Some time ago Mr. G. H. Greene, member for Grenfell, invited a number of members of Parliament to visit his electorate and see for themselves the claims which it could put forward in order to secure ...
Article : 1,831 wordsThe following members of the Kiama volunteer force have offered for active service with the British troops in India:—Private George Grey, Arthur Keegan, Frederick Wilson, William Smi[?]e, Hugh ...
Article : 1,525 wordsAn application has been notified of the Mole Crook and West Coast Railway, promoted by Launceston syndicate, the proposal being to connect with the Chudleigh branch of the Western ...
Article : 198 wordsThe customs collections last month amounted to £196,691, or, deducting the drawbacks, £185,070. This is in excess of the departmental estimate by £4674. ...
Article : 32 wordsThe Governor of Suakim has been commissioned by the Egyptian Government to arrange for the retrocession of Kassala, in the Eastern Soudan, to Egypt. ...
Article : 42 wordsThe Greek Chamber of Deputies met yesterday for the purpose of considering the treaty of peace with Turkey, with a view to the ratification of the same. ...
Article : 173 wordsThe consolidated revenue of Tasmania for the past quarter amounted to £67,288, as compared with £62,822 for September of last year. A crisis has occurred in Greece, a motion of ...
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Article : 32 wordsThe Ottawa correspondent of the "Times" states that in July next the Canadian tariff will be made essentially favourable to Great Britain. ...
Article : 30 wordsThe establishment of a permanent naval force for 1897-8 totals 158, of whom 55 are able seamen. The establishment of the Naval Brigade is fixed at 152, of whom 129 are able seamen. ...
Article : 59 wordsA great thunderstorm passed over London to-day. Several persons were killed during the storm. ...
Article : 22 wordsMr. Reid has been described as the financial Mascotte of New South Wales, and the revenue returns published yesterday, by a curious coincidence, show that since the Premier's return to this colony the ...
Article : 768 wordsThe new telephone regulations came into operation to-day. The annual charge for telephones for business purposes in Melbourne is reduced from £12 to £9. The country rate is uniformly ...
Article : 36 wordsThe resignation of the Cabinet of Lieutenant-General Marcelo de Azcarraga, who recently became Premier of Spain in succession to the late Senor Canovas del ...
Article : 50 wordsThe revenue of the united Kingdom for the past quarter amounted to £24,181,588. The customs yielded £5,254,399, excise £7,864,000, and stamps ...
Article : 32 wordsThe last phase of the Equity suit, involving the title to a number of Mount Lyell shares, which engaged the attention of the Supreme Court of Tasmania last year, was brought under the ...
Article : 120 wordsEleven hundred cases of typhoid have occurred at Maidstone, in Kent. The number of deaths from the epidemic is increasing. ...
Article : 27 wordsReports have been received from Obok, on the African side of the Gulf of Aden, to the effect that M. Listard's French expedition to the Upper Congo has ...
Article : 53 wordsThis morning the signalman at the Semaphore informed the president of the Marine Board that it was feared a fishing cutter had been capsized in the Gulf. He stated that about 9 o'clock he ...
Article : 229 wordsMr. C. T. Ritchie, President of the Board of Trade, who was requested to mediate with a view to the settlement of the engineers' strike, has submitted a ...
Article : 66 wordsAt the wool sales this evening there was very spirited competition for all descriptions, and prices are hardening. Oct. 1. ...
Article : 64 wordsMr. Walter Barnett, of Sydney (Falk's Studios), has obtained the Royal Photographic Society's premier medal for head studies of the late Sir Henry Parkes and ...
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Article : 102 wordsThe South British Insuraace Company's balance-sheet shows £32,000 at the credit of the profit and loss account, £10,000 is added to the reserve fund, and the payment of a dividend for ...
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Article : 25 wordsThe New Zealand Shipping Company has declared a dividend at the rate of 4 per cent per annum, and carried forward £5898 to next account. ...
Article : 32 wordsMatters are still quiet at Lucknow. The strike committee reports that it continues to receive liberal contributions towards the strike fund. About £92 came to hand to-day. The strike has now been in ...
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Article : 245 wordsAs the outcome of a meeting; of the unemployed on Wednesday a deputation waited on Sir H. Tozer to-day with the view of further discussing the matter of the proposed labour colony. Sir H. ...
Article : 221 wordsThe trial of Gray's Australian starting machine, for which arrangements had been made by the English Jockey Club, took place at Newmarket yesterday in the ...
Article : 146 wordsLast night the captains and officers of H.M. ships Katoomba, Wallaroo, Torch, Rapid, Lizard, and Royal Naval Depot gave a brilliant ball on Garden Island, which was attended by over 500 guests. It ...
Article : 628 wordsIn the Legislative Assembly to-day Mr. Stephens moved that, in the opinion of the House, no member serving on Royal Commissions should receive remuneration other than actual expenses. ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 369 wordsMr. O. Gibson's br g Daimio, by Swiveller from Butterfly II., has been allotted 12st 3lb in the Grand Softon Steeplechase, 3 miles, to be run at the ...
Article : 43 wordsThe market firmed considerably to-day, Hannan's Central Extended and Hannan's Reward North taking a rise. It is reported that a rich strike has been made on Block 1285, worked by the Kalgoorlie ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 169 wordsThe Hon. Sydney Smith (Minister for Mines and Agriculture) arrived here by the paper train at 4 o'clock, this afternoon. He was received at the railway station by the president and the secretary of ...
Article : 249 wordsThe Titus arrived yesterday from Port Moresby. The Governor of New Guinea, Sir William M'Gregor, has gone inland along the Vanappa track, with all available Europeans and police to ...
Article : 171 wordsTen members of the New South Wales Gun Club competed yesterday for the third competition for the Queen's Trophy, to be won twice. Previous winners were Messrs. [?]Wyvern and [?]Linden. At the end ...
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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Sat 2 Oct 1897, Page 9
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