The Post Office authorities having intimated to the Orient Company that they are liable to a penalty of £200 per bag on refusal to carry mails, the Company announce that they will ...
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Article : 256 wordsThe meeting of the members of the Mutual Provident Society, held on Thursday last, wisely decided to postpone till the next annual meeting any further consideration of the ...
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Article : 45 wordsCongratulatory messages have been exchanged between Mr. Glover, of the Cable Company, and the Chief Secretary, on the completion of the duplicate cable to Port Darwin. ...
Article : 201 wordsAt the Victoria Theatre on Saturday night H. J. Byron's comedy "Our Dad" was produced in the presence of a large audience. The comedy has been represented in Sydney most successfully on previous occasions, and with its plot ...
Article : 806 wordsA Berlin telegram to the Globe states that a fresh Congress is proposed to settle the boundary dispute between Greece and Turkey. ...
Article : 30 wordsThe Marquis of Anglesea. ...
Article : 11 wordsThe Post Office authorities having intimated to the Orient Company that, under an Act of Parliament passed in 1840, the conveyance of mails by the Orient Company is compulsory, ...
Article : 52 wordsThe state of affairs in Afghanistan continues unsettled. The malcontents who are rallying in the vicinity of Ghuznee declare that they will resume hostilities unless Yakoob ...
Article : 39 wordsHis Excellency the Governor has expressed a wish to the Imperial authorities to be relieved of the Governorship of the colony, as he wishes to go home on private affairs. ...
Article : 47 wordsMr. Wrenfordsley, late Advocate-General at the Mauritius, has been appointed Chief Justice of Western Australia. ...
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Article : 57 wordsThe bridge over the Namoi will be finished in a few days, two months before contract time, although the contractor experienced six months of continual wet weather. ...
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Article : 410 wordsThe annual hospital meeting took place last night. The report discloses an amount of debt, and special reference was made to the large number of patients from other districts forced on this institution. It was ...
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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Mon 2 Feb 1880, Page 5
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