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  2. COUNTRY NEWS,

    The movement which originated here some months ago whereby all the farmers' unions in the colony were to be amalgamated, is about to be resuscitated. Mr. Coe, founder of the agitation, has received requests ...

    Article : 1,781 words
  3. PROGRESS OF FIJI.

    Like her larger Australian sisters, the little colony of Fiji has been recovering from the severe depression which prevailed a few years ago. Her staple exports are steadily increasing in volume, and the Government ...

    Article : 1,269 words
  4. TRADES MOVEMENTS.

    There was a fair attendance of delegates at the weekly meeting of the Trades and Labour Council, held at the Trades Hall last evening. The chair was occupied by Mr. W. H. Sharp, president of the council. ...

    Article : 655 words
  5. THE SHEARING TROUBLE.

    Major Ricardo, Lieutenant Palmer, and 41 men of the Mounted Infantry returned yesterday from Kilcummin. They marched in with bugles playing, and everyone in town turned out. The men were all well after ...

    Article : 979 words
  6. EAST SYDNEY ELECTION.

    Mr. Frank Cotton addressed a large meeting of the electors of East Sydney at the Protestant Hall last evening. Mr. J. S. Marshall presided. Mr. Cotton was well received on rising. He said ...

    Article : 1,307 words
  7. THE ABBEY OF THELEMA.

    This Rabelaisian legend amused our forefathers for generations—they were easily amused—but the English public had almost forgotten it, when a popular story made the name at least familiar. What faint tradition ...

    Article : 1,547 words
  8. SUPERNATURAL INFLUENCE.

    Two curious incidents of recent occurrence in Russia are certainly calculated to strengthen that deep-seated belief in the direct interference of supernatural influences with the ordinary course of human affairs ...

    Article : 1,681 words
  9. LUMINOUS ANIMALS.

    The glow-worm and the fire-fly are not the only creatures known to naturalists which shine by their own light, although they are the most singular and the most interesting. Many other animals share the ...

    Article : 1,607 words
  10. MUNICIPAL CONTEST AT NORTH SYDNEY.

    There were but few of the public present yesterday at the Town Hall, North Sydney to hear the official decaration of the poll taken on Wednesday for the election of an alderman to fill the extraordinary vacancy in the ...

    Article : 548 words
  11. A SHEARERS' DELEGATE ON THE PRESENT SITUATION.

    Mr. Arthur Rae, shearers' delegate, addressed a public meeting last night, Mr. J. P. Barnes, M.L.A., presiding. There was a good attendance of shearers, artisans, and labourers Mr. Rae gave a lengthy ...

    Article : 346 words
  12. THE FRUIT MARKETS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD.

    Sir,—I notice in your columns of to-day a letter signed "Citizen," which, to my mind, requires a little explanation from the representatives of Central Cumberland, in order that the public may judge of ...

    Article : 546 words
  13. MR. MORTON, M.L.A., AT MILTON.

    Yesterday Mr. Morton, M.L.A., met Mr. Dowling, of the progress association, and discussed matters brought under his notice by that body, which had voted thanks to the member. Last evening Mr. Morton addressed ...

    Article : 227 words
  14. AMUSEMENTS.

    The Misses Albu gave a concert last evening— this time, however, not at one of the smaller concert halls of the city, but, as advised, at the Centennial Hall. This change to what is very properly recognised ...

    Article : 849 words
  15. THE SYDNEY PEACE SOCIETY.

    Sir,—Considering the condition of the world at the present time, is it a right thing that the above society should instil into the minds of the young that it is wrong for them to have a military education to assist ...

    Article : 315 words
  16. THE FLOOD IN THE BULLOO.

    The Bulloo River rose 10 inches from 10 o'olock last night until 3 to-day. A big flood is anticipated, but it is not generally thought that it will reach the last highwater mark. The Brisbane and Sydney mails arrived ...

    Article : 67 words
  17. EXTENSION OF FIVE DOCK TRAMWAY TO MORTLAKE.

    Sir,—I notice by the papers that a deputation to consist of the Mayor and aldermen of Five Dock intends waiting upon the Minister for Works for the purpose of advocating the extension of the Five Dock Tramway ...

    Article : 605 words
  18. CAPITAL AND LABOUR.

    Sir,—All reasonable persons must admit that "freedom of contract" is a correct principle, at the same time it cannot be fairly denied that " freedom of contract " means the practical uselossness of unionism, ...

    Article : 604 words
  19. THE REV. R. JACKSON ON THE SYDNEY CHURCHES.

    Last evening the mixed and the Presbyterian portion of the congregation which worship in the Union Church, Cambewarra, gave a social tea in honour of the Rev. Robert Jackson, Presbyterian minister of Berry, on the ...

    Article : 480 words
  20. NEWTOWN-ROAD TRAM JUNCTION.

    Sir,—I quite endorse the remarks of Mr. J. Wermald in yonr yesterday's issue; but there seems to me to be a far greater grievance about this junction, and that is, Why should people travelling from Glebe ...

    Article : 441 words
  21. TO THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD.

    Sir,—I have been greatly interested in the controversy carried on in your paper re the above subject, and I must confess I am not entirely in accord with the views which have been expressed so far. The site ...

    Article : 378 words
  22. THE RECENT FATALITY AT MIDDLE HEAD.

    Sir,—It is a matter of satisfaction to the public at large to learn that the Government will in all probability recognise the claims of the widows and families of the unfortunate officers and men killed by the torpedo ...

    Article : 322 words
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