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  2. THE LATE FIRE AT WICKHAM

    The inquiry into the circumstances attending till late fire at Cassidy's, Wickham, was resumed this morning at the Belmore Hotel, Wickham, before Coroner Martin, J.P., and a jryy of 13. Inspector ...

    Article : 1,210 words
  3. COUNTRY NEWS.

    At a meeting of magistrates to-day, Messrs. R. Page and J. T. Tandy were recommended to the Government Statist as enumerators for the Casino portion of the electorate for the census this year. ...

    Article : 1,074 words
  4. THE WEATHER.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 195 words
  5. INTERCOLONIAL NEWS.

    The Premier states that the question as to whether a second trial in connection with the last Promior Permanent Building As'ociation prosecutions will not be considered in Cabinet, but will ...

    Article : 311 words
  6. MR. PARNELL AT LIMERICK,

    Mr. Parnell, speaking at Limerick, challenged Mr. Gladstone to produce the memorandum alleged to have been drawn up at the Hawarden interview. He declared ...

    Article : 150 words
  7. The Sydney Morning Herald.

    THE amount of the huge Frenoh convorsion loan of about £84,750,000, bearing interest at 3 per cent., has been covered 10½ times in Paris, and 6 times in London. ...

    Article : 9,545 words
  8. [BY TELEGRAPH.]

    Heavy rain has fallen here at intervals since Saturday night, quite sufficient for the present requirements; the maize and young cane required it badly. In consequence of this the season's prospects continued bright ...

    Article : 952 words
  9. THE ARCHBISHOPRIC OF YORK.

    The Right Rev. William Connor Magee, D.D., Bishop of Peterborough, has been appointed Archbishop of York, in succession to the late Dr. Thomson. ...

    Article : 134 words
  10. QUEENSLAND.

    The information against William Davidson, Survoyor-GenEral, for assault was to-day dismissed. The complainant failed to appear, and the detective who served thE subpoena on lion said that shE ...

    Article : 187 words
  11. THE IRISH RELIEF FUND.

    The fund being raised for the relief of the distress in Ireland, in answer to the appeal made by the Earl of Zetland, the Lord Lieutenant, and Mr. Balfour, Chief ...

    Article : 61 words
  12. SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    The rainfall at Adelaide last year was 25 inches 779 points, bring four points above the average of 52 years during which rocords have been kept at Adelaide. ...

    Article : 154 words
  13. COLLISION IN THE FIRTH OF FORTH.

    A disastrous collision hus taken place between two steamers in the Firth of Forth. The details of the collision are not yet to hand, but it is known that 13 lives ...

    Article : 51 words
  14. WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

    Owing to Parliament reassombling on the 20th instant it will be impossible for tho Government to send a delegate to the Federal Council at Hobart It is reported from Champion Bay that scab has ...

    Article : 93 words
  15. A HUGE FRENCH LOAN.

    The amount of the French conversion loan of 869,000,000 francs (about £84,750,000), bearing interest at 3 per cent., has been covered 16½ times in Paris, ...

    Article : 87 words
  16. NORTHERN TERRITORY.

    The s.s, Ohangslia arrived from Hongkong on Friday without passengers. She sailed on Saturday for Southern ports. Three passengers sailed for Hongkong, via ...

    Article : 41 words
  17. THE ADAMSTOWN RAILWAY STATION.

    At a rather stormy meeting at Adamstown on Saturday night, the Mayor in thE chair, a resolution was carried, "That we, the residents of Adamstown, take Immediate steps to prevent teo removal of the ...

    Article : 83 words
  18. NEW ZEALAND.

    Bush fiores on the Upper Wairarapa Plaina devastated two miles of oountry boforo a timoly fall of rain subdued the flames, The nammes of Sir Maurice O'Rorke and the ...

    Article : 48 words
  19. EXTRAORDINARY SCENE IN A CHURCH.

    At theF itzroy Court to-day a middle-aged respectable man was charged with obstructing divine service at St. Mark's Church yesterday. The minister was about ...

    Article : 90 words
  20. ORGANGE AGRICUTURAL SOCIETY.

    The annual meeting of the Agricultural Society was held this evening. The Hon. A. T. Kerr was in the chair. The report, which was adopted, disclosed a satisfactory state of affairs Last year the society was ...

    Article : 188 words
  21. THE SIOUX WAR.

    The Sioux Indians who have given in their submission to the United States troops refuse to surrender their arms. It is feared that an attempt to disarm them ...

    Article : 52 words
  22. DEATH OF THE HON. WILLIAM BATES.

    The Hon. William Bates died suddenly this morning at his residence, Uxbridge House, Nicholson-street, of heart disease. His age was 63, He arrived in Viotoria about 1852, and entered upon ...

    Article : 74 words
  23. ASSAULTING AN INSPECTOR OF WORKS.

    In a police court cann, John M'Millan voraus W. J. Gillies, the defendant was lined 20s, 21s professiona costs, and 5s. 10d costs of cout. The plaintiff is Inspector of Works under the Harbours and Rivers ...

    Article : 142 words
  24. PASTORAL INTELLIGENCE.

    The following are the local slock passings and movements reported to the Wagga Stock lnspoutor during the week:—12,000 wethers and owes, John Loughran owner, from Boondara and Mossgiel to Goulburn, via ...

    Article : 310 words
  25. FOUNDERING OF THE SCHOONER PERSERVERANCE.

    The schooner Perseverance, bound from Maryborough to Townsville, with a cargo of timber, encountered bad weather on the Northern ooasr. Her foremast went overboard, and subsequently the ...

    Article : 91 words
  26. THE DAIRYING INDUSTRY IN VICTORIA.

    Mr. D. Wilson, dairy expert, has reported to the Minister of Agriculture upon the work done in connection with the industry. Mr. Wilson states that the creamery system is more favoured than ...

    Article : 158 words
  27. LORD JERSEY IN MELBOURNE.

    Lord Jersey to-day visited the Mayor of Melbourne, the Premier, and also the Masonic Club, His Excellenoy also paid a visit to the office of the Broken Hill Proprietary Company, and inspected ...

    Article : 58 words
  28. THE GOULBURN CATHEDRAL DISPUTE.

    On Saturday Captain Rossi saw Mr. Spooner, the caretaker of te cathedral and applied to him for the keys, informing him that he was the trustees' churchwarden of the building. Mr. Spooner replied that Mr. ...

    Article : 549 words
  29. ALBURY QUARTER SESSIONS.

    At the Quarter Sussions to-day William Stanley, charged with forging and uttering a cheque purporting to be signed by a local squatter, pleaded guilty, and was sentenced to three years' penal servitude. James ...

    Article : 174 words
  30. THE VICTORIAN HANSARD.

    The Government will, before next session, consider the quostion of increasing tho Hansard staff, so that the publication may be issued on Saturdays, instead of on Tuesdays as formerly. The Library ...

    Article : 55 words
  31. SHOCKING ACCINDENT TO A RAILWAY FIREMAN.

    A fireman of a goods engine named Charles Lacey met with a frightful accident at the North Brighton railway siding this afternoon. Whilst waiting at the siding for the 3,40 ...

    Article : 194 words
  32. THE UNEMPLOYED IN BRISBANE.

    A meeting of the unemployed was held this morning, and the outcome was a mass deputation to the Minister for Works, Mr. Unmack, who, however, declined to receive more than one ...

    Article : 181 words
  33. DESTRUCTIVE CYOLONE IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

    A destructive cyclone is roporled from Lagrange Bay. It commencod on the evening of the 27th December, and lasted until midnight. It started 52 miles from Lagrange Bay, and travelled ...

    Article : 92 words
  34. THE GOULBURN ANGLICAN SYNOD.

    Messrs. T. H. Prosserr, A. Dowhursdt, and William Davies will be the lay representatives of the Crockwell parish at the opening of the Synod of Goulburn tomorrow. The Rev. A. Innes O'Rielly, incumbent of ...

    Article : 56 words
  35. MR. E. B. L. DICKENS, M.L.A. AT WILCANNIA.

    Mr. E. B. L. Dickens, M.L.A., accompanied by Mr. J. E. Brown, Conservator of Forests, arrived here today, Mr, Dickens addressed his constituentxs on Friday night, and will remain in the district some time, having ...

    Article : 67 words
  36. RAILWAY EXTENSION FROM NNARRABRI.

    At a large and infoluential public meeting, held at Angledool, Mr. Robertson, Currawillughi, chairman. it was proposed by Mr. Sherwin, and seconded by Mr. Pitt, "that the only extension of railway ...

    Article : 136 words
  37. AN IMPORTANT HERBALL DISCOVERY.

    George Clout, of Rosemount, brought to town a sample of hybrid trefoil growing plentifully in his paddocks. The plant was recently discovered here by Charles de La Motte, an inspector of agriculture, and ...

    Article : 97 words
  38. THE NEW RAILWAY TARIFF IN QUEENSLAND.

    At a large public meeting at Warwick to-day, to consider the new railway tariff, Mr. Morgan, M.L.AA., in the chair, a resolution was passed coclaring that the new rates would check the ...

    Article : 71 words
  39. RESCUE OF A CHILD FROM DROWNING.

    Last week a lad named Wm. Donohue, 13 years of ago, rescued a child named Dwyer, 6 years old, from drowning in the River Tumut, near where M'Farlane's Creek enters it, The child was playing; on the bank ...

    Article : 87 words
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