The eighty-first anniversary of the birth of her Majesty the Queen was celebrated in Sydney yesterday with very little outward or visible sign of rejoicing. But for that the citizens were not to blame. ...
Article : 394 wordsThe greatest public demonstration that has ever taken place here was held last night in honour of the relief of Mafeking A largo number of people assembled at Wolseley Park to take part in the ...
Article : 103 wordsThere is only one further case of bubonic plague to report—Edward James Edney, residing in the city. This case, although only reported yesterday, properly belongs to the previous day, as it was ...
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Article : 1,138 wordsA team of Petersham bowlers visited Newcastle to-day for the purpose of meeting the Lowlands Bowling Club in a three-rink match. The visitors were received on arrival of the midday train from ...
Article : 278 wordsThough the rain kept people indoors last night there was considerable private celebration of the holiday during the night. At the headquarters of the Metropolitan Fire Brigade, the men held a ...
Article : 90 wordsPatriotic celebrations took place to-day and were very successful. His weather was beautiful and the I people most enthusiastic. A large procession formed at Whittakor-street Bridge, comprising the Public ...
Article : 121 wordsIn spite of the rain an audience of nearly 1000 people attended at the Birthday recital given at the Town Hall by the city organist. M. Wiegand opened his programme loyally with " God Save the ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 59 wordsThe Aberdeen line, which is represented at Sydney by Messrs. Dalgety and Co., which trades between London, Teneriffe, Capetown, Natal, Melbourne, and Sydney, inaugurated (says an English paper) on the 19th ultimo a ...
Article : 132 wordsA large and enthusiastic gathering took place in the Oddfellows' Hall last night in honour of the relief ot Mafeking. Addresses were delivered by the Revs. T. E. O'Mell and A. Dundie, Dr. Mason, ...
Article : 110 wordsThe four-masted ship Curzon arrived to-day from Natal to the agency of Messrs. Scott, Fell, and Co. to load a cargo of coal from the Waratah Colliery for Valparaiso, and the steamer Kirkhill ...
Article : 132 wordsA whole day's parade of the military forces of the Maitland district was held to-day under the command of Captain W. C. Markwell, of the New South Wales Lancers. The B and D companies, 4th ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 164 wordsA public demonstration was held to-day, in celebration of the relief of Mafeking. A procession, comprising the band with the volunteers, about 2000 children, Oddfellows, Foresters, and the Fire ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 203 wordsThe Municipal Council of Woollahra, in continuance of the strict measures taken to prevent the spread of the plague, has made it compulsory that all stable premises within the borough should be ...
Article : 135 wordsA Royal salute of 21 guns was fired yesterday morning at the Dawes Point battery in honour of the Queen's Birthday by a detachment of the Royal Australian Artillery. ...
Article : 31 wordsAt a lunch [on board the Cunard liner Ivernia on the 19th ultimo, says " Fairplay ":—Mr. G. B. Hunter, who presided, in proposing the toast of the Cunard Company, said that since the company was formed in 1880 it had ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 182 wordsThe Royal Arthur looked very beautiful last night, with the whole of her decka, from the waterline up to the truck, brilliant with electric lighte. Her fine broadside, when so illuminated, as she lay at her ...
Article : 60 wordsNo fresh cases of plague were reported to-day in Brisbane. At Cairns a suspicious case was reported on the Aramac to-day. The steamer anchored a mile and a half from the wharf. ...
Article : 88 wordsNumerous telegraphic messages were despatched by prominent citizens to-day to the Premier, Sir William John Lyne, congratulating him upon the distinction which has been conferred upon him. A ...
Article : 105 wordsAll the liners and many of the ships were decorated fore and aft. But the rain so saturated the bunting that the flags hung limp. The flagatiffs at Fort Phillip were beautifully dressed, ...
Article : 49 wordsOwing to the weather the traffic on the railways and tramways yesterday was little more than that of an ordinary Sunday. All special arrangements had to be cancelled excepting those on the tramways ...
Article : 42 wordsThe morning opened fine, and towards noon over 2000 people had congregated to witness the regatta. Boats arrived from all parts of the river, bringing excursionists. Towards 2 o'clock heavy rain-clouds ...
Article : 155 wordsTo-day's holiday was marred to a serious extent by the inclement state of the weather. The whole of the ocean, river, and harbour excursions were postponed, and several other holiday attractions were ...
Article : 410 wordsThe suspect Bell, on the steamer Wakitipu, was removed to-day to a building at Pig Island, with Dr. Holmes, a nurse, and a man who has been with the patient. The suspect is much better, his ...
Article : 75 wordsThe " Liverpool Journal of Commerce" is responsible for the statement that an order has just been placed or is just about to be placed with the Vulcan Company, of Stettin, by the Norddeutacher Lloyd Company for a new steamer ...
Article : 70 wordsNot many people could possibly have found any pleasure in going for a harbour or marine excursion yesterday. Owing to the heavy and continuous rain several of those advertised were ...
Article : 144 wordsIt is obvious (says the " Saturday Review ") that the visit of the German Emperor to the Queen was arranged long before the Samoan agreement was concluded. No doubt negotiations between the ...
Article : 954 wordsThe steamer Ysabel spoke the Birksgate on the 10th instant. ...
Article : 13 wordsThe barque Dominion, which yesterday arrived here from Puget Sound to Messrs. Cowlishaw Brothers, met with very severe weather. Captain Rodd says that off the coast of California for several days the ship was beset by ...
Article : 97 wordsThe strangest anthropological " find " recorded in the last decade of the nineteenth ceutury will (says the " Boston Transcript ") soon be announced by the American Museum of Natural History. It is ...
Article : 956 wordsIn spife of the fact that anything but the proverbial " Queen's weather " was experienced yesterday. Mr. Thomas Correy's attractive, spacious, and well-kept gardens at Cabarita were by no means ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 186 wordsThe steady drenching downpour yesterday necessarily prevented thousands of persons from making the outings they had contemplated, and consequently Mr. E. J. Lane's popular pleasure resort at Fern ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 298 wordsThere was no roam for complaint of overcrowding In regard to any of the steamers running to Middle Hurbour yesterday, and yet all the pleasure resorts, or rather those which provide suitable shelter for ...
Article : 83 wordsOn Wednesday evening a " Kipling Recital " was given in the Leichhardt Town Hall by Mr. A. Rollo Trasey. At the conclusion of the recital Mr. Trasey gave a limelight display of an interesting character, ...
Article : 100 wordsThe iron barque Craigmullen, 761 tonn register, built by Messrs. R. and J. Evans, Liverpool, in 1875 and owned by Mr. W. Goodall, Liverpool, has been sold to London owners for about £2800. ...
Article : 104 wordsThe John Mitchell No. 2 Redfern branch of the Irish National Foresters held a picnic yesterday at Sir Joseph Banks Pleasure Grounds, Botany. Despite the wet day the attendance numbered nearly 500. ...
Article : 170 wordsAt the Society of Arts, London, recently Professor R. W. Wood described a method of presenting coloured photographs which differs from the various ways at present in use. The " Daily Graphic " ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 193 wordsIn the United States after-dinner speaking is more generally encouraged as an accomplishment than it is in England, and an American, even when taken unawares, seldom fails to make an entertaining ...
Article : 122 wordsHis Excellency the Governor to-day sent the following cable to the Secretary of State for the Colonies:— " The Governor, Ministers, and people of South Australia offer to her Majesty the Queen loyal ...
Article : 86 wordsThe death has occurred in Boston of Captain Laban Howes, former master of such ships as the Fleetwing, Southern Cross, Blue Jacket, &c., and inventor of the famous Howe double-topsail rig. ...
Article : 189 wordsThe Governor's levee in honour of the Queen's Birthday was largely attended. His Excellency cabled Mr. Chamberlain a message for the Queen conveying to her Majesty loyal and loving greetings ...
Article : 44 wordsThe number of visitors at the Zoological Gardeus, Moore Park, yesterday was very small owing to the heavy rain. The grounds at the present time are looking fresh and green, and are kept in excellent ...
Article : 47 wordsThe "Liverpool Mercury " states that the following startling and authentic coincidence, vouched for by reliable local authorities, is believed to be the most remarkable ever recorded. More than 200 ...
Article : 136 wordsAn official statement of the Bureau of Navigation at Washington shows that for the first nine months of the fiscal year the shipbuilding output of the United States has been 732 vessels of 196,148 gross tons, compared with ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 1,585 wordsCoogee Bay was completely deserted yesterday by picnickers. The only local attraction was the entertainment provided by Mr. C. W. Hobson at the Aquarium. Several hundred people ...
Article : 110 wordsThe military review to-day was the most success ful held for many years. 700 men were on parade. ...
Article : 25 wordsAt the suggestion of the French Governor-General of Cochin-China the Compagnie des Messageries Maritimes has just despatched one of its inspectors to Bangkok to report as to the advisability of establishing a steamship ...
Article : 96 wordsTo Mr. James Doel, of Stonehouse, Plymouth, belongs (according to " M.A.P ") the proud distinction of being the oldest actor in England. Mr. Doel, who recently celebrated his 96th birthday, is ...
Article : 254 wordsThe production of freak fruits, such as white blackberries, frost-proof plums, and seedless oranges, has (the " Westminster Gazette " says) become such an important business in America that the ...
Article : 131 wordsThe long-continued rain, which earlier in the week liminished the attendances at the theatras, was entirely disregarded by holiday makers yesterday. In the afternoon the matinees were well attended, and ...
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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Fri 25 May 1900, Page 6
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