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  2. COUNTRY NEWS.

    The annual concert in aid of the prize fund of the above school was held on Saturday evening, 6th instant. Mr. Dugald Thomson, M.L.A., presided. There was a large audience. The programme, which ...

    Article : 1,951 words
  3. NEWCASTLE.

    A conversazione and sale of work in aid of the trust funds of the Newcastle Wesleyan Church was opened in the main hall of the Y.M.C.A. turn afternoon, and will be continued until Saturday evening. ...

    Article : 224 words
  4. VICTORIA.

    At the annual session of the Presbyterian General Assembly to-day a motion was submitted by the Rev. T. R. Cairns, asking the general assembly to take the question of Presbyterian ...

    Article : 372 words
  5. SPECIAL CABLES.

    An election took place yesterday for the Exchange Division of Liverpool in the House of Commons to fill the vacancy caused by the elevation of the late ...

    Article : 93 words
  6. THE INDIAN FRONTIER.

    The Victoria Cross has been conferred upon the following officers for gallantry during the campaign in the Upper Swat Valley:—Lieutenant-ColonelR. B. Adams, ...

    Article : 68 words
  7. IN PARLIAMENT.

    Possibly the beat was responsible for the evident disinclination of the members of the legislative Council to settle down to work yesterday for any length of time. Although the ...

    Article : 2,349 words
  8. WESTERN AUSTRALIAN MINING

    Grant excitement was caused to-night when the news spread that a lode had been cut in the eastern crosscut of Brookman's Boulder mine. Well-informed people are buying shares at 61s. ...

    Article : 39 words
  9. GENERAL LOOKHART'S FORCE.

    General Sir William Lookhart's force made a reconnaissance at Saransar, in the Tirah district. It was discovored that the enemy had evacuated their camp, but ...

    Article : 209 words
  10. BRITISH FOREIGN POLICY.

    The French and German journals regard the speech of Lord Salisbury at the Lord Mayor's banquet at the Guild Hall on Tuesday evening as conciliatory and ...

    Article : 37 words
  11. EIGHT-HOURS DEMONSTRATION.

    A special meeting of thE delegates to the Eighthours' Demonstration Committee who held at the Trades' Hall last evening, under the presidency of Mr. H. Hanion. The officials intimated that the ...

    Article : 86 words
  12. THE WEATHER.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 912 words
  13. ALLEGED ASSAULT ON THE HIGH SEAS.

    The hearing of the cases instituted by the members of the crow of the barque Mary A. Troop against the officers of the vessel for allegad assault on the high seas was continued before Mr. James ...

    Article : 163 words
  14. WEST AFRICA.

    An additional British, force is to be despatched to the Niger, West Africa, under the command of Major Milne. Thirty special officers have already ...

    Article : 48 words
  15. VISIT OP THE ENGLISH CRICKETERS.

    A special meeting of the committee of the Newcastle District Cricket Association was held in the hall of the Chamber of Commerce to-night for the purpose of making arrangements for the visit ...

    Article : 230 words
  16. DISASTER AT SEA.

    The barque Cordillera has foundered off Valparaiso, Chili, in consequence of the ballast shifting during a gale. All on board except the first and second ...

    Article : 82 words
  17. NEW ZEALAND.

    The Arbitration Court has delivered judgement in the Wellington furniture trade dispute, fixing 9s a day as a minimum wage. The award provides for less expert men to be employed at a ...

    Article : 259 words
  18. THE AFRIDIS OFFER TO SUBMIT.

    The Afridis, with the exception of the Akka Khels and the Yakka Khels, have offered to submit. Seventy-seven villages belonging to the latter tribesmen have ...

    Article : 35 words
  19. UNIONISM AND AMERICAN IMPORTS.

    Tho Glasgow Joiners' Union has forbidden its members to handle Americanmade doors. ...

    Article : 21 words
  20. NEWCASTLE CRICKET ASSOCIATION

    At to-night's meeting of the committee of the Newcastle District Cricket Association a report was received from the ground committee stating that a tender had been accepted for additions and ...

    Article : 74 words
  21. THE BRITISH POLICY ON THE FRONTIER.

    Speaking at Acton, in Middlesex, last night, Lord George Hamilton, Secretary of State for India, said that the policy of the Government in regard to the campaign on ...

    Article : 80 words
  22. GREAT BRITAIN AND FRANCE.

    The British Government has intimated to France that the occupation of Fashoda, on the White Nile, would be considered distinctly an unfriendly act. ...

    Article : 30 words
  23. FIRE BRIGADES' ASSOCIATION.

    A special meeting of the Northern District Fire Brigades' Associatiion was held at the Newcastle West station last evening. After a lengthy discussion it was resolved to take sleps with a view to thes ...

    Article : 156 words
  24. AUSTRALIAN PARLIAMENTS,

    In reply to Mr. Browne in the Assembly Sir Hugh Nelson said that since June 30 278 Japanese males and 23 females had arrived in Queensland During the same period 83 males ...

    Article : 279 words
  25. THE TURKISH NAVY.

    Five Turkish warships are to be modernised at the yard of Herr Krupp, at Essen, Prussia. ...

    Article : 26 words
  26. AUSTRALIAN CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP.

    {No abstract available} [ILLUSTRATED]

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 683 words
  27. ANTWERP WOOL SALES.

    The Antwerp wool sales will be held on the 16th and 17th instant. The catalogue will comprise 1400 bales. No Australian wools will be included. ...

    Article : 33 words
  28. PROPOSED MUNICIPAL ASSOCIATION.

    Another conference of representatives of the municipal councils of the northern district was held in the Hamilton council-chambers to-night for the purpose of considering the advisability of forming as ...

    Article : 157 words
  29. THE GOVERNORSHIP OF CRETE.

    The Greek newspapers charge the German Emperor with attempting to secure the selection of his brother-in-law, Prince Adolf of Schaumberg-Lippo, for the ...

    Article : 34 words
  30. QUEENSLAND.

    An adjournment was asked to day of the Bundaberg railway arbitration case to allow the Commissioner for Railways to engage counsel. In the Intercolonial Parliamentary Rifle Match ...

    Article : 188 words
  31. LABOUR TROUBLES IN ENGLAND.

    The " Daily Chronicle " states that the Amalgamated Society of Engineers has joined the Federated Engineering Trades. ...

    Article : 25 words
  32. THE SCHOOL OF ARTS AND BILLIARDS.

    A special meeting of the committee of the Newcastle School of Arts was held at the institution tonight for the purpose of considering the threatened action of the ex-president (Mr. H. J. Brown), who ...

    Article : 667 words
  33. SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    In the Assembly the Gaming Bill was further onsidered in committee. On the clause which exempted totes from the operation of the bill, Mr. Solomon moved an amendment requiring racing ...

    Article : 120 words
  34. A DUEL AVERTED.

    A duel which had been arranged to take place between Sir Robert Peel and the Duke of Cirella, a Neapolitan, has been declared off, Sir Robert Peel having ...

    Article : 55 words
  35. SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    At the Intercolonial Parliamentary rifle match the South Australian team made the following scores:—Mr. Castine, 94; Mr. O'Loughlin, 93; Mr. Addison, 82; Mr. Batchelor, 80; Mr. ...

    Article : 47 words
  36. LIVERPOOL AUTUMN CUP.

    "Mr. Jersey's" Australian-bred horse Morman, by Grand Flaneur from Seaweed, is regarded as a doubtful starter for the Liverpool Autumn Cup, and ...

    Article : 48 words
  37. WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

    The Assembly had a late sitting yesterday Bills dealing with public works, the management of opened railways, the issue of local inscribed stock, amendment laws relating to municipalities, ...

    Article : 92 words
  38. MAINTENANCE OF THE MAIN WESTERN ROAD.

    Last night a pulbic meeting took place in St. Thomas' School-hall, Balmain, for the purpose of considering the attitude of the Government with regard to the maintenance of ...

    Article : 477 words
  39. WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

    Telegrams received by the Water Supply Department state that artesian water has been struck in the Ashburton district at a depth of 1020ft. A supply has also been struck at Wyndham, in ...

    Article : 205 words
  40. THE R.M.S. AUSTRALIA AT ALBANY.

    The R.M.S. Australia, I. Reeves commander, arrived from Colombo at 7 a.m. The following are the passengers in the saloon:— For Albany Mr. and Mrs. Campbell and ...

    Article : 256 words
  41. THE ENGLISH CRICKETERS.

    The " Standard," in commenting on the result of the cricket match between Stoddart's Eleven and Victoria, says that the chief credit for ...

    Article : 56 words
  42. A NEW P. AND O. STEAMER.

    The P.and O.Company's new steamship Arabia was successfully launched at Greenock, on the Clyde, yesterday. The Arabia is one of the four magnificent ...

    Article : 108 words
  43. COLLISION ON THE HUNTER.

    Mr. Thomas Brooks, Lloyd's surveyor for the port of Newcastle, accompanied by Captain Witherspoon, returned this afternoon from Morpeth, where they made a survey of the steam launch, Naiad ...

    Article : 118 words
  44. TASMANIA.

    The weather to-day was oppressively hot. Rain ia now threatening. The ship Phos has entered out with 850,000ft. of timber for Natal, the largest consignment in ...

    Article : 72 words
  45. QUEENSLAND NEWSPAPER RATES.

    The Sydney Mail will be despatched from the Sydney Mail Office each week regularly for the sum of £1 7s 2d per annum prepaid, £1 8s 2d booked. The Sydney Mail is acknowledged the best weekly illustrated newspaper in ...

    Article : 53 words
  46. RAILWAY TIME-TABLE.

    The time of transit will seem shortened provided the supply of Ogden's Guinee Gold Cigarettes does not run short,—Advt. ...

    Article : 24 words
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