The trial of Frank Butler, charged with, the murder of Captain Leo Millington Weller at Glenbrook on 31st October last, was commenced at the Central Criminal Court, Darlinghurst yesterday, ...
Article : 6,817 wordsThe Premier mine cleaned up a crushing of 193 tons for a yield of 212oz. gold for the fortnight. Lady Bountiful crashed 15 tons for a yield of 187oz. gold for the same period. ...
Article : 101 wordsA fire occurred early this morning on the premises at the corner of Wellington and Barrack streets, occupied by Summerfield and Co., tailors and agents; J. H. glasson, tobacconist; and Brown ...
Article : 195 wordsTenders for the Credit Foncier mortgage bonds to the amount of £16,925 were opened to-day. The public subscribed £14,475, and the Savings Banks Commissioners took up the balance. The ...
Article : 48 wordsThe Hon. Wilfrid Laurier (Premier of Canada) and Mrs. Laurier, Sir S. H. Strong (Chief Justice of Canada), and the Hon. H. Escombe (Attorney-General of ...
Article : 39 wordsThe colonial Premiers were entertained at a banquet by the Liverpool Chamber of Commerce on Saturday evening. Tho Duke of Devonshire, Lord ...
Article : 346 wordsTurkey will confiseate the property of the Greeks who fled from Thessaly unless the fugitives return within a fortnight. ...
Article : 41 wordsGreat preparations are being made for the jubilee demonstration. The Chinese alone are spending £200 in preparing a spendid pageant. large entries were received for all the athletic contents. ...
Article : 471 wordsA special meeting of the Presbytery of Melbourne South was held to-day for the purpose of dealing with the draft scheme of union sent dealing to it by the General Assembly ...
Article : 145 wordsThe colonial troops who have arrived in London to take part in the record reign celebrations have been inspected by FieldMarshal Lord Roberts, of Candahar, ...
Article : 67 wordsThe weekly meeting of the Hunter District Water Supply and Sewerage Board was held at the offices, Newcastle, this morning. The president (Mr. H. D. Walsh) occupied the chair, and Messrs. Archibald ...
Article : 443 wordsThe foreign Ambassadors in Constantinople are highly displeased with the Sultan for having appealed to the Czar of Russia and the Emperor of Germany to ...
Article : 59 wordsThe directors' report and statement of accounts for the half-year ended 31st December of the London Bank of Australia, Limited, are published. The operations resulted in a loss of ...
Article : 155 wordsAt the Builders and Contractors' Exchange last night Mr. W. Mainer delivered an address on the subject of "Day and Contract labour." There was a good attendance. The address was delivered under ...
Article : 455 wordsA meeting of the executive of the Homes for Consumptives Fund was held at the Town Hall yesterday afternoon. There were present:— Sydney Jones (who presided), the Mayoress (Mrs. ...
Article : 500 wordsWhile President Faure was driving to the racecourse at Longchamps yesterday in an open carriage a roughly-made bomb was exploded in close proximity to the ...
Article : 63 wordsIn the Supreme Court to-day an application was made by R. E. Jacomb, official liquidator of the City of Melbourne Bank, for leave to pay an additional dividend of is in the £1. An affidavit ...
Article : 323 wordsSir,—I would like to call attention to a letter by the Rev. Mr. Martin in the Herald of Saturday, in which he asks that some provision may be made by the Government and the several municipal ...
Article : 273 wordsCannda proposes to levy an export duty upon pine logs, wood pulp, and nickel sent to the United States in retaliation for the tax imposed by the States upon lumber. ...
Article : 38 wordsAt to-day's meeting of the Water and Sewerage Board a minute eas read from the engineer reporting on the condition of the various p[?]pe-line bridges over which the main supply pipe from Maitland to ...
Article : 176 wordsReports from Washington state that President M'Kinley has under consideration a proposal for the annexation of Hawaii to the United States. ...
Article : 30 wordsSir Edward Braddon, Premier of Tasmania, and Lady Braddon have arrived in London. ...
Article : 22 wordsThe bulk of the property of the late Sir William Robinson, formerly Governor of Western Australia, has been bequeathed to Lady Robinson. ...
Article : 30 wordsMr. Garrard, Minister for Labour and Industry, made a very thorough inspection of the Bogan scrub-clearing work during the visit to that locality, from which he has just returned. This involved ...
Article : 720 wordsSir,—Remembering the confusion which was caused in the principal parts of the city, particularly in the vicinity of the General Post Office, on the occasion of the illuminations of nine years ago, by ...
Article : 184 wordsMessrs. Eddy, Fehon, and Oliver (Railway Commissioners) arrived at Hamilton by special train this morning and paid a visit of inspection to the dyke for the purpose of arranging for a number ...
Article : 158 wordsThe Auckland and Devonport Ferry Company has declared a dividend of 10 per cent. At an influential public meeting held at Auckland to-day it was decided to erect a statue to the ...
Article : 122 wordsWe understand that the following services will be held on Sunday, the 20th instant, and on Tuesday, the 22nd, in relation to the Queen's record reign:— At the service on Sunday, at 11 a.m., the ...
Article : 239 wordsA disastrous railway accident occurred [?] Welshampton, Shropshire, to-day. An excursion train filled with passengers became derailed. Ten of the ...
Article : 35 wordsThe following is a forecast of the Governor's speech at the opening of Parliament:—Reference will probably be made to the intention of Queensland to take part in the Federal ...
Article : 155 wordsSir,—It has been stated that vehicular traffic is not to be allowed in the streets on the Jubilee evening. If so, women and children will be deprived of the opportunity of seeing the only really brilliant ...
Article : 128 wordsAt the Wallsend Police Court to-day, before Mr. C. N. Payten, S.M., a number of bookmakers were proceeded against by Sergeant Coughlan for having ommitted breaches of the Betting-houses ...
Article : 95 wordsA terrible balloon disaster is reported from Berlin. Herr Woelfert, a scientist who has for some time past been engaged in perfecting an aerial machine, made an ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 339 wordsLast night a well-attended meeting was held in Annandale Council-chambers, Johnston-street, for the purpose of making arrangements for carrying out the open-air collections to be distributed ...
Article : 240 wordsLloyd's surveyor for the port of Newcastle, Mr. Thomas Brooks, to-day paid a visit of inspection to the German barque Professor Koch, which was injured by collision with the barque Cordillera on saturday ...
Article : 148 wordsSir,—As many loyal people are making suggestions regarding the celebration of the record reign of our worthy Queen, I would like to make one, and to see it acted upon. In order that many of her subjects ...
Article : 91 wordsA fierce tribal fight took place yesterday between the Molayta Islanders and Taoba and Santo boys in the Geraldton district, resulting in the death of two of the ...
Article : 131 wordsSevere shocks of earthquake occurred at Calcutta to-day, lasting five minutes. The cathedral, many churches, and public buildings were badly damaged. ...
Article : 51 wordsSir,—Re the instructions issued by the Dean of Sydney. Following strictly the revised service for this day, and ordered by authority of the English archbishops and bishops, it must be noted the hymn ...
Article : 145 wordsA meeting of the executive of the Northern district branch of the New South Wales Rugby Football Union was held to-night at the Chamber of Commerce. Dr. Meredith, the referee in the match ...
Article : 200 wordsLast night the Leichhardt Council, over which the Mayor (Alderman R. B. Cropley, J.P.) presided, had a discussion concerning the proposal recently made for the erection of ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 473 wordsMotions by private members come first on the business paper of the Assembly this afternoon, when questions and formal business have been disposed of Mr. Schey heads the list with a motion giving room ...
Article : 601 wordsA shocking fatality has happened at Mackay. Mr. and Mrs. A.T. Ball, well-known residents, were driving across the level crossing when an engine struck the buggy, which was smashed ...
Article : 95 wordsAt the Special request of the subseribers to the Royal Italian Opera, Madame Melba will take the part of Lucia in Donizetti's opera " Lucia di Lammermoor " at a ...
Article : 53 wordsIn accordance with the promise made by Mr. Brunker to a deputation at Farhament House the other night, Mr. Garrard (the Minister for Labour) has arranged for 100 men to start work to-day ...
Article : 191 wordsAn inquest was held by the City Coroner (Mr. G. C. Martin, J.P.) at the Clarendon Hotel, Hunter-street West, this morning, on the body of a man then unidentified found floating in the commonage ...
Article : 140 wordsCintra (s.), 1979 tons, Captain J. E. Butcher, from Queensland ports. Passengers—Me[?]dames C. E. Brown, T[?]ton, F. G. Fisher and 2 Children. De Lille, Dowling, Birkin, Nicol and child Princesse Alice Lubetskoy, Misses I. [?]ie, Cissie ...
Article : 210 wordsAt the Paris Summer Race Meeting yesterday the contest for the principal event resulted as under:— GRAND PRIZE OF PARIS, of 8000 sovs., 6000 ...
Article : 186 wordsIt has been resolved by the united Protestant Churches of the district to invite the Rev. L. M. Isilt, temperance lecturer, to conduct a ten days' mission in Newcastle early next month, and a ...
Article : 270 wordsAbout 500 members of the Surplus Labour League attended a mats meeting held in Prince Alfred Park at noon yesterday. Mr. E. Lewis was in the chair. Several speakers expressed dissatisfaction at the ...
Article : 274 wordsCintra (s.), from Quensland ports: 3565 bunches bananas, 819[?] hides, 218 bags hides, 138 casks tallow, 359 bags bones and horns. 180 bags copra, 542 bags ore, 7 packages gold (4700oz.), 161 bales, skins, 6 bales hair, 32 ...
Article : 219 wordsWolfe's Schnapps taken hot with a slice of lemon at bedtime is a certain preventive of Influenza, and to cure a cold nothing can equal it.—[ADVT.] ...
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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Tue 15 Jun 1897, Page 5
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