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  2. NEWCASTLE.

    To-day was a bus[?] one in connection with the shipping coal trade. No less than 12 vessels left Newcastle for intercolonial and foreign ports with 18,851 tons of c[?]al as follows:—Amur, for Brisbane, ...

    Article : 189 words
  3. COUNTRY NEWS.

    The Albury Customs collections for the month of June amounted to £1295. The special committee of the borough council which was appointed some time ago to prepare a ...

    Article : 3,115 words
  4. QUEENSLAND.

    The Customs receipts for the port of Brisbane for June, 1897, were £55,130, or a decrease as compared with June, 1896, of £3285. The collections for the half-year of 1897 were £336,598, ...

    Article : 75 words
  5. THE PLAGUE IN INDIA.

    A punitive force has been sent to occupy Poona, in the Bombay Presidency, India, where the native journals have been inciting the people to murder British officials ...

    Article : 103 words
  6. IN PARLIAMENT.

    Shortly after the Legislative Council met yesterday Mr. Le[?] moved the second reading of the Municipalities Act Amendment Bill, by which it was proposed to give ratepayers of boroughs ...

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  7. THE DISASTER AT SEA.

    Further details of the wreck of the P. and O. steamer Aden off the Island of Socotra, in the Indian Ocean, on the 9th June, while on the voyage from Hongkong ...

    Article : 241 words
  8. SPECIAL CABLES.

    The Right Hon. Sir Wi[?]fred Laurier, Premier of Canada; the Right Hon. G. H. Reid, Premier of New South Wales; the Right Hon. Sir Hugh Nelson, the ...

    Article : 128 words
  9. THE STOCK REPORT.

    The report of the Chief Inspector of Stock for 1896 has been issued. The number of sheep in the colony at the end of 1896 showed a decrease equal to 1·3 per cent. as compared with 1895; and cattle ...

    Article : 172 words
  10. QUARTERLY REVENUE RETURNS.

    The revenue collected at the Newcastle Customhouse for the quarter ended yesterday totalled £26,208 6s 9d, made up as follows:—Ton[?]ge rates, £2205 9s 1d; harbour lights, £1920 14s 8d; duty, ...

    Article : 61 words
  11. THE LOSS OF A RUSSIAN IRONCLAD.

    A commission has been appointed to inquire into the circumstances surrounding the loss of the Russian ironclad Gangoot, which ran on an uncharted ...

    Article : 70 words
  12. WOMANHOOD SUFFRAGE LEAGUE.

    The monthly meeting of the Newcastle Womanhood Suffrage League was held at the Newcastle Town Hall this afternoon. The president (Mrs. Selwyn) presided, and there was a large gathering ...

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  13. SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    The R.M.S. Valetta arrived from London at half-past 4 this morning. The voyage out was marked by the rescue of the crew of the steamer Sultan of Bombay, which was discovered in a ...

    Article : 145 words
  14. THE PREMIER OF NEW SOUTH WALES.

    The Right Hon. G. H. Roid, Premier of New South Wales, has been made an honorary member of Lord's (the Marylebone Club). ...

    Article : 75 words
  15. THE SITUATION IN SOUTH AFRICA.

    In proroguing the Volksraad of the Orange Free State to-day the President, Dr. T. Steyn, referred to the situation in South Africa, and said that the presence ...

    Article : 59 words
  16. EAGLETON CO-OPERATIVE CREAMERY COMPANY.

    A special meeting of the shareholders in the Eagleton Co-operative Creamery Company was held at the offices of Messrs. J. Ireland, Hunter-street, Newcastle, yesterday afternoon, for the purpose of ...

    Article : 85 words
  17. THE RECORD REIGN.

    Colonel Hoad, assistant adjutant-general of the Victorian forces, is to be attached to the staff of Major-General Lord Methnon, commanding the home ...

    Article : 39 words
  18. THE COLONIAL PREMIERS ENTERTAINED BY MR. CHAMBERLAIN.

    Mr. Chamberlain, Secretary of State for the Colonies, gave a grand dinner last night in honour of the colonial Premiers and their wives. ...

    Article : 121 words
  19. NEW ZEALAND.

    The Mayor of Wellington has requested Messrs. Huddardt, Parker, and Co. to instruct the captain of the Warrimoo, on which Lord and Lady Ranfurly are passengers, to make Wellington the ...

    Article : 89 words
  20. THE NEWCASTLE FEDERAL LEAGUE.

    A meeting of the Newcastle Federal League—an organisation formed at the beginning of the year for the purpose of assisting the various candidates for the Federal Convention, irrespective of their ...

    Article : 138 words
  21. NEW SOUTH WALES MOUNTED RIFLES.

    The horses of the New South Wales Mounted Rifles will be sold by auction by Messrs. Tattersall on the 9th July. ...

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  22. THE TRANSVAAL.

    The mercantile associations of Johannesburg have requested the Transvaal Government to constitute a Chamber of Agriculture, with the object of cheapening ...

    Article : 45 words
  23. THE EARL OF ONSLOW'S GARDEN PARTY.

    The Earl of Onslow, formerly Governor of New Zealand, gave a garden party yesterday, at which many well-known colonists were present, including the ...

    Article : 53 words
  24. AUSTRALIAN PARLIAMENTS.

    In the Assembly to-day a motion was made by Mr. Prendergast for the Appointment of a select committee of inquiry into the money claims of certain contractors against the Railway Department. ...

    Article : 163 words
  25. ACCIDENT AT THE SULPHIDE WORKS.

    A man named William Wilson, 31, employed as [?] carpenter at the Sulphide Corporation works at C[?]ckle Creak, met with a serious accident this morning. It appears that whilst engaged in moving ...

    Article : 98 words
  26. VICTORIA.

    The Government has intimated to the trustees of the Public Library its desire that the Public Works Department should take charge of the building and carry out whatever additions or ...

    Article : 52 words
  27. COLONIAL CONFERENCE.

    At the adjourned conference between the colonial Premiers and Mr. Chamberlain, Secretary of State for the Colonies, yesterday, the New Hebrides question ...

    Article : 69 words
  28. MUNICIPAL ITEMS.

    The civic authorities have resolved to again illuminate the city municipal buildings and thoroughfares on Saturday night next. The whole of the electric plant is now in working order, and a good ...

    Article : 95 words
  29. THE COLONIAL TROOPS.

    The colonial troops visited Portsmouth dockyard yesterday, and also inspected the fleet. Mr. G. J. Goschen, First Lord of the ...

    Article : 56 words
  30. HOWARD SMITH AND SONS, LIMITED.

    A petition was presented to Mr. Justice Hodges to-day for the Court's approval to the scheme for the reduction of the capital of Howard Smith and Sons, Limited. The present capital is ...

    Article : 70 words
  31. QUEENSLAND.

    In the Assembly to-day Sir H. Tozer moved the second reading of the Federation Bill. In doing so he asked the Honse to forget the past. There might have been mistaken made by the ...

    Article : 398 words
  32. Y.M.C.A. RECEPTION.

    The president and board of management of the Y.M.C. Association tendered a highly successful reception to the members and friends of the association at the rooms, Hunter-street West, to-night. ...

    Article : 130 words
  33. FEDERAL QUARANTINE.

    A meeting of sheepowners was held to-day to consider the question of federal quarantine. It passed a resolution that the federal quarantine system should be carried out without ...

    Article : 438 words
  34. GREAT BRITAIN AND THE COLONIES.

    In the course of a speech on the relations between Great Britain and the Australian colonies, Sir Michael Hicks-Beach, Chancellor of the Exchequer, referred at ...

    Article : 168 words
  35. DINNER TO THE POOR OF CHELSEA.

    H.R.H. the Princess of Wales will attend the dinner to be given to the poor of Chelsea in connection with the record reign celebrations. ...

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  36. SHOP EMPLOYEES' ASSOCIATION.

    A successful smoke concert was held at the Cambrian Hall to-night to inangurate the recentlyformed literary and debating society in connection with the Newcastle Shop Employees' Association. ...

    Article : 47 words
  37. THE AUSTRALIAN GIFT OF MEAT.

    The Roman Catholics of Armagh refused to accept the Australian meat sent for the poor, as it would be "unbecoming to accept a Jubilee gift." ...

    Article : 69 words
  38. MASONIC INSTALLATION.

    The largest gathering of the Masonic fraternity held in this district assembled in the Masonic Hall to-night to witness the ceremony of installation of W.M. and the investiture of officers of Lodge ...

    Article : 318 words
  39. LAND FOR SETTLEMENT.

    For some months past special attention has been given by the district surveyor at Hay to the question of the disposal of the vacant Crown lands in his district. The greater portions of these leads, Mr. ...

    Article : 597 words
  40. THE LAMBETH CONFERENCE.

    The Pan-Anglican Conference was opened at Lambeth Palace yesterday, when services of a devotional character were held. ...

    Article : 44 words
  41. LATE MINING.

    The battery, the joint property of the Three Colonies and the Three Colonies Extended, has been officially started by Warden Hicks, in the presence of about 60 leading people of ...

    Article : 457 words
  42. THE BRITISH ARMY IN EGYPT.

    Major-General Sir Francis W. Grenfell, Inspector-General of the Auxiliary Forces, War Office, has been appointed to succeed Major-General C. B. Knowles, C.B., in ...

    Article : 105 words
  43. SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    In the Assembly to-day the Treasurer said that the Western Australian Government had stated that it was not prepared at present to consider the construction of a railway to the South ...

    Article : 122 words
  44. REVENUE OF THE UNITED KINGDOM.

    The revenue of the United Kingdom for the past quarter amounts to £25,415,860. The Customs yielded £5,189,917, excise £7,257,126, and stamps ...

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  45. COLLIERY ACCIDENT.

    A lad named Walter Grayson, 15 years of age, employed at the Burwood pit No. 3, was severely injured this afternoon. Grayson was engaged in driving one of the engines, when by some means o[?] ...

    Article : 83 words
  46. THE LOSS OF THE STEAMER SULTAN.

    By the mail steamer Valetta, which arrived to-day, further particulars were obtained of the res[?]e of the passengers of the steamer Sultan, near Socotra, on 10th June. Every member of ...

    Article : 235 words
  47. WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

    The water police yesterday recovered the body of Charles Anderson, who was drowned through the swamping of a barge in the Swan River on Saturday. ...

    Article : 216 words
  48. A MILLING COMPANY.

    The firm of Byeroft and Co., millers, Auckland, is being conveited into a limited liability company. The capital, £100,000, has been underwritten. ...

    Article : 32 words
  49. ST. MARY'S SCHOOLS.

    An interesting lecture, entitled "Ireland Revisited," was delivered before a full house at the Victoria Theatre by the Rev. Father O'Gorman in aid of the funds of St. Mary's schools. The chai[?] ...

    Article : 365 words
  50. GREECE AND TURKEY.

    The foreign ambassadors in Constantinople are strongly pressing the Porte to agree to a settlement of the question as to the rectification of the frontier between ...

    Article : 39 words
  51. TASMANIA.

    In the Supreme Court to-day, in the case of Ryan and Robertson v. Brighton Turf Club, a claim for damages for the disqualifying of the racehorse Gabby, judgment was given for the ...

    Article : 61 words
  52. NEW HEALTH ACT.

    Under this Act protection is given to the public against the adulteration of food and liquor, but through the supineness of the authorities many lawbreakers are allowed to follow their nefarious ...

    Article : 105 words
  53. FISHER AND CO.'S FAMOUS "NATARA,"

    Cures the Throat, Cures the Chest, Cures the Head. One dose relieves, one bottle cures. Never fails. 1s 6d per bottle. All chemists and storekeepers, and at the Pharmacy, 337 George-street, ...

    Article : 52 words
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