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  2. EASTER MONDAY.

    It has often been said about Sydney people that if they are bent upon taking a holiday nothing will stop them. Whether this, as a general thing, is true or not, does not at present signify. ...

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  3. EASTER MILITARY MANOEUVRES.

    ROOKWOOD, Monday.--This is the fourth and last day of mobilisation under the scheme fixed up for Easter. As it turned out, it was the day of all others for some spectacular movement of the ...

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  4. VICTORIA.

    At the camp at Langwarrin affairs have proceeded briskly in fine weather. The exercises comprised attack and defensive movements under ...

    Article : 73 words
  5. THE DREYFUS CASE.

    LONDON, Sunday Afternoon.--Commandant Du Paty de Clam has declared that he consistently obeyed the instructions of his superior officers in all that he did in ...

    Article : 92 words
  6. MILITARY AT NEWCASTLE.

    NEWCASTLE, Monday.--Matters at the Newcastle encampment are progressing with absolute satisfaction. At the field force camp, on the racecourse, the rain, which commenced last night, ...

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  7. CONCERT AT THE TOWN-HALL.

    A closely-packed audience, that filled the Town-hall to the doors, was attracted to the Newbury-Spada concert yesterday evening. The programme was in holiday form, of considerable ...

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  8. SUFFOCATED IN MUD.

    William Morfessie, 35 years of ago, employed in the railway locomotive sheds as foreman, fell into a catchpit at the works this morning, it is surmised, while in an epileptic fit. He was ...

    Article : 77 words
  9. THE ADOPTION OF AN INFANT.

    An inquest was held to-day concerning the death of an infant two months old, while it was in charge of Catherine Dillon, a registered nurse, residing at Prince's-street, Fitzroy. Senior- ...

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  10. THE COUNTRY.

    SINGLETON, Saturday.--The secretary to the Board for Exports tenders a suggestion of an important character to maize farmers. With regard to the proposal to grade maize, Mr. ...

    Article : 298 words
  11. THE DEFENCES OF PORT JACKSON.

    Yesterday was an interesting day for those responsible for the defence of Port Jackson. Early in the morning Colonel Waddell, of the 2nd Infantry Regiment, who is in command of the ...

    Article : 404 words
  12. MORE "FIGARO" DISCLOSURES.

    LONDON. Monday.--With the whole of the evidence given before the Court of Cassation at its disposal, the Paris "Figaro" publishes the sworn testimony of M. Dupuy, the ...

    Article : 218 words
  13. OCEAN AND HARBOR EXCURSIONS.

    The unpromising state of the weather was not sufficient to make a large number forego a trip on the water. About 400 persons availed themselves of the ...

    Article : 517 words
  14. WEST AUSTRALIA.

    The gold export for March was 106,098oz., of the value of £103,174, being an increase of over 30,000oz., compared with the corresponding mouth at last year. ...

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  15. THE PASSION PLAY.

    To-night, in the Town-hall, Mr. Walter Bentley will reproduce this absorbing spectacle, and will have tho assistance of M. Wiegand, who will play the accompanying music on the grand organ. ...

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  16. THE COAL-LUMPERS' STRIKE.

    As the result of negotiations on the part of a committee appointed by the citizens' meeting on Thursday, a conference between representatives of the shipowners and lumpers on strike ...

    Article : 76 words
  17. ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS.

    Notwithstanding the had weather yesterday and the strong counter attractions, the Zoological Gardens at Moore Park were well patronised, many of the visitors to the Agricultural Show ...

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  18. FIRE ON THE STEAMER TANGIER.

    A fire occurred on the steamer Tangier, lying at Fremantle, last night. It burned about four hours before it could be extinguished, and consumed 12 tons of hay, the property of Connor, ...

    Article : 88 words
  19. GRAPES FOR EXPORT.

    COROWA, Saturday.--The local vignerons today dispatched 24 cases of grapes, packed in corkdust, for export. The general opinion is that the late rains have had an injurious effect on the ...

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  20. THE AQUARIUMS.

    The aquariums at Bondl shared in the benefits of the holiday yesterday, and the attendance was fair, notwithstanding the weather. Dancing was carried on all day, and at intervals ...

    Article : 109 words
  21. SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    Notwithstanding that it rained heavily on Sunday and Sunday night, when the sun rose this morning the weather broke beautifully fine for the holiday, and continued so throughout the day. ...

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  22. A CHILD BURNED TO DEATH.

    ILFORD, Monday.--Last Thursday, at midday, a fatal accident happened to the six-year-old daughter of Mr. S. Stackpool, of Tara, through her clothes catching alight as she was standing near ...

    Article : 72 words
  23. THE BALKANS.

    LONDON, Monday.--The trouble between Turkey and the Balkan States, anticipated for months past, has commenced. A conflict has occurred between ...

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  24. THE HOLIDAY IN THE COUNTRY.

    CARCOAR, Monday.--To-day was observed as a close holiday, all business places being closed, and the post-office alone was open. Sports was held at the Carcoar Park in aid of the park ...

    Article : 113 words
  25. DEATH IN GAOL.

    TEMORA, Monday.--The sudden death took place in the lock-up on Sunday of an old man named George Gordon, who had been arrested at Grogan by the police on a charge of being of ...

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  26. THE SYDNEY MOVABLE COLUMN.

    All the infantry and mounted men's camps were vacated yesterday for the day; the men went to Canterbury, where they engaged in a sham fight, and the whole neighborhood, as well ...

    Article : 801 words
  27. DEATH OF A NEW ZEALAND POLITICIAN.

    Our Wellington (N.Z.) correspondent wired yesterday:--The death occurred to-day of Mr. William Hunter Reynolds, M.L.C., aged 76 years. Mr. Reynolds was born at Chatham, Kent, in ...

    Article : 181 words
  28. ON THE NORTH SHORE.

    In spite of the unfavorable weather, holiday-makers were thick in the North Shore suburbs yesterday, although, no doubt, a great many stayed at home in consequence of the rain. But ...

    Article : 237 words
  29. CYCLING CARNIVAL AT LITHGOW.

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  30. THE STREET TRAFFIC.

    An "indignant" correspondent writes:--"The condition of the city traffic is becoming every day more unsatisfactory. Visitors from Melbourne, or from London, or other great cities, are ...

    Article : 755 words
  31. AT PARRAMATTA.

    All Parramatta was out of town yesterday, and the excursionists hurried off by train and boat in the early morning, entirely ignoring the indications of rain. The town was practically deserted ...

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  32. THE CAMP AT WOLLONGONG.

    WOLLONGONG, Saturday.--Immediately after the reveille this morning the camp was astir. Bedding was folded and the tent flies rolled up, and the men fell in for parade at 6.45. They ...

    Article : 879 words
  33. BULGARIAN DIPLOMATIC AGENT.

    LONDON, Monday.--Prince Ferdinand of Bulgaria has recalled M. D. Markoff, the Diplomatic Agent of the principality, from Constantinople. ...

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  34. TRAIN AND TRAM TRAFFIC.

    From the accompanying comparative statement of bookings at the suburban railway stations, between the hours of 6 a.m. and 5 p.m., it will be seen that there was a somewhat considerable ...

    Article : 307 words
  35. THE TRANSVAAL.

    LONDON, Monday.--President Kruger, with other members of the Transvaal Executive, is now on a visit to Johannesburg, where he was welcomed on Saturday by the ...

    Article : 191 words
  36. THEATRES, ETC.

    To use a familiar expression, all the theatres in the city were last night packed from floor to ceiling. And each performance went with that assurance and success which hearty applause ...

    Article : 313 words
  37. BREAKING UP CAMP.

    The purely volunteer riflemen have now finished their encampment, or, at least, they are free to return to their avocations to-day. It any of them choose they can go to Rookwood and put in ...

    Article : 176 words
  38. THE KIAOCHOU TROUBLE.

    LONDON, Monday.--In view of the conflicts which have occurred between the Germans and the natives, the Chinese Government has sent a body of troops to the ...

    Article : 56 words
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