In the darkness of Saturday morning at a little before daybreak a scene which is not likely to be forgotten by those present at it was enacted in the harbour. One of the North Shore ferry boats, ...
Article : 193 wordsAs the result of Mr. Gillie[?]'s interview with the Premier re[?]peting the unemployed in this district, the Colonial Secretary to-day notified Mr. Gillies that the work of dealing Wallis Creek will be put ...
Article : 88 wordsThe Income Tax Commissioner has informed the Treasurer that £120,000 was received up to the 11th instant on account of the income tax, and that he expected to receive a further sum of ...
Article : 54 wordsIt is believed that Sir William Robinson, who has retired from the Governorship of Western Australia, will temporarily succeed Sir John Terence O'Brien, ...
Article : 46 wordsThe Duke of Devonshire and Mr. Joseph Chamberlain, M.P., were guests at a banquet given by the National Conservative Union last night. ...
Article : 69 wordsNumerous steamer excursions are being made to Kiel in connection with the formal opening of the Baltic and North Sea Canal. ...
Article : 84 wordsIn regard to the number of passengers on board at the time of the accident the statements are somewhat conflicting. Captain Summerbell states there were about 60, Mr. Halstead says about 12, ...
Article : 54 wordsThe Cammeray is a wooden paddle-steamer, 130ft. long, 20ft. 8in. broad, with a depth of 7ft. She had a gross tonnage of 197 tons, and was net 124 tons. Her engines were 30 h.p., and she was ...
Article : 76 wordsThe Melbourne Clearing-house returns for the week ended the 10th instant amounted £2,658,025, being an increase of £500,301 as compared with the corresponding week of last year. The total ...
Article : 55 wordsAt a meeting of the Pastares Stock Protection Board Mr. J. M. Antill was re-elected chairman and chairman of the sheep directors. As full rates were levied last year no assessment was ...
Article : 103 wordsThe South Australian Government Concessions Company, under powerful auspices, is being formed in London, with a capital of about £500,000, to take over ...
Article : 106 wordsAsked about previous collisions, Captain Summerbell said there was the Emu—Waratah in 1887, when the Waratah sank, the Bunya Bunya —Tamar, when the Bunya Bunya was beached at ...
Article : 72 wordsThe Premier received a cablegram yesterday from Mr. Gillies, stating that none of the other Agents-General had yet received instructions to co-operate with him in urging the construction of ...
Article : 63 wordsThe Unionists prevented the defeat of the Government in the House of Commons last night upon the vote for the erection of a statue to Oliver Cromwell. ...
Article : 53 wordsSince the division on the Land and Income Tax Assessment Bill was taken in the Council on Thursday last political circles have been engaged in the consideration of the question at how far a ...
Article : 780 wordsThe French Patriotic Lengue is promoting numerous meetings throughout France to protest against the action of the Government in accepting the invitation ...
Article : 77 wordsThe Sutton Forest Butchering Company have been entrusted by a Sydney firm with the killing of 150 head of cattle, at the rate of 24 per day, to be forwarded to Sydney for export to London, as a ...
Article : 58 wordsCaptain Anderson of the Sydney waa seen at his residence. He said: "After the Sydney, inward bound from Newcastle, had passed Kirribilli Point and we could see the ferry wharf at the ...
Article : 238 wordsA handsome monument erected in the Melbourne Cemetery to the memory of the late Mr. David Wylie, M.L.A., was unveiled yesterday by Mr. Trenwith, M.L.A. The monument was ...
Article : 216 wordsThe election for the vacancy for Invernessshire in the House of Commons, caused by the resignation of Dr. Donald MacGregor (Liberal), took place ...
Article : 102 wordsMach satisfaction is expressed here at the report of Mr. Darley, of the Harbours and Rivers Department, who is adverse to the waste of any further money on harbour works at Wollongong, in ...
Article : 71 wordsA sad fatality occurred at the second meet of the Adelaide Hunt Club on Saturday Mr. James Pile, son of Mr. William Pile, a wellknown station-owner, was killed, owing to ...
Article : 112 wordsThe Czar of Russia has conferred the Order of St. Andrew upon M. F[?]lix Faure, President of the French Republic. ...
Article : 33 wordsFor the fortnight ending to-day the Greta Colliery again worked nearly fall time, and there is good prospect of full work for a considerable time. The men are not making extraordinary ...
Article : 49 wordsAt the Volunteer barracks last night a complimentary ball a was tendered by Captain Paine to the officers and members of the Windsor Company 3rd Regiment, and about 70 couples were present ...
Article : 133 wordsCaptain Suramerbell, manager of the North Shore Steam Ferry Company, said "I was standing on the main deck of the Cammeray, near the after gangway, on the port side, looking up ...
Article : 197 wordsThe Black Flags, or irregular Chinese troops, in Formosa are menacing the foreign inhabitants of the island. A force of British marines has been ...
Article : 49 wordsMr. J. G. Ward, Colonial Treasurer of New Zealand, who is at present on a visit to Canada, will sail on his return to New Zealand by the Canndian-Australian liner ...
Article : 85 wordsA Barcaldine telegram states that the passengers by the train which arrived on Friday night give particulars of an accident at Monk's Creek. They state that a serious catastrophe ...
Article : 265 wordsThe match for the chess championship of Australia was continued yesterday. On the resumption of the play in the fourth game at 2 p.m. it was found that Esling's sealed move was 22—R to ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 591 wordsA splendid lot of stone has been brought in from the Hit or Miss mine, known as Hayes's Find, beyond White Feather. The parcel consists of 3cwt. of stone, all full of rich gold. The ...
Article : 217 wordsA terrible disaster has occurred at the ironworks of Messrs. Walker and Maynard, at Warrenby, in Yorkshire. Thirteen boilers exploded, wreeking the ...
Article : 45 wordsA deputation waited on the Hon. J. N. Brunker (Minister for Defence), at that gentleman'S private office, West Maitland, on Saturday forenoon, for the purpose of pointing out the desirableness of ...
Article : 1,289 words"To illustrate how useful the bulkheads were, everyone was taken aboard the other steamer" (said the company's manager) "without rush or confusion; and the Cammeray kept above water for ...
Article : 231 wordsThe Court of Chancery to-day gave judgment in the suit in which the Marquis of Ailesbury sought to recover from Lady Mabel Sievier (sister of the ...
Article : 92 wordsMar Lodge, Br[?] near Balmoral, the residence of the Duke and Duchess of Fife, has been destroyed by fire. Her Majesty the Queen, who was ...
Article : 46 wordsThe Southern coal trade during this week cannot be regarded other than inactive Next week, however, promises fair work. The returns for works at the various collieries are as follow: ...
Article : 180 wordsThe Treasurer has cabled to the Victorian Post-master-General to the effect that owing to the opening of the Tasmanian Parliament on 26th June, and the delivery of his Budget statement on ...
Article : 71 wordsA band of brigands made a raid on the village of Waltsche, in Albania, a district of Turkey, during the absence of most of the male portion of the inhabitants. The ...
Article : 61 wordsThe depositors with the Standard Bank of Australia have resolved to accept interest on their, deposits at the rate of 2½ per cent. per annum, instead of 4½ per ...
Article : 74 wordsMr. L. Halstead, who is the proprietor of an oyster saloon at Milson's Point, and who was a passenger by the Cammeray, upon being spoken to by a Herald reporter on Saturday, said he held a ...
Article : 479 wordsTwo other names have been added to the long list of victims who have lost their lives at the treacherous hands of the Solomon Island natives. The news rame by the direct steamer Kelloe that ...
Article : 530 wordsThe crow of the ketch Strathmore, which was wrecked at Mussel Roe on Sunday last, have arrived at Launceston by the Warrentinna. They owe their escape to the gallant conduct of Captain ...
Article : 189 wordsIn consequence of the fine weather which has prevailed of late the wickets on which the various county matches are being played are very fast, and enormous ...
Article : 113 wordsThe Mortgage Insurance Corporation, which is reported to have incurred heavy losses through insuring Australian bank deposits, proposes to enter upon ...
Article : 42 wordsConsiderable attention has of late been given to the question of the decrease in the native population, and the report of a commission appointed by the Governor some time ago to consider the ...
Article : 411 wordsThe Kalgurili Gold-mining Company, Coolgardie, which has been formed with a capital of £100,000, is offering shares to the public to the extent of £35,000. ...
Article : 32 wordsMr. J. G. Ward, Colonial Treasurer, has cabled to the Government that he has arranged a very satisfactory reciprocity treaty with Canada, subject to the approval of Parliament. ...
Article : 83 wordsRecent shipments of South Australian wines arrived in rather better condition than the earlier shipments. The wines are now being treated at the South ...
Article : 79 wordsThe fund initiated by the London Daily Telegraph towards the national testimonial to Dr. W. G. Grace, the veteran cricketer, and in which the subscriptions were ...
Article : 82 wordsThe Reunion of Christendom: Lecture by Cardinal Moran, [?]ild, Hall, Castlereagh-street, 8 p.m. Waverley Rowling and Recreation Club: Annual Meeting, Club Rooms, 8 p.m. ...
Article : 174 wordsThe following ia the police report:—About 5.35 a.m. a collision occurred between the s.s. Sydney, Captain Anderson, inward-bound from Newcastle, and the North Shore Ferry-boat Cammeray, bound ...
Article : 163 wordsThe steamer Hawkes Bay, which left Auckland on 28th March, has arrived. Ninety-seven sheep were landed in good condition. ...
Article : 28 wordsTo-day, at one of the largest meetings of farmers over held in this district, resolutions were carried affirming that the present condition of the agricultural industry was largely due to the ...
Article : 98 wordsAt the Bimetallic Conference which has been sitting at Memphis, in the State of Tennessee, U.S., a resolution has been carried in favour of the unlimited coinage ...
Article : 47 wordsLast night a young man named Michael Cook, butcher, residing in Booth-street, Annandale, was stabbed in the left arm and left side during a quarrel between several ...
Article : 57 wordsSeventy-five tons of Australian and New Zealand cheese (job lots), old and strong, have been sold by auction at 25s per cwt. ...
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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Mon 17 Jun 1895, Page 5
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