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  2. Advertising

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    Advertising : 1,567 words
  3. NEWS BY CABLE.

    The discussion on the New Hebrides question was resumed in time House of Commons last night. Mr. J. Bryce, M.P. for Aberdeen South, complained that France was evading a settlement of ...

    Article : 239 words
  4. OFFERING TO SELL ILLICIT SPIRIT.

    THOMAS W. BRYANT was charged at the Central Court, Sydney, on Tuesday, with offering for sale 15 gallons of illicit spirit. Mr. Pring, instructed by Mr. E. H. Wiltshire, of the ...

    Article : 470 words
  5. CHILD KILLED ON THE PARKESBOURNE ROAD.

    THE Police-Magistrate (Mr. O. S. Alexander) hold a magisterial inquiry at the Bridge Hotel at 2 o'clock this afternoon Into the circumstances surrounding the death of a little boy named ...

    Article : 553 words
  6. LATEST INTELLIGENCE.

    SHORTLY before six o'clock this morning a fire broke out at Wallace and Co.'s, woollen manufacturers, Clarence-street. The lower portion of the premises was ...

    Article : 188 words
  7. SIFTINGS.

    THE triumph of civilization, the capstone of progress, the crown of social development, is a good dinner. The soul dilates like a balloon affixed to a gasometer under the favourable ...

    Article : 937 words
  8. The National League.

    A mass meeting convoked by the Irish Nationalist party to protest against the proclamation of the National League was held in Dublin last night. The building was crowded ...

    Article : 106 words
  9. Thursday's Police Court.

    Michael Murphy was charged with these offences. He pleaded guilty to the first charge, and not guilty to the second. Constable Gilray deposed that about a quarter ...

    Article : 101 words
  10. WEEKLY CALENDAR.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 92 words
  11. Volunteer Rifle Association.

    A COMMITTEE meeting of the above was held on Tuesday night at the Bridge Hotel, the president in the chair. Several accounts were passed for payment. A new code of rules was brought up ...

    Article : 136 words
  12. Home Rule Constitution for Ireland.

    Sir Charles Gavan Duffy has devised a Home Rule Constitution for Ireland, the provisions of which are to a large extent founded upon the Constitutions of the Australian colonies. ...

    Article : 37 words
  13. An Imaginative Servant Girl.

    A FEW weeks ago in New Zealand a rather good-looking servant girl was the heroine of a somewhat daring adventure, which, according to her statement, happened to her at the residence ...

    Article : 222 words
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    A PARAGRAPH in our issue gave some particulars touching a matter of grave importance. Mr. S. Meyer, the president of the Goulburn Hospital, had an ...

    Article : 893 words
  15. Antarctic Exploration.

    Sir Graham Berry had an interview yesterday with the Right Ion. G. J. Goschen, Chancellor of the Exchequer, in reference to the proposal to send a scientific and exploring expedition to the ...

    Article : 64 words
  16. Borough Council.

    THE following motions have been given notice of for the meeting this evening:—By Alderman Hawkins:—That tenders be called for brick culvert at intersection of Grafton and Sterne ...

    Article : 90 words
  17. Piano for the Hospital.

    IN a recent issue we stated that Mr. J. W. Chisholm had promised to make a present of a piano to the hospital. As two or three musical entertainments have been given of late at the ...

    Article : 151 words
  18. Manitoba and the American Railway System.

    Sir John Macdonald, the Premier of Canada, has threatened to apply to the British Government for a detachment of regular troops to prevent the completion of the railway connection ...

    Article : 64 words
  19. First Snipe of the Season.

    THE first snipe of the season has fallen to the gun of Mr. E. Crowther, of Collector, who bagged the bird on Monday last, we believe. ...

    Article : 31 words
  20. The Fisheries Disputes.

    Two hundred members of the Canadian House of Commons have signed a memorial to President Cleveland, urging him to sanction arbitration in difficult disputes between England and America, ...

    Article : 40 words
  21. Mining Survey.

    A FEW weeks ago we (Braidwood Dispatch) stated that Mr. T. W. Raymond, mining surveyor, had left here for Nerriga and the Shoalhaven River in that locality, where mining ...

    Article : 137 words
  22. Suicide Through Drink.

    At the inquiry at Wilcannia into the death of Frank George Casy, son of Dr. Casy, of Brighton, and manager of the Nundora station, who committed suicide by cutting his throat, ...

    Article : 146 words
  23. Death at the Hospital Under Chloroform.

    ON Tuesday evening a labouring man named John David Rhodes, engaged in the construction of a bridge in Bourke-street South, near the school, fell and dislocated his right thumb. ...

    Article : 181 words
  24. The Melbourne Centennial Exhibition.

    The leading merchants of this city are taking an active interest in the forthcoming Melbourne Centennial Exhibition. They state that former undertakings of the kind greatly improved the ...

    Article : 42 words
  25. The Ameer of Afghanistan.

    A telegram received from Merv states that the Ameer of Afghanistan has been obliged to have his foot amputated owing to grangrene, and that his life is seriously endangered thereby. ...

    Article : 37 words
  26. Finger Torn Off.

    ON Tuesday morning a painful accident occurred to a young man named Martin M'Donald, foreman in the employment of Mr. J. Richardson, of Armidale. M'Donald was ...

    Article : 145 words
  27. Sydney Wool Sales.

    AT a fortnightly wool sale on Wednesday a firm market was reported at prices about equal to those obtained at the last auction. Competition was animated, especially for the better ...

    Article : 76 words
  28. The Mails.

    The R.M.S. Liguria loft Plymouth on the 20th instant for Australia. ...

    Article : 16 words
  29. The Throne of Bulgaria.

    Prince Ferdinand arrived hero to-day, and was received with marked enthusiasm by the populace. ...

    Article : 21 words
  30. Dreams in Fairyland.

    AN extravaganza bearing the above title, and written and composed by Mr. W. G. Rendall, of this city, was produced in the Academy of Music on Tuesday evening last. Except in point of ...

    Article : 257 words
  31. Young Show.

    THE sixteenth annual show of the Burrangong Agricultural Association was opened on Wednesday morning. The weather was fine. The attendance was small, but a large crowd ...

    Article : 291 words
  32. The Orient Steamers.

    On and after September 23 the Orient Company's steamers will call at Albany on alternate voyages carrying the mails. ...

    Article : 25 words
  33. Mining Leases.

    MR. ABIGAIL is proceeding with the signing of the new leases for the mining claims on the Barrier Ranges as rapidly as possible. The leases number between 2000 and 3000, and it will be ...

    Article : 182 words
  34. INSOLVENCY MEETING.

    A SECOND meeting in the insolvent estate of Patrick Hugh O'Brien, hotelkeeper, of Gullen, was held before the District Commissioner (Mr. C. S. Alexander) at 11 o cloak to-day. ...

    Article : 1,069 words
  35. The Phylloxera Pest.

    The phylloxera pest is causing immense destruction in the vineyards along the Rhine Valley, and it is feared many of them will be destroyed, all hope of successfully checking the ...

    Article : 47 words
  36. The Antwerp Wool Sales.

    At the Antwerp sales 5000 bales of Australian wools sold at the rate of one halfpenny below the prices realised at the last London series. There now remains a balance of 6000 bales. ...

    Article : 42 words
  37. The Passionists.

    Father O'Neill, accompanied by four other members of the order of the Passionists, leaves for Sydney in September. They go at the invitation of Cardinal Moran to establish a ...

    Article : 40 words
  38. An Unpleasant Experience.

    FOUR young Goulburnites, one of whom is interested in a little El Dorado out Marulan way, had an unpleasant experience the other day, and one that will not be forgotten by them ...

    Article : 424 words
  39. The Prospecting Vote.

    IT has been discovered that, owing to a clerical error in the wording of the prospecting vote granted by Parliament, with a view to the development of mining, the sum set aside for ...

    Article : 204 words
  40. An Argentine Loan.

    A loan is being floated in Berlin on behalf of the Argentine Republic. ...

    Article : 19 words
  41. Grants to Public Parks.

    THE Minister for Mines anticipates that by Friday afternoon the whole of the applications made by the trustees of the various public parks in the colony for shares in the Government grant ...

    Article : 100 words
  42. The Protectorate of the League.

    The dissatisfaction at the proclamation of the National League on the part of the Unionist Liberal party is more widespread than was at first thought. It has now leaked out that the ...

    Article : 61 words
  43. Proposed Intercolonial Eight for the Thames.

    AT the dinner given by the Sydney Rowing Club to Mr. P. J. Clark, on his return from England, that gentleman spoke in very flattering terms of the excellent chances a really good ...

    Article : 269 words
  44. The Weather and Crops in the Crookwell District.

    THE weather at Crookwell during the last few days has boon delighteful, with sharp frosts at night. During the greater part of the winter, owing to the continuous rain, there was ...

    Article : 253 words
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