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  2. A Me[?]ncholy Affair.

    Mr. Shiell, the city coroner, held an inquiry in the Oaks Hotel, Military-road, St. Leomards, on Saturday, touching the death of two brothers, named Arthur James and Henry George Legge. The boys, ...

    Article : 263 words
  3. TELEGRAMS.

    Mr. J. W. Downer, Premier of South Australia, has had several interviews with Mr. Service, and is urging the Victorian Government to agree to a case being drawn up for the consideration of the Privy ...

    Article : 58 words
  4. Brevities.

    Water troubles increasing. Colliery mishap at Lithgow. Gladstone Ministry re-elected. Suez mail to arrive to-morrow. ...

    Article : 1,618 words
  5. Political.

    Everyone now wants to find out how the rumors arose that Sir John Robertson and Sir Patrick Jennings had approached each other with a view to coalition, when it is absolutely denied by these ...

    Article : 506 words
  6. The Soudan Medals.

    The ceremony of Saturday last, the presentation of the Soudan war medals to the members of the Contingent, attracted a large body of spectators to the Agricultural Society's grounds at Moore Park. ...

    Article : 2,919 words
  7. Late Sporting.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 441 words
  8. The Oriental Bank.

    The Agent-General has officially advised the Premier of a satisfactory settlement of the Government deposit account by the liquidator of the late Oriental Bank. The whole of the £480,000 deposited ...

    Article : 59 words
  9. Stealing Gold.

    On Saturday a man named James William Pitches was caught in the act of stealing gold from quartz specimens at the Technological Museum. Some specimens had been missed, and recently a watch was ...

    Article : 61 words
  10. Uttering Spurious Scrip.

    The case against Harry Roberts, lately legal mining manager in Sandhurst, charged with forging and uttering scrip of the United Devonshire mine, was concluded on Saturday at the Assizes. Roberts was ...

    Article : 55 words
  11. City Fruit Markets.

    Those who had occasion to attend the Central Police Court this morning, had an opportunity of getting a sniff of the most villainous stink imaginable. The passage between the rear of the police ...

    Article : 101 words
  12. Discovery of Stolen Property.

    An arrest, which was made on Saturday night, of Michael M'Namara, 45, shoemaker, has led to the discovery of a large amount of stolen property in his house, a wretched hovel in Byrie-street, where he ...

    Article : 72 words
  13. Fire in George-street.

    A fire broke out last night, at about half-past [?], on the premises owned and occupied by On Chong and Co., 223, George-street North. It was extinguished by the inmates with buckets of water. A ...

    Article : 113 words
  14. PRINCE ALFRED YACHT CLUB.

    The race for first-class boats belonging to the P.A.Y.C. came off on Saturday afternoon, and was in reality a match between Vice-Commodore Milson's well known yacht Waitangi and Mr. J. F. Fitzhardinge's new yawl Electra, ...

    Article : 437 words
  15. The Warden Tragedy.

    In the Wardell Police Court on Saturday, the accused, Liddiard, was committed for trial at the Grafton assizes, on April 16 next, on the capital charge, and his wife as accessory after the fact. ...

    Article : 69 words
  16. Advertising

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    Advertising : 689 words
  17. Tram Accident.

    A serious tram accident occurred on Saturday night. It appears that the bolts of a pulley wheel at Spring-street, just at the top of a deep decline got loose, the gripper smashed against them and threw a ...

    Article : 115 words
  18. Death from Drink.

    On Saturday afternoon the police found the body of a woman lying on the river bank, near the morgue. When taken to the lock-up the woman was dying, and she expired a few minutes afterward. The ...

    Article : 68 words
  19. Rabbit-proof Feneing.

    Tenders have been invited for the erection of three sections of rabbit-proof fence, twenty miles each, beginning at Hungerford and extending eastward along the border; and also for ten sections of twenty ...

    Article : 64 words
  20. The Cholera Panic.

    The British Consul in Batavia has sent a communication to the Governor in reference to the recent outbreak of cholera on board the steamship Dorunda. He save—"The last cholera epidemic occurred there ...

    Article : 257 words
  21. New Guinea.

    The accounts of the late Special Commissioner for New Guinea have, in pursuance with arrangements with the Imperial Government, been examined by the Auditor-General, and his report forwarded to Mr. H. ...

    Article : 120 words
  22. CRICKET.

    PARLIAMENT V. PRESS.-During the last three years cricket matches between representatives of the New South Wales Parliament and the Press have taken place annually. Victory has favored the Parliament once; so that if they ...

    Article : 746 words
  23. Found Drowned.

    Mr. Marcus Dulhunty (the acting police magistrate), accompanied by Dr. Andrews and Senior-sergeant M'Guffie, visited Wagga, on Saturday, for the purpose of holding an inquiry on the remains of ...

    Article : 115 words
  24. Sudden Death.

    Mr. Thomas Shortall, for many years a prominent member of trades unionism in Sydney, and delegate of the Journeymen Tailors' Society in the Trades and Labor Council, expired rather suddenly early this ...

    Article : 51 words
  25. Newcastle Items.

    Robert Fleming, a well-known sportsman, had one of his arms broken on Saturday afternoon, on the Newcastle racecourse, through the kick of a horse. Great inconvenience is felt in Newcastle from the ...

    Article : 176 words
  26. Fire in Sussex-street.

    At about 20 minutes past 3 on Sunday morning a fire broke out in a hairdresser's shop, 87, Sussex-street, occupied by George Goodwin, and owned by Gregory Board. The alarm was given by the No. 2 ...

    Article : 109 words
  27. (BY A LADY CONTRIBUTOR.)

    The presentation of medals to the warriors of the Soudan, which took place on Saturday afternoon, was attended with a peculiar amount of interest. Looking back upon the scene of March 3 last, at ...

    Article : 717 words
  28. The Sugar Works.

    This morning Messrs. Deloitte and Muir, representing the sugar company, Pyrmont, waited on the Mayor (Mr. John Young), in reference to the water supply. It was said that next to the gas company, ...

    Article : 121 words
  29. A Ship Steward Drowned.

    The dead body of a man was found opposite Mosquito Island, near the Waratah shoot, on Sunday morning, and was conveyed to Newcastle Hospital. Dr. Harris, who examined it, said that death had ...

    Article : 71 words
  30. Casualties.

    The following casualties have been attended to in the Sydney Hospital:—Peter Donaghue, 45, a laborer, residing in the Model Lodging House, Kent-street, was taken to the hospital by ...

    Article : 287 words
  31. "Hospital Sunday."

    Mr. Frederick Jones, vice-president of the Sydney Liberal Association, delivered a lecture in the Hall of Science on Sunday night, to a crowded audience, on "Nineteenth Century Infidelity, or who are the ...

    Article : 130 words
  32. A BLOCK OF LAND FREE.

    R. and A. KURTS, the well-known Fashionable Tailors, 572, George-street, are now astonishing the public by their genuine liberality. A magnificent block of freehold at Kurragong, near Richmond. ...

    Article : 328 words
  33. Alleged Gross Indecency.

    A case of alleged gross indecency came under the cognizance of the police. On Saturday evening, at about 7 o'clock, two ladies were walking in the reserve, and they allege that when they were going ...

    Article : 240 words
  34. Advertising

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    Advertising : 117 words
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