A fire which at one time threatened to wipe out the timber industry of Pyrmont broke out last night, and caused intense excitement among many thousands of people, who were ...
Article : 1,155 wordsLithgow was on fete to-day, in honour of the official opening of the annual show by the Minister for Works. A strong westerly wind brought up clouds of dust, and made ...
Article : 1,196 wordsWhen our first edition went to press the fire at M'Kenzle's timberyards, Pyrmont, was burning fiercely, and there was every danger of the flames, fanned by the southerly wind ...
Article : 239 wordsThe Paris correspondent of the "Times" reports that France is firmly resolved to make no further concessions at the International Conference at Algeciras regarding ...
Article : 89 wordsThe debate on the Address-in-Reply to the Speech from the Throne was continued in the House of Commons last night. Colonel Saunderson (Conservative) moved ...
Article : 308 wordsBy special train which reached Adelaide from Melbourne shortly after 9 o'clock yesterday morning, there arrived the Postmaster-General of the Commonwealth (Mr. Austin ...
Article : 903 wordsSeveral newspapers regard the obstruction by Germany at the International Conference at Algeciras as being intended to produce failure. ...
Article : 57 wordsTurkish troops having wantonly occupied Tabah, in Egyptian territory, on the Sinal Peninsula, Great Britain has taken energetic steps to compel them to withdraw. ...
Article : 99 wordsShortly after midnight a detachment of over 100 men from the various man-o-war vessels in the harbour, comprising a complete ambulance crew, a carpenter's crew, with axes, ...
Article : 123 wordsAt 12.15 a.m. the northern end of M'Kenzie's yard collapsed, and the burning Iron and debris shot high in the air, and fell into the street, causing both firemen and spectators ...
Article : 228 wordsThe following telegram was received to-night:—"Cowes reports a large ship ashore at Nobbys. The crew is on shore in distress. A party is leaving with refreshments for the ...
Article : 452 wordsMessrs. Coopman and Young pleaded guilty at the Clerkenwell Police Court yesterday to the charge instituted by the Agents-General of having in their ...
Article : 95 wordsIt would be almost impossible to speak in too great terms of praise of the stupendous work achieved by the firemen. The first detachment to arriye on the scene was from ...
Article : 399 wordsMr. Winston Churchill, the Parliamentary Under-Secretary for the Colonies, answering a question in the House of Commons last night, said that the Government ...
Article : 57 wordsDirectly word of the fire reached the electric light authorities they had gangs of men at work cutting off the current in the neighbourhood of the conflagration. ...
Article : 33 wordsIn reply to Sir Charles Howard Vincent (Conservative), Mr. Lloyd George, the President of the Board of Trade, declared in the House of Commons last night that there ...
Article : 96 wordsA magazine exploded at Khartoum yesterday. Several British soldiers were killed. ...
Article : 22 wordsAt 1 a.m. a strong southerly wind rose and carried the flames right across Abattoir-road to the yards on the opposite side of the thoroughfare. The footpath was a mass of ...
Article : 95 wordsChinese merchants at Manila have been warned that an auti-foreign outbreak will occur in China on the 24th instant (Saturday). ...
Article : 52 wordsMr. A. J. Balfour, addressing a meeting of the electors of the City of London last night, said that at the elections the behaviour of Government supporters on the ...
Article : 133 wordsSir. Henry Campbell-Bannerman, the Prime Minister, in a letter to the London correspondent of the "Novoe Vremya" (St. Petersburg), states that he will remain ...
Article : 52 wordsMr. Allen Taylor (the Lord Mayor), of Messrs. Allen Taylor and Co., whose extensive timber-yards and wharfs adjoin those of Mr. McKenzie, readily granted a few minutes' ...
Article : 425 wordsDuring the time the fire was at its height large volumes of sparks fell upon three punts loaded with timber, and there was every probility of their being consumed. Constable ...
Article : 151 wordsExeited crowds in the French provinces frequently oppose officials taking an inventory of church property, as provided by the Separation law. A mob, armed with ...
Article : 49 wordsLatest reports from Cowes of the wreck of the Speke state that the second mate, Mr. Cook, readily followed a request by the captain that he should go over the side and carry ...
Article : 187 wordsMr. Austin Taylor, who as a Conservative was elected for East Toxteth, Liverpool, has, owing to the letter written by Mr. A. J. Balfour to Mr. Chamberlain, ...
Article : 47 wordsUmvell's tribe, some of whose members attacked Inspector Hunt's detachment of police and killed the inspector and a trooper in the Richmond, district of Natal, ...
Article : 73 wordsUpon the arrival of the Union Company's steamer Karitane at Sydney yesterday from Kalpara, New Zealand, Captain J. Dawson reported that on Tuesday evening last he ...
Article : 314 wordsThe fire is one of the largest of the kind that has occurred in the city for many years, and when it was at its worst the flames reached to a great height. At that time they could ...
Article : 127 wordsThe defeat of a British force in the Sokoto district of Northern Nigeria, leading to the killing of five British officers and a company of mounted infantry, is ...
Article : 64 wordsMr. H. H. Asquith, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, assured a deputation yesterday that he regarded the export duty on coal (one shilling a ton) as vicious in ...
Article : 49 wordsJust now Lithgow is suffering somewhat from a reputation. It is unable yet to live up to reports of the vast amount of employment that would in due time be provided by ...
Article : 916 wordsIntense heat was experienced in the city and suburbs yesterday, but a compensating feature of the weather conditions was the extremely small percentage of humidity. The ...
Article : 421 wordsYesterday Prince Arthur of Connaught at Tokio invested Admiral Togo, Fleld-Marshal Oyama, and Field-Marshal Yamagata with the Order of Merit. ...
Article : 29 wordsBy 3.15 a.m. the fire was entirely mastered. The wind continued to blow in fitful gusts, carrying the smoke and flames along the street. The splendid woke of the firemen, ...
Article : 403 wordsBirching of lads in the navy has been suspended for a year. At the close of the 12 months officers will report on the experiment. ...
Article : 33 wordsThe Constitutional Club has expelled Lord Balfour of Burleigh for advising Radicals to vote for the freetrade candidate at Chelsea. ...
Article : 31 wordsMr. H. Mackenzie, the proprietor of Mackenzie's timber yard, when spoken to by a "Herald" reporter at the fire, said that he left the place at 8 p.m., three of his clerks ...
Article : 124 wordsPrince Obolensky, a Liberal, member of a Zemstvo, has been arrested at Sebastopol. ...
Article : 20 wordsOf a total of 1856 Rand coolies who were repatriated 1233 endeavoured to re-engage themselves at Ching-wan-tao, but were prevented from doing so. One hundred and ...
Article : 60 wordsBar silvor is quoted to-day at 2s 6 9-16d per ounce standard, an advance of 1-16d since Tuesday. ...
Article : 22 wordsThe bad state of the water in the underground tanks at Singleton Superior Public school has created a great deal of uneasiness. Many children are compelled by their parents ...
Article : 195 wordsPlenty of men are applying in response to the demand of New Zealand for 1000 navvies. WELLINGTON (N.Z.), Thursday. ...
Article : 49 wordsDuring the time the Police Commission was taking evidence in Melbourne, Thomas Bassett Cullen, law clerk, was subpoenaed as a witness, but he refused to give evidence. ...
Article : 147 wordsWhen it was thought that control of the firs had been gained Suporintondent Webb kindly permitted himself to be interviewed by pressmen, to whom he gave some interesting ...
Article : 394 wordsThousands of people flocked to the fire from all parts of the city, and by midnight every spot from which it could be viewed was lined wi[?] spectators. While the general public ...
Article : 370 wordsThe American Senate has passed almost unanimously the Pure Food Bill. ...
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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Fri 23 Feb 1906, Page 5
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