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  2. COUNTRY NEWS.

    The Rifle Reserve Company finished a course of musketry firing last Saturday, and are the best company in the Richmond River district. They obtained seven badges, 14 first-class and nine second-class ...

    Article : 1,783 words
  3. RAILWAY EXTENSION FROM MOLONG TO FORBES.

    Mr. A. Stokes, junior momber for Forbes, addressed a crowded meeting here on Saturday night on the question of Molong to Forbes railway extension. The Mayor took the chair. Mr. Stokes spoke in favour of the ...

    Article : 848 words
  4. THE AUSTRALIAN ELEVEN IN ENGLAND.

    Not only Australians but the goneral English public realised the importance of this match. It was the conquering game, Murdoch's last team having beaton Lord Sheffield's Eleven, while the ...

    Article : 2,059 words
  5. ACCIDENT TO AN ATLANTIC LINER.

    The City of Rome, one of the Anchor line of Atlantic steamers, ran on Faatnet Island, off the Irish coast, during a dense fog and broke her stem. Although much ...

    Article : 191 words
  6. INTERCOLONIAL NEWS.

    The resignation of Mr. David Elder, one of the Savings Bank Commissioners, has been forwarded to the Government Mr. Elder is at present on a visit to England, but left his resignation bebind, in ...

    Article : 413 words
  7. The Sydney Morning Herald.

    THE City of Rome, one of the Anchor line of Atlantic steamers, ran on Fastest Island, off the Irish coast, during a dense fog and broke her stem. Although much damaged, she proceeded to ...

    Article : 10,190 words
  8. BRITISH AND GERMAN INTERESTS IN AFRICA.

    The attitude of Lord Salisbury in regard to the relations between England and Germany in East and South-Eastern Africa, destroys for the present all hope of an ...

    Article : 50 words
  9. THE SILVER COINAGE IN AMERICA.

    The American House of Representatives has, by a majority of 16, passed the Silver Coinage Bill which was framed by the Caucus Committees of the Senate and ...

    Article : 66 words
  10. QUEENSLAND.

    Sugar crashing commenced this morning at the Te Kowai plantation, Mackay. If the weather holds it is expected crushing will soon become pretty general throughout the district. ...

    Article : 250 words
  11. RAILWAY ACCIDNENT at BURWOOD.

    Yesterday afternoon another fatality occurred on the railway. As the half-past 2 o'clock express train from Sydney to Strathfield passed through Burwood station, at the rate of nearly 20 miles per hour, the driver ...

    Article : 114 words
  12. THE ROYAL HUNT CUP.

    Mr. W. C. Cooper's ch. m. Lady Betty, which is engaged in the Royal Hunt Cup, one mile, at the Ascot Heath Meeting on the 18th inst., and has been handicapped ...

    Article : 77 words
  13. DISCUSSION AT THE BURWOOD COUNCIL.

    The above fatality formed the subject of a warm discussion at the meeting of the Burwood Town Council last night. The matter was introduced by Alderman T. H. Jones, who moved, ...

    Article : 185 words
  14. THE FLOODS IN THE WEST.

    Owing to the heavy state of the roads on the Cooligal route, the Melbourne mails, due yesterday morning, have not yet arrived. The steamer Excelsior arrived from Bourke yesterday, and leaves again ...

    Article : 692 words
  15. ARRIVAL OF THE ENGLISH MAIL AT ALBANY.

    The R.M.S. Parramatta, R. G. Murray commander, arrived from Colombo at 8.30 p.m. The following is a list of her passengers:- ...

    Article : 120 words
  16. SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    The Government have appointed Mr. H. C. Swan, J.P., of the Semaphore, to proceed to the Far North to conduct an official inquiry into certain allegations made against the police troopers, ...

    Article : 310 words
  17. THE SWEATING SYSTEM IN MELBOURNE.

    A pablic meeting was held in the Town Hall to-night to consider the system of sweating in Melbourne. The Mayor presided, and the hall was crowded. The Rev. Charles Strong moved ...

    Article : 193 words
  18. CASUALTIES.

    A youth named Thomas Kelly, 17, a butcher, residing in Victoria-street, Paddintrton, was found in an unconscious condition yesterday in a yard at Miller's-road by Constable Ball. It was stated that the ...

    Article : 338 words
  19. THE FEDERATION CONVENTION.

    After the formal business in the Assembly to-morrow Mr. Gillies will move that the House concur in the Federal resolutions adopted at the Federation Conference, and that Messrs. Gillies, ...

    Article : 93 words
  20. GAS EXPLOSION AT BALACLAVA.

    A serious gas explosion occurred this morning at Balaclava, in a house owned and occupied by James Sloss and family. A child drew attention to an escape of gas in the parlour, and Mr. Sloss lit a match to ...

    Article : 121 words
  21. NEW ZEALAND.

    The death is announced of Mr. F. J. Garrick, of Christchurch, formerly member for St. Albans, aged 57. A contractor named Henry Cooksley has been ...

    Article : 60 words
  22. A LIBEL CASE IN VICTORIA.

    To-day, Mr. Justice Webb gave judgment for plaintiff for £40, in addition to £10 paid into court, on one libel, and £10 on the second libel, or, altogether £60 and costs, in the action H. A. M. Christopher ...

    Article : 222 words
  23. BOURKE RELIES FUND.

    Sir,—May I trespass for a small space for just a line in reply to Mr. Daniells re the above? He states that evidently I had no knowledge of what I wrote about. Some may think this true if Mr. Daniells had not ...

    Article : 221 words
  24. EXPLORATION OF THE ANTARCTIC.

    Baron von Mueller has received a letter from Dr. Nanson, the well-known explorer of Greenland, who regrets that he will be unable to visit Australia this year, but he hopes that the ...

    Article : 112 words
  25. THE DISAPPEARANCE OF JACOB RICK.

    Some farther evidence of importance has been obtained by the police in connection with the mining man, Jacob Rick, which tends to strengthen the impression that Smidt, new in gaol ...

    Article : 463 words
  26. WORM EXPERIMENTING BOARD.

    Sir,—I quite coincide with "I. S. V. S." that to experiment or try the effect of any medicine or nostrum for the cure of worms in sheep, it is absolutely imperative that the experiments be conducted on the sheep ...

    Article : 139 words
  27. THE FEDERATION OF RAILWAY EMPLOYEES.

    Mr. F. Sohey, M.L.A., addressed the Railway employees in the Protestant Hall, Eskbank, on Saturday night on the federation of railway employees all over the Australasian colonies. By next August he believed ...

    Article : 161 words
  28. THE UPPER MURRAY RAILWAY LEAGUE.

    A well attended public meeting was held this evening in the Mechanics' Institute, under the auspices of the Upper Murray Railway Leane. The Mayor (Mr. G. A. Thompson) occupied the chair. The following ...

    Article : 221 words
  29. THE ORMOND CHAIR Of MUSIC.

    Sir Charles Halle has given information to the University Ceuncil in regard to the appointment of a Professor to the Ormond Chair of Music. Sir Charles Halle is a member of the London committee ...

    Article : 154 words
  30. THE SYDNEY TRAMWAY AND OMNIBUS COMPANY BILL.

    Sir,—The citizens are under a debt to Mr. Charles Brawn for his able expesure, in your columns, of the attempt on the part of the above company to "scoop the pool" with their little ...

    Article : 280 words
  31. MAITLAND QUARTER SESSIONS.

    The Maitland Quarter Sessions were commenced at the Courthouse, East Maitland, to-day, before Judge Wilkinson. Mr. A. F. Dawson prosecuted for the Crown. Thomas Johns pleaded guilty to a charge of ...

    Article : 156 words
  32. SALE OF RACEHORSES.

    There was a crowd of racing men at Tattersall's to-day when Tradition was offered for sale by W. C. Yuille and Co. The first offer was 100 guineas. The price rose gradually te 900 guineas, when he was ...

    Article : 79 words
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  34. PAINFUL ACCIDENT AT HARDEN.

    A man named Henry Drayton a fireman here was scalded on Sunday morning at the locomotive aheds by falling off the tender of an engine into a pit of boiling water that the engine had just blown off. ...

    Article : 56 words
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