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  2. THE COUNTRY.

    CANOWINDRA, Tuesday.--The Railway Commissioners arrived at Cowra yesterday, and proceeded over the proposed Cowra-Canowumdra railway route to Canowindra. At night a large ...

    Article : 841 words
  3. VICTORIAN POLICE FORCE.

    MELBOURNE, Wednesday.--Some serious allegations concerning the conduct of certain officers of high authority in the police force were made by other officers before the Police ...

    Article : 450 words
  4. STATE PARLIAMENT.

    In the Legislative Council, The District Courts (Amendment) Bill was road a third time, and returned to the Legislative Assembly. ...

    Article : 260 words
  5. SANDOWN PARK RACES.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 607 words
  6. SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    ADELAIDE. Wednesday.--In the Assembly Mr. Catt again called attention to the rumor that the puns being mounted at Largs Fort are obselete and inefficient, and asked if the ...

    Article : 178 words
  7. THE LIQUOR BILL.

    The Liquor Bill was further considered in Committed by the Legislative Assembly last night. Clause 55, defining terms under the local ...

    Article : 2,715 words
  8. AMUSEMENTS.

    Beethoven's "Prometheus" Overture headed the City Organist's programme yesterday afternoon. The favorite work, written in connection with the only ballet for which Beethoven ...

    Article : 81 words
  9. THE SUGAR BOUNTY.

    MELBOURNE, Wednesday.--The Minister for Customs laid on the table of the House of Representatives to-day the report of Dr. Maxwell, Government sugar expert, on tho question of ...

    Article : 1,144 words
  10. TRAFALGAR CENTENARY CONCERT.

    With refard to the insufficient supply of programmes at the Trafalgar Centenary concert, the hon. secretaries explain that the circumstance was due to the failure of a carter to ...

    Article : 124 words
  11. TARIFF COMMISSION.

    ADELAIDE, Wednesday.--The Tariff Commission continued its sittings at Parliament House to-day. Evidence concerning agricultural machinery was given by Mr. D. Shearer. Witness ...

    Article : 636 words
  12. ENMORE CHORAL SOCIETY.

    The members of the Enmore Choral Society gave their seventh concert in St. George's-ball, Newtown, on Tuesday evening. The society has had a successful career, and its entertainments ...

    Article : 181 words
  13. ELOCUTIONARY RECITAL.

    Miss Ida Rose, formerly a pupil of Mr. Laurence Campbell, and now teacher of elocution at Sydney, Glebe, and Granville, gave her first recital in St. James'-hall last night, in the ...

    Article : 125 words
  14. NEW ZEALAND.

    The House of Representatives has passed a bill authorising a loan of £1,003,000 in aid of public works and land settlement. During the debate the Opposition attacked the Government ...

    Article : 203 words
  15. OPEN-AIR ENTERTAINMENT.

    For or five hundred people assembled at the Sydney Cricket Ground last night to enjoy the open-air entertainment given by the New South Wales State Military Band and other ...

    Article : 252 words
  16. PAREAMATTA SEWERAGE BILL.

    The Parramatta Sewerage and Drainage Bill was further considered by the Legislative Council in Committee. Sir NORMAND MACLAURIN asked whether ...

    Article : 158 words
  17. A LABOR UNION'S POWER.

    An unusual case was before the Court at Lyttelton to-day. A man named Hansen proceeded against the Stevedores' Union for the recovery of one mouth's wages, he ...

    Article : 207 words
  18. "AS YOU LIKE IT."

    The I.O.O.F. Temple was crowded last night, when the Whitefield Shakespearean Circle under the direction of the Rev. E. Tremayne Dunstan, produced "As You Like It." The ...

    Article : 146 words
  19. HONORING THE LORD MAYOR.

    Last night a complimentary smoke concert was tendered in the vestibule of the Town-hell to the Lord Mayor of Sydney, Alderman Allen Taylor, by the ratepayers of Pyrmont Warn. ...

    Article : 357 words
  20. ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS.

    In reply to Mr. Hawken, in the Legislative Council, Mr. BRUNKER said no immediate legislative action upon the report of the Education Commissioners was proposed, but it ...

    Article : 228 words
  21. PIGEON IN MID-OCEAN.

    Whilst the barque Lota was on her passage from Frederickstadt to Melbourne a carrier pigeon joined the vessel in mid-ocean. "We were 200 miles to eastward of Fernanda ...

    Article : 143 words
  22. COUNTY OF AYR WRECK.

    An inquiry into into the [?] Ayr was hold at Duncdln to-day by a magistrate and two assessors. Their Judgment was that the ship was lost through careless navigation by ...

    Article : 109 words
  23. SAN FRANCISCO MAIL.

    Messrs. Burns, Philp, and Co., Limited managing agents for the Oceanic S.S. Company A. and A. line, are in receipt of a cable nouncing the arrival of the R.M.S. Ventura ...

    Article : 77 words
  24. OUR BREAD SUPPLY.

    Sir,--I read with interest about the poor people liking doughy broad, because of using less butter, hut I am of the opinion of the gentleman who says they look at the weight. I always ...

    Article : 195 words
  25. THE SHIRES BILL.

    In the Legislative Council, the Vice-President of the Executive Council moved the second reading of the Local Government (Shires) Bill. Mr. HUGHES said such a measure had ...

    Article : 1,243 words
  26. WATER FRONTAGE BLOCKED.

    For many years, until recently, the public has had access to the beach of Lavender Bay over a piece of vacant land owned by the Commissioners for Railways, but a few months ...

    Article : 121 words
  27. OPEN TO TROUT FISHING.

    On August 22, a notice was issued declaring that the waters of the Murray River, with its lakes and tributaries, should be closed against fishing generally, and by method of capture ...

    Article : 121 words
  28. IN OTHER STATES.

    BRISBANE, Wednesday.--Owing to certain amendments providing for the reduction of license fees having been carried last night, when the Brisbane Tariff Bill was in Committee, that ...

    Article : 241 words
  29. LOCAL OPTION IN TASMANIA.

    HOBART, Wednesday.--The Local Option Bill was before the Assembly to-day, and the second reading was agreed to. In Committee the clause relating to prohibition was struck out. An ...

    Article : 45 words
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