TO-DAY being a [?] holiday very little of interest has transpired in mercantile circles, some of the leading mercantile houses having (as they do the London) closed in consequences of the holiday. A few ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 1,321 wordsLONDON, July 30.—Intelligence has bean received that the Afghan army under Ayoub Khan has completely surrounded and invested Candabar, and that the ...
Article : 36 wordsNed Kelly was removed to Beechworth gaol on Saturday. He behaved well until waiting for the train at Newmarket station, when he became very noisy, and hailed some boys who were on ...
Article : 494 wordsKetten, the pianists, has arrived in Brisbane. Seven jurymen were fined 40s each to-day at the sessions, for non-appearance when called upon. To-day is a bank holiday, and business is dull. ...
Article : 1,049 wordsLONDON, July 30.—Australian wheat, per 496lb, is quoted at 50s 6d to 51s. Foreign arrivals are abundant. LONDON, July 30.—The price of ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 199 wordsLONDON, July 30.—The cooper market has experienced a heavy fall. ...
Article : 12 wordsLONDON, July 30.—The price of Australian best beef tallow is 33s. The price of Australian best mutton tallow is 32s 6d to 33s. ...
Article : 25 wordsLONDON, July 30.—General Phayre has made rapid forced marches towards Candahar, with the object of relieving the city. ...
Article : 23 wordsLONDON, July 30.—The tin market is active. ...
Article : 10 wordsLONDON, July 30.—A later despatch from Bombay states that General Phayre's advance guard has been intercepted by a body of Afghans, and that the [?] ...
Article : 37 wordsLONDON, July 30.—The bank rate of discount is 2 [?] per cent. ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 25 wordsLONDON, July 30.—It is reported that fighting has taken place between the outposts of General Phayre's army and Afghan scouts. ...
Article : 60 wordsLONDON, July 30.—The tone of the money market is depressed, owing to the uneasiness caused by the state of affairs in the East and in Afghanistan. ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 38 wordsThe banquet at Canterbury afforded the Colonial Secretary an opportunity for indulging in a retrospect of his past Parliamentary achievements, and directing the attention of the country ...
Article : 511 wordsThe Queensland Freezing and Food Export Company has been registered at Brisbane. The capital is £60,000 of which £40,000 is subscribed. The directors are Messrs. Weinholt, Rome, Graham ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 51 wordsLONDON, July 30.—It is expected that the first batch of troops from London to India will leave within a fortnight. The number to be sent will probably be 10,000 ...
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Advertising : 95 wordsLONDON, July 31.—A cable despatch from Bombay states that the relief army under General Phayre is pursuing its march with expedition towards Candahar. ...
Article : 66 wordsLONDON, July 31.—Latest advices from Cabul state that the city is quiet, but that there is considerable excitement respecting the events occurring in the south. ...
Article : 28 wordsThe Victorian Bar will give a banquet to Mr. Justice Highinbotham on August 12, to celebrate his elevation to the Bench. Mr. Justice Higinbotham yesterday in the ...
Article : 177 wordsBATHURST, Saturday.—This morning Messrs. Bourke, Coulson, and Leeds sold, on behalf of the Orange Slaughtering Company, a prime lot of beef and mutton. There was a large attendance ...
Article : 58 wordsLONDON, July 31.—A later despatch from General Phayre has been received, in which he expresses his opinion that the enemy is preparing to give him battle ...
Article : 63 wordsNo events have so powerfully influenced the course of Australian history as the discovery of the various goldfields, and we believe that we are justified in speaking of ...
Article : 526 wordsBATHURST, Saturday.—It has been reported this morning that gold in payable quantities has been found near a place called Broadwater, a short distance from Bathurst. The exact spot is ...
Article : 98 wordsLONDON, July 31.—It has been ascertained from official sources that the army of Major-General Burrows was 3000 strong, and it is estimated that 2000 were killed ...
Article : 62 wordsPARKES, Monday.—Medlyn and party finished cleaning up on Saturday afternoon, and obtained 115oz from 120 tons of stone, while 1cwt of specimens gave 46oz. The Department of Mines ...
Article : 51 wordsMr. Bray, M.P., of South Australia, has been congratulated by the Anti-Chinese Association of Melbourne for his action in the cause. Dr. Gosse is appointed chairman of the ...
Article : 256 wordsLONDON, July 31.—Reports received from Afghan districts south of Candahar, state that the moral effect on the inhabitants of the success of Ayoub Khan's army ...
Article : 45 wordsBRISBANE, Saturday.—The New South Wales rifle team left Brisbane by the Katoomba at 1 o'clock to-day. The leading officers and men of the Brisbane Volunteer corps ...
Article : 79 wordsRichard Leonard was charged with stealing from the person of a girl five years old, daughter of Eliza Ann Southey, Alexandria, a purse containing 19s 6d in silver, on July 16. The girl had been sent for some beer ...
Article : 341 wordsThe following particulars of the city of Candahar, now the centre of military operations in Afghanistan are taken from "Chambers's Encyclopaedia":— "Cand[?] or Kandahar, the capital of central or ...
Article : 291 wordsA capital evening's amusement was provided at the Opera House on Saturday evening, and the attendance was good. It commenced with Planche's comic drama, "The Ja[?]te," and concluded with ...
Article : 596 wordsMELBOURNE, Monday.—The French transport Finisterre has arrived with exhibits from France. A salute of 50 guns was fired on arrival, and startled the city at an early hour. The ...
Article : 31 wordsThe 18th half-yearly meeting of the Parramatta Gas Company was held last night, and the report was considered very satisfactory. Mr. Harper was elected president of the ...
Article : 619 wordsTHE inquest on Mr. Greer's remains were very formal. Neither Soudry or Mrs. Greer were examined, and the evidence disclosed nothing not already known. The jury returned ...
Article : 61 wordsLONDON, July 31.—Dr. Tanner's extraordinary undertaking to go without food or drink for 40 days is attracting much attention in England as well as in ...
Article : 85 wordsMELBOURNE, Monday.—The Opposition are holding a caucus meeting to-day, and are still sitting. It is stated to be a very stormy meeting, and so far no result arrived at. ...
Article : 34 wordsMr. Robert Fowler's mayoralty of Sydney will be long remembered. He has inaugurated almost a new era in municipal affairs, and his energetic efforts to clear away the rookeries which disgrace the city have ...
Article : 148 wordsThe only case of any importance investigated at the Water Police Court to-day was that in which two men, named John Burns and William Winn, were accused of stealing from the person of H. Simpson. ...
Article : 164 wordsLONDON, July 31.—The match between the Australian Eleven v. eighteen of Crewe (which was deferred owing to the wet weather) was commenced to-day. The colonial ...
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Evening News (Sydney, NSW : 1869 - 1931), Mon 2 Aug 1880, Page 2
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