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  2. THE TEMPERANCE MISSION.

    The Rev. L M. Isitt, a well-known temperance advocate, arrived in Sydney on Saturday from New Zealand, where he is associated with the Methodist Church, in response to an invitation from workers in ...

    Article : 88 words
  3. COUNTRY NEWS.

    Cardinal Moran and the Catholic bishops now at Orange visited Lucknow to-day, and were shown over the Wentworth Proprietary's mines by Mr. A. R. Canning. They were taken down to the ...

    Article : 253 words
  4. VICTORIA.

    During Friday night two miners, named William Taylor and William John Chappell, were suffocated by poisonous gas in the South Star Company's mine at Sebastopol, Ballarat. The ...

    Article : 371 words
  5. SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    The R.M.S. Victoria arrived from London at half-past 7 this evening, but the health officer did not board the vessel, on account of her having come from ...

    Article : 70 words
  6. THE PARIS DISASTER.

    The Paris newspapers are full of charges of cowardice and inhumanity preferred against the male portion of the assemblage at the charity fete in Paris, ...

    Article : 124 words
  7. WAR IN EUROPE.

    The Turkish Squadron has captured 11 Greek vessels, and has taken them into the Straits of the Dardanelles. ...

    Article : 50 words
  8. SPECIAL CABLES.

    The select committee of the House of Commons appointed to inquire into the origin and circumstances of the incursion into the South African Republic of an ...

    Article : 115 words
  9. AN INTERESTING INTERVIEW.

    Speaking to a Herald reporter on Saturday the Rev. L. M. Isitt gave a number of particulars concerning his present mission and his work in other parts of the world. ...

    Article : 786 words
  10. ANOTHER SHOCK OF EARTHQUAKE.

    A telegram from Kingston says that another severe earthquake shock was experienced there at 2 o'clock on Saturday morning. Since then occasional tremors, gradually diminishing ...

    Article : 63 words
  11. NEW ZEALAND.

    The various labour bodies in the colony are considering the advisability of guaranteeing 1s per head per year towards retaining the services of Mr. Ben Tillett as labour organiser in New ...

    Article : 39 words
  12. A REPORTED GREEK SUCCESS.

    It is reported from Athens that the Greeks have captured Nicopolis on the coast of Epirus. ...

    Article : 25 words
  13. WELCOMING A CLERGYMAN.

    Last evening the new incumbent of St. Nicholas' Church, Canon Kingsmill, was entertained by the parishioners at a welcome social. An address was read, in which the hope was expressed that the ...

    Article : 211 words
  14. THE DIAMOND JUBILEE CELEBRATIONS.

    Mr. A. J. Balfour, First Lord of the Treasury, has stated in reply to a question asked in the House of Commons that the Sultan of Turkey is sending a special ...

    Article : 61 words
  15. ADDRESS AT THE PROTESTANT HALL.

    A meeting was held in the Protestant Hull yesterday afternoon. It was presided over by the Rev. F. B. Boyce. and there was a fair attendance. The chair, conducted by Mr. Edwin Lane, was present ...

    Article : 653 words
  16. THE CONGO FREE STATE.

    Missionaries in the Congo Free State have testified to the cruel treatment of the natives. They declare that the rubber trade is ...

    Article : 46 words
  17. GREEK ATTACK ON PREVESA.

    The town of Prevesa, situated at the entrance to the Gulf of Arta, is being attacked by the Greeks by land and sea. May 16, 6.45 a.m. ...

    Article : 71 words
  18. DEATH OF SIR W. J. CLARKE.

    Few more painful occurrences have happened in the pnblic life of Victoria than the fearfully sudden death on Saturday morning of Sir Wm. John Clarke, Bart., who for so many ...

    Article : 645 words
  19. BANQUETS TO THE COLONIAL PREMIERS.

    Mr. Chamberlain, Secretary of State for the Colonies, will give a banquet on 30th June in honour of the colonial Premiers who are on their way to London to take ...

    Article : 64 words
  20. FATAL CYCLING ACCIDENT.

    During a bicycle race from Melbourne to Werribce yesterday afternoon, a competitor named William Sheppard was thrown heavily against the wall of a stone bridge at ...

    Article : 97 words
  21. THE PRUSSIAN DIET.

    Prince Hohenlohe, the German Imperial Chancellor, has introduced into the Prussian Diet a law limiting the right of public meeting. ...

    Article : 47 words
  22. HIGH PRICES AT BROKEN HILL.

    The weather continues hot, dry, and unseasonable, The prolonged drought is having a marked effect on the prices of provisions. In ordinary times chaff sells at £5 per ton, aud bran from 1s 2d to 1s 3d per ...

    Article : 100 words
  23. THE IRISH LAND QUESTION.

    The Government has decided to appoint a Royal Commission to inquire into and report upon the methods of fixing the rents of Irish holdings. ...

    Article : 62 words
  24. DEPUTATION TO THE ACTING PREMIER.

    A deputation comprising Mr. J. Gillies, M.L.A., Alderman Crothers, Mayor of West Maitland, Alderman Waller, Mayor of East Maitland, Aldermen Ross, Nicholson, Taylor, and Ribee, Messrs. J. D. ...

    Article : 333 words
  25. FIRE ON BOARD THE BULIMBA.

    The Bulimba arrived this afternoon from Western Australian ports, via Adelaide. The captain reported that at a late hour last night a fire was discovered in the old mail room, situate ...

    Article : 101 words
  26. SCENE AT A FOOTBALL MATCH.

    The senior football match, Victorians versus South Broken Hill clubs, yesterday, ended in a fracas. Before the first half had concluded the South players' barrackers begin disputing the fairness of the ...

    Article : 1,250 words
  27. RAILWAY DISASTER IN RUSSIA.

    A terrible railway disaster has occurred at Rockenhaf, in Russia. A train was derailed and wrecked. One hundred soldiers were killed and 60 ...

    Article : 38 words
  28. THE REV. DR. BEVAN.

    The Rev. Dr. Bevan, of the Collins-street Independent Church, Melbourne, who is visiting England, has been appointed preacher for the Mansfield ...

    Article : 48 words
  29. MANUFACTURE OF CORDITE.

    Following upon the offer of the Nobel Explosives Company, the Colonial Ammunition Company, which has a factory at Braybrook for the manufacture of Martini-Henry cartridges, has ...

    Article : 63 words
  30. THE WESTERN AUSTRALIAN LOAN.

    Tenders for the 3 per cent. Western Australian Government loan of £1,000,000 were opened at noon to-day. The total amount tendered for was ...

    Article : 71 words
  31. WELCOME MEETING IN THE CENTENARY HALL.

    What was termed a "welcome meeting" was held in the Centenary Hall on Saturday evening. The arrangements were made by the committee of the mission to be conducted by the Rev. L. M. Isitt, and ...

    Article : 1,583 words
  32. QUEENSLAND.

    Through the misinterpretation of a telegram from Mr. Gordon, Chief Inspector of Stock, to Mr. Archer, a squatter ot Rockhampton, Mr. Pound's experiments in inoculation were described a few ...

    Article : 478 words
  33. RESUMING WORK IN ABANDONED MINES.

    Overtures have been made to the Mines Department by a representative of an English syndicate to take up the leases of a number of old mines in various parts of the colony where ...

    Article : 253 words
  34. THE WEATHER.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 110 words
  35. KEMPTON PARK MAY MEETING.

    At the Kempton Park May Meeting yesterday the race for the principal event resulted as under:— KEMPTON PARK GREAT "JUBILEE" STAKES, a ...

    Article : 404 words
  36. MRS. LANGTRY.

    Mrs. Langtry, the well-known society actress, has obtained in California a divorce from her husband on the ground of desertion and neglect of maintenance. ...

    Article : 34 words
  37. THE DROUGHT IN THE COUNTRY.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 433 words
  38. THE P. AND O. COMPANY.

    The Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company has declared a dividend at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum on the preferred shares and 7 per ...

    Article : 48 words
  39. SUCCESS: WHAT IT IS AND HOW TO ATTAIN IT.

    The Young Men's Christian Association was crowded to its utmost capacity last evening, when Mr. A. Towers, president of the Rev. Dr. Clifford's Young Men's Society in London, delivered a highly ...

    Article : 601 words
  40. DEATH OF MR. CHARLES RYLEY.

    The death is announced of Mr. Charles Ryley, the well-known baritone, formerly of Messrs. Williamson and Musgrove's company. ...

    Article : 274 words
  41. SHIPPING CASUALTY AT THURSDAY ISLAND.

    The steamer Duke of Devonshire, which arrived here yesterday from London, on resuming the voyage struck an unknown obstacle in the harbour and almost immediately filled, but was ...

    Article : 249 words
  42. WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

    A deputation of ladies, led by Lady Onslow, waited on the Commisioner for Lands yesterday to ask for a grant of a block of lan 1 for the Home for Incurables. The Minister promised to look ...

    Article : 45 words
  43. LONDON WOOL SALES.

    At the wool sales prices are hardening. The bulk of the wool offering is being taken by Yorkshire houses. The series will close on 24th May. ...

    Article : 160 words
  44. PASTORAL INTELLIGENCE.

    The following are the latest stock passings:—267[?] wethers, Pilliga to Guyra, D. Turner owner: 1280 ewes and 120 lambs, Collymongle to Narrabri, and thence by rail to Sydney; 300 ewes, Yarrawa to ...

    Article : 79 words
  45. THE SHIP CORBETT CASTLE ASHORE.

    About 10.30 yesterday morning the ship Corbett Castle anchored about a mile and a half from Bunbury, but subsequently broke from her moorings and went ashore. The captain ...

    Article : 159 words
  46. IRRIGATION IN THE RIVERINA.

    Colonel Home, irrigation expert, and Mr. H. J. M'Kinney, engineer of the scheme for the irrigation of the Riverina prepared some years ago, reached Albury yesterday after completing an extended tour ...

    Article : 315 words
  47. DEATH OF MRS. STEVENSON.

    The death is announced of Mrs. Stevenson, the mother of the late Mr. R. L. Stevenson, the novelist. ...

    Article : 28 words
  48. SYDNEY THEOSOPHICAL SOCIETY.

    Miss Lilian Edger, M. A., general secretary of the New Zealand section of the Theosophical Society lectured at the hall of the above society, 42 Margaret-street, last evening, on the "Theosophic ...

    Article : 302 words
  49. CYCLING IN ENGLAND.

    W. Kerr, the amateur cycling champion of New South Wales, has begun his training for the approaching cycling carnivals in England and Scotland. ...

    Article : 36 words
  50. RIFLE SHOOTING

    The first series of junior shootings by the Mount Victoria C.R.C. and Reservists took place this afternoon for a silver medal, presented by Mr. J. E. Bashford, and money prizes. Conditions—7 shots ...

    Article : 154 words
  51. THE AUSTRALIAN FAIR.

    The interest in the grand Australian Fair is unabated. The past week has proved one of the best weeks yet seen at St. Mary's. The fact that some of the most valuable articles are disposed of each ...

    Article : 156 words
  52. AUSTRALIAN APPLES.

    A basket of the South Australian apples brought by the Austral has been sent to the Queen. Fisher and Co.'s Famous "Kola Nut Tonic."— ...

    Article : 48 words
  53. FISHER AND CO.'S FAMOUS "NATARA," for Coughs, Colds, aud Influenza.

    Cures the Throat, Cures the Chest, Cures the Head. One dose relieves, one bottle cures. Never fails. 1s 6d per bottle. All chemists and store-keepers, and at the Pharmacy, 337 George-street, ...

    Article : 49 words
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