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  2. NEWS SUMMARY FOR EUROPE, PER ORIENT COMPANY'S R.M.S. ORUBA. POLITICAL.

    The pivot upon which political events have mainly turned during the past fortnight has been the return of Sir George Dibbs. Sir George returned to Sydney on Tuesday last from ...

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  3. CRICKET.

    The inaugural meeting of the Australasian Cricket Council was held at the Oxford Hotel on 13th and 14th September. There were present— Messrs. R. Teece, V. Cohen, J. M. Gibson, and ...

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  4. CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOUR CONVENTION.

    The Rev. Francis E. Clark, D.D., of Boston, U.S.A., the founder of the Christian Endeavour Movement arrived in Sydney on Tuesday by the R.M.S. Mariposa, from San Francisco, and was ...

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  5. THE WEATHER.—AGRICULTURAL AND PASTORAL.

    The last fortnight has made a great improvement in the pastoral outlook of the Western division. At the close of August districts west of Dubbo wire in a deplorable state. So bad was ...

    Article : 154 words
  6. PUBLIC WORKS.

    At the meeting of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Public Works a long discussion took place on the advisability of constructing the Lismore to Grafton Railway. ...

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  7. CYCLING.

    The 10-miles Amateur Championship of New South Wales was competed for on the 10th September, at the St. Leonards Bicycle Club sports, on the North Sydney Reserve. The winner ...

    Article : 76 words
  8. THE TURF.

    At the half-yearly meeting of the Australian Jockey Club the rules were altered so as to admit of the financial year to commence on the 1st August instead of the 1st February as ...

    Article : 1,126 words
  9. MONETARY AND COMMERCIAL.

    Since our last there has been no movement in the money market. Trustees and capitalists being deterred from the investment of money in the development of ordinary business enterprise by ...

    Article : 2,104 words
  10. ART.

    The spring exhibition of the Art Society was opened by his Excellency the Governor. Lord Jersey spent nearly an hour in inspecting and admiring the exhibits, and made ...

    Article : 219 words
  11. POSTAGE ON NEWSPAPERS.

    Towards the close of last year the Queensland postal authorities intimated that newspapers posted in this colony for Queensland would, if not prepaid at the rate of ...

    Article : 234 words
  12. VICE-REGAL AND SOCIAL.

    Lord and Lady Hopetoun, accompanied by Lord Northesk, Captain Wallington, and Captain Sebright, arrived at Government House from Victoria some days ago, and Lady Norman and the ...

    Article : 109 words
  13. THE LICENSING ACT.

    Mr. O'Connor, the Minister for Justice, has been interviewed by the executive committee of the United Licensed Victuallers' Association in respect to the present position of the ...

    Article : 280 words
  14. END OF THE MARITIME STRIKE.

    The difficulty in the shipping trade as far as the steamer Tweed is concerned was settled on the 9th instant, an arrangement having been arrived at by which the union crew formerly employed on the ...

    Article : 213 words
  15. PROPOSED CONVERSION OF LOANS.

    The Premier states that he has in contemplation a scheme under which the whole of the loans representing the indebtedness of the colony would be converted into one kind of stock, much after ...

    Article : 135 words
  16. CORONERS' JURIES.

    Mr. R. E. O'Connor's bill to amend the law relating to coroners' juries provides that after the passing of the Act all inquisitions heretofore held before a coroner and a jury shall be held before ...

    Article : 190 words
  17. LEGAL.

    A meeting of the Executive Council was held 8th September, presided over by his Excellency the Governor. Mr. G. B. Simpson, Q.C., was appointed a temporary Judge, in order ...

    Article : 487 words
  18. THE AMERICAN MAIL SERVICE.

    The Postmaster-General is in correspondence with the Union Steam Ship Company of New Zealand with reference to the San Francisco mail service. In connection with this matter it ...

    Article : 426 words
  19. THE RAILWAY COMMISSIONERS.

    An address, bearing 20,000 signatures, expressing continued confidence in the railway administration of the colony and satisfaction at the result of the recent investigation into certain ...

    Article : 56 words
  20. ENCOUNTER WITH NEW GUINEA NATIVES.

    The steamer Merrie England, which arrived at Cooktown on the 11th September from Eastern New Guinea, reports that whilst Sir William Macgregor went ashore with ...

    Article : 174 words
  21. AFFAIRS AT SAMOA.

    The Mariposa brings rather discouraging news from Samoa. The King's party is said to have looked in vain to the Treaty Powers to suppress the rebel movement under Mataafa, and ...

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  22. NEWS FROM FIJI.

    From Fiji and the New Hebrides the steamer Birksgate made an even three weeks' round trip. When the steamer was at Suva the winding-up of the Fiji Tobacco Company was in contemplation ...

    Article : 111 words
  23. TEACHERS' ASSOCIATION.

    In the course of an inaugural address delivered in the hall of the Young Men's Christian Association to celebrate the formation of the Teachers' Association of New South Wales, the ...

    Article : 221 words
  24. AQUATICS.

    During the past week nine heats of the first round of the Parramatta River Soulling Handicap have been decided. Two started in each heat, so that in all l8 men have as yet competed. The ...

    Article : 236 words
  25. SUPPRESSION OF DISORDERLY CONDUCT.

    The bill for the suppression of disorderly conduct, which Mr. R. E. O'Connor has introduced in the Legislative Council gives additional powers to stipendiary and police ...

    Article : 310 words
  26. LADY JERSEY'S VISIT TO SAMOA.

    The visit of the Countess of Jersey, accompanied by Lady Margaret Villiers and Captain the Hon. Rupert Leigh (writes our Samoan correspondent) appears to have been an enjoyable ...

    Article : 678 words
  27. THE CASE OF THE COSTA RICA PACKET.

    Captain Carpenter, of Sydney, and the crew of the barque Costa Rica Packet arrived in Sydney by the steamer Clitus from Singapore. It falls to the lot of few shipmasters to suffer in the ...

    Article : 245 words
  28. THE STRIKE AT BROKEN HILL.

    We reported in our last summary that, owing to a change in the demeanour of the strikers at Broken Hill, the Government had fonnd it desirable to despatch 100 additional police. These left Sydney on ...

    Article : 1,511 words
  29. DUTY ON WOOL.

    A deputation representing the Fallmongers, Woolclassers, Woolscourers, Curriers, and Tanners' Association, accompanied by representatives of the Trades and Labour Council, ...

    Article : 145 words
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