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  2. THE CITY ORGANIST. EXPIRATION OF HIS FIRST TERM OF ENGAGEMENT.

    The term of office of the first city organist of Sydney expires next month, and the question of continuing the office by reappointment or otherwise is now before the Municipal Council. The ...

    Article : 646 words
  3. SECOND EDITION.

    At the examination of directors and officials of the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company to-day, Mr. Henry M. Paul, general manager of the ...

    Article : 75 words
  4. VICTORIA. [BY TELEGRAPH.] (FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT.) THE LIBEL ACTION, SPEIGHT V. SYME.

    The application of the plaintiff in the libel action, Speight v. Syme, for a writ of attachment against J. W. Packer, publisher of the Age newspaper, for the publication in the issue of Saturday ...

    Article : 87 words
  5. SPECIAL CABLES.

    The East London Water Supply Bill has been read the socond time in the House of Commons by a majority of one. The Government opposed the bill. ...

    Article : 147 words
  6. SPECIAL CABLES.

    Sir Saul Samuel, Agent-General for New South Wales, is making inquiries of the Paraguayan Consul in London as to the condition of the Australian ...

    Article : 111 words
  7. SPECIAL CABLES.

    In consequence of a serious outbreak amongst strikers at the coke works in Pennsylvania, U.S., the Sheriff's forces were called upon to suppress the riot. ...

    Article : 139 words
  8. The Sydney Morning Herald.

    YESTERDAY the Railway Commissioners issued a circular to the officers of the department notifying that, in consequence of the shrinkage in the traffic, they will be compelled to make a 10 per cent. ...

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  9. THE FEDERAL BANK.

    The application made last year for the removal of Mr. A. Priestley from the office of liquidator of the Federal Bank was again brought before Mr. Justice Holroyd in the Supreme Court to-day. ...

    Article : 187 words
  10. THE WYALONG RUSH.

    Reports from Wyalong state that one man has discovered alluvial eight or nine miles from the main camp, and that some dirt has been washed with very good prospects. Another, a veteran miner, ...

    Article : 169 words
  11. THE COSTA RICA PACKET CASE.

    The Earl of Jersey intends to raise the question of the action of the Netherlands Government with regard to the Costa Rica Packet case in the House of Lords. ...

    Article : 37 words
  12. PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION.

    A bye-election for the representation of Mid-Lanarkshire in the House of Commons took place yesterday. Mr. Caldwell (Liberal) was returned by a ...

    Article : 51 words
  13. THE INTERCOLONIAL MARINE CONFERENCE.

    Captain Fullarton, President of the Marine Board, has been appointed one of the representatives of Victoria at the intercolonial conference on marine matters, to be held at Hobart this month. ...

    Article : 37 words
  14. THE WAR IN BRAZIL.

    Owing to the insanitary condition of the Portuguese warships, the Government of the Argentine Republic insists that the Brazilian insurgents who have taken ...

    Article : 53 words
  15. SIR THOMAS M'ILWRAITH IN LONDON.

    Sir Thomas M'Ilwraith last night addressed a meeting of the Colonial Party in the House of Commons. He said that New Guinea was undoubtedly the best ...

    Article : 95 words
  16. TO THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD.

    Sir,—From what I can gather from private advices and newspaper reports, there are a large number of men upon this field ready to go to work if they could only get some indication of the lay of the reefs. I ...

    Article : 147 words
  17. COOL STORAGE ACCOMMODATION AT PORT MELBOURNE.

    As the Government has decided to erect cool storage accommodation at Port Melbourne, in connection with the frozen meat export trade, the Minister for Public Works has telegraphed to Mr. ...

    Article : 90 words
  18. GAMBLING IN THE GERMAN ARMY.

    Fifteen officers of the German army have been dismissed for gambling. ...

    Article : 22 words
  19. THE BEHRING SEA FISHERIES.

    The United States House of Representatives has passed the Behring Sea Fisheries Award. A similar measure has been read the second time in the House of ...

    Article : 35 words
  20. THE WAR IN SAMOA.

    Miss Ide, the daughter of the Chief Justice of Samoa, who arrived here by the s s. Alameda, was interviewed by a representative of this journal last evening in regard to the war in Samoa, an article ...

    Article : 743 words
  21. THE LIBERATOR BUILDING SOCIETY FRAUDS.

    The English press in the Argentine Republic is opposed to the extradition of Jabez Spencer Balfour, the defaulting director of the Liberator Building Society, ...

    Article : 44 words
  22. FROZEN MEAT FREIGHTS.

    A meeting of provisional directors of the Riverina Frozen Meat Company, with the heads of the principal pastoral companies in Melbourne, was held this afternoon to confer with Mr. W. ...

    Article : 97 words
  23. THE POSITION REGARDED AS PRACTICALLY PERMANENT.

    The Major (Sir W. P. Manning), upon being seen by a representative of this journal, said that Mr. Wiegand's term of office had been both a financial and musical success. His three years' appointment ...

    Article : 178 words
  24. THE OKLAHOMA INDIANS.

    A fierce conflict has taken place at Oklahoma, in Indian territory, U.S.A., between the Indians and cowboys. Many were killed on either side. ...

    Article : 34 words
  25. LAND-GRANT RAILWAYS IN QUEENSLAND.

    There is at present no indication that Sir Thomas M'Ilwraith has achieved any success with regard to the construction of land-grant railways in Queensland. The ...

    Article : 79 words
  26. DIAMOND-MINING AT BINGARA.

    Mr. Glenny, who has been entrusted with the flotation of Captain Adams's Monte Christo diamond mine at Bingara, New South Wales, returns to the colonies ...

    Article : 77 words
  27. DETENTION OF ENGLISH MAILS.

    At a meeting of the council of the Melbourne Chamber of Commerce this afternoon the detention in Adelaide of English mails was discussed. It was pointed out that the delay on the late ...

    Article : 247 words
  28. MR. GLADSTONE.

    The operation which Mr. Gladstone is to undergo for the removal of cataract in both eyes will be performed in June. ...

    Article : 31 words
  29. MR. WIEGAND A FINANCIAL SUCCESS.

    The town clerk (Mr. H. J. Daniels) says that the success of the performance has been beyond expectations. The city organist had given nearly 300 recitals, and the total receipts were about £8000. ...

    Article : 184 words
  30. THE PACIFIC CABLE AND MAIL LINE.

    Sir John Colomb, the well-known writer and lecturer on Imperial federation, has written a letter to the Times in which he states that if Imperial subsidies be granted ...

    Article : 99 words
  31. NEW ZEALAND MUTTON.

    The captain of Shaw, Savill, and Albion Company's ship Wellington, which put into Rio de Janeiro in a damaged condition through having come into ...

    Article : 56 words
  32. BROKEN HILL PROPRIETARY SHARES.

    Broken Hill Proprietary shares are quoted at £2 7s 6d. ...

    Article : 18 words
  33. QUEENSLAND. [BY TELEGRAPH.] (FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT.) SEVERE HURRICANE AT COOKTOWN.

    A severe hurricane was experienced at Cooktown to-day. Some damage was done to buildings. Very heavy weather is prevailing all along the northern coast. ...

    Article : 40 words
  34. THE ONLY CITY THAT TURNS THE LOCK AGAINST ALL COMERS.

    Mr. J. Edward Sykes, when asked to pronounce upon the measure of success which had attended Mr. Wiegand's tenure of office, declined to discuss the style and method of a brother artist whom he held in ...

    Article : 433 words
  35. N.Z. LOAN AND MERCANTILE AGENCY COMPANY.

    At the public examination of the directors of the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Limited, to-day, Mr. Larkworthy, continuing his evidence, ...

    Article : 261 words
  36. THE STOCK TAX.

    The Secretary for Trade and Customs has obtained the opinions of the leading stock and station agents of the colony on the mode of collecting the stock tax. With one exception they ...

    Article : 120 words
  37. THE WEATHER FORECAST.

    Mr. Wragge's forecast for New South Wales is mostly fair or fine, except on the northeastern coast parts, where fresh to strong winds from between south, south-east, and ...

    Article : 209 words
  38. MR. JAMES INGLIS IN LONDON.

    Mr. James Inglis, M.L.A., of Sydney, who is on a visit to London, will read a paper before the London Chamber of Commerce in May upon the trade prospects of ...

    Article : 40 words
  39. THE ARDLAMONT TRAGEDY.

    The missing man "Scott," who was alleged to have been present when Lieutenant Windsor Hambrough was shot in Ardlamont grounds, Scotland, has ...

    Article : 50 words
  40. THE RIVERINA FROZEN MEAT COMPANY.

    Mr. John Cook, of the Australian Mortgage Land and Finance Company, speaking of the Riverina Frozen Meat Company, says that there is not a single outsider in the company, which is ...

    Article : 70 words
  41. THE GOULBURN SYNOD.

    At the synod to-day, an ordinance providing for the election of a diocesan council, to assist the Bishop in secular matters, was carried through all its stages. The consideration of the Cathedral Ordinance was ...

    Article : 56 words
  42. TO-DAY.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 254 words
  43. THE PROBATE DUTY.

    Mr. Justice A'Beckett gave judgment to-day in the case of James Richmond and Charles E. Gates (executors of the late S. Halliday) v. the Queen. Halliday, who was a resident of New ...

    Article : 345 words
  44. AN OCCASIONAL CHANGE WOULD BE A SUCCESS.

    Mr. Hector Maclean, organist of St. James' Church, was referred to on the question "Yes," he remarked. "I think the City Council particularly fortunate in having such an artist as Mr. Wiegand, ...

    Article : 343 words
  45. THE FRENCH ANARCHISTS.

    The anarchist Meunier, who has been arrested in London for complicity in the dynamite explosion at the Very Restaurant in Paris in 1892, was apprehended ...

    Article : 56 words
  46. SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    The Minister of Education, replying to a deputation, promised that he would see the law strictly administered as to the introduction of vines and fruit trees into the colony, and thus prevent ...

    Article : 142 words
  47. DISTRESS AT KATOOMBA SOUTH.

    A meeting, convened by the Mayor, was held in the Council-chambers to-night to consider what steps should be taken to relieve the distress existing at Katoomba South. The Mayor was unavoidably ...

    Article : 137 words
  48. THE BOMB OUTRAGE IN PARIS.

    According to further particulars from Paris in reference to the bomb outrage perpetrated last evening at the Cafe Foyot, it is believed that the bomb was ...

    Article : 93 words
  49. TASMANIA.

    Over 300 unemployed at Hobart have interviewed the members of Parliament with a view to obtaining employment on the North-eastern tinfield. The men expressed their willingness to ...

    Article : 123 words
  50. FORE ON A GOVERNMENT DREDGE.

    A disastrous conflagration broke out on the Government dredge Hunter soon after 9 o'clock tonight, resulting in the destruction of the decks and all the woodwork and serious injury to the ...

    Article : 189 words
  51. BANK OF AUSTRALASIA.

    At a meeting of shareholders of the Bank of Australasia to-day, the chairman of the board of directors stated that the bank had more money than it could ...

    Article : 80 words
  52. NEW ZEALAND.

    A petition from the London debenture-holders of the Oamaru Harbour Board loan, asking that a receiver should be appointed to receive the rents, rates, dues, and tolls of the board, was brought ...

    Article : 78 words
  53. MONOPOLY PREVENTS INSTRUCTIVE VISITORS.

    Mr. Montague Younger, organist at St. Andrew's Cathedral, in conversation with a reporter, said it was impossible to tell whether the organ recitals had helped to elevate the musical taste of the people, ...

    Article : 174 words
  54. TIN MINING.

    The prospectus of the Lion's Den Tinmining Company, with a capital of £100,000, has been issued. ...

    Article : 22 words
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