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  2. TELEGRAMS.

    THE Government steamer Thetis has gone in search of the missing pleasure boat. Walter R. Lloyd, a bank clerk, who pleaded guilty to embezzling £5 belonging to the ...

    Article : 203 words
  3. GOULBURN CIRCUIT COURT.

    William Steavens, alias Maori Bill, was charged with having, at Joadja Creel, near Marulan, become liable for the support of his wife, but neglected to provide her (Sarah Steavens) with ...

    Article : 926 words
  4. NEWS BY CABLE.

    A NATIONAL conference of miners, which has been sitting, has decided in favour of the introduction of the eight-hour system from next January. ...

    Article : 33 words
  5. THE RESERVE RIFLE COMPANY AND THE FUNNY POET.

    WHY do some folks talk "Tommy-rot" Of things beyond their ken And those who've never fired a shot Here wield the critic's pan? ...

    Article : 156 words
  6. OUR FISCAL POLICY.

    SIR,—In my last, which you published under the heading of "Differential Railway Rates" in your issue of the 10th (Thursday), I furnished some facts and figures which are indisputable ...

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  7. MINING.

    Day Dawn Gold-Mining Company (Limited).—Mine Manager's Report for week ending 12th instant:—Main shaft sunk 4 feet, total 44 feet, from which depth the contractor will now ...

    Article : 493 words
  8. NOTES FROM GININDERRA.

    DEATHS.—Since my last two more of our old residents have gone the way of all flesh. The first to bid farewell to this world of sin and sorrow was Mr. Patrick Coulton, one of the ...

    Article : 913 words
  9. A German Loan.

    A German loan of 250,000,000 marks (about 10½ millions sterling) has been authorised. ...

    Article : 19 words
  10. The Irish National League.

    The local branch of the Irish National League has been suppressed in Tipperary, where it was intended to initiate a Tenants' League. ...

    Article : 30 words
  11. Parliamentary Election.

    The Hon. E. Hubbard, M.P. for Buckingham, having been raised to the peerage, a fresh election for the constituency has taken place. Mr. Verney, a Home Ruler, was returned by a ...

    Article : 39 words
  12. The Cronin Murder Case.

    Nine arrests have been made in connection with the Cronin murder at Chicago. ...

    Article : 20 words
  13. CROOKWELL.

    THE electors of Argyle will have no lack of protectionist candidates to select from at the next election. We understand that the following gentlemen are coming forward:—Messrs. Thos. ...

    Article : 629 words
  14. The First Snipe.

    THERE is always considerable rivalry amongst sportsmen as to who shall have the honour of bagging the first snipe of the season. In this district we believe Mr. Stuckey can lay claim to ...

    Article : 53 words
  15. London Music Halls.

    A great meeting has been hold in St. James's Hall, to take measures to support the London Council in purging the music balls in London. The Bishop of London, the Right Rev. Dr. ...

    Article : 88 words
  16. Maliciously Wounding at Gininderra.

    Queanbeyan, Tuesday.—Michael Rolfe was to-day committed to take his trial at the ensuing Quarter Sessions on a charge of maliciously wounding George Coppin with a knife at ...

    Article : 232 words
  17. A Tramway Labourers Strike.

    The employees on the Cardiff tramways have gone on strike because the use of punches to indicate fares entails an increase of work. ...

    Article : 31 words
  18. Italy and Abyssinia.

    Italy has declared that a protectorate has been established by that country over Abyssinia. ...

    Article : 20 words
  19. The Dock Labourers' Strike.

    In Angle-Australian circles in London some astonishment is expressed at the exaggerated cablegrams which have appeared in the colonial newspapers in reference to the late dock ...

    Article : 36 words
  20. LAND COURT OF APPEAL.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 155 words
  21. The Irish Evicted Tenants' Fund.

    Mr. Kenny, secretary of the Plan of Campaign announces that the funds raised by Mr. Dillon in Australia support monthly an average of over 500 families of evicted tenants in Ireland. He ...

    Article : 63 words
  22. A Wonderful Jumper.

    ON Saturday, August 17, at the Free Gardeners' Fetes, held at Cradley Heath, Staffordshire, England, Derby, the champion jumper of the world, was the great attraction, ...

    Article : 180 words
  23. The British South African Company.

    A charter has been granted to the British South African Company, the capital of which is £1,000,000. Steps are to be at once taken by the company to colonise the Zambesi territory. ...

    Article : 70 words
  24. Matterson and Bubear.

    The race between Neil Matterson, of Sydney, and George Bubear, the English champion, for stakes of £200 a side and the sculling championship of England, was rowed over the usual ...

    Article : 162 words
  25. Six Children Drowned.

    WENTWORTH, Tuesday.—A terrible drowning fatality occurred this afternoon. Richard Gurney, being about to leave home to-morrow for some time, took his wife and seven children ...

    Article : 154 words
  26. Sydney Markets.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 644 words
  27. France and Germany.

    The Daily News states that M. de Freycinet, the French Minister for War, has decided to double the strength of the Sixth Army Corps on the France-German frontier. ...

    Article : 34 words
  28. GUNDAROO.

    WE are now getting fine warm weather, regular summer days. Everything is looking promising and well. Gardens, fields, &c., are charming. The great drawback here is cash; this is extremely ...

    Article : 353 words
  29. The Sculling Championship.—Searle v. O'Connor.

    THE R.M.S. Rome, which arrived at Albany from London on Sunday night, brought the following details of the race for the sculling championship of the world between Searle and ...

    Article : 765 words
  30. Fatal Railway Accident.

    A FATAL accident occurred at the Eveleigh Worships on Tuesday. An engine cleaner named James Joseph Sheehan, aged 18 years, residing at Alma-terrace, Gulden Grove, was ...

    Article : 71 words
  31. Absentee-Landlordism Growing.

    English noblemen are (says a London journal) beginning to invest largely in real estate in Australia. The Duke of Manchester, who has paid many visits to the antipodes, first set the example, ...

    Article : 130 words
  32. A Large French Loan.

    It is rumoured that it is the intention of the French Government to place upon the market a large loan, the proceeds of which are to be devoted to the consolidation of the French ...

    Article : 93 words
  33. New Hospital at Yass.

    YASS, Tuesday.—The new hospital here was opened to-day by Mrs. Sharp. The president of the institution (Mr. A. W. Thompson) met that lady at the entrance to the building, and in the ...

    Article : 158 words
  34. The Schoolboys' Strike.

    The strike movement begun by boys in various parts of Great Britain against the teachers and the system of punishment, home lessons, and school fees, has not been supported ...

    Article : 40 words
  35. An Ancient Lawsuit.

    THOSE interested in legal curiosities are informed by the Warsaw Courier that there has terminated at Warsaw a lawsuit which has lasted four centuries. The object of litigation ...

    Article : 74 words
  36. The Predicted Drought.

    The Minister for Public Instruction, who has the control of the Government Observatory, has recently had under consideration Mr. Egeson's remarkable weather prophecies. It will be ...

    Article : 307 words
  37. Concerning Public School Teachers.

    IN a supplement to the Government Gazette issued on Saturday, additional and amended regulations in substitution for those gazetted on 12th of February, 1886, and 25th September, ...

    Article : 148 words
  38. Sydney Wool Sales.

    Hill, Clark, and Co. report:—For our sale on Tuesday we brought forward a catalogue of 2028 bales, consisting almost entirely of wools in the grease and representing clips from the ...

    Article : 107 words
  39. QUEANBEYAN.

    MR. JOHN DEABY, M.P., addressed a large and enthusiastic audience in the Temperance Hall on Saturday afternoon on Home Rule and the eviction of Irish tenants. Mr. John Bull, J.P., ...

    Article : 392 words
  40. The Baby Farming Case.

    THE first inquest in connection with the baby-farming affair at Woollabra has resulted in the woman Ellen Batts being committed for trial on a charge of wilful murder. In addition to the ...

    Article : 242 words
  41. Affairs in Samoa.

    THE latest news from Samoa is to the effect that a meeting of the native chief and their followers from the various districts of the islands had been held with the object of selecting a king ...

    Article : 245 words
  42. Defences of the Colony.

    Major-General Edwards' proposals regarding the military defences of the Australian colonies ere federation of the military forces, a Lieutenant-General to advise and inspect in time ...

    Article : 160 words
  43. The Effect of Weather Predictions.

    At on evidence that Mr. Egeson's last weather prediction affected the colony by producing a feeling of alarm and insecurity amongst pastoralists and those about to take up land, it ...

    Article : 119 words
  44. Advertising

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    Advertising : 159 words
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