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  2. NEWTOWN POST-OFFICE.

    Yesterday the Excellency the Governor formally opened the new Post and Telegraph Office at Newtown. A great concourse of people assembled to witness the ceremony and in vicinity of the Town ...

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  3. REVIEWS.

    Lovera of travels found a rare treat in the two earlier volumes of Miss North's "Recollections," and will welcome another instalment. It may have been wise to keep ...

    Article : 405 words
  4. EXTENSION OF MARKET-STEEET.

    Sir,—As this matter appears to be seriously discussed, I desire to advance the following additional reasons for carrying out this scheme:—That with the erection of the new City Markets a ...

    Article : 815 words
  5. LAND TAXATION.

    Sirm—What nonsense it is for anyone to talk, as Mr. Wise and your correspondent "J.A.H." do, of prosperity being retarded by the locking up from settlement of a few large estates! As if there ...

    Article : 235 words
  6. AMUSEMENTS.

    Mr. Alfred Dampier appeared at the Theatre Royal last night in "A Convict Martyr," playing one of his best parts as Jean Valjean, the hero of Victor Hugo's great romance "Les Miserables." Mr. ...

    Article : 877 words
  7. MUNICIPAL COUNCILS.

    A meeting of the Parramatta Council was held last evening. When the minutes were read, Alderman Thorpe protested against them being confirmed, as they were recorded while an alderman ...

    Article : 406 words
  8. DIOCESAN SYNOD.

    The sitting of the Diocesan Synod was continued at the Chapter House, Bathurst-street, last evening under the presidency of the Primate. ORDINANCES OF THE SYNOD. ...

    Article : 856 words
  9. TO THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD.

    Sir,—Your correspondent "M. A. C." is right when he says a tax on land values, besides being a prolitic source of revenue to the country, would open up unlimited avenues of employment to labour; but ...

    Article : 395 words
  10. AUBURN.

    A meeting of the above council was held on the 14th August, Present—the Major (Alderman J. D. Ritchie), with Aldermen Roper, Blacket, Dyer, Taylor, Myers, Wright, Ewart, and Horibut. ...

    Article : 113 words
  11. History of Federal Government in Greece and Italy. By EDWAED A. FREEMAN. Edited by J. B. Bury, M.A. Macmillan, 1893.

    This reprint of the late Professor Freeman's well-known work publishes for the first time a new chapter on Italy and a new fragment on Germany, discovered among his papers. Soon ...

    Article : 173 words
  12. WOOLLAHRA.

    A meeting of the Woollahra Council was held on the 14th instant. Present—The Mayor (Alderman Thomas Magney) and Alderman John Williamson, W. J. Trickett, E. W. Knox, Kelly, G. Dyson, E. ...

    Article : 652 words
  13. LAND TAXATION v. LAND NATIONALISATION.

    Sir,—Had I known that the letter from the Secretary "Freetrade and Land Reform" (?)Committee was to appear in the same issue, my letter would have been unnecessary. Mr. Harding proves ...

    Article : 631 words
  14. RENTS AND TRAVELLING FARES.

    Sir,—As retrenchment seems to be rampant at present please allow me space to call attention to an oversight in that direction. As far as I am able to judge, very few, if any, attempts are being made on ...

    Article : 510 words
  15. Children of the Ghetto, a Study of a Peculiar People. By. J. ZANGWILL. Wim. Heinemann, 1893.

    Never before has the vie intims of the London Jewry been exploited in fiction with such accuracy aud horrible fulness of detail. As a racial study the story, crowded with typical characters, has ...

    Article : 120 words
  16. TO THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD.

    Sir,—If this subject has not already been exhausted, would you give me space for the publication of this letter which is an embodiment of my views on the subject? On running a line from Market to ...

    Article : 237 words
  17. CAMBRIAN SOCIETY.

    The monthly meeting of the Cambrian Society of New South Wales was held last evening in Messrs. Quong Tart and Co.'s rooms, King-street. Mr. A. G. Arthur, vice-president, was in the chair, and the ...

    Article : 407 words
  18. Fnnch Jammutt, By the author of "Many Voices" and "Spanish Mysties," Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner, and Co., Limited, 1893.

    Jansenius, Bishop of Ypres, who gave his name to the sect, is the subject of the first of a string of memoirs, including Arnauld, Nicole, and Pascal, which Marguerite Tollemache ...

    Article : 111 words
  19. AQUATICS.

    Soma races in pair-oar boats on fixed seats for members of the above club (time handicap) were rowed on Saturday afternoon. The course was from the club shed round Rodd Island and back to the ...

    Article : 202 words
  20. TO THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD.

    Sir,—I venture to assert, without fear of contradiction, that had our city been planned to-day, instead of having grown from small bginnings, stone upon stone—the primeval forest succumbing to the ...

    Article : 529 words
  21. Woman's Enterprise and Genius. By ANNIE M. HONE. Hutchinson and Co, 1893.

    This is a rather ambitious title for a desultory review of women's occupations. The writer has collected a great deal of information about women practising professions ...

    Article : 83 words
  22. LAWN TENNIS.

    The following trophy matches were played on Saturday:- CLASS A. UNIVERSITY V. ASHFIELD. ...

    Article : 247 words
  23. LAND AND RAILWAY REFORM.

    Sir,—seeing so much in the press on the subject of land reform and railway reform, and the great anxiety displayed by some as to the welfare of the smail holder, I shall esteem it a favour if you will ...

    Article : 963 words
  24. MILSON'S POINT RAILWAY EXTENSION.

    Sir,—Through the medium of your valuable paper I should like to call the attention of the powers that be to the unsatisfactory state of affairs in connection with the running of trains on the Milson Point to ...

    Article : 398 words
  25. LAND SURVEYING.

    Sir,—Referring to the report in to-day's Herald of the meeting of members of the Institution of Surveyors, I desire to point out certain erroneous ideas which were included in the paper on "A Surveyor's ...

    Article : 474 words
  26. THE PROPOSED REFERENDUM.

    Sir,—Sir Henry Parkes has signified his willingness to take a direct vote of the people on the question whether or not payment of members of Parliament shall be continued in New South Wales. ...

    Article : 782 words
  27. WORK AND WAGES AT THE LABOUR BUREAU.

    Sir.—I am writing as a member of the community to protest against the way the public money is being squandered, and all to no purpose, at the Government Labour Bureau. If any person will take the ...

    Article : 789 words
  28. BALMAIN CRICKET CLUB.

    The annual general meating of the Balmain Cricket Club was held at Allen's London Hotel, Darling-street, Balmain, last night. Mr. Arthur C. J. Wood presided over a large number of members. The hon, ...

    Article : 399 words
  29. THE SEAMEN'S "STRIKE."

    Sir,—Anything more ludicrous, and at the same time prtiful, than the spectacle now presented by the officers and members of the Seamen's Union in connection with the recent strike Could not well be ...

    Article : 586 words
  30. HOW THE FREETRADE PARTY CAN WIN THE NEXT ELECTION.

    Sir,—Few will be likely to question the assertion that the forthcoming general election will determine the lineal policy of the colony for many years to come. If the protect[?]ist party has a majority in the new ...

    Article : 1,841 words
  31. THE SINGLE TAX MOVEMENT.

    Sir,—Throughout the colony your eloqu at leader in to-day's Herald will bring a sense of relief to all moderate men who have their country's interest at heart. The approximating of the leaders of the ...

    Article : 405 words
  32. BALMAIN COTTAGE HOSPITAL.

    A meeting of the board of management of the Balmain Cottage Hospital was held in the boardroom. Booth-street, last night. Mr. J. Garrard, M.L.A. (president), occupied the chair. Dr. ...

    Article : 367 words
  33. THE NORTH SHORE TRAM.

    Sir,—Being a resident in the vicinity of the North Sydney-road I wish to place before the public what I consider to be a great grievance to residents in that locality. I notice that during the business ...

    Article : 326 words
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