Bar silver is quotod to-day at 2s 3?d per ounce standard. ...
Article : 17 wordsThe well-known jockey Join Leek, aged 16, died tins evening from injures received in the morning while schooling Zanga over the hurdles at Caulfield. Zanga had taken ...
Article : 476 wordsThe first shipment of butter to Sydney, with a view of transhipment thence to London, under arrangements entered into by the Department of Agriculture with Messrs. Howard Smith and Sons, ...
Article : 58 wordsCaptain Dreyfus has cabled to his wife that he rejoices with his friends, and that his health and spirits are good. ...
Article : 31 wordsThe Anglo-Egyptian authorities in the Soudan do not intend to pursue the Khalifa. It is predicted that the tribes whom he ...
Article : 50 wordsWhen the House met yesterday members prepaied to listen with avidity to all the derails of a scandal. The expected treat was to be furnished through the medium of the adjournment of ...
Article : 1,170 wordsAfter formal business in the Legislative Assembly yesterday motions expressing the expsdiency of carrying out the Tweed River, the Bellingor River, the Nambucca Harbour, and the ...
Article : 8,622 wordsIn the Legislative Assembly the discussion on the Legislative Council's amendment in favour of proportional representation in the Abolition of Plural Voting Bill, was continued at length, and ...
Article : 219 wordsA discussion upon the Dreyfus case took place in the French Chamber of Deputies last night. M.M. Poincarre and Barthou, who were ...
Article : 350 wordsPreparations for despatching the Queensland mining exhibit to Earls Court Exhibition, London, are now well forward' The steamer Duke of Portland takes between 150 and 200 tons of ...
Article : 392 wordsThe Channel Squadron has been ordered to leave Gibraltar on December 10, and proceed to Home waters. Other naval preparations are being ...
Article : 30 wordsA telegram from Reuter's correspondent at Paris states that Spain has accepted the terms of peace imposed by the United States. ...
Article : 32 wordsIn the Assembly to-day, replying to Mr. Cross, the Premier said the Government had received no intimation that a conference on federation was to be held, but were of opinion that in the event ...
Article : 124 wordsCaptain H.S.H. Prince Louis of Battenberg, who is in command of H.M.S. Majestic, flagship of the Channel Squadron, fell through the open hatch of ...
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Article : 57 wordsMr. C. E. Smith, the United States Postmaster-General, states that the introduction of an ocean penny postage would be premature so far as the United States ...
Article : 48 wordsThe inquest on the dismembered body found on Sunday was resumed to-day. The medical evidence showed that death probably occurred about six weeks ago, and was due to a blow on the skull. ...
Article : 105 wordsA deputation of persons interested in the Western Australian mines waited on the Premier toduy with reference to amendments to the Western Australian Compauies Act. The Premier ...
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Article : 129 wordsThe Cape House of Assembly has passed the Redistribution of Seats Bill. ...
Article : 18 wordsThe four-masted barque Centesima sailed to-day for San Francisco with a cargo of 4180 tons of coal: the barque Doris left for Valparaiso with 2010 tons, and the barque Firth of Forth took her departure ...
Article : 133 wordsTwo persons have, been arrested at Fulham, London, on suspicion of having received the Duchess of Sutherland's jewels, which were recently stolen from a ...
Article : 56 wordsThe Antarctic exploring steamer Southern Cross will probably remain here a fortnight, during which period Mr. Borchgrevink will visit Melbourne On Friday night he will be welcomed at a ...
Article : 148 wordsThe dealing steamer Ethel, run on the river by Messrs. Nesbitt and M'Master, general storekeepers, caught fire last night when moored at Bungawalbyn. Before the men were arouscd from their sleep by ...
Article : 100 wordsColonel Lewis, a British military officer, after having inspected Wei-hai-wei on behalf of the War Office, reports that he considors it likely to prove one of Great ...
Article : 43 wordsDr. Chalmers, Anglican Bishop of Goulburn, who has been on a visit to Wagga, was welcomed at a public meeting held in the Oddfellows' Hall last night, when he was presented with an address and ...
Article : 654 wordsLord Mount-Stephen, of Montreal, Canada, has distributed £560,000 among 35 of his relatives instead of making a will. ...
Article : 110 wordsThe mail train which left Sydney at 9 o'clock this morning arrived here at 1.52 this afternoon, 1 hour 5 minutes behind time. The cause of the delay was a breakdown at Berowra, seven miles north of ...
Article : 94 wordsA coroner's inquest was held to-day touching the death of Charles Dalby. According to the evidence deceased was engaged in fixing piles at the Mount Kembla Company's jetty, and he was crushed in a ...
Article : 117 wordsA naturalised American named Knook has been arrested in a Berlin cafe on a charge of lese majeste. ...
Article : 26 wordsA sum of £950 in notes has been stolen from the teller's drawer in the Auckland suburban branch of the National Bank of New Zealand during business hours. The affair is shrouded in ...
Article : 137 wordsRenewed efforts are to be made by the committee of the Newcastle Hospital to induce the Government to place that institution on an equal footing with the metropolitan hospitals as regards payment for ...
Article : 364 wordsThe weather has turned cold. Snow fell to-day between Edith and Cave Hill. BOURKE, Tuesday. An inquest concerning the death of Joseph ...
Article : 1,075 wordsThe Czar, in conversing with an English diplomatist, said that the Powers ought to come to an agreement not to increase their armaments for a period of five years, ...
Article : 90 wordsThe Carlton Club has decided to return to Mr. E. T. Hooley, who is undergoing examination in the Bankruptcy Court, the sum of £10,000 which Mr. Hooley ...
Article : 44 wordsFor some time past an ex-naval officer has devoted considerable attention to perfecting a submarine torpedo boat, and the other day a trial took place in the presence of his Excellency the ...
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Article : 46 wordsLord Salisbury has declined to ask the Sultan of Morocco to grant compensation to the members of the Tourmaline Expedition on the ground that they attempted ...
Article : 115 wordsIn the Assembly to-day the Premier stated that he did not propose to take action to carry out the report of the Tramway Commission recommending the adoption of the eight-hour system, unless ...
Article : 182 wordsThe movemnet for the revival of the Newcastle annual regattas has met with an enthusiastic response, and judging from present indications the regatta to be held on New Year's Day will be the ...
Article : 444 wordsThe United States is largely exporting steel rails to Bombay, Barbadoes, and Ireland. ...
Article : 21 wordsMr. Lidgey, who came to London as the representative of the Victorian Mining Department in order to supply information to capitalists regarding the mineral ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 347 wordsMajor Marchand will leave Cairo on the 20th December for France. ...
Article : 16 wordsThe Legislative Council to-day only sat for a quarter of an hour. The Local Works Loan Act Amendment Bill was read the third time, and the House adjourned till Tuesday. ...
Article : 36 wordsAt the half-yearly meeting of the English, Scottish, and Australian Bank yesterday, Mr. C. J. Hogan, chairman of directors, who prosidod, deprecated the ...
Article : 55 wordsThe Admiralty authorities consider that the construction of a graving dock at Hobart would be an uunecessary work so far as Imperial interests are concerned. ...
Article : 31 wordsIn the Assembly to-day the House decided to sit on Fridays, and will probably prorogue on December 17. The debate on the Loan Bill was continued in an apathetic House. ...
Article : 126 wordsBRISBANE.—Arrived: November 29, Peregrine, s., from Townsville. Departures: November 29, Ruckton, s., for Cairus; Julia Percy, s., Bullarra, s., for Rockhamtpon; Leura, s., for Townsville. ...
Article : 85 wordsArrangements have been made for a billiard match between John Roberts, the champion, and C. Dawson, the game being a level 18,000. ...
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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Wed 30 Nov 1898, Page 7
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