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  2. NORTHERN COLLIERY TROUBLES.

    KURRI KURRI, Wednesday.--The mines which wore idle yesterday are still idle, and there have been no more stop since. Some of the tophands at Pelaw-Main colliery, where there only ...

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  3. THE COUNTRY.

    BROKEN-HILL, Wednesday. -- The Customs figures for 1906 show that the Barrier exports totalled £2,592,494, against £2,264,667 for 1905. The imports were valued at £1,335,679, against ...

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  4. VICTORIA.

    Many people who drove into Warracknabeal on Sunday last to attend church were greatly surprised to find that they were unable to get accommodation for their horses at the hotels, as ...

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  5. THE BLAYNEY SEAT.

    BLAYNEY, Wednesday.--Mr. Carruthers came to Blayney from Millthorpe this morning, and addressed a crowded meeting in the evening in the Blayney Town-hall, in support of the ...

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  6. FEDERAL OFFICERS AND INCOME TAX.

    PERTH, Wednesday.--"The Times" law report contains a luminous statement made by Lord Halsbury, giving the decision of the Privy Council in the appeal case of Webb v. Outtrim ...

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  7. MR. WEBSTER IN DEFENCE.

    Sir,--My public actions re the above have been for months past persistently and adversely criticised. The metropolitan and country press, my late opponent, and the politicians ...

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  8. BUSH FIRES.

    CONDOBOLIN, Wednesday.--A bush fire, burning Messrs. Haley Bros. station, Newlands, came within 60 yards of the homestead. Some 3000 acres of grass country were burnt. A ...

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  9. MR. ASHTON AT PERTH.

    BATHURST, Wednesday.--Perth is regarded as being a red-hot Labor centre, seeing that in the late Federal contest the Socialist candidate polled a majority of something like three to ...

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  10. JUMPING OF A CLAIM.

    Part of the claim of John Porter, the prospector of the Poseidon rush, was jumped recently. The warden gave a decision in favor of the jumpers. On Monday a mass meeting of ...

    Article : 129 words
  11. THE LABOR PARTY AND THE LAND SCANDALS.

    Sir.--Mr. Burgess evidently thinks that the main object of a newspaper controversy started by himself is to say the last word. Having been forced to swallow his original self by my ...

    Article : 727 words
  12. SHIRE COUNCILS.

    GULGONG, Wednesday.--At the Wyaldra Shire meeting yesterday, Mr. J. D. Gormley was appointed shire engineer, at a salary of £375. QUEANBEYAN, Wednesday.--The Yarralumla ...

    Article : 190 words
  13. ODDFELLOWS.

    The 64th annual meeting of the Manchester Unity Oddfellows, Sydney district, was held yesterday in the M.U.-hall, Castlereagh-street. Bro. Francis Johnson, G.M., who presided, ...

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  14. A BOGUS "SQUATTER."

    HOW easy it is to get goods on credit it a buyer declares himself to be a squatter residing at Toorak was shown to-day in a case in the City Court. Frederick Ogle was charged with ...

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  15. WORK TO BE RESUMED.

    KURRI KURRI, Wednesday Evening.--The Pelaw Main miners' lodge held a meeting this afternoon, when Mr. Amram Lewis, the treasurer of the federation, was present. In reply ...

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  16. A SHAFT-SINKING CONTRACT.

    BROKEN-HILL, Wednesday.--A little friction has occurred between the A.M.A. and the British mine on account of a misunderstanding about the amount of pay due to three men working on a ...

    Article : 251 words
  17. THE BENDIGO WATER FAMINE.

    The water famine at Bendigo, due to the bursting of mains under a heap of tailings, 25ft. high, was ended to-day. New pipes were laid round the break, and a connection effected with the ...

    Article : 93 words
  18. TASMANIA.

    The work of salvage at the wreck of the Eden Holme continues, about 250 tons being lightered. The vessel is still in the same position, and the weather is fine. A preliminary inquiry into ...

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  19. THE COMMONWEALTH.

    MELBOURNE, Wednesday.--The members of the Tariff Commission sat again in private today considering their draft reports. The sittings will be continued daily for some time, but ...

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  20. ALBURY POLITICAL LABOR LEAGUE.

    ALBURY, Wednesday.--At a well-attended meeting of the Albury branch of the Political Labor League, Mr. H. G. Davies was re-elected president, and Mr. David Reid vice-president. A ...

    Article : 201 words
  21. ABERMAIN STILL IDLE.

    WESTON, Wednesday--The Abermain colliery is still idle, the outlook being serious. All hands have ceased work, which means that about 400 of the population are idle. ...

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  22. PORTLAND CEMENT WORKERS.

    LITHGOW, Wednesday.--For a considerable time the men employed at the Cement Company's works. Portland, have been trying to obtain better labor conditions. The Portland ...

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  23. FATALITIES AND ACCIDENTS.

    A resident of Abercrombie-street, Redfern, Elizabeth Castelle, aged 74 years, was admitted to the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital yesterday afternoon suffering from a fractured left thigh. ...

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  24. THE SPORTING LEAGUE AND ITS POLICY.

    Sir,--Mr. E. W. O'Sullivan, after explaining some of the objects of the Sporting League, declares that the Sporting League is going to be a power in the next general election. Mr. ...

    Article : 518 words
  25. DROWNED AT MIDDLE HARBOR.

    The inquiry concerning the death of Charles Theodore Clifford, 18, who resided in Victoria-street, Chatswood, and who was drowned on Sunday at the head of Middle Harbor, was held ...

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  26. TAMWORTH DISTRICT.

    HILLGROVE, Wednesday.--The 39th annual meeting of the Tamworth District' Manchester Unity Oddfellows was commenced yesterday. All district branches were represented, and district ...

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  27. SLIPPED ON THE TILES.

    Samuel Leverton, 50, a cabinetmaker, residing in Robert-street, Strathfield, was taken to Sydney Hospital by the Civil Ambulance and Transport Corns yesterday afternoon with a ...

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  28. NEWCASTLE.

    FUNERAL OF MR. STEWART KEIGHTLEY. The funeral of the late Mr. Stewart Keightley took place yesterday, the remains being interred in the Church of England portion of ...

    Article : 194 words
  29. THE LABOR PLATFORM.

    BLAYNEY, Wednesday.--Mr. Beeby, the selected Labor candidate, addressed a meeting of ladies this afternoon. The candidate afterwards left for Vittoria, where he addresses the ...

    Article : 640 words
  30. DEATH FROM BURNS.

    Mantua Matthews, 13, who lived in Burns-street, Darling Harbor, and who was severely burned on Tuesday night, died in the Sydney. Hospital yesterday morning. ...

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  31. THROWN FROM A HORSE.

    ADAMINABY, Wednesday.--Dr. Henderson was thrown from his horse yesterday and rendered unconscious for some hours. ...

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  32. FALL FROM A HORSE.

    HAY, Wednesday.--While Senior-constable Burman was returning from One Tree, his horse stumbled and fell with him. Burman was severely injured by the fall, ...

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  33. THE CADETS.

    Yesterday, as part of a series of summer schools, arranged by the Department of Public Instruction, a number of cadet officers and other teachers entered upon an eight days' course of ...

    Article : 236 words
  34. COMMITTED FOR TRIAL.

    The District Coroner (Mr. C. Hibble) hold an inquest yesterday into the circumstances connected with the fire by which the residence of Charles Thomas, junior, at Minmi, was ...

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  35. CHILD'S CLOTHES CATCH FIRE.

    LAUNCESTON, Wednesday.--A girl, Ada Hall,5 years, residing with her parents at Prospect, was playing with matches to-day when her underclothing caught fire, and she ...

    Article : 53 words
  36. KILLED BY A FALL OF STONE.

    WELLINGTON (N.Z.), Wednesday.--Jeremiah Grant, recently from New South Wales, was killed by a fall of stone at the Keep-it-Dark mine. ...

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  37. A PUBLICAN IN TROUBLE.

    BATHURST, Wednesday.--John Mostyn, licensee of the Morning Star Hotel, was, at the local police court to-day, fined £10 for selling liquor on Sunday morning. Mostyn is to be ...

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  38. NEW ZEALAND.

    It is understood that a conference between the secretary of the New Zealand Merchant Officers' Guild and the managing director of the Union Company has cleared the way for an ...

    Article : 191 words
  39. TYREE AUTOMATIC SPRAY.

    A number of well-known city men met at the Metropolitan Fire Brigade headquarters yesterday when an exhibition was given of the working of the Tyree Automatic Spray, an ingenious ...

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  40. CUSTOMS CLEARANCES.

    The following vessels cleared outwards at the Custom-house yesterday:--Age, str., for Port Pirie via Wallaroo, with 2700 tons of coal and 13 cases of biscuits; Ouraka, str., for Melbourne, ...

    Article : 109 words
  41. HUMAN BONES FOUND.

    Some men working in a house in City-road, Darlington, yesterday morning discovered the skeleton of a baby in the space between the ceiling and the roof. The ceiling laths were ...

    Article : 98 words
  42. LATE SPORTING.

    ADELAIDE, Wednesday.--David Billington, the champion swimmer of England, to-night met Henry Moon, champion of South Australia, in a 1000yds match, in the City Baths. Moon received a start of 1½min., but was ...

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  43. DEAD BABY FOUND.

    A number of boys were playing in Anderson's paddock, Waterloo, yesterday morning, when one of them. Norman M'Namara, found the body of a newly-born infant. The body was ...

    Article : 43 words
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  45. VICTORIAN ENTRIES.

    MELBOURNE, Wednesday.--Fiteness has to be added to the Oakleigh Plate entries, and Enchanteur to the Newmarket Handicap. Both were nominated in West Australia, and not included in yesterday's lists. ...

    Article : 32 words
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