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  2. FATALITIES AND ACCIDENTS.

    William Short (51), a resident of South-street, Kogarah, was treated at the Sydney Hospital last night for a severe scalp wound, which necessitated several stitches being inserted. Short was ...

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  3. THE COMMONWEALTH.

    MELBOURNE, Thursday.--From April 2 the commission on inter-State money orders will be reduced to ordinary inland State rates of 6d for each £5 or fraction of £5. The maximum order ...

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  4. WHO'S AFRAID?

    The international exhibition project was discussed at a public meeting of citizens, called by the Lord Mayor, and held in the vestibute of the Town-hall yesterday afternoon. The ...

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  5. THE COUNTRY.

    WINDSOR, Wednesday.--At the Police Court yesterday a case of some local interest was decided. George Wicland was proceeded against on the information of Senior-sergeant Nies, for ...

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  6. SHIPPING.

    Eastern, str., (E. and A. Company's line), [?]56 tons, M'Arthur, from Japan and Hongkong via ports. Passengers for sydney--Mr. and Mrs. James Wall and [?] Mr. and Mrs C. N. [?] and three children, Miss ...

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  7. STATE POLITICS.

    BINGARA, Thursday.--Mr. S. W. Moore, Minister for Mines, has just concluded a tour of this part of his electorate. He was to have spoken at Lower Horton on Friday last, and ...

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  8. MISHAP AT AUBURN.

    A serious accident hapened at Ritchie Bros.' works, Auburn, yesterday, to a workman named Charles Callaway. He was engaged with others removin a newly finished American car ...

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  9. COOMBING IRONSTONE MINE.

    CARCOAR, Thursday.--The work of constructing the branch line of railway from the Blayney-Harden line to the Coombing ironstone mine, near Carcoar, will be completed within a few ...

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  10. EATEN BY SHARKS.

    NEWCASTLE, Thursday.--The body of a middle-aged man was found floating in the harbor, near the Dyke, to-day. When recovered, it presented a liorrible sight, one of the legs ...

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  11. CRUSHED TO DEATH.

    ALBURY, Thursday.--Benjamin Rixon, 31, teamster, was crushed to death to-day, a trolly containing a load of timber passing over him. ...

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  12. THE PEAK-HILL RAILWAY.

    PARKES, Thursday.--The Public Works Committee arrived here to-day, and took evidence respecting the proposal to extend the railway from Parkes to Peak-hill, in preference to ...

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  13. SHERBROOKE.

    ST. MARYS, Thursday.--Mr. H. S. Pratten, candidate for Sherbrooke, addressed electors in the Protestant-hall last night, the Mayor (Alderman Turner) presiding. The speaker dealt with ...

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  14. LIGHTHOUSE-KEEPER MISSING.

    BRISBANE, Thursday.--William Hannah, the assistant-lighthouse-keeper at Low Island, has been missing since Monday night. He took his daughter, aged 14 years, and his boy, 10, in a ...

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  15. THROWN FROM A HORSE.

    HOBART, Thursday.--An officer named Favorham, belonging to H.M.S. Encounter, was out riding to-day, when he was thrown from his horse, and is now in a critical condition from ...

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  16. TRIPLE DROWNING CASE.

    WELLINGTON (N.Z.), Thursday.--A carpenter named Sandilands, together with his wife and child, were drowned through the capsizing of a buggy into the Molyneux River, in the ...

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  17. ORANGE.

    ORANGE, Thursday.--Nominations of candidates to contest the Orange seat in the interests of the Liberal and Reform Association closed last evening, the following being received:--J. ...

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  18. WOMAN JUMPS DOWN A WELL.

    PERTH (W.A.), Thursday.--Yesterday evening Constable Strapp, of North Perth, received a message that a house was on fire in Farmer-street. He proceeded to the burning building, ...

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  19. WOMEN'S FRANCHISE.

    MELBOURNE, Thursday.--During the hearing of a wife's claim for maintenance at North Melbourne to-day, the complainant, Ethel Maud Brown, stated that in November last her ...

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  20. GOVERNOR-GENERAL ON TOUR.

    KURRI KURRI, Thursday.--The Governor-General, accompanied by Sir Gerald Strickland, Captain Shaw, R.N., private secretary, and Captain Fyers, A.D.C.. and Mr. T. T. Ewing, ...

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  21. ENTOMBED IN A MINE.

    PERTH (W.A.), Thursday.--The Minister for Mines received a telegram, this afternoon stating that the man entombed in the Westralia mine had been beard knocking. The mine was ...

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  22. A.N.A. CONFERENCE.

    MELBOURNE, Thursday.--At the A.N.A. Conference at Hamilton to-day, a motion that the board should make representations to the Government with the object of preventing the ...

    Article : 373 words
  23. TARIFF COMMISSION.

    MELBOURNE, Thursday.--The Acting-Minister for Customs says that he has communicated with the chairman of the Tariff Commission in order to expedite the presentation of reports, ...

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  24. VICTORIA.

    To-night the steamer Edina lost her propeller while coming from Geelong to Melbourne, and was drifting in the bay for four hours. Eventually a tug towed the steamer into Portarlington. ...

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  25. RIFLE SHOOTING.

    MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--At the adjuorned meeting of the executive committee of the Commonwealth Rifle Shooting Council to-day, the chairman reported what he had done in the United Kingdom and Canada in ...

    Article : 387 words
  26. NEWCASTLE.

    An assemblage of several thousand people took place in the upper reserve last night, when a handsome set of wrought-iron gates, with moulded stone abutments, valued at about ...

    Article : 116 words
  27. LOCOMOTIVE ENGINE MEN.

    ADELAIDE Thursday.--At the Trades-hall yesterday the annual conference of the Federated Locomotive Enginemen's Association of Australia was opened. Delegates from the ...

    Article : 381 words
  28. INTER-STATE CRICKET.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 160 words
  29. NEW ZEALAND.

    The steamer Riverina encountered a heavy gale immediately after leaving Sydney, and had to slow down. The seas broke aboard on Sunday, carrying away two skylights and ...

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  30. THE ISLEWORTH'S GHOST.

    The mystery of the "ghost," which was reported to stalk the decks of the steamer Isleworth when on the voyage from Puget Sound to Newcastle, was cleared up ...

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  31. SLAUGHTERMEN'S DEMANDS.

    Reports from Christchurch show that the slaughtermen's strike may possibly break out again. Dissatisfaction has arisen over certain conditions of work, and the Australians are ...

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  32. THE MANLY SURF BOAT.

    The Manly surf boat made its first public appearance in Manly on Wednesday evening. The craft, which was built to the order of the Manly Council at a cost of £31, was paraded ...

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  33. SHORT OF COAL.

    The steamer Katanga, from the West Coast of South America, bound to Sydney, put into Auckland to-day for coal. She encountered heavy weather Which caused the coal supply to ...

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  34. COLLISION IN NEUTRAL BAY.

    The Sydney Ferries steamer Wallaroo collided with the High-street Wharf at Neutral Bay yesterday morning, and sustained considerable damage to her bow. The Wallaroo was on ...

    Article : 129 words
  35. ABSTRACT OF SALES BY AUCTION.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 110 words
  36. LOSS OF THE CENTENNIAL.

    LAUNCESTON, Thursday.--The commission appointed to inquire into the condition and circumstances in which the steamer Centennial proceeded to sea from Launceston on October ...

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  37. VISIT TO PITCAIRN ISLAND.

    A visit was made to Pitcairn Island, of Bounty mutiny fame, by the barnue Marian Woodside, Which arrived last evening from Valparaiso. The Marian Woodside arrived off the island on February 20, and a boat containing 20 ...

    Article : 87 words
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