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  2. TOPICS OF THE DAY.

    The EVENING NEWS of Sydney has been having its little pick at Gladstone. The editor says "it is cowardice, not philanthropy, on his part which induced Gladstone ...

    Article : 739 words
  3. Wit & Humour.

    A Brisbane theatrical knows what a poor house is. Sugar is dirt cheap, in Sydney now -- at any rate, it's full of sand. ...

    Article : 649 words
  4. Sporting Mems.

    Fergus the First, the sire of Astroea, has been added to Mr. Towns' stud. The last Intercolonial cricket match gave the Sydney association £161 profit. ...

    Article : 894 words
  5. War Items.

    The British lost 600 baggage animals in the hot fight of the 22nd March, outside Suakim. During the war scare, two million pounds of American beef were received at London in one ...

    Article : 681 words
  6. Miscellaneous.

    Small-pox having disappeared, suicide is the epidemic at Sydney just now. The Terra Novo, steamer, recently arrived at St. John's, Scotland, with 22,000 seals. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 853 words
  7. New South Wales Lunatics.

    According to the official returns just published, there are 1552 male and 972 female lunatics in the New South Wales Asylums. The increase during the year was 78 males and 43 females. Dr. ...

    Article : 186 words
  8. Twice Sentenced to Death.

    Frank Jones, a young man, now in the condemned cells in Darlinghurst Gaol, has had the rare honour of being twice sentenced to death. It's only a few years since Frank was one of Captain Moonlight's ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 299 words
  9. Scientific.

    The new powerful Italian ram, AEtna, has engines of 7700 horsepower, built in England. Docker, the scientist, has been awarded a pension of £100 a year, for discovering the value ...

    Article : 874 words
  10. Personal.

    Mr. Booth, the temperance advocate, is to wrestle with Queensland rum, commencing at Brisbane. The cable states that the Emperor ...

    Article : 628 words
  11. THE WEEK'S EVENTS.

    Dr. Fortescue, of Sydney, one of the ablest of Australian medicos, is dead -- from typhoid. It is not unlikely that the doctor was in a ripe condition for a virulent attack of typhoid. Some years ago ...

    Article : 182 words
  12. Woman Items.

    Man owns this earth and woman owns man. Nine out of ten of the fashionable girls of Melbourne are in love with a noodle or a poodle. ...

    Article : 501 words
  13. A Motherly Murderess Arrested

    The Melbourne police have arrested a young woman, named Amy Elizabeth Hart, for three cruel crimes against her offspring. The charges are that of murdering, on April 18. her illegitimate ...

    Article : 98 words
  14. The Big Spring Meetings.

    The entries for the big sporting events of the coming spring meetings are most satisfactory, and the about the best yet made in the colonial sporting world. All the great performers of the day are in ...

    Article : 111 words
  15. A Demand for £500.

    The Brisbane Government are determined that giving security against kidnapping exploits shall be more than a fiction -- that, in fact, it shall mean the amount of money it stipulates. The Grown ...

    Article : 109 words
  16. The Nightingale's Crew.

    Following is briefly the narrative of the captain and his party: -- "Our boat left the wreck with a lugsail hoisted. Our provisions consisted only of bread and water. After going about two miles five ...

    Article : 402 words
  17. Two Missionaries in Quod.

    The two great reformers of this earth, the Rev. John Alexander Dowie and the Rev. Peter Campbell are both in Melbourne Gaol, and as is the case all the world over two of a trade can never agree; so Peter ...

    Article : 131 words
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