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  2. MONDAY'S POLICE COURT.

    BEFORE Messrs. Caswell, P.M., E. J. Ball, and J. Oliver. INDECENT LANGUAGE. William Burke pleaded guilty to having used ...

    Article : 493 words
  3. TELEGRAMS.

    THE now admiral, Admiral Smith, took official command of the Australian naval station to-day. The inquest on the baby-farming case was resumed this morning. The court was again densely crowded, ...

    Article : 57 words
  4. CRICKET.

    SATURDAY afternoon saw the initial match commenced on the new ground lately prepared by Mr. B. T. Ball on a portion of the Glebe land. To this new convincing-ground we will ...

    Article : 1,235 words
  5. PROPOSED PROTECTION FOR AGRICULTURE.

    Mr. James Lowther, who is to be president of the National Agricultural Conference to be held in December advises the imposition of Customs duties on food imported into the United Kingdom and ...

    Article : 102 words
  6. CABLE NEWS.

    THE British Government have decided to appoint a Royal Commission to inquire into and report upon the best scheme for providing State pensions for the aged poor. The commission will also be empowered ...

    Article : 58 words
  7. CURIOUS WILL CASE.

    A CURIOUS will case was concluded in the Probate Court on Friday before his Honor Mr. Justice Manning. The suit was Ray v. Powell. Mr. C. B Stephen and Mr. Bourke, instructed by ...

    Article : 1,995 words
  8. Valuable Discovery at Broken Hill.

    Broken Hill, Thursday.—highly valuable discovery, which promises to considerably affect the future prospects of Block to mine, has been made in the ...

    Article : 285 words
  9. LONDON SCHOOL BOARD.

    The Socialists of London have forwarded a petition to the London School Board praying them to provide food and clothing for the children of the poor attending the schools under the control of the ...

    Article : 65 words
  10. FORGERY BY A SURGEON.

    Francis Charles Scott Sanders, aged 33, a surgeon, was placed on trial to-day at the Central Criminal Court charged with having forged a banker's cheque for £3733 6s 8d, with intent to defraud. ...

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  11. GUNNING.

    RETURNED—Senior-constable Chapple has returned from Broken Hill, where he was on duty during the recent strike DEPARTED—Mr. Gazzard left here by the mail ...

    Article : 76 words
  12. ALIEN LABOUR.

    Mr. J. Keir Hardin, M.P., urges the British Cabinet to write to the other great Powers to dissuade pauper emigrants from proceeding to England. ...

    Article : 27 words
  13. AUSTRALIAN FEDERATION.

    The Pall Mall Gazette, in commenting on Sir Charles Lilley's statement as to the ultimate independence of the colonies, expresses the fear that the bill for the federation of Australia will meet ...

    Article : 50 words
  14. QUEANBEYAN.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 428 words
  15. THE SOUTH MEATH ELECTION.

    At the hearing of the petition against the return of Mr. P. Fulham for South Month it was elicited that the priests threatened the electors that they would be condemned to hell if they voted for the ...

    Article : 66 words
  16. EDUCATION IN IRELAND.

    Mr. John Morley, Chief Secretary for Ireland, has refused to sanction a resolution passed by the National Board of Ireland granting a share of the Imperial grant for education to schools managed ...

    Article : 76 words
  17. COLONIAL LABOUR DISPUTES.

    The annual banquet of the Turners' Society was hold last night. Sir W. Richmond Cotton referred to the frequent labour disputes in Australia, and expressed the ...

    Article : 95 words
  18. The Failure of Protection.

    A SECOND article on import duties, by the S. M. Herald's special reporters, deals with the boot trade, furniture trade, coach and carriage building, and the clothing trade. ...

    Article : 271 words
  19. SIR HENRY PARKES'S NEW BOOK.

    Sir Henry Parkes's long-promised work, entitled, "Fifty Years of Australian History," has been published by Longmans, Green, and Co. The book covers the author's entire career, but its contents ...

    Article : 755 words
  20. THE THEOSOPHISTS.

    Mrs. Annie Besant, who has succeeded the late Mme. Blavatsky as leader of the Theosophical Society, has organised a Theosophy propaganda and a series of lecturing tours throughout the world. ...

    Article : 75 words
  21. THE LONDON UNEMPLOYED.

    Some disorderly scenes wore caused on Tower Hill by the unemployed to-day. The police were ordered to charge the mob and did so, the result being that many people wore trampled upon. ...

    Article : 90 words
  22. Conditional Purchases and Leases.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 71 words
  23. SOCIETY SCANDAL.

    In the coroner's inquest on the body of Mrs. Maude, who committed suicide during the progress of the trial of her daughter, Miss Maude, on the charge of stealing silver plate from the ...

    Article : 69 words
  24. Church of England, Taralga.

    THURSDAY, November 3rd, the day fixed for the half-yearly gathering of the members of the Church of England and their friends, brought together a large number of the residents of the district. The ...

    Article : 314 words
  25. Fighting at Samoa.

    A RENEWAL of hostilities between the natives of Samoa has taken place. The news reached Sydney on Thursday by the steamer Lubeck that at Tutuila, an important island ...

    Article : 697 words
  26. THE THIRSK RAILWAY DISASTER.

    At the inquest on the victims of the Thirsk railway disaster, the jury returned a verdict of manslaughter against the signalman, but expressed the opinion that the directors were responsible for ...

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  27. AN EVICTION IN IRELAND.

    A farmer having boon evicted at Kanturk, in Ireland, a desperate fight ensued. Boiling water, red hot irons, and live coals were showered upon the bailiffs and the police. ...

    Article : 36 words
  28. THE PRESS IN FRANCE.

    In the French Chamber of Deputies, M. Loubet the Premier, succeeded in carrying the bill to restrict the license of the press through its initial stage by a majority of 101 votes. ...

    Article : 61 words
  29. A MEMBER UNSEATED.

    Mr. F. James, Conservative member for Walsall, has been unseated on petition, owing to his electioneering agents having illegally purchased and disbursed cockades. No corruption was proved. ...

    Article : 34 words
  30. Mining.

    TURNA, Friday.—The Excelsior Gold-mining Company are still crushing, they having up till last night put through 109 tons for 176 oz. of amalgam, which is only off the top plates. To-day ...

    Article : 227 words
  31. THE BRITISH LABOUR COMMISSION.

    Mr. Sydney Webb, in giving evidence before the British Labour Commission, stated that in his opinion the fundamental prosperity of Australia was due to the high standard of the life of the people. ...

    Article : 72 words
  32. Sts. Peter and Paul's Cathedral.

    IT was gratifying on Sunday to many at the Cathedral to hear Father Clune preach at the 11 o'clock moss in his usual style. He appears to be fully recovered. It is not so pleasing to learn that ...

    Article : 84 words
  33. LABOUR MAGISTRATES.

    Lord Herschell, the Lord High chancellor, has appointed a working man as a magistrate at Dudley. This is the second appointment of a similar character within a week. ...

    Article : 33 words
  34. The Meat-Preserving Company's Works Burnt Down.

    ON Sunday evening a disastrous fire broke out in the works of the Sydney Meat-preserving Company, at Rookwood, when a large part of the works was utterly destroyed. The manager (Mr. Alban Gee) ...

    Article : 443 words
  35. GOVERNMENT GAZETTE.

    THE following conditional leases lave been forfeited through breach of conditions, such forfeiture to take effect thirty days from 18th November:—The representatives of the late Thomas Skelly, 236 ...

    Article : 116 words
  36. Local Exhibits at Chicago Exhibition.

    MR. S. MEYER, director of the Cullulla Lead and Silver Mine (near Goulburn), has sent to the Chicago Exhibition a lump of carbonate of lead, known no white lead are, weighing 251bs., assaying ...

    Article : 84 words
  37. THE PRESS IN FRANCE.

    M. Loubet, the French Premier, made a brilliant defence in the French Chamber of Duputies during the debate on the bill to restrict the license of the prose. His speech aroused considerable applause, ...

    Article : 54 words
  38. Sydney Fruit Market.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 70 words
  39. THE UNEMPLOYED IN AUSTRALIA.

    A letter, signed "Frank Blackly," appeared in the Pall Mall Gazette, warning emigrants against going to Sydney, where, he says, there are 23,000 persona unemployed. He also asserts that there are ...

    Article : 42 words
  40. To Cure a Cold.

    IF the cold is in the head, the following treatment promises well: Add a teaspoonful of powdered camphor to a pitcher of boiling water. Over this place a cone made of thick paper or pasteboard and ...

    Article : 97 words
  41. Further Trouble at the Barrier Mines.

    BROKEN HILL, Saturday.—This morning another difficulty arose between Messrs. Loxton and Bullock, the contractors for the underground at Block 14, and the men employed under them. ...

    Article : 149 words
  42. Lord Jersey at Joadja.

    BOWRAL, Thursday.—On Monday last Lord Jersey, by invitation, visited the Australian Kerosene Oil and Mineral Company's works at Joadja, with a party of about a dozen. He went down the ...

    Article : 64 words
  43. AMERICAN RAILWAYS.

    From New York it is reported that the companies controlling the main trunk lines in the United States have decided to "pool" their interests. This course has been adopted in consequence of ...

    Article : 60 words
  44. Western Australia.

    Now is the time to invest a few pounds in Perth, the capital city of the youngest colony. Remember the enormous increase in land values in ...

    Article : 100 words
  45. The Dead Infants.

    IN connection with the mysterious discoveries of the bodies of infants it is not the intention of the polio) to resume digging operations except some unexpected developments occur. Some further ...

    Article : 153 words
  46. AMERICA AND RUSSIA.

    A peculiar difficulty is likely to arise between the United States and Russia. The chief inspector of prisons in Siberia is at present on a visit to San Francisco, and being desirous of seeing the gaol ...

    Article : 122 words
  47. Advertising

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    Advertising : 115 words
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