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  2. THE WEATHER. THE RECENT EXCESSIVE HEAT IN THE COUNTRY.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 410 words
  3. COUNTRY NEWS. (FROM OUR CORRESPONDENTS.) ALLEGED EVASION OF THE POLL TAX.

    A Chinaman named Ah Why was prosecuted to day, at the local police court, on a charge of having entered the colony without paying the poll tax. Evidence for the defence showed that the ...

    Article : 184 words
  4. VICTORIA. [BY TELEGRAPH.] (FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT.) CHARGE OF EMPEZZLEMENT.

    At the City Police Court to-day Willitam C. Miller, late tellor of the Bourke-street branch of the Commercial Bank, was charged with embezzling £30 on 28th November and £27 the ...

    Article : 89 words
  5. THE TRANSVAAL CRISIS. ACTION BY THE NATIONAL UNION.

    The National Union at Johannesburg, on 31st December telegraphed to Sir Hercules Robinson that large numbers of Boers were assembling to attack ...

    Article : 566 words
  6. SPECIAL CABLES.

    President Cleveland has declined to accept the terms offered by tho syndicate of which Mr. Pierpont Morgan, of the banking firm of Drexel, Morgan, and Co,, ...

    Article : 120 words
  7. The Sydney Morning Herald.

    The National Union at Johannesburg on 31st December telegraphed to Sir Hercules Robinson thatlarge numbers of Boers were assembling to attack Johannesburg. ...

    Article : 6,980 words
  8. CHARGE OF SHOOTING WITH INTENT.

    At the Bairnsdnlol Police Court to-day Michael Kirwan was charged with feloniously shooting with intent Michael Reardon, on the 30th ultimo, at Wyung. Mrs. Kirwan, ...

    Article : 149 words
  9. NEWCASTLE HOSPITAL.

    The quarterly meeting of the general committee of the Newcastle Hospital was held this evening. There was a good attendance, and the chair was taken by Mr. C. H. Hannell, president of the ...

    Article : 162 words
  10. THE ASHANTEE CAMPAIGN.

    The British expedition to Coomassie under the command. of Sir Francis. Scott has crossed the Prah River, and has arrived within a short distance of the capital. ...

    Article : 50 words
  11. ANNUAL RETURNS OF INSOLVENCIES.

    The annual returns of insolvencies and compositions with creditors for the year 1895 have been prepared by the officers of the Insolvency Court. The estates seqneatrated during the year ...

    Article : 287 words
  12. THE GERMAN EMPEROR.

    The Vossiche Zeitung, a Berlin daily paper, announces that the Emperor William lately protested against the long skating excursions of Princess Frederick ...

    Article : 71 words
  13. THE SOUTHERN COAL TRADE.

    The Southern coal trade continnes fairly active. The Metropolitan, Bulli, South Bulli, Corrimal, and Mount Kembla mines are amongst those most busy. ...

    Article : 78 words
  14. (FROM OUR CORRESPONDENTS.) DISASTROUS BUSH FIRES.

    The bush fires have proved most disastrous. Dwellings, stock, and dairies have been burnt. Sensational escapes from death occurred to many people. Several famihies took refugo in the ...

    Article : 183 words
  15. NARROW ESCAPE FROM DROWNING.

    Yesterday afternoon a bttle girl, daughter of Mr. Collings, of the Warwick Farm Hotel, while playing on a plank which projects over the fresh water of George's River, near the Holdsworthy Bridge, ...

    Article : 1,903 words
  16. THE PORTUGUESE IN SOUTHEAST AFRICA.

    The Portuguese in South-east Africa have captured the robel chief, Gungunhana, and his wires, and are sending them to Lisbon. ...

    Article : 35 words
  17. SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    Before Garrett left for Sydney this afternoon he and Giffen agreed that the following players should be selected definitely as members of the Australian Eleven to ...

    Article : 116 words
  18. SELECTORS BURNT OUT.

    The weather to-day has been quite hot again, and 98 degrees were registered in the shade. Bush fires are spreading and neanng the town Several selectors have been burnt out. and in one ...

    Article : 1,884 words
  19. THE NEW SOUTH WALES TARIFF.

    British merchants are uncertain as to the exact position of the New South Wales tariff since the removal of the Dibbs duties, and are anxiously awaiting details ...

    Article : 40 words
  20. THE RAILWAY DISASTER IN SOUTH AFRICA.

    Further details hare been received of the shocking railway disaster to the mail train running between Johannesburg and Durban, South Africa, which was ...

    Article : 70 words
  21. NEW ZEALAND.

    The magisterial inquiry into the stranding of the rifeshire on 8th December was eoncluded today. The Court thought that Captain Wilson committed a grave error of judgment in standing ...

    Article : 114 words
  22. THE AGENCY-GENERAL OF NEW ZEALAND.

    Sir Westby Perceval, Agent-General for Now Zealand, will await the arrival in London of the Hon. W. P. Reeves, Ministor of Labour and Education in the ...

    Article : 45 words
  23. PASTORAL INTELLIGENCE.

    Stock passings:—332 store bullocks, by road, from Pikedale Queensland, to Rookwood, near Uralla, C. F. White ownor; 122 fat bullocks, by tram, from Mount Cornish, Queensland, to ...

    Article : 242 words
  24. WESTERN AUSTRALIAN GOLDFIELDS.

    Samples from the quicksilver find, tried by a reliable assurer, yielded 18gr. to the 1b. of stone. This is more than pnyable, and is regarded as highly satisfactory. The lode is 28ft. thick, and ...

    Article : 145 words
  25. ATTEMPTED ESCAPES OF PRISONERS.

    Daring the proceedings yesterday in the Glebe Police Court a scene occurred. A middle-aged man appeared in the dock on three charges of assault. It was alleged that the accused went to a home ...

    Article : 374 words
  26. QUEENSLAND.

    The gold returas of Queensland for 1895 show the output to be 626,290oz., as against 679,511oz. fo. 1894, or a decrease of 52,212oz. Several returns have yet to come in. ...

    Article : 81 words
  27. RESIGNATION OF MR. RHODES.

    Mr. Cocil Rhodos has resigned the Premiership of Cape Colony. He will be succeeded by the Hon Sir [?]Gordon-Sprigg, who was Treasurer in ...

    Article : 33 words
  28. TASMANIA. [BY TELEGRAPH.] (FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT.) OPENING OF PARLIAMENT.

    The Governor opened Parliament this afternoon with the usual ceremony for a brief session to cnnble Tasmania to take part in framing an acceptance and enaetment of n Federal Constitution for ...

    Article : 146 words
  29. WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

    The extension of the exemption conditions on the goldfields ia much criticised. Mr. Wittenoon's reply is that the diffleulty in obtaining labour and the scarcity of water are' his [?]reasons for ...

    Article : 242 words
  30. DAPTO AGRICULTURAL SHOW.

    Delightful weather superseded the intense beat of yesterday, and the weather this morning was all that could be desired by visitors to the show, who numbered fully 1000. The exhibits in all sections ...

    Article : 305 words
  31. SYRIAN AND INDIAN HAWKERS.

    There was again a large attendance of Indian and Syrian hawkers yesterday in the precincts of the Redfern Police Court. 167 of their number had made application for a hawker's license for the ...

    Article : 304 words
  32. TO-DAY.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 180 words
  33. CYCLING.

    To the many cyclists who are in the habit of taking short tours into the country on Saturdays and Sundays reports about the state of the roads are of constant interest. The route may be perfectly ...

    Article : 201 words
  34. ARRIVAI OF THE FLEET.

    The fleet has arrived in Norfolk Bay, and the manœuvres will commence to-morrow. The Rapid came up the river to Hobart to land a seaman for transference to the hospital, he having fallen from ...

    Article : 51 words
  35. POPULATION OF THE COLONY.

    The population returns for the year just closed give the total population of the colony at 157,456, being an increase of 1478 during the year. ...

    Article : 31 words
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  37. Advertising

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