The fourth day of the test match was entered upon yesterday. The weather was fine, but an unpleasant and at times particularly strong north-easterly wind prevailed. The attendance numbered 10,000, and ...
Article : 108 wordsThe Premier, Sir Hugh Nelson, laid on the table of the Assembly to-day a memorandum from the Acting Attorney-General, transmitting a full copy of the opinion expressed by Mr. Pilcher and Dr. ...
Article : 165 wordsIn the march from Sherkel to Barkai Brigadier-General Wostmacott's rear-guard experienced great difficulty in repelling the fierce and persistent attempts ...
Article : 153 wordsA largely attended meeting of yachtsmen was held this afternoon to make arrangements for the proposed intercolonial regatta in Hobson's Bay on Anniversary Day. A discussion as to the ...
Article : 101 wordsThe typhoid epedemic at Maidstone, in England, in abatingg, and several of the emergeney hospitals have been closed. On behalf of the two sections fo the Irsh National ...
Article : 7,922 wordsThe Ambassadors at Constantinople have protested to the Porte against a sentence of imprisonment for life passed upon a girl of 16 for delivering at the ...
Article : 55 wordsThe weather to-day was exceedingly trying. A hot northerly wind set in with daybreak, and continued until midnight. The thermometer registered up to 108·' in the shade and 154· in the ...
Article : 62 wordsPunctually at noon the umpires entered the field, and they were followed by the Englishmen and the not oats, Darling 80, and M'Leod 20, the total being 126 for one wicket. The second ball of the opening ...
Article : 3,058 wordsThe Governor of the French Congo discredits the reported disaster to the French expedition which was attacked at Bahrel-Ghazel, in the Upper Nile region. ...
Article : 39 wordsWhen conversing with Captain Butcher, of the Cintra, a press representative asked the captain if ho could throw any light upon the mystery surrounding the wreck of the Fitzroy. The captain ...
Article : 180 wordsRecent fires in the city havo caused attention to be drawn to the danger to Parliament House Library by the temporary wooden buildings at the roar of the main structure. It has been ...
Article : 49 wordsThe Elections and Qualifications Committee sat to-day and took farther evidence with reference to the petition for unseating Mr. J. S. White, the recently elected member for Albert Park, on the ...
Article : 65 wordsOn behalf of the two sections of the Irish National party Messrs. John Dillon and J. E. Eedmond propose that action should be taken during the Parliamentary ...
Article : 58 wordsThe Judicial Committee of the Privy Council has allowed, with costs, the appeal in the case of the Bank of Australasia v. Dougharty. ...
Article : 62 wordsThe Minister for Agricultura has arranged through the French Government to secure the services of a competent expert in wine-making to take charge of the Viticultural College recently ...
Article : 36 wordsSome excitement was caused m this district to day by a report that during the night the Wickham poat-offices had been visited by burglars, and the sum of £209 4s 5d stolon from the safes Detective ...
Article : 400 wordsThe Greek delegates to the recent peace conference asked that the ratification of the treaty of peace between Greece and Turkey should be postponed for a month ...
Article : 68 wordsIt has been definitely decided that the "log" adopted by the Boot Board, fixing the minimum weekly wage at 36s, and piecowork rates on the basis of 45s, shall come into operation on the ...
Article : 179 wordsIn the case of Dougharty v. the Bank of Australasia an important question of law is involved. A large number of issues are raised by the claim and the counter claim in the action which was ...
Article : 268 wordsTwelve of the Burmans concerned in the recent abortive rising at Mandalay, Burmah, have been sentenced to death. ...
Article : 25 wordsThe United States Senate has passed a bill prohibiting Americans from polagic sealing in Behring Sea. ...
Article : 24 wordsThe expenditure for November was £307,576, as compared with £207,021 for the corresponding month last year. The revenue last month was £243,10. ...
Article : 30 wordsThe typhoid epidemia at Maidstone is abating, and several of the emergency hospitals have been closed. ...
Article : 23 wordsMr. George Pngg, architect, died somewhat suddenly to-day, after a brief indisposition, during which he burst a blood vessel. ...
Article : 24 wordsThis was a suit to restrain the defendants from applying the term "flaked oatmeal" to any preparation not manufactured by the plaintiffs, but in substance it was a suit to try the ...
Article : 248 wordsThe efforts of the Newcastle Shop Assistants' Association in regard to the early closing movement has been attended with great success, and the new principle will be initiated at the commencement of ...
Article : 203 wordsThe Anglian arrived early this morning. She had been delayed by bad weather. ...
Article : 16 wordsThe directors of the Great Northern Railway Company are establishing workmen's banks for the employees. Deposits under £100 will receive interest at the ...
Article : 42 wordsBoth Houses of Parliament sat till 4 o'clock this morning. The business paper was cleared, and the Houses adjourned till next Thursday. The prorogation will take place in the meantime. ...
Article : 52 wordsThe inquiry into the origin and circumstances of the late fire in Cripplegate, London, was continued to-day. Mr. Redwood, the well-known chemical ...
Article : 68 wordsA telegram was received lost night by the selectors of Australian test cricket teams from Giffen, in reply to a message sent to him on Wednesday asking him to proceed to Melbourne to practice for the ...
Article : 107 wordsIn the Legislative Assembly to-day the Elections Bill was further considered to decide the disagreement between the two Houses. The main issue between the two Houses resolved itself into ...
Article : 120 wordsTo-day was a very busy one in connection with the coal otport trade, no lees a quantity than 15,797 tons having been shipped. The departures included Horizon, barque, for Iquique, 1642 tons; ...
Article : 109 wordsThis was a special case stated by the Land Appeal Court, at the instanco of Hill, Clark, and Co., for the decision of the Full Court. The Land Appeal Court had sustained an appeal from ...
Article : 142 wordsA meeting of the trustees of the Sydney Cricket Ground was held in the committee room of the Sydney Cricket Ground yesterday afternoon. There were present Mr. Justice Stophon, and Messrs G. ...
Article : 137 wordsThe dismissal of M'Leod was the one subject of discussion certainly throughout the luncheon adjournment and almost the whole of the rest of the afternoon. The manner of it was as follows:— ...
Article : 2,138 wordsAn agent of the United States Government has gone to Trondhjem, Norway, with the view of purchasing 1000 reindeer and engaging 100 men for a relief ...
Article : 75 wordsThe miners' delegate board has appointed a deputation to wait on the manager of the Dudley colliery with reference to the alleged breach of the Colliery Employees' Federation rules. It appears that 10 of ...
Article : 165 wordsIn the Assembly to-day a motion in favour of the construction of the Esperance Dundas railway was negatived by l6 to 10 votes. This evening Mr. Leake, the leader of the Opposition, proposed ...
Article : 90 wordsThe movement to popularise the South Coast district as a tourist resort, ctarted here some time ago, culminated in a convention of delegates from the municipal councils and other bodies held in the ...
Article : 504 wordsThe death ia announced of Sir William Edward Maxwell, K.C.M.G., Governor of the Gold Coast Colony, West Africa. Sir William Maxwell had been the Governor ...
Article : 110 wordsThe first annual balance-sheet in connection with the Stockton Colliery Diaster Fund was presented to a special meeting of the execute committee held at Stockton last night. The statements allowed that the ...
Article : 171 wordsThere is a prospect of an agreement being arrived at by the conference between the representatives of the Employers' Federation and the Amalgamated ...
Article : 133 wordsNews from Albany confirms the report of the disablement of the Scottish Hero off Cape Leawin. A boat containing six members of the crow landed at Wilson's Inlet, and reaehod Denmark, the men ...
Article : 271 wordsAt 9 a.m. to-day the temperature was 104· in the shade and 153· in the sun; at 11.45, 113· in the shade, 165· in the sun; at 3 p.m,., 108· in the shade, 166· in the sun. ...
Article : 165 wordsThe King's School broke up for the Christmas holidays yesterday. There was no public function, but the headmaster (the Rev. A. U. Champion) presented a few prices for specially ...
Article : 256 wordsMadame Albani, the famous vocalist, will leave for Australia by the Orient R.M.S. Oraba. ...
Article : 22 wordsOrgan Recital: Town Ball, 8 p.m. Twelfth Annual Concert by Pupila Mrs. Ruthven's Sbool of Music: Oddfellows' Temple, EHmbcth-street, 8 p.m. ...
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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Fri 17 Dec 1897, Page 7
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