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  2. MONDAY'S POLICE COURT.

    BEFORE the Police-Magistrate and Messrs. Ball and Oliver. DRUNKENNESS. Two defendants (one a female) for the above were ...

    Article : 158 words
  3. TELEGRAMS.

    ALFRED GALLAGHER, mining manager, was remanded this morning on a charge of stealing a cheque of the amount of £248 belonging to the Mount Constigan Company in liquidation. It is ...

    Article : 344 words
  4. THE BANKING CRISIS.

    THE Sydney Morning Herald in its Commercial column, says:—The reconstruction scheme of the Australian Joint Stock Bank on Saturday underwent a final revision by a conference of the ...

    Article : 527 words
  5. CABLE NEWS.

    Mr. W. Woodall, Financial Secretary to the War Office, announced in the House of Commons lest night that the War Office authorities had decided to accept a supply of Australian frozen beef for the ...

    Article : 92 words
  6. AN INJURED WOMAN.

    Wandering one Wednesday evening listlessly smoking down St. Georges Street he passed the house of Madame Clarie just as Rhoda with some half-dozen of her ...

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  7. EIGHT HOURS.

    A mass-meeting of trade-unionists was held in Hyde Park yesterday to consider the eight-hours question. Resolutions were passed demanding a bill to legalise eight hours as a day's work. ...

    Article : 34 words
  8. THE BRITISH IN INDIA.

    General Lord Roberts, who hoe retired from the command of the Indian army, has been publicly welcomed on his return to England. Replying, Lord Roberts referred to the loyalty of the natives ...

    Article : 51 words
  9. PANIC ON THE STOCK EXCHANGE.

    A panic has taken place on the New York Stock Exchange owing to the failure of the National Cordage Company. ...

    Article : 28 words
  10. AFFAIRS IN AFGHANISTAN.

    Intelligence from Afghanistan states that the rebel Hazaras are making raids near Ghaznia. The Ameer, Abdurrahman, is alarmed, and is reported to have asked for British reinforcements from ...

    Article : 35 words
  11. Sleath, the Imprisoned Miner.

    YESTERDAY morning Mr. R Sleath, leader of the late Broken Hill strike, was visited at the Goulburn Gaol by Messrs. G. D. Clark, M.L.A., and Flowers, of Sydney, who were accompanied by Messrs. Mc ...

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  12. BALUCHISTAN.

    It is asserted that the reported deposition of the Knan of Khelat, the sovereign of Baluchistan, by the Marquis of Lansdowne, Viceroy and Governor-General of India, in consequence of the Khan ...

    Article : 316 words
  13. THE MARITIME STRIKE.

    According to advices from Hull in reference to the maritime strike, the employers have consented to reopen parleying with the strike leaders in the hope of arriving at an amicable settlement of the ...

    Article : 99 words
  14. Death.

    A very old resident of the district passed away on the 5th instant in the person of Mr. James Bullman, late of Carrick. Deceased had been in the Government service as fettler for the past twenty ...

    Article : 84 words
  15. THE ISSUE OF BANK NOTES.

    In replying to a question in the House of Commons this evening, Mr. Sydney Burton, Under-Secretary to the Colonial Office, stated that the Home Government had no knowledge as to the ...

    Article : 51 words
  16. Technological Museum.

    MR. CHARLES CROPPER has secured an interesting donation for the museum. It consists of the inside bark of the stringy-bark tree reduced to fire by the power of lightning. Both Mr. Cropper and ...

    Article : 68 words
  17. QUEANBEYAN.

    MR JOHN McNAMARA, of London Bridge, having been charged too much for carriage of his wool from Queanbeyan, got the assistance of Mr. E. W. O'Sullivan to lay the matter before the Railway ...

    Article : 345 words
  18. Prohibition Meeting.

    AN open-air meeting under the auspices of the local Good Templars was held on Saturday evening at the corner of Auburn and Clifford streets. There was an attendance of two or three hundred, and the ...

    Article : 165 words
  19. VICTORIAN GOVERNMENT STOCK.

    The Victorian Government has remitted through the Associated Banks £680,000 to provide for the payment of the half-year's interest on Government stock due in July. ...

    Article : 49 words
  20. Gold in West Australia.

    THE following is an extract from a letter received by Mr. A. J. Sach, of the Technical School:-" A man has just been in to see me from West Australia. He is on old gold-miner, and tells ...

    Article : 148 words
  21. OBITUARY.

    The death is announced of Sir James Anderson, K B., who was in command of the Great Eastern during the laying of the Atlantic telegraph. He received the honour of knighthood in 1866, on ...

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  22. THE E S. AND A.C. BANK.

    Melbourne, Sunday.—Mr. Urquhart, general manager of the E.S. and A.C. Bank, has received a telegram about certain matters regarding which he asked for information. It says that the ...

    Article : 117 words
  23. BRAIDWOOD.

    A RESIDENT of this town (Mrs. Buckland) met with a series of misadventures while she was travelling to Sydney from Braidwood the week before last. She left Braidwood by the mail coach on the 18th ...

    Article : 553 words
  24. THE HOME RULE BILL.

    The Opposition is indignant at the intention of Mr. Gladstone to postpone the financial clauses of the Home Rule Bill until the rest of the measure has been passed through committee. ...

    Article : 104 words
  25. Football.

    MOSS VALE, Saturday.—The Moss Vale Fitzroy Football Club played a match this afternoon against the Goulburn Pioneers under the Rugby Union rules. The fine weather of the past few days made ...

    Article : 94 words
  26. Inscribed Stock.

    THE S. M. Herald in its commercial columns says:—That the inscribed stock deposits which are being offered by some of the banks in course of reconstruction to depositors constitute a class of ...

    Article : 216 words
  27. THE COMMERCIAL BANK OF AUSTRALIA.

    Melbourne, Sunday.—The business of the Commercial Bank of Australia on Saturday quite exceeded expectations. Clearing had usually been finished by 1.30 p.m. on Saturday, but on this ...

    Article : 93 words
  28. Polo.

    COOMA, Saturday.—A polo match was played to-day between teams representing Sydney and Cooma, and was won by the Sydney team by 2 goals to 1. The game was closely contested, and was ...

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  29. THE AUSTRALIAN ELEVEN IN ENGLAND.

    The Surrey Cricket Club entertained the Australian cricketers at dinner last night. The company numbered 150. The menu consisted largely of Australian viands. ...

    Article : 188 words
  30. END OF THE BANK HOLIDAY IN MELBOURNE.

    MELBOURNE, Saturday.—The opening of the banks this morning for ordinary business proved an event of considerable interest. Collins-street was crowded with pedestrians, and, as a result, there ...

    Article : 246 words
  31. A Nomadic Parson.

    THE Bowral Free Press says:—he Rev. Mr. Fox, late of the Wesleyan Church, Liverpool, received a call to the church in the town of Queanbeyan, situated over 100 miles from Mess Vale. ...

    Article : 167 words
  32. GUNNING.

    BEFORE Messrs. W. Grovenor and John Wheatley, Js.P. One man charged with being drunk in a public place pleaded guilty, and was ordered to pay a fine ...

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  33. The Record Trip of the R.M.S. Australia.

    MELBOURNE, Sunday.—The fastest passage ever made from London to Melbourne was completed at midnight on Friday by the arrival of the R.M.S. Australia, the new vessel of the P. and U. line, ...

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  34. Presbyterian.

    THE Nepean Times of last Saturday says:—It is understood that the Rev. Joseph Fulton, of Trinity Church, Goulburn, is to conduct the services on Sunday at the usual hours in the Presbyterian ...

    Article : 78 words
  35. THE ROYAL MARRIAGE.

    The London Corporation has felicitated the Duke of York upon his approaching marriage with Princess May, and intends to give a handsome wedding present to the Royal couple. ...

    Article : 93 words
  36. THE FINANCIAL CRISIS IN AUSTRALIA.

    The general feeling in regard to the financial position in Australia is more reassured, partly owing to the shipments of gold to Australia. It is considered in many quarters that it is vitally ...

    Article : 199 words
  37. Coursing.

    THE Yass Coursing Club (says the Courier) has had a very liberal and sportsmanlike offer made to them, and they should take advantage of it at once. Mr. Osborne, of Douro, will not only let them have ...

    Article : 82 words
  38. A RIVER DISASTER.

    Madrid telegrams report that 20 persons have been drowned by a pontoon sinking in the Gallege, a Spanish river. They formed part of a religions procession. ...

    Article : 91 words
  39. Conditional Purchases and Leases.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 81 words
  40. The Central Cumberland Election.

    THE election to fill the vacancy in the Parliamentary representation of Central Cumberland, caused by the resignation of Mr. John Nobbs, was held on Saturday. The proceedings were of a quiet and ...

    Article : 92 words
  41. MR. GLADSTONE AND THE MADMAN.

    It is alleged that Townsend, who is under arrest on a charge of firing a pistol near Mr. Gladstone's residence, had previously sent a threatening note to Mr. Gladstone. ...

    Article : 37 words
  42. The Government Statistician and the Financial Crisis.

    EVIDENCE has been given by Mr. T. A. Coghlan, Government Statistician, before the National Bank Committee. Mr. Coghlan was questioned on the 26th April with regard to the banks in their relation ...

    Article : 506 words
  43. Sydney Fruit Market.

    THE closing quotations on Friday were:—Apple, market fully supplied, with only a moderate demand. Local. baking, five crowns, 3s 6d to 5s 6d, other sorts 2s 6d to 4s 6d; eating, 3s 6d to 5s. Tasmanian: ...

    Article : 342 words
  44. NATIONAL BANK OF AUSTRALASIA.

    The National Bank of Australasia has communicated with Sir John Bray in reference to a South Australian Government draft for £12,500 placed with the bank for collection prior to the ...

    Article : 60 words
  45. PENNY POSTAGE.

    Mr. Arnold Morley, the Postmaster-General, has declined to consult the law officers of the Crown with the view of ascertaining whether the Postal Convention prohibits the establishment of a system of ...

    Article : 42 words
  46. HEAVY SHIPMENT OF GOLD.

    The shipments of gold for Australian banks, per the R.M 8. Ophir, are as follow:-Bank of Victoria, £200,000; Commercial Banking Company of Sydney, £200,000; Union Bank of Australia, ...

    Article : 69 words
  47. THE DOWAGER DUCHESS OF SUTHERLAND.

    The Court has refused to make an order for the release of the Dowager Duchess of Sutherland, who was sentenced to six weeks' imprisonment in Holloway Gaol for contempt of Court. The ...

    Article : 55 words
  48. DYNAMITE IN DUBLIN.

    An intense sensation was caused in Dublin yesterday by the explosion of a dynamite bomb near the Four Courts, on King's Quay. The bomb was thrown through the railings of the ...

    Article : 104 words
  49. GOLD FOR THE UNION BANK.

    The London official of the Union Bank of Australia state that they are prepared to ship £1,000,000 in gold to Australia to meet the possible currency needs of their branches, in consequence of ...

    Article : 91 words
  50. THE BRITISH DOCKERS.

    Further rioting has taken place at Bell in connection with the dockers' strike at that port. A number of the men on strike yesterday made a fierce attack on the non-unionist labourers employed ...

    Article : 97 words
  51. A Fatal Runaway.

    Brisbane, Sunday.—A sad accident happened at Woolloongabba on Saturday afternoon. A man styled "Sequab," a vendor of medicinal remedies, was discoursing to a large crowd, when the horse ...

    Article : 133 words
  52. Advertising

    {No abstract available}

    Advertising : 28 words
  53. THE GERMAN ARMY BILL.

    Berlin telegrams report that the Reichstag has, by a majority of 48, rejected the bill by which it was proposed to largely increase the strength of the German army and the expenditure on it. ...

    Article : 107 words
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