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  2. THE GULF OF MARTABAN.

    The steamer Gulf of Martaban, 1,725 tons, which left Sydney for London on February 17 with a detachment of New South, Wales Mounted Rifles who are to take part in the ...

    Article : 86 words
  3. AN ALLEGED GAMING HOUSE.

    The police made a raid on a house in Johnson-street Collingwood, yesterday and arrested David Ross, carter, aged 30, for assisting to conduct a common gaming-house; and ...

    Article : 105 words
  4. FOUND DROWNED.

    The body of an old man was found in the Yarra to-day. Several stones were in his coat pockets, and there were two wounds on the head. A post-mortem examination showed ...

    Article : 359 words
  5. A PAINFUL ACCIDENT.

    Herbert Jones, a lad employed at Benles Sewing Machine Manufactory at Armidale had his left hand completely severed at the wrist to-day whilst at work attending a planning ...

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  6. THE WHEAT MARKET.

    The wheat market shows a decline of 6d. per quarter.__________________ ...

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  7. LANCER DETACHMENT FOR ENGLAND.

    The officers and men who form the Lancet detachment for England, numbering 29, went into barracks to-day for instruction in barrack and stable duties, prior to sailing in the ...

    Article : 59 words
  8. A DROWNING ACCIDENT.

    Mr. Percy Taylor Farrell, a married man, residing at the Victoria Hotel, Beaconsfield-parade, who is said to have gone with Mr. Taverner and Mr. Foster to see the John ...

    Article : 79 words
  9. VENEZUELA.

    The Congress of the Republic of Venezuela has unanimously ratified the treaty entered into between that country and Great Britain on the subject of the disputed boundary. ...

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  10. EXPORT OF HARES AND RABBITS.

    The shipping regulations with regard to hares and rabbits, just published by the Board of Experts, have already aroused much interest amongst merchants in this and the other ...

    Article : 95 words
  11. NILE UTILISATION.

    A project has been started for utilising the Nile cataracts, in much the same way as the Niagara Falls are already used, for the generation of electric power for factory and other ...

    Article : 126 words
  12. A YOUTHFUL OFFENDER.

    Arthur L. Godwin, a youth, was charged at the City Court today with stealing £77 18s. 3d., the property of Frank Evans, secretary of the New South Wales Club, Sydney, on the ...

    Article : 75 words
  13. POISONED BY IMPROPER FOOD.

    At an inquest held to-day on the body of a Greek who died on March 28, it was stated that the deceased was first treated at the Sydney Hospital for typhoid fever until ...

    Article : 125 words
  14. A HEARTLESS SWINDLER.

    John Henry Swales, a stylishly dressed young man, was charged at the City Court today with obtaining £30 by means of false pretences from a young lady, Miss Julia ...

    Article : 169 words
  15. AUSTRALIAN FRUIT.

    The consignees consider that the bulk of the Victorian apples brought by the P. & O. steamer China were shipped too early. They also complain that the excessive use of paper ...

    Article : 84 words
  16. Intercolonial.

    Arrangements have been made with the Orient Company which enables 20 additional members of the mounted rifles to join the detachment which is going to England to take ...

    Article : 116 words
  17. A RAILWAY ACCIDENT.

    The mail train from Melbourne to Sydney was derailed four miles from Yass, at a point 186 miles from Sydney, late last night. The engine ran on to a calf which had strayed on ...

    Article : 118 words
  18. NEW SOUTH WALES.

    Lydia Lewis, aged eight, died in the Newcastle Hospital last night, from the effects of injuries caused by a little boy, aged four, throwing a lighted match at her and setting ...

    Article : 45 words
  19. BRITISH FOOD SUPPLIES.

    The House of Commons yesterday adopted a resolution urging the Government to give immediate attention to the question of Great Britain's food supplies in the event of war. ...

    Article : 261 words
  20. THE CREDIT FONCIER.

    The Savings Bank Commissioners opened tenders to-day for a loan of £20,000 under the Credit Foncier system. The loan carries interest at 3 per cent. There were only six ...

    Article : 58 words
  21. THE FEDERAL CONVENTION.

    The Seventh Day Adventists have circulated a counter petition to that issued by the Council of the Churches for a national recognition of God in the Federal Constitution. The ...

    Article : 153 words
  22. NEW CYCLING RECORDS.

    D. J. Walker this afternoon succeeded in reducing the Australian standing-start records for the quarter-mile, half-mile, and mile distances. The attempts were made on the ...

    Article : 135 words
  23. DISTRESSED ACTORS FUND.

    There was a crowded house at the Princess Theatre this afternoon on the occasion of a matinee in aid of the Distressed Actors' Fund, and the audience witnessed during the ...

    Article : 124 words
  24. GOLD MINING ON THE BORDER.

    Some months ago arrangements were entered into between the New South Wales and Victorian Governments for prospecting parties from each colony to prospect the border ...

    Article : 79 words
  25. RAIN WANTED.

    Rain is wanted very badly in various parts of the country, and the continued absence of rain is causing the outlook to be very discouraging. The Minister for Works to-day ...

    Article : 153 words
  26. A CYCLE RECORD BROKEN.

    Don Walker, the present holder of the Australian records for the quarter and half-mile with a flying start, this evening on the St. Kilda track turned off the former distance ...

    Article : 59 words
  27. AN ESCAPED CRIMINAL LUNATIC.

    A lunatic named Tate, alias Fleming, escaped from the Kew Asylum to-day. Tate is a dangerous criminal lunatic, and has been implicated in numerous murderous attacks on ...

    Article : 38 words
  28. DANGERS WHICH THREATEN SOCIETY.

    Speaking on Saturday at the annual meeting of the St. Vincent da Paul Home, which is a home for destitute boys, Cardinal Moran said there were three sources of danger which ...

    Article : 193 words
  29. CHARGE AGAINST A BANK OFFICIAL.

    Superintendent Brown, of the Criminal Investigation Branch, has received a cablegram announcing the arrest at Vancouver, British Columbia, of Charles Thomas Hay Adair, late ...

    Article : 168 words
  30. ZANZIBAR.

    The Sultan of Zanzibar (Said Hamud bin Mahomed) at the instigation of the British Consul has decreed the abolition of the "legal status" of slavery throughout his dominions. ...

    Article : 65 words
  31. DEATH FROM POISONING.

    On Tuesday last an inquest was held at Numurkah touching the death of Miss Blanche Lancaster, who died suddenly in that town on Sunday last. The evidence showed that the ...

    Article : 113 words
  32. AN ALLEGED ASSAULT.

    The jury in the case against Constable George Hammond, charged with a brutal assault upon an elderly man, Thomas Clarke, in the Domain, at midnight on March 14 ...

    Article : 76 words
  33. FINANCIAL NEWS.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 37 words
  34. FACTORIES AND SHOPS ACT.

    The board appointed under the Factories and Shops Act to fix the rates of payment have nearly completed their work. Amongst their decisions they have fixed the minimum ...

    Article : 149 words
  35. A LARGE FAIR.

    A grand Australian fair in aid of St. Mary's Cathedral was opened this afternoon by Cardinal Moran in a building specially erected for the purpose. The function was a highly ...

    Article : 149 words
  36. SHIPPING NEWS.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 120 words
  37. KILLED BY LIGHTNING.

    Mr. Edward Augustine Donnelly, a young man, was killed by lightning to-day at Bathurst. He was walking down a street with Mr. Marks, when a vivid flash of ...

    Article : 125 words
  38. FEDERAL CONVENTION.

    The acting Premier received a letter from Sir George Turner to-day stating that there is no prospect of his returning to Victoria before starting for London and also that he is ...

    Article : 62 words
  39. BRADY MURDER CASE.

    A special meeting of Cabinet will be held to-morrow to consider the case of the condemned youth, William Phillips. A petition praying for the commutation of the death ...

    Article : 162 words
  40. GIFFEN'S CRICKET TEAM.

    Mr. G. H. S. Trott, the South Melbourne captain, left by the Parramatta on Saturday for Adelaide, en route for West Australia, with Messrs. Graham, Gregory, McKibbin ...

    Article : 64 words
  41. KATOOMBA EMBEZZLEMENT CASE.

    Edgar Craddock, the absconding paymaster of H.M.S. Katoomba, is expected to arrive here to-morrow morning from Melbourne. He will probably be remanded to his Vessel and ...

    Article : 83 words
  42. INTER-UNIVERSITY BOATRACE.

    The following crew has been selected to represent Sydney University in the annual race with Melbourne and Adelaide, to be contested on the Parramatta River on May 22 ...

    Article : 62 words
  43. MR. AND MRS. BROUGH.

    Mr. and Mrs. Brough took a farewell of Melbourne playgoers last night, when there was such an audience as is seldom seen in a theatre. The play "Dandy Dick" was ...

    Article : 148 words
  44. EXPERIMENTAL FARMS.

    The Minister of Works (Mr. Young) speaking a Tamworth to-day at the opening of the Liverpool Plains show, stated that the Government intended to establish small ...

    Article : 369 words
  45. COMMERCIAL NEWS.

    BUTTER.—Australian butter is steady, the consumption overtaking the supply. Prices for colonial are 88s to 94s per cwt, and Danish 85s. ...

    Article : 446 words
  46. CLARKE DIVORCE CASE.

    The Clarke divorce case was again before the Judge in Bankruptcy to-day, when an application was made on behalf of Mrs. Clarke for an order to move the Divorce Court for the ...

    Article : 123 words
  47. A MINING ACCIDENT.

    Samuel Collins was badly injured at Moore's sewerage contract, Richmond, this afternoon. He was driving to meet another workman, and the latter but in a charge of dynamite not ...

    Article : 80 words
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