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  2. THE MANUFACTURE OF COKE.

    The Government Geologist, Mr. C. S. Wilkinson, has reported to the Minister for [?] of his inspection [?] of certain processes for the [?] ...

    Article : 780 words
  3. PENSIONS.

    When the proposal to grant a retiring allowance equal to his full salary to Mr. John Whitton, late Engineer-in-Chief for Railways, was under discussion in the Assembly an animated ...

    Article : 1,184 words
  4. FIRE IN YORK-STREET.

    An alarm was received at the Metropolitan Fire Brigade at about 20 minutes to 3 o'clock this morning, for a fire at No. 57 (late 69) York-street. Two steamers were at once ...

    Article : 385 words
  5. THE COUNTRY.

    BULLI, Wednesday.--The whole of the men formerly employed at Woonona Mine went to work yesterday, under the special terms already reported. No exceptions were made on account ...

    Article : 231 words
  6. VICTORIA.

    MELBOURNE, Wednesday.--The Secretary of Customs this morning received telegrams from Queenscliff stating that the Kelton, the smallpox stricken vessel which went ashore opposite ...

    Article : 202 words
  7. THE INDIAN RISING.

    LONDON, Wednesday.--Further particulars have been received from New York respecting the fighting between the American military force and the Sioux Indians ...

    Article : 110 words
  8. QUEENSLAND.

    BRISBANE, Wednesday.--Mr. S. W. Brooks, of the Guardian, the trade protective paper has supplied the following summary of the insolvency business for the year:--The total ...

    Article : 96 words
  9. THE BLACK LABOR QUESTION.

    BRISBANE, Wednesday.--Sir Samuel Griffith was banqueted at Charters Towers last night, and had an enthusiastic reception. In the course of his speech he referred to the black ...

    Article : 140 words
  10. CUSTOMS REVENUE.

    MELBOURNE, Wednesday.--The Customs returns for December are again below anticipation, the amount being £221,894. The total for the half-year ended to-day was £1,378,425, ...

    Article : 38 words
  11. THE IRISH PARTY.

    LONDON, Wednesday.--The conference of the members of the Irish party met yesterday in Paris, the meeting of Mr. C. S. Parnell, M.P., and Mr. William O'Brien, ...

    Article : 80 words
  12. ACCIDENT AT BOURKE.

    BOURKE, Wednesday.--An accident befel Mr. Henry Peckitt, of this town, yesterday. It appears that Mr. Robertson, in the employment of Mr. M'Kenzie, rode a horse belonging to Mr. ...

    Article : 153 words
  13. THE FREE LABOR BUREAU DIFFICULTY.

    MELBOURNE, Wednesday.--A deputation from the free laborers opposed to the closing of the Employers' Free Labor Bureau waited upon the Steamship-owners' Association this ...

    Article : 143 words
  14. THE CO-OPERATION OF STEAMSHIP COMPANIES.

    BRISBANE, Wednesday.--The new arrangement between Howard Smith and Son and the A.U.S.N. Company comes into operation after this week. Four steamers per week will run ...

    Article : 145 words
  15. A PATHETIC INCIDENT.

    GRAFTON, Wednesday.--Last night a woman named Harriett Woodleigh entered the Grafton Cemetery and lay down on the grave of a deaf and dumb child she had only recently buried ...

    Article : 122 words
  16. GREAT FIRE IN LONDON.

    LONDON, Wednesday.--A disastrous fire occurred yesterday near Queen Victoria-street, London, and damage to the extent of £500,000 was done before it was ...

    Article : 74 words
  17. NEW RAILWAY TIME-TABLE.

    A new time-table for the railways will come into force to-day. A number of alterations in the passenger trains have been made since the last time-table was issued, the changes on the ...

    Article : 777 words
  18. THE RAILWAY COMMISSIONERS.

    MELBOURNE, Wednesday.--The Executive Council this afternoon passed an order renewing the engagements of Messrs. Speight and Ford as Commissioners of the Railway Department ...

    Article : 77 words
  19. THE SUPPLY OF TRUCKS.

    LITHGOW, Wednesday.--The supply of trucks for the mines during the present week to date has been fully equal to the demand and, in consequence, the output of coal has ...

    Article : 48 words
  20. UNIVERSITY EXAMINATIONS.

    BRISBANE, Wednesday.--The annual examinations for exhibitions to the universities began on November 27 and ended on December 8. The papers were set and have been valued by ...

    Article : 144 words
  21. A SUCCESSFUL BLIND STUDENT.

    MELBOURNE, Wednesday.--Matilda Ann Aston, aged 17, an inmate of the Victorian Asylum for the Blind, is announced as a successful candidate in the recent ...

    Article : 82 words
  22. SUNDAY GOODS TRAINS.

    BATHURST, Wednesday.--The Railway Commissioners have written to Dean Marriott, secretary of the Lord's Day Observance Society, saying that the running of goods trains on ...

    Article : 557 words
  23. LONDON DISTRESS.

    LONDON, Wednesday.--Several philanthropists are interesting themselves in obtaining relief for the great distress which exists amongst the thousands of unemployed ...

    Article : 58 words
  24. THE REVENUE RETURNS.

    MELBOURNE, Wednesday.--The total revenue for the half-year ended December 31, is £4,154,476, as compared with £4,371,085 for the corresponding period of 1889, showing a deficit ...

    Article : 33 words
  25. THE EMPLOYERS AND THE FACTORIES AND SHOPS COMMISSIONS.

    BRISBANE, Wednesday.--The following letter has been received from the Under-Colonial Secretary by the secretary of the Federated Employers' Union:--"Brisbane, December 30, 1890. ...

    Article : 285 words
  26. THE PREMIER PERMANENT PROSECUTIONS.

    The hearing of the Premier Building society cases has (writes the Age) extended over 110 days, and as far as can be estimated the expenditure upon law costs has been from ...

    Article : 1,035 words
  27. THE SHEARING AGREEMENTS.

    MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--The new shearing agreements of the Federal Pastoralists' Union have just been printed and it is intended to simultaneously adopt them throughout ...

    Article : 175 words
  28. [?] RAILWAY STRIKE.

    [?] Wednesday.--The Scotch railway [?] is rapidly collapsing and large [?] the men have returned to work [?] for permission to do so. The ...

    Article : 67 words
  29. THE FASTING MAN.

    MELBOURNE, Wednesday.--Dr. J. E. Usher, F.R.G.S., who was one of the medical men scientifically watching the last of Felix Tanner, has written to the management and his ...

    Article : 44 words
  30. FRENCH LOANS.

    LONDON, Wednesday.--It is announced that French loans to the amount of [?] francs (£36,250,000) are to be [?] January 10. ...

    Article : 32 words
  31. SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    ADELAIDE, Wednesday.--The Adelaide Steamship Company propose to extend their operations, and the fleet is to be increased by at least three new steamships. The company have ...

    Article : 77 words
  32. THE INDIAN CONGRESS.

    LONDON, Wednesday.--This year's meeting [?] Indian National Congress is being held in London. ...

    Article : 23 words
  33. DEATHS FROM SUNSTROKE.

    BRISBANE, Wednesday.--The heat during the past few days has been intense. Five cases of sunstroke were reported throughout the colony yesterday, of which three were fatal. ...

    Article : 109 words
  34. THE PLAGUE OF LOCUSTS.

    ALBURY, Wednesday.--An officer from the Department of Agriculture has been engaged in the District during the week in making close [?] as to the habits of the locusts and ...

    Article : 646 words
  35. A TRAGIC END.

    ADELAIDE, Wednesday.--William Stoneham who was tried and acquitted for robbing the Bank of Australasia at Hahndorf, where he kept a public-house, committed suicide to-day at ...

    Article : 56 words
  36. DEPARTURE OF A MAGISTRATE.

    At the conclusion of the business at the Water Police Court yesterday, the presiding magistrate, Mr. G. W. F. Addison, who is about to sail for England on leave, was highly ...

    Article : 521 words
  37. WEST AUSTRALIA.

    PERTH, Wednesday.--Yesterday the first Parliament was opened by commission and adjourned for three weeks to admit of Ministers returning to their constituents. Previous to ...

    Article : 150 words
  38. A PATENT LOCK NUT.

    A party of gentlemen, including Messrs. John Davies, P. L. C. Shepherd, Dr. Mackellar, Ms.L.C., and P. A. Wright, M.P., visited Eveleigh yesterday afternoon, in company with the ...

    Article : 522 words
  39. RAID ON CHINESE GAMBLERS.

    ADELAIDE, Wednesday.--A telegram from Port Darwin says that the police, acting on the information of a Chinaman, made a raid on a gambling-house there on Monday evening and ...

    Article : 185 words
  40. TO-DAY'S HOLIDAY.

    Tattersall's Summer Race Meeting will be brought to a conclusion at Randwick to-day. The Highland Society's annual demonstration will be held on the Association ground and the ...

    Article : 379 words
  41. NEW ZEALAND.

    AUCKLAND, Wednesday.--A sale of thoroughbreds from Mr. Thomas Morrison's stud was held to-day, 10 lots being disposed of for a total of 8458gs. The principal figures obtained were:-- ...

    Article : 101 words
  42. THE REVENUE RETURNS.

    ADELAIDE, Wednesday.--The approximate revenue returns of the colony for the quarter ended December 30, 1890, are as follows:--Taxation, £163,189; public works and service, ...

    Article : 345 words
  43. A BURGLARS' PLANT.

    Early yesterday morning as a man named James Taylor, residing at Randwick, was digging in the Centennial Park he unearthed a piece of smelted metal, weighing about 30oz. ...

    Article : 178 words
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