The advent of the year 1883 was celebrated in Melbourne yesterday in the usual hearty fashion of the citizens. The day was a holiday for all but the few whose business it ...
Article : 5,642 wordsThe Rev. Canon Sandford, incumbent of St. John the Evangelist's, Edinburgh, has accepted the position of Bishop of Tasmania, in succession to the Right ...
Article : 49 wordsTattersall's Race Club meeting took place to-day on the Randwick Racecourse. There was a very large attendance, about 16,000 persons being present, including His ...
Article : 635 wordsThe revenue returns, which we placed before our readers yesterday, are satisfactory in some respects, while in others they afford matter for serious ...
Article : 6,303 wordsThe Government have accepted the tender of the A.S.N. Company for a weekly mail service between Brisbane and Cooktown, calling at intermediate ports, also a service ...
Article : 316 wordsHeavy floods have taken place in the Rhine [provinces and in Switzerland, causing a terrible amount of damage. ...
Article : 26 wordsSir Evelyn Wood, who has accepted the command of the Egyptian army, has advised the Khedive that a force be established of 6,000 men, and that a ...
Article : 48 wordsIntelligence received in India from Cabul states that the Ameer of Afghanistan has succeeded in suppressing the rising which had broken out in Cabul. ...
Article : 32 wordsMr. R. Lalor, M. P. for Queen's County, in a speech at Wicklow, urged the people of Ireland to organise, with the view of making a forcible ...
Article : 61 wordsM. Leon Gambetta died at an early hour this morning from the effects of his recent wound. His age was 44 years. ...
Article : 37 wordsThe s.s. Natal, the first vessel of the Messageries Maritimes line, has arrived from Marseilles, under the command of M. Didier. Her tonnage is 2,554 registered. She left ...
Article : 420 wordsThe Egyptian Government has made representations to the British authorities regarding the large number of British troops still remaining in this country, ...
Article : 78 wordsAccording to the latest reports, the state of affairs in Basutoland is improving, and the country is becoming more settled than for some time past. ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 241 wordsCetewayo will start on his return to Zululand next Thursday (4th January). The state of the country is such that disorders of a more or less serious nature ...
Article : 40 wordsArrived.—Cumbria, bq., from Auckland August 29. ...
Article : 25 wordsNew Year's Day was observed as a close holiday. The weather was gloriously fine throughout the day. The principal attraction of the day's amusements was the Tattersall's ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 94 wordsThe revenue for the past year was £548,600, being an increase of £40,400 on the preceding year. In the past two years the revenue has increased to the extent of £110,000. ...
Article : 53 wordsThe Campania Plate was won to day by Barb. The Assyrian, who was ridden by Agnew was nowhere, a stirrup leather having broken during the race. ...
Article : 34 wordsNothing further has transpired with regard to the wreck of the steamer New England. No more bodies have been recovered. A magisterial inquiry has been held on ...
Article : 307 wordsA sculling match took place on Saturday on the Parramatta River between Largan and Pearce for £100 a side. The men started by mutual consent at Charity Point. Largan, ...
Article : 166 wordsThe following in the list of passengers to Sydney passing through Albury, as forwarded by our correspondent:- ALBURY, MONDAY. ...
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The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), Tue 2 Jan 1883, Page 5
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