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  2. FAREWELL BANQU[?]T TO SIR HENRY LOCH.

    The farewell banquet to Sir Henry Loch at the Town Hall, to-night, was attended by about 400 gentlemen, including the members of the Ministry, most of the members of both Houses of Parliament, ...

    Article : 185 words
  3. SHIPPING REPORTS, &c.

    CUSTOM HOUSE.—Entered outwards: November 14, Vision, brig, 159 tons. Captain J Christian, for Ka[?]para; R.M.s. Alamed[?] 1939 tons, Captain H. G. Morse[?] for Auckland, Honolulu, and San Francisco; Nemesis (s.), 887 tons, ...

    Article : 1,149 words
  4. THE MINERS' STRIKE AT BROKEN HILL.

    At the conference yesterday between the directors of the Proprietary Mine and the delegates of the Amalgamated Miners' Association, Mr. M'Gregor, the chairman of the Proprietary directors, in commenting upon ...

    Article : 3,834 words
  5. COUNTRY NEWS.

    The Hon. John A. Wallace, a member of the Victorian Legislative Council, and one of the p[?]oneer[?] of the bordEr district, has caused plans to be prepared for the erection of a large new ward at the ovens ...

    Article : 716 words
  6. THE PROPOSED RAILWAY INSTITUTE.

    We understand that the premium of £[?]0, offered for the best design for the proposed railway institute, induced a goodly number of architects to send in sets of drawings of considerable merit. These were examined ...

    Article : 639 words
  7. THE R.M.S. ALAMEDA.

    Yesterday morning, rather earlier than she was expected, the R.M.S. Alameda arrived from San Francisco with passengers, mails, and a full cargo of general merchandise. Captain H. G. Morse is still in command, and reports ...

    Article : 188 words
  8. SHIPPING AT CALIFORNIAN PORTS.

    Freights for lumber were as follows at San Fi[?]ncisco:— October 20: From Puget Sound or Burrard's Inlet to Hobson's Bay[?] 57s 6d; to Melbourne Wharf, 62s 6d; Sydney, [?]0s; Adelaide, 65s. Following are late charters:—Uncle John, ...

    Article : 369 words
  9. MR. N. MELVILLE, M.L.A., AT WALLSEND.

    Mr. Ninian Melville, M.L.A., addressed a meeting of the electors of Northumberland this evening at Wallsend. The chair was taken by Mr. H. Rushton, Mayor of Wallsend. After the usual introduction, ...

    Article : 518 words
  10. INTERCOLONIAL STOCK CONFERENCE.

    The Intercolonial Stock Conference held its final sitting to-day. The report of the committee, embodying all the resolutions of the conference, was adopted. This, with a full account of the ...

    Article : 134 words
  11. ARRIVAL OF THE BIRKSGATE.

    The A. U. S. N. Company's Island trading steamer Birksgate arrived from her periodical trip to the New Hebrides, Noumea, and the Fiji group yesterday. bringing the largest cargo of bananas ever carried to this port in one bottom, and ...

    Article : 233 words
  12. FEDERATION and the AUSTRALIAN NATIVES' ASSOCIATION.

    On Tuesday the Hon. J. C. Bray, president of the Australian Natives' Association, telegraphed to the boards of directors of the associations in the other colonies that a conference of delegates from ...

    Article : 146 words
  13. THE HAZON ORCHESTRA.

    Sir,—It is very gratifying to see that Mr. Churchill Otton has adopted my suggestion, that he should consider the schemes propounded by Mr. Ri[?]cardi, "Nur ein Geiger," and myself, and has decided upon a ...

    Article : 293 words
  14. THE PROPOSED FEDERATION CONFERENCE.

    We published yesterday an outline of a telegram relative to Sir Henry Parkes' scheme of federation received by the Premier of this colony from the f[?]on. P. O. Fysh (Premier of Tasmania.) We have since ...

    Article : 356 words
  15. SUDDEN DEATH OF A MAN AT SINGLETON.

    An inquest was held this morning on the body of a man found dead under the railway bridge over the river, yesterday. The deceased was a man of about 60 years of age, and had a [?]wag and a large parcel of ...

    Article : 161 words
  16. THE YARRA.

    Last evening the Messageries Maritimes mall steamer Yarra[?] which has been in quarantine since her arrival here from Marseilles on the 10th and has been thoroughly fumigated and disinfected, was towed up to the company's ...

    Article : 54 words
  17. THE UNITED STATES WARSHIP NIPSIC.

    The N[?]psle, one of the ships caught in the hurri[?]ane at Samoa last March, has been repaired at Honolulu. Her trial trip is thus referred to in a Honolulu paper to hand yesterday:—This storm-tossed and historic war vessel, after ...

    Article : 251 words
  18. PROTECTIONIST MEETING AT MURRUMBURRAH.

    A protectionist meeting was held in the Assembly Hail last night. The attendance was fair. Mr. Bourke was in the chair, the president being unavoidably absent. The first resolution, relative to the revision of ...

    Article : 122 words
  19. PHYLLOXERA.

    Sir,—In your issue of to-day it appears that the secretary of the Vine and Fruitgrowers' Association at Albury has been communicated with respecting the spread of phylloxera at Seven Hills. Some time since ...

    Article : 133 words
  20. THE WEATHER IN THE COUNTRY.

    The weather is very cold and wet. Light drizzling rain has been falling all day, with every prospect of continuing. OBERON, THURSDAY. ...

    Article : 452 words
  21. The MUNICIPAL COUNCIL of GUNDAGAI

    The first meeting of aldermen of the new Municipal Council of Gundagai was held this afternoon, at which it was decided not to proceed with the business until after the Mayor communicates with the Colonial ...

    Article : 119 words
  22. THE N. S. S. FERRY COMPANY AND THE WHARFS.

    Very recently a deputation representing the East St. Leonards Council had an interview with the directors of the North Shore Steam Ferry Company, and submitted the following terms for the leese to the company ...

    Article : 203 words
  23. THE COOGEE BATHS.

    Sir,—May 1 be allowed to confirm the remarks of your correspondent "Randwick Resident," respecting the present state of Coogee bathing basins, and to suggest that the proper remedy would be to appoint a ...

    Article : 250 words
  24. THE MAIL SERVICE VIA VANCOUVER.

    Under date of New York September 23 a London special published in the New York papers says that the Hon. J. J. C. Abbort's mission to Australia is considered in London as of some importance. His primary object is to "press the claims ...

    Article : 307 words
  25. REMOVAL OF THE NEWCASTLE COAL STAITHS.

    The coal staiths, which have been for so long a nuisance and obstacle to traffic near the Queen's Wharf, will shortly be pulled down. The lessees of the space for the limber yards and workshops in the vicinity have ...

    Article : 104 words
  26. THE MILITARY TOURNAMENT AT TENTERFIELD.

    The proceedings in connection with the military tournament terminated to-day with rifle matches, when a rifle and 200 rounds of ammunition offered by Major Lass[?]tter were won by Corporal John Watt, of ...

    Article : 134 words
  27. OVERLAND PASSENGER TRAFFIC.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 497 words
  28. SMOKING ON HARBOUR STEAMERS.

    Sir,—It is indeed high time that the force of public opinion should be brought to bear to procure the onforcement of proper regulations as regards smoking on board our harbour ferry-boats. As matters stand, to ...

    Article : 545 words
  29. THE LADY BOWEN.

    Captain J. Pain, steamer Gabo, reports that on the 11th current, during the passage from F[?]t Top to Brisbane, he passed the four-masted schooner Lady Bowen 30 miles north of Double Island Point, bound north. The Lady Bowen left ...

    Article : 50 words
  30. FERRY WHARFS.

    Sir,—No better illustration of the truism that the travelling public in and around Sydney are long-suffering and patient can be given than the monopoly [?]florded to those who have control of our ferry wharfs. ...

    Article : 452 words
  31. NEW YORK AND BOSTON SHIPPING.

    The latest dates to hand contain the following as to American east coast ports' shipping to these colonies. Freight rates, from New York or [?]ston, by sailing vesse[?] to Sydney and Melbourne, 23c. to 24c. From New York to Sydney, ...

    Article : 290 words
  32. TRIANGULAR RIFLE MATCH.

    A triangular match was shot yest rday between the members of the Dubbo, Forbes, and Grenfell reserve rifle companies, 10 men each company, seven shots each at 400, 500, and 600 yards. The scores were as ...

    Article : 108 words
  33. THE UNITED STATES NAVY.

    American papers received by the mall yesterday have a good deal to say on the subject of the navy. There must be no mistake as to the requirements of the United States navy, say[?] a journal. It is all very well to possess a fleet of flying ...

    Article : 316 words
  34. LISMORE QUARTER SESSIONS.

    At the Quarter Sessions to-day, James Boxshall, charged with forgery, pleaded guilty, and was remanded for sentence. George, an aboriginal, charged with assaulting Lavinia M'Cann at Mullumbiby, with ...

    Article : 119 words
  35. THE GOVERNMENT SUBSIDY TO AGRICULTURAL SOCIETIES.

    A letter from the Deniliquin Agricultural Association was read to-day at the Cooma Association, urging co-operation to induce the Government to grant pound for pound subsidy, as formerly, instead of 10s., as ...

    Article : 104 words
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