Omnium Gatherum and Global News Snapshots
St Petersburg reports 110000 locked out or on strike. Russia postal staff walkout. Imperial Congress backs a South African Customs Union with free intra union trade. German HQ says Herero revolt in Africa nearly eradicated. Herero prisoners face a mortality rate of 720 per 1000 per year. Commonwealth Treasurer pleased by rising customs revenue for November. Postmaster General notes toll telephone usage down. Dalley divorce: jurors deadlock on most issues but adultery proven in specified places. Five British farmers arrive by RMS Oruba to claim blocks on Myall Creek. settlers employments improve due to immigration policy. New South Wales securities gain support from Carruthers amid immigration help. Ashburton New Zealand: one defendant jailed two months for sly grog selling. three others fined 10 pounds.
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St. Petersburg
Russia
Imperial Congress
Africn
Commonwealth
Postmaster - General
Dalley
Katherine Cowell
Myall Creek
Carruthers
New South Wales Securities
Ashburton
N.Z
New Zealand Beats All England at Crystal Palace Grounds
World of Sport report notes eighty thousand spectators as New Zealand defeats All England by 15 points to nil at Crystal Palace Grounds last Saturday. Warwick Farm results list winners in Jumpers' Flat, Liverpool Mile, Two year old Handicap, Warwick Handicap and Pace Welter events with horses such as Perfect, Orchid, Belmore EE, Birida, Bienvenue, Rampart, Saucy Kate, Fanshawe, Kaffirpan, Ossian, Grafton Lass, Marengo and Minos.
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Crystal Palace
New Zealand
Warwick Farm
Perfect
Orchid
Belmore EE
Liverpool
Birida
Bienvenue
Minos
Rampart
Paulatium
Saucy Kate
Warwick
Fanshawe
Kaffirpan
Ossian
Grafton Lass
Marengo
Wool markets and regional notices in New England report
New England wools top Sydney market with clip scores of 143d for combing and 149d for clothing. fleeces average 144d. Reports from GRG in Walcha, 12d. Co operative Wool and Produce Co. offered 2500 bales. Local notices include Byron Estate auction plans, embezzlement prison sentence, and rail and shires legislation updates.
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New England
Hunter Warner
Sydney
Messrs
Harrison, Jones
Mining Notes Highlight Barbour in Walcha Visit
Mr T H Barbour visited Walcha with a sample of retorted gal from his chlorination works Niangla. The sample weighed 220 pounds and came from 75 tons of tailings. The recovered gold valued at 3 pounds 15 shillings per ounce. A festive find for Christmas.
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T. H. Barbour
Walcha Aan
Niangla
Application for snatial lease in Glenmorris parish
The notice cites an application for a snatial lease 100a in Glenmorris parish Vernon county by William Robert Isa. It notes local bylaw actions in Mosman and transport developments in Sydney. It mentions heavy rains at Gloucester last month and a government bill withdrawal affecting Landa administration. A British farmer comments on feasible living with 50 acres water and the customs minister pushing anti trust measures. International issues include warnings to the Porte over Macedonia. A NZ fire destroyed tannery buildings near Christchurch, causing 150 men to lose work.
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Parish
Glenmorris
County Vernon
William Robert Isa
Mosman
Sydney
Gloucester
Landa Department
Customs
Porte
Macedonia
Christchurch
N.Z
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the World of Sport
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James Higgins
Freemantle
Barburate
Byron
Inverell
Lane
North Coast Railway
Legislative Assembly
Maitland
South Grafton
Coulson
Moswelbrook
Berclay
Barclay and Son
Insectibane
Derby
Tasmania
Rocke
Donald Fraser
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