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  2. THE CRICKETERS.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 656 words
  3. LOCAL GOVERNMENT.

    Local government has again gone through the throes of yet another conference and emerged seathless. One section of its practical exponents, the clerks, gave no particular heed on ...

    Article : 301 words
  4. "PASSERS-BY."

    When Mr. Haddon Chambers, after a long period of silence, wrote "Passers-by," he produced a drama of undoubted sympathy, but one which is also rather puzzling in its treatment. ...

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  5. LEAGUE FOOTBALL AT AUCKLAND.

    AUCKLAND, Sunday.--About 28.000 attended the League match here between tho New South Wales team and a New Zealand thirteen. The wrangle over Deane's disqualification ...

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  6. THE SPEAKER AND "THE DAILY TELEGRAPH."

    The Speaker complains that "The Daily Telegraph" has misrepresented the remarks of Mr. Cohen, which led to his ejection from the House on the occasion when the comments by this ...

    Article : 1,111 words
  7. LABOR.

    The policy of compulsory unionism appears to be growing in favor with a number of unions in the State. The employees in the building trades are insisting that every fellow-workman ...

    Article : 135 words
  8. FATALITIES AND ACCIDENTS

    At 5.30 p.m. on the 4th inst., Mrs. Ryan, of £2 Newtown-road, city, heard screams in the kitchen, and, running. in found that the clothes of-her 16-month-old daughter, Linda, had been ...

    Article : 84 words
  9. GENERAL CABLES.

    BERNE. Friday Evening.--The Kaiser was ovationed upon his arrival at Berne, where he announced that he would bear the cost of a statue to William thr Great. Elector of ...

    Article : 66 words
  10. SUDDEN COLLAPSE.

    On Saturday morning Mr. Hans Jorgenson stevedore, lighterman, and general contractor, lately living at 63 Carlisle-street, Leichhardt, collapsed in the office of Langdon and Langdon, ...

    Article : 39 words
  11. DEATH IN A RESTAURANT.

    About 5.30 on Saturday afternoon, George Lucas (65) lately living at 40 Napier-street, Paddington, died in a restaurant at 227 Oxford-street, while having a meal. It ...

    Article : 52 words
  12. LABOR AND MUNICIPAL REPRESENTATIVES.

    In response to representations made to the executive committee of the Political Labor League, it has been decided to convene a meeting of Laborites who are delegates in the ...

    Article : 61 words
  13. TURNED KING'S EVIDENCE.

    LONDON, Friday Evening.--George William Wake, director of the Priory Exchange Motor Garage, at Birmingham, was brought before a magistrate to-day, and remanded, upon a charge ...

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  14. CHILDREN THROWN FROM CART.

    On Saturday afternoon 15 children from the Justice Ragged School, Surry-hills, were being driven back from a bush picnic to Artarmon railway station by Mr. W. Bramwell, grocer, ...

    Article : 144 words
  15. GAS EMPLOYEES.

    In pursuance of its policy of organising the country districts, the Gas Employees' Union has formed a strong branch nt Newcastle. This plan is being carried out with a view to ...

    Article : 61 words
  16. FREAK BURGLARS.

    NEW YORK, Friday Evening.--An extraordinary freak burglary is reported. Burglars entered a Lower Broadway hat store. They removed 6000 hats, valued at £5000, but not a ...

    Article : 43 words
  17. SUPPLEMENTARY ROLLS.

    The time is again round for the gathering in of the shy and elusive municipal elector eligible since the making up of the last triennial roll. He, or maybe she, is persuasively invited by ...

    Article : 328 words
  18. AGAINST THE SINGLE TAX.

    LONDON, Friday Evening.--Sir Herbert Henry. Raphael,. M.P. (Liberal, South Derbyshire), in a letter denouncing the single tax, alleges that the manufacturers equally with the landlords ...

    Article : 40 words
  19. AMUSEMENTS.

    "Nightbirds," at her Majesty's, has entered upon its last week. The final matinee will be given on Wednesday. On Saturday next "The Chocolate Soldier" will be revived, when the principals of this company will ...

    Article : 45 words
  20. FOOTBALL ACCIDENT.

    In the football match between Balmain and Cessnock on Saturday afternoon, Marshall, a Cessnock player, had his leg broken. ...

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  21. AN IMMIGRANT RESCUED.

    At Manly yesterday afternoon, James Robertson (27), laborer, an immigrant lately come from Scotland, fell off the ferry wharf. R. Reynolds and G. Booad, two young men of Manly, ...

    Article : 47 words
  22. EMPIRE LEAGUE ESSAYIST.

    LONDON, Friday Evening.--The prize ottered by the Duke of Devonshire through the Empire League for the best essay upon the subject of unification, as distinguished from federation, ...

    Article : 43 words
  23. THE CRITERION.

    The refreshing fun of "Get-Rick-Quick Wallingford" keep, crowded audiences continually amused at the Criterion. There will be another matinee on Wednesday. ...

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  24. CRUSHED TO DEATH.

    BRISBANE, Saturday.--The Minister for Mines yesterday received a telegram from the Warden at Cloncurry to the effect that the Hampden Mines Co., had, advised him that a ...

    Article : 63 words
  25. THE PALACE.

    Another packed house greeted "The Girl from Wayback" at the Palace on Saturday night. The melodramatic story commands the attention of a large class of playgoers. and this appeal is strengthened by the ...

    Article : 46 words
  26. NO WONDER!

    CHICAGO, Saturday Afternoon.--As the result of an operation, the Chicago Hospital surgeons removed 19 pocket-knives, 17 nails, five knife-blades, 'a dozen, screws, and a silver ...

    Article : 54 words
  27. MR. P. H. M'EWEN.

    Mr. P. H. M'Ewen, Scottish entertainer, has cancelled his existing engagements in the United States to come to Australia. The engagement has been secured by Mr. Maximilian Steinberg, an American manager, who has ...

    Article : 140 words
  28. SILVER AT MINERAL-HILL.

    CONDOBOLIN, Saturday.--At a meeting of the Railway League to-day it was resolved that in view of the important silver find, and the great possible future development at ...

    Article : 136 words
  29. REDUCED CABLE RATES.

    LONDON, Saturday Afternoon.--Mr. Herbert L. Samuel, Postmaster-General, in the course of an interview, stated that it was for the Pacific Cable Board to consider whether the ...

    Article : 45 words
  30. MR. LAWRENCE CAMPBELL'S RECITALS.

    To-night Mr. Lawrence Campden will give the third of his buries of dramatic and humorous recitals at the Concordia-hall, Elizabeth-street. An interesting and varied programme will include a scene from Hamlet, four ...

    Article : 88 words
  31. ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS.

    Disgusted Candidate.--One of the grievances alleged was fully dealt with in an article published in this column on May 6 last, wherein it was strongly advocated that on payment of a small fee, as at the Sydney ...

    Article : 252 words
  32. WEST AUSTRALIAN MERCANTILE MARINE.

    LONDON, Sunday.--Lady Newton Moore, wife of the West Australian Agent-General, yesterday, at Liverpool, renamed the steamer Mongolia--purchased at Copenhagen, for use in ...

    Article : 83 words
  33. NATIONAL AMPHITHEATRE.

    A novel item in a vaudeville programme has been introduced by Mr. Hugh Huxham, whose "Serenaders appeared at the National for the first time on Saturday. The party, perform in Pierrot style, and bring off some ...

    Article : 185 words
  34. SQUALLS UP TO 53 MILES AN HOUR.

    Squalls up to 53 miles an hour burst over the city during Saturday's storm. The hardest blow was from the north-west, at 1.5 p.m. The gale raged with more or less fury throughout ...

    Article : 361 words
  35. ARNST'S OFFER TO BARRY.

    LONDON, Saturday,--Arnst, has sailed for home. Prior to leaving he informed the "Sporting Life" that he was willing to allow Barry £500 expenses to row in Australia, and ...

    Article : 49 words
  36. SOUTH AFRICANS V. AN ELEVEN.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 427 words
  37. LOCAL GOVERNMENT CLERKS.

    At the conference of local government clerks on Saturday morning, the debate on the superannuation question was resumed. Mr. Barnett Smith, town clerk of North Sydney, ...

    Article : 432 words
  38. THE "BLUE STREAK" AGAIN.

    LONDON, Sunday Afternoon.--A match over 100 yards between Donaldson (Vic.), R. Walker (South Africa), and Postle. (Queensland) was run at Salford yesterday for a sweepstake of £100 ...

    Article : 65 words
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    At the Tivoli the Schenk Brothers continue their astonishing feats of balancing and strength. Miss Minine Kaufmann's trick cycling is as bewildering as when the first appeared. Chinko, the juggler, does a variety of ...

    Article : 69 words
  40. LYCEUM THEATRE.

    The star film, at Mr. Spencer's Lyceum is the Merchant of Venice," which was witnessed on Saturday evening by a crowded house. The drama is skilfully played, and as the story unfolds the actors capably ...

    Article : 129 words
  41. OIL FUEL.

    LONDON, Sunday.--The Admiralty has placed in Scotland an order for 200,000 tons of oil fuel. ...

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  42. FORTIFYING THE FRISIANS

    BERLIN, Friday Afternoon.--Three of the East Frisian Islands--Juist, Wangoroog, and Splekoroog--are about to he fortified. The Frisian Islands form a linear series in ...

    Article : 58 words
  43. GLEESON GOING HOME.

    AUCKLAND, Sunday.--T. Gleeson, the Glebe three-quarter, who is with the New South Wales touring team, has accepted an engagement .with the Huddersfield Club for two years. He will ...

    Article : 46 words
  44. WEST'S PICTURES AT THE GLACIARIUM.

    West's pictures, Ltd., re-opened their season at the Glaciarium on Saturday, the event being greeted by large audiences. The management presented for time. "Twist War and the Girl," a big London ...

    Article : 91 words
  45. NEWCASTLE.

    Edward Peacock (61), a miner, residing at West Wallsend, died in the Newcastle Hospital yesterday morning from the effects of injuries received by being knocked down by a cab on ...

    Article : 40 words
  46. MISSIONS HAMPERED.

    A significant sentence in the report of the Young People's Union in connection with the Church of England Missionary Association stated that compulsory training had ...

    Article : 347 words
  47. A CHILD'S DEATH.

    MOREE Saturday.--An inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the death of Nellie Maud Ezzy, aged seven and a half years,.which took place at Glendalough Hospital on ...

    Article : 510 words
  48. PRINCESS THEATRE.

    The Princess Theatre, George-street, was [?] Saturday night by Mr. J. C. Bain, who submitted an interesting programme of vaudeville items. The artists included Florence Raymond, lady ventriloquist; Pharos ...

    Article : 43 words
  49. STATION REPORTS.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 90 words
  50. CRYSTAL PALACE.

    The illustrations of the big railway [?]urne on Wednesday attracted crowds to the Crystal Palace on Saturday. "Treasure Island," a representation of Robert Louis Stevenson's famous story, will be ...

    Article : 44 words
  51. MADAME KIRKBY LUNN.

    On Thursday evening next, in the Town-hall, Madame Klrlcby Lunn, the famous English contralto, will make her first Sydney appearance. Although the diva has a world-wide reputation, ...

    Article : 179 words
  52. THE LYRIC

    "Love's Revenge" will be the chief attraction at the Lyric to-day. The film depicts a tragedy. A young husband's death is compassed by a millionaire, who to secure his wife. For purposes of revenge, the widow ...

    Article : 42 words
  53. PROFESSIONAL OFFICERS' ASSOCIATION.

    According to the first annual report of the Public Works Professional Officers' Association which was presented on Friday night to the members, that body has had a prosperous; ...

    Article : 201 words
  54. WEATHER-BOUND AT PORT STEPHENS.

    POINT STEPHENS, Sunday.--A strong westerly wind has been blowing here, since Friday morning, and the ketch Premier has been shut in Fly Roads since then. The ketches Phil ...

    Article : 55 words
  55. THE COLONIAL.

    "Over the Divide," a melodramatic episode [?] Mexican frontier is a prominent feature of to-day's programme at the Colonial. The story which abounds in sensation, shown how a brave woman saves the life ...

    Article : 57 words
  56. EMPRESS THEATRE.

    "The Girl with the Lantern" will be the feature of to-day's change of programme at the Empress Theatre woman stops the police train, and save, the passengers from the death prepared for them by outlaws. "A ...

    Article : 55 words
  57. AUTOMATIC TELEPHONES.

    WELLINGTON .(N.Z.),-- Saturday.-- The Chief Electrician of the Post and Telegraph Department, after a visit to America and Europe, reports that the automatic system of telephones ...

    Article : 81 words
  58. ENGLISH COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 364 words
  59. ST. MARTHA'S INDUSTRIAL HOME LEICHHARDT.

    A sale of work, in connection with St. Martha's Home, Renwick-street, Leichhardt--conducted by the Sisters of St. Joseph--and in aid of the fund for building extension was opened on Saturday afternoon by the Minister ...

    Article : 196 words
  60. THE OLYMPIA

    A thrilling romance of the Franco-Prussian [?] "Twixt War and the Girl," was mined at West's Olympia on Saturday night. The representation was full of exciting situations, and well deserved the hearty ...

    Article : 62 words
  61. LATE SPORTNG.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 87 words
  62. IMPERIAL ROLLER RINK

    The Imperial Roller Rink continues to draw [?] houses. There was a big attendance of roller patrons on Saturday night. The floor was in excellent order and the proceedings went to the satisfaction of all ...

    Article : 38 words
  63. LIQUOR AND NATIVES.

    ADELAIDE, Saturday.--Bishop Wilson, at the Anglican Synod to-day, moved-- That this Synod deplores that alcoholic liquors are being sold in large quantities to the natives of the New ...

    Article : 98 words
  64. CITY ORGANIST'S RECITAL.

    Though the City Organist's [?] hauser" in the Town-hall on Saturday evening was as free as far as the body of the hall ...

    Article : 71 words
  65. CROSSING OF THE BLUE MOUNTAINS.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 93 words
  66. LATE SHIPPING.

    Hillmeads, str., 214 tons, Basclain, from Moruya, Illawarra and South Coast S.S. Co., agents. BRITISH AND FOREIGN SHIPPING. LONDON, Saturday.--[?] Point Zealandie ...

    Article : 46 words
  67. Advertising

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    Advertising : 249 words
  68. ABSTRACT OF SALES BY AUCTION.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 31 words
  69. ACTORS' DAY

    To-morrow the matinee of the Austral[?] at Her Majesty's will inaugurate Actors Day and initiate a fund for benevolent purposes in the profession. The programme which is of exceptional ...

    Article : 71 words
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