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  2. THE RECITAL.

    By way of prolude Mr. W. T. Best performed his own version of the National Anthem, written by him for use on special occasions at St. George's Hall, Liverpool, &c. In this he has indulged in no attempts at ...

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  3. AMUSEMENTS.

    Visitors to the University on Saturday evening found that the great hall had undergone a curious transformation at the hands of the committee of the Dramatic Society, to make way for an amatenr performance of ...

    Article : 1,058 words
  4. THE MARINE OFFICERS' DISPUTE.

    Sir,—As a wrong immpression in regard to the concessions granted by the Steamship Owners' Association to marine officers through the Mercantile Marine Service Association seems to exist in the mind of the ...

    Article : 1,111 words
  5. TRADES MOVEMENTS.

    PROTEST BY THE RAILWAY SERVICE ASSOCIATION AGAINST THE ACTION OF THE COMMISSIONERS. A very largely-attended and enthusiastic meeting of ...

    Article : 3,015 words
  6. MUNICIPAL COUNCILS.

    The fortnightly meeting of the Camperdown Borough Council was held in the local town hall on the 5th instant, when there were present—the Mayor (Alderman Morgan), and Aldermen Porter, Pro[?]tor, Bennett, ...

    Article : 634 words
  7. THE WATERLOO BALLROOM.

    In a description of the room in the Rue de la Blan[?]hisseric, where it is supposed that the famous h[?]ll on the night before the battle of Waterloo washeld, aspecial correspondent of Galignani writes:—"Turning ...

    Article : 875 words
  8. ABOUT POCKETS.

    The pocket is not of grent, [?]though it is of highlyrespectable antiquity. The Ninnerites, the Assyrians, the Babylonians, the Egyptians, had no pockets, a circumstance that has caused great perplexity among ...

    Article : 1,951 words
  9. KATOOMBA.

    The fortnightly meeting of the above council was held on the 8th. Present—the Mayor (Alderman A. A. Smith), and Aldermen North, Nimmo, Edwards, and James. The following correspondence was dealt ...

    Article : 650 words
  10. INTERCOLONIAL BUTCHERS' CONFERENCE.

    On Saturday morning the conference of delegates in connection with the Butchers and Slaughtermen's Unions was resumed at the Freemasons' Hotel. There was a full attendance of the delegates, but an apology ...

    Article : 379 words
  11. COMMUNICATION between FRANCE and ENGLAND.

    Three district schemes may now be said to bo claimants for the approval of the British public with a view to getting of the passage by water across the Channel. The first of these, and the one that has ...

    Article : 1,564 words
  12. THE REV. CHARLES CLARK'S FAREWELL LECTURES.

    The Rev. Charles Clark, who is new delivering his farewellseries of lectures prior te proceeding to Brisbane, had a very large and enthusiastic audience at the Centenary Hall on Saturday evening, when he gave the ...

    Article : 157 words
  13. PERMANENT CITY ORGANIST.

    Sir,—At the banquet given to Mr. W. T. Best on Friday evening the Mayor is reported to have said that it would be "the falsest of economy, having done so much, to be content with an organist unworthy of the ...

    Article : 357 words
  14. SCHOOL OF ARTS.

    The continued popularity of Mr. Harry Rickards and his specialty company was proved by the crowded state of the School of Arts on Saturday evening. A few moments after 8 o'clock standing room even was not to ...

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  15. TYPOGRAPHICAL ASSOCIATION.

    The adjourned half-yearly meeting of the Typographical Association was held at the Temperance Hall on Saturday evening. Mr. T. W. Plummer presided. About 100 members were present. After considerable ...

    Article : 172 words
  16. WATERLOO.

    This connell met on August 7. Present: The Mayor and Aldermen Anderson, White, Spicer, and Lamond. A letter was read from Sir Henry Parkes, thanking the council for their address of sympathy ...

    Article : 263 words
  17. CANTERBURY MUSIC HALL.

    The Canterbury (late Haymarket) Music Hall was again well filled on Saturday evening. The programme submitted was well up to the standard which obtains at this place of amusement, and was well ...

    Article : 39 words
  18. SKATING.

    The final race for the gold medal and Amateur Skating Championship of New South Wales took place in the Darlinghurst Skating Rink on Saturday evening in the presence of a large number of spectators. ...

    Article : 131 words
  19. FORMATION OF A GENERAL LABOURERS' UNION.

    On Saturday evening a meeting of general labourers was held under the auspices of the Trades and Labour Council at the Temperance Hall, for the purpose of forming a union amongst all those ...

    Article : 101 words
  20. SYDNEY LABOUR MARKET [?] PAUPERISM IS SYDNEY.

    Sir.—With practically everything stated by your correspondent "T. B." I find myself in hearty accord. But is it not necessary to go even further than he has done, and investigate the cause which produces the ...

    Article : 555 words
  21. BONDI AQUARIUM.

    A fair number of people assembled at the Bond[?] Aquarium on Saturday, when a walking match took place between W. M'Laren and R. Murray. The distance was 25 miles, and Murray had a start of one ...

    Article : 573 words
  22. LAUD SELECTION ON LEASEHOLD AREAS.

    At the Land Office here on Thursday, o[?] 250 applicants tendered applications for nearly 128,000 acree. In the great majority of cases a bollot had to be taken. The actual area alienated to 172 applicants ...

    Article : 497 words
  23. SHEARERS' DIFFICULTY RE NON-UNION WOOL.

    On Saturday 32 bales of non-union shorn wool from the Kooba station arrived in Sydney, consigned to Messrs.Dalgety and Co., and in pursuance of an arrangement entered into between the ...

    Article : 200 words
  24. SEAMEN'S DISPUTE WITH THE TASMANIAN COMPANY.

    On Saturday Mr. Willis, of the Tasmanian Steamship Company, received a telegram from the Melbourne manager stating that the Seamen's Union there would not allow a crew to be shipped by the company's ...

    Article : 108 words
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