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  2. SYDNEY'S PERIL.

    "There are parts of Sydney where, if a fire once got a hold, it would develop into a conflagration that would put into insignificance the most disastrous outbreaks that have ...

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  3. SECOND TEST MATCH

    Honours easy was about the position of the game at the close of to-day's play. The Australians are still 20 runs in arrears, but against this, and it is a big item, the ...

    Article : 3,541 words
  4. VICTORIA.

    The Melbourne Clearing House return for the year 1907 totalled £236,593,780, or an increase of £16,550,724 on the total of £220,043,056 for 1906. Clearances to ...

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  5. COUNTRY NEWS.

    The Corrimal residents, owing to the dry weather, are compelled to cart water from Wollongong. ...

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  6. SHIPPING.

    Victoria, R.M.S., 6522 tons, Captain Haddock, R.N.R. from London, via ports. E. Trelawny, agent. Dorset, s, 6980 tons, Captain Prentice, from Liverpool, via ports. Birt and Co., Ltd., agents. ...

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  7. NEWCASTLE.

    The total quantity of coal exported from Newcastle during the week ended to-day amounted to 83,657 tons, compared with 66,359 tons during the preceding week. ...

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  8. AUSTRALIAN WEATHER.

    {No abstract available} [ILLUSTRATED]

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 88 words
  9. THE CHURCHES.

    The Rev. A. W. King and family left for Ballina to-day. Mrs. King was presented with a purse of sovereigns by the ladies of the Anglican church. The Rev. Faceby Cecil ...

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  10. CUSTOMS CLEARANCES.

    The following vessels cleared at the Customs-house to-day:—Navua, s, for Suva, via Sydney, with 1000 tons bunkers; Comet, bq, for San Francisco, with 4854 tons coal; ...

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  11. DESTRUCTIVE BUSH FIRE.

    A most destructive bush fire started on Poligolet, near Lismore, on Thursday. Assisted by the shifting wind, it quickly spread over 7000 acres of grass. On Poligolet and Larra ...

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  12. NEW BUTTER CONTRACT.

    It is understood that the details have been finally arranged of a new butter contract, of which the main features were settled a few weeks ago, between the butter freight ...

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  13. SMELTING RETURNS.

    At the sulphide works, Cockle Creek 2341 tons of ore were treated during the week, yielding 2635oz of gold, 63,731oz silver, and 517 tons of lead. ...

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  14. SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    A meeting of the Tramways Association was held to-night to discuss the question whether it should be represented in its communications with the Tramways Trust by ...

    Article : 158 words
  15. THE ROOKWOOD MYSTERY.

    Recent developments tend somewhat to strengthen the police theory that the man John Tidswell was not the victim of an assault. On Thursday evening Tidswell made a ...

    Article : 241 words
  16. DEPARTURES.—Jan. 3.

    St. Louis, s, for Noumea. Time, s, for Newcastle. Kintuck, s, for Brisbane. ...

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  17. PROJECTED DEPARTURES.—Jan. 4.

    Mongolia, for London; Miltiades, for London, via Durban and ports; Lothringen, for Java ports; Star of Australia, for New Zealand ports; Hopewell, for Maryborough; Marama, for Wellington and ports; ...

    Article : 71 words
  18. CLEARANCES.—Jan. 3.

    Kintuck, s, 4616 tons, Captain Lewis, for Brisbane. Victoria, s, 2969 tons, Captain Waller, for Newcastle. Star of Australia, s, 6825 tons, Captain Kearney, for ...

    Article : 48 words
  19. METEOROLOGICAL REPORTS.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 780 words
  20. ENTERED OUTWARD.

    Victoria, s, for Auckland, via Newcastle; Tasmanic, s, for Antwerp, via Port Pirie; Lotheringen, s, for Tjilitjap (Java); Victoria, R.M.S., for London, via ports; Plauen, s, for Brisbane; Star of Australia, s, ...

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  21. STEAMER SYDNEY DISABLED.

    While the steamer Sydney was coming up the river on Tuesday, the anchor windlass became defective, and caused the anchor, which was in readiness to let go, to slip out. ...

    Article : 83 words
  22. IMPORTS.

    Victoria, R.M.S., from London: 107 pkgs machinery, 62 pkgs cordage, 45 cs photo plates, 25 cs silver coin, 367 pkgs steel, 6120 pkgs iron, 10 cks whisky, 863 tubes, 40 pkgs axle arms, 500 cs prunes, 501 cs brandy, ...

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  23. PEA-RIFLE TRAGEDY.

    A sad occurrence took place at Tuncurry this morning. W. Alex. Taylor, an old and respected resident, was found dead with a pea-rifle beside his body. Deceased was 66 years of age, ...

    Article : 60 words
  24. QUEENSLAND.

    Writs for the election were issued to-day, together with a list of polling-places. The Government Printer has completed printing the electoral rolls. ...

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  25. CASUALTIES.

    At the Mount Keira mine yesterday afternoon, an accident happened to Mr. J. Craven. He was working at the face grade, which was very steep. A skip he had spragged broke ...

    Article : 74 words
  26. BOY BURIED IN GRAVEL.

    Two little boys named Lee, aged 7 and 9, were playing in one of the council's old gravel pits yesterday, when a fall of earth occurred, burying the youngest except his ...

    Article : 92 words
  27. WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

    The Premier this afternoon told a large deputation of the unemployed that for those willing to engage in ringbarking work would be found in the Tamin district almost at once, ...

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  28. BOYS DROWNED WHILE BATHING.

    A young man named Albert Dawking, 17, formerly a telegraph messenger at Cooma Post-office, and lately telephone attendant, was drowned in the Murrumbidgee River ...

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  29. SAWMILL DESTROYED BY FIRE.

    The Federal saw mill at Tinonee, owned by Captain Hector Gollan, built four years ago, was completely destroyed by fire on Thursday at midnight. The mill had not been ...

    Article : 55 words
  30. NEW ZEALAND.

    The coal exports from Westport last year totalled 645,149 tons. ...

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  31. AURORA'S SPLENDID RUN.

    The American four-masted barquentine Aurora, loaded with timber, arrived at Sydney yesterday evening, after a last run of 47 days from Eureka, and anchored in Watson's Bay at 10.30. Captain Samuelson considers ...

    Article : 96 words
  32. MARINE COOKS, BAKERS, AND BUTCHERS.

    Recently an application was made by the Marine Cooks, Bakers, and Butchers' Association of Australia, to be registered as an organisation under the Commonwealth ...

    Article : 77 words
  33. CAUGHT IN A WINDLASS.

    Yesterday a young girl, daughter of Mr. J. Williams, of Mount Kembla, got entangled in the windlass of a well while attempting to draw water, and had an arm badly broken. ...

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  34. ENGLISH TEMPERANCE CAMPAIGN.

    Mr. Albert Bruntnell, general secretary of the New South Wales Alliance, has received a cable message from the United Kingdom Alliance, securing his services for its fight ...

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  35. DEAD IN A WATERHOLE.

    A body recovered from the waterhole at Fairfield to-day is thought to be that of James Gaulther, who strayed away from here on New Year's Eve. ...

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  36. THE SHIP W. H. SMITH.

    The American ship W. H. Smith, from Puget Sound Oct. 27, with a timber cargo, arrived at Sydney yesterday. Favourable winds prevailed throughout the voyage. The ship anchored in Berry's Bay. ...

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  37. CONSTRUCTION OF LEVIATHANS.

    Frequent mention has been made in various quarters of the designing and building of larger vessels than the Mauretania and Lusitania (says a London correspondent). There is no mechanical difficulty in ...

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  38. MOTOR FATALITIES.

    Late last night, J. Hartley, a workman, was knocked down by a motor car belonging to Mr. F. C. Harney, on the Causeway Bridge, at Perth, and killed. The motor car was ...

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  39. R.M.S. VICTORIA.

    The P. and O. liner Victoria, from London Nov. 22, arrived yesterday with a large number of passengers. She passed through the Canal on Dec. 4, with 5148 bags of mails and 1576 packages of parcel post, the ...

    Article : 171 words
  40. LABOUR TROUBLE AT COBAR.

    Serious trouble has occurred at the Great Cobar copper mine, resulting in a strike affecting about 60 men. It appears that three men lost a shift on New Year's Day, and as ...

    Article : 143 words
  41. NEW ZEALAND.

    NAPIER,—Dep: Hippolas, bq, for Sydney. WELLINGTON.—Dep: Ionic, for London; Maheno, for Sydney. ...

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  42. BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

    Somerset and Tropic (Jan. 1), at London; Era, at Dunkirk, Dec. 27; Katuna, at Dunkirk, Dec. 31; all from Australia. Departures: ...

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  43. PASSENGERS BY THE MONGOLIA.

    The P. and O. Company's Mongolia will leave Sydney at noon to-day, bound to London. Passengers—Mrs. R. A. Hopkins, Dr. Carnac Wilkinson, Miss S. Wilkinson, Lieut. H. Jefferson, R.N., Mrs. and Master ...

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  44. A JOCKEY'S DEATH.

    J. Kent, who had his skull fractured by a fall from Gerardy in the Club Hurdles at the W.A.T.C. meeting on New Year's Day, died this evening. ...

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  45. COASTAL REPORTS.

    Friday, 8 p.m.: Tweed Heads, strong ESE winds, sea moderating; Clarence Heads, light, SE; Nambucca, mod., E; Port Macquarie, Newcastle, Sydney Heads, Eden, light, NE; Gabo Island, mod., N. Bars; ...

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  46. THE MAILS.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 176 words
  47. DEAD IN A DAM.

    Mr. John Collyer, sen., of Munro, who had for some time past been a great sufferer from rheumatism, was missed from home. On a search being made for him to-day the body ...

    Article : 89 words
  48. WALLACE DIVORCE SUIT.

    The Wallace v Wallace divorce case was again before the Chief Justice to-day, upon an application to the Court for an order directing the petitioner to pay the costs of ...

    Article : 249 words
  49. SAN FRANCISCO MAIL STEAMER.

    The Quito, which left San Francisco on November 27, and Auckland on December 28, arrived at Sydney yesterday. Her mails were transhipped at Auckland, and delivered here on Tuesday. The cargo for New ...

    Article : 72 words
  50. NEW MUSIC.

    A quantity of music, vaudeville pieces, shop-songs, vaises, and the like, has been forwarded for review. Messrs Warren and Phillips, of ...

    Article : 514 words
  51. ORIENT-ROYAL MAIL LINE.

    The Oruba will leave Brisbane to-day, and may be expected at Sydney to-morrow evening. She will sail for London on Jan. 1. The Ormuz is due at Adelaide Jan. 6, Melbourne 8th, ...

    Article : 131 words
  52. LIVELY COMPANY MEETING.

    A dramatic scene took place at an extraordinary meeting of shareholders in the Alexandra Reefs Consolidated Gold-Mining Company to-day. ...

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  53. R.M.S. ORMUZ.

    The Ormuz, from London, which arrived at Fremantle at 8.40 a.m. on Thursday, and left at 3.30 p.m., was delayed at Naples for eight hours, awaiting the arrival of the overland mails. The Ormuz ...

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  54. MELBOURNE SINGAPORE SERVICE.

    In connection with the five-weekly steamship service from Melbourne to the ports of Sourabaya, Samarang, Batavia, and Singapore, for which the Government is paying a subsidy of £2000 per annum to Messrs. A. ...

    Article : 131 words
  55. RIFLE SHOOTING.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 132 words
  56. DEPARTURE OF THE MILTIADES.

    The following passengers have booked by the Aberdeen liner Miltiades, which will leave Dalgety's wharf, Miller's Point, for South Africa and London at noon to-day:—For Durban: Messrs. W. Bradford, H. E. ...

    Article : 199 words
  57. UNIFORM POSTAGE STAMPS.

    When the report of the special committee appointed by the Federal Treasurer to inquire into the question of securing a uniform Commonwealth postage stamp was received, the ...

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  58. FRIDAY'S REPORTS.

    COOKTOWN.—Arr: Wodonga, from Melbourne. TOWNSVILLE.—Arr: Yongala, Cooma, and Maranoa, from Brisbane; Marloo, from Cairns. ROCKHAMPTON.—Arr: Jan. 2, Mareeba, from ...

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  59. NORTHERN TERRITORY TRAGEDY,

    Captain Joseph Bradshaw, of Melbourne, received news by telegram to-day that a party of black stockmen had just arrived at Brock's Creek, in the Northern Territory, with news ...

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  60. TREES IN CHURCHYARDS.

    Surely there is no more curious tradition attached to churchyard trees than that belonging to a couple of clipped yews at Bedfort Church, in Middlesex. They are cut in the ...

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  61. PERA'S FAST RUN.

    The Pera, one of the P. and O. Company's cargo boats, which left Adelaide on Nov. 19, arrived at Dunkirk at 6 a.m. on Dec. 27, having accomplished the journey in the quick time of 38 days. ...

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  62. THE MORESBY.

    The Moresby, from the Solomon Islands and New Guinea, arrived at Brisbane yesterday, and left again for Sydney. ...

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  63. A FATAL SQUABBLE.

    A tragedy, which resulted in the death of a man named John M'Anally, occurred at Wellington this afternoon. M'Anally was in the company of another ...

    Article : 98 words
  64. THE JOHN WILLIAMS.

    The London Missionary Society's steamer John Williams, which has been on a visit to mission stations in the South Sea Islands, will arrive at Sydney to-morrow. ...

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  65. KIDNEY AILMENTS.

    When you have any suspicion that your kidneys are getting bad, take "FISHER'S" PHOSPHERINE to cleanse and strengthen them. It is invaluable as an agent to ward off ...

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  66. THE VICTORIA, FROM NEW ZEALAND.

    The Victoria, of the Huddart, Parker line, left Auckland at 5.30 p.m. on Monday, and arrived at Sydney at 11.45 a.m. yesterday. Passengers:—Mesdames Pittar, Scarll, Walpole, Baillie, Ward, Ashton, Gunn, Lawson, ...

    Article : 125 words
  67. THE ANTARCTIC POST OFFICE.

    The Nimrod, bound for the Antarctic, took 1500 letters addressed to the post office, to be opened by Lieutenant Shackleton on King Edward VII. Land. Those are mostly ...

    Article : 49 words
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