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  2. LAST NIGHT'S CABLES.

    SIR JOHN PENDER died to-day in his 80th year. ...

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  3. LAST NIGHT'S NEWS.

    TIN is quoted at 10s. 6d. ...

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  4. YESTERDAY'S NEWS.

    IN the Legislative Council yesterday the bill to reduce the price of miners' rights, and to give their holders additional privileges passed the second reading and was ...

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  5. IRON NERVE

    Is a great quality born in some. Weak nerves may be strengthened by the use of some time-honoured stimulant such as Wolfe's Schnapps. ...

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  6. EVENTS & RUMOURS.

    "Open your ears, for which of you will a stop The vent of hearing when loud Rumour speaks." —Shakespeare. THIS time last year we were in the midst ...

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  7. WEATHER FORECAST.

    MR. WRAGGE'S weather predictions for New South Wales are:— Cloudy and equally with some rain and strong winds along the southern border and eastern districts; fine ...

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  8. Our Summary of Australasian News since last Issue.

    Kiandra was enveloped in a dense fog on Sunday. Thirteen men on snowshoes got lost in the snow. Six were out all night and until midday on Monday, when ...

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  9. A HEAVY LOSS.

    IT is estimated that the undue use of the knife causes an annual loss of £54,OOO in hides and £102,455 in sheepskins sent to England from Australia. ...

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  10. CONDITIONAL PURCHASERS RELIEF BILL.

    IN the Assembly last night the Conditional Purchasers Relief Bill was received back from the Council, the latter body not insisting on its recent amendments. ...

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  11. MINING TROUBLE.

    THIRTY thousand English miners have refused to accept a lO per cent. reduction in ...

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  12. POST OFFICE ROBBERY.

    THE post office at Auburn was broken into early this morning, and a safe containing between £60 and £70 was removed bodily. There was no one on duty at the time. ...

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  13. MORE TIME WASTED.

    In the Assembly the greater part of the evening was occupied in the discussion of a motion of adjournment on the subject of compulsory arbitration, the debate having ...

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  14. A SOUTH AFRICAN LOAN.

    THE British South African Company issued £1,250,000 five per cent. debentures, the amount being subscribed in 48 hours. ...

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  15. THE NEWCASTLE STRIKE.

    NOTICES to miners were posted at the Newcastle district pits to-day stating that the rates payable for hewing would be 2s. 11d. per ton at the selling price of 7s. ...

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  16. "FOUGHT LIKE DEVILS."

    DESPERATE fighting has taken place with the rebels at Matabeleland. They were armed with Lee-Metford rifles, and, according to a correspondent, fought ...

    Article : 55 words
  17. THE FINANCIAL STATEMENT.

    IT is believed that in his financial statement to-night Mr. Reid will announce a saving under the Public Service Board of nearly £300,000, and that a proposal for the ...

    Article : 49 words
  18. STUD SHEEP SALES.

    PRICES continued exceptionally good at the stud sheep sales yesterday. S. M'Aughey, of Coonong, sold 15 Vermont Australian Merino rains at an ...

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  19. BURNT TO DEATH.

    EVELINE WHITBAIN, aged eight years, residing at Sydney-street, Ers[?]ineville, died at the hospital to-day from the effects of being burnt last night whilst playing near ...

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  20. WOOL SALES.

    AT the wool sales this evening there was strong competition in merino and greasy wools at present prices. ...

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  21. STUD SHEEP SALES.

    TWENTY American Vermont Merino rams, now in quarantine, were sold to-day, one, which had never been beaten where shown in America, was sold to Brooks Bros, for ...

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  22. Risen From the Ranks.

    Sir Edward Clarke's career is a most) extraordinary triumph of character and talent. Without any advantages or a public school or university edu ...

    Article : 224 words
  23. FEDERATION.

    THE Federation Enabling Bill has been read in the Assembly the second time by 40 votes to 25. ...

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  24. THE GRAND NATIONAL.

    THE final acceptances for the Grand National Steeplechase are:—Dungan, Dondi, Larnook, Joi, Quicklight, Mikado, Walter, Grandwing, Songster, Mercury, Timoni, ...

    Article : 31 words
  25. THE GOVERNOR'S SPEECH.

    THE Governor's speech at the opening of Parliament has promised the introduction of a Federal Enabling Bill. ...

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  26. INCREASE IN THE REVENUE.

    THE most notable increases in the revenue of the colony for the past year are—Customs £267,393, railways £178,549, and mining £89,899. ...

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  27. PUBLIC SERVICE BOARD REPORTS.

    THE Public Service Board has not yet published reports of the Lands, Treasury and Mines Departments, but it is currently reported that there is not going to be such ...

    Article : 55 words
  28. OLD AGE PENSIONS.

    THE Government have amended the Old Age Pension Bill by fixing all pensions at 10s. a week for persons over 65 years of age and making other material alterations. ...

    Article : 36 words
  29. GIGANTIC ADVERTISING.

    IT was stated to-day before a Royal Commission enquiring into the affairs of the Mildura Irrigation colony, that the total cost of advertising the colony from the ...

    Article : 132 words
  30. PRISONERS AT LARGE.

    THREE prisoners escaped from oustody at New Plymouth after felling the warder to the ground with a stone and taking his rifle. ...

    Article : 398 words
  31. The Budget Speech.

    WE made special arrangements for a report of the Budget speech, but there was no sign of it at 9 o'clock last night, when we went to press. ...

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  32. Advertising

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  33. West Hillgrove.

    NEW NAME.—This village will no longer be known as West Hillgrove, as the authorities have sanctioned the alteration of the name to that of "Metz." But no doubt it ...

    Article : 345 words
  34. CADBURY'S COCOA.

    "Light, refreshing, and invigorating to the jaded mind and body; delicious to the Palate, and absolutely unadulterated."—FAMILY DOCTOR. ...

    Article : 733 words
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