The annual show of the Royal Agricultural Society of Victoria was opened to-day under favourable auspices, the weather being bright and cool. The exhibits, which exceeded 5000 in number, reached a ...
Article : 2,982 wordsThe Eight-hour Day celebrations were held yesterday in bitterly cold weather. The procession in the morning was witnessed by large crowds, who thronged the principal thoroughfares. The chief ...
Article : 198 wordsAt the Parramatta Police Court on Monday morning, before Mr. T. E. M'Nevin, P.M., and Mr. P. J. Braine, J.P., Joseph Armidale was charged with being found in the dwelling-house of William Lindo ...
Article : 118 wordsOwing to a good gallop recorded by Kenley in the morning he became very firm in the betting yesterday on the Epsom Handicap, ranking as an equal favourite at 7 to 1 with Abington. There was, ...
Article : 877 wordsA meeting of the City Council was held yesterday evening at the Town Hall. Sir James Graham (the Mayor) was in the chair, and there were present— Aldermen M'Elhone, Griffin, Kelly, Thompson, ...
Article : 616 wordsSome time ago Murphy, the American crack racing man, rode a mile under the minute behind a locomotive on a specially prepared track. It was difficult to see what advantage cyclists could obtain from such ...
Article : 103 wordsParramatta has been very free from the thief known as the pickpocket, but on Friday last the town was visited by a trio from Sydney, who went to the saleyards (Friday being market day) for ...
Article : 277 wordsThe Band C class badge matches were continued on Saturday. All the matches in the former, with one exception, were again very close. In most cases the sets were equal, and the matches decided by a ...
Article : 685 wordsA deputation of gentlemen interested in the Tarcoola goldfields urged the Premier to-day to construct a telegraph line to Tarcoola, to make provision for a better water supply, and to allow the use of a bore to ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 475 wordsThe barque Loch Lomond had an exciting passage from Glasgow, which she left on June 8. On August 1, after crossing the meridian of the Cape, a heavy southerly storm of hurricane force burst upon ...
Article : 92 wordsAt a meeting of the Parramatta District Junior Cricket Association the question was considered as to whether the competitions should be conducted this year in two grades, or with ...
Article : 107 wordsThe Hunter District Water Supply and Sewerage Board is in receipt of a communication from the Under Secretary for Public Works intimating that the Minister (Hon. E. W. O'Sullivan) has approved of provision being ...
Article : 372 wordsThe King's School, in the recent football competitions between the Great Public Schools of the colony, to decide the premiership for the season, had only six points scored against them throughout the ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 321 wordsIn the Legislative Council to-day the Chief Justice's Salary Bill was read the third time, and ordered to be transmitted to the Assembly. The Treasury Bills Bill, the Stamp Act Amendment Bill, the Mining Act ...
Article : 64 wordsWhen the matter of a tram service between Parramatta and Baulkham Hills was practically decided the question as to the character of the trucks to be used for the carriage of fruit was mooted, and it was ...
Article : 220 wordsArrivals: Buteshire, s., from New Zealand ports; Jumna, from Queensland ports; Port Stephens, s., from New Caledonia; De Ruyter, from Wallaroo. Departures: Waimea, s., for Sydney; Harburg, s., for Sydney; Afghanistan, for ...
Article : 374 wordsThis tournament was continued on Saturday. A large amount of interest was centred in the Championship contest between the brothers J. and A. Burke. Both played well from the base line, but J. ...
Article : 417 wordsIn the Legislative Council the Marine Act Amending Bill and the Wild Dog Destruction Bill were passed through their remaining stages. A select committee was appointed to inquire into and report on the ...
Article : 312 wordsIt was decided to-day to send Repeater and Santoi to Sydney to take their chance at the A.J.C. Meeting, and they will leave by the first train in the morning. ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 318 wordsA good muster of owners and trainers put in an appearance at Randwick yesterday morning and some very interesting work was done. The hurdles were 20 yards out on the course ...
Article : 991 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, John Reid, O. G. ...
Article : 189 wordsNew South Wales defeated Wanganui by 9 points to 8. This is the first match played by a New South Wales team at Wanganui, and on the present ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 238 wordsThe Italian steamship Luiga Ciampa was despatched to-day for Talcabuano with a full cargo of 5397 tons of coal from the Seaham Colliery; the four-masted barquentine James Tuft sailed for Kaliului with 1813 tons of Duckenfield coal; ...
Article : 183 wordsThe "Otago Times" of August 26 thus describes the play of the New South Wales team:— Maund, the New South Wales full back, was in great form, and played the best full-back game of ...
Article : 592 wordsAlthough the clements are somewhat against enclosed coursing, so far as spectators are concerned, there is a goodly company from different parts of the State in Orange to-night. The coursing proper ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 960 wordsSir,—I can endorse the statement of Mr. J. M. Paxton as to the difficulty of obtaining exact information from postal officials here re above. I have regular (or rather irregular, postally) correspondence ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 191 wordsAt the City Court to-day a Greek named Alee Paxince, 26, a fishmonger, was charged with having asuaulted Ernest Ireland. The evidence was to the effect that accused threw a sauce bottle at prosecutor whilst in an oyster saloon in ...
Article : 135 wordsA quoit match took place yesterday between R. Vardy (Illawarra) and G. English (Newcastle) for £10 a side, 61 up. The result was—English, 61; Vardy, 40. Another match was subsequently ...
Article : 97 wordsA special meeting of the Newcastle branch of the Licenced Victuallers' Association was held at the Shortland Hotel this afternoon, to ascertain whether any of the members desired to ventilate their grievances before the ...
Article : 157 wordsSir,—Referring to my letter in your Monday's issue, I have been informed by the secretary of the Chamber of Commerce that the promised postal official did not call upon him, but that after a lapse ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 115 wordsThe schools' competition is now concluded, will the result that The King's School are premiers for the year, Newington College being second. The winning team were not beaten throughout the season, the only ...
Article : 194 wordsOur correspondent writing from Noumea on August 30, says the Notre Dame de la Garde is still on the reef. The Jubilee and St. Mary's Bay both arrived on August 25, also La France (August 26) from New Hebrides and La ...
Article : 58 wordsThe adjourned annual meeting of the Port Hunter Sailing Club was held at the clubrooms, Commercial Hotel, tonight, for the purpose of electing a committee of management for the current year. Twenty-one nominations were ...
Article : 81 wordsThe ship Miltiades on arrival yesterday was taken to Towns Wharf. The four-masted French barque Ville du Havre was yesterday moored to the P. and O. buoy. ...
Article : 110 wordsA lad named George Lorraine, lately residing with his parents at Carrington died to-day from the effects of injuries received by a sulky accident on Thursday last. If appears from inquiries made by the police that the deceased ...
Article : 184 wordsA team will leave at noon to-day, under the managership of Mr. F. Matthews, and will play at Bega on Saturday, at Cobargo on Monday, and at Tilba Tilba on Wednesday. ...
Article : 166 wordsThe Cooma Polo Club has asked the Bombala and Queanbeyan Clubs to be its guests for the proposed carnival on October 11 and 12. ...
Article : 27 wordsThe Inter-State Lawn Tennis Tournament was continued to-day. Crouch succeeded in winning the remaining set in singles, beating his southern opponent Wickham by 6 to 3. This made the final ...
Article : 261 wordsOne of the best-known clippers in the Australian trade, the Miltiades, yesterday arrived from London. The Miltiades left the South-west India Dock, London, at 2 p.m. on June 4, and landed the pilot at Start Point at 6 a.m. on ...
Article : 336 wordsA scratch tournament in two divisions will be started on Saturday, for which prizes have been presented by the president (Mr. H. T. Barton.) Entreis close on Friday, and, in the absence of the honorary ...
Article : 67 wordsThe associate members of the above club will meet to-day on the links of the Lindfield Club. ...
Article : 20 wordsJudging of the wine exhibits at the Albury show took place to-day the judge said the samples were of veiy good quality indeed. It was, he said, very gratifying to note the splendid condition of old wines, ...
Article : 171 wordsThe members and associates' monthly competition handicap stroke of the Bathurst Golf Club was played on Saturday, and resulted in C. M. Garrard (scratch) 100, winning the members', and Miss West (11 points) ...
Article : 79 wordsThe close of the hunting season was celebrated on Saturday last at Boxhill, by a crosscountry steeplechase for bona-fide hunters, ridden by amateurs, who had fairly hunted through the season. The ...
Article : 499 wordsSir,—According to telegraphic notice posted in the Royal Exchange, the steamer Luigi Clampa left Newcastle early this morning for Talcahuano, vet no opportunity has been afferded the public to send West ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 121 wordsThe acting secretary of the Pastoralists' Union of New South Wales informs us that he received the following telegram yesterday from Messrs. M'Master Brothers, of Weetalabah, Coolah;—"Started ...
Article : 50 wordsMessrs. Gibbs, Bright, and Co. are advised by cable of the arrival of the Airlie at Hongkong on the 2nd instant, en route from Australian ports to Japan. ...
Article : 32 wordsThe half-yearly meeting of this club was held in the Petersham Town Hall on Friday night, Mr. P. Gosney occupied the chair, and there was a large attendance of members. The hon. secretary read an ...
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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Wed 4 Sep 1901, Page 8
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