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  2. VICTORIA.

    William Carey was found lying face downwards and quite dead In Lansdown-place, Carlton, at the rear of the Nugget Hotel. It Is assumed that Carey, who was much addicted to drink, whilst ...

    Article : 146 words
  3. THE COUNTRY.

    ALBURY, Tuesday.--Mr. P. R. Brett, a resident of Urana district for 20 years, where he had occupied the position of stock Inspector, died in Albury last night very suddenly. Mr. Brett drove ...

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  4. CO-OPERATION.

    The chief advantages secured by co-operative organisation of trade and Industry were:--(1) £7,800,000 saved annually--amount steadily growing year by year. ...

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  5. NEWCASTLE.

    The financial condition of Newcastle as a borough Improved during last half-year. Under the bonding of general account, there was an income of £5388 7s, and an expenditure of £5512 ...

    Article : 242 words
  6. COLONIAL PARLIAMENTS.

    MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--After passing resolutions for the wages of the board under the Factories Act for additional trades, the Legislative Assembly gave attention to the Amending ...

    Article : 283 words
  7. THE COMMONWEALTH.

    The question of the residence of the State Governor cropped up in Parliament yesterday. Mr. Garland was anxious to learn what steps had been taken in connection with the matter. ...

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  8. THE INAUGURAL CEREMONIES.

    The Government yesterday had under consideration the general arrangements for the inauguration of the Commonwealth and the swearing-in of the Governer-General on 1st January next. It ...

    Article : 150 words
  9. AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY SUBSIDIES.

    BERRY, Tuesday.--Mr. Fegan's decision regarding agricultural societies Is regarded as tame, after the drastic recommendations by the board appointed to inquire into the working of ...

    Article : 119 words
  10. THE PACIFIC CABLE.

    Mr. Watt, Postmaster-General, inclines now to the opinion that a tender has been accepted for the construction of the Pacific cable. He feels that he is at liberty to again approach the Eastern ...

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  11. SHIPPING MOVEMENTS.

    Half-a-dozen deep-sea sailing vessels entered Newcastle yesterday for coal cargoes. They were the Margarita, barque, from Melbourne, to load East Greta coal for Auckland; the ...

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  12. A FEDERAL POSTAGE STAMP.

    "Philatelist" writes:--"I have been greatly Interested by a paragraph in "The Daily Telegraph" referring to the issue of a special stamp "or stamps to commemorate the inauguration of ...

    Article : 332 words
  13. LEGITIMATE TOPICS FOR COMMENT.

    Comment on the running of the racehorse Reflector at Maribyrnong, in the "Australasian," of December 30, was made the subject of a libel action tried to-day before ...

    Article : 150 words
  14. QUEENSLAND.

    BRISBANE, Tuesday.--In the Assembly, Mr. Browne asked the Premier if his attention had been drawn to the charges made against the Minister for Works in the report of the Royal ...

    Article : 282 words
  15. DAFFODILS IN BLOOM.

    GOULBURN, Tuesday.--The daffodil show of the Goulburn and District Horticultural Society was held in the Oddfellows'-hall last night. The display of blooms surpassed that of any previous ...

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  16. A WIFE'S PECULIAR DEATH.

    Yesterday afternoon Mrs. Ammie Dummer, lately a resident at 36 Tyrrell-street, Newcastle, died in Newcastle Hospital, and shortly afterwards her husband, Wm. Dummer,34, a ...

    Article : 289 words
  17. CIRCUIT COURTS.

    ALBURY, Tuesday.--The Circuit Court, Judge Owen presiding, opened to-day. Patrick Cavauagh, butcher and stock dealer, carrying on business in an extensive way at Lockhart, was ...

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  18. JUMBUNNA MINERS AND SHAREHOLDERS.

    In moving the adoption of the report and balance-sheet of the Jumbunna Coal Mining Company to-day, the chairman, Mr. K. L. Murray, detailed at length the negotiations between the ...

    Article : 186 words
  19. SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    ADELAIDE, Tuesday.--Mr. C. C. Kingston took his seat in the Legislative Council to-day, and his presence caused matters to be much livelier than usual. On the consideration of the Early ...

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  20. WURRANG LABOR LEAGUE.

    A meeting of the Wurrang Federal Labor League was held at 311 Kent-street, last night, Mr. J. Moss in the chair. The object of the gathering was the adoption of the committee's ...

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  21. THE UNCOMPROMISING MUSICAL PROFESSION.

    The newly-formed Orchestral and Professional Musicians' Union of Australia held its first meeting this afternoon, under the presidency of Professor Marshall Hall. In the course of a ...

    Article : 132 words
  22. WATER PRESSURE IMPROVEMENTS.

    At yesterday's meeting of the Water and Sewerage Board, the president reported that the committee appointed by the board to inquire into the best means of improving the present ...

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  23. PREPARATIONS FOR THE PARLIAMENT.

    MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--The Parliamentary Buildings Committee sat to-day, and considered plans for alterations to the western annexe of the Exhibition Building for Federal Parliament ...

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  24. RUINED BY DANCING.

    A good deal of sensation has been caused by the announcement of the Rev. George Gladstone, of Natbalia, that, on Sunday night next, he will take as his subject a list of girls who have been ...

    Article : 60 words
  25. A NATIONAL ODE.

    Mr. Affleck is to Ask the Colonial Treasurer in the Legislative Assembly to-day "if he is in favor of an Australian Commonwealth .National Ode, will be communicate with the Premiers of ...

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  26. EXPORT OF GOLD.

    Shipments of gold to-day by the R.M.S. Romo totalled £124,023. The Commercial Bank and the Bank of Australasia shipped £25,000 for India, the Bank of New South Wales £20,023 in bar gold ...

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  27. ELECTORAL ROLL DISCREPANCIES.

    The work of the police In checking the electoral lists of several of the Newcastle constituencies Is now complete, and the results confirm in a very marked degree the charges frequently made ...

    Article : 147 words
  28. WEST AUSTRALIA.

    PERTH, Tuesday.--In the Legislative Assembly, on a formal notice of adjournment, Mr. Illingworth drew attention to the fact that three members of the West Australian contingent, who ...

    Article : 205 words
  29. QUEENSLAND.

    An elderly man, John Halford, who has been committed for trial charged with a criminal assault on a little child, and against whom another similar case is preceding, attempted suicide by ...

    Article : 177 words
  30. MUNICIPAL BYLAWS AFFECTED.

    ARMIDALE, Tuesday.--An important decision was delivered by Mr. Parker, police magistrate, at the police court to-day in the case of the Municipal Council versus John Porter. This action, ...

    Article : 198 words
  31. WEST AUSTRALIAN GOLDFIELDS.

    KALGOORLIE, Tuesday.--The Boulder Main Reef management has despatched an order for the supply of three Edwards' roasting furnaces, on the principle of those now in use at the Great ...

    Article : 323 words
  32. THE EARLY CLOSING ACT.

    At the Redfern Court yesterday, John A. Bernasconi, newsagent, 84 Redfern-street, Redfern, was proceeded against by Inspector Garland upon a charge of having kept his shop open after ...

    Article : 421 words
  33. IMPORTATION OF DOGS.

    A large deputation from the Kennel Club introduced by Mr. Mahony, M.P., yesterday asked the Minister for Mines and Agriculture to modify the regulations in respect to the Importation of ...

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  34. SHEARING SEASON.

    SCONE, Tuesday.--Showery weather is interfering with shearing. Forty thousand sheep have been shorn at Belltrees so far for 750 bales of wool. ...

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  35. SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    A fall of earth occurred at Wallaroo mines this afternoon, resulting in the death of Hedley Dodd. Several hours elapsed before his body could be recovered, owing to the treacherous nature of ...

    Article : 106 words
  36. NEWS FROM FIJI.

    AUCKLAND, Tuesday.--News from Fiji states that a public meeting held on September 13 adopted a petition to the New Zealand Parliament in favor of the federation of New Zealand and the ...

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  37. MAYOR OF ARMIDALE ENTERTAINED.

    ARMIDALE, Tuesday. -- Alderman Claverie, Mayor of Armidale, who was married in Sydney last week, was entertained by the aldermen and citizens at a public dinner in the council- ...

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  38. WEST AUSTRALIA.

    In the inquiry concerning the collision between the barque Euphrates and the Bteamer Perth, the court found that there were no grounds for formulating specific charges, but expressed the ...

    Article : 195 words
  39. NEW ZEALAND.

    A cablegram has boon received from London that tho balance-sheet of the New Zealand Shipping Company shows a profit of £34,600. The directors recommend the payment of a dividend of ...

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  40. THE INDIAN FAMINE FUND.

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  41. THORNLEIGH HORTICULTURAL ASSOCIATION.

    The 11th show of the Thormleigh and District Horticultural Association was held in the School of Arts, Thormleigh, on Saturday. The official opening was performed by Mr. G. Howarth, M.P., ...

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  42. A SILVER JUBILEE.

    SINGLETON, Tuesday.--Yesterday the silver jubilee of the Order of Sisters of Mercy was celebrated here. It is now 25 years since a band of deters emigrated from Ireland and settled ...

    Article : 111 words
  43. SAN FRANCISCO MAIL SERVICE.

    AUCKLAND, Tuesday.--The R.M.S. Mariposa brings news that the steamer Sierra, the first of the new San Francisco mall steamers, has been definitely fixed to leave San Francisco on ...

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  44. A METEORIC DISPLAY.

    "On Monday evening, at about 10.30 o'clock, a brilliant metecoric flight was observed from North Sydney, apparently over Balmain. Its passage across the sky was accompanied by a combination ...

    Article : 142 words
  45. HOSPITAL SATURDAY CELEBRATION.

    The Glebe and Mosman committees of the Hospital Saturday Fund have considered the proposals to be submitted at a general meeting to be held in the Town-hall next Tuesday for the ...

    Article : 137 words
  46. STORMS IN BEHRING SEA.

    AUCKLAND, Tuesday.--San Francisco newspapers which arrived by the mail steamer to-day state that the new mining camp on the Alaskan shore at Cape Nome was visited by terrible ...

    Article : 104 words
  47. SMART AMBULANCE WORK.

    Yesterday the Civil Ambulance Brigade convoyed a woman named Margaret M'Manus from Glenfield, near Liverpool, to tho Parramatta District Hospital, suffering from a fracture of the ...

    Article : 70 words
  48. COMMERCIAL RANK PICNIC.

    The annual picnic and sports of the staff of the Commercial Banking Company of Sydney, Ltd., took place at Clifton Gardens on Saturday last. ...

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  49. RAILWAY TO NORSEMAN.

    A large deputation, representing various public bodies at Coolgardie, Norseman, and surrounding districts, waited on the Premier, urging the construction of the Coolgardie-Norseman railway. ...

    Article : 79 words
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