An action was brought by the Mildura Shire Council against L. G. Driffield, receiver for the debenture holders in Chaffey Bros., Limited, for £892 for shire rates upon a large number of ...
Article : 97 wordsAs soon as the Legislative Council met yesterday the President announced the receipt of the Dredging Bill from the Assembly, and the measure was read the first time. The report of ...
Article : 1,540 wordsLadysmith reports that ammunition is plentiful. The Boer trenches have been transformed into quagmires, owing to the ...
Article : 54 wordsThe Workmen's Protection Bill, which was drawn up by the Emperor William, and which provided for the infliction of severe punishment in cases of picketing ...
Article : 102 wordsThe following is the full division in the Legislative Assembly on the Dubbo to Coonamble Railway Bi[?], the result of which appears in our first edition. ...
Article : 175 wordsSir,—Referring to Mr. Ga[?]l's later in yesterday morning's "Herald," I think his suggestion an excellent oue, and would be very pleased if the secretary of the above fund could furnish me with ...
Article : 85 wordsIt is reported from Capetown that two Afrikanders, members of the House of Assembly, have joined the Boer forces at Colesberg. ...
Article : 31 wordsAt the sitting of the Presbyterian General Assembly to-day the Rev. J. H. Mackay gave notice of motion,—"That the assembly set aside a day of humiliation and prayer on accouut of the ...
Article : 68 wordsThe great Parliamentary battle over the negotiations which led up to the Transva[?]l war has taken place this week, and the Government have been singularly triumphant. It is very rarely [?]deed that ...
Article : 1,223 wordsThe Duke of Portland, K.G., has given £10,000 to the Red Cross Ambulance in South Africa. ...
Article : 24 wordsFollowing a paragraph published under this head[?]g the other day, further inquiry made yesterday in shipping circles shows that the freight market continues strong. Steam and sail experience no difficulty ...
Article : 112 wordsIndealing to-day with a couple of young men who were charged with vagrancy Mr. Panton, P.M., said the breed of criminals was being encouraged by too much leniency. One of the men before ...
Article : 606 wordsThere are 8000 Cape Volunteors under arms in South Africa. ...
Article : 16 wordsThe crosecut westward at the 300ft level of the south black of Ha[?]an's Oroya has entered the [?]ode 41ft, from the shaft, and has pier[?]ed it 5ft. The true width of the ore body his nowhere be[?]n ...
Article : 553 wordsGeneral Clery seems to be proceeding with much le[?]sure to the relief of Ladysmith. For this there is overy justification. Yesterday, our cables conveyed the intelligence that the town was safe on the 18th, ...
Article : 515 wordsIn the "Herald" a few days ago a list was given of 101 steamers of 472,421 tons gross register representing charters entered into by the British Government for the conveyance of troops and stores to ...
Article : 528 wordsA Stale banquet was given at Windsor Castle last night in honour of the Emperor of Germany. Gold plate to the value of £2,000,000 was used on the ...
Article : 45 wordsIt is officially announced that Ladysmith was reported safe on the 16th instant, and that the troops were comfortable. ...
Article : 69 wordsThe visit of her Majesty the Queen to Bordighera, in the Riviera, in the spring is interpreted as a protest against the violent French anglophobia. ...
Article : 38 wordsThe British relief column, under Major-General Sir Cornelius F. Olery, which is marching to the relief of Ladysmith, numbers 14,000 men. The column is ...
Article : 50 wordsThe Agents-General of the Australasian colonies have unitedly expressed condolence with Lord Salisbury, the Premier, upon the death of his ...
Article : 33 wordsSeven hundred Boers are looting to the southward of Estcourt. Six thousand of the enemy are foraging towards Graytown, about 30 miles to the ...
Article : 34 wordsIn the Legislative Assembly this afternoon the Premier moved,—"That this House has heard with deep regret of the death of the Marchioness of Salisbury and places on record its earnest ...
Article : 73 wordsThe loyalists at Colesberg, which is in the hands of the Boers, cleverly out the halyards of the flagstaff, leaving the Free State flag stuck half-mast high. ...
Article : 49 wordsHigh augle fire is practically as old as big guunery itself, aud though its orign therfore belongs to a period when ar[?]illery mechanism and artillery manipulation were distinctly crude, y[?]t it still ...
Article : 1,491 wordsGood progress is being made wtih the fund, the various amounts so far advertised having come in without further intercession than has been made through the press. Very satisfactory progress ...
Article : 290 wordsA blasting accident occurred yesterday at Tindal's min[?] A heavy charge of dynamite had been pr[?]pared in an open out, and was calculated to dislodge 200 tons of dirt. The charge exploded ...
Article : 224 wordsIt is announced that Abbas Pasha, the Khedive of Egypt, will shortly visit England. ...
Article : 27 wordsGeneral Sir Eedvers Buller has warned the Beers that compensation will be exacted for all property destroyed by them. ...
Article : 29 wordsIn an action brough against the Government for personal injuries arising out of the Rakaria railway accident, the plaintiff, a lad, obtained £750 damages. ...
Article : 111 wordsThe Samoan Convention, embodying the now Anglo-German agreement, has been published. ...
Article : 15 wordsWhile the Free State troops at Aliwal North with three guns were absent on an expedition in search of lost transport waggons, the natives ...
Article : 68 wordsH.R.H. the Duke of Cambridge will preside at the annual South Australian dinner on the 14th instant. Field-Marshal Lord Wolseley, the ...
Article : 48 wordsIn the Assembly the news of the death of Mr. John Hancock, member for Foo[?]scray, and a popular labour representative, which reached the House whilst the preliminary business was in ...
Article : 304 wordsThe Premier yesterday laid on the table of the Assembly correspondence with reference to the mail steamers calling at Fremantle, and from the last letter in the batch, one from the P. and O. ...
Article : 410 wordsThe British troops who lately landed at Capetown, and who are now traversing Cape Colony, have proved a great object lesson to the Afrikanders. ...
Article : 34 wordsThe death is announced of the Hon. Garret A. Hobart, Vice-President of the United States. The Hon. Garret A. Hobart, who was the ...
Article : 136 wordsThe order issued by General Sir Redvers Buller for the recording of the names of the disloyalists, with a view to subsequent proceedings, has caused a strong ...
Article : 39 wordsA well-attended meeting of the Lathes' Patriotic League was held at the Town Hall yesterday afternoon. The Lady Mayoress (Lady Harris) was in the chair. Among those present were Mesdames ...
Article : 609 wordsIn view of certain questions asked in the Legislative Assembly by Mr. Meagher, M.L.A., the Colonial Secretary sooured from the officer commanding the New South Wales Lancer Regiment ...
Article : 243 wordsThe officials at Ladygroy, in the Aliwal North district, near the Free State frontier, have been ordered by the Free Staters to leave the town. ...
Article : 33 wordsTin is quoted at £124 per ton. ...
Article : 13 wordsThe Queen's Christmas presents to the British troops in South Africa include gifts to the naval and colonial contingents. ...
Article : 30 wordsThe Assembly was the scene of considerable excitement to-day, when the Government again brought up the discussion on the Railway Standing Committee Bill, winch bad passed the second ...
Article : 302 wordsThe Government of Queensland has notified its adherence to the convention for the renewal of the treaty of commerce between Great Britain and Uruguay. ...
Article : 78 wordsThe Premier in the Legislative Assembly last night, in answer to Mr. Wright, said he was not sure whether the authorities in South Africa would cable to this colony the names of any of our ...
Article : 75 wordsColonel Baden-Powell reports that the numbers of the enemy besieging Mafeking are decreasing, but the shelling of the town continues. ...
Article : 28 wordsThe Mayor of Hamilton, Alderman W. R. Alexander, has been presented with a requisition, largely and influentially signed, asking [?]m to convene a public meeting of the residents of Hamilten, ...
Article : 92 wordsLecture by the Rev. M. Archdall, M. A., Equitable-buildings,"The Continuity of the Church of England," 8 p.m. Song Lecture, School of Arts, Mount-street, North Sydney, 7.45 p.m. ...
Article : 105 wordsThe enemy has occupied Campbell, near Griquatown, and proclaimed the annexation of Griqualand West, with the exception of Kimberley and Mafeking. ...
Article : 32 wordsThe necessary documents for the extradition of Harry Jones, alias M[?]ir, who is in the custody of the Scotland Yard authorities, were signed this morning, and M. C. Uppington will proceed to ...
Article : 127 wordsMesars. Birt and Co. have received a letter from Captain Barter, of the Cornwall, dated Albany, Novomber 16, referring to certain statements made with regard to the accommodation and sanitary ...
Article : 144 wordsLadies of the English aristocracy have organised a movement for aiding the war relief fund by the use of 300 dogs with collecting boxes suspended from their ...
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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Thu 23 Nov 1899, Page 7
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