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  2. ELECTRIFICATION OF RAILWAYS.

    Following upon the appointment of Mr. Tait as Chief Commissioner of Railways, a letter was dispatched to him in Canada asking him to make an investigation in the ...

    Article : 533 words
  3. THE COMMONWEALTH.

    Customs Receipts.—Customs collections for last week amounted to £174,486, compared with; £199,169 for the previous week. A ...

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  4. FROM THE WORLD'S PRESS.

    The following account of a duel between a whale mid a swordfish is almost worthy of Frank Bullen (says The Glasgow Citizen) It is told by a tourist just back from ...

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  5. THE PARLIAMENT OF COMMERCE.

    At 2 o'clock this afternoon the second annual meeting of the General Council of the Chambers of Commerce of the Commonwealth of Australia will be opened at ...

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  6. PERSONAL NOTES FROM ENGLAND.

    The third Court of the season, held at Buckingham Palace on May 8, was bereft of some of its interest and splendour by the absence of the Prince and Princess ...

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  8. MARRIAGE WITH A DECEASED WIFE'S NIECE.

    In the Divorce Court to-day Mr. Justice a'Beckett delivered his reserved judgment in the matter of the petition for dissolution of marriage of Alfred James Smith and his ...

    Article : 251 words
  9. VICTORIA.

    The weather was exceedingly bleak to-day. A heavy northerly gale set in during last night, and was succeeded this afternoon by rain. A big sea was running ...

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  10. DRUNKENNESS AMONG WOMEN.

    Some startling statements were made to-day at the meeting of the Church of England Rescue Home for Fallen Women. The Archdeacon of Sydney said that for ...

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  11. QUEENSLAND.

    The plague hospital at Brisbane was closed to-day. For a considerable time none of the patients submitted to a bacteriological examination lias been found to be ...

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  12. CONFERENCE OF MINING MEN.

    A conference of mining men from the various goldfields districts, and the Collie coalfield, was opened at the Chamber of Mines this afternoon, tinder the presidency ...

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  13. WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

    This afternoon the Mayor of the Boulder telegraphed to the Premier stating that, the unemployed difficulty on the eastern goldfields was becoming acute. He suggested ...

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  14. WHEELMEN AT SIXES AND SEVENS.

    There were 60 members present to-night at a special meeting of the League of New South Wales Whselmen to further consider matter in connection with that body. ...

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  15. FORGER, THIEF, AND BIGAMIST

    At the quarter sessions to-day Frank Stuart, a young man, who was recently arrested on his arrival in New Zealand from! Sydney, pleaded guilty to charges of ...

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  16. DAMAGES AGAINST RAILWAY COMMISSIONERS.

    In the Supreme Court to-day Sarah Jane Austin sought to recover from the Railway Commissioners £1,000 as compensation for personal injuries sustained, as ...

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  17. OBJECTING TO A JUDGE.

    In the Licensing Court to-day the list of eases included an application by Licensing Inspector Oliver for the cancellation of the certificate issued to Tattersall's Club. Mr. ...

    Article : 223 words
  18. TRADE AND FRIENDSHIP.

    At the annual dinner of the Iron and Steel Institute in London recently the Prime Minister was in one of his ethical humours, and indulged in a little abstract ...

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  19. TASMANIA.

    The old Primitive Methodist Church in Collins street was sold at unction today for £900. The conditions of sale stipulated that neither the building nor the site may ...

    Article : 132 words
  20. NORTHERN TERRITORY.

    The Empire, from Hongkong, arrived yesterday. Passengers—Six Chinese. She sailed tins morning for southern ports. Passengers—Meassrs. McGlew, Williams ...

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  21. NEW SOUTH WALKS POLITICS.

    Mr. Broughton who represents the important King Division of Sydney (Rp. Reid's former constituency), addressed large gathering to-night and advanced reasons for ...

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  22. NEW ZEALAND.

    Several Thames miners and surveyors are leaving for the Gold Coat under engagement with mining syndicates there. Wages for miners are £30 per month, with three ...

    Article : 113 words
  23. RUSSIAN JEWISH ATROCITIES FUND

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  24. THE NEW GOLD DISCOVERY.

    The Minister for Alines strongly deprecates the rash to the new fine near Randall's. He urges miners to wait for the inspector's report which will probably be ...

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  25. DISTRICT COUNCILS.

    MELVILLE, June 6.—Present—All Tenders accepted—Main road, No. 147; J. Oldland, £1 15/6 per chain; No. 63, W. Daly, £1 12/3 per chain. The Crown Lands Office notified that £56 had ...

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  26. BARRIER WATER SUPPLY.

    At the instance of the A.M.A. a public meeting was held on the Central Reserve yesterday to discuss the water question. The Mayor presided. The following ...

    Article : 137 words
  27. AN OVERDUE VESSEL SAFE

    The American barque Abbey rainier arrived at Newcastle this afternoon, after a passage of 20 days from Sydney. The vessel was off Newcastle in tow on the morning ...

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  28. THE SEAMY SIDE OF LIFE.

    At a meeting in connection with the Rescue Work Society it was stated to-night that, taking the whole of the City of Sydney there were at least 2,000 women ...

    Article : 88 words
  29. QUEENSLAND TRAGEDIES.

    The Commissioner of Police received a telegram to-day stating that a selector named Bassett, at Kirknie, near Ary, in the northern division was robbed of a sum of ...

    Article : 136 words
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