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  2. INTERCOLONIAL.

    Mr. Robert Brough, the actor, whose condition has recently been most critical, is progressing favourably. A block of land having a frontage of 132ft. to Flinders-street by a depth of 156ft. to Spencer-street ...

    Article : 957 words
  3. GENERAL NEWS.

    WITH reference to the designs for the proposed State House, which are now on exhibition at No. 7, Bent-street, we have taken some trouble to ascertain professional opinion on the point as to whether any number ...

    Article : 250 words
  4. Novel Spectacle.

    Just before the R.M.S. Ormuz started on her homeward voyage yesterday a rather novel spectacle was witnessed on board. The Ven. Archdeacon D'Aroy, of Wellington, New South Wales, who was passenger ...

    Article : 172 words
  5. Eaten by a Shark.

    THE peaceful village of Ryde was thrown into a state of great excitement last Sunday morning by the announcement that a young mas, while bathing in the river at the steamer's wharf, had been devoured by a ...

    Article : 402 words
  6. Sunday Paper Selling.

    The rule nisi which was granted last week, calling upon Mr. Stipendiary Magistrate Fisher and others to show cause why the conviction of William Rogerson, for selling newspapers in the street on Sunday, should ...

    Article : 195 words
  7. South Australia.

    The liquidators of the late Commercial Bank of South Australia announced a dividend of 1s. This brings up the total dividends to 18s. 6d. The Marquis of Normanby, late Governor of ...

    Article : 409 words
  8. The Centenary and the Civil Service.

    Messrs. G. R. Dibbs and Mr. J. P. Abbott have resigned their positions as members of the Centennial Celebration Commission. According to the financial statement, the festivities in January, will cost £50,000 ...

    Article : 221 words
  9. Resignation of Mr. A. M'Culloch.

    MR. A. H. M'CULLOCH, one of the members for Central Cumberland in the Legislative Assembly, will, it is understood, resign his seat consequent upon assigning his estate for the benefit of his creditors. Under ...

    Article : 138 words
  10. Tarago-Braidwood Railway.

    A deputation waited on the Minister for Works on the 2nd instant representing the residents of the Braidwood district, who strongly advocated the construction of the railway line from Tarago to Braidwood. It was pointed ...

    Article : 103 words
  11. Northern Territory.

    The railway reached Stapleton on Saturday. The Tamils employed on the railway works are giving great satisfaction. The rains are making the country roads very soft. ...

    Article : 117 words
  12. Western Australia.

    The Legislative Council will meet on the 16th instant. It is reported that scarlatina bas broken out at Albany. The infected family has been removed to the ...

    Article : 36 words
  13. Report on the Defences.

    The Premier laid upon the table of the Legislative Assembly the other evening the report of Major-General Schaw upon the defences of the colony. In laying the documents before Parliament, Sir Henry Paries ...

    Article : 270 words
  14. Tasmania.

    It is expected that a picked crew from the Huon district will represent the Mercantile Rowing Club at the Centennial regatta in Sydney. The steamer Fifeshire has arrived from London ...

    Article : 188 words
  15. News from Thursday Island.

    The Acting, Government Resident of Thursday Island telegraphs aB follows under Sunday's date:—"The Albatross bas returned, having found Steve Clark and party all well at Pascoe River. Two of his crew ...

    Article : 76 words
  16. Cardinal Moran in Brisbane.

    The ceremony of investing Archbishop Dunne with the pallium was performed last Sunday, by Cardinal Moran, in St. Stephen's Cathedral, which was densely crowded. The Cardinal was assisted by Archbishop ...

    Article : 170 words
  17. Queensland.

    General, and in many instances copious, rains have fallen in the Control and Western, districts of the colony, from the extreme north to the border of New South Wales. More, favourable prospects for ...

    Article : 442 words
  18. New Zealand.

    A rumour, which proves to be unfounded, has been telegraphed throughout the colony to the effect that the direct steamer Ionic had been lost in the English Channel. The rumour originated in Wellington. ...

    Article : 80 words
  19. South Australian Statistics.

    A return laid before the Council (says the South Australian Register) gave particulars of the arrivals and departures to and from the colony during the years 1883 to 1887. During 1883 there were 16,991 ...

    Article : 79 words
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