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  2. THE COUNTRY.

    MILLTHORPE, Monday.--While ploughing his paddock on Friday Mr. J. Taylor, of Shadforth, ploughed out a rusty old tin, and on opening it, found 15 sovereigns, probably "planted" by ...

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  3. NEWCASTLE.

    The French ship Amirai Cecille arrived in Newcastle yesterday morning, after a voyage from Bristol (England) of 107 days. Off the English coast rough weather was met with, and ...

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  4. FATALITIES AND ACCIDENTS.

    A waitress, Violet Sullivan (25), residing at Darghan-street, Glebe, was severely scalded at the Mockbell Cafe, Angel-place, City, yesterday, and was removed by the Civil Ambulance ...

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  5. THE SUGAR STRIKE.

    CHILDERS, Monday.--A large number of strikers continued rioting tactics at Childers on Saturday night. Several hundred men proceeded to the railway station to meet the ...

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  6. PERSONAL.

    Ald. James Keegan, Mayor pf Mudgee, has received the following letter from Mr. R. Verney, private secretary to the Governor:--"Lord Chelmsford hopes to pay a visit to Mudgee on ...

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  7. IS IT LEGAL?

    Mr. Wade was severe in criticising Mr. Holman's action. He says it is illegal, Mr. Holman and his colleagues having ceased to be Ministers when their resignations were accepted. He ...

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  8. MR. DUNN FOR MUDGEE.

    MUDGEE, Monday.--Last night Mr. George Dewar, president of the Political Labor League, received a telegram from Mr. Holman asking him to get all the nominees to withdraw their ...

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  9. BURNT OUT.

    WOY WOY, Monday.--The premises of Mr. J L. Phegan were totally destroyed by fire, together with another four-roomed cottage, close by, on Saturday night. Assistance ...

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  10. THE DEMOCRATS' ATTITUDE.

    The members of the Democratic Party were taken by surprise at the rapid turn which events took last evening, but, as Mr. Briner subsequently admitted, the lieutenent-Governor ...

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  11. ACCIDENTAL DEATHS.

    At the Kogarah Court-house yesterday a verdict of accidental death was returned in the case of a little boy, Leslie Hazelhurst Brown, who died on Monday week at his residence. ...

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  12. WATERMEN'S ADVENTURE.

    An adventure that might have had more serious consequences happened on Sunday afternoon to two well-known Newcastle watermen, A. M'Innes and C. Furey. They left Newcastle ...

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  13. JUST IN TIME.

    GOULBURN, Monday.--C. W. Furner's drapery store, Auburn-street, on Saturday night narrowly escaped serious damage by fire. Mr. A. J. Bryson, whose business premises are close ...

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  14. WHY MR. WADE DECLINED.

    Briefly the reason why Mr. Wade declined to form a Ministry is because the Lieutenant- Governor could not see fit to grant him a dissolution to enable an appeal to the country if ...

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  15. KNOCKED DOWN BY TRAMCAR.

    An elderly woman, Laura Brennan, of Oxford-street, Woollahra, was crossing Oxford-street near Ocean-street, Woollahra, yesterday, when she slipped in front of a city-bound tramcar, ...

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  16. GUN PLAY.

    BRISBANE, Monday.--Mr. B. Allen, M.L.A., has just returned from Childers. When seen to-night he denied that there was anything in the shape of a riot at Childers on Saturday ...

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  17. FALL IN A CEMETERY.

    Eva Williams (45), of Mecks-road, Marrick-ville, was paying a visit to a graveside at Rook-wood Cemetery yesterday, when she slipped and fell in the cemetery, fracturing her left ...

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  18. FALL FROM A WALL.

    James Smillie (30), a laborer, of Kensington street City, was working on a new building in Myrtic-street, City, yesterday afternoon, when he met with an accident. He was standing ...

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  19. HARBOR RESUMPTIONS.

    In retiring from the Land's Department, Mr. Nielsen leaves his foreshores resumption scheme in an advanced stage, and in a condition to enable his successor to push it on ...

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  20. MR. DUNN EXPLAINS.

    Mr. Dunn explained the reasons for his resigning in the course of an interview yesterday with the Acting-Premier (Mr. Holman) and Ministers. Mr. Holman stated subsequently ...

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  21. MILLS IN OPERATION.

    MACKAY, Monday.--The Racecourse mill will commence crushing to-morrow. The management reports that the large staff required has being made up without the assistance of a ...

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  22. A FATAL GASH.

    COOMA, Monday.--Edward Brayshaw, a farmer, of Bredbo, while engaged in cutting fencing timber some distance from his home, cut his right instep, severing an artery, through the ...

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  23. CONCUSSION AT FOOTBALL.

    PENRITH, Monday.--Harold Pye, a son of Mr. W. H. Pye, dentist, while playing in the final of the junior football competition on Saturday, received injuries to the head which ...

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  24. A SERIOUS THREAT.

    BRISBANE, Monday.--Mr. Finlayson, M.H.R., and Mr. Theodore, a member of the State Labor Party, addressed a fairly largely attended openair meeting in the Market-square on Saturday ...

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  25. MR. NIELSEN'S POSITION.

    Statements published with regard to Mr. Nielsen's attitude when the Caucus expurgated the Conversion Act Repeal Bill do not, it is said, throw a sufficiently clear light on that ...

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  26. OPINION IN THE ELECTORATES.

    GUNNEDAH, Monday.--Mr. John Perry has agreed to accept the nomination of the Liberal party for the Liverpool Plains seat, and he has also received the endorsement of the Farmers ...

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  27. SUGAR COMPANY'S APPEAL.

    BRISBANE, Monday.--In the Full Court today argument was heard in an appeal, by way of a special case, by the Colonial Sugar Company, from the decision of the police magistrate ...

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  28. WHIRLED TO DEATH.

    MELBOURNE, Monday.--Lytton Sheehan (15) was dashed to death at the Victoria Iron Rolling Mills to-day. The boy was employed in the fitting shop, but, unseen, he entered the engine ...

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  29. RAINS IN THE SOUTH AND SOUTH-WEST.

    Light to heavy rain has been recorded on the southern tablelands and south-western slopes, and light to moderate in Riverina and on the central tablelands. An isolated ...

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  30. NEARING THE END.

    BUNDABERG, Monday.--There is no fresh development, though a general feeling prevails that the trouble is nearing the end. Reports from Gin Gin state that 20,000 tons ...

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  31. RECENT-WILLS.

    The estate of the late Thomas Garrett Dalton, merchant, of Orange, who died at Lewisham, on May 4 last, has been valued for probate purposes at £52,990, of which £34,140 is ...

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  32. LABOR'S PAIR.

    Labor has made its selections. Mr. W, F. Dunn is to contest Mudgee, while Mr. W. G. Ashford will endeavor to woo the voters at Liverpool Plains. It seems that the action of ...

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  33. TO THE EDITOR.

    Sir,--Your issue of to-day contains a statement by Mr. Edw. W. Knox, general manager of the Colonial Sugar Refining Company, to which I am in a position to give a direct contradiction. Mr. Knox states: "It is ...

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  34. LABOR CONFIDENCE.

    COOLAH, Monday.--At the meeting of the local Labor League on Saturday night, Mr. Horne's action was strongly disapproved of. It was agreed to support the selected candidate, ...

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  35. SIR J. CARRUTHERS QUOTES PRECEDENTS.

    In the course of an interview last evening Sir Joseph Carruthers expressed the opinion that Mr. Wade had done the correct thing, as it would have been impossible for a Liberal ...

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  36. RAINFALL TO 9 A.M. YESTERDAY.

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  37. AMUSEMENTS.

    Mr. Harrison Allen, assisted by his pupils, gave a very interesting and successful series of scenes from the stories of Charles Dickens, before a large audience at the Y.M.C.A., hall last night. "The Flight of Little Emily," ...

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  38. LAWYER'S BILL OF COSTS.

    MELBOURNE, Monday.--A matter having reference to the conduct of a solicitor came before Mr. Justice A'Beckett in the Practice Court to-day. The matter arose out of a report ...

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  39. TO THE EDITOR.

    Sir,--In Saturday's issue appeared a statement to the following effect, by Ald. D. Holden, Mayor of Redfern:"I have here Mr. M'Gowen's nomination as a candidate for the Redfern seat in the State Parliament. ...

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  40. F.A.Q. STANDARD OF GRAIN

    MELBOURNE, Monday.--The Minister for Agriculture and the Director were to-day interviewed by representatives of the grain trade, who made representations in favor of the ...

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  41. DELAYED POSTAL DELIVERY.

    MELBOURNE, Monday,--A telegram has been received from the Postmaster-General that, the English mails which arrived in Sydney to-day could not all be distributed by the first delivery. ...

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  42. VICTORIA-HALL.

    Mr. Frank Musgrove, who has taken over the direction of the Victoria-hall, Pitt-street, opened it yesterday with a continuous, picture entertainment from 11. a.m. The subjects included, "In the Days of '49," "A Buried ...

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  43. LATE SPORTING.

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  44. ENGLISH WILL RE-SEALED.

    A re-seal has been granted by the Court of the probate granted by the English Probate Court of the will of the late Miss Annie Osborne, of 21 Albert-hall Mansions. Middlesex, ...

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  45. MRS. HAFFENDEN-SMITH'S CONCERT.

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  46. METROPOLITAN MINE.

    HELENSBURGH, Monday.--The local coal trade continues brisk, all connected with the industry having a full fortnight for the pay ending on Saturday. ...

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  47. SPORTS CLUB TOURNAMENT.

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  48. NEW ZEALAND.

    The by-election to fill, the vacancy caused by Mr. T. E. Taylor's death will take place in about a fortnight. Mr. Leonard Isitt, the wellknown temperance advocate, will be a ...

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  49. BOXING.

    LITHGOW, Monday.--Corrigan, of Sydney, and [?] of Lithgow, met in a 20 rounds contest at Lithgow Stadium on Saturday night. Baker was out-boxed, and is the fifteenth round Corrigan knocked him out. ...

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  50. "LOUIS XI."

    The advance plan will open at Paling's this morning for "Louis XI," the name part of which Mr. H. B. Irving will play at Her Majesty's next Saturday. This role is generally regarded in London as Mr. Irving's ...

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  51. RUGBY LEAGUE FOOTBALL.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 203 words
  52. INDUSTRIAL EXHIBITION.

    The industrial exhibition held at Wellington for the past three months yielded a net, profit of £200. The aggregate attendance was 164,240. ...

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  53. "THE MERRY WIDOW."

    The box plans for "The Merry Widow," to be revived at the Theatre Royal next Saturday, will open at Paling's this morning. No advance fee is being charged by the J. C. Wiliamson management at the box office. ...

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  54. MINES COMMISSION.

    The Royal Commission appointed to investigate the working conditions in gold, and coal mine's will hold its first sitting on Thursday. ...

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  55. BRANDING OF FURNITURE.

    ADELAIDE, Monday.--A deputation from the Furniture Manufacturers' Association waited on the Minister for Industry to-day, and brought under notice the necessity of ...

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  56. CONCERT AND RECITAL.

    This evening, in connection with the Unitarian Literary Society, a concert and racital will be given, a feature of which will be recitations by Mr. Harold Bridge and dramatic sketches by Mr. and Mrs. Chas Vincent. ...

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  57. THE SPEAKER'S RESIGNATION.

    Some qeustion was raised during yesterday that the resignation of Mr. J. H. Cann as Speaker had either not been deposited or that it might not be operative, and an interesting ...

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  58. MESSAGES BY WIRELESS.

    The Australasian Wireless Company, Limited, notify by advertisement in this issue that messages for transmission to any ship fitted with wireless installation which may be within range ...

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  59. HE HAD MONEY TO BURN.

    LITHGOW, Monday.--Mr. Jack Phelan, of Wallernwang, was recently unfortunate enough to burn £15 in notes. It appears that two £5 notes and five £1 notes were in an envelope ...

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  60. ABSTRACT OF SALES BY AUCTION.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 62 words
  61. LATE MINING.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 35 words
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