SUAKIM, May 14, 8.30 p.m.—Spies, who are believed to be reliable, have come in, and say that Osman Digna is at Tama with some thousands of fighting men, a thousand women and children, and ...
Article : 227 wordsThe Minister of Defence has decided to suspend the re-organisation of the volunteer force until Parliament has approved of the scheme. ...
Article : 32 words{No abstract available}
Detailed lists, results, guides : 648 words{No abstract available}
Family Notices : 209 wordsThe propriety of withdrawing the troops from Lytton and removing the shipping restrictions was considered at the Executive Council meeting, held yesterday. It was decided to take no action ...
Article : 111 wordsAnother seizure of food unfit for human consumption was made on Thursday by Inspector Seymour. This is the third occasion during the present week that this officer has been the means of preventing food ...
Article : 289 words{No abstract available}
Advertising : 566 wordsLast evening the progress committee held a meeting, which was attended by Mr. G. C. Loughnan, one of the members for the Murrumbidgee electorate. He stated that he had ...
Article : 196 wordsLONDON, May 14.—Reuter's special correspondent at Suakim telegraphs that Lieutenants Airey, Sparrow, and Wrench, have volunteered to remain with the detachment of mounted scouts ...
Article : 55 wordsSince the last Public Instruction Act came into operation, the salaries paid to teachers have been in accord with the status of their schools rather than with the certificated classification of teachers. In order ...
Article : 227 wordsA dastardly attempt has been made to upset the Germanton mail-coach. On passing a culvert between Albury and Germanton, about 8 o'clock at night, the driver observed a long sapling ...
Article : 67 wordsLONDON, May 14.—It is expected that her Majesty the Queen will, on her birthday, confer the honor of knighthood upon Mr. Alexander Stuart, Premier and Colonial Secretary, and Mr. ...
Article : 112 wordsThe District Court opened here yesterday, Judge Docker presiding. Over forty cases were disposed of. They were mostly of an unimportant character. ...
Article : 104 wordsThe Leura, steamer, leaves for Melbourne to-morrow, and the Barrabool for Queensland ports. The steamer Canton is due from Melbourne to-morrow. Efforts are still being made to float the Lismore, steamer ...
Article : 155 wordsThe determination of the Speaker to appoint the 1st of June as the nomination day for the election of a member to represent St. Leonards, has caused a considerable flutter among the candidates. It seems ...
Article : 337 wordsThe weather continues cold with indications of winter. The stoppage of the antimony mines, at Kempsey, caused a number of old residents to return ...
Article : 74 wordsLONDON, May 13,8.23 p.m.—The amount offered for the Victorian loan was £7,000,000 in excess of the sum required. The average of tenders was about £100 16s. A syndicate offered to ...
Article : 88 words{No abstract available}
Detailed lists, results, guides : 524 wordsAt a special meeting of the Municipal Council, held yesterday afternoon, it was moved—"That the council take steps as may be considered necessary to deal with the disorderly conduct of ...
Article : 82 wordsLONDON, May 14.—A strong committee for carrying out the proposed ocean dock at Port Adelaide, has been formed, and the funds are to be found privately. ...
Article : 90 wordsThe District Court opens to-day before Judge Murray. There are about forty cases, several of which, will be defended. One, an action for slander, is creating some interest. ...
Article : 103 wordsSome time ago a number of gentlemen seceded from the order of the Antediluvian Buffalos. and formed themselves into an independent society, which has been registered under the Friendly Societies Act as a ...
Article : 665 wordsPERHAPS the best clue to the present policy of Russia in Central Asia, as disclosed, in the recent advance on Penjdeh, will be found in the history of the last ...
Article : 1,108 wordsSenior-constable Day, who took part in the shooting down of the Coonamble murderers, has been appointed, as promotion, to take charge of Nymagee station. He arrived here last week. ...
Article : 85 wordsAccording to the latest intelligence the Gladstone Government has had its policy with respect to Russia approved of in the House of Commons by a majority of thirty, but such a division was ...
Article : 516 wordsLONDON, May 14, 5.54 a.m.—It is rumored that the Government intends to renew the milder provisions in the Act for the Prevention of Crimes in Ireland. ...
Article : 35 wordsLONDON. May 14.—It is stated on reliable authority that the proposed additional taxation on beer and spirits will probably be abandoned. ...
Article : 28 words{No abstract available}
Detailed lists, results, guides : 46 wordsMr. Grattan Riggs finished a most successful season at Bathurst last night. He had crowded houses without exception, and has gone to Orange, Dubbo, and returns to Bathurst on the ...
Article : 324 wordsLONDON, May 14.—Sir Samuel Leonard Tilley, K.C.M.G., has been appointed to succeed Sir Charles Tapper, K.C.M.G., as High Commissioner for Canada in London. ...
Article : 31 wordsThe plans and sections for the extension of the rail- way to the waters of Port Jackson are now nearly completed, and the necessary working drawings are being finished with the utmost dispatch. It is expected ...
Article : 68 wordsLONDON, May 14.—The death is announced of Mr. Alexander, of the firm of Redfern, Alexander, and Co., London, shippers of general merchandise to the Australian colonies. ...
Article : 31 wordsWe have received from the publishers, Messrs. Ascherberg and Co., a number of the latest songs published by their London firm. The two first, "O, salm thyself, my heart," and "A breaking heart," ...
Article : 221 wordsLONDON, May 13.—Consols, 99 1/4. New South Wales 4 per cent. debentures, 106; Queensland 4 per cents. 101. Tin, £85 10s. LONDON, May 14.—The directors of the Bank ...
Article : 47 wordsLONDON, May 13, Evening.—The shipment of South Australian grapes which arrived in the P. and O. steamer Parramatta is found to be unsalable. ...
Article : 45 words{No abstract available}
Advertising : 56 wordsPlease choose from the following download options:
Share this item on:
Print page as...
Testing
Evening News (Sydney, NSW : 1869 - 1931), Fri 15 May 1885, Page 4
It's easy and takes two shakes of a lamb's tail!
With your Trove account you can: