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  2. NEWS SUMMARY.

    About an inch of rain fell at Lismore on Friday, last Thursday was the hottest day on record at Maitland. Alderman Claverie has been re-elected Mayor of ...

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  3. MACLEAN.

    RAIN.—During the past few days showers have fallen at intervals, which have completely altered the appearance of the country, former bare patches of country being now covered with grass. With ...

    Article : 346 words
  4. Statistical Returns for the Clarence.

    The following returns have been compiled by the police. These show the population of the Grafton Police District to be 21,937, an increase of 560 for the year. The returns of several centres, with ...

    Article : 537 words
  5. The Municipal Elections.

    The Aldermanic and Mayoral elections are over, and the four Councils of this district have fairly entered on the duties of another Municipal year. It is significant that the four Mayors have been ...

    Article : 720 words
  6. THE RAILWAY ACCIDENT

    Very sad was the railway accident that happened on Friday evening on the line to Hurstville. It is one of the most serious calamities of the kind that has happened in New South Wales. And nobody ...

    Article : 751 words
  7. The Killed.

    Leslie Beverley, 14 years. George Henry Goulder, 15 years, Cronulla-street, Carlton. Sydney King, fireman of the train, John Morrison (31), engineer, married. Albert Wadeson (19), ...

    Article : 470 words
  8. LATEST CABLE NEWS.

    According to present arrangements, the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York will embark at Portsmouth on March l6th for their voyage to Australia and Canada. Rev. John Neale Dalton, ...

    Article : 211 words
  9. LATEST TELEGRAMS.

    Splendid rain has fallen here since Friday last and it is still cloudy. The change will do a large amount of good as regards winter pasturage. The Land Board concluded a two days sitting ...

    Article : 554 words
  10. Ulmarra.

    COLDSTREAM BRIDGE.—In conversation with Mr. Carson, the contractor for the Lower Coldstream bridge, he informs as that the structure will be what is called a composite truss bridge, and that ...

    Article : 516 words
  11. THE TRANSVAAL.

    A party of [?]ers recently captured two trains near Belfast, on the Delugoa Bay line. They robbed the passengers, and then started the trains against each other, thereby smashing the engines and ...

    Article : 656 words
  12. N. S. Wales and Victoria.

    Mr. Bruce Smith referring to the relative progress of New South Wales and Victoria in the past 30 years said:—In 1861 the shipping entered and cleared in Victoria was 345,000 tons larger than in ...

    Article : 335 words
  13. A Warship Wrecked.

    Particulars of the total loss of H.M.S. Sybille early in the morning of the 15th January were received from Capstown. It appears the Sybille was lying at anebor in Lambert's Bay—which, by ...

    Article : 911 words
  14. A Startling Statement.

    Interviewed, Mr, J. H. Carruthers, M.P., said: "I hope notice will be taken of the reported state of this railway line before the accident occurred. I have, and can give to the Railway ...

    Article : 227 words
  15. Copmanhurst.

    THE WEATHER AND CROPS.—Although we have had within the last fortnight, very hot days, yet during the same period nearly five inches of rain have fallen, with the result that the whole face of ...

    Article : 222 words
  16. Lismore Quarter Sessions.

    This court opened on, Thursday before his Honor Judge Heydon. Henry Jackson, charged with assaulting Alex. Livingstone, at Coraki, with intent to rob, and on ...

    Article : 191 words
  17. Chief Commissioner's Reply.

    The Chief Railway Commissioner (Mr, C. Oliver) said: I have seen Mr, Carruthers' startling statements. I read them with profound surprise and regret. They are not statements which should ...

    Article : 188 words
  18. Woogoolga.

    The weather has been close and muggy, but the dry spell has at length been broken by a nice rainfall, accompanied by lightning. A vivid flash struck a large tree near the police quarters, ...

    Article : 162 words
  19. THE FEDERAL ELECTIONS.

    The writs for the elections is Queensland were issued to-day. In Weet Australia the writs will probably be issued also to-day. The clections for Queensland, for both the ...

    Article : 414 words
  20. Commissioner Kirkcaldie Interviewed.

    "I really do not know what to think about it," said Mr. Commissioner Kirkcaldie, who, with his colleague, Mr, Fehon, had hurried to the scene immediately on receiving news of the accident. ...

    Article : 385 words
  21. The Sugar Crop.

    It is estimated that the yield of sugar in Queensland for the year onded June next is 97605 tons, a reduction of nearly 30,000 tons in the year preceding, and 67,000 tons in the yield of two ...

    Article : 340 words
  22. Technical Classes.

    Interest is being taken in the classes that are in course of formation. In addition to those arranged for the evenings, Mr. Armstrong states that if sufficient inducement offers, he will conduct classes ...

    Article : 118 words
  23. AFFAIRS IN CHINA.

    Viscount Cranborne Parliamentary Under-Secretary for the Foreign Office, in answer to a question said the Powers had acted far too len[?]ntly in China, and that Great Britain was opposed to ...

    Article : 221 words
  24. Grafton Police Court.

    On Saturday an inebriate, on his first appearance, was fined 5s, or to be detained five minutes. Yesterday, before the P.M., Davy Ryan, an aboriginal, was fined 5s for ...

    Article : 67 words
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