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  2. UNFAIR COMPETITION.

    A deputation of commercial men waited upon the State Premier yesterday afternoon to bring under his notice certain matters regarding the development by private enterprise of ...

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  3. FURTHER RAIN.

    The rain reported yesterday morning wan confined chiefly to the coastal areas' extending from Ulladulla to Tweed River Heads. Some heavy falls were again reported along the coast ...

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  4. FATALITIES AND ACCIDENTS.

    Oswald M'Closky (60) was taken to the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital last night suffering from gas poisoning. M'Closky, a visitor from Bellambi South Coast, had been staying at a city ...

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  5. INDUSTRIAL DISPUTES.

    Spurred on by cries from women of "blacklegs" and "scabs," a number of the coal lumpers on strike were more aggressive than ever yesterday afternoon, and even went so far as to enter ...

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  6. THE COUNTRY.

    COOLAMON, Thursday.--The Chief Railway Commissioner and his colleagues passed through this afternoon. A deputation urging local requirements was courteously received by the ...

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  7. THE COMMONWEALTH.

    MELBOURNE, Thursday.--The Federal Crown Solicitor has under consideration the question of taking proceedings against four or five persons who were candidates at the last Federal ...

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  8. THE SCHOOLS.

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  9. STATE ELECTIONS.

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  10. WHARFAGE AT MORPETH.

    MORPETH, Thursday.--At the last meeting of the Maitland Chamber of Commerce the Mayor of Morpeth (Mr. J. Hogan) brought forward for discussion the practicability of ...

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  11. WOMAN BADLY BURNED.

    Mrs. Ellen West, of Phillip-street, Balmain, was removing coals from a fire under a copper yesterday morning when her clothes caught alight. Her screams brought her husband on ...

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  12. ATTEMPTED SUICIDE.

    Miska Blech, a commercial traveller, attempted to take his life by cutting his throat with a razor at Buckingham-street, Redfern; yesterday afternoon. He was taken to Sydney ...

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  13. CRICKET GROUND CHARGES.

    The executive committee of the New South Wales Cricket Association will meet to-day to consider the charge of 20 per cent, which the trustees of the Sydney Cricket Ground propose ...

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  14. SOUTHERN COAL TRADE.

    CLIFTON, Thursday.--Work at South Clifton Colliery, which usually commences at 7 a.m., did not start this morning until 8 o'clock, on account of having to wait for railway coal ...

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  15. KILLED BY A FALLING TREE.

    TAREE, Thursday.--Peter Olsen, aged 18, was killed yesterday at Koppin Yarratt by a tree falling on him. Deceased, in company with another man, was falling timber, and the tree in ...

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  16. COUNTRY REPORTS.

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  17. MAIL TRAIN GUARD INJURED.

    SINGLETON, Thursday.--On the arrival of the north-western mail train front Sydney shortly after, midnight on Wednesday, the guard (James Ryan) was found lying unconscious in a ...

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  18. LICENSING FEES.

    BATHURST, Thursday.--At a special sitting of the Licensing Court to-day, the Police Magistrate (Mr. T. C. M'Kell), in making an assessment in connection with an application for the ...

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  19. TO THE EDITOR

    Sir,--I should like to add a few words to your correspondent "Chatswood's" letter. The trustees' excuses for charging high rates for cricket are hollow. The ground was dedicated for ...

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  20. SHOT THROUGH THE FOOT.

    EODANGORA, Thursday.--Arthur Carter, a lad of 13, accidentally shot himself through the foot with a pea rifle this morning while out rabbiting. ...

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  21. "REDLANDS" GIRLS COLLEGE.

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  22. CANTERBURY.

    Mr. E. W. Cutler, the selected Labor candidate for Canterbury, opened his campaign in the Hurstville-hall, Hurstville, last night. There was a crowded attendance. Mr. W. S. Targett ...

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  23. RAIN IN BRISBANE.

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  24. WHARF LABORERS' UNION.

    At a meeting of the Wharf Laborers' Union, held on Wednesday night, the following motions were carried:--That in the opinion of this meeting, it is desirable, ...

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  25. MOTOR AND DRAY COLLIDE.

    BRAIDWOOD, Thursday.--Whilst returning from Goulburn this evening in his motor car, Mr. H. F. Madrell, of Mona station, collided with a dray laden with wood. The occupants had a ...

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  26. TOM THUMB LAGOON.

    WOLLONGONG, Thursday.--The gang of men who started cutting the channel through the sandbank separating Tom Thumb Lagoon from the ocean completed their work at noon to-day ...

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  27. VICTORIA.

    The case in which John Drysdale, farmer, of Mulwala (N.S.W.), obtained a writ of habeas corpus against his wife, Mary Ann Drysdale, in order that the right of the custody of the ...

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  28. CRUSHED TO DEATH.

    MELBOURNE, Thursday.--A Bendigo youth, Charles Leeds, son of the manager of the Gold-fields Consolidated mine, Diamond-hill, was drawn into the revolving fly wheel of the ...

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  29. TO THE EDITOR.

    Sir,--I have no intention of entering upon a discussion as to the merits of the dispute between the trustees of the cricket ground and the Association, but I think the self-satisfaction ...

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  30. NEWCASTLE.

    When the Premier (Mr. Carruthers) visited Newcastle, at the beginning of the present month, a deputation from Stockton interviewed him with a request for a new harbor punt for ...

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  31. KILLED ON THE RAILWAY.

    MELBOURNE, Thursday.--A tragic death took place this afternoon at Flinders-street railway station. As the St. Kilda train was leaving, a man was seen to make a rush to get into a ...

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  32. WEIGHT-LIFTING RECORDS.

    Clarence Weber to-day beat Sandow's two-handed record, of lifting 250lb. by raising 251lb. above his head, and holding it there for five seconds, and beat Pagel's and several other ...

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  33. SOUTH MAITLAND COLLIERIES.

    KURRI KURRI, Thursday.--Trouble occurred amongst the top men engaged at the Pelaw-Main colliery late yesterday afternoon, which resulted in those employees ceasing work. ...

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  34. DROWNED IN THE TAMAR.

    LAUNCESTON, Thursday.--Allan Howard, aged 13 years, son of Mr. Algernon Howard, secretary of Scott and Griffiths' Brewery Company, was drowned in the Tamar this evening. He was ...

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  35. FIRE AT WEST MAITLAND.

    WEST MAITLAND, Thursday.--Early this morning a destructive outbreak of fire occurred in a shop occupied by Fred. Marsh, paperhanger and painter, in Mitchell's-arcade, High-street. ...

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  36. THE MINT ROBBERY.

    The decision of Superintendent Commins in fining Senior-constable Barclay £2 for his negligence in connection with the Mint robbery has been officially confirmed by the ...

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  37. LAUNCH OF A NEW ISLAND SCHOONER.

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  38. NEWCASTLE HARBOR CONGESTION.

    NEWCASTLE, Thursday.--At the City Police Court to-day the Navigation Department proceeded against several shipmasters to recover penalties for permitting their vessels, after ...

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  39. DEVELOPING CRICKET.

    The Victorian Cricket Association will consider next week a scheme for the improvement of cricket in this State One of the proposals is to bring players from important country ...

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  40. WORK RESUMED AGAIN.

    KURRI KURRI, Thursday Evening.--With respect to the difficulty with top hands at the Pelaw-Main colliery, Messrs. P. Bowling and A. Lewis, district president and treasurer ...

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  41. DURHAM ELECTORATE.

    Sir,--In your issue of the 19th your correspondent, "Reform," refers to the result of a municipal election in Dungog two and a half years ago. I should like to point out that in a municipal contest, where the ...

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  42. INSPECTION OF DAIRIES.

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  43. TROUBLE AT PELAW-MAIN.

    Mr. Peter Bowling (president) and Mr. A. Lewis (treasurer) of the Colliery Employees' Federation visited Pelaw-Main Colliery in the Maitland district to-day to inquire into the case ...

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  44. TONGA.

    NUKUALOFA, June 1.--The Tongan Government has decided to combine the offices of Collector of Customs and Treasurer, and the duties are to be carried out by Mr. H. W. Watkin, who ...

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  45. HIGH COURT.

    The High Court yesterday concluded the hearing of the appeal case Pizaro v. Pearce. An action had been brought by the appellant, who resides at Ballarat East, as administrator of ...

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  46. TO THE EDITOR.

    Sir,--"Reform," in your issue of 19th inst, says that considerable reversion of public opinion has taken place since the last election, instancing as a reason for coming to that conclusion, that Mr. W. Bennett was defeated. ...

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  47. CITY BOWLING CLUB OFFICERS.

    Mr. Frank Gardner has resigned the office of president of the Newcastle Bowling Club, and Mr. J. T. O'Brien has been appointed secretary to the same club, in place of Mr. W. M'Lood, ...

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  48. ELERMORE VALE PIT STILL IDLE.

    NEWCASTLE, Thursday.--The Elermore Vale colliery at Wallsend, which has been idle since Monday because of the drivers and wheelers refusing to work owing to one of their number ...

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  49. HOSPITAL SUPERINTENDENT RESIGNS.

    Dr. J. S. Harris, the medical superintendent of the Newcastle General Hospital, has tendered to the committee his resignation, to take effect in a month's time. ...

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  50. MIDDLE HARBOR ELECTORATE.

    Sir,---In your leader of the 18th inst., headed "The No-Immigration Policy," you refer to an affirmation made a few months ago by a colliery manager on the South Coast to the effect that there was employment in ...

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  51. MINISTERIAL VISITORS.

    The Premier (Mr. J. H. Carruthers), accompanied by Mr C. Lee (Minister for Works) and Mr. J. Fallack, M.L.A., arrived here last night by the North-west mail train. The Premier and ...

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  52. CHINESE FAMINE FUND.

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  53. QUEENSLAND.

    In the Land Court to-day, the case in which the Queensland National Bank, as owners of the Jimbour Estate, claimed from the Queensland Government £62,394 as compensation for ...

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  54. MEAT TROUBLE UNSETTLED.

    Although the principal matters in dispute between the carcase butchers of Glebe Island have been settled in a way which both sides agree to accept, the question of how long the agreement ...

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  55. THE WOODEND TRAGEDY.

    MELBOURNE, Thursday.--The trial commenced to-day of Kurt Schonberr, the youth who is charged with the wilful murder of William Panton at Woodend on April 20. ...

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  56. ILLAWARRA SEWERAGE.

    The Public Works Committee took further evidence yesterday on the expediency of carrying out a scheme of sewerage for the Illawarra suburbs. ...

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  57. AMUSEMENTS.

    Yesterday evening at the last moment the premiere of "The Flying Dutchman" had to be postponed to to-morrow evening. In its place "Tannhauser" was performed, with Fraulein ...

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  58. SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    The members of the Institute of Surveyors interviewed the Treasurer, Mr. Peake, this morning, with a view to securing certain vital reforms in the administration of the lands titles office. ...

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  59. NEW LABOR MOVEMENT.

    The secretary of the Hotel, Club, Restaurant, and Caterers' Employees' Union of New South Wales (Mr. Morrish) was present at the Labor Council meeting last evening, and explained the ...

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  60. NEW CHURCH FOR LANE COVE.

    A meeting of Church of England residents of Lane Cove was held in the Town-hall, Gore-hill, on Wednesday night, to discuss the formation of the borough of Lane Cove into a separate Parish, and the [?] of a ...

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  61. CUSTOMS CLEARANCES.

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  62. A MISSING BOY.

    Nothing has been learned of the whereabouts of Clarence Miley, a boy who has been missing for three weeks from his home at Mitchell-road, Alexandria. Miley was sent on a message ...

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  63. ENGINE-DRIVERS' EXAMINATION.

    The Board of Examiners of Engine-drivers has submitted to the Minister for Mines and Agriculture their report on the examination for winding engine-drivers' certificates of ...

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  64. ROYAL SOCIETY LECTURES.

    Rev. Dr. Brown, the veteran Methodist missionary, lectured to a large gathering at the Royal Society's rooms last evening on "Some Polynesian and Melanesian Groups and the ...

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  65. CHEAP FISH.

    Sir,--Will Mr. Farnell tell me what he intends to do with the extra fish trawling will take to the Sydney markets, which seem to be nearly always glutted now? For the last six months fish have been selling very ...

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  66. HARBOR TRUST EMPLOYEES.

    Regulations for the guidance of officers and employees of the Sydney Harbor Trust have received the sanction of the Government. In the past the trust was working under the rules ...

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  67. CHANGES IN GOODS RATES.

    A bylaw has just been passed by the Railway Department denoting a number of changes in regard to goods rates. The special rate for pig-iron from Eskbank to Newcastle will apply to ...

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  68. WEST AUSTRALIA.

    At Fremantle 12 seamen were charged with disobeying the orders of the captain of the steamer Ashburton. Mr. Beresford, for the defence, said his clients were prepared to plead ...

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  69. SURF-BATHING FATALITIES.

    Sir,--I am glad to notice that someone [?] to see the defects in the life-line scheme for saving life at our surf-bathing places. A proposed scheme of a [?] wire cable fastened to the rocks and a pile and then ...

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  70. WARRINGAH SHIRE COUNCIL.

    At the last meeting of the Warringah Shire Council a communication from the Works Department was read, notifying the council of a grant of £250, which has been made for the purpose of starting nine road works. The ...

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  71. N.S.W. ALLIANCE.

    Sir,--Your report of the last council meeting states that a resolution of sympathy with Mr. Winn, the defendant in the recent libel action, was carried. This is true. The vote, however, was not unanimous. Some of us felt ...

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  72. Advertising

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  73. ABSTRACT OF SALES BY AUCTION.

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  74. Advertising

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  75. Advertising

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