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  2. TELEGRAMS.

    STEADY rain has again not in. The general opinion among leading hotelkeepers is that the present high duty on spirits has led to smuggling and illicit distillation on a large scale. ...

    Article : 94 words
  3. GOULBURN POLICE COURT.

    Before Messrs. E. J. Ball, C. Gillespie, and J. W. Wombey. DRUNK AND DISORDERLY. Two defendants were each fined 5s and one 10s ...

    Article : 1,487 words
  4. THE INTERCOLONIAL EIGHT-OAR RACE.

    THE intercolonial eight-oar race was rowed on the Brisbane River on Saturday afternoon. Rain set in early and fell intermittently throughout the afternoon During the race several showers fell. The ...

    Article : 269 words
  5. VERA.

    Mr. Leicester was not superstitious. He did not believe in ghosts and had no faith in warnings, and yet with all his stoicism he was strangely disturbed by what he had seen. ...

    Article : 1,272 words
  6. BURRAGA.

    CRICKET.—On Queen's Birthday two matches were played here. Judd's C.C. met Arkstone C.C., and won a very close match, having only a couple of wickets to spare. The local club suffered defeat at ...

    Article : 199 words
  7. CABLE NEWS.

    A disastrous cyclone has swept over the State of Kansas, in America. A large portion of the town of Wellington was wrecked. The local Opera House, four newspaper offices, a foundry, and four ...

    Article : 75 words
  8. THE TRIPLE ALLIANCE.

    The French press is jubilant at the prospect of Italy being compelled either to withdraw from the Triple Alliance or to submit to ruin. ...

    Article : 30 words
  9. SYDNEY QUEEN'S BIRTHDAY RACES.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 62 words
  10. ENGLAND AND CANADA.

    In the House of Lords last night, the Earl of Dunraven spoke in favour of reciprocity between England and Canada, and advocated the preferential treatment of the Canadian Dominion in regard ...

    Article : 99 words
  11. QUEANBEYAN.

    A PUBLIC meeting of stockowners was held at Pooley's Hotel on Thursday afternoon. Mr. James McCarthy occupied the chair, and there was a large attendance. The Chairman complained that the levy ...

    Article : 472 words
  12. THE PRESIDENCY OF THE UNITED STATES.

    It is considered certain that Mr. J. G. Blaine, the American Secretary of State, will be nominated for the Presidency unless he again declines to stand. Mr. Grover Cleveland's chance of nomination in ...

    Article : 48 words
  13. Notice to Holders of Gold-Mining Leases.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 314 words
  14. PUGILISM.

    The match for £200 between T. Williams, the 10st champion of Australia, and Nickless, which had fallen through by reason of Nickless's failure to complete the deposits, has now been rearranged, ...

    Article : 116 words
  15. POLYNESIAN LABOUR IN QUEENSLAND.

    The question of the resumption of Polynesian labour in Queensland was introduced in the House of Commons last night. Baron do Worms, Political Secretary to the ...

    Article : 547 words
  16. Mining at Tuena.

    EXCEISIOR Gold, Tuena, May 25.—Manager's report: Have inspected bottom of old workings, which are dry now. The roof is 20 in, thick. Have broken out two prospects and by washing got ...

    Article : 179 words
  17. BUNGENDORE.

    BEFORE Mr. King, P.M., and W. F. Rutledge and D. Leahy, Js.P. Edith Maria Kelly v. Augustus Wright Scott, for maintenance of child. ...

    Article : 150 words
  18. A Man Killed by an Electric Shock.

    MELBOURNE, Sunday.—A heavy, though brief thunderstorm broke over Melbourne last evening, and the electric wire used to supply the Public Library was either out by lightning or broken in ...

    Article : 190 words
  19. Differential Railway Rates.

    A DEPUTATION of country millers called upon the Railway Commissioners on Friday to point out a certain injustice under which they laboured through the operation of the present differential railway ...

    Article : 74 words
  20. Meat-freezing at Cooma.

    COOMA, Friday.—A meeting of pastoralists was held to-day for the purpose of considering a scheme to dispose of the surplus stock. Mr. Edward Pratt, of Myalla, was chairman. There was a fair ...

    Article : 123 words
  21. ARGYLE WANTS.

    IN reply to a letter as to the re-opening of the Public School, Binds, Colonel Holborow has been informed that arrangements having been completed for the lease of the Temperance Hall at Binds and ...

    Article : 128 words
  22. A Big Work.

    THE Minister for Lands is calling tenders for the erection of 400 miles if rabbit-proof fencing. his original intention was to re-net the railway fence from Albury to Junes, and then continue across ...

    Article : 360 words
  23. Sydney Fruit Market.

    AT the Sydney fruit market on Friday business was rather quiet. Ample supplier of seasonable fruits from our various country districts and the neighbouring colonies were on hand. Quotations: ...

    Article : 57 words
  24. Over Ninety-one Miles per Hour.

    IN connection with the inquiry being held in this colony with respect to the Baldwin engine, the following extract from the Scientific American will be read with interest:—"Engine No. 385 of the ...

    Article : 174 words
  25. Re Owen Malone.

    IN the Bankruptcy Court on Friday, before Mr. Justice Manning, in the matter of Owen Malone, of Braidwood, coach proprietor, an application was named on behalf of the bankrupt that the ...

    Article : 400 words
  26. THE GENERAL ELECTIONS.

    Sir Charles Dilke has announced his intention of becoming a candidate at the approaching general elections. The leaders of the political parties in the House ...

    Article : 99 words
  27. Conditional Purchases and Leases.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 116 words
  28. Cycling.

    THE cycling carnival was brought to a conclusion at the Association Cricket Ground, Sydney, on Saturday. The attendance was only moderate, numbering about 3000. Including the heats, the ...

    Article : 378 words
  29. LORD ROSEBERY ON HOME RULE.

    Lord Rosebery, in a political speech at Birmingham, said that Mr. Joseph Chamberlain had converted that town, which had been the foremost Liberal centre in England, into a Conservative ...

    Article : 120 words
  30. This Picture and That.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 38 words
  31. THE CHICAGO EXHIBITION.

    The United States House of Representatives has considered the subject of the opening of the Chicago Exhibition on Sundays. A motion was agreed to declining to interfere with the proposed opening on ...

    Article : 798 words
  32. Executions in the Colony.

    DURING last year there were three executions it New South Wales, the offence being murder in each case. In the ten yours from 1881 there have been 26 executions in the colony, one of the persons ...

    Article : 127 words
  33. The Re-export of Fruit.

    IN answer to his letter urging the advisableness of refusing the rebate on exported Tasmanian fruit, with u view of encouraging the export of the fruit of this colony, Mr. Rose, M.P., has been ...

    Article : 86 words
  34. GOVERNMENT GAZETTE.

    THE following tenders in connection with Public Schools have been accepted:—Ceiling rooms in residence, Collector, Peter Poidevin, £10; improvements and repairs at Eastgrove, John Rose, £26 ...

    Article : 183 words
  35. Advertising

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    Advertising : 1,228 words
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