Following upon his announcement in the Legislative Assembly on Wednesday evening, the Premier (Sir John See) brought forward yesterday afternoon the resolutions arrived at by the Parliamentary ...
Article : 8,834 wordsA fire broke out at Ararat last night at a large flour mill, owned by Mr. N. Jones, and the whole of the place was reduced to ashes. Mr. Jones' premises and plant cost something like £12,000, and ...
Article : 64 wordsIn response to an invitation issued by the Premier and his colleagues to their supporters in the Legislative Assembly, some 50 members who sit on the Ministerial side of the House attended at the ...
Article : 395 wordsA lecture on "The Art of the Bridge-builder," with lantern illustrations, was delivered in the Royal Society's House, Elizabeth-street, last night, by Professor ...
Article : 535 wordsArrangements have been made for the public reception of the vice-regal party on Monday afternoon. The State Premier will not be able to accompany his Excellency, but it is probable that the Hon. F. B. ...
Article : 82 wordsIn mercantile circles there was not much conversation with regard to the Government proposals for giving relief to the sufferers by the drought, except the proposed remission of duties. The matter, had ...
Article : 807 wordsA petition has been prepared and is being made available to the public for signature against the provision in the Reform Bill for separate representation in Parliament of servants of the State. ...
Article : 98 wordsAt Langawirra station a couple of days ago a ration sheep was being yarded, when the animal fell headlong down a well 30ft. deep. A man named James Anderson was at the bottom, engaged ...
Article : 93 wordsMr. J. Barre-Johnston, the president of the Sydney Chamber of Commerce, when seen yesterday by a reporter from the "Herald" with regard to the action proposed to be taken as the outcome of the ...
Article : 383 wordsThe new A.U.S.N. steamer Wyandra, which is intended to replace the Cintra on the Cocktown-Melbourne service, arrived at Brisbane to-day, Captain Grahl, late of the Barcoo, will take ...
Article : 71 wordsA fire occurred at Melton's Hotel, the property of Mr. J. Jones. The billiard-room and hairdressing shop of Mr. B. M'Manus (who lost everything) caught first. The building was destroyed. The ...
Article : 99 wordsAt the recent local option poll prohibition was carried in Chalmers by 32 votes. Later returns show that Bruce and K[?]iapoi did not carry prohibition, but a reduction in the number ...
Article : 47 wordsIt is understood that the names of 824 women have been collected for insertion in the electoral roll for the Liverpool division of the Canterbury electorate. ...
Article : 35 wordsAt the Elingamite inquiry to-morrow evidence is to be given by about 40 witnesses, including a large number of passengers. Mr. Gunson, chairman of the Auckland Harbour ...
Article : 141 wordsThe secretary of the People's Reform League gave an address yesterday on the league's platform. Several speakers concurred in his remarks. LISMORE, Wednesday. ...
Article : 70 wordsIt transpires that the members of the country party were not present at the conference. It is understood, however, that the party, by means of a letter, brought under the notice of the Premier some days ...
Article : 222 wordsWhen seen yesterday by a "Herald" representative, with the object of ascertaining their views on the proposals of the Parliamentary conference, in so far as they relate to the Railway Department, the ...
Article : 107 wordsDr. Ashburton Thompson, president of the Board of Health, stated yesterday that the Board had informed the Queensland Government that in consequence of the death of Mrs. O'Sullivan at Townsville ...
Article : 286 wordsThe R.M.S. Orontes arrived at 7 o'clock yesterday evening and sailed at 4.30 a.m. to-day. Her saloon passengers are:— ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 342 wordsIn the Legislative Assembly last night the Minister for Works said, in answer to questions by Mr. Gormly and Mr. Morton, that as he would have the money in hand in a few days for water ...
Article : 111 wordsA case of ptomaine poisoning has occurred in Iodide-street. Mrs. Davis and her three children, after partaking of some soup, which, it is stated, was made ...
Article : 144 wordsAccording to a return prepared with a view of showing the amount of duty paid on grain and fodder imported into this State during the current financial year, it appears that the sum collected was ...
Article : 131 wordsThe Minister for Works has lost no time in preparing to carry out his share of the work of grappling with the drought. The resolutions arrived at by the conference of political parties were announced ...
Article : 794 wordsWith a view of eliciting the opinions of those interested in the results of the Parliamentary Conference our representative yesterday called upon a number of gentlemen connected financially or ...
Article : 1,240 wordsWELLINGTON.—Arrival: Nov. 27, Westralia, s., from Sydney. Departure: Nov. 27, Tongariro, s., for London. TIMABU.—Departure: Nov. 27, Whangape, s., for Sydney. ...
Article : 276 wordsThe monthly meeting of the house committee of the Queen Victoria Home for Consumptive at Thirlmere was held at Messrs. Towns and Co.'s rooms, Jamieson-street, on the 26th instant. There were ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 245 wordsThe Premier, Mr. Irvine, in a minute to the State Governor, enters a protest against the Government being entirely ignored in the matter of conferring the title of Lord Mayor upon the Mayor of Melbourne. ...
Article : 249 wordsThe monthly meeting of the Municipal Association of New South Wales was held at the offices of the association, Queen Victoria Markets, on Wednesday, Alderman John Wheeler, vice-president, was in the ...
Article : 376 wordsThe R.M.S. Orontes (new Orient-Pacific liner on her maiden voyage to Australia) arrived at Fremantle from London at 6.50 p.m. on Wednesday, and resumed her passage to Adelaide at 4.30 a.m. yesterday. ...
Article : 110 wordsThe Court of Quarter Sessions was continued on Thursday before Judge Backhouse. In the case of Patrick Kelly, who was arraigned on a charge of assault and attempting to assault, the jury, after being locked up all ...
Article : 257 wordsThe stock inspector, Mr. Collman, has reported that the losses of stock in this district have not been alarming, numbers having been sent to other districts for grass. The district, on the whole, is, he ...
Article : 221 wordsThe Apolda arrived Melbourne Nov. 26, homewards; Augsburg arrived Sourabaya, Oct. 18, homewards; Bergedorf left Colombo Oct. 15, homewards; Bielefeld left Algon Bay Nov. 18, outwards; Chemists ...
Article : 153 wordsThe inquest on the death of Maurice John Lee was continued to-day. The medical evidence showed that death was due to peritonitis aud internal hemorrhage, the result of a bullet wound in the abdomen. The ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 299 wordsA youth named Mudge, whilst playing cricket yesterday, was struck on the chest by the ball. He continued batting for some time and fell heavily upon the bat. He complained of pains in the chest, ...
Article : 60 wordsSir,—The proposition—but with what certainty?— is problematical that there has never been so farreaching a drought since 1837-8-9 as that from which the State is now suffering. What information is ...
Article : 418 wordsMessrs. John Walter Vick and William Peter Noller were sworn in as justices of the peace. ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 213 wordsThe Parramatta District Coroner, Mr. T. E. MacNevin, P.M., held an inquest at Macquarie-street Asylum on Thursday morning concerning the death of an old man named John Brown, who had been admitted into the ...
Article : 192 wordsA burglary is reported as having occurred at Leichhardt on Wednesday afternoon, when the private residence of ex-Alderman L. O'Toole, at 36 Alfred-street, was broken into, and jewellery and ...
Article : 167 wordsIt happens that numbers of federal members are in Sydney at the present time. Most of the members for the metropolitan electorates are at home, and in addition there are in Sydney Senators O'Connor ...
Article : 417 wordsCaptain C. Lindburgh, of the steamship Tsinan, which arrived at Port Darwin on Monday evening last, has supplied Mr. Little, post and telegraph master, Port Darwin, with the following extracts from the ship's log during the ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 78 wordsA fireman named Allen M'Leod, 50, died suddenly while working on the steamer Pacifique yesterday afternoon. He was employed cleaning one of the boilers, and was seen shortly before 4 o'clock, when ...
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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Fri 28 Nov 1902, Page 8
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