Among matters considered by the Cabinet on Saturday was the question of holidays during the visit of the United States fleet. Victoria had decided to proclaim three days, ...
Article : 80 wordsThe foundation stone of the new hall which the Young Men's Christian Association is having erected was laid at Ballarat by the Prime Minister (Mr. Deakin). ...
Article : 155 wordsThe following vessels cleared at the Customs-house yesterday:—Brisbane, s, for Lyttelton, with 1400 tons coal; Hamstead, s, for Melbourne, with 5750 tons coal; Ottensen, s, ...
Article : 100 wordsMr. Samuel Mauger, Postmaster-General, addressed a largely attended public meeting in the Town Hall last evening on "Hindrances to Progress," ...
Article : 589 words"The coming years will witness the transference to Sydney of much of the commerce and the manufactures of England. The head-quarters of the British Empire must eventually ...
Article : 627 wordsChangsha, s, 2260 tons, Captain E[?]dy, from Hongkong, via ports. Passengers—Mr. J. Bailey, Mr. Croft, Mrs. H. Lee, Mr. F. Button, Major Kyngdon, Mr. G. R. Morris, Mr. J. Morris, Mr. J. Russel, Mr. Decontry, ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 80 wordsThe Inspector-General of Police, acting under instructions from the Premier, has completed arrangements with a view of averting accidents at the cliffs at South Head on the day the ...
Article : 256 wordsAnother meeting of the Northern District Council of the Federated Enginedrivers and Firemen's Association was held yesterday at the Trades Hall, Mr. T. Cheshire, president, ...
Article : 54 wordsAt the annual meeting of the Victoria Riverina branch of the A.W.U. at Ballarat on Saturday, it was stated that the membership was 10,203, an increase of 3000 for the year. ...
Article : 45 wordsThough many complaints are made regarding the facilities provided at the Dyke for loading coal, an instance which occurred on Friday tends to show that in favourable ...
Article : 138 wordsAfter a long season of musical comedy, the Theatre Royal was again the home on Saturday night of the patrons of melodrama. "The Fatal Wedding," is being revived for a ...
Article : 211 wordsThe Malaita arrived at 11 a.m. to-day, and is to sail at 2 p.m. Her passengers are:—Mrs. Chs. Rossitor, Misses Robinson and Bowie, Messrs. Elliot ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 785 wordsThe State Government anticipates that the railway trips to be provided for the men of the United States fleet will prove to the visitors one of the most attractive features of the ...
Article : 127 wordsConstable Sidney Vincent Tighe, stationed at Toowoomba, committed suicide, it is alleged, by shooting himself. He had recently been transferred from Warra. ...
Article : 28 wordsMoldavia, R.M.S., for London, via ports. Marathon, s, for London, via South Africa. Grantala[?] s, for Melbourne, Adelaide, and Western Australia [?]orts. ...
Article : 80 wordsDr. Richard Arthur, M.L.A., president of the Immigration League of Australia, offered an explanation regarding the cable which appeared a few days ago respecting a letter of ...
Article : 311 wordsIn regard to the murder charge against Connelly, chief witness in the case against Hallinen and Anderson, who got seven years for manslaughter, no evidence was offered. A ...
Article : 48 wordsReichenbach, s, for Antwerp and Hamburg, via Townsville and Java ports; Aldenham, s, for Melbourne; Karitane, s, for Devonport, Burnie, Stanley, and Beauty Point (cargo only); Wauchope, s, for ...
Article : 65 wordsDuring the week the trustees of Clarke and Shark Islands (of whom Mr. Oakes, honorary Minister, is one), paid visits to those places in order to ascertain how they can best be ...
Article : 203 wordsMr. Mauger, the Postmaster-General, addressed a meeting of men in the Methodist Central Mission Hall this afternoon on the subject of "Present-day Problems." He ...
Article : 204 words"Listen to this," said Alderman Dyer, at a formation meeting of a Labour league at Carlton, as he took from his pocket a circular he had received that day from the Employers' ...
Article : 305 wordsOn Thursday night, owing to the explosion of a lamp, a fire broke out in a four-roomed cottage occupied by a family named Oliver, on the outskirts of the town. It was ...
Article : 117 wordsUlimaroa, s, 5777 tons, Captain Wyllie, for Wellington. Passengers—Mr. and Mrs. S. H. Burrows, Mr. and Mrs Johnson and 2 children, Mr. and Mrs. R. Gillies and child, Mr. and Mrs. H. Lowry, Mr. and ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 133 wordsThe Board of Nomination for the election of "a clerk in full orders" to fill the vacant incumbency of Christ Church, Geelong, met at St. Paul's Cathedral on Friday. Only one ...
Article : 114 wordsThe arrangements for the continental to be given in the Domain during the fleet's visit are practically complete, and it is expected that this part of the State programme will ...
Article : 177 wordsA special meeting of the Helensburgh branch of the Illawarra Colliery Employees' Association was held last night, the local chairman, Mr. A. Gray, presiding. A letter was read ...
Article : 189 wordsA brutal attack was made on a Chinese carpenter named Lenny Lee, living in Mary-street, Surry Hills, a little after 10 o'clock on Saturday night, in a vacant allotment between ...
Article : 190 wordsThe Postmaster-General (Mr. S. Mauger), during his visit to West Maitland on Saturday evening, received several deputations regarding local requirements in his department. ...
Article : 203 wordsAn application was lodged on Saturday [?] the Industrial Disputes Office by John Clark Goodwin and others for the constitution of a board on behalf of persons employed in glass ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 166 wordsAt the annual demonstration of the local Orange Lodge a strong protest was entered against the action of the Sydney City Council in granting the Town Hall for a Roman ...
Article : 103 wordsWakatipu, s, for Launceston, via Eden; Wimmera, s, for Auckland. ...
Article : 3 wordsA cable message was received on Saturday, stating that the Tyser liner Whakarua had left London on July 15 for Melbourne, Sydney, and New Zealand ports. ...
Article : 30 wordsThe body of a man was found yesterday afternoon in the Northern Reserve at Coogee. Beside it lay a bottle and a drinking mug, each containing carbolic acid. ...
Article : 173 wordsSomething novel in the way of a launch took place at Mort's Dock and Engineering Company's works last week, namely, the launch at half past 9 o'clock on Wednesday. ...
Article : 121 wordsThe China Navigation Company's steamer Changsha arrived on Saturday from Eastern ports with a general cargo, and berthed at Flood's wharf. She left Hongkong on June 28, and called at Manila, Zamboanga, ...
Article : 56 wordsThe acting superintendent of the P. and O. Company in Australia, Mr. A. Gordon Wesche, has received information that the Morea and Malwa, two of the three mammoth ...
Article : 171 wordsFor those who did not enjoy the privilege of hearing the recital of this story for themselves, it is here reproduced at the instigation of a special correspondent, whose duty in the ...
Article : 450 wordsThe steamer Airlie arrived yesterday from Singapore, after another fast trip, being one day ahead of schedule time, and berthed at Circular Quay. She left Singapore on June 27, and called at Batavia, Samarang, ...
Article : 80 wordsIn reply to an application for detailed information as to the Auckland arrangements the American Consul-General has received the following cable from Admiral Sperry:— ...
Article : 149 wordsThe death occurred, on Friday of the Rev. J. C. W. MacNeill, M.A., minister of the Presbyterian Church at Dubbo. The deceased took ill about a fortnight ago, while engaged ...
Article : 434 wordsThe four-masted American barquentine Amazon arrived last evening from Willana Harbour, with a cargo of 1,300,000ft pine, and anchored in Watson's Bay. Fine weather was experienced throughout the passage. ...
Article : 37 wordsA topsail schooner, built to the order of Mr. F. Jagger, of Auckland, and to be employed in the New Zealand coastal trade, was launched on Thursday from the shipbuilding ...
Article : 149 wordsOn Friday the body of a newly-born infant was discovered by Mrs. Annie Vale in Wallace-street, Balmain. The discovery was reported to the police, and Dr. Wilson was ...
Article : 55 wordsThe Norwegian barque Sivah, with a cargo of lumber, arrived yesterday from Hokianga, and anchored in Johnstone's Bay. She left the New Zealand port, on June 19, and experienced north-west to westerly gales ...
Article : 54 wordsNews was received yesterday that a farmer named Mason, residing 14 miles from Teawamutu, had shot his infant daughter and committed suicide. ...
Article : 105 wordsThe steamer Malaita, from the New Hebrides to Sydney, called at Norfolk Island on Saturday morning. She was to have resumed her voyage at 2 p.m. ...
Article : 34 wordsArthur Conlon, aged 34, living in Greek-street, Glebe, was brought to Prince Alfred Hospital on Saturday night, where he was admitted, suffering from injuries to the head. He ...
Article : 50 wordsThe Melbourne S.S. Company have recently chartered the steamer Hampstead, of a deadweight carrying capacity of about 6000 tons. She left Newcastle on Saturday night for Melbourne with a full cargo of ...
Article : 63 wordsA proposal is on foot that the motorists of Brisbane should form a motor party to proceed overland to Sydney, arriving there just prior to the visit of the American fleet. The ...
Article : 94 wordsA small boy of 7, James Cogan, living in Bland-street, Woolloomooloo, was playing with some other boys on the top of a number of bales of wool on a wharf in Woolloomooloo ...
Article : 65 wordsThe Special Licensing Court on Friday decided to close 10 licensed premises in the Macquarie electorate, as follows:—Lincoln Hotel (Wellington), two years from September 10, ...
Article : 80 wordsThe following telegrams were received last night relative to the conditions of the bar harbours:— Ballina, 12ft on bar, 14ft on inside channel at high water; Forster, bar 8ft 9in at high water. ...
Article : 80 wordsThe judgment of the Court of Marine Inquiry which has been considering the loss of the Orion has been delivered. The Court found that there was no evidence ...
Article : 97 wordsThe Victorian Government proposes spending £10,000 on the reception of the fleet. The citizens in the principal streets of Melbourne are being asked to contribute to the fund for ...
Article : 47 wordsCOOKTOWN (1550m).—Dep: July 18, H.M.S. Pyramus, for Sydney. CAIRNS (1400m).—Arr: July 18, Kadina, s, from Newcastle; Wodonga, s, from Cooktown. ...
Article : 1,209 wordsAt the All Nations' Hotel, South Broken Hill, on Friday night, E. Ryan, 19, went into a washhouse to procure some carbide, but the rain during the day had wet the carbide in its ...
Article : 77 wordsMr. W. H. Mackenzie, J.P., coroner for the district, held an inquiry at the courthouse on Thursday concerning the fire which occurred on Saturday morning last and resulted in the ...
Article : 150 wordsAUCKLAND (1281m).—Arr: July 19, Kalapoi, s, from Newcastle. WHANGAREI.—Dep: July 18, Hippolas, bq, for Sydney. ...
Article : 18 wordsThe Premier has again telegraphed to the Prime Minister asking what funds would be available for the purpose of celebrating the visit of the American fleet to Albany. Mr. ...
Article : 141 wordsI, JOHN EDWARDS, of No. 42 Lawson-street, Balmain, in the State of New South Wales, Commonwealth of Australia, do solemnly and sincerely declare that I have ...
Article : 121 wordsThomas Stevens, 38, was killed at the Associated mine on Friday. Stevens and a mate named Butler were engaged charging the firing holes. Butler left after the first five had ...
Article : 69 wordsThe Supreme Court, Wellington, has refused the application by Ellen Benton for leave to serve her husband with citation in divorce, the husband being in New South ...
Article : 107 wordsSome three or four hundred members of the Amalgamated Society of Engineers met at the Trades Hall on Friday evening to show their appreciation of the services of Mr. Howe, who has for years past been ...
Article : 156 wordsThe Commonwealth Government is on the look-out for a launch for use on Sydney Harbour in connection with the work of the Customs Department. A vessel of about 60ft in ...
Article : 81 wordsSome young children of Henry Sonnerman, of Yellow Creek, near Beechworth, were playing with a handcart, when it ran down a hill with a boy aged five in it, and struck a stump. ...
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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Mon 20 Jul 1908, Page 8
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