LONDON, December 19.—A trial has been made of the armament of the Victorian gunboat Childers. The result was satisfactory to the Admiralty, the boat answering splendidly. The ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 562 wordsConsiderable excitement was created in the city and on 'Change this morning when it became known that a somewhat serious collision had occurred between Messrs. Howard Smith and Sons' ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 225 wordsLONDON, December 19.—Mr. Wilfred Powell, F.E.G.S., who is about to start on a scientific exploration of New Guinea, has determined to commence bis operations from the mouth of the ...
Article : 75 wordsThe Government has declared December 29th a public holiday. The Adelaide Payneham and Paradise Tramway was opened this afternoon. ...
Article : 298 wordsLONDON, December 19.—The police authorities deny that any extraordinary precautions are being adopted on account of Fenian threats, except in the case of Hawarden Castle, where an ...
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Advertising : 95 wordsPARTS, December 19.—A report is current to-day that Admiral Courbet's forces have occupied the Black Flag position of Sontay without resistance being offered by the enemy. The report ...
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Family Notices : 173 wordsSUEZ, December 19.—The Orient Company's s.s. Orient left here on the 15th instant outwards for Australian ports. ...
Article : 20 wordsConrad Jockel and Richard Hewitt were yesterday convicted at the Quarter Sessions of having forged a cheque for £5 15s. Sentence was deferred. Hewitt was formerly one of the leading cricketrs of New ...
Article : 38 wordsLONDON, December 19.—Threats have been made by New York dynamiters to avenge the execution of Carey's murderer, O'Donnell, by murdering a number of British officials. ...
Article : 34 wordsAn old man, 60 years of age, named Thomas Anderson, was brought up at the Control police court to-day, on a charge of attempting to take his life by throwing himself in front of a tram motor in ...
Article : 109 wordsThe Keilawarra mil be repaired here. The board appointed to choose designs for the new public offices decided the first three prize-takers yesterday, as follow:—Grainger and ...
Article : 62 wordsLONDON, December 19.—A strong feeling continues to exist against foreign inhabitants at Canton, and the Chinese have destroyed several chapels, ...
Article : 25 wordsFORT DENISON, December 20.—High water, 11.4 a.m; 12.23 p.m. The Buninyong to-morrow, and City of Melbourne on Saturday, leave for Melbourne. ...
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Advertising : 540 wordsA case of attempted infanticide by a mother was beard at the Central Police court to-day, before Mr. Dillon, S.M. The prisoner, Mary Elizabeth Cooper, was charged with attempting to murder her infant ...
Article : 135 wordsLONDON, December 18.—Lord Granville, the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, has publicly stated that he is ready to mediate between Prance and China if requested by either country ...
Article : 38 wordsAn entertainment was given by the children in the Convent yesterday. The building was crowded, and the pupils acquitted themselves very creditably. The Rev. Dr. Byrne delivered ...
Article : 110 wordsLONDON, December 18.—Poole, who was recently sentenced to death for murdering a man named Kenny, was hanged at Dublin to-day. ...
Article : 26 wordsIn reference to the case of Constable Hatfield, against whom a civil case is pending for assault, a deputation consisting of the Mayor of Botany, Mr. John Bowmer and other gentlemen, waited upon the ...
Article : 210 wordsCAIRO, December 18.—Baker Pasha left this city to-day for the Soudan, where he will assume the supreme command of the Egyptian expedition against El Mahdi, the false prophet. ...
Article : 33 wordsThe Chinese gamblers were brought up at the police court yesterday and charged with having played an unlawful game called "fan tan." The two ringleaders were fined £50; the alternative ...
Article : 69 wordsROME, December 18.—The Crown Prince of Germany, who arrived here from Genoa yesterday, visited his Holiness the Pope at the Vatican to-day. The visit lasted for fully an hour, and ...
Article : 68 wordsOn Tuesday Bertie Cox, a son of Mr. Thomas Cox, of Zalgoguin, met with an accident at Yearing Creek. The child, who is nearly three years' of age, was swinging on a gate, which became ...
Article : 67 wordsLISBON, December 18.—On Tuesday a very destructive fire broke out in one of the buildings connected with the dockyard. The flames spread with great rapidity, and before the conflagration ...
Article : 48 wordsA young fellow named James Young, of gentlemanly bearing and "good looks," was Charged at the Central police court this morning with stealing a cheque for £24 10s. It appeared that he had been employed as ...
Article : 219 wordsPARIS, December 19.—The Chamber of Deputies, last night, voted the further credit of 20,000,000 francs asked for by M. Jules Ferry, Minister for Foreign Affairs, on account of the ...
Article : 36 wordsIn the police court to-day, the Rev. W. H. Ullmann, of "Gospel Army" renown, was fined 10s with costs, for having loitered on and obstructed the roadway. The inspector of nuisances ...
Article : 43 wordsTo-day the Melbourne Presbytery is discussing, with closed doors, the letter received from Messrs. Malleson, England, and Stewart, solicitors, re the Rev. Charles Stroner's certificate. ...
Article : 568 wordsThe spring show was held in the Exhibition Building yesterday. There were some nice exhibits of flowers. The other exhibits were very poor, owing to the bad season. ...
Article : 58 wordsMonday was prize day it All Saints' College. The Bishop of Bathurst presided. The weather is excessively hot and dusty. Harvest work is progressing. The crops have ...
Article : 67 wordsIn the Legislative Council yesterday, in answer to Mr. Piddington, Mr. Dalley stated that £693,200 had been exchanged up to end of last September; that the currency of the next loan would be 50 ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 290 wordsUNTIL the draft of the Federation Bill, prepared by the members of the Convention, was made public, no one had even dreamed that such a measure was in contemplation. It had not been ...
Article : 1,622 wordsTwo attempts at garotting have been made this week, near Honeysuckle Point, by a couple of suspicious-looking characters. Messrs. J. H. Huddard and Hollinshed, Jan., were the victims. ...
Article : 74 wordsJoel Phillips and Joseph Aarons, trading as Smith, Phillips, and Co., of York-street, merchants, on petition and affidavit. Liabilities, about £31,000; assets, about £10,000. Mr. E. M. Stephen, official ...
Article : 146 wordsM. St. Leon's Circus and Menagerie, which since Saturday has been located at the lower end of Pitt-street, has been successful in attracting crowded audiences every night. This evening will be the last ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 337 wordsWith reference to the steps taken by the inhabitants of Petersham towards obtaining a public park, we observe that the South Annandale Estate, including the residence of the late Cantata Johnson, is ...
Article : 122 wordsInformation ma this morning given to the City Coroner, by Constable Hynes, that at about 5.80 yesterday afternoon, a little girl named Mary Ann Turner, aged 7 year, and the daughter of H. Turner. ...
Article : 117 wordsMr. Moses Moss, J.P., head of the well-known firm of M. Moss and Co., died at his residence, Macquarie-street, this morning. The deceased gentleman was far advanced in years, and his demise was due to a ...
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Evening News (Sydney, NSW : 1869 - 1931), Thu 20 Dec 1883, Page 4
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