Gladstone again ill. Heavy rain in Sydney. Wolselcy's eyesight affected. Heavy sea off Manning Heads. ...
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Advertising : 342 wordsAt length the contingent has left us, and young Australia is at last fairly embarked on the stormy, sea of international strife. For the first time in her history she is to try the terrible hazards of war. As ...
Article : 583 wordsADELAIDE, Wednesday.—The Government has allowed Major-General Downes the use of the steamer Musgrave to take as many volunteers as possible to Backstairs Passage on Friday in order to visit the ...
Article : 49 wordsA frighful collision between the troopship Iberia and Messrs. Huddart and Parker's steamer Nemesis, unfortunately marred the brightness of yesterday's proceedings. It appears that the Iberia was bearing ...
Article : 637 wordsBRAIDWOOD, Wednesday.—Tuesday was not observed as a close holiday among the business men of the town. ...
Article : 28 wordsCOONAMBLE, Wednesday.—Tuesday was observed only in the banking and Government offices as a holiday. ...
Article : 25 wordsTENTERFIELD, Tuesday.—The town is lively. Today is observed as a close holiday in honour of the departure of the troops for Egypt. ...
Article : 34 wordsBRISBANE, Wednesday.—Mr. R. V. Cholmondelcy will probably be appointed acting-aide-de-camp during the absence in the Soudan of Lieutenant Pritchard. ...
Article : 28 words'Tis the third day of March, and the roll of the dram Has echoed far out o'er the tide: The firm, steady steps of our soldiers that come Shakes the heart of our colony's pride. ...
Article : 568 wordsSeveral hundreds of ladies and gentlemen were conveyed down the harbour as far as the Heads yesterday, to see "the noble sis hundred" take their departure in the R.M.S. Iberia and the Australasian. ...
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Family Notices : 406 wordsThe volunteer who was not going with the "Sudden' contingent," was nevertheless overjoyed to find the morning bear promise of a fine day, as he got up at early dawn to put a brighter polish on his buckles, ...
Article : 1,014 wordsThe boy Philip Mealcy, who fell from the skylight of the George-street Fruit Markets yesterday afternoon while viewing the military procession, died in the Sydney Hospital at an early hour tins morning. ...
Article : 46 wordsAs the two transports gradually descended the harbour, so the immense multitude which thronged the Circular Quay, Dawes Battery, and the whole of the environs, began to slowly melt away. ...
Article : 659 wordsAt exactly half-past 2 o'clock that veteran skipper, Captain South, mounted the bridge, the lines were cut adrift, the order to go ahead given, and the good ship Burwah left the wharf to assist in escorting our ...
Article : 847 wordsA sad incident occurred on Tuesday afternoon in connection with the departure of our troops for the Soudan. It appears that Major Blanchard, one of the contingent, was bidding his aged mother ...
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Advertising : 405 wordsThe adjourned meeting of the School of Arts Debating Club was held on Monday night. Mr. Parkinson Price presided. After the preliminary business had been disposed of the debate of the evening was ...
Article : 190 wordsYesterday Mr. Evan Jones, the well-known jeweller, forwarded for presentation to Mr. Dalley, a nicely chased gold medal with a suitable inscription, as a souvenir of the departure of the New South ...
Article : 57 wordsCONCERT OF SACRED MUSIC.—On Tuesday night the St. Andrew's branch of the Church of England Temperance Society gave a concert in the Protestant Hall, Castlereagh-street, in aid of a fund now being ...
Article : 234 wordsTwo large steamers bound south passed Twofold Bay at 9.30a.m. this morning. These are the troopships Iberia and Australasian in company. ...
Article : 22 wordsLONDON, March 3.—The Agents-General for Australasia conferred to-day with the Marquis of Hartington (Secretary of State for War), Lord Derby (Secretary of State for the Colonies), and the Duke of ...
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Advertising : 110 wordsLONDON, March 3.—In the House of Lords, yesterday, the Duke of Cambridge said that the offers of military assistance on the part of all the colonies had been absolutely accepted, in case more troops were ...
Article : 61 wordsThe muster of voluteers on Moore Park yesterday attracted a large crowd, and as the men poured in, some companies marching in good military order, while others arrived as best they could by tram or ...
Article : 449 wordsCOBAR, Wednesday.—A monthly meeting of the Masonic Lodge of Cobar was held on Tuesday night. At a banquet the Worshipful Master (Brother Brough) [?] the toast of "The Sandan ...
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Evening News (Sydney, NSW : 1869 - 1931), Wed 4 Mar 1885, Page 5
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