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  2. CABBAGES SEVEN FEET HIGH.

    THE case of Howcroft v. Laycock was tried by Judge Lumley Smith, Q.C., in the Westminster County Court recently, and was a claim by a Covent Garden seed firm against the Rev. Mr. Laycock, of ...

    Article : 431 words
  3. RIFLE MATCH.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 169 words
  4. GOULBURN POLICE COURT.

    BEFORE the Police Magistrate DRUNKENNESS, &c. George Kiefer, for being drunk, was fined 5s, and for indecent conduct 10s. Mr. Sendall ...

    Article : 960 words
  5. CABLE NEWS.

    ALL the islands in the West Indies, with the exception of Jamaica, suffered from the effects of the disastrous hurricane and the tidal wave. In many instances the inhabitants have been subjected to ...

    Article : 196 words
  6. BRAIDWOOD.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 407 words
  7. BRITISH RAILWAYS IN CHINA.

    A British syndicate has been formed to construct a railway from Kowloon, opposite Hongkong, to Canton, a distance of nearly 100 miles in a north-westerly direction. ...

    Article : 76 words
  8. SCULLING IN ENGLAND.

    The preliminary heats of the "Sportsman's" challenge cup, which carries with it the championship of England, were rowed yesterday. FIRST HEAT. ...

    Article : 233 words
  9. THE SOUDAN.

    The Daily Telegraph's special correspondent at Omdurman reports that Sir Herbert Kitchener, who is now on his way to Fashoda, will present an ultimatum to Captain Marchand, requiring him to quit ...

    Article : 123 words
  10. THE WEATHER.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 280 words
  11. Accident to the Premier.

    KEMPSEY, Sunday.—Mr. Reid had a narrow escape from serious injury yesterday whilst driving to Kempsey. He was being driven from Port Macquarie to Telegraph Point by Mr. Cummins in a ...

    Article : 513 words
  12. CHINA MISSIONS BURNED.

    The American and French missions at Hochow and Chunking, in the province of Suchwan, have been attacked by mobs which had been infuriated against foreigners. The stations in the latter town ...

    Article : 49 words
  13. The Land.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 18 words
  14. TELEGRAMS.

    MR. WANT commenced his address to the jury this morning in the Bulletin libel case. Destruction of Property. A workshop and cottages were destroyed ...

    Article : 204 words
  15. THE CONSUMPTION OF SPIRITS.—REMARKABLE FIGURES.

    "DURING the present financial year, from July 1 last up to the 7th instant, there has," said Mr. Lockyer, Collector of Customs, in an interview on Monday, "been an increase in the revenue from spirits duties ...

    Article : 449 words
  16. Important Railway Conference.

    ON Friday the Intercolonial Railway Conference brought its labours to a close. An agreement was arrived at by which uniformity of railway practice and administration will be secured in several ...

    Article : 367 words
  17. THE ATTEMPTED POISONING OF THE COREAN EMPEROR.

    As the result of inquiries which have been made into the attempted poisoning of the Emperor of Corea and the Crown Prince a week ago, a high Corean official has confessed that at the instigation ...

    Article : 76 words
  18. MR. CURZON'S SUCCESSOR.

    It is definitely announced that Mr. George Wyndham, M.P. for Dover, will succeed to the post of Parliamentary Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs, rendered vacant by the resignation of Mr. ...

    Article : 46 words
  19. MR. REID AT KEMPSEY.

    SPEAKING to an audience numbering over 2000 Mr. Reid on Saturday said that now the Bartonians found their ship foundering they wanted to crowd on his craft. They had stuck to their bill till it ...

    Article : 607 words
  20. THE RISING IN CRETE.

    Rear-Admiral Noel, the British Commander in Cretan waters, has refused the request of the Sultan that the ringleaders of the rising in Crete lately arrested should be tried by an international ...

    Article : 121 words
  21. THE LATE EMPRESS OF AUSTRIA.

    The requiem masses in London and other capitals of Europe for the repose of the soul of the late Empress of Austria were largely attended. The funeral of the late Empress was an ...

    Article : 68 words
  22. A Mysterious Animal.

    WELLINGTON, Sunday.—A party visited the tree near Gisborne in which a strange large animal, supposed to be a kumi, was reported to be located, but the animal was not there. It is thought it has ...

    Article : 101 words
  23. Supposed Suicide of a Commercial Traveller.

    ON Sunday morning last a commercial traveller, named John Augustine Commins, is supposed have committed suicide by shooting himself through the head at Aaron's ...

    Article : 115 words
  24. ANTWERP WOOL SALES.

    The Antwerp wool sales have closed firm. The demand for crossbreds has increased. Of the 4477 bales of Australian wool offered 2702 were sold at an advance on London prices. ...

    Article : 37 words
  25. FOOTBALL.

    SATURDAY afternoon saw the closing scene of the season's football contests, the club mates of the previous Saturday's players being the distinguished rivals for the final of the competition in the junior ...

    Article : 461 words
  26. An Ostrich Farm.

    MILTON, Friday.—Mr. B. Hulbert intends establishing a new industry in this district, viz., ostrich farming. To that end he is importing two pairs of ostriches, which are expected to reach here next ...

    Article : 76 words
  27. A.J.C. RACES.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 34 words
  28. Commandant Booth.

    SPEAKING of Commandant Booth, the head in Australasia of the Salvation Army, the Albury Daily News says:—General Booth is an intellectual volcano; Commandant Herbert Booth is not. The ...

    Article : 543 words
  29. IREX V. MAID OF KENT.

    The first of a series of five sailing matches between Mr. W. L Wyllies' Maid of Kent, representing the Medway Sailing Club, and Mr. Mark Foy's Irex, took place on the Medway to-day over a ...

    Article : 148 words
  30. Mental Telegraphy.—A Remarkable Case.

    ADELAIDE, Friday.—A remarkable case of mental telegraphy is reported by the Rev. W. A. Langford, president of the Wesleyan Conference. He says that he heard that the Rev. J. Y. Simpson was indisposed, ...

    Article : 96 words
  31. TYERS'S CHALLENGE.

    The challenge of J. Tyers to swim Percy Cavill, the Australian, over a mile in still water for £100 aside, has been accepted by Cavill. ...

    Article : 30 words
  32. Explosion of a Boiler.

    COWRA, Saturday.—At 4 o'clock this morning the boiler of Francis's flour mill burst. The force of the explosion tore the boiler from its fixings, and carried it fully ...

    Article : 86 words
  33. POLITICAL NEWS.

    THE desperate straits into which the Barton party in the Hastings and Macleay has fallen is shown by the frenzied telegrams that are being sent to Sydney, imploring members of Parliament to go to Mr. ...

    Article : 263 words
  34. AMERICA AND SPAIN.

    The Commissioners who will represent the United States in the negotiations for the settlement of the terms of peace with Spain have sailed for Paris. They have been instructed not to modify the ...

    Article : 167 words
  35. Fatal Accident at the Bicycle Sports.

    A FATAL accident occurred on Saturday afternoon on the Sydney Cricket Ground at the bicycle sports. In the last lap of the first heat of the two miles handicap one of ...

    Article : 110 words
  36. THE DREYFUS CASE.

    General Zurlinden, the new Minister for War and M. Tillaye, Minister for Public Works, have resigned, as they do not agree with their colleagues in having the trial of Dreyfus reviewed. General ...

    Article : 57 words
  37. Licenses.

    COACH proprietors and dealers in gunpowder are reminded that their licenses will expire on the 30th of this month. ...

    Article : 20 words
  38. The Horton Insolvency.

    ALL day on Friday the Registrar in Bankruptcy was engaged in hearing evidence under section 30 of the Bankruptcy Act, in connection with the case of Ernest John Horton. Two witnesses named ...

    Article : 230 words
  39. Found Drowned.

    ON Saturday afternoon the body of a man named Joseph Shaw, 81 years old, lately residing with his wife a Kogarah-road, Kogarah, and by occupation a gardener, was ...

    Article : 224 words
  40. Railway Picnic.

    THE annual picnic of the loon and traffic branches of the local section was held yesterday at Lake Bathurst. A train of 21 carriages left the Goulburn station shortly after 9. Unfortunately the weather ...

    Article : 73 words
  41. THE SOUTH AUSTRALIAN WINE DEPARTMENT.

    Mr. E. B. Young, manager in London of the South Australian Wine and Produce Department has returned from a vist to France. He took the opportunity of inspecting the vineyards of ...

    Article : 93 words
  42. Methodist Federal Council.

    ADELAIDE, Sunday.—At the meeting of the Methodist Federal Council on Friday the following resolution was carried:—"It being found impossible for the Primitive ...

    Article : 75 words
  43. Revision Court.

    A REVISION court for the electorate of Goulburn was held yesterday morning before Mr. McKell, P.M., when the name of George Holland was added to the list. ...

    Article : 29 words
  44. FROZEN RABBITS.

    The bulk of the rabbits in the cargo of the steamer India, which left Sydney on July 30, has been found to be mouldy. The shipment of rabbits in one of the holds of the steamer Duke of Portland, which left ...

    Article : 63 words
  45. Advertising

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    Advertising : 1,659 words
  46. THE R.M.S. CHINA FLOATED.

    News has been received from Aden to the effect that the R.M.S. China, which went ashore at Azalea Point, Perim, or March 25, has been successfully floated. ...

    Article : 34 words
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