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  2. SHOPKEEPERS AND THEIR WARES.

    "Ninety per cent, go bankrupt. "Five per cent, hang on by the skin of their Leeth. "Four per cent, get a living. ...

    Article : 690 words
  3. LAND AT CENTRAL RAILWAY STATION.

    Seen yesterday with reference to Mr. T. Hughes' le[?] about the subdivision of superfluous land in the vicinity of the central railway station, the Under Secretary for Works, ...

    Article : 567 words
  4. FLOWER CULTURE.

    The pony crept cautiously up the rough bush track, which merged at last into a well-kept road. Another turn, and a low house, embowered in shade trees, a lawn studded with ...

    Article : 2,404 words
  5. MASTER BU[?]DERS' ASSOCIATION.

    The monthly meeting of the Master Builders Association was held last night, the president (Mr. C. W. Coulton) in the chair. Mr. P. Thornton, of Croydon, was elected as an association ...

    Article : 731 words
  6. FIJI.

    SUVA, May 4.--There are several gentlemen, representing important companies at home, at present in Suva, inspecting the capabilities of the country with regard to the establishment of the ...

    Article : 472 words
  7. SCIENCE.

    Most important changes have been brought about by the application of electricity to the production of chemical elements and compounds. Places like Niagara Falls, that have ...

    Article : 1,280 words
  8. THE COUNTRY.

    LITHGOW, Tuesday.--Mr. J. Cook, M.H.R., who has been spending a couple of days here, spanking in reference to the proposed iron and stool contract, said he did not profess to know ...

    Article : 144 words
  9. CLAIM FOR FALSE IMPRISONMENT.

    GOULBURN, Tuesday.--At the District Court today, before Judge Fitzhardinge. A. Potter brought an action against Senior-Constable Fra[?]er, claiming £100 damages, for assault, false ...

    Article : 125 words
  10. ARTESIAN WATER STRUCK.

    NYNGAN, Tuesday.--An artesian flow of 700,000 gallons has been struck at a depth of just over 1000ft. on Elliott's Booka Booka Station, Marra Creek. ...

    Article : 642 words
  11. PARRAMATTA AND DISTRICT.

    The Court, of Quarter Sessions was continued yesterday before Judge Docker. A middle-aged woman named Kathleen Isidore Murrell, who followed the calling of a nurse, and had ...

    Article : 228 words
  12. DISCUSSION IN THE COUNCIL.

    The proposed sale next Monday of so-called surplus lands near the new central railway station, on behalf of the Government, was discussed in the City Council last night. Alderman Barlow ...

    Article : 176 words
  13. A BOOTSHOP BURGLARY.

    Between 8 p.m. on Monday and 6 o'clock yesterday morning John Hunter and Son's boot shop at 85 and 87 Glebe-road, Glebe, was entered, and 116 pairs of boots and shoes, valued at £60, ...

    Article : 71 words
  14. STEALING A GOLD WATCH AND CHAIN.

    Charles Bevan, a young man, was charged with stealing a gold watch and chain, valued at £26, the property of Arthur M. Daniells, at Carlingford, on the 29th March last. He pleaded ...

    Article : 130 words
  15. A FERRY STEAMER SUNK.

    During Monday night or early yesterday morning the ferry steamer Katie sunk at her moorings at Johnstone-street Wharf, Rozelle Bay, in a mysterious manner. The ...

    Article : 170 words
  16. WRESTLING AT THE TIVOLI.

    Last night Mons. Victor Sabese, who is here as manager and friend of Mourzouck, the Algerian, accepted the gage thrown down by Jack Carkeek at the Tivoli, and endeavored to qualify for the ...

    Article : 298 words
  17. A REMARKABLE FRENCHWOMAN.

    Mile, Eugenie Bonnefois is a little lady dressed in the style of 50 years ago; a silk gown, a velvet cloak, and a cottage bonnet. She is the chieftainess of the French gipsies of the ...

    Article : 462 words
  18. POLICE COURTS.

    At the Redfern Police Court, John Collins, James Reach, and M. A. Wag[?]chall pleaded guilty to having committed breaches of the Liquor Act, and were each [?] in default, 14 [?]ays hard labor. ...

    Article : 41 words
  19. PLEAS OF GUILTY.

    Frank Jeffries, a young man, pleaded guilty to a charge of stealing three heifers, the properly of Arthur M'Cauley, at Wentworthville, on the 18th February last. Mr. C. Bull asked his ...

    Article : 192 words
  20. YOUTHFUL CARD-PLAYERS.

    At the same Court seven youths were fined 10s, or four days' hard labor, for playing cards in public places, to the annoyance of the public. ...

    Article : 7 words
  21. THE ULTIMO ROB[?]ERY.

    At the Central Court, John Wilson, alias Dixon, and William Foster, alias Bourke, the two men who were arrested in the [?]y morning of the 4th inst. and charged with staling a bag containing the sum of ...

    Article : 62 words
  22. CLARENDON HOTEL COMPANY, MANLY.

    The prospectus of the Clarendon Hotel Company, Limited, Manly, which has been formed with the object of acquiring the present Clarendon Hotel, known as Kilminster's, and to ...

    Article : 184 words
  23. RATEPAYERS AND OVERDUE RATES.

    Like most other suburban municipalities, the Rockdale Council have a large amount in rates outstanding, and in consequence are handicapped in carrying out necessary works. Many ...

    Article : 237 words
  24. "HEADING 'EM."

    At the Central Court, George Hayes, William [?]rissey, John Phillips, and John M'Conville, were each fined 20s, with the alternative of seven days, for "heading 'em" in Liverpool-street, Darling Harbor, on ...

    Article : 37 words
  25. THE SPRINGWOOD BURGLARY.

    In the case of James Wells, who was charged with being concerned in a burglary at the Oriental Hotel, Springwood, on January 15 last, and who is at present doing a sentence of three ...

    Article : 98 words
  26. LARCENY.

    At the Paddington Police Court yesterday, before Mr. D. S. Denaldson, S.M., a man named Alfred Lawson was sentenced to six moths' imprisonment for stealing a suit of clothes. [?] the same court, Gregory Hall was ...

    Article : 21 words
  27. MOSMAN HOSPITAL COT.

    A sale of work in aid of the Mosman cot at the Royal North Shore Hospital was held in the grounds of Mr. P. T. Taylor's residence, Raglan-street, Mosman, on Saturday last. Nearly £[?] ...

    Article : 185 words
  28. BREAKING AND ENTERING.

    Frederick Logan (18), who had pleaded guilty to a charge of breaking, entering, and stealing at Lithgow, was sentenced to three months' hard labor, with separate treatment, in ...

    Article : 34 words
  29. CIVIL AMBULANCE AND TRANSPORT BRIGADE.

    The certificates gained by members of classes recently held in connection with the Newtown Company of the Civil Ambulance and Transport Brigade were distributed in the presence of a large gathering at ...

    Article : 513 words
  30. WATSON'S BAY TRAFFIC.

    At the last meeting of the Vaucluse Council a communication was rend from the Ferry Service Company, to the effect that the fares had been reduced in respect of families living at Watson's ...

    Article : 148 words
  31. AN ART UNION SEQUEL.

    Harry Atwell, a young man carrying on business as a tobacconist and hairdresser in the business portion of Parramatta, was charged with stealing a picture and frame, valued at ...

    Article : 217 words
  32. RETAIL TOBACCONISTS.

    A meeting of retail tobacconists was held at Vickery's-chambers last night, when it was decided to form an association to consider and take action upon all matters of trade protection. ...

    Article : 171 words
  33. TO STRENGTHEN THE IMPERIAL TIE.

    Mr. E. Powys Cobb, in a lecture given recently before the Colonial Institute, put forward a novel suggestion for strengthening the Imperial tie. It was his opinion that the ...

    Article : 342 words
  34. STRATHFIELD VALUATION.

    The valuers of the municipality of Strathfield have presented their report, in which the value of lands is put down at £167,905, and the annual value of houses £39,532, giving an assessment ...

    Article : 58 words
  35. PROTEST AGAINST A SEWERAGE RATE.

    At a meeting of Paddington Council on Monday night, Alderman Dillon moved, "That the council emphatically protests against the action of the Water and Sewerage Board in raising the ...

    Article : 103 words
  36. AUSTRALIAN NATIVES' DEMONSTRATION.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 272 words
  37. REFORM MEETING IN PARRAMATTA.

    A meeting was held in the Parramatta Town-hall on Monday night to consider the present unsatisfactory situation as regards the interests of reform and Liberal parties in Parramatta ...

    Article : 209 words
  38. FIRE AT KOGARAH.

    A destructive fire occurred at Kogarah last evening, the private dwelling of Mr. R. H. Buck, in Macpherson-street--a five-roomed weather-board cottage--being t[?]ally demolished, with ...

    Article : 137 words
  39. SEWERAGE SYSTEM FOR ROCKDALE.

    The Mayor (Alderman W. Taylor) has tabled a minute in the council dealing with the matter of a comprehensive sewerage scheme for Rockdale. He states that he, together with the council ...

    Article : 186 words
  40. VANDALISM IN THE SUBURBS.

    Property owners in the suburbs frequently suffer losses through the depredations of mean-spirited persons who remove timber for the sake of the few pence saved in firewood. Quite ...

    Article : 127 words
  41. LATE SPORTING.

    N. M'Eacharn has lodged a protest against the stakes for the Totalisator Handicap, run on Saturday, being paid to the nominator of MacLeay, on the ground that the horse is not MacLeay, by Goddfellow--Orphan [?] ...

    Article : 57 words
  42. Advertising

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    Advertising : 33 words
  43. LATE SHIPPING.

    The Union S.S. Company's 'steamer Warrimoo arrived early this morning from Auckland and other New Zealand Ports. ...

    Article : 26 words
  44. Advertising

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    Advertising : 79 words
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