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  2. BLUE RIBAND OF AQUATICS.

    It was a fair-and-square race on Saturday which made Jim Stanbury once again the champion of the world. After the decisive manner in which he outpaced George Towns, the holder of ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  3. FATALITIES AND ACCIENTS.

    On Friday morning Olive Burgess the seven year-old daughter of Mr. G. A. Buress, M.L.A. for Burrangong. left her parents' residence, 449 Crown-street, in company with [?] ...

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  4. GAMBLING RAID.

    Considerable excitement prevailed in Elizabeth street, Haymarket, last evening, when it became known that the police had succeeded in entering No. 377, an alleged gaming-house that had been ...

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  5. VICTORIA.

    The water which was struck on Friday at a depth of 320 feet in an artesian well at Sale has increased in volume. It is estimated that the supply now amounts to a million and a half ...

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  6. POLITICS IN OTHER STATES.

    ADELAIDE, Sunday.--It is reported that the Premier (Mr. Butler), whose Government was defeated on Thursday, will not resign until another motion is curried against him. If ...

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  7. TARIFF COMMISSION.

    ADELAIDE, Sunday.--The Tariff Commission concluded its present sittings in Adelaide on Saturday. Evidence was given by Mr. C. H. Warren in favor of the remission of the duty ...

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  8. THE COUNTRY.

    At the annual meeting of the Casino School of Arts, Mr. W. G. Simpson was re-elected president. The balance-sheet showed a credit or £87. A motion was carried reducing members ...

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  9. THE STAKES.

    The stakes will be paid over at Duff's Hotel, Market-street, to-night at 8 o'clock. This will not be a public function, and will be confined to friends and supporters of the two scullers. ...

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  10. MOTOR OMNIBUSES.

    The Railway Commissioners have completed one of eight motor omnibuses, which are being built for public traffic purposes. A trial run proved satisfactory. Two others will be finished ...

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  11. THE CHAMPION'S RECORD.

    Although generally known as the Shoalhaven sculler, Stanbury'a birthplace was Peat's Ferry, on the Hawkesbury, the date of his birth being February 25, 1868. His rowing career began on ...

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  12. THE UMPIRE'S OPINION.

    In the opinion of the umpire, Stanbury purposely allowed Towns to get close to him near the finish. He expressed astonishment that Stanbury had been able to last out the distance ...

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  13. NEW CENTRAL RAILWAY STATION.

    A report was current on (Saturday that Mr. James Moore, who is stated to be the lowest tenderer for the new central railway station, had withdrawn his tender. Mr. Moore, when ...

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  14. IN WEST AUSTRALIA.

    PERTH, Sunday.--The latest development in connection with the political crisis is that a coalition between the Government and ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  15. FAULTY ARRANGEMENTS.

    The arrangements in connection with the race were ill-conceived. Starting the race above the Ryde railway bridge, out of sight of those on the umpire's boat, was a bad beginning. The ...

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  16. BARMAID FOUND DEAD.

    A barmaid named Adelaide Sarah Gregory, lately employed at the Burde[?]n Hotel, William and Bourke streets, Woolloo[?], was found dead in bed in her apartment [?] the hotel ...

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  17. COLLIDED WITH A BRIDGE UPRIGHT.

    A young man named Waller Town and was standing on the [?]ootboard of an inwa[?] bound Drummoyne tram on Saturday night, when his head came into contact with an iron ...

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  18. FOUND DROWNED AT KIAMA.

    KIAMA, Saturday.--Shortly after poor to-day, the body of a man was found Heating in the Kiama Harbor. It was discovered to be that of a stranger, evidently a tramp. Over the right ...

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  19. DEATH FROM BLOOD-POISONING.

    BROKEN-HILL, Sunday.--The death occurred at the hospital yesterday of Alfred Augustus Reynolds, the Tarrawingee postmaster, who, it will be remembered, some few weeks ...

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  20. FORGED TELEGRAMS.

    MELBOURNE, Sunday.--A young man named Frederick Terence Farelly was charged at the City Court yesterday with having by means of false telegrams obtained from his ...

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  21. NEWCASTLE.

    NEWCASTLE, Sunday.--For the week ended yesterday, 61,737 tons of coal were sent to ports outside New South Wales. Inter-State exports represented 28,421 tons, made up as follow:-- ...

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  22. COALMINER KILLED.

    MELBOURNE, Sunday.--Charles Bassett and James Gahan were working in the Jumbuana coalmine yesterday, when a huge wedged stone fell aud completely crushed the back of ...

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  23. GOVERNMENT LAND POLICY.

    BRISBANE, Sunday.--At the dinner of the Public Service Association on Saturday night, Mr. Philp, responding to-the toast of the State Parliament, said if he were in power, and could ...

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  24. DEATH IN A CELL.

    MELBOURNE, Sunday.--An aged Chinese named Ah Say, who was serving a sentence of six months' imprisonment for vagrancy, was found dead in his cell in the Ballarat Gaol on ...

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  25. POPULATION OF THE STATE.

    The Acting-Government Statistician (Mr. W. H. Hall) has issued his estimate of the population of New South Wales as at June 30 last. The population numbers 1,478,260 (784.030 males and ...

    Article : 337 words
  26. SLIGHT MISHAP TO A STEAMER.

    While the steamer Planet Venus, which arrived from Japan on Friday evening, was being moved from Stockton to the inner basin yesterday morning in charge of a pilot, a ...

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  27. AN ADELAIDE SUICIDE.

    ADELAIDE, Sunday.--A man jumped off the parapet of the Morphett-street Bridge this afternoon into the Torrens Lake, at a spot about 400yds. from the weir, the sluices of ...

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  28. STATEMENT BY SENATOR HIGGS.

    ADELAIDE, Sunday.--The members of the Tariff Commission left by the Adelaide express on Saturday afternoon for Melbourne. At the conclusion of the sittings the acting ...

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  29. THE LOSER'S CAREER.

    George John James Towns was born on February 18, 1869, at Bowthorne, near Hinton, in the Newcastle district, and is the second of eight sons. His first race was at Hexham, about ...

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  30. CAB AND LORRY COLLIDE.

    ADELAIDE, Sunday.--While the jury who conducted the inquest on the death of Johan Albert Lindovist, formerly chief officer of the barque Edwardina, were returning from the ...

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  31. LOCAL GOVERNMENT.

    MACLEAN, Sunday.--There was a large and representative attendance yesterday at the annual general meeting of the Clarence Farmers' Union. The report showed nearly 400 members ...

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  32. FOUND DROWNED.

    ADELAIDE, Sunday.--At the Inquest on the body of Johan Albert Lindovist, a verdict of found drowned was returned. ...

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  33. THE KURRI KURRI COLLIERIES.

    KURRI KURRI, Saturday.--Work at the mines has been exceptionally good, Stanford Merthyr pit being the only one which did [?]ot work full time, and here a day was lost owing to a ...

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  34. JOCKEY INJURED.

    PERTH, Sunday.--The well-known jockey John Long was knocked over by a tram in Perth last night, sustaining such injuries that he had to be detained in the hospital. ...

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  35. POULTRY FOR EXPORT.

    The Minister for Agriculture has been furnished by Mr. G. Bradshaw, poultry expert, at the Cold Storage branch, with some comments upon an article appearing in the "Fisb Trades' ...

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  36. NEW ZEALAND RUGBY TEAM.

    WELLINGTON (N.Z.), Sunday.--The Now Zealand Rugby team for England met a team representing Otago and Southland at Dunedin yesterday. The game resulted in a draw, each team ...

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  37. PREFERENTIAL RAILWAY RATES

    MELBOURNE, Sunday.--The Minister for Home Affairs has received replies from all the States with reference to preferential rates on the railways. They have all practically ...

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  38. THE MEN INTERVIEWED.

    Stanbury, together with his trainer, Beach, arrived in town about 8 o'clock on Saturday night, and was enthusiastically greeted by numbers of people who had gathered in the vicinity of ...

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  39. AUSTRALIAN NATIVES' ASSOCIATION.

    The Installation of newly-elected officers of the Ashfield-Burwood (Gunyah) branch of the Australian Natives' Association was performed on the 14th inst. by Directors J. Evans-Booker ...

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  40. TABLE OF CHAMPIONSHIPS.

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  41. NEWTOWN COUNCIL EMPLOYEES.

    The workmen in the employ of the Newtown Council are not only a self-reliant body or men, having established amongst themselves a fund, for relief In case of sickness or accident, but ...

    Article : 221 words
  42. EXHIBITION OF AUSTRALIAN PRODUCTS.

    The Commonwealth Government has granted its patronage to the exhibition of Australian products and manufactures, which the Australian Natives' Association intends holding at the ...

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  43. THE MAIL STEAMERS.

    BRISBANE, Sunday.--Mr. Reid, acting-manager of the Orient Company, and Commander Shelford, of the Omrah, accompanied by members of the Ministry, Captain Mackay ...

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  44. THE MAILS.

    The R.M.S. Ventura, of the A. and A. line, arrived at Sydney on Saturday morning from San Francisco via Honolulu, Pago Pago and Auckland The time occupied on the voyage was 21 days 14 ...

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  45. RETURN OF THE FLAGSHIP.

    H.M.S. Euryalus, the flagship on the Australian Station, returned to Sydney from Jervis Bay on Saturday morning and moored in Farm Cove. The Euryalus is expected to leave here ...

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