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  2. THE COUNTRY.

    WOLLONGONG, Friday. -- At the local court to-day William Allsep sued John Ferguson, licensee of the Bellambi Hotel, for the recovery, of the sum of £19, stated to have been given in ...

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  3. THE CASE FOR LABOR.

    The English language is the most copious of the tongues of the children of men, yet lacks a word to clearly and precisely express what is meant by the term "Socialism." What it used ...

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  4. VICTORIA.

    Dr. Norris, chairman of the Board of Health, at a meeting of that body stated that an inspection of St. Vincent's Hospital, Melbourne, revealed gross and serious overcrowding, which was ...

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  5. SOCIETY DIVORCE CASE.

    MELBOURNE, Friday. -- The hearing of the divorce case in which Chas. Dunkley Wallace is petitioner, Ruby Bona Wallace respondent, and Robert Henry Strong, a Collins-street medical ...

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  6. WAGGA-TUMBERUMBA RAILWAY.

    WAGGA, Friday. -- The various branches of the Wagga-Tumberumba Railway League organised a Parliamentary party to tour the route of the proposed line, but only Mesne. P. Carmichael and M'Garry, Ms.L.A., put in an ...

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  7. FATALITIES AND ACCIDENTS.

    BROKEN-HILL, Friday. -- While Joseph Morris and his son, B. Morris, were driving a greengrocer's cart to-day the horse bolted, and both men were thrown out, the elder sustaining ...

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  8. NEWCASTLE.

    The following vessels cleared outward at the Custom-house yesterday: -- Myra Fell, str., for Port Pirie, with 5200 tons of coal; Suva; str., for Suva via Sydney, with 910 tons of coal; ...

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  9. INJURED BY FALL OF COAL.

    WOLLONGONG, Friday. -- Alex. Cook, a minor, employed at Mount Keira, had his back severely injured to-day by a fall of coal. ...

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  10. COLLISION BETWEEN TRAMCAR AND DRAY.

    BRISBANE, Friday. -- In a collision between a tramcar and dray at Red-hill to-day, James Gormley, aged 50, was seriously injured, and two lads, Harning and Amos, were somewhat ...

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  11. SULPHIDE RETURNS.

    At the Sulphide Corporation's Works, Cockle Creek, there were smelted during the week 1958' tons of ore, yielding 1879oz. of gold, 73,555ez. of silver, and 570 tons of lead. ...

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  12. GUILTY OF CARELESS NAVIGATION.

    Captain Andrew Berry, master of the steamer Otter, which collided with the hopper, barge Fawkner, in the Yarra, on November 4, was to-day found guilty by the Marine Court of ...

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  13. DIED OF THIRST.

    WHITE CLIFFS, Friday. -- At the inquiry concerning the death of the man found, on Yancannia station, having evidently died of thirst, the body was identified by a union ticket as that ...

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  14. WEEKLY COAL EXPORT.

    The total quantity of coal exported from Newcastle during the past week amounted to 93,010 tons, of which 42,510 tons were sent to Commonwealth and New Zealand ports, and 50,000 ...

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  15. ANNUAL "MARKET DAY."

    MOSS VALE, Friday. -- The annual "market day" in connection with the Sutton Forest Church of England was held on Wednesday. There was a good attendance notwithstanding ...

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  16. QUESTION OF DEFENCE.

    WELLINGTON, Friday. -- Mr. Justice Denniston in a speech said that if the present supine content with regard to national defence continued, there would be a rude awakening ...

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  17. STEWED, FRUIT.

    As a result of the Railway Departments inability to provide sufficient railway trucks, nearly 700 cases of fruit have been, lying at Mooroopna station, in the Goulburn Valley, ...

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  18. NEWCASTLE COAL TRADE.

    The coal trade of the northern district has been exceedingly brisk during the past week, and heavy orders have been fitted for the interstate market, which still remains unsatisfied. ...

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  19. THE SALE SALVATIONISTS.

    Mr. Justice Hodges, in the Practice court, to-day was appealed to for on order nisi, to review the decision of the magistrates at Sale (Gippsland) in fining two Salvation Army ...

    Article : 87 words
  20. GOLD BUYERS' BILL.

    MELBOURNE, Friday. -- Nearly 250 amendments were made in the Gold Buyers' Bill since it was first introduced into the Victorian Parliament. Another amending bill was passed by ...

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  21. SUMMER SCHOOL AT MUSWELLBROOK.

    MUSWELLBROOK, Friday. -- A teachers' week of manual training, organised by Inspector Grieve, has been held this week, at the superior public school, Muswellbrook. Mr. Adamson, ...

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  22. VICTORIAN FISHERIES.

    Mr. H. C. Dannevig, New South Wales fisheries expert, who has been making an inspection of Corio Bay, Queenscliff, Point Lonsdale, and other points around Port Phillip, with a ...

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  23. THE FIJIAN CRICKETERS.

    NEWCASTLE, Friday. -- The team of Fijian cricketers arrived to-day from Sydney. They were met at the railway station by the principal officers of the Newcastle Cricket ...

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  24. STRIKE OF WHARF LABORERS.

    A strike of wharf-laborers, which originated from 30 odd men employed at the Victoria Docks, has extended to the Queen's Wharf, where 60 men are employed at loading and ...

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  25. THE BROKEN-HILL FIRE.

    BROKEN-HILL, Friday. -- The two young men, James Henry Smith and Frederick Edwards, who had been in custody on a charge of setting fire to the engine-house of the ...

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  26. HOSPITAL BENEFIT.

    A dramatic entertainment was given at the Victoria Theatre last night, in aid of the Newcastle General Hospital. The piece chosen for representation was "The Idler," and the house ...

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  27. NEW ZEALAND.

    The Wellington Harbor Board has agreed to the request of the Victorian Government to allow Mr. Ferguson, the Board's engineer, to visit Melbourne to report on the proposed harbor ...

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  28. INFLATED BALANCE-SHEETS.

    Herbert Clarence Stevens, who until recently carried on business in Daylesford, during an examination in the Insolvency Court, admitted that in his balance-sheet of March, 1836, he had ...

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  29. THE SINGLETON DERAILMENT.

    SINGLETON, Friday. -- Departmental officers held a lengthy inquiry yesterday concerning the derailment of the stock train on Wednesday. Several witnesses were examined. No public ...

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  30. A PROGRESSIVE SCHOOL DISTRICT.

    GRAFTON, Friday. -- There was an excellent gathering of parents at the district school on the last visitors' day of the year, when a special feature was an impromptu exhibition of ...

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  31. QUEENSLAND.

    During last week 5467 boxes of butter intended for export were examined by the Government graders. Inspector Kennedy, who conducted the ...

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  32. DISPUTED SENATE SEAT.

    MELBOURNE, Friday. -- The Federal Electoral Department estimates that it will probably cost £3500 to hold a fresh election in South Australia. No special rolls will be ...

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  33. FOOD ADULTERATION.

    MELBOURNE, Friday. -- At the Richmond Court, Jabez Dean, a grocer, was fined £2 for selling three tins of Faliero's infants' food, which contained starch, contrary to the ...

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  34. CAREERS OF CRIME.

    MELBOURNE, Friday. -- Two youths, Isaac Ferguson and William Lloyd Brentnall, who were sentenced to six mouths' imprisonment by magistrates at Kew for housebreaking, have had ...

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  35. WHEAT TRANSACTIONS.

    MELBOURNE, Friday. -- Mr. Justice Hodges has given judgment in an action in which the Bank of Australasia was plaintiff and Hugo Friedlander (trading as Friedlander and Co.) ...

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  36. AUSTRALIAN FAUNA.

    MELBOURNE, Friday. -- The subject of a national park at Wilson's Promontory, and its importance for the protection and preservation of Australian, fauna, was brought before the ...

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  37. CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS.

    The following arrangements will be observed in the Postmaster-General's Department, New South Wales, on Christmas and Boxing Days, the 25th and 26th inst.: -- Christmas Day as on Sunday. ...

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  38. TO ASSIST THE COAL TRADE.

    In order to further assist the coal trade, the Railway Commissioner has recommended that to coalowners who agree to erect coal chutes, with a capacity of double the daily output of ...

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  39. FALCON-MINTARO COLLISION.

    ADELAIDE, Friday. -- Mr. Justice Gordon delivered Judgment to-day in the case in which Huddart Parker Proprietary, owners of the tug Falcon, claimed £2000 damages from the ...

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  40. SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    At the Adelaide Police Court to-day three undesirables, who arrived here as stowaways from the Eastern States, were sent to gaol; Edward Ross and William Turnbull for two months, and ...

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  41. DISSATISFIED PASSENGERS.

    A meeting was held at Watson's Bay on Wednesday evening of the residents who use the ferry as a means of communication between the bay and the city. The Mayor (Alderman W. ...

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  42. ALLEGED JAM "COMBINE."

    MELBOURNE, Friday. -- The Australasian Jam Co. Proprietary, Ltd., has written to the press in regard to the alleged jam company. The company states that it has no connection with ...

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  43. ADDED TO THE STATUTE-BOOK.

    The Assembly and Council spent the whole of Friday afternoon in conference concerning different matters of legislation, and as a result the following bills were added to the ...

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  44. ZIG ZAG DEVIATION.

    LITHGOW, Friday. -- Some very important improvements are being carried out at the Lithgow Zig-zag. These comprise the lengthening of the dead ends on both top points and ...

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  45. CIVIC AFFAIRS.

    Alderman Andy Kelly is pursuing his agitation in favor of municipal dispensaries, and is to move in the council on Monday evening -- That the city solicitor he instructed to prepare a clause ...

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  46. WEST AUSTRALIA.

    The Trades and Labor Council has received a wire from Senator Pearce, stating his willingness to act for any industrial union in the Federal Arbitration Court. ...

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  47. ANGLO-JAPANESE MARRIAGE.

    MELBOURNE, Friday. -- The plaintiffs in a case before Mr. Justice Cussen to-day were the two infant children of Theophilus Alexander Singleton, who died in London in November, ...

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  48. AUSTRALIAN WOOL IN JAPAN.

    A report has been received by the Premier from Mr. J. B. Suttor, Commercial Agent in the East, in regard to the prospects for Australian wool in Japan. "There, can be no disguising ...

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  49. PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE.

    The Public Works Committee yesterday further considered the expediency of carrying out a scheme, for the disposal of the sewage from the Western, Southern, Illawarra, and Botany ...

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  50. PERMITS FOR BARS DURING CHRISTMAS.

    The Perth Licensing Board to-day, on account of the festive season, issued permits for bars to be open till midnight on December 24, 26, and 31, and January 1; saloon bars till 1 a.m. on ...

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  51. CZAROVITCH LIBEL SUIT.

    The tenth day of the Czarovtich libel suit was occupied by Sir Walter James' address for the plaintiff, Connolly. Judge Burnside will sum up on Monday. He warned the jury that ...

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  52. HARBOR TRUST FINANCES.

    According to the report of the Sydney Harbor Trust Commissioners for the year ended June 30, the net revenue from all sources amounted to £297,941. After deducting working ...

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  53. OBJECTIONABLE POLICE METHODS.

    MELBOURNE, Friday. -- The methods of two police constables at Ballarat in obtaining a confession of arson from a young girl by holding out a promise that they would not lock her ...

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  54. TASMANIA.

    The half-yearly meeting of the National Bank of Tasmania was hold yesterday. The statement of accounts showed net profit of £12,760. Of this amount, £5321 was distributed in a 7 per ...

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  56. INSTITUTION OF SURVEYORS.

    At the meeting of the Institution of Surveyors of New South Wales held on Tuesday last, Mr. R. H. Cambage, F.L., presiding, Mr. J. A. Harrison, L.S., read a paper on "Sewers and Sewerage Surveying." The author ...

    Article : 118 words
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