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  2. COUNTRY NEWS.

    The present harvest is the most plentiful ever known. Many fields will give 40 bushels of wheat, and from 4 to 5 tons of hay per acre. The average will be at least 30 bushels of wheat and 3 tons of hay. Potatoes and ...

    Article : 1,518 words
  3. SUPPOSED SUICIDE IN MELBOURNE.

    The discovery was made at daylight this morning of a corpse near the Arden-street railway gates with several stabs in the neck. The body has since been identified as that of John Frost, a widower, ...

    Article : 110 words
  4. INTERCOLONIAL NEWS. [BY TELEGRAPH.] (FROM OUR CORRESPONDENTS.) VICTORIA.

    Harry Harrison, the well-known trainer for Mr. H. Stansmore, was returning from the Terang races to Camperdown yesterday, in a horsebox in charge of the horses. He was leaning with his back ...

    Article : 239 words
  5. CABLEGRAMS. (FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT.) THE MUNIFICENT GIFT TO THE LONDON HOSPITALS.

    It is reported that the Duke of Westminster is the donor of the anonymous gift of £100,000 which has been made for the purpose of founding a Convalescent ...

    Article : 51 words
  6. The Sydney Morning Herald

    IT is anticipated by the European Press that the present year will be one of peace and progress. SIR MICHAEL HICKS-BEACH says that the difficulty between England and Portugal is capable of being ...

    Article : 7,688 words
  7. COMMERCIAL.

    The present stock of copper in England and France amounts to 93,450 tons. The quantity advised from Chili and Australia amounts to 5400 tons. The total imports into England and France ...

    Article : 70 words
  8. A JOCKEY KILLED.

    A jockey named Edward Dodds was killed yesterday at Greymouth races by the horse he was riding falling and rolling upon him. ...

    Article : 33 words
  9. SALE OF DUNLOP STATION.

    Messrs. Fisher, Valentine, and Co. report having sold to-day, by public auction at Scott's Hotel, Dunlop station in the Western Division of New South Wales, consisting of about 963,492 acres ...

    Article : 77 words
  10. THE PEACE OF EUROPE.

    King Humbert, in replying to a deputation from the Italian Chamber of Deputies, declared that the peace of Europe is now assured, owing to a rapprochement between ...

    Article : 78 words
  11. THE HARBOUR FATALITY.

    From about half-past 10 o'clock yesterday morning the Water Police were busily engaged in searching for the bodies of the three men who were drowned on Wednesday evening, by the capsizing ...

    Article : 628 words
  12. SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    The Hon. J. C. Bray has notified to his Excellency his acceptance of the honour of K.C.M.G. Several members of the Aborigines' Protection Association waited on Dr. Cockburn on Wednesday, ...

    Article : 288 words
  13. ALLEGED INFANTICIDE AT GOULBURN.

    A case of alleged infanticide occurred here yesterday. A young woman named Esther Jocelyn, employed as a domestic servant at the Australian Arms Hotel, gave birth to a male child ...

    Article : 124 words
  14. ENGLAND AND PORTUGAL.

    Speaking at Leamington last night, Sir Michael Hicks-Beach, who is a member of the Cabinet without holding office, said that the difficulty between England and ...

    Article : 56 words
  15. THE KIAMA MUNICIPAL COUNCIL.

    At a meeting of the Kiama Municipal Council to-day a letter was received from the Department of Lands in reply to an application some time since made for the dedication as a site for the Council-chambers of land ...

    Article : 277 words
  16. BURNING OF THE BELGIAN ROYAL PALACE.

    The Palace of Laeken, the residence of the Belgian Royal family, has been destroyed by fire. The Princess Clementine, third daughter of Leopold II., ...

    Article : 172 words
  17. TASMANIA.

    H.M.S. Rambler arrived this morning from Western Australia, where she has been surveying. Dr. Nicholson, the first founder of the Free Church here, having been sent out from England ...

    Article : 84 words
  18. NEW ZEALAND.

    Fenlon, the cyclist, accidentally broke his collar bone yesterday. Alexander Tytler, chief officer of the barque Pera, was drowned at Gisborne on New Year's ...

    Article : 30 words
  19. ALBURY BRANCH OF THE NATIONAL PROTECTION ASSOCIATION.

    Local protectionists regard with much disfavour the course pursued by Mr. J. P. Abbott on the recent motion of censure. The subject was referred to at a meeting of the local branch of the National Protection ...

    Article : 148 words
  20. SINKING OF A RIVER STEAMER.

    The steamer Lady of the Lake is reported to have been sunk below Billilla Station. At the time of the accident she was towing two barges fully laden with wool for Echuca and Morgan. Further particulars ...

    Article : 170 words
  21. DROWNING OF A JOURNALIST.

    This morning Mr. Walter Mott, proprietor and editor of the Kew Mercury and Hawthorn Advertiser, while bathing in the Yarra, near the lunatic asylum, accompanied by a younger brother, was ...

    Article : 56 words
  22. SHOCKING FATALITY IN OTAGO.

    A shocking fatality is reported from the country district in Otago. A hut occupied by a man named George Ashwell, his wife, and two children, took fire on New Year's Eve. All the occupants ...

    Article : 56 words
  23. FLOWER SHOW AT THE FITZROY FALLS.

    Nice weather prevailed in the Berrima district on New Year's Day. The principal attraction was a flower show at Fitzroy Waterfalls, in aid of the Church of England at Yarrunga, and private picnics. Some ...

    Article : 74 words
  24. THE FATAL FIRE NEAR LONDON.

    The 26 children who perished in the fire at the Forest Gate Industrial School were all boys, and they were suffocated in their sleep. Eighty children were rescued, many ...

    Article : 56 words
  25. SALE OF THOROUGHBRED STOCK.

    W. C. Yuille and Co. to-day held a sale of thoroughbred stock. The principal sales effected were:—Ginger, purchased by S. Miller, 330 guineas; Radoo, J. Cripps, 225 guineas; Menotti, P. O'Loughlin, 250 guineas. ...

    Article : 48 words
  26. PASTORAL INTELLIGENCE.

    Stock movements: 550 merino wethers, from Gombargana to Melbourne, W. J. Middleton, owner; 2600 crossbred ewes and lambs, from Wagga Wagga to Victoria, Hyland; 63 cows and bullocks, from Queensland ...

    Article : 389 words
  27. DESTRUCTIVE BUSH FIRES IN VICTORIA.

    A bush fire commenced at Killingworth, near Yea, on Tuesday. After burning about 5 acres it was extinguished. The following day it broke out afresh, destroying thousands of acres of grass, and has now ...

    Article : 57 words
  28. OVERLAND PASSENGER TRAFFIC.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 572 words
  29. THE QUEENSLAND REVENUE RETURNS.

    The revenue returns show that the total revenue proper for the past quarter was £747,433, being a decrease of £93,762 as compared with the corresponding quarter of 1888. ...

    Article : 153 words
  30. HEALTH OF THE MARQUIS OF SALISBURY.

    The attack of influenza from which the Marquis of Salisbury is suffering is now abating, and his health is improving. ...

    Article : 34 words
  31. THE RABBIT PEST.

    A preliminary meeting of homestead lessees was held at the Junction Hotel on Boxing Day to decide what steps should be taken by the homestead lessees regarding the rabbit peat, which is now assuming such large ...

    Article : 327 words
  32. THE INFLUENZA EPIDEMIC.

    There is an unusual amount of influenza prevalent throughout England at the present time, but the doctors are in doubt as to whether it is of the same form as the ...

    Article : 83 words
  33. THE FEDERAL CONFERENCE.

    Sir Samuel Griffith had an interview with Mr. Gillies to-day in regard to the meeting of the Federal Conference, which Sir Samuel Griffith is desirous should take place either at ...

    Article : 118 words
  34. Advertising

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    Advertising : 32 words
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