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  2. FRIGHTFUL ACCIDENT AT A GASWORKS.

    At the new extension works of the York Gas Company, says an English exchange, a number of men were recently employed in fixing a pump in a 22 feet shaft. A man named Thomas Moran had ...

    Article : 384 words
  3. THE GOODENOUGH MEMORIAL FUND.

    The final report of the committee of this fund says the European Mail, has been issued. The following measures, it is stated, have, in accordance with the regulations of the committee, been ...

    Article : 310 words
  4. AMUSEMENTS.

    The Theatre Royal was very largely attended last night, and the production of the pantomime " Sinbad the Sailor " was throughout a pronounced success. Those engaged in its representation are ...

    Article : 442 words
  5. GREAT FIRE AT EMU PLAINS.

    There was, to-night, one of the largest fires at Emu Plains that has ever occurred in the district. The barns, stables, out-houses, valuable machinery, hay, &c., on Mrs. Mary Mary Evans's farm, Emu ...

    Article : 181 words
  6. QUEENSLAND REVENUE RETURNS.

    The half-yearly returns were issued from the Treasury to-day, and show an increase over last year's figures in nearly every department. The revenue amounts to £1,002,790, and the ordinary ...

    Article : 129 words
  7. THE WRECK OF THE WOTONGA.

    In answer to a telegram received from the Hon. P. Perkins, Minister for Lands in Queensland, who was a passenger on board the wrecked steamer Wotonga, Sir John Robertson forwarded to Port ...

    Article : 565 words
  8. TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 55 words
  9. THE MARKET RATE OF DISCOUNT.

    The market rate of discount is now 4 38 per cent, being 58 per cent below the minimum Bank of England rate. Metals: A fall of 20s has taken place in tin, ...

    Article : 170 words
  10. DEATH OF MR. WILLIAM HARRISON AINSWORTH.

    By our cable messages yesterday we received news of the death of Mr. William Harrison Ainsworth, the famous novelist. The deceased author's many works have been universally read, ...

    Article : 829 words
  11. SUICIDE OF THE REV. A. F. HARDING.

    The painful news of the suicide of the Rev. A. F. Harding was received in Sydney, among religious and other circles, with much regret, as the deceased was well known and respected. The following are ...

    Article : 1,512 words
  12. A ROTHSCHILD AS A BEGGAR.

    The following good story comes from Berlin:--Eugene Delacroix, dining one day in Baron James de Rothschild's hospitable house, fixed his eyes repeatedly on his host in so searching a manner ...

    Article : 406 words
  13. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENTS.)

    During the last 12 months the total lands receipts received at the Grafton office from all sources amounted to over £12,000, This morning, at about 1 o'clock, the residence ...

    Article : 205 words
  14. ALLEGED MANSLAUGHTER BY A PUPIL TEACHER.

    Arthur Wheeler, aged 16 years, was indicted, before Mr. Justice Cave, at the recent Leeds assizes, says an English exchange, for the manslaughter of Annie Elizabeth Whittaker, at Bradford, on ...

    Article : 360 words
  15. SMALL-POX IN SYDNEY.

    No fresh cases of small-pox were reported to the Medical Board yesterday. The following patients were visited by the Government medical staff on the 4th instant, and are reported as progressing ...

    Article : 189 words
  16. [BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH].

    The crew of the Wotongarett to-day for Sydney in the steamer Ajax, The Queensland passengers expect to get off to-morrow by the Leichardt, which comes here special for them. They will ...

    Article : 73 words
  17. VICTORIA.

    H.M.S. Nelson passed Cape Otway to-day, bound cast. Further evidence was taken to-day by the Inquiry Board respecting the collision between the ...

    Article : 315 words
  18. FIRE, WITH LOSS OF LIFE, AT WAGA.

    A disastrous fire bu[?]e out last night at 9 o'clock on the premises Mr. Dixon, fruiterer, of Fitzmaurice-street, and Mrs. Dixon's baby, nine months old, was burnt death. The fire brigade ...

    Article : 381 words
  19. ANOTHER ROBBERY OF DIAMONDS.

    Two Italian detectives have just arrived in Paris, says the European Mail, in the hope of laying their hands upon a clever couple who a few days ago managed to obtain possession of a ...

    Article : 578 words
  20. AN EXTRAORDINARY DISCOVERY.

    The London Daily Telegraph thus chronicles a recent extraordinary discovery of subterranean sarcophagi and buried treasure:--"Upon whomsoever's shoulder's the mantle of the late Mr. ...

    Article : 383 words
  21. MR. PARNELL'S ORIGIN.

    A correspondent of The Times gives the following account of the origin of the Irish agitator:-- " The fact that Mr. Parnell is of English, and not of Irish origin, seems not sufficiently known. In ...

    Article : 360 words
  22. KILLED BY AN OMNIBUS.

    The City Coroner concluded the inquiry at his chambers yesterday morning, relative to the circumstances attending the death of a little girl named Annie Moylan, who died at the Hospital ...

    Article : 715 words
  23. QUEENSLAND.

    Parliament has been prorogued till the 21st of February. Mr. Archer has been gazetted Colonial Treasurer and Secretary for Instruction. ...

    Article : 111 words
  24. MINING INTELLIGENCE.

    Monarch Tin Mining Company (Limited), January 5.--The manager report having formed the Monarch Tin Mining Company Limited) to work the mine at Herberton, Queensland bearing that name. At a ...

    Article : 482 words
  25. SPORTING.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 213 words
  26. FURTHER RESCUES FROM THE KOENIG DER NEDERLANDEN.

    A correspondent of the Standard says:--" A telegram was received at the Hague on Monday, from Point de Galle, announces that another of the missing boats of the foundered Dutch steamer ...

    Article : 298 words
  27. SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    The report which was current yesterday, that the mail from the Garonne had not been fumigated, is contradicted to-day. No signs of disease have manifested themselves ...

    Article : 213 words
  28. THIRTY-FIVE YEARS IN PRISON.

    Amongst all the noted and hardened criminals who can claim familiar acquaintance with the interior of Pentridge and the Melbourne Gaol, says the Melbourne Daily Telegraph, none can ...

    Article : 566 words
  29. THE MUTTAMA RUSH.

    Little progress has been made at Muttama beyond rushing and pegging out claims. Men are continually passing through Cootamundra for the field, and there are now about 200 there. ...

    Article : 188 words
  30. MOBBING A "WELSHER."

    At the recent Alexandra Park races, near London, says the European Mail, an incident of a very exciting character occurred. It appeared that a betting man known as "Hoppy," an appellation ...

    Article : 366 words
  31. COLLISIONS AT SEA.

    Sir,--The disaster to s.s. Julia. Percy and Nelson has awakened in my mind a plan of prevention. I have droned forth to the world over since the distressing collision of the Champion and Lady Bird (in ...

    Article : 374 words
  32. THE NEW K-I-NOOR DIAMOND.

    A monster dian is like a white elephant. He who is its forte possessor must often find it embarrassing to and still more difficult to dispose of. Royal or Rothschilds are the only ...

    Article : 251 words
  33. FATAL ACCIDENT AT WOLLONGONG.

    On Tuesday, shortly after the wrestling match which took place between Proudlock and Smith, at Wollongong, a fatal accident occurred to one of the spectators, named Oliver, the light-weight ...

    Article : 91 words
  34. ARRESTS BY THE POLICE.

    Sir,--On the 4th instant I noticed three constables arresting one woman in King-street for what, I read in your issue of to-day, is called "riotous behaviour." I do not in any way object to the constables arresting ...

    Article : 157 words
  35. BUSH FIRES NEAR PARRAMATTA.

    Bush fires are raging in all directions on the Sydney-road. Mr. Gibbon's house had a norrow escape from being burned down. Several sheds, and a large aviary containing valuable birds, were ...

    Article : 87 words
  36. LAW NOTICES.--This Day.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 31 words
  37. Advertising

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