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  2. FEDERAL CONVENTION.

    Although the Convention has only been sitting here for a week some of the main outlines of the constitution which Will be produced by the present gathering are already coming into view. Whilst the ...

    Article : 2,086 words
  3. NEWCASTLE.

    A general meeting of the members of tho Wickham branch of the Protection Union was held on Friday night at the Criterion Hotel, Wickham, for the purpose of making arrangements for public ...

    Article : 100 words
  4. WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

    Owing to the refusal of the Government to grant freehold of residence areas in fields at the upset price, the combined corporations are starting an application with the view of compelling ...

    Article : 205 words
  5. VICTORIA.

    The Eight-oared Championship Race of Victoria was rowed on Saturday on the Yarra, and resulted in a win for the Mercantile Club, the Banks being second, and the Yarra Yarra third. ...

    Article : 38 words
  6. EUROPEAN SITUATION.

    The Czar of Russia has sent a donation of 6,000,000 roubles for the destitute Cretan refugees. The Pope of Rome has given 10,000,000 ...

    Article : 243 words
  7. MOUNTAIN MURDERS.

    A confession made by Butler that in the year 1888 he murdered a sergeant of the United States Cavalry at Washington has been proved to be false. ...

    Article : 85 words
  8. SPECIAL CABLES.

    The Porte promises to take prompt measures to punish the perpetrators of the atrocities upon Armenians at Tokat, in Asiatic Turkey. ...

    Article : 135 words
  9. QUESTION OF ADJOURNMENT.

    Mr. Reid, on being seen to-night with, reference to the interview with Sir Hugh Nelson. published in the Herald, said "Some misunderstanding seems to have arisen in the matter. I have not Sir Hugh ...

    Article : 296 words
  10. THE RIFLE TEAM FOR BISLEY.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 103 words
  11. VISIT OF THE GOVERNOR.

    A meeting of the committee appointed to make the necessary arrangements for a ball fixed for the 6th May, in aid of the funds of the Deaf and Dumb Institution, Waratah, was held on Friday afternoon ...

    Article : 208 words
  12. ENGLAND AND AMERICA.

    The Foreign Relations Committee of the United States Senate is pressing for a vote in the Senate upon the amendments made by the committee in the treaty for the ...

    Article : 58 words
  13. SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    The R.M.S. Ophir arrived at 6.30 this morning, with 347 passengers, of whom 294 are for the Eastern colonies. The Ophir brought on the thirdclass passengers of the Orotava. Among the ...

    Article : 133 words
  14. COUNTRY NEWS.

    The consideration of the draft bill formed the subject of the discusion at the conference which was held at Nelson's Bay on Saturday. Mr. R. Atkinson Price, M.L.A., presided, and there were ...

    Article : 269 words
  15. FEDERAL FESTIVITIES.

    One cannot but admit that when the South Australian delegate, Mr Solomon, jumped to his feet and protested against the Convention sitting on Saturdays on the ground that his religious scruples ...

    Article : 1,074 words
  16. AVOWED INTENTION TO COMMIT MURDER.

    Quite a sensation has been caused here by the peculiar conduct of a recently-released criminal, who openly avowed his intention of murdering a resident of this district. The case in question ...

    Article : 424 words
  17. THE TRANSVAAL RAID.

    The committee of the House of Commons appointed to inquire into the origin and circumstances of the incursion into the South African Republic of an armed ...

    Article : 55 words
  18. ENGLAND AND FRANCE.

    The Marquis of Salisbury will shortly visit Paris, where he will have an interview with M. Hanotaux, the French Minister for Foreign Affairs. ...

    Article : 65 words
  19. QUEENSLAND.

    A young man named Albert Thompson, employed in the Custom-office, was riding a bicycle along Wolloongabba, when he came in contact with a cab. Thompson was thrown heavily, and ...

    Article : 382 words
  20. THE TRANSVAAL.

    A Commission appointed by the Transvaal Government is inquiring into the Economic grievances of the gold-mining industry on the Rand. ...

    Article : 53 words
  21. THE CANADIAN TARIFF.

    The new tariff introduced into the Canadian House of Commons by Mr. Wilfrid Laurier, the Premier, contains a proposal for preferential duties in favour ...

    Article : 39 words
  22. A SHOOTING ACCIDENT.

    At Tarrabandra, near Gundagai, on Friday morning a young man named John Evans was about to fire off a gun when he noticed something on the sight. He stretched his hand out to brush it away ...

    Article : 57 words
  23. ATTEMPT TO RUN THE BLOCKADE.

    An Austrian ironelad has stopped a Greek steamer and a sailing vessel which were attempting to run the blockade of Crete. ...

    Article : 51 words
  24. A MUNICIPAL COUNCIL IN DOUBT.

    A special meeting of the council was held last night, the business being the election of a Mayor. A question arose as to the legality of doing so as the 41st section of the Municipal Act requires that ...

    Article : 1,244 words
  25. THE FRENCH NAVY.

    The Paris Figaro states that Admiral Besnard, the French Minister for Marine, intends to ask the Chamber for a vote of 500,000,000 francs (£32,000,000) for ...

    Article : 60 words
  26. A NEW COURT OF APPEAL.

    A bill introduced into the House of Commons by Mr. E. H. Pickersgill, M.P. for Bethnal Green, South-West, to provide for the establishment of a Court of ...

    Article : 48 words
  27. BENEVOLENT SOCIETY.

    A successful demonstration was held in the Islington Reserve this afternoon for the purpose of raising funds for the Wickham branch of the Newcastle Benevolent Society. The chair was occupied by ...

    Article : 167 words
  28. STARVING A MOSLEM GARRISON.

    The Cretan insurgents have surrouuded the Moslems at Sitia, and are attempting to starve the garrison into submission. ...

    Article : 25 words
  29. THE POWERS AND TURKEY.

    The Greek Court newspaper states that the Powers have stopped friendly parleying with Turkey. ...

    Article : 22 words
  30. RESIGNATION OF A JUDGE.

    The Hon. Sir Arthur Charles, one of the Judges of the Queen's Bench Division of the High Court of Justice, has resigned. ...

    Article : 30 words
  31. THE FRENCH IN AFRICA.

    M, Lebon, the French Minister for the Colonies, stated in the Chamber of Deputies that as the result of the recent French expedition to Central Africa, the French ...

    Article : 42 words
  32. EVENTUAL BLOCKADE OF GREECE

    Great Britain has made a proposal to the Powers that Turkey and Greece should be induced to form a neutral zone, and that the troops should be withdrawn from ...

    Article : 84 words
  33. CHRISTIAN HARVEST FESTIVAL.

    An interesting service for children was held at the Victoria Theatre this morning by Rev. Donald Fraser, M.A. The lower part of the auditorium was appropriated to seating for the children of the ...

    Article : 83 words
  34. GOVERNORSHIP OF NEW ZEALAND.

    The Earl of Ranfurly has been appointed Governor of New Zealand in succession to the Earl of Glasgow. ...

    Article : 30 words
  35. TASMANIA.

    H.M.S. Dart leaves port for survey work to-morrow morning. She will return in a fortnight, and will sail for Sydney on the 20th proximo. ...

    Article : 47 words
  36. WEST AFRICA,

    Fever is very prevalent among the troops who took part in the recent operations in the Niger Coast protectorate against the King of Benin. ...

    Article : 49 words
  37. COADJUTOR BISHOP OF MAITLAND.

    The adjourned meeting of parishioners convened to make arrangements for a presentation to Dr. Dwyer on the occasion of his consecration as Coadjutor Bishop of Maitland was ...

    Article : 108 words
  38. THE MAYFLOWER LOG.

    The custodians of the manuscript log of the vessel Mayflower, which conveyed the Pilgrim Fathers from Leyden, in Holland, to Plymouth, Massachusetts, in the year ...

    Article : 59 words
  39. THE MINISTER FOR EDUCATION.

    The Hon. J. Garrard, Minister for Education, who returned from New Zealand on Thursday, found himself at liberty on Saturday to speak to a Herald reporter of his experiences in the other colony. Mr. ...

    Article : 920 words
  40. RUSSIAN TROOPS NEAR TURKEY.

    Two divisions from the Russian army at Kars have been encamped on the Turkish frontier upon the pretext of preventing the introduction of the plague into ...

    Article : 35 words
  41. WOOL TEAMS.

    A quantity or wool continues to arrive by team in competition with the railways. A good deal of interest was aroused yesterday by the arrival in the city of six teams loaded with 48 tons of wool from ...

    Article : 71 words
  42. THE PLAGUE IN INDIA.

    In consequence of the opposition shown by the Moslems in Bombay towards the [?]egregation of natives suffering from the plague, the authorities have instructed a ...

    Article : 50 words
  43. LIVERPOOL SPRING MEETING.

    At the Liverpool Spring Meeting to-day the contest for the great cross-country event resulted as under:— GRAND NATIONAL STEEPLECHASE, of 2500 sovs) ...

    Article : 135 words
  44. CYCLING PICNIC.

    The Sydney and country riders at yesterday's cycling carnival were entertained by the members of the Newcastle branch of the League of Wheelmen at a picnic to Lake Macquarie to-day. ...

    Article : 406 words
  45. NEW SOUTH WALES HARDWOODS.

    In consequence of the paper read by Mr. R. W. Richards, the Sydney city surveyor, before the Association of Municipal and County Councils' Engineers, the ...

    Article : 120 words
  46. BRITISH POLICY IN EGYPT.

    Prince Henry of Orleans, who was recently travelling in Africa, has made a violent attack upon the policy pursued by Great Britain with regard to Egypt. ...

    Article : 38 words
  47. TO THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD.

    Sir,—Will you allow me through your columns to urge on the Federal Convention now sittiug at Adelaide the necessity of taking power in the federal constitution to deal with foreign Governments in the ...

    Article : 251 words
  48. BRITISH POLITICS.

    The Education Bill has been read the third time in the House of Commons by a majority of 200. ...

    Article : 29 words
  49. THE METAL MARKET.

    The latest quotations for copper are:— On spot, £49 10s per ton; three months, £50. The tin market is firmer. Australian, ...

    Article : 43 words
  50. LONDON WOOL SALES.

    At the London wool sales the following prices have been obtained:—Burrabogie, 8½d; Tamumu, 10d; Mangoplah, 10½d; Langawirra, 14¾d. ...

    Article : 75 words
  51. MR. GLADSTONE CYCLING.

    Mr, Gladstone has taken to cycling. ...

    Article : 17 words
  52. THE WEATHER.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 125 words
  53. NEW ZEALAND.

    Referring in the course of a speeeh at Dannevirke to his visit home, the Premier said that while in England it would be his duty to look into questions of freights and shipping arrangements ...

    Article : 250 words
  54. MORTGAGE COMPANY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA, LTD.

    The annual report of the directors of the Mortgage Company of South Australia, Limited, shows that there is a balance of £7276 to credit of profit and ...

    Article : 58 words
  55. MR. MILLEN, M.L.A.

    Mr. E.D. Millen, M.L.A., addressed a largely attended public meeting here last night. Mr. R. Lack, J.P., presided. Mr. Millen referred to the principal Acts of last session, claiming for the ...

    Article : 154 words
  56. WATER FAMINE AT BERRIGAN. BERRIGAN, Saturday.

    Owing to no heavy rain having fallen here for some months a water famine has set in. All the local house tanks have given out, and the townspeople are compelled to use water from open dams, ...

    Article : 210 words
  57. MESSRS. HARROLD BROTHERS.

    Mr. Leonard Harrold, of the firm of Harrold Brothers, merchants, of London and Adelaide, has sailed for Adelaide. ...

    Article : 24 words
  58. AUSTRALIAN AND NEW ZEALAND MORTGAGE COMPANY.

    The annual report of the Australian and New Zealand Mortgage Company, Limited, shows a debit balance of £13,000. The directors recommend that ...

    Article : 70 words
  59. LATE SHIPPING.

    ADELAIDE.—Arrivals: March 27, Rockton (s.), from Fremantle; Reb Roy (s.), from Esperance Bay; Ouraka (s.), from Port Kembla; Woolloomooloo (s.), from Sydney. March 28, R.M.S. Ophir, from London; Barcoo (s.), from ...

    Article : 127 words
  60. ENGLISH SCULLING.

    C. R. Harding, the English professional sculler, has accepted the challenge issued by James Wray, the Australian sculler who accompanied Stanbury on his visit to ...

    Article : 34 words
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