The second session of the seventeenth Parliament of New South Wales will be opened with the usual ceremonies at Parliament House at noon to-day. The fact that this is the first time that Lord ...
Article : 965 wordsThe result of the voting by the district lodges upon the recommendation of the delegate board to refer the present dispute to an arbitration board has been a strong expression of ...
Article : 2,344 wordsThe first match of the tour was begun by the Australian Eleven at Sheffield Park to-day against Lord Sheffield's team. ...
Article : 119 wordsBushop Higgins arrived here on Saturday and yesterday opened the new Roman Catholic church. This building has been recently erected at a cost of £500 and is a very handsome structure. There was ...
Article : 90 wordsThe members of the crew of the American schooner Competitor, whioh was seized by a Spanish gunboat while conveying arms to Cuba for the use of the insurgents, ...
Article : 262 wordsThe natives friendly to the British in the Soudan report that the town of Abu-Hammed, which is situated on the right bank of the Nile at the angle of the great ...
Article : 129 wordsThe Public Works Sectional Committee, consisting of Messrs. Trickett, Hassall and Wright, began taking evidence here on Saturday evening on the proposed line between Nevertire and Warren, and ...
Article : 115 wordsThe Greta Colliery had a full pay to draw on Saturday, with five days in towards next pay. The strike notice given by the secretary of the union had but little effect, only two or three men withdrawing ...
Article : 96 wordsAt a large meeting of cane-growers at Tumbulgum on Saturday afternoon it was resolved on the motion of Mr. John Quirk, seconded by Mr. John Budd, that Messrs. ...
Article : 624 wordsTwo Indian infantry regiments are being sent to Suakim, on the Red Sea. ...
Article : 20 wordsThat a remarkable revival in the Southern coal trade has been experienced during the last few weeks is proved by the returns with reference to the quantity exported during the month of April. From ...
Article : 395 wordsThe Buluwayo Stock Exchange has been converted into a hospital for the accommodation of these who have been wounded in conflicts with the rebel ...
Article : 30 wordsRecently the officers of the Union Bank became aware of what appeared to bean irregular transaction respecting a cheque for £913. In quiries were instituted, with the result that John ...
Article : 552 wordsSpeaking in the Italian Chamber of Doputies, the Marquis di Rudini, the Premier, stated that with the view of ensuring peace with Abyssinia the area ...
Article : 84 wordsThe Bermuda, a vessel bound for Cuba, took on board from a port in Florida 10,000 rifles and 300 men. The Spanish Consul protested against the vessel being ...
Article : 38 wordsRussia and Japan are parleying upon the question of taking joint action with regard to Corea. ...
Article : 27 wordsThe effect of the strike of miners at Newcastle is felt in Melbourne, where the price of imported coal has been increased from 15s. 6d to 23s per ton for screened coal at the wharf, while to contract ...
Article : 317 wordsSir Hercules Robinson, Governor of Cape Colony, and British High Commissioner for South Africa, who has been summoned to London to consult with the ...
Article : 50 wordsThe Marquis of Salisbury, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, has strongly pressed the Powers, especially Russia, to prevent the forcible conversion by the ...
Article : 43 wordsAt the sitting of the land board to-day Hugh Cadden was further examined by Mr. Pike. He said Foster asked him to lease in June, 1893, and he refused. He did not ask him to lease afterwards. ...
Article : 111 wordsThe Dutch press has assumed a more friendly tone towards England in regard to the Transvaal. The Berlin press denounces Mr. ...
Article : 53 wordsA special meeting of the Cabinet was held yesterday afternoon to give final consideration to the speech to be delivered by his Excellency the Governor at the opening of Parliament to-day. It is ...
Article : 765 wordsThree settlers in Imerina, the central province of Mndagascar, have been massacred by bandits. A strong force of bandits attacked the ...
Article : 71 wordsA test made of the beet which was weighed on Friday showed that it contained 17 per cent. of sugar, which, at the price guaranteed by the company, would bring in a return of ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 678 wordsMr. H. H. Asquith, Q.C., Secretary of State for the Home Department in the last Liberal Government, in a speech delivered at Trowbridgo, declared that the ...
Article : 81 wordsThe Public Works Sectional Committee, consisting of Messrs. T T. Ewing, J. L. Fegan, and C. J. Roberts, spent Saturday here in inspecting the newly-surveyed route of the Manilla railway from ...
Article : 80 wordsThe members of the Sydney Presbytery made a visitation to the congregation of the Pitt-street Presbytermu Church last night for the purpose of personally inquiring into the relations between the ...
Article : 670 wordsThe Cobden Club has passed a resolution expressing regret at the death of Sir Henry Parkes. ...
Article : 26 wordsA mysterious disappearance is arousing considerable attention. A farm labourer named William Morgan, working for some years in the district, left a farmer's home on the evening of the 29th ultimo ...
Article : 118 wordsPetitions are being prepared in South Africa asking that Mr. Cecil Rhodes should be retained in his position as a director of the British South Africa ...
Article : 35 wordsThe late Baron de Hirsch bequeathed l,000,000f. to benevolent institutions in Moravia. His shares in colonising societies are equally divided between Jewish ...
Article : 52 wordsThe depth of the Fourteen-mile Bore has been increased to 1536ft., at which depth the flow is between five and six million gallons per day. Attempts will be made to further increase the depth by ...
Article : 98 wordsThe land board, consisting of Messrs, C. J. M'Master, A. S. Barton, and W.G. Ferris to-day continued its sitting. The settlement leases on Cryon holding were dealt with. George and ...
Article : 296 wordsThe District Court and the Quarter Sessions was held to-day before Judge Forbes, Mr. Browning prosecuting for the Crown. Thomas Cocking was charged with cattle-stealing. He was defended by Mr. ...
Article : 90 wordsThe Cuddingwarra Gold-mining Company, of Cue, Western Australia, has been registered with a capital of 6125,000. It is issuing shares for public subscription ...
Article : 81 wordsAt the West Maitland Brough Council meeting on Friday night the treasurer read a statement which showed that during the current year the sum of £3307 5d had been expended, and that the ...
Article : 162 wordsOn Thursday last Constables Tate and Rowe, who had been informed that someone was selling beer without a license to the railway hands engaged at the Woodford Deviation works, made a search and ...
Article : 103 wordsTo-day's quotation for Broken Hill Proprietary shares is £2 10s. ...
Article : 16 wordsTo-day the land board dealt with the application for a new appraisement of Mount Manaro pastoral holding. Inspector Mackenzie said the area is fully improved, and if £150 was annually expended for ...
Article : 238 wordsYesterday afternoon a Masonic service in aid of the funds of the Freemasons' Benevolent Institution for the permanent relief of aged, distressed, or infirm Freemasons and their wives or widows, was ...
Article : 163 wordsNotice of appeal has been given in the piano [?]ase of Kaye and Sons v. T. Glassey, M.L.A. The Criminal sittings of the Supreme Court were opened before Mr. Justice Cooper this morning. ...
Article : 68 wordsDr. Miles, superintendent of the Asylum for the Insane, Newcastle, and Dr. Harris, gaol surgeon, to-day examined Elizabeth Miller, who is under sentence of death for poisoning her husband at ...
Article : 1,991 wordsThe fortnightly meeting of the Ashfield branch of the above was held on Friday afternoon in the Ash-field Hall. Mrs. Glassop (president) was in the chair, and there was a large attendance of ...
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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Tue 12 May 1896, Page 5
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