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  2. COMMERCIAL TRAVELLERS' ASSOCIATION. ANNUAL MEETING.

    The fifth annual meeting of the Commercial Travellers' Association of New South Wales was held at the club rooms, 118, Pitt-street, yesterday morning. There were about 80 gentlemen present, and the chair was occupied by ...

    Article : 795 words
  3. FIRE AT DARLINGTON.

    At about half-past 1 o'clock this morning a fire broke out in some stables and a hayloft situated at the roar of a butcher's shop occupied by R. Jacobs, near the intersection of Cleveland-street and Newtown-road, Darlington, ...

    Article : 174 words
  4. AMUSEMENTS. THE CRITERION THEATRE—"HANS THE BOATMAN."

    A large audience assembled again last night to witness Hans the Boatman, and it was fully as enthusiastic as that of Boxing night. Little May Hannan was the recipient of numerous bouquets, and was accorded an enthusiastic ...

    Article : 197 words
  5. SHIPPING REPORTS, &c.

    CUSTOM HOUSE.—Entered Outwards: December 27, Victorian (s.), 415 tons, Captain T. E. Creer, for Adelaide, via Melbourne; Juliet Nicoll (s.), 496 tons, Captain E. Henry, for Lyttelton, via Newcastle; Leura (s.), 758 tons, Captain F. H. Stanford, for ...

    Article : 1,351 words
  6. MINING INTELLIGENCE.

    The hon. secretary of the Sydney Stock Exchange reports the crushing of the No. 1 North Phœnix Goldmining Company, Gympie, to be 800 tons stone for a yield of 1307oz. gold. Dividend, 2s. 6d. ...

    Article : 303 words
  7. GAOL ACCOMMODATION AT FORBES.

    A case of insubordination by one of the confinees in the lock-up was heard before two justices this morning. The inquiry was held in the lock-up, and at the close the justices inspected the cells, and commented in strong terms ...

    Article : 188 words
  8. PHRENOLOGICAL ENTERTAINMENT.

    Miss Jessie Allen Fowler began a series of lectures and phrenological entertainments in the Young Men's Christian Association Hall last evening, before a moderate attendance. The chair was occupied by ...

    Article : 157 words
  9. [BY TELEGRAPH.]

    Share report sales: Moonta, 30s. 6d., contributing 1s. 9d.; Baker's Creek, 70s., 67s. 6d.; Mount Moore, 8s. 9d., 11s.; Brokon, £298; British, £4 9s. 3d.; Block, £3 18s. 6d.; North, 35s., 11s. 6d.; Junction, 27s. 10½d. to 28s.; ...

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  10. NEW VESSEL FOR SYDNEY TRADE.

    On the 16th November there was launched from Messrs. Bussell and Co.'s Greenock yard a steel sailing barque of 1300 tons register, built to the order of Messrs. Stuart Brothers, of Glasgow. After the launch the vessel (named the Pitcairn Island ...

    Article : 99 words
  11. THE P. AND O. COMPANY'S LASCAR SAILORS.

    On November 22 a case was brought in the West Ham Police Court, in which were involved the crew of the P. and O. Company's Shannon, numbering 120 Lascars. These proverbially docile mariners had a grievance the trouble being that they had ...

    Article : 313 words
  12. THE HORNSEY ROADS, &c. TO THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD.

    Sir,—I regret that the Select Committee of the Legislative Assembly on the roads at Hornsby refused to allow me the opportunity of giving further evidence, for the paragraph in their report that "some of the roads and streets ...

    Article : 1,445 words
  13. TRADES AND LABOUR COUNCIL.

    The fortnightly meeting of the Trades and Labour Council was held at the Trades Hall last evening, the president (Mr. J. R. Talbot) in the chair. Delegates from the following societies were present: Ironmoulders, ...

    Article : 479 words
  14. THE ABERGELDIE.

    A heavy southerly gale was blowing last night with fearfully heavy sea when the ship Abergeldie, Captain Levie, from London, received a pilot off the Heads. The ship stood off the land towards midnight, and awaited the arrival of a tug. The ...

    Article : 246 words
  15. THE MISSION SCHOONER DAYSPRING.

    Yesterday the smart three-masted schooner Dayspring, Captain Braithwaite, returned to port from her missionary labours down in the islands. She has been away since September 22 last, and now returns, not because there is no further need of her ...

    Article : 309 words
  16. ANNUAL DINNER.

    The fifth annual dinner of the Association was held at Aarons' Exchange last evening. The company numbered about 100, and he trepast was served in an excellent manner. The chair was occupied by Mr. W. M'Millan, M.L.A., and ...

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  17. THE R.M.S. LUSITANIA.

    Yesterday morning, punctually to expected hour, the Orient Steam Navigation Company's R.M.S. Lusitania, Captain A. Tillett, brought up in Neutral Bay from London. via ports. When the Lusitania left home there was not a vacant ...

    Article : 726 words
  18. CASUALTIES.

    A labourer named John Peel, 30 years of age, residing at No. 158. Walker-street, Redfern, was admitted to the Sydney Hospital yesterday, suffering from an extensive scalp wound, a contusion on the back, and an injury to one ...

    Article : 265 words
  19. MANAGERS' REPORTS.

    Mitchell River Gold-mining Company, December 13.—Lower Drive: Total distance driven from break of surface to face, 61ft. 6in., giving 41ft. from first set of timber. County fair; driving granite, with mineral in heads, specimens of which am bringing ...

    Article : 881 words
  20. THE MENMUIR.

    The E. and A. S. Company's well-known China trader, the steamer Menmuir, has been laid up at Mort's Dock for some time past undergoing a thorough renovation. She is to be fitted with the latest pattern engines and machinery, and these latter, which ...

    Article : 68 words
  21. ENGLISH SHIPPING.

    The Edinburgh left London for Sydney November 22, in command of Captain Gardiner; Lady Ruthven, Captain Kerr, left London November 21, for Sydney and Newcastle; Anglo Norman left Liverpool for Sydney November 19; the Altmore, Captain ...

    Article : 44 words
  22. THE GRAFTON TO INVERELL RAILWAY AND IRRIGATION.

    Sir,—Will you allow me space to direct the attention of the public to a few points in reference to the policy of making the Clarence River accessible to shipping of all kinds and connecting it by rail with Glen Innes and ...

    Article : 766 words
  23. PICNIC.

    The Waratah Lodge, I. O. G. T., amalgamated with the Juvenile Templars of Marrickville, held their first annual picnic on the grounds of Mr. John Roseby, kindly lent by that gentleman for the occasion. Some 500 or 600 ...

    Article : 153 words
  24. UNION COMPANY'S STEAMERS.

    The steamers Tekapo and Taupo left Oamaru yesterday for Sydney with produce cargoes. The s.s. Rotomahana, hence to Auckland, arrived at her destination on Christmas Day. The steamer Hauroto left Suva on Monday last for Melbourne, via ...

    Article : 54 words
  25. CITY RAILWAY STATION.

    Sir,—As it is the intention of the new Commissioners to have the outgoing station for goods removed from Redfern, the question will naturally arise as to which is the most advantageous position for receiving the goods traffic ...

    Article : 414 words
  26. A HEAVY DAY AT THE CUSTOMS.

    As might be expected, yesterday proved to be an exceptionally busy day at her Majesty's Customs. In all the departments the work proved heavy, but it was especially so in the "long room," for no less than 28 ...

    Article : 319 words
  27. GOVERNMENT GAZETTE.

    The following official notifications were published in yesterday's Government Gazette:— APPOINTMENTS.—Messrs. Bernhard Ringrose Wise, M.L.A., and Julian Rossi Ashton to be trustees of the ...

    Article : 279 words
  28. POLICE COURT DELAYS.

    Sir,—I trust you will allow me, on behalf of a number of suitors and others engaged at the Redfern Police Court to-day, to enter a very strong protest, through your columns, against the delay occasioned to about 100 parsons by the ...

    Article : 289 words
  29. THE GULF OF GUINEA.

    Australian business mainly has induced the owners of the Gulf line, the Greenock Steamship Company, to add four monster steel steamships to their fleet, and the Gulf of Guinea, which arrived here last evening, is the second of the four so far to hand ...

    Article : 749 words
  30. FLOUR TRUSTS.

    Sir,—It must be evident to every thinking mind, after reading the article on the Flour Trusts, that something must be done to put a stop to the unblushing greed that would see in the bounty or otherwise of Providence the ...

    Article : 167 words
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