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  2. CRICKET.

    A MATCH between the Ambulance B. C.C. and the Yarra C.C. was played on the Ambulance wicket on Saturday last. At the conclusion of the afternoon's play the former had decidedly the best "end of the ...

    Article : 197 words
  3. ANOTHER QUEENSLAND TRAGEDY.

    On December 10 last a boy named Hill left home at Nundah, near Sandgate, on horseback, for the purpose of visiting his aunt at Redbank plains. near Ipswich. He never reached his aunt's residence, as ...

    Article : 765 words
  4. TELEGRAMS.

    MRS. R. BYRNE, aged 27, wife of Richard Byrne, of Boro, died on Saturday night from inflammation of the lungs., The deceased had only been ill for eight days ...

    Article : 43 words
  5. TEN MEN KILLED.

    A disastrous boiler explosion has taken place at the engineering works of Hewitt and Co., at Barking, in Essex. A chimney stack, 50ft. high, was destroyed, and several houses in the immediate ...

    Article : 51 words
  6. CABLE NEWS.

    The British Government has published a Blue Book regarding Madagascar. The publication contains sensational disclosures, and the British press comments in strong terms on ...

    Article : 542 words
  7. SECTARIANISM IN RUSSIA.

    M. Pobyedonostzeff, Procurator-General of the Holy Synod at St. Petersburg, desires the expulsion of Count Tolstoi, the novelist, from Russia on the ground that he is encouraging the Dukhobortsi ...

    Article : 36 words
  8. [REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.]

    EARLY this morning a fire was discovered in John Connell's four-storey building in Kent-street, a wine and spirit and grocery store. Three of the floors were gutted and the ...

    Article : 198 words
  9. THE LIPPE-DETMOLD PRINCIPALITY.

    The Federal Council claims the right to decide the question of succession to the Principality of Lippe-Detmold after the Regent's death. This is regarded as a victory for the Emperor ...

    Article : 50 words
  10. Fire in Addison-street.

    About 10 o'clock on Saturday night an alarm of fire was given at the Goulburn Fire Station and the outbreak was discovered to be in a four-roomed weatherboard cottage in Addison-street, occupied by ...

    Article : 214 words
  11. A NATAL LOAN.

    A Natal 3 per cent. loan of £1,000,000 has been floated on the London market. The total subscribed was £1,639,200, the average price being 94¼. H.M.S. Crescent has been commissioned to join ...

    Article : 44 words
  12. BRAIDWOOD.

    DURING the week there have been some extensive bush fires between the Budawang range and the coast, which have now extended to this side of the range. The fern-tree gully on the Suagarloaf, which ...

    Article : 334 words
  13. Death of Mr. Sykes.

    THE many friends of Mr. George A. Sykes, licensee of the Palace Hotel, Goulburn, will regret to learn that he died at his residence on Sunday morning last. Mr. Sykes had been in bad health ...

    Article : 255 words
  14. The Land.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 10 words
  15. A Strange Fatality.

    Melbourne, Saturday.—A man named Thomas Savory, about 40 years of age, was found dead in a pool of blood at the rear of the Church of England Mission this morning. He had a severe wound on ...

    Article : 72 words
  16. Goulburn Races.

    The full programme for the annual meeting of the Goulburn Racing Club. which takes place on Thursday and Friday, 23rd and 24th February, appeared in our issue of Saturday last, and should ...

    Article : 116 words
  17. THE FAR EAST.

    H.M.S. Orlando and H.M.S. St. George have been ordered to China. Great Britain is purchasing property situated on portion of the leased island dominating ...

    Article : 34 words
  18. THE PHILIPPINES.

    The American troops have been ordered to land at Ilo Ilo, the capital of the Island of Panay. News from Manila says that Senor Montero Rios is negotiating with the insurgents with a view to ...

    Article : 121 words
  19. The Conference of Premiers.

    SIR GEORGE TURNER, Premier of Victoria, has acknowledged the receipt of the communication forwarded him by Mr. G. H. Reid, proposing that a conference of Premiers upon federation shall be ...

    Article : 76 words
  20. THE GATTON TRAGEDY.

    BRISBANE, Sunday.—Gatton yesterday morning was full of strangers visiting the scene of the tragedy. The police express no opinion as to the position, but they seem more hopeful. ...

    Article : 365 words
  21. Goulburn Australian Rifles.

    THE local team of the Australian Rifles made a very good show at the Western Rifle Association meeting at Bathurst last week. They gained second place in section attack and fourth in volley ...

    Article : 62 words
  22. Crookwell Agricultural Society.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 118 words
  23. Accident.

    A MAN named Passmore, an acting fireman employed on the railway, and residing in Mundy-street, met with an accident at Wagga on Saturday. He was engaged in filling 400-gallon tanks, which ...

    Article : 73 words
  24. AUSTRALIAN RACEHORSES IN ENGLAND.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 100 words
  25. The Bungendore Encampment.

    THE encampment of the Australian Horse at Bungendore will begin on Thursday next. The Goulburn half squadron will parade in front of their orderly room at noon on that cay, and will ...

    Article : 45 words
  26. Lake George Mines.

    THE following is a copy of a message received on Friday evening by Mr. R. N. Kirk, Sydney agent of the Lake George Mines, Limited, from the Melbourne office:—Mine manager reports that ...

    Article : 104 words
  27. A Woman Drowned in the Harbour.

    ABOUT 11 o'clock on Thursday night a woman, named Ada Barchan. lately residing at 3 East-street, off Brisbane-street, Sydney, while returning to Sydney from Manly by the Narrabeen, was ...

    Article : 94 words
  28. A Few Lines from Parkes:

    A correspondent writing from Adavale station says:—This property is 20 miles from Parkes and there are a few farmers round who are doing well with wheat-growing and sheep. This season our ...

    Article : 374 words
  29. BRITISH TRADE RIGHTS.

    In its manifesto, the Cobden Club points out that it is necessary that Great Britain should be prepared to maintain her existing trade rights with respect to territories which other Powers may ...

    Article : 88 words
  30. Testimonial to Mr. Ashton, M.P.

    OWING to the pressure of Parliamentary business Mr. James Ashton, M.P., has hitherto been unable to spare the time to come to Hay (says the Standard) since the ...

    Article : 92 words
  31. GUNNING.

    BEFORE Mr. C. W. Weekes, P.M., and Messrs. J. S Sands and R. Dowling, Js P. Clare Pullen v. M. Edgar Pullen; a charge for maintainance. Mr. Howard for plaintiff. ...

    Article : 586 words
  32. INTERCOLONIAL CRICKET.

    THE intercolonial match was resumed at the Sydney Cricket Ground on Saturday. The weather was again perfect, and there was a very large attendance for a match against South Australia, there being ...

    Article : 937 words
  33. BURSTING OF A NEW GUN.

    One of the large steel guns made in Ohio, U.S.A., according to the plane of Dr. Gatling, burst during a trial. ...

    Article : 29 words
  34. The Slump in Potatoes.

    THE collapse of the potato market this week (says Saturday's Daily Telegraph) came at an unhappy time for the Railway Commissioners. Occurring simultaneously with ...

    Article : 360 words
  35. SPAIN.

    Spain has abolished the Cabinet Office of Minister for the Colonies. Colonel Sammartin, late Governor of Puerto Rico, has been tried by court martial in Madrid for ...

    Article : 47 words
  36. RUSSIAN VOLUNTEER FLEET.

    Russia is adding two vessels to her volunteer fleet. ...

    Article : 15 words
  37. FIGHTING ON THE CONGO.

    Advices from the Congo state that the insurgents have defeated 200 native troops and captured the garrison at Kalambari. Three Belgian officers were killed, and several were wounded. ...

    Article : 35 words
  38. Marriage at Kingsdale.

    A correspondent writes:—On Wednesday last, January 4th, Mr. Alf Funnell, son of Mr. J. Funnell, of Laggan, was married to Miss Agnes Taylor, second daughter of Mr. John Taylor, of ...

    Article : 152 words
  39. AFFAIRS AT CRETE.

    A commission representing all parties is drafting a constitution for Crete for submission to the Cretan Assembly. ...

    Article : 23 words
  40. THE GORDON COLLEGE.

    The Queen has telegraphed to Lord Cromer, expressing her deep interest in the welfare of the Gordon Memorial College. A British detachment at Cairo is proceeding to ...

    Article : 34 words
  41. AFGHANISTAN.

    Considerable alarm has been felt at Herat, in the north-west of Afghanistan, in consequence of the extension of the Mery railway to Kushk, within a few miles of Herat. ...

    Article : 66 words
  42. Suicide of a Clergyman.

    ADELAIDE, Sunday.—A clergyman of the Church of England was found dead hanging in a washshed this morning. He had been despondent for some weeks past owing to the action of one or two ...

    Article : 127 words
  43. Death from Burns.

    ABOUT noon on Saturday, Lilly Agnes Lawler, aged 9 years, who resided with her parents at Cook's River-road, St. Peters, was in the back yard of a neighbour's house, watching the burning of some ...

    Article : 133 words
  44. THE TRANSVAAL.

    The petition of the Transvaal ultlanders claiming the protection of Great Britain in consequence of the alleged murder of Mr. Edgar, a British subject, by a policeman, has not been forwarded to the ...

    Article : 55 words
  45. PATTISON'S LIMITED.

    The deficiency in connection with Pattison's, Limited, distillers, Leith, Scotland, amounts to £82,793 The firm has decided to go into voluntary liquidation with a view to reconstruction. ...

    Article : 42 words
  46. Advertising

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    Advertising : 2,195 words
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