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  2. Newcastle district conference.

    The conference of the Newcastle and surrounding municipal councils began this morning in the Newcastle Chambers. The Mayor of Newcastle presided, and some six or seven of the municipalities ...

    Article : 314 words
  3. The Soudan Campaign.

    At a meeting of the oommittee of the Patriotic Fund held in the Town Hall, last week, the amount in the bank to the credit of the fund was reported at £27,747 18s 4d, or £968 14s 4d ...

    Article : 733 words
  4. Latest Mining Telegrams.

    ADELAIDE, Wednesday.—A discovery of coal has been made between Hergott and Strangways Springs. The find was made about a month ago by bushm[?]n, who brought samples to Adelaide. A syndicate was ...

    Article : 100 words
  5. THE MAHDI'S MINISTER OF WAR.

    Besides Olivier Pain, the Mahdi is said to have another Frenohman with him, who acta as his Minister of War. This person is a man named Veret, who was captain in a line regiment during the ...

    Article : 122 words
  6. Queensland Encampment.

    BRISBANE, Tuesday.—The Easter encampment was brought to a conclusion yesterday. On Sunday afternoon the men left the camp and bivouaced a few miles from Lytton. Early yesterday morning ...

    Article : 273 words
  7. SPANIARDS FOR THE SOUDAN.

    One of the Madrid newspapers, having asserted that Britain was desirous of engaging Spanish officers and men for the war against the Mahdi, the British Legation was besieged for a time by a crowd of ...

    Article : 113 words
  8. NEWS FROM SILVERTON.

    A Mr. J. H. Lane telegraphed from Menindie, on Tuesday, as follow:—New silver country is reported as discovered on the Pack Saddle station, one hundred and twenty miles north-east of Silverton. Several ...

    Article : 78 words
  9. MINING AT PYE'S CREEK.

    EMMAVILLE, Thursday.—Mr. Hamilton, the prospector, and other applicants for leases at Pye's Creek, are about to conclude arrangements with Mr. Bensusan to give him and other Sydney capitalists ...

    Article : 60 words
  10. THE MAHDI AND HIS MEN.

    The correspondent of the London DAILY NEWS, in describing a journey across the desert from Gubat to Gakdul, says:—"Wounded rebels say that five thousand of the Mahdi's best troops and many of the ...

    Article : 331 words
  11. A CHARTERS TOWERS CRUSHING.

    CHARTERS TOWERS, Thursday.—The Day Dawn Prospecting Claim Co. crushed for the past fortnight 738 tons of stone for 1558oz of gold. A dividend of 3s has been declared. ...

    Article : 32 words
  12. WATTS'S GULLY (S.A.) GOLD.

    ADELAIDE, Thursday.—A digger in Watts's Gully picked a nugget of gold weighing 50z from a heap of washdirt yesterday. The 51b nugget which was found a few days ago is estimated to contain 21b ...

    Article : 67 words
  13. Country Shows.

    The Carcoar Agricultural and Pastoral Show was a decided success, notwithstanding the inclement weather. Rain f[?]ll at intervals during the day; but at noon the weather cleared and large numbers of ...

    Article : 360 words
  14. NEWS FROM INVERELL.

    INVERELL, Thursday.—Mining matters are dull in Inverell, and no new finds are reported. The silver in Tingha has not been properly tested ...

    Article : 26 words
  15. NEWS FROM MITCHELL.

    RYDAL, Thursday.—Several parcels of alluvial gold have been brought in lately. They were obtained chiefly from old diggings. Mining affairs are progressing slowly but satisfactorily. ...

    Article : 30 words
  16. GOLD IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    ADELAIDE, Thursday.—Another nugget weighing 5oz has been found at Gumeracha, on the same claim which yielded the 20oz nugget. There are now about 600 men on the field, and many are getting fair ...

    Article : 59 words
  17. The Volunteer Camps.

    Since the naval engagement on Easter Monday (described on another page), more sham fighting took place at the Middle Head camp. On Tuesday the 3rd Regiment were the attackers. ...

    Article : 647 words
  18. ADELONG ITEMS.

    ADELONG, Thursday.—The Challenger G.M. Co. has crushed 85 tons of quartz for 87oz gold. Colo and party, of Mount Adah, have brushed 86 tons for 8loz. This claim is looking really well at present. ...

    Article : 60 words
  19. SUNNY CORNER SILVER MINING CO.

    The manager of the Sunny Corner Silver Mining Co. reports the shipment of a parcel of refined silver (20,042oz), valued at £64760, in the R.M.S. Pekin for London. This makes a total of 140,794oz refined ...

    Article : 64 words
  20. Post-office Servants.

    In accordance with the 7th and 8th section of the Civil Service Act, regulations for the classification of the various grades of employment in the Postal and Telegraph Departments, have been drawn up at the ...

    Article : 121 words
  21. MAILS TO AND FROM SUAKIM.

    The Postal Department is in receipt of a letter from Mr. G. S. Yuill, manager in Australia of the Orient Steam Navigation Company, in which it is notified that arrangements have been made between the ...

    Article : 79 words
  22. ORANGE.

    The annual show of the Urange Agricultural and Pastoral Association began this morning. The number and quality of the exhibits compare favorably with those of previous exhibitions held in connection ...

    Article : 446 words
  23. Regulations for Railway Servants.

    Pursuant to a promise made in the Legislative Assembly at the time of the passage of the new Civil Service Act by the Ministry, regulations have been framed for the Railway Department ...

    Article : 322 words
  24. A WAR ARTIST.

    Thus a London paper of February 16:—Mr. C E. Fripp is about to proceed to Suakim, to accompany General Graham's force on its march to Berber as the second special artist of the GRAPHIC in the Soudan. ...

    Article : 78 words
  25. OSMAN DIGNA.

    The following description of Osman Digna has been supplied by a special correspondent in the Soudan:—One of our spies who came in from Tamanlo[?] a few days ago describes Osman Digna as a ...

    Article : 319 words
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