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  2. A NEW DOCK.

    Yesterday Mr. Trenwith, Minister of Public Works, accompanied by Mr. Davidson, inspector-general, and Mr. Martin, secretary for public works, and also Mr. ...

    Article : 390 words
  3. ORMUZ-ISMAILA COLLISION.

    Yesterday the Court of Marine Inquiry resumed the investigation into the collision between the R.M.S. Ormuz the steamer Ismaila, which occurred at the Heads on ...

    Article : 1,002 words
  4. THE BOARD OF WORKS INQUIRY.

    When the Melbourne and Metropolitan Board of Works met yesterday afternoon the chairman, Mr. E. G. FitzGibbon, in presenting a copy of the report of the ...

    Article : 928 words
  5. PAUL KRUGER.

    Mr. Paul Botha, a typical rugged, intelligent, and upright Boer, who has been for 30 years a member of the Free State Volksroad, a progressive legislator, and the ...

    Article : 769 words
  6. IN THE PAPERS.

    The wild chrysanthemum plant was discovered in Central China. Horticulturally it was but a poor weed, with small yellow flower-heads about half an inch in diameter, ...

    Article : 1,744 words
  7. HOW WE CAPTURED THE BIG GUNS.

    The Christmas holidays had come, and the Customs department had sent us on an important mission. It was nearly midday as we drove across the dry, hot plains ...

    Article : 1,405 words
  8. LIGHTING BY ALCOHOL.

    Alcohol has been responsible for many curious things in the past. The temperance advocates say that its influence has been in the direction of darkening the world. A ...

    Article : 1,241 words
  9. THE BLUE AND SILVER PAGE.

    The opera company was billed for a short season at the Sydney Criterion. We were going to play four of the old operas, "Les Cloches," "Madaine Angot," "Tambour ...

    Article : 2,286 words
  10. AMERICAN AGRICULTURE.

    Mr. W. Parker Fraser, miller, of Ballarat is at present in the United States, and writes to a friend in Victoria as follows from Minneapolis:— ...

    Article : 591 words
  11. ROMAN CATHOLIC CEREMONY.

    "On Wednesday morning, January 9, at 9 o'clock, the Chapel of the Convent of the Faithful Companions of Jesus, Richmond, was crowded to witness the reception of ...

    Article : 1,300 words
  12. THE QUEEN AS A MUSICIAN.

    The Queen's love for music is wellknown, and in the "Sunday Magazine" Mr. F. J. Crowest gives an interesting account of Mendelssohn's visit to Buckingham Palace ...

    Article : 277 words
  13. DENTON HAT MILLS COMPANY.

    The half-yearly meeting of the shareholders of the Denton Hat Mills Co. was held yesterday, at the works, Nicholsonstreet, Collingwood, Mr. George Bruce ...

    Article : 284 words
  14. SOME FIRST NIGHTS AT THE PLAY.

    In the "Free Lance" Mr. Clement Scott waxes reminiscent in the course of an article denunciatory of the present-day workship of the actor-manager by society ...

    Article : 485 words
  15. GRIEVANCES OF PAINTERS AND DECORATORS.

    A variety of grievances under which painters and decorators labour in their association with architects from time to time were set forth yesterday before the council ...

    Article : 405 words
  16. WOOL SALES. MELBOURNE.

    The wool sales were continued to-day when two firms of selling brokers offered about 1,000 bales. Competition was very spirited, and the narket was firm at late ...

    Article : 664 words
  17. HOW TO CHECK THE GAS BILL,

    The little dials shown above are the same as those which appeal on the face of every gas-meter—either in laundry, factory, or private house. It is astonishing that so ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 453 words
  18. CANVASSING AT A.N.A. ELECTIONS

    At the fortnightly meeting of the Carlton branch of the A.N.A. on Monday the principal business consisted in the drafting of recommendations for consideration by the annual conference ...

    Article : 600 words
  19. BREACHES OF THE LICENSING ACT.

    At the Coburg Court yesterday morning Marie Leape, licensee of the Post-office Hotel, Sydney-road, was charged by Inspecor Waters with trading on Sunday, ...

    Article : 247 words
  20. A RAILWAY FAILURE.

    The electric railway started nearly three years ago from the base to the summit of the Jungfran mountain is to be abandoned. The cost has proved to be far heavier than ...

    Article : 235 words
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  22. SYDNEY.

    At the wool sales to-day 3.73 hales were offered and 3,678 sold at auction and privately. Greasy brought to 10½d., seoured ot 16½d. The market showed a continuance of great strength. ...

    Article : 89 words
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