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  2. INTERVARSITY FOOTBALL.

    The University oval was visited by about 11,000 people on Saturday to witness the first of a series of matches to be played by the combined New Zealand University team. Their ...

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  3. ORANGE CELEBRATION.

    The Balmain Town Hall was filled yesterday afternoon on the occasion of the annual religious service in connection with the Loyal Orange Lodges, Nos. 33, 176, 312, and 322. ...

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  4. NEWCASTLE.

    On Friday night a man named James Denehy was arrested in Beaumont-street, Hamilton, on a charge of drunkenness, and lodged in the lockup. He was very noisy in the cell for ...

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  5. SHIPPING MISHAPS.

    An official telegram from Ulladulla was received on "Saturday stating that the little coastal steamer Hillmeads arrived there on Friday night in a leaking condition, and was ...

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  6. SHIPPING.

    H.M.S. Powerful, first-class protected cruiser, flagship on the Australian station, 14,200 tons displacement, 53 guns, Captain Prowse, from Jervis Day. Suva, s, 2229 tons, Captain M'Lellan, from Newcastle. ...

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  7. AUSTRALIAN WEATHER.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 76 words
  8. VICTORIA.

    The gold yield for 1907 amounted to 754,270oz gross, or 695,576oz fine, valued at £2,954,617, a decrease of 80,505oz gross, or 76,714oz of fine compared with the previous year. This ...

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  9. RETRENCHMENT IN THE RAILWAYS.

    Although it was reported some time ago that 1000 casual employees were to be dismissed from the railway service, the Minister for Railways, Sir Thomas Bent, stated yesterday that ...

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  10. CUSTOMS CLEARANCES.

    The following vessels cleared at the Customs-house yesterday:—Wakatipu, s, for Launceston, via Sydney, with 1280 tons coal; Hamstead, s, for Melbourne, with 5750 tons coal; ...

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  11. NEW ZEALAND.

    In connection with the case in which Halinan Andersen was sentenced to seven years' imprisonment for the manslaughter of Ernest Bourke, at Westport, the principal Crown ...

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  12. MISHAP TO OUR JACK.

    The new coastal steamer Our Jack, owned by Mr. John Wright, and employed in the the northern river trade, had trouble with her rudder while on a trip from Port Macquarie to ...

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  13. WEEK'S COAL EXPORT.

    The total quantity of coal exported from Newcastle during the week ended on Friday amounted to 95,034 tons. Commonwealth and New Zealand ports took 55,490 tons, while ...

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  14. THE GROUNDING OF THE HORNBY. GRANGE.

    A Townsville telegram states that the Hornby Grange is on a reef between Russell and Normanby Islands. The captain expects to refloat her on the spring tides. Lighters ...

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  15. A HEAVY FINE.

    A Chinaman at Wellington was fined £50 for selling pakapoo tickets. Ten Europeans were fined £2 10s for being found on the premises. ...

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  16. SMELTING RETURNS.

    At the sulphide works, Cockle Creek, 1253 tons of ore were treated during the week ended on Friday, yielding 1592oz of gold, 33,304oz of silver, and 389 tons of lead. ...

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  17. A MARITIME CHANGE.

    Messrs. Dalgety and Co. are about to take over the agency of the Shaw, Savill Co.'s cargo steamers. Mr. F. H. Taylor, the chief clerk of the New Zealand and African ...

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  18. COLLISION AT BRISBANE.

    Whilst coming up the river yesterday the Adelaide Company's Colac collided with the hulk Maida, lying at the lower end of the Adelaide wharf. Both vessels were ...

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  19. MRS. BESANT'S LECTURE.

    Mrs. Basant had another packed audience in the Centenary Hall on Saturday night. She delivered the second of her series of lectures, the subject being "Nature's Finer ...

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  20. DEPARTURES.—July 4.

    China, R.M.S., for London, via ports. Eastern, s, for China and Japan, via ports. Taiyuan, s, for China and Japan, via ports. Yawata Maru, J.M.S., for Melbourne. ...

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  21. METEOROLOGICAL REPORTS.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 901 words
  22. THE EXPORT OF FOOTBALLERS.

    Johnston, a member of the New Zealand professional football team which recently visited England, has been ordered to England at once to join a club which he has signed on ...

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  23. PROHIBITING SECRET COMMISSIONS.

    The Government has introduced a bill in the House of Representatives designed to prohibit the taking of secret commissions. ...

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  24. PROJECTED DEPARTURES.—July 6.

    Aorangi, R.M.S, for Vancouver, via ports; Karitane, s, for Devonport, Burnie, Stanley, and Beauty Point (cargo only); Namoi, s, for Newcastle; Wauchope, s, for Port Macquarie, Hastings and Wilson rivers; ...

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  25. FLOUTING THE ARBITRATION COURT.

    The Otago Trades and Labour Council passed a resolution viewing with alarm the tendency on the part of the unions to strike against the awards of the Arbitration Court, and ...

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  26. CLEARANCES.—July 4.

    Matai, s, 3345 tons, Captain W. J. Newton, for Wellington and other New Zealand ports. Passengers—Mr. and Mrs. Larcomb, Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Fuller and child, Mr. and Mrs. Austing, ...

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  27. KOGARAH ELECTION.

    It is some years since a ballot has taken place for a representative for the West Ward of Kogarah. Saturday's poll, therefore, was a novel experience, and the votes registered ...

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  28. QUEENSLAND.

    Information has been received at Brisbane to the effect that at the Licensing Court at Kidston City (Oaks Rush) all applications for licenses on the field were refused. ...

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  29. HINDOO STABBING AFFRAY.

    On Saturday night a bloodthirsty assault with a table knife is alleged to have taken place in Woolloomooloo. Peter Baboo, aged 35, a Hindoo, native of ...

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  30. ENTERED OUTWARD.—July 4.

    Chillagoe, s, for Rockhampton, via Brisbane; Victoria, s, for Auckland. ...

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  31. MOVEMENTS OF MAIL STEAMERS.

    The R.M.S. China left Sydney at noon on Saturday for London, via ports, and passed through the Heads at 12.15 p.m. She signalled Wilson's Promontory at 8.30 last night, and is due at Melbourne early this ...

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  32. WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

    Though not officially announced, it is believed that Parliament will be dissolved on August 14, and that the general election will take place early in September. ...

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  33. A SHOCKING TRAGEDY.

    A remarkable shooting case, which resulted in the death of Charles Gosling, a groom, 21 years of age, occurred at Black Rock yesterday. The only witness of the tragedy was ...

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  34. A CONSTITUTIONAL POINT.

    As the appeal of the defendant in the above matter will probably be heard by the Privy Couucil at the end of the present month, it may be interesting to state the main reasons ...

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  35. PASSENGERS BY THE AORANGI.

    The following is a list of the passengers booked for the R.M.S. Aorangi, of the Canadian-Australian Royal Mail line, which sails at 1 p.m. to-day for Vancouver, via. Brisbane, Suva, Honolulu, and Victoria, B.C.:— ...

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  36. NEW ZEALAND SHIPPING.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 16 words
  37. ROUGH WEATHER.

    Squally weather has obtained at Fremantle and the south-west for the past three days, and torrents of rain has fallen. The wind blew with hurricane violence to-day and the ...

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  38. THE MAILS.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 213 words
  39. THE FORESTRY COMMISSION.

    The Forestry Commission sat all day yesterday, and took voluminous evidence. Mr. G. H. Blakemore, in his evidence, stated that timber was now much scarcer and dearer ...

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  40. SUPPOSED SUICIDE.

    Philip Hargan, who was associated with many mining ventures at Coolgardio and Kalgoorlie in the early days and latterly at Ravensthorpe, was found dead in his room at ...

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  41. AN IMPORTANT LAND APPEAL.

    An important case from this district has been decided by the New South Wales Land Appeal Court, sitting at Dubbo. The matter was a claim by Malachi Joseph Hogan against ...

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  42. CASUALTIES.

    On Saturday night Oscar Billing, aged 6½, living with his parents in Watson-street, Bondi, was brought to the Sydney Hospital with a wound in the arm caused by a pea ...

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  43. CLEMENTS TONIC.

    Mrs. Adelaide Hannah Staughton, of Holroyd-road, Merrylands, said:— "I've lived in this house 16 years, and know most of the folks about these parts, a good ...

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  44. BICYCLE ACCIDENT.

    Robert de Russett aged 29, was bicycling with a number of others along Pittwater-road, near Narrabeen, on Saturday afternoon, when the pedals of his machine became ...

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  45. LOTHERINGEN DUE TO-DAY.

    The Nord-deutscher Lloyd cargo steamer Lothringen, from Bremen, via ports, is due at Sydney to-day. ...

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  46. METROPOLIS v N.Z. UNIVERSITIES.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 160 words
  47. THE DELPHIC TO ARRIVE TO-DAY.

    The White Star liner Delphic, from Liverpool, left Melbourne on Saturday, in continuation of her voyage to Sydney. ...

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  48. KILKEIRAN FROM NEW YORK.

    The American and Australian S.S. Company's steamer Kill[?]rian, from New York, bound to Sydney, called at Fremantle yesterday. ...

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  49. TASMANIAN PARLIAMENT.

    On Tuesday week Parliament will be opened, and it was stated by the Premier to-day that the business will in every probability proceed without any adjournment, as was ...

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  50. SERIOUS FALLS.

    Margaret Rein, aged 78, living in Adelaide-street, Surry Hills, was coming downstairs at about 2.30 a.m. on Sunday, when she slipped and fell 16 or 18 steps, breaking a rib and ...

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  51. THE BAR HARBOURS.

    The following telegrams were received on Saturday regarding the conditions of the bar harbours:— Ballina, 12ft on bar, 14ft on inside channel at high water; Bateman's Bay, 6ft 6in on bar at low water. ...

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  52. NEW STEAMERS FOR SOUTH AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT.

    According to advices just received, Mr. Thomas Price, Premier of South Australia, visited Glasgow and its neighbourhood a few weeks ago, accompanied by representatives of the Glasgow Corporation and the Clyde ...

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  53. NAVAL BOAT RACE.

    The naval boat race between the crews from the Naval Brigade and H.M.S. Challenger took place on Saturday. The boats started from the flagship in Farm Cove, rounded ...

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  54. ELIGH WARD VACANCY.

    The extraordinary vacancy in Bligh Ward of the City Council caused by the resignation of Mr. P. H. Morton, has attracted five candidates as follows:— ...

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  55. MAGPIE WITH MATCHES.

    At 7 o'clock this morning a fire was discovered in the drawing-room of Mr. John Gibson's residence. Smart work minimised the damage. Mr. Henry Clarke, who was ...

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  56. THE BRAYBROOK DISASTER.

    Mr. M'Arthur, who appointed as counsel for the public to-day completed his address to the jury in connection with the Braybrook railway disaster. The coroner will sum up on ...

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  57. BURNT IN BED.

    Owen Clark, an old-age pensioner, residing at Benaderrah, set fire to his clothes while lying in bed. He was badly burned before he succeeded in extinguishing the flames. ...

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  58. INJURED BY A FALL OF COAL.

    A miner named Wilson, employed at South Clifton colliery, was yesterday injured about the head and shoulders by s fall of coal. ...

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  59. OLD LADY BURNED TO DEATH.

    Mrs. Janet M'Tavish, an old lady of about 70 years of age, met with a serious burning accident on Thursday at Umeralla. Her skirt caught fire, and she was badly burned about ...

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  60. THE STANDING OF MASTERS.

    If a man rises from the ranks of employed to the position of employer his union cannot sue him for dues or levies. Frederick Hart, who had been a member of the Butchers' ...

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  61. ANOTHER AMERICAN BOXER.

    Another American boxer has announced his intention of visiting Australia while the American fleet is hore. Mike Schreck, who has been engaged by the syndicate which has ...

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  62. TELEGRAPHIC SHIPPING.

    COOKTOWN (1550m).—Dep: July 4, Moresby, s, for Port Moresby. CAIRNS (1400m).—Arr: July 4, Arawatta, s, from Cooktown. ...

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  63. A GAOL BREAKER.

    Frank Manning, a youth, under committal charged with horse stealing, and under remand on charges of burglary and larceny, escaped from the lockup this morning. After going ...

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