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  2. LATEST INTELLIGENCE.

    The annual meeting of the Newcastle Permanent Building Society was held this evening, Mr. William Laing presiding. The report was submitted and adopted. The society's affairs show increasing ...

    Article : 74 words
  3. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) VICTORIA.

    In the Assembly a long discussion took place thi[?] afternoon re the Customs Bill. The Governmen[?] propose to reduce the sheep tax from 9d. to 6d. The Opposition urge the total abolition ...

    Article : 209 words
  4. The Sydney Morning Herald.

    In the Legislative Council, yesterday, Mr. MARKS laid on the table a copy of the Gazette containing a proclamation of regulations for cutting waterraces through leased lands; certain municipal by-laws, and ...

    Article : 4,856 words
  5. WEST MAITLAND.

    At a meeting of the West Maitland Volunteer Rifles held here last night only fifteen members signified their intention to enrol under the new regulations. The clause compelling Volunteers to give eight days of continuous ...

    Article : 170 words
  6. SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    The Commissioner for Public Works stated in the Assembly that when wharfage accommodation was provided at the North-west Bend, a reduction would probably be made in the rates on the Kapunda and ...

    Article : 64 words
  7. WOLLONGONG.

    The Dairymaid, belonging to the Shellharbour Company, went ashore on Collins's Point, Bellambi, in a dense fog. Pilot and crew have gone to render assistance. Later news received this afternoon states that ...

    Article : 63 words
  8. THE EXTENSION OF THE GREAT SOUTHERN RAILWAY.

    The adjourned meeting for the purpose of urging the Government to adopt the Southern route for railway extension to Hay was held this evening, and was largely and influentially attended. The chair was occupied by Mr. ...

    Article : 316 words
  9. BEGA.

    The Prospecting Board arrived yesterday. To-day Mr. Wilkinson, the geologist, and Mr. Wood, Secretary for Mines, proceeded to Nelson Ranges and inspected the workings. Mr. Wilkinson pronounced the ...

    Article : 86 words
  10. SPORTING.

    The weather this morning was windy and wet. Riverton went a fast mile. Strathearn and Arab went two miles. Tidal Wave had a good gallop with Swiveller. Timothy and Fleetwing had a fast mile, the former having the best ...

    Article : 175 words
  11. COWRA.

    The eldest son of Mr. Stevenson, of Cowra, when bathing in the Lachlan, with some schoolfellows, in shallow water, slipped into a deep hole and had sunk for the last time, when he was bravely rescued by ...

    Article : 71 words
  12. COONAMBLE.

    We have had 1·05 points of rain. The District Court was opened yesterday by Judge Murray, and all the cases were concluded at 1 o'clock. The Quarter Sessions opened to-day. M'Loughland ...

    Article : 107 words
  13. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)

    The stakes won at the Caulfield Races amounted to £653. Intending nominators for the Tattersall's Club Cup, of 500 sovereigns, to be run for at Randwick, on New Year's ...

    Article : 60 words
  14. POLITICAL AFFAIRS IN QUEENS LAND.

    The Hon. S. W. Griffith, Minister for Pub lic Works, addressed the electors at Brisbane for two hours last night. He referred first to the statement that there were no two distinct politica l parties, ...

    Article : 908 words
  15. JERILDERIE.

    The largest and most influential meeting ever held in Jerilderie took place to-day at the Assembly Hall, relative to railway communication direct with Sydney. It was unanimously resolved that an extension of the Southern ...

    Article : 61 words
  16. AMUSEMENTS.

    The third concert of the eleventh season of the Civil Service Musical Society took place in the Masonic Hall, Clarence-street, last evening. As usual at the musical reunions of this society, a large and fashionable audience ...

    Article : 838 words
  17. QUEENSLAND.

    Mr. M'Ghio, contests the Gympie electorate. An official telegram front Blackall states that several licenses have been issued to miners to work on an alleged gold-field 500 miles to the westward. Thomas ...

    Article : 198 words
  18. NEWS OF THE DAY.

    THE cable between Batavia and Singapore is still interrupted. Communication on the Western Australian line is also interrupted, and we are consequently unable to learn whether the P. and O. Company's steamer Siam, ...

    Article : 2,666 words
  19. VICTORIA.

    In the Assembly, this afternoon, the Sydney Outlawry Bill was introduced, under which bushrangers will be shot down if they fail to surrender to justice. The bill will be rapidly passed through all its stages. ...

    Article : 415 words
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