The cricket match between Stoddurt's Team and New England Twenty-two had to be postponed on account of the wet weather. The match will be continued on Monday. ...
Article : 41 wordsAmong the passengers by the French mail steamer Polynesien, which arrived this morning, was Colonel Templeton, who was in charge of the Victorian Jubilee detachment in London. ...
Article : 97 wordsOwing to disputes between the municipal council and the Tramway Company, the work of woodpaving George-street has been delayed, but the street has already been closed to traffic for several ...
Article : 238 wordsThe Consul-General for France has written to the Board of Viticulture drawing attention to the importance to Victoria of being represented at the Paris Exhibition in 1900. He points out that the ...
Article : 138 wordsThe conference between the representatives of the Employers' Federation and the Amalgamated Society of Engineers has adjourned until the 14th instant, with ...
Article : 253 wordsThe British troops were unable to dislodge the Chamkanni tribesmen, who were in positions upon inaccessible heights. ...
Article : 74 wordsThe vicar of Bathampton, Bath, where the grave of Governor Phillip has just been discovered, has written a letter to the "Times" appearing to New South Wales to worthily, mark ...
Article : 7,046 wordsMessrs. F. A. Iredale (New South Wales), H. Trott (Victoria), and J. Darling (South Australia), the selectors of the team to represent Australia against the Englishmen, met on Saturday morning, ...
Article : 1,703 wordsOn Saturday afternoon, J. Thompson, collector for the Deaf and Dumb Institution, and a deaf mute himself, was walking on the railway line at East Perth, and was overtaken by a train and ...
Article : 82 wordsRaspberry fruit pulp is to be exported this season to London under the bonus regulations of the Agricultural Department Already the Minister for Agriculture has received notice ...
Article : 77 wordsMr. Wilson Barrett, who for years past has figured prominently upon the English stage as actor, manager, and author, arrived in Sydney by the Alameda yesterday forenoon. The American liner ...
Article : 2,254 wordsIn the Italian Chamber of Deputies yesterday a commission was appointed to inquire into the charges made against Signor Crispi, the ex-Premier, in ...
Article : 70 wordsA return of the numbers of bales of wool loaded at country railway stations from July 1 to December 3 shows that the quantity was 78,942 bales, showing a decrease of 12,771 bales as ...
Article : 80 wordsLate to-night Adelaide Robin, a single woman, was burnt to death in her bed. Some neighbours put the fire out before it extended, bat Miss Robin had by this time expired. She lived with ...
Article : 60 wordsThe endurance club-swinging contest between Jack Griffiths, of Cobar, late of Wallsend and Professor T. B. Bax, of Hawkes Bay, New Zealand, for the championship of the world and £50, was brought ...
Article : 478 wordsMr. S. Williamson, M.L.C., met with a serious accident this afternoon. He alighted from a tram near the St. Kilda Esplanade and was walking hurriedly across the track when he was knocked ...
Article : 63 wordsFor the Perth Cup Le Var and Tarquin are equal favourites at 7 to 1. The Black Rock is quoted at 8 to 1; Snapshot and Onslow, 10 to 1, Tellus, 12 to 1; and Dryden, 100 to 9. ...
Article : 88 wordsIn the recent rioting at Prague, the capital of Bohemia, 10 persons were killed and 200 were wounded. The city is now quiet. ...
Article : 36 wordsA youth named Albert Gilbert had a wonderful escape from death at Stawell on Friday. He was gathering brushwood, when he slipped, and fell down an abandoned shaft 115ft. deep. He ...
Article : 45 wordsThe railway men, finding that the companies are united in resisting their demands, have appealed to Mr. C. T. Ritchie, president of the Board of Trade, ...
Article : 50 wordsThe market during the week closed firm, owing to the report of a rich strike made in the western crosscut of Chaffer's stocks firmed, with buyers at 9s. Croesus Proprietary are in good demand. ...
Article : 112 wordsThe second concert given by Miss Elsie Hall at the Athenteum Hall last evening attracted a large audience and won for the gifted pianist further proof of public appreciation of her exceptional ...
Article : 268 wordsSpeaking at Guildford, in Surrey, last night, Mr. Herbert Gladstone, M.P. for West Leeds, said that if the Liberal party desired to win the next general election ...
Article : 67 wordsGeneral Billot, the French Minister for War, made a statement in the Chamber of Deputies yesterday with reference to the conviction of ...
Article : 169 wordsA shooting affray occurred here this morning near the Chinese camp. A married Chinaman is alleged to have fired a revolver at a man named Stevens. The bullet lodged m Stevens's foot, and became ...
Article : 851 wordsReports from Berlin state that Great Britain has made inquiries as to whether Germany would be willing to cede to her the territory embraced in the German ...
Article : 53 wordsThe Colonial Secretary (the Hon. J. N. Brunker) yesterday paid an official visit to Minmi, and was accorded an enthusiastic reception. He arrived by special tram shortly before 3 o'clock and was met by ...
Article : 98 wordsSpeaking at Pretoria yesterday, M. J. C. Kotze, the Chief Justice of the Transvaal, said the Uitlanders ought to share in the political privileges of the ...
Article : 40 wordsThe Darwin sailed for Singapore on Saturday with a cargo of 180 live cattle, 209 cases mother of pearlshell, 1007 buffalo hides, and 1058 horns. The Palmerston-Pine Creek Railway earnings ...
Article : 103 wordsThe first examination in connection with the northern district centre of the Australian Musical Association was conducted at the Masonic Hall on Saturday in the presence of a large number of ...
Article : 296 wordsA French anarchist named Brosette has been murdered at Long Acre, London, in consequence of his having been suspected of being a spy. ...
Article : 31 wordsThe German Colonial Council has decided to inflict the death penalty upon persons inciting to sedition in the German protectorates abroad. ...
Article : 29 wordsMr. Shanahan, the Government Agent at Mambare, has discovered a valuable field of considerable extent situated four days' march from Tomato Camp. He obtained good washings of ...
Article : 445 wordsThe mails by the Bremen, Polynesion, and Orotava will be sent on by Monday's express. ...
Article : 19 wordsAt a meeting of the United Empire League yesterday, presided over by the Duke of Devonshire, Lord President of Council, a resolution was passed urging ...
Article : 46 wordsThe treaty of peace between Greece and Turkey has been signed. ...
Article : 17 wordsConfirmation of the "Herald" report was yesterday received by the American mail of the loss of the barque Cordillers, which left Newcastle last July for Valparaiso. The barque was lost off the Chilian ...
Article : 336 wordsThe final in the officers' prize rifle-shooting competition, which has been proceeding for the past 12 months, took place on Saturday afternoon. Considerable interest was attached to this match, ...
Article : 223 wordsPriests are assisting in the Carlist movement in Spain. They decline to admit the Pope's authority in politics. Senor Sagasta, the Spanish Premier, ...
Article : 44 wordsFurther particulars of the disaster to the Margate lifeboat, which was wrecked while proceeding to a vessel in distress, show that the 10 men who were drowned ...
Article : 44 wordsThe Rev. L. J. Fish, vicar of Bathampton, Bath, where the grave of Governor Phillip has just been discovered, has written a letter to the "Times" ...
Article : 59 wordsA determined suicide took place on the railway line, near the city, yesterday afternoon. Thomas Kirk, an elderly man, a commission agent, out of work, throw himself in front of a passing train. ...
Article : 67 wordsUnder the auspices of the Tighe's Hill Perseverauce Swimming Club an interesting carnival was held yesterday afternoon in the channel at the rear of the Islington Reserve. There was a good ...
Article : 385 wordsThree years ago the happy idea was started of establishing an annual dinner at which the "old boys" of the Fort-street School might keep in touch with their fellow pupils, and, however divined by ...
Article : 365 wordsMr. Cecil Rhodes is about to again visit Europe. He will not stand for re-election to the Cape Assembly, where he now represents Barkly West. ...
Article : 32 wordsThe head keeper of the Seven Islands Lighthouse telegraphed on Saturday evening that the ketch Esther, which had arrived, reports that the master, Dris[?]oll, and the mate fell overboard ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 78 wordsAt the colonial wool sales this evening there was a good sale all round. The market was firmer, and there were no withdrawals. The present series will close ...
Article : 72 wordsAsked as to how the present team compared with the first team that met Stoddart's previous eleven on the former trip, H. Trott, one of the selectors, said that he thought that the present combination was ...
Article : 474 wordsThe Old Age Pension Bill has been read the third time by 30 votes to 15. By the capsizing of a boat at Macquarie Island, four men engaged in catching penguins were ...
Article : 64 wordsL.O.L. No.17: Protestant Hall Rev. P. J. Stephen's Lantera, Entertainment, [?] onnie Scotland," 8 p.m. Brighton Racing Club: First Race at 2.45 p. m. L.O.L. No. 4, No Surrender: Protestant Hall, 8 p.m. ...
Article : 138 wordsADELAIDE.—Arrivals: December 5, Bothwell, Cattle, s., from Melbourne; Orotava, R.M.S., from London. Departure: December 4, Gabo, s., for Fremantle. ...
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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Mon 6 Dec 1897, Page 5
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