At to-day's meeting of the Water and Sewerage Board further consideration was given to the subject of the reduced volume of water in the Hunter River, from which the water supply of the Newcastle district is derived, as a ...
Article : 626 wordsIt is understood that the Government of Victoria will place a 3 per cent. loan of £250,000 on the local market at a minimum of £94 10s or £95. ...
Article : 38 wordsIn reply to a letter from Mr. J. M'Conuel, asking for Government support in order to give weight to the prospectus of the company which has secured an offer of the whole of the South African Supply and Cold ...
Article : 234 wordsThe general arrangements for the distribution of poison to the residents of the city and suburbs, in order that each person might join in the crusade which is to be made to-day against rats of all ...
Article : 845 wordsThe seventy-seventh anniversary of the New South Wales Church Missionary Association was celebrated yesterday. The annual service was held St. Andrew's Cathedral at 4.30 p.m., at which there ...
Article : 1,105 wordsWhile a boat containing 12 persons was going along side the warship Wallaroo last evening the boat was dashed by the sea against the side of the war vessel, and so badly smashed that she sank, the ...
Article : 88 wordsIn view of the fact that several cases have broken out within au area in the borough of Alexandria the Board of Health has deemed it wise to quarantine this pertion of the borough, and a proclamation was ...
Article : 117 wordsCardinal Moran, accompanied by Dean O'Haran, arrived by the express to-day from Sydney. The train was due at 12.30, but did not arrive till 1.15, and Cardinal Moran, after a hasty acknowledgment ...
Article : 93 wordsOn Monday evening Aldermen Fitzgerald and Perry, of the City Council, addressed three meetings in various parts of the Belmore Ward for the purpose of discussing the crusade against rats, and of ...
Article : 138 wordsMuch has been written and spoken of the causes of the reappearance of the dreaded disease of bubo[?] plague in our midst. Day by day the cases as they appear are chronicled in the press, and the facts ...
Article : 2,019 wordsDuring the course of the deliberations of the City Council last evening the condition ot the General Post Office came under notice. Alderman Kelly said that in consequence of its ...
Article : 356 wordsMr. Thomson, the dairy expert, has agreed to remain in the South Australian Public Service at a salary of £275 for another year. Arrangements will probably be made for the ...
Article : 52 wordsAt the Williamstown Police Court to-day Jans Jansen and Louis Larsen, members of the crew of the Norwegian ship Phoz, were charged with having assaulted Christian Hald, chief officer of the Phoz. ...
Article : 289 wordsThe central administration of the Postal Department first learned from the press that a letter-carrier employed in the Sydney General Post Office had contracted pingue. In the absence of the ...
Article : 193 wordsThe population at the end of February was 199,282, the net increase for the month being 2559. ...
Article : 22 wordsThe health committee of the City Council met yesterday morning, the Mayor (Alderman Hughes) presiding. The Mayor informed the committee that he had ...
Article : 1,629 wordsThe revenue for February was £301,415, being an increase of £46,901 over February, 1901. Compared with February last year the increase in Customs and excise receipts is £39,903. ...
Article : 33 wordsThe caves board which was appointed some months ago to protect the caves in the south-west has been authorised to construct a number of roads and bush tracks so as to give casy access to the beauty spots. ...
Article : 160 wordsAfter waiting from 3.30 p.m. on Monday until 12.15 p.m. to-day, borne with much good humour by all on board, the Coolgardie was again inspected by the acting health officer, Dr. Gething, who after ...
Article : 136 wordsThe weekly meeting of the Hunter District Water Supply and Sewerage Board was held at the offices, Newcastle, this morning. The president (Mr. W. J. Millner) occupied the chair, and Messrs. J. W. Birkenhead, Alfred ...
Article : 263 wordsThe steamer Moonah, which arrived from King Island to-day, brought news of a sad drowning accident which occurred at Surprise Bay on Saturday week. It appears that three boys named Anderson, ...
Article : 90 wordsAt lost night's meeting of the Balmain Council a communication was received from the City Council asking the council to co-operate, with other municipalities, in making an onslaught on the rats and ...
Article : 331 wordsThe case of Mary Augusta Schippan, accused of the murder of her sister Bertha at Towitta, on New Year's Night, was brought on at the Criminal Court, before the Chief Justice, to-day. A large crowd ...
Article : 189 words"Medicus" writes:—"I write to suggest the use of sea water for the flushing of our sewers and streets. Some of our best types of antiseptics, as sodium and iodine, are found in sea water in a state of solution. ...
Article : 236 wordsLeeming and Brownrigg, who are in custody on a charge of robbery at the Bank of Australasia, have made a full confession of their guilt, and will be brought up to-morrow morning at the police court ...
Article : 73 wordsThe steamship Goodwin arrived to-day from Fremantle to load a full cargo of coal from various collieries for Java, and the barque Oimara arrived from Table Bay to load coal for the west coast of South America. The steamer ...
Article : 132 wordsThe Cabinet has decided to take the necessary steps to have the Westport-Cardiff mine declared a State coal mine, in addition to the mine at Point Elizabeth, near Greymouth, which has already been ...
Article : 52 words"Knight-Errant" writes:—"Fowls and pigeons are kept in an area right in the heart of the city, and maize is thrown about not only on the roof of the fowlhouse, but in the fowlhouse itself, and in the ...
Article : 171 wordsAt a meeting of the Parramatta Borough Council on Monday evening the inspector of unisanees, in his report, referred to the fact that rats were very plentiful at the various Government institutions. It was ...
Article : 104 wordsA collision occurred about 8 o'clock this evening near Town Point between the steamer Koonookarra, and the steam yacht Alice. The latter vessel was just returning from an excursion down the river, ...
Article : 213 wordsThe March sittings of the Newcastle Court of Quarter Sessions were opened before Judge Rogers at the City Courthouse to-day. Mr. Dawson prosecuted on behalf of the Crown. Prior to the cases being called on for hearing ...
Article : 496 wordsThe Australian squadron is now at Lyttelton. Admiral Beaumont paid an official visit to the Governor, Lord Ranfurly, to-day. Lord Ranfurly returned the visit. ...
Article : 71 wordsA special report dealing with the inspection of premises in Leichhardt, whence one of the plague patients was taken recently, was furnished by the local inspector at a meeting of the Leichharde ...
Article : 369 wordsIt was reported yesterday that six lascars belonging to the crew of the P. and O. Company's K.M.S. India had deserted from the vessel. These men come under the provisions of the Aliens ...
Article : 241 wordsThe annual dinner of the Amateur Fishermen's Association was held at the Queen's Hall last night. Captain A. Spain, president of the association, occupied the chair, and there were present Dr. A. Burne, ...
Article : 599 wordsArrived at Port Chalmers; Pakeha, s., from London. Sailed from Auckland: Zealandia, s., for Sydney. (For Continuation of Shipping Intelligence see Pags 8.) SHIPPING REPORTS. ...
Article : 52 wordsThe men of the third battalion of the Federal Contingent were yesterday afternoon engaged in pitching tents, &c., on the site selected for the new camp in the Centennial Park. The location, on the plateau ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 728 wordsThe remains of the late Mrs. Wells, relict of the late Colonel Frederick Wells, were interred in the Waverley Cemetery yesterday afternoon. Those who attended included a number of relatives and ...
Article : 235 wordsThe sixth annual meeting of the members of the Newcastle Tattersall's Club was held in the club-rooms, King-street, to-night. The retiring president, Mr. David Fisher, occupied the chair. There was a representative gathering. ...
Article : 463 wordsColonel Wallock left for Sydney by the steamer Oonah this ovening to assume charge of the third battalion of the Commonwealth Contingent for South Africa. ...
Article : 30 wordsAt the last meeting of the Darlington Council the Mayor (Alderman Cover) reported that he had given the local sanitary inspector instructions to have all streets and lanes well watered; the water to ...
Article : 145 wordsWhile crossing Oxford-street, between Dowling and Flinders streets, shortly before 4 o'clock yesterday, a married woman named Mary Ann Harcourt, residing in Campbell-street, Paddington, was ...
Article : 70 wordsThe funeral of the late Mr. Edward Dansen Farrell took place at the Waverley Cemetery yesterday afternoon. The chief mourners present were Mr. W. A. Farrell (brother), Mr. W. Lawrence, ...
Article : 164 wordsHenry Cluton, 18, residing in Parramatta-road, Concord, and employed in driving cordial manufacturer's cart, was thrown from the vehicle yesterday afternoon while proceeding through Flemington. ...
Article : 61 wordsThe Randwick Council is doing all in its power to prevent any outbreak of the plague in that borough. A staff of men is engaged in laying poison in likely rat resorts and disinfecting drains and culverts. The ...
Article : 186 wordsA sale of work was held by the Sewers' Band of St. Mary's Church, Mortlake, in the school-hall, on Friday afternoon and evening last. The opening ceremony was performed by Mrs. Yarrington, wife of the rector of the ...
Article : 203 wordsThe health committee appointed by the City Council continued its inspection of city properties to-day, and drafted a number of r[?]commendations for consideration at the next meeting of the City Council. ...
Article : 226 wordsThe ninth annual meeting of the Maitland Civilian Rifle Club was held at the Military Hall last evening. The report and balance-sheet showed that the club was in a sound financial position, with a membership roll of 45. ...
Article : 152 wordsAt Monday night's meeting of the Leichhardt Council the Mayor (Alderman J. P. Treadgold) furnished a special minute dealing with the measures that had been taken in connection with the plague ...
Article : 409 wordsThe horse committee of the Royal Agricultural Society of New South Wales met at the society's office yesterday. Mr. H. R. Murray, of Moree, was appointed a judge in the tratting events, and Mr. C. ...
Article : 125 wordsTerms, 3 gu[?] per week. Sample-rooms.—Advt. ...
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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Wed 5 Mar 1902, Page 8
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