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  2. COUNTRY NEWS. WORKMEN'S CLUB CASE.

    Another workmen's club case was heard at the local court to-day when Mary Jane Fatzens was charged with having sold liquor at the Illawarra Club, Wollongong, not being the holder of a license ...

    Article : 156 words
  3. THE STOCKTON COLLIERY DISASTER.

    A public meeting, the object of which was to raise funds in aid of the sufferers by the recent colliery accident at Stockton, was held last evening in the vestibule of the Town Hall. The chair was taken by the ...

    Article : 3,173 words
  4. INTERCOLONIAL CRICKET MATCH.

    The cricket match New South Wales versus South Australia could scarcely have reached a stage more calculated to attract a large crowd on an off day than it had after Saturday's play. Not only ...

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  5. NEW ZEALAND. A SHOCKING FATALITY.

    A shocking death occurred at Napier yesterday morning. Mr. Bright Cooper, a sheep-farmer, about 28 years of age, holding a very prominent position in athletic circles and exceedingly popular ...

    Article : 220 words
  6. SPECIAL CABLES. FROM THE HERALD'S LONDON CORRESPONDENTS. IHB SOUDAN EXPEDITION.

    Advices received from the Soudan state that the Khalifa has increased his forces at Omdurman. It is expected that the Dervishes will begin active operations to ...

    Article : 57 words
  7. THE CUBAN REBELLION. ATTITUDE OF THE UNITED STATES.

    The Spanish Government is hastening the completion of the warships which are in course of construction in the naval yards. The resolution passed by the Foreign ...

    Article : 265 words
  8. QUEENSLAND.

    An opinion has been given by the Attorney-General bearing on the collection of the succession duties in estates where the testators are domiciled in Queensland and leave property ...

    Article : 214 words
  9. THE LATE COLONEL STOKES.

    At the Newcastle Borough Council this evening the Mayor (Alderman T. Smith) presiding, on the motion of Alderman Asher, seconded by Alderman Kidd, it was unanimously resolved that a letter of condolence ...

    Article : 68 words
  10. THE ITALIANS IN AFRICA.

    The first batch of Italian prisoners taken by the Abyssinians has been sent to Ziela and released. The English went miles to meet the ...

    Article : 81 words
  11. DISTURBANCE AT WEST WYALONG.

    A disturbance approaching a riot occurred on Saturday. It was caused by a drunken fight. The police were rather loudly used. To-day two men implicated in the disturbance were dealt with by the ...

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  12. WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

    Sixty ¼-acre lots on the Boulder town site were sold to-day, and realised £5840. No settlement has taken place on the ground, which is badly situated in a low lying spot, a mile west of the ...

    Article : 135 words
  13. DROWNED WHILE BATHING.

    Mrs. Johnstone, a well-known resident of Port Waikato, while bathing in the river with her husband last night, was carried out of her depth and drowned. ...

    Article : 31 words
  14. FOOTBALL FATALITY.

    While playing at a football match at Daunevirko a Maori collided with another player and received concussion of the brain, dying an hour afterwards. ...

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  15. THE MAORI ELECTION.

    The election of four Maori members of Parliament resulted in the return of two supporters of the Government and two Oppositionists, namely: —Parala, for the Southern district, Hono Keko, ...

    Article : 53 words
  16. INTERNATIONAL DISARMAMENT.

    A motion has been submitted to the french Chamber of Deputies in favour of international disarmament. The Socialists supported the motion, ...

    Article : 59 words
  17. THE WEATHER. OUTLOOK FOR THE HOLIDAYS.

    Rain has again fallen on the northern highlands, the western slopes, and on the coast. The heaviest fall was at Cootamundra, where a thunderstorm yielded 2in. Morce and Inverell had three-quarters ...

    Article : 307 words
  18. THE QUEENSLAND CRICKETERS.

    The Queensland cricketers armed here last night in good condition. The match here begins to-morrow, and will extend over two days. ...

    Article : 28 words
  19. THE LAST LOAN.

    It is stated that the principal amount of the New Zealand Government loan was subscribed by the Bank of New Zealand and an Australian Bank, and that only £8000 was tendered for by ...

    Article : 58 words
  20. ANTARCTIC EXPLORATION.

    An Austro-German preliminary expedition will leave Melbourne next summer for the Antarctic. It is intended that the expedition shall winter at Victorialand, ...

    Article : 45 words
  21. THE DOCKERS' STRIKE IN GERMANY.

    The German newspapers contain comments on the statement of the Emperor William in expressing himself as being delighted at the action of the employers ...

    Article : 80 words
  22. TASMANIA.

    The Warships Katoomba and Ringdove arrived from Sydney. The R.M.S. Pakeha, from London, via the Cape, arrived this evening. ...

    Article : 27 words
  23. THE BRUSEWITZ INQUIRY.

    The Emperor William has decided to reopen the inquiry into the case of Lieutenant Brusewitz, who was recently, sentenced to be interned in a fortress for ...

    Article : 68 words
  24. A VIOLET STORM.

    An exceedingly heavy storm broke over Wellington on Sunday afternoon, many parts of the district being swamped. Hail fell very heavily, and the stone were of extraordinary size. The wind blew a ...

    Article : 659 words
  25. BALRANALD LAND BOARD.

    The land board sat to-day to consider the proposed surrender of lands at Cooma, Daan Baa, and Stonehenge in exchange for leasehold area lands at Yanga. Mr. Robertson appeared to object on behalf of the ...

    Article : 627 words
  26. THE RINDERPEST.

    Sir J. Gordon Sprigg, Premier of Cape Colony, states that the rinderpest has made no advance during the past two months, and it is now hoped that the colony will be ...

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  27. AMUSEMENTS. DEPARTING ARTISTS.

    The Monowai earned off two important theatrical companies yesterday, and as in addition such well-known people as Mr. W. R. Wilson, Mr. Elliot Meyer, and Miss Dora Mitchell (sister of Mme. ...

    Article : 332 words
  28. THE FREE CHURCH OF SCOTLAND.

    Professor Davidson, of New College, Edinburgh, who was recently elected Moderator of the Free Church of Scotland, has declined to undertake the ...

    Article : 41 words
  29. THE FAMINE IN INDIA.

    In consequence of the destitution of the people in some of the districts of India, owing to the failure of the crops, the Indian Government is spending £500,000 ...

    Article : 38 words
  30. TERRIBLE COLLIERY DISASTER.

    A terrible colliery disaster has occurred at Resieza, a coal-mining district in Hungary. An explosion of firedamp occurred in ...

    Article : 58 words
  31. ANARCHISTS IN SPAIN.

    Eight anarchists, who were arrested at Barcelona, have been condemned to death. ...

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  32. SUICIDE OF A RETURNED COLONIST.

    Mr. Edwin Izod, formerly of Coolgardic, has committed suicide at Brighton. ...

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  33. JUVENILE CONCERT.

    Maurice, Annette, and Marcelle Kellermann gave an invitation concert at the Y.M.C.A. Hall last night, in which they were assisted by a number of their youthful friends and by Mme. Charbonnet ...

    Article : 322 words
  34. A DISASTROUS EXPLOSION.

    A disastrous explosion has occurred at Cassano, in Italy. A bomb exploded in a chemist's shop, with the result that five persons were killed and six were injured. ...

    Article : 37 words
  35. PROPULSION OF VESSELS.

    Mr. Parson's turbine, a new contrivance for driving vessels, has been applied to a vessel at Newcastle-on-Tyne, with the result that a speed of 29 knots an hour was ...

    Article : 47 words
  36. THE WEST INDIAN SUGAR INDUSTRY.

    It was recently announced that Mr. Chamberlain, Secretary of State for the Colonies, had decided to appoint a commission to inqure into the critical position ...

    Article : 104 words
  37. MINING FATALITY.

    Full particulars of the accident at Murray's Democrat mine, Cowra Creck, reached here yesterday. It appears that four men named Stephen Quelli, Alick Peller, James Shepherd, and T. ...

    Article : 235 words
  38. VICTORIA. THE FEDERAL CONVENTION.

    Mr. G. H. Reid, Premier of New South Wales, telegraphed to-day to the Promier suggesting that the writs for the Federal Convention should be issued on 26th of next month, and that the ...

    Article : 156 words
  39. FIRE AT NARRANDERA.

    At an early hour this morning a fire broke out in a block of buildings in the main street. Sun Tun Shing and Co.'s general store, Adam Gouldstein's tailoring, tobacco, and hairdressing establishment, ...

    Article : 298 words
  40. RAILWAY AND TRAMWAY MUSICAL SOCIETY.

    The large hall of the Railway Institute was crowded last evening on the occasion of a Christmas concert given to the railway and tramway employees by the members of the Railway and Tramway ...

    Article : 331 words
  41. THE PEEL FAMILY HEIRLOOMS.

    Sir Robert Pool has been ordered to restore family plate and hoirlooms of the value of £3000 to tho Pool family. ...

    Article : 29 words
  42. THE PROROGATION.

    Parliament in to be prorogued on Thursday afternoon at 5 o'clock by his Excellency the Governor, who desires to perform the ceremony before leaving for New Zealand. ...

    Article : 32 words
  43. THE MOUNTED RIFLEMEN.

    Colonel Muckenzie, when interviewed by a Herald reporter yesterday, expressed warm approval of the projected trip of mounted riflemen to England. Altogether apart from the experience the men will ...

    Article : 242 words
  44. TO-DAY.

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  45. DEATH FROM BURNING.

    At the Kew Lunatic Asylum ou Saturday night, a patient named Lilian Morrison died from the effects of burns received through her bedding becoming alight. An inquiry will be held to ...

    Article : 115 words
  46. PASTORAL INTELLIGENCE.

    The latest stock passings are:—368 mixed fat sheep, from Springville to Maitland, J. V. Whiteman owner; 368 mixed fat sheep, from Springville to Sydney, J. V. Whiteman owner; 300 mixed fat ...

    Article : 60 words
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