The main interest in the federal election campaign centres just now in the two public meetings which are to be held in Sydney during next week. Mr. Reid, leader of the freetrade party, will speak to the ...
Article : 742 wordsActive field operations on a large scale are imminent in South Africa. Large numbers of mounted men are being employed as infantry, and are being moved in ...
Article : 49 wordsFurther particulars which have been published regarding the funeral arrangements are to the eflect that immediately behind the coffin will ride the King, the German ...
Article : 120 wordsIf we might judge from the almost universal expression of sympathy with Great Britain evoked by the death of the Sovereign our foreign relations are all that could be desired. ...
Article : 3,855 wordsThe fortnightly meeting of the executive committee of the New South Wales Patriotic Fund was held ou Thursday. Fifty-nine new cases received during the fortnight were dealt with, assistance ...
Article : 107 wordsA correspondent has written asking what time it will be in Sydney when the burial of the late Queen Victoria will be taking place. Our cables have stated that the procession will leave Victoria station ...
Article : 93 wordsPrivates P. J. Woods and G. A. Lye, returned soldiers, were entertained last night by the residents of Nemingha at Mr. J. Lord's residence. The gathering was largely attended. The soldiers had ...
Article : 77 wordsMajor-General C. E. Knox engaged Commandant de Wet south of Welcome on January 29. After some hours' fighting the Boers removed many casualties in carts, ...
Article : 91 wordsAt the conclusion of the monthly meeting of the council of the Zoological Society of New South Wales yesterday, the president (Dr. Randle) referred in touching terms to the death of her late Majesty ...
Article : 78 wordsThe Tientsin correspondent of the "Standard" states that a strong German force with food supplies for a month has left Peking for Shansi. A Japanese vanguard is preceding ...
Article : 50 wordsThe volunteers yesterday entertained Major Maddocks and returned troopers by the Westralia. ...
Article : 26 wordsThe Premier is in receipt of the following telegram from Capetown:—"The Minerva left Capetown on the 24th instant, and has on board amongst others Captain J. M. Conroy, Nursing Sister M. P. Martin, ...
Article : 76 wordsEarl Carrington, as the representative of the Commonwealth of Australia, will ride in the funeral procession to-morrow. Captain C. E. Edwards, of the Army ...
Article : 56 wordsYesterday morning a service was held at Newington College, Stanmore, in memory of the late Queen Victoria. The pupils assembled in the main hall. The cadets, in charge of Captain Buchanan, marched ...
Article : 428 wordsThe missionaries at Peking have submitted a demand for adequate protection for all missionaries in China, and distribution of relief to converts equally with others by the ...
Article : 41 wordsHis Excellency the Governor-General has received letters of congratulation on the King's accession from the Imperial Consul for Russia at Melbourne, the Portuguese Consul at Melbourne, and the Mayor of ...
Article : 46 wordsAndries Wessels, who accompanied Morgendaal, an envoy from the Orange River Colony Peace Committee to Commandant de Wet's forces, was shot on January 28. ...
Article : 33 wordsWhen the President of the Austrian Reichsrath announced the death of Queen Victoria, members of the German People's party and the extreme Czechs shouted "Long live the ...
Article : 52 wordsThe Agents-General of the Australian States are indignant that they have not been invited to participate in the funeral ceremonies. ...
Article : 66 wordsLieutenant-General French's cavalry and mounted infantry are sweeping the country east of the Pretoria-Johannesburg railway, between the Delagoa and Natal lines, as far ...
Article : 77 wordsThe Archbishop has notified the clergy that, in consequence of the accession of King Edward VII. to the English throne, the Prayers and Suffrages for the Royal Family have been altered to ...
Article : 531 wordsThe Duke of Cornwall and York, who is suffering from an attack of German measles, was restless during the daytime yesterday, but after a refreshing sleep he improved. ...
Article : 44 wordsThe wreath which Earl Carrington has sent to Windsor on behalf of the Commonwealth of Australia measures 6ft. ...
Article : 31 wordsThe Countess of Ranfurly has sent to Windsor wreaths on behalf of the New Zealand Government and of the Governor, the Earl of Ranfurly. ...
Article : 37 wordsThe Empress-Dowager Frederick, who a week ago was reported to be worse, is now stated to be improving. ...
Article : 32 wordsLord Kitchener, writing to the Italian Archbishop Sogaro, said: "My tusk in South Africa is more difficult than it was in the Soudan." He denied as gross lies the ...
Article : 49 wordsAs to-day is to be observed as a day of mourning there will not be an evening edition of the "Sydney Morning Herald" published. The morning issue of the "Herald" instead will be dispatched to country ...
Article : 48 wordsMr. Barton (Federal Premier), speaking to a "Herald" reporter yesterday with regard to the trouble which has recently arisen in connection with the control of the New Hebrides, said that he had ...
Article : 573 wordsNo evening newspapers will be published to-morrow in England on account of the funeral. ...
Article : 25 wordsThe Board of Works forbade the Jacobites decorating the statue of King Charles I. yesterday on the occasion of the anniversary of the execution of the monarch. The wreaths ...
Article : 58 wordsA."Lodge of Sorrow" was held in connection with Sydney Lodge No. 1 I.O.O.F. on Thursday evening in the I.O.O.F. Temple, Elizabeth-street. After a short but impressive ceremony Bro. J. R. Dacey, ...
Article : 156 wordsThe funeral of her late Majesty Queen Victoria will take place to-day in England between 1 and 2 o'clock in the afternoon. It has been decided to honour the occasion fittingly in Sydney by keeping ...
Article : 3,127 wordsLord Kitchener is anxious to send 10,000 Boer prisoners to the Nilgiri Hills, in India. ...
Article : 26 wordsTen thousand remounts are now ready in England. The first batch will leave on Tuesday. ...
Article : 29 wordsThere is great friction between MajorGeneral M'Arthur, Commander of the United States troops in the Philippines, and the Philippines Commissioner. It is understood ...
Article : 63 wordsTo-day the whole of the bowling greens of the city and suburbs will be closed, and all practice and other matches suspended. At the meeting of the Redfern Council on ...
Article : 367 wordsField-Cornet Vaheerden, a prominent Murraysburg Afrikander, has been fined £100 for using seditious language. ...
Article : 25 wordsMr. Holder, the Premier, thinks that it is scarcely necessary to have the proclamation of the King [?] in public places, which, he says, would be rather like a return to the old days of the town crier. In these ...
Article : 69 wordsIt was stated at the beginning of January that the Imperial Draft Contingent—as it is styled by the military authorities—would be ready for embarkation before the transports arrived for its conveyance to ...
Article : 503 wordsSix batteries of artillery at Aldershot are armed with quick-firing guns manufactured in Germany. ...
Article : 25 wordsThe proclamation anuounciug the s[?]cession of King Edward VII. was publicly read from Government House to-day in the presence of a number of State officials, but very few of the public were present, as ...
Article : 113 wordsThere is a great agitation at Sheffield owing to the protectionists in Germany threatening the British steel industry. Retaliation is recommended. ...
Article : 38 wordsThe rainfall registered at Rockhampton last month was less than half an inch, and was the lowest registered for January in the last 30 years. December was also the driest December in the same period. ...
Article : 46 wordsThe funeral of Signor Verdi took place yesterday, and was attended by 100,000 persons. ...
Article : 27 wordsA return has been prepared by Sir George Turner showing the total receipts and expenditure in connection with the customs and excise during the month of January for four out of the six Slates forming the ...
Article : 299 wordsHenry Kennedy, aged 19 years, a son of Robert Kennedy, a well-known Gympie grocer, met with a terribly sudden death at Gyrmpie to-day. It is surmised that he was opening a case of detonators in the ...
Article : 437 wordsThe council yesterday resolved that a message of condolence be forwarded to the Govenor-General. At a meeting of business people yesterday it was resolved that all businesses be closed to-morrow and ...
Article : 819 wordsDr. Jaz, of Vienna, has discovered a serum against enteric fever. Fifty patients swallowed the serum with successful results. ...
Article : 36 wordsMr. Henry Copeland, the Agent-General for New South Wales, has purchased for his Government the yacht Shemara from an American millionaire. The Shemara will ...
Article : 49 wordsThe Defence Department is making arrangements for transports for the Victorian contingents on thefollowing dates:—City of Lincoln, with horses February 5, contingent February 6; Argus, with horses ...
Article : 71 wordsThe sales at the South Australian Wine Depot in London during 1900 exceeded 100,000 gallons. This was an increase of 40 per cent. over the sales of 1899. ...
Article : 62 wordsAn order has been issued that no more men are to be enrolled for the Fifth Contingent for South Africa. Altogether the 400 men required are already in camp. It is anticipated that some 30 or 40 more ...
Article : 162 wordsAt the wool sales to-day prices showed a hardening tendency. The series will close on February 9. Feb. 1. ...
Article : 83 wordsA largely attended meeting of the South Sydney Federal Labour League was held on Thursday evening in the schoolroom, Raglan-street, Waterloo. The chair wass occupied by Mr. Hepher, M.L.C. Mr. ...
Article : 254 wordsThe consolidated revenue for the month of January amounts to £78,227. The receipts for the corresponding month of last year totalled £92,055. The difference is caused by deductions made by the ...
Article : 98 wordsThe executive committee of the South Australian Bushmen's Corps is much exercised over the payment of the men. The lieutenants were enrolled on a scale which worked out at the rate 19s a day. Of this ...
Article : 184 wordsThe report of the National Mortgage and Agency Company of New Zealand shows that the disposable profits are £19,411. A dividend and bonus equal to 7½ per cent. are ...
Article : 56 wordsDay of Mourning: Memorial Services at St. Andrew's Cathedral and various churches, 11 a.m. and 7 p.m. Musical Functions at the Queen's Statue, 3 p.m. Manly, the Brighton of Australia: Cheap Excursions ...
Article : 55 wordsAmongst the addresses of condolence received yesterday by his Excellency the Governor-General was one from the natives of the British West Indies now president in Sydney. The subscribers state:—"We ...
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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Sat 2 Feb 1901, Page 9
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