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  2. THE COAL-MINING CONFERENCE.

    The sittings of the conference between representatives of the c[?]lliery proprietors of the northern district and the delegates of the Colliery Employees' Federation, convened to consider the question of the ...

    Article : 1,893 words
  3. QUEENSLAND.

    The City of Brisbane Sailing Club opened the sailing season by a demonstration on Saturday afternoon in the South Brisbane reach of the river. A large number ef boats were present. The ...

    Article : 81 words
  4. COUNTRY NEWS.

    A special meeting of the executive committee of the Kiama Agricultural Association was held this afternoon. Reference was made to the accident which befell the son of the Ho[?]. J. H. Carruthers, ...

    Article : 166 words
  5. THE CZAR'S PROPOSAL.

    Sir Charles Scott, British Ambassador at St. Petersburg, has communicated to the Czar the hearty sympathy of Mr. A. J. Balfour with his proposal for an ...

    Article : 84 words
  6. THE SOUDAN.

    It is reported that the Khalifa's army, which consists of 35,000 men, is outside the city, awaiting the arrival of the Sirdar Sir Herbert Kitchener. ...

    Article : 224 words
  7. SPECIAL CABLES.

    A drama founded on the Dreyfus case has been produced in a New York Theatre. Among the audience there were most ...

    Article : 64 words
  8. The Sydney Morning Herald.

    A great battle has taken place near Omdurman, in the Soudan. The Khalifa's combined troops advanced, and made an attack upon Sir Herbert Kitchener's ...

    Article : 8,458 words
  9. THE JORDAN GOLDFIELD.

    The Mines Department has received Warden M'Arthur's report on the Jordan goldfield on the Johnstone River. It shows there are 200 men on the field making fair wages, and a few are doing ...

    Article : 69 words
  10. MASONIC INSTALLATION.

    The annual installation and investiture of officers of the Masom[?] Lodge St. Clair, No. 47, took place at the Oddfellows' Hall yesterday afternoon. Wor. Bro. W. A Carter, retiring master, installed ...

    Article : 155 words
  11. WHY GERMANY DID NOT ACT.

    M. Blowitz, the Paris correspondent of the "Times," states that the German War Office refrained from giving such information to the French Government as would ...

    Article : 70 words
  12. THE GOLD YIELD.

    The gold yield for Queensland for August totalled 81,582oz., comparad with 63,1113oz. of August last year, and 75,308oz. of July this year. The principal fields yields were:—Charters ...

    Article : 47 words
  13. WARM COMMENTS BY THE RUSSIAN PRESS.

    The Russian newspapers comment upon the attitude which France has assumed in regard to the proposed international disarmament. ...

    Article : 68 words
  14. SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    The session of the South Australian Christian Endeavour Convention, which has been most successful, closed last evening with a good citizenship meeting in the Town Hall, which was ...

    Article : 86 words
  15. INSPECTION OF COUNTRY MEAT.

    A good deal of interest is taken in the question of dead meat inspection, which in country towns is carried out under great disadvantages. The work of inspection generally falls to the police, who are not ...

    Article : 95 words
  16. THE CHARGE OF FORGERY AGAINST ESTERHAZY.

    The appeal to the Court of Cassation by Colonel Picquart against the decision of the Judges who overruled the examining magistrate and refused to ...

    Article : 82 words
  17. SUICIDE OF A MAN BY DROWNING.

    Thomas Stewart, a painter, committed suicide this morning. He threw himself into the M'Intyre River in close proximity to Cheadle's Hotel. It appears that the deceased a few weeks ago met with an ...

    Article : 1,266 words
  18. VICTORIA.

    The police at Bendigo have failed to glean any information to enable the identification to be made of the remains of the man's body found a couple of weeks ago in the bush at Sandy Creek. ...

    Article : 86 words
  19. THE LABOUR CONFERENCE.

    The Labour Conference met on Saturday morning. The chief feature of the proceedings was the consideration of industrial federation, with special reference to the ...

    Article : 191 words
  20. RESIGNATION OF THE MINISTER FOR WAR.

    M. Cavaignac, Minister for War, has resigned, as he refuses to consent to the revision of the trial of Dreyfus. ...

    Article : 31 words
  21. A BENDIGO HOAX.

    During the past 10 days "a ghost" has been promenading the outskirts of Bendigo, much to the terror of the womenfolk; but efforts to capture the perpetrator of the scare have been ...

    Article : 124 words
  22. AUSTRIA-HUNGARY.

    A plot has been discovered at BudaPesth having for its object the murder of the Hungarian Premier, Baron Banffy. The Austrian Reichsrath will meet on ...

    Article : 40 words
  23. WORK OF THE GUNBOATS.

    The gunboats of the Soudan expedition, commanded by Commander Colin R. Keppel, have advanced up the Nile as far as Omdurman. They bombarded ...

    Article : 92 words
  24. THE OVERLANDING CYCLISTS.

    Mr. Ma[?]donald, who in cycling from Port Darwin, arrived at Barrow's Creek on Sunday, having covered 831 miles in 13 days. He has had no mishaps and no adventures. ...

    Article : 144 words
  25. CLEARING-HOUSE RETURNS.

    The Melbourne Clearing-house returns for the week ended August 29 were £2,183,112, showing a decrease of £427,480 compared with tho corresponding week of last year. The total ...

    Article : 53 words
  26. THE DAIRIES' SUPERVISION ACT.

    A case under the Dairies' Supervision Act of importance to dairy farmers throughout the colony occupied the attention of the Central Illawarra Council at its last meeting. The facts are there: In ...

    Article : 464 words
  27. THE TRANSVAAL.

    President Kruger has closed the oversea traffic of the Transvaal via the Zanddrift, a tributary of the Limpopo, without the consent of Great Britain. ...

    Article : 33 words
  28. THE ROYAL AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY'S SHOW.

    The twenty-eighth annual show of the Royal Agricultural Society of Victoria terminated on Saturday evening. The event this year extended over five days, instead ...

    Article : 169 words
  29. THE DEFENCES OF AUSTRALIA.

    The Liverpool branch of the Navy League tendered a banquet to Lord Brassey at Liverpool last night. In the course of an address Lord Brassey ...

    Article : 70 words
  30. NORTHERN TERRITORY.

    The steamer Cygnet, from Borroloola, arrived on Tuesday. She brought news that a native named Gift had attempted to po[?]son his employer, named Campbell, a publican, and had disappeared ...

    Article : 52 words
  31. AMERICA AND SPAIN.

    Vessels of all nations are now allowed to enter the harbour of Manila. ...

    Article : 23 words
  32. THE WESTERN AUSTRALIAN LOAN.

    The balance of the 3 per cent. Western Australian loan of £1,000,000 has been placed at £94 4s. ...

    Article : 26 words
  33. NEW ZEALAND.

    The steamer Tauranga left for Raratonga yesterday with the new British Resident on board. A football match between Otago and Canterbury was won by the former by 16 points to nil. ...

    Article : 37 words
  34. CHARITABLE BEQUESTS.

    The Ballarat Hospital receives an unexpected legacy under the will of an old man named Harvey, who, strangely enongh, was refused admission to the hospital only a few days ...

    Article : 122 words
  35. A FAST OF 33 DAYS.

    Signor Succi, the well-known fasting exhibitor, has completed at Turin a fast of 33 days. ...

    Article : 25 words
  36. THE WEATHER.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 656 words
  37. TRADES UNION CONGRESS.

    The Trades Union Congress which is being held at Bristol has carried resolutions recommending unions to support socialism on the ground that the labour ...

    Article : 65 words
  38. THE WOOL SALES.

    The wool importers' committee has decided to close the list for the wool sales at least eight days before the opening of the series. ...

    Article : 31 words
  39. THE MINISTER FOR JUSTICE AT TENTERFIELD.

    The Hon. C. A. Lee (Minister for Justice) addressed the electors at the School of Arts last night. There was a large attendance. After referring to the circumstances leading to [?]is acceptance of the office of ...

    Article : 330 words
  40. A LABOUR DIFFICULTY.

    A difficulty has arisen at Black Horse Cya[?]ide Works at Ballarat in regard to the men's wages. It is alleged that when operations commenced the rate of pay was fixed at 6s 6d a day, ...

    Article : 67 words
  41. SILVER.

    Bar silver is quoted to-day at 2s 3¾d per ounce standard. Sept. 4. Bar silver was quoted yesterday at 2s ...

    Article : 30 words
  42. THE AUSTRALASIAN CRICKET COUNCIL.

    The committee appointed at the meeting of the Australasian Cricket Council on Friday night to make arrangements in regard to the tour of the Australian Eleven recommend as a basis for a ...

    Article : 241 words
  43. RAILWAY DISASTER AT WELLINGBOROUGH.

    A railway disaster has occurred at Wellingborough. Some boys placed a luggage barrow on the line, with the result that a Midland express train was derailed. ...

    Article : 59 words
  44. ANTIMONY.

    Antimony was quoted yesterday at £36 15s per ton. ...

    Article : 13 words
  45. WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

    The principal medical officer, Dr. Lovegrove, is corresponding with the Boards of Health of Sydney and Melbourne with a view of instituting a uniform System of quarantine. He has ...

    Article : 197 words
  46. LAUNCHING OF NEW STEAMERS.

    Messrs. Turnball, Marti[?], and Co., managers for the Eldersie S.S. Company, have launched the new steamer Morayshire at Hepburn, near ...

    Article : 48 words
  47. TO-DAY

    B[?]rke Ward Municipal Election: Polling from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Lantern Lecture: Mr. J. H. Maiden, St. James's Hall, 8 p.m. ...

    Article : 167 words
  48. ASSETS COMPANIES.

    The assets companies, which were formed under one administration to realise assets for the Melbourne financial institutions that went into liquidation, viz., the City of Melbourne Bank, the ...

    Article : 111 words
  49. LORD BRASSEY'S RETURN.

    Lord Brassey will return to Victoria via the United States and Canada. He sails for New York in the Cunard liner Campania, and will leave Vancouver by ...

    Article : 64 words
  50. THE CONDEMNED ORANGES.

    A good deal of disappointment is expressed by those interested in the recent comparative failure of a shipment of oranges to London. The grower considers too large a quantity was taken together, thus ...

    Article : 39 words
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