died at Palmerston North from injuries received in a cycling accident during a road race. "THE PATH OF GLORY leads but to the ...

    Article : 68 words
  47. LATE SHIPPING.

    ADELAIDE.—Arrivals: August 16, Polynesien (s.), from Marseilles; G[?] (s.), from Bremen; Lusitania, R.M.S., from Sydney; Ville de la C[?]otat (s.), from Noumen; Marloo (s.), from Sydney; Hubbuck (s.), from Fremantle. ...

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