With the disappearance of the oppressive north-westerly during the night, the weather yesterday, though warm, was enjoyable, as a light breeze from the eastward tempered the summer heat. The ...
Article : 250 wordsHis Excellency the Hon. Dr. W. H. Solf, Governor of Samoa, is now on a brief visit to Sydney, having arrived by the steamer Tanglin yesterday. His Excellency was appointed to the ...
Article : 358 wordsThe Premier has sent a letter to the Prime Minister of the Commonwealth in reference to the report of the Royal Commission appointed to inquire into the distribution of the waters of the Murray River. He ...
Article : 67 wordsThe Earl of Selborne, the First Lord of the Admiralty, in a memorandum, having for its object a far-reaching reform of the training of the personnel of the Navy, remarks:— ...
Article : 290 wordsReuter's Agency learns that President Castro is about to leave Caracas in order to oppose [?]000 rebels. ...
Article : 38 wordsItaly has informed the United States that she would be happy if President Roosevelt would arbitrate in the Venezuelan affair. If he refused she would not object to the Hague ...
Article : 44 wordsLast evening a carol service was held at St. Barnabas' Church, George-street West. The musical portion of the service was under the direction of Mr. Arthur Massey, who played as an organ solo ...
Article : 75 wordsA special service was conducted at the Waverley Methodist Church yesterday morning by the Rev. R. East (pastor). The church was prettily decorated by members of the congregation. The Rev. E. King ...
Article : 104 wordsThe early hours of Christmas Day were marked at Redfern by St. Paul's choir singing carols and hymns at various points in the streets. A large trolly had been engaged, on which the singers were seated, and ...
Article : 129 wordsPresident Roosevelt's plan, if he arbitrates will be to appoint a board of arbitrators, as he will be unable to examine in detail the numerous claims involved. ...
Article : 32 wordsThe Rev. George Lane (president of the Australasian Methodist Conference) conducted a Christmas service yesterday morning at the Paddington Methodist Church. He took as his text, ...
Article : 53 wordsA United States steamer named Caracas has been permitted to enter La Guayra and discharge her mails and cargo. It is required that the steamer should withdraw from ...
Article : 44 wordsIn the course of the communication to Sir Edmund Barton Mr. Jenkins remarks:—" The report of the Commission contains suggestions which if carried out would not only be vitally unconstitutional but ...
Article : 213 wordsAt the William-street Church the pastor, Rev. W. Halse Rogers, conducted a special service yesterday morning, and preached an appropriate sermon from the text. " Glory to God in the highest, and on ...
Article : 62 wordsThe Dutch steamer Prinz Willem, on arriving at La Guayra, refused to pay the authorities the port charges and proceeded to Trinidad. ...
Article : 32 wordsThe services were largely attended. At the 11 o'clock service the music, well rendered by a full choir, was a special feature, the anthem being Stainer's setting of " O Zion, that Bringest Good Tidings." The " Te ...
Article : 122 wordsAdvices from Caracas state that General Matos, the rebel leader, sought an interview with Commodore Scheder, the German naval commandant, to discuss Venezuelan affairs. ...
Article : 124 wordsAn early Christmas service was held at St. Stephen's Church, Phillip-street, yesterday morning. The church was nicely decorated, and a bright musical service was engaged in. The Rev. John ...
Article : 39 wordsNicaragua is concentrating troops at her Pacific and Atlantic ports. It was stated a few days ago that Colombian officers were making preparations at Colon and ...
Article : 38 wordsThe services at St. Andrew's, usually bright and cheerful, have this Christmastide assumed a sombre character, owing to the tidings recently received of the death of Dr. Temple, Archbishop of Canterbury. ...
Article : 367 wordsThe Rev. John Macaulay, M.A., presided at the service held in the Grahame Memorial Church, Waverley, yesterday morning. There was a good attendance. The Rev. J. T. Thorburn preached an ...
Article : 60 wordsAt St. Clement's, Marrickville, the rector, Rev. A. E. Bellingham, M.A., preached to a large congregation at 11 a.m. service, the Rev. George Brown, M.A., assisting. Special music was rendered by the choir, ...
Article : 59 wordsIn his letters to Sir John See and Mr. Irvine Mr. Jenkins says:—" I take an early opportunty of intimating to you that my Government supports the diss[?]t of Mr. Burchell, which is appended to the ...
Article : 519 wordsAdvices from Fez state that the troops of the Sultan have victoriously entered the rebel stronghold of Teza. ...
Article : 29 wordsA service was held at the Woollahra Church yesterday morning, when the Rev. John Walker (Moderator of the General Assembly) preached. Appropriate hymns were sung. ...
Article : 30 wordsAt St. Stephen's Church, Edgecliffe, yesterday there was a celebration of Holy Communion at 8 and 11 a.m., and at the latter there were also Matins and Holy Eucharist with sermon by the Rev. J. ...
Article : 79 wordsDr. Dill Macky visited Liverpool last evening, and addressed a meeting at the Town Hall, under the auspices of the Australian Protestant Defence Association. Alderman P. Smith (president of the ...
Article : 49 wordsThe customary Christmas morning service was held at the Centenary Hall, the preacher being the Rev. W. G. Taylor. There was a large congregation. Mr. Taylor gave a brief address on a Christmas ...
Article : 77 wordsThe " Times " says that the memorandum, of which a summary is given, is one of the most important Admiralty documents ever issued in peace time, and is entitled to ...
Article : 126 wordsSeven hundred troops from Berb[?]ra proceed to Obbia, on the east coast of Somaliland, where they will land on Saturday, Brigadier-General Manning's force at that ...
Article : 60 wordsThe " Daily Express " states that the gift of Mr. Phipps, of the Carnegie Steel Trust, to the Boer relief fund will remain in Europe, as Mr. Arnold White, one of the trustees, ...
Article : 387 wordsServices were held at St. Nicolas', Coogee, yesterday and were well attended. Holy communion was celebrated at 7.30 a.m., followed by morning prayer at 11 a.m., when Jackson's musical service was ...
Article : 90 wordsSpecial Christmas services were conducted yesterday in the various churches at Balmain. Three services were held at St. John's Church of England, Balmain North, by the Rev. W. J. ...
Article : 188 wordsMr. William Howard, a member of the firm of Chicken and Howard, vignerons, Corowa and Henty, met with a terrible accident this morning whilst on the express train from Sydney. Mr. Howard was in ...
Article : 208 wordsSt. Patrick's Church was crowded at all the services yesterday. At 11 o'clock the choir sang Alexandre Guilmant's grand " Messe Solennelle " in E flat, a work of grand portions and considerable ...
Article : 92 wordsMme. Daleza, who was the mistress of Romain d'Aurignac, and who was arrested at Buenos Ayres, has been released. ...
Article : 28 wordsThe celebration of the Christmas festival at the Roman Catholic Cathedral began at 6 o'clock in the morning, and ma[?]ses were held at each half-hour till half-past 10. The number of the worshippers was ...
Article : 203 wordsThe Admiralty has ordered a first-class cruiser from the Thames Shipbuilding Company. ...
Article : 23 wordsAt St. Francis' Church, Paddington, the " Crib," representing the scene of the birth of the Saviour, was opened by the Rev. J. S. Joyce, O.F.M. (priest in charge of the parish), at the first mass yesterday. ...
Article : 160 wordsThe Pope, in receiving the cardipals to-day, eulogised the Christian democratic movement Later the Pope expressed privately his profound regret at the death of the Archbishop ...
Article : 71 wordsAt the churches in the Western suburbs the services were of a festival character, and the hymns sacred to the Christmas season, and which so appropriately express the joyous nature of the event ...
Article : 62 wordsThe death is announced of Sir Atthur Hodgson, a Queensland pioneer, aged 84 years. Sir Arthur Hodgson was born at Rickmansworth ...
Article : 236 wordsA fire broke out upon the promises occupied by Mr. C. H. Tindale, stock and station agent, adjoining the Bank of New South Wales, and both buildings aud their contents were totally destroyed. The ...
Article : 92 wordsThe choir of the Paddington branch of the Sydney City Mission gave a Christmas carol service last evening at the local hall. Mr. F. Smith presided, and gave an appropriate address, Carols were sung ...
Article : 51 wordsSolemn High Mass was celebrated at St. Charles' Church, Waverley, at 11 a.m. yesterday by the Rev. P. B. Lawler, O.F.M.; the Very Rev. G. P. Birch (president of the friary), was the deacon, and ...
Article : 158 wordsSpecial services were held at the various churches. At St. John's the morning service included the rendition of Handel's " Hallelujah Chorus," Winchester's " Jubilate," Dyke's Te Deum, and ...
Article : 105 wordsThe Emperor Francis Joseph has accepted the renunciation by the Archduke Leopold Ferdinand, brother of the Crown Princess of Saxony, of his family rights. The ...
Article : 69 wordsIn addition to special services at the church yesterday St. James' was identified with a number of benevolent undertakings. There was Holy Communion in the morning at 7, 8, and 9 o'clock, and each time the ...
Article : 326 wordsAttention is being drawn to the manner in which the provisions of the Immigration Restriction Act affect the Indian subjects of his Majesty. A Hindoo, who for some years has been established in business ...
Article : 190 wordsA railway accident occured at Park-road station, in the suburb of Woolangabba, to-day. A mixed train had been temporarily stopped for shunting purposes, when by some means a passenger train ran ...
Article : 185 wordsSeven hundred Boer prisoners at Ahmadnagar, India, have jointly written a history of the war in South Africa. Commandant de Wet, Commandant ...
Article : 44 wordsThe annual Christmas breakfast given to destitute men by the Young Men's Christian Association yesterday morning was attended by a larger number than for several years past—probably an indication ...
Article : 193 wordsThe Rev. Father O'Gorman, of St. Mary's Cathedral staff, sang the Missa Cantata and preached the sermon at St. Canice's at 11 a.m. yesterday. There was a crowded congregation. The church choir ...
Article : 113 wordsMr. M'Lean, agricultural adviser to the Government, will leave early in the new year to continue his investigations into the amount of seed wheat required, and that held by the farmers. Not only has ...
Article : 177 wordsMr. W. Astor has given £50,000 to the Children's Hospital in Great Ormond-street to build an out-patients' department. The gift is made in memory of Mr. Astor's little ...
Article : 43 wordsThe Koffyfontein mine is trying how Indian mine labourers will answer. Four hundred have already been imported. ...
Article : 24 wordsAt St. James' Church, Forest Lodge, the great festival of the year was observed with all solemnity. The 11 o'clock mass (missa cantat[?]) was sung by the Rev. Father Barry. The music ...
Article : 106 wordsMr. Bennet Burleigh, the war correspondent of the "Daily Telegraph," who is at Jibutil, telegraphs that the Mullah in Somaliland in receiving large munitions through ...
Article : 48 wordsThe Minister for Defence was yesterday entertained at a civic reception in the Town Hall, the Mayor welcoming him on behalf of the citizens, and the Premier on behalf of the State. ...
Article : 38 wordsEarly yesterday morning there was Holy Communion, attended by a large number of communicants, at St. Philip's Church, Church-hill. At 11 o'clock service was conducted by the Ven. ...
Article : 106 wordsThe return match between New South Wales and Queensland will commence on the Sydney Cricket Ground to-day at noon. The first contest was played early in November, and was won by New South ...
Article : 287 wordsAll the children and officials at the Randwick Asylum spent a happy Christmas Day. Through the kindness of the house committee and a number of friends an abundance of plum pudding, roast beef, ...
Article : 246 wordsArchbishop Kelly presided at solemn High Mass, and also preached the sermon at St. Benedict's on Christmas morning. The colebrant, deacon, and sub-deacon were respectively the Rev. Fathers ...
Article : 117 wordsA few days ago the Executive of the Esperance Bay Railway League wired the Federal Minister for Home Affairs, Sir William Lyne, asking him to receive a deputation from the league during his visit to ...
Article : 105 wordsShortly before 2 o'clock yesterday afternoon the Rev. Stanley Blackwell was knocked down by a train near the Macdonaldtown station and killed instantly. The driver of a goods train from Clyde to ...
Article : 127 wordsThe Privy Council recently decided that Japanese who were registered as British subjects in Canada are not allowed to vote. The decision is resented in Canada, and is ...
Article : 79 wordsAt All Saints' Church, Woollahra, the special services began at 8 a.m. when early celebration of the Holy Communion took place. This was followed by a second celebration at 11 a.m., and sermon by ...
Article : 123 wordsA stabbing affray occurred early this morning. It appears that a man named Joe Chambers and an American negro had an alter[?]ation over a woman, with the result, it is alleged, that the blackfellow ...
Article : 96 wordsAt St. Francis', Haymarket, high mass was sung yesterday morning, the Rev. Fathers Walsh and Moore officiating. There was a large congregation. Haydn's 16th Mass was ...
Article : 111 wordsEmily Morgan, 13, residing at Catherine-street, Leichhardt, was playing near a quarry at her parents' residence yesterday, when she fell a distance of 15ft., fracturing her right leg. She was conveyed ...
Article : 44 wordsDr. Philip Sydney Jones, jun., son of Dr. P. Sydney Jones, of Strathfield, returned to Sydney yesterday by the Grosser Kur[?]urst, after an absence of about a year. During his stay abroad ...
Article : 111 wordsThe special Christmas service at St. Mary's, Waverley, yesterday, was made attractive. The interior of the church was tastefully decorated. The Rev. R. M'Keown was the preacher, and the ...
Article : 62 wordsA great number of poor men were given a Christmas dinner yesterday at the People's Palace, where the Salvation Army carries on one of its most important works. The business of a restaurant and ...
Article : 785 wordsA labourer named Edward Quigley, lately living at John-street, Pyrmont, died at Sydney Hospital yesterday afternoon. It was stated that on the evening of the 19th instant deceased was walking along ...
Article : 118 wordsThe second day's wool sales yesterday showed a continued briskness, especially for good lines in all staples. Inferior wools also showed a large rise on last year's prices. ...
Article : 43 wordsMissa Cantata was celebrated in the above church yesterday, the Rev. Father E. Rohan being celebrant. Special music, consisting of selections from Gounod's " Messe [?]olennelie " and Haydn's 3rd ...
Article : 53 wordsA quantity of gasolene exploded in the Turf Exchange, at the hot springs, Arkansas. Thirteen people were killed and 30 others were injured. The killed and the injured ...
Article : 47 wordsThe morning service at St. Matthias', Oxford-street, Paddington, was conducted by the Rev. J. W. Gillett, B.A. (rectcr), who took as his text " Unto us a Child is born; unto us a Son is given." ...
Article : 85 wordsMrs. Piercy, the wife of Dr. Piercy, of this town, died last night. The deceased lady was professionally known as Miss Augasta L. Dargon, a noted Shakesperian actress of 20 years ago. She ...
Article : 248 wordsThe second match in this season's Sheffield Shield competition will commence to-day, and will be between New South Wales and Victoria at Melbourne. The representatives of this State have just ...
Article : 178 wordsSeveral masses were said at the Sacred Heart Church, Darlinghurst, yesterday morning. At 11 a.m. " Missa Cantata " was sung by Mo[?]signor Carroll (Vicar-General). There was a large ...
Article : 35 wordsSir George Clarke, Governor of Victoria, arrived by the Pateena yesterday and west on to Hobart. Sir William Lyne was a passenger by the same boat on a holiday trip, and is the guest of his brother, ...
Article : 50 wordsEarly yesterday morning the dead body of a labourer named James Gleeson, 34, lately living at Thorne-street, Paddington, was found in a lane off the New South Head-road, near Rushcutter Bay ...
Article : 73 wordsThe services at St. Mark's, Darling Point, yesterday were of an attractive character. The church was decorated. Holy Communion was held at 7 and 8 a.m., and at the latter full choral eucharist was ...
Article : 93 wordsA carol service was held yesterday at the Pitt-street Congregational Church, and was attended by a large congregation. The service was conducted by the Rev. E. Hutchinson, who delivered a short and ...
Article : 69 wordsThe Casino at Ostend has been closed by the Government, which compensates the proprietor with a sum of 2,000,000 francs (£80,000). The municipality pays him ...
Article : 36 wordsH.M.S. Torch arrived yesterday from Sydney, and will probably remain here till after the Tamar Regatta on January 15. QUEENSTOWN, Thursday. ...
Article : 61 wordsA youngman named Henry Evans, living in Terry-street, Surry Hills, was admitted to Sydney Hospital last evening suffering from a fracture of the skull. Evans stated that he had been assaulted at ...
Article : 39 wordsAt St. David's, Surry Hills, yesterday, the rector (Rev. George Brown) conducted the service, and preached from the text " God was manifest in the flesh, &c." The choir rendered a number of ...
Article : 61 wordsThere was a good attendance at the Point Piper-road (Woollahra) Congregational Church yesterday morning, when the Rev. Dr. Fordyce, M.A., delivered an appropriate discourse upon "The Birth ...
Article : 92 wordsA married woman named Josephine Drake, 22, living at Macquarie-street South, was admitted to Sydney Hospital shortly after midnight suffering phosphorus poisoning. ...
Article : 23 wordsBar silver is quoted to-day at 1s 10¼d per ounce standard. ...
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Article : 24 wordsYesterday morning a lad named James Cadwell, 15, living in Campbell-street, Surry Hills, was playing with a bat and ball, when he fell upon the kerbstone, fracturing his light thigh. The Civil Ambulance ...
Article : 55 wordsAt St. John's, Darlinghurst, celebrations of the Holy Communion took place at 7, 8, and 11 a.m. At the lastnamed hour the rector (Rev. E. C. Beck, A.K.C.) preached from the words " He that spared ...
Article : 101 wordsSend to Absent Friends this reminder of Sunny New South Wales. Your News Agent will Supply. 80 pages for 6d.—Advt. ...
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Article : 29 wordsThe Rev. F. B. Cowling conducted a special service at the Ocean-st. (Woollahra) Congregational Church yesterday morning. There was a good congregation, and the pastor took his text from Luke, [?]., 14. ...
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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Fri 26 Dec 1902, Page 5
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