At Her Majesty's Theatre Gillette's clever wardrama, " Secret Service," is being capitally interpreted by the company headed by Mr. Thomas Kingston and Miss Henrietta Watson. The scene in ...
Article : 145 wordsThe quantity of coal exported to foreign and intercolonial ports during the week ended this afternoon totalled 47,243 tons, as compared with 40,331 tons last week—an increase of 6912 tons. The ...
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Advertising : 347 wordsThe comet discovered by Mr. Perrine at the Lick Observatory recently is (says the New York "Tribune") the third reported this year. If this sort of thing keeps up, therefore, 1899 will make as good a ...
Article : 1,217 wordsThe Fort-street Model School is an important feature of the scholastic institutions of the colony More than that, it is associated with perhaps the principal portion of the history of the colony. It is ...
Article : 2,653 wordsThe Nos. 1, 2, and 3 companies of the Permanent Artillery had a good hard day's work at South Head yesterday, the occasion being the annual firing competition, which was held under the personal ...
Article : 589 wordsCustom-house.—Entered outward: September 1, Orotava, R.M.S., 5857 tons, Captain W. Collins, for London, via ports; Tsinan, s., 2269 tons. Captain O. Anderson, for Hongkong, via ports, Bungaree, s., 2[?]92 tons. ...
Article : 716 wordsAt the Theatre Royal " The Gay Lord Quex," though not the finest play that Pinero has written, may be summed up is one of the most brilliant. Difficult as it is to give even a surface newness to ...
Article : 154 wordsThe revenue collections at the Newcastle Customs-house during the month of August totalled £975[?] 4s 1d, the various sources of income being—duty and excise, £7575 6s 8d; tonnage [?]ues, £802 1[?]s ...
Article : 58 wordsThe fortnightly meeting of the committee of the Newcastle Chamber of Commerce was held at the Hall of Commerce, Scott-street, this afternoon. The president, Mr. G. F. Earp, in opening the meeting, ...
Article : 101 wordsMr. George Rignold will resume the direction of the Criterion Theatre this evening, when he will produce for the first time in Australia the new military play, " The Indian Mutiny " This is a five-act ...
Article : 187 wordsA miner named James Hanlon, employed at the Lambton colliery, and latterly residing at Howe-street, Lambton, was instantaneously killed by a heavy fall of coal this morning. It appears that the ...
Article : 175 words" When London Sleeps," a four-act sensational drama, which last year enjoyed a long run under the same management at the Theatre Royal, will be revived by Messrs. Holloway and Anderson at the ...
Article : 198 wordsThe R.M.S. Cuzco, saili[?] to-day in the Orient line, has the following passages engaged:- For Lonsdon: Dr. [?]anson, Mr. J. Clutton, Mr. Ephraim B. Shewring, Mrs. Wood and child, Mr. Robert Farrow, ...
Article : 150 wordsThe September sittings of the Newcastle Court of Quarter Sessions will open at the City Courthouse on Monday next, and will probably last for four days. The calendar consists of 15 cases. ...
Article : 37 wordsThe 21st anniversary at the Balmain branch of the above society was celebrated by a social reunion amongst the members and friends in the Balmain Town Hall last night. The hall was prettily ...
Article : 543 wordsA lecture was delivered last night at the Bathurst- street Baptist Schoolroom, under the auspices of the Young Men's Union, by Mr. Herbert Priestley (treasurer of the Baptist Union of New South ...
Article : 153 wordsThe committee of the recently-formed Newcastle Musical Society has resolved to officially open the society at an early date by the production of a comic opera under the baton of Mr. A. W. Juncker. It has ...
Article : 63 wordsMessrs. Burns, Philp, and Co., Limited, advise the following movements of the steamers of the above line engaed in the Australia, China, and Japan trade:- The Yawata Maru left here on Wednesday last for ...
Article : 156 wordsThe City Coroner, Mr. G. C. Martin, J.P., opened an inquest at the Hidden Treasure Hotel, Cook's Hill, this afternoon, into the circumstances surrounding the death of a child named Sydney ...
Article : 355 wordsThis afternoon and again in the evening there will be a new programme at the Tivoli Theatre, in which the Farley Trio, musical clowns and eccentric comedians, will make their first appearance. The ...
Article : 101 wordsIn the " Public Service Gazette," issued yesterday, the following appointments and resignations are notified:- Colonial Secretary.—Angelina Kezia Hannam to be general servant at the Coast. Hospital; Matilda O'Loughlin ...
Article : 163 wordsMessrs. James and Alexander Brown note:- The Tsinan leaves Sydney for Manila, Hongkong, and Japan on Wednesday, the 6th instant, at 3 p.m. The Chang[?]ba is due from Hongkong and Japan on ...
Article : 62 wordsRangi[?], the Ma[?] Prince, will make his first appearance in Australia at the popular concert at the Town Hall this evening, when he will sing "Ye Banks and Braes," and will also play pianoforte ...
Article : 111 wordsMessrs. Cowlishaw Brothers have the Currie line steamer [?]lus close at hand from Calcutta. The new steamer has earned a high reputation among travellers to the East. Her accommedation is of a really excellent kind, her deck ...
Article : 235 wordsNorman M'Leod, barque, London to Hobart and Launceston—General. Emile Re[?]f, four-masted barque, 2425 tons, New Ca[?] donia to United Kingdom or Continent—Ore. ...
Article : 48 wordsThe missionary vessel John Williams has now berthed again a[?] the Central Wharf. Yesterday the [?]nd steamer Bungaree took up a berth at the Central Wharf, whence she will be despatched by ...
Article : 58 wordsThe Flying Jordans' Circus and Great London Hippodrome will open on the ground near Redfern railway station on Saturday, September 16. A huge 4-pole tent is being constructed here, equal in size ...
Article : 144 wordsAlthough it [?]alls to the lot of few men to be, like Cecil Rhodes, " empire-builders," there are (says the London " Daily Mail ") many men living to-day who have either founded large and flourishing towns ...
Article : 681 wordsIn the Admiralty Court at Liverpool last month Mr. Justice Bucknill awarded the Aberdeen steamer Damascus £1700 —the owners £1300, master £135, crew £265—for salving the Newcastle steamer Corbridge in March last, ...
Article : 78 wordsThe Orient Company's Orotova arrived yesterday from London. A report of her voyage to Melbourne has appeared. The steamer left Melbourne at 3 p.m. of the 30th ultimo, and met with fine weather round the coast. ...
Article : 43 wordsMr. G. W. Holmes, of M'Mahon's Point, has just completed for Mr. C. E. Kennedy, manager of the New Guinea Development S[?]ndicate, Limited, a remarkabl[?] fine yawlrigged yacht of nine tons. This craft, which has been ...
Article : 164 wordsTo-day the Elbing will be despatched in the above line for Antwerp and Hamburg, via Singapore. She will take about 3500 tons coal, 80 bales wool, and a large quantity of ores, meats, &c. ...
Article : 44 wordsMessrs. Winchcombe, Carson, and Co. are in receipt of further intelligence regarding the state of the country from their local agents:- Binalong.—Spring is coming in fast, and the ...
Article : 146 wordsMessrs. A. M'Arthur and Co. have the Gulf of Siam due to-day, when the vessel will berth at Cooper wharf, in Woolloomooloo Bay. The Gulf of Both[?]ia, hence to London, is now at ...
Article : 39 wordsMiss Marie Narelle will give a concert at the Town Hall on September 19. Since the meeting at the Hotel Australia with the object of forwarding this concert was held, the work of preliminary ...
Article : 72 wordsThe most extraordinary of all burial requests (says the New York "Tribune") was that of the celebrated Jer[?]my Bentham. The great philanthropist and exponent of the doctrine of utilitarianism, dying ...
Article : 669 wordsMessrs. Houlder Brothers and Co. note that the Rippingham Grange left Port Pirie on Thursday last for Queensland ports and Sydney. At Port Pirie she loaded a quantity of ore, and at Queensland she will fill up her ...
Article : 49 wordsAlderman J. J. Farr, J. P., presided at a smoke concert held in the rooms of the Marrickville Institute and Reading-room on Thursday evening, for the purpose of presenting the prizes won at the recent ...
Article : 554 wordsAs would be seen from "Herald " cables of Wednesday last the Kendal Castle's cargo of horses landed all [?]ight at Delagon Bay. Messrs. Davies and [?]on are advised that the steamer arrived at Delagon Bay on the 29th ultimo ...
Article : 73 wordsMessrs. Gibbs, Bright, and Co., agents for the steamer Kent, now on her way from New York, expect the steamer to reach Sydney during next week. The Kent, which is in command of Captain Friske, arrived at Adelaide on ...
Article : 61 wordsThe third concert of the eighth season of the Sydney Amateur Orchestral Society will be given at the Town Hall on Thursday evening, September 21. Signor Hazon has prepared a programme of especial ...
Article : 79 wordsMessrs. Nicol and Co.'s Aberdeen c[?]pper Yallaroi, from London to Sydney, 9[?] days out, passed Gabo yesterday afternoon. ...
Article : 23 wordsIt is announced in a recent number of the New York journal (says the Westminster " Gazette) that almost the last act performed by the late Czarewitch was to appropriate 10,000 roubles for the ...
Article : 677 wordsThis steamer, in the Messageries Maritimes Company's line, is due here to-morrow with passengers for the outgoing mail steamer Australien, which sails hence on Monday for Marseilles. ...
Article : 31 wordsThe Sydney Liedertafel will give their 104th concert at the Town Hall, under Mr. Alfred Hill's direction, on Wednesday, September 13. Mr. John Lemmone will be amongst the soloist. Mr. Robert B. ...
Article : 84 wordsMr. Sydney Hoben will give a concert at the Y.M.C.A. Hall on September 26, under vice-regal, naval, Ministerial, mayoral, and other distinguished patronage. The assisting artists should be able to ...
Article : 74 wordsThe steamer Brisbane, which left Newcastle on Thursday for Lyttelton with a cargo of coal, will on discharge proceed to Ka[?]para to load timber for Melbourne. The brigentine Stanley has arrived at Auckland from ...
Article : 104 wordsMr. W. Burns-Walker announces that Miss Nellie Cooke, a new soprano with a particularly fine voice, will make her professional debut at an invitation concert to be given at the Town Hall, under his ...
Article : 94 wordsMr. Rudyard Kipling has not only occasion to be proud of himself, but of three uneles, all of whom have attained high distinction. One is Sir Edward Poynter, the president of the ...
Article : 580 wordsIn addition to what was published lately in these columns regarding Captain Augus's visit to Fremantle on behalf of the P. and O., a Fremantle exchange has the following:—The Premier, Sir John Forrest, in reply to ...
Article : 456 wordsAt the Cyclorama, opposite the railway station, the programme has been strengthened by the addition of the cinematographe. The management has a large number of films of interesting subjects from the ...
Article : 112 wordsA complimentary concert and social were tendered to the Railway Military Band last night, in the New Masonic Hall, by the railway employees. The arrangements had been in the hands of a strong ...
Article : 177 wordsSeventeen members competed for the first competition of the Monte Carlo Trophy, 17 yards boundary (to be won twice), at the gun club's ground, Lord'sroad, Botany, yesterday. Canuck (24), who shot ...
Article : 169 wordsAneenis, barque (MRNC), from New York—115 days. Clan Graham, four-musted barque (NGFL), from Liverpool—98 days. Cumb[?]an, barque (SRVK), from Antwerp—94 days. ...
Article : 137 wordsA monument in memory of William Wallace is (save[?] "The London Sketch ") to be [?]erected at Robroyston. It will consist of a Scottish Celtic cross of the Wallace period, made of red Peterhead ...
Article : 208 wordsThe " Domenic[?] del Corriers," of Milan, in describing the habits of Leo XIII., says that he is so desirous of being considered still robust that, though he always makes use of a thick stick while walking, ...
Article : 228 wordsFor the purpose of assisting the funds being raised to institute a leading-room and gymnasium, and to add to the library of St. Stephen's Young Men's Institute, Newtown, a concert was given in ...
Article : 187 wordsSince the Bounty-fed Sailing Ship Act was passed in France the visits of the French shipping to Australian ports have increased considerably, and the outlook is for a further development. A company has just been formed ...
Article : 183 wordsDuring the week additional matches have been played off in connection with the Waverley Bowling Club tournament. In the senior division Mr. E. G. N. Gibbes (receives 20) [?]eat Mr. R. J. Gibbs (receives ...
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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Sat 2 Sep 1899, Page 10
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