All Australia was out to enjoy itself yesterday. In most of the great cities and many of the country ones there were races. For Sydney, ...
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Article : 628 wordsThe industrial dispute and the New Year were ushered in together. Everything passed off quietly. The picketing was thorough, and only a couple of men outside the officials ...
Article : 550 wordsGreat Britain has accepted the proposal of Austria, that there should be a preliminary discussion between the Powers of the questions to be submitted to the ...
Article : 194 wordsThe death roll of the Italian earthquake now amounts to considerably over 200,000. In six towns alone reports estimate the loss of life at 208,000. Messins, out of a population of 149,000, lost 135,000. Of the ...
Article : 124 wordsPessimism prevails in official circles in Berlin owing to a belief that sacrifices are expected of Austria-Hungary which she is unable to make. ...
Article : 28 wordsThe Highland Gathering, which is yearly held by the Highland Society of New South Wales, took place at the Show Ground yesterday. The weather was fair but cloudy, and a ...
Article : 155 wordsOld-age pensions under the Old Age Pensions Act accrue from to-day. The Post Office has been provided with 13 tons of silver to pay half a million ...
Article : 67 wordsThe Lord Mayor of Sydney, Alderman Allen Taylor, at the Highland Gathering yesterday said he wished to do as other speakers had done, and keep away from political affairs. ...
Article : 173 wordsThe deaths in Messina by the earthquake number 135,000, including 200 visitors. Out of 44,000 inhabitants in Reggio ...
Article : 167 wordsTaormina, on the east const of Sicily 25 miles south-west of Messina, was not affected by the earthquake. ...
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Article : 59 wordsAt luncheon, Mr. Alexander Ketbel, M.L.C., who was in the chair, proposed the health of Sir Harry Rawson, Governor of New South Wales. ...
Article : 1,266 wordsThe Italian Government is sending emgrant vessels to Reggio and Messina to serve as temporary hospitals or to remove the survivors elsewhere. ...
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Article : 159 wordsAuckland has opened a subscription list for the sufferers in the earthquake. ...
Article : 17 wordsA long list of Indian honours was gazetted last night in connection with the commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the assumption by the Crown of the ...
Article : 42 wordsA return has been prepared by Captain Hacking, showing the quantity of shipping which visited the port during the past 12 months. The return states that the arrivals for ...
Article : 85 wordsBy the Pacific Phosphate Company's steamer Promise, from Ocean Island and Nauru (Pleasant Island), Mr. W. Telfer Campbell, the British Resident Commissioner in the Gilbert and ...
Article : 538 wordsMr. T. A. Coghlan, Agent-General for New South Wales, has asked the Foreign Office to request Switzerland to remove restrictions on the importation of frozen ...
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Article : 137 wordsCanada is subscribing towards the relief of the sufferers. The French Government has opened a national subscription to relieve the ...
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Article : 85 wordsThe steamer Paparoa, which put into St. Vincent, Cape Verde Islands, with a fire [?] No. 3 hold, on route from New Zealand ports to London, has been surveyed and ...
Article : 49 wordsAn extensive bush fire occurred on Messrs. Martindale and White Bros.' property. The fire was checked, 800 acres having been burnt. As it is timbered country the fire will ...
Article : 38 wordsThe steamer Daldorch was floated off at high water to-day, and returned to the wharf. A survey of the Daldorch was subsequently conducted, and it was found that she had ...
Article : 47 wordsBush fires at Brawling were reported yesterday to have been kept under control by a large party of fire-fighters, although much grass and land were over-run and miles of ...
Article : 47 wordsTwenty-five persons have been arrested near Clonmel, Tipperary, for cattle driving. ...
Article : 24 wordsA party of University teacher-students from Sydney, Goulburn, Adelaide, and other places is now encamped at Tallong, to study the locality from a geological standpoint. Dr. ...
Article : 64 wordsA few dozen survivors fought with knives amid the ruins of the Customs-house of Messina for provisions. Several throats were cut for a few handfuls of beans. ...
Article : 114 wordsA grass fire broke out at Shepparton yesterday. The Urban Trust water supply extends to the property, but the trickle through the hose was only sufficient to fill a bucket in ...
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Article : 61 wordsThe severe weather has abated, and a thaw is general in Great Britain and Ireland. ...
Article : 24 wordsJohn Byrnes, aged 25, a dairyman, living in Factory-street, Parramatta, was shot in the chest yesterday afternoon in Clarence-lane, city. He was taken to the Sydney Hospital, ...
Article : 289 wordsThe crew of the Russian battleship Admiral Makharoff saved 1000 lives at Messina. Thousands of half-naked men, women, ...
Article : 102 wordsThe revenue of the United Kingdom for the quarter ended December 31 amounted to £33,255,727. To this amount Customs contributed £7,636,000, excise £10,170,000, ...
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Article : 162 wordsThe Right Rev. Dr. M. R. Neligan, Bishop of Auckland, and Mrs. Neligan, sail for New Zealand by the steamer Tongariro on January 4. ...
Article : 30 wordsThe match between the Australian Rugby Football Union's team and Monmouthshire was abandoned owing to a severe frost. ...
Article : 52 wordsYesterday there were renewed shocks at Catania, at the foot of Mount Etna. The inhabitants, who are panic stricken, hold religious processions daily, with reli[?]s of ...
Article : 47 wordsGeorge Chas. Boon, who, it is said, was stabbed during a disturbance in the Chinese quarter on Tuesday morning, is now practically out of danger, though he is still in ...
Article : 91 wordsRoy Gerrard, aged 11, son of Mr. John Gerrard, of Barmedman, was drowned this morning in the Murrumbidgee River whilst bathing in company with his father and uncle. ...
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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Sat 2 Jan 1909, Page 11
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