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  2. VICTORIA.

    Charles Hodder, aged 35, a lorry-driver, in the employ of the Northcote Brick Company, was killed on Saturday afternoon at the works. He was jambed between the lorry and the gatepost. ...

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  3. WEST AUSTRALIA.

    William Trigwell, aged 12 years, was thrown from his horse and killed at Bunbury on Friday, night ...

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  4. NEW SOUTH WALES.

    Sir William Lyne has been informed by the Agent-General that 2,000 rifles were shipped for the Government by the steamer Indraghiri, which left London on ...

    Article : 123 words
  5. TASMANIA.

    Mr. R. B. Best has been appointed a lieutenant in the Sixth Contingent. In response to a cable from the manager of the Telegraph Department, Melbourne. ...

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  6. MYSTERIOUS TRAGEDY.

    A mysterious drowning case occurred at Fremantle on Saturday. Soon after mid-night on Friday a fireman on the steamer. New York was awakened by a piercing ...

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  7. ACCIDENT TO THE OURAKA.

    The steamer Ouraka, While being taken out of the Victoria Dock on Saturday after-noon, crashed into the eastern abutment. Two plates were forced in and a number of ...

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  8. BIG FIRE AT SURREY HILLS.

    At an early hour this morning the premises occupied by the Sydney Hat Manufacturing Company, at 49, Ann-street, Surrey Hills, were burnt out. Owing to the ...

    Article : 173 words
  9. ALMOST A WRECK.

    The steamer Tambo, F. Willcock commander, left Hobart for Sydney at 10.5 a.m yesterday, and at 3.30 this morning struck a rock off Schouten Island. The weather ...

    Article : 210 words
  10. STABBED IN THE BACK.

    A shocking tragedy occurred at Wilberforce, four miles from Windsor, this morning. William Cobcroft, the license of the hotel, was stabbed in the back close to the ...

    Article : 113 words
  11. THE RAILWAY COMMISSIONER.

    Mr. Mathieson, the Victorian Railway Commissioner, has decided to accept the position of general manager of the Midland Railway in England. He has acquainted ...

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  12. SYDNEY HARBOR COLLISION.

    The Court of Marine Enquiry to-day investigated the collision in the harbor between the Manly ferry steamer Brghton and the ketch Dewdrop, and decided that the ...

    Article : 79 words
  13. ALLEGED CONSPIRACY TO DEFRAUD.

    Colonel G. C. Madden, an English visitor, staying at the Port Phillip Club Hotel, met there on Friday a young fellow who described himself as a jockey. He told the ...

    Article : 176 words
  14. THE NEW HOLIDAY.

    Sir William Lyne states that the late Queen's Birthday (May 24) will cease to be a public holiday, and that June 3 will be substituted in honor of the Duke of ...

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  15. A MYSTERIOUS DEATH.

    The body of Patrick Conway was exhumed at Rookwood yesterday to perform an analysis of the stomach for symptoms of poisoning. He died, on the voyage of ...

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  16. THE COLLIERS' DISPUTE.

    The Collie Commission has completed its report on the cost of raising coal at Collie and the question of whether the wages at the present rates are adequate. It is ...

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  17. A TORNADO AT GRAFTON.

    A violent storm swept over Gratton about half-past 8 o'clock this evening, accompanied by wind of tornado force, from the south-west. Considerable destruction ...

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  18. THE ACCIDENT TO THE TAMBO.

    The harbormaster's enquiry into the Tambo incident was recommenced to-day, and evidence was taken this afternoon before the police magistrate and a board of ...

    Article : 305 words
  19. A BOXING CONTEST.

    Tut Ryan, of Melbourne, met Tim Nolan, of Sydney, in a 20-round glove contest at the Democratic Club to-night. From the start the fight was severe, and from the ...

    Article : 68 words
  20. A MAN WITH SNAKES.

    George Wilson, who was locked up for being drunk yesterday, saw snakes in reauty. He was behaving most eccentrically in Market-street. He sat on the ...

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  21. THE WILBERFORCE TRAGEDY.

    An inquest was held to-day on the body of William Cobcroft, the victim of the Wilberforce tragedy. From the evidence of one witness it appeared that Cobcroft ...

    Article : 171 words
  22. POLICE ASSAULT CASES.

    Great interest was manifested amongst halbitues of the Criminal Court this morning as to the sentence likely to be imposed upon Alfred Davis, John McLaughlin, and ...

    Article : 107 words
  23. A BIG ESTATE.

    Probate will shortly be sought for in connection with the will of the late Louise Currie, of St. Kilda, widow of the late Mr. John Lang Currie. Amongst the legacies are ...

    Article : 285 words
  24. AN INTERESTING DISCOVERY.

    A sample of retiuite, a fossil gum, or resin, has been obtained at a depth of 200 ft. from a bore in the Balranald district. The contractor obtained from about ...

    Article : 42 words
  25. A MYSTERIOUS DEATH.

    James Sukey, found unconscious in Newtown on Friday morning, his head being very much battered, [?]ed in the Prince Alfred Hospital last evening. The deceased ...

    Article : 44 words
  26. QUEENSLAND.

    There has been a recrudescence of the bubonic plague in Queens and A case has been discovered at Pinkenba, at the mouth of the Brisbane River. The ...

    Article : 128 words
  27. A SUSPICIOUS DEATH.

    A woman named Smith was arrested to-night on suspicion of being concerned in the death of Patrick Conway, who died suddenly on a voyage from Wellingnon. ...

    Article : 62 words
  28. THE WYNDHAM TRAGEDY.

    News has been received from Wynd-hain from a person who has just returned from the scene of the tragedy at Denham station. It would ...

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  29. KILLED BY A TRAM.

    Late last night a Pyrmont electric car ran down William Bingham, an engineer. Both legs were fractured, and his body injured. He died shortly after admission to ...

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  30. A BRUTAL ASSAULT.

    Early on Saturday morning Michael Connelley, aged 47, was admitted the Sydney Hospital suffering from a terrible gash at the back of the head and a fractured skull. ...

    Article : 113 words
  31. NEW ZEALAND.

    The Government have selected Surgeon-Major Bums, of Dunedin (formerly of the First Contingent), to go to Cape Town as principal medical officer of the New ...

    Article : 85 words
  32. BROKEN HILL.

    A boy, Reginald Walter Hall, aged 15, was accidentally shot by a companion, at Purnamoota yesterday while out rabbiting. He died shortly after reaching Broken Hill ...

    Article : 89 words
  33. ILLNESS OF THE LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR.

    Owing to the continued illness of the Lieutenant-Governor, the Executive Council meeting, which to-day was to consider the capital sentence passed on Edwin Nash ...

    Article : 73 words
  34. SUICIDE IN A CAB.

    Mr. Robert Booth, solicitor, of Dubbo, hailed a cabman in King-street yesterday morning, and requested to be driven round the Domain. When passing ...

    Article : 186 words
  35. A VOLCANIC OUTBURST.

    About one acre of Country in the vicinity of Lake Rotomchana suddenly burst forth to-day with a great noise and an immense volume of steam, and threw a big column ...

    Article : 162 words
  36. SUICIDE OE A WOMAN.

    The suicide, of a young woman, Esther Cock, was reported to the Geelong police to-day. Deceased lived with her brother-in-law and sister, Mr. and Mrs. Lowndes ...

    Article : 100 words
  37. SERIOUS MUTING ACCIDENT.

    A serious accident happened to-day to a miner, Alfred Bundle, aged 36, working at the open cut, Proprietary mine. Rundle and a mate were engaged with hammer and ...

    Article : 221 words
  38. A PROGRESSIVE FIRM.

    One of the handsomest and most attractive establishments in Rund's-street is that of Messrs. Stevenson Bros., the well-known Watchmakers and Jewellers, who have ...

    Article : 196 words
  39. DARING ASSAULT AND ROBBERY.

    An outrage at a particularly daring character was committed shortly before noon to-day in one of the busiest parts of the city. About 11 o' clock a well to do Chinese ...

    Article : 232 words
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