The assurances of the authorities that every endeavour will be made to rectify the absurd valuations which have been made by many of the assessors have had the effect of soothing some of the indignation ...
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Article : 65 wordsAfter agreeing to the second reading of the Lawson Estate Mortgage Bill and passing it through committee, the Legislative Council yesterday proceeded to the resumption of the ...
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Article : 113 wordsBar silver is quoted to-day at 2s 5 13-16d per ounce standard, being a fall of 1-16d since last quotation. ...
Article : 25 wordsBroken Hill Proprietary shares are quoted on the Stock Exchange to-day at £2 8s. ...
Article : 22 wordsThe force under Colonol Baden-Powell has destroyed many kraals in the neighbourhood of Belingwe, Matabeleland. A general surrender of the rebel natives ...
Article : 32 wordsThe Ingleburn Council are experiencing some difficulty respecting the dividing line between that municipality and the municipality of Campbell-town owing to certain residents disputiug the ...
Article : 221 wordsThe tone of the Vienna newspapers regarding the revelation made by Prince Bismarck as to the existence from 1884 to 1890 of a benevolent neutrality treaty ...
Article : 111 wordsWhen people in the city and suburbs awoke yesterday the yellow glow peculiar to a hot day and the heavy baze indicated what might be expected. By 9 o'clock the heat was distressing, the temperature ...
Article : 259 wordsThere are considerable indignation and comment locally at the assessment notices now being received in connection with the land tax. The local assessor in Narrabri has in many instances placed almost ...
Article : 218 wordsA conspiracy against the Spanish authorities has been discovered in the Sooloo Islands, in the Philippines. Reinforcements have been sent from Manilla. ...
Article : 33 wordsAt the meeting of shareholders of James M'Ewan and Co., Limited, to-day, the report of the directors stated that the results of the past year's operations were ...
Article : 77 wordsThe report that the British squadron on the North American and West Indies station was to be doubled is declared to be without foundation. ...
Article : 34 wordsThe report and balance-sheet of the directors of Dalgety and Co., Limited, show that the operations for the 12 months ended the 30th June resulted in a ...
Article : 61 wordsThe protracted drought in India is giving rise to much apprehension. There is no prospect of rain, and a famine is inevitable. ...
Article : 33 wordsSurveyor Wilkins is making a general survey of the country between here and Mulgoa with a view to submitting a report to the department as to the best route for the proposed Liverpool-Mulgoa ...
Article : 42 wordsThe Loan Estimates for public works and other services during the year 1896-97 were laid on the table of the Assembly last night. The various votes proposed involve an expenditure of £1,849,410 out ...
Article : 1,030 wordsLast night Mr. Russell, speaking of the present drought, said it was almost general, not only over Australia, but over the earth. India in the East was sufferning, as were also the great agricultural ...
Article : 216 wordsThe half-yearly meeting of the shareholders of Permewan, Wright, and Co., Limited, was held to-day. The chairman stated that the prospects were just as good as for years past. An interim ...
Article : 55 wordsThe announcement that the Premier had decided to issue free railway passes to the duly appointed delegates to the Federal Convention has given much satisfaction. A large attandance at the convention ...
Article : 39 wordsA large deputation, of representatives from the Tweed River and the surrounding districts waited on the Minister for Railways this morning to ask for an extension of the railway from Nerang ...
Article : 158 wordsMr. Read, chairman of the New Explorers' Syndicate of Western Australia, has written a letter to the Financial News stating that many of the principal issuing ...
Article : 78 wordsMr. Simeon Phillips, M.L.A. for Dubbo, has been advised by the Minister for Lands that the local land board has been directed to make inquiries as to the expediency of withdrawing land from the ...
Article : 107 wordsThe ordinary general meeting of the Perpetual Executors and Trustees' Association of Australia was held to-day. The report showed a profit of only £52. The chairman, Sir Wm. Zeal, said it ...
Article : 58 wordsUnseasonable heat prevails. The thermometer registered 97 in the shade this afternoon. BEGA, Thursday. The weather for the past few days has been hot ...
Article : 781 wordsThe annual meeting of members of the Burriangong Pastoral and Agricultural Society was held in the Town Hall yesterday. There was a good attendance. The president, Mr. J. Forsythe, was in the ...
Article : 121 wordsAt a public meeting in the Prahran Town Hall resolutions were carried supporting the candidature of Dr. Clara Stone, Mrs. W. Forster, Mrs. Summers, and Miss Dawes for membership of the ...
Article : 46 wordsThe Australian cyclists, J. Megson, R. W. Lewis, and E. Payne, will return to Australia by the Orient R.M.S. Orizaba, which leaves London on 30th October. ...
Article : 32 wordsA Gladstone telegram states that the dry weather is commenting to have a disastrous effect there. The farmers' crops are ruined, there being scarcely enough fodder to keep dairy cattle alive. ...
Article : 55 wordsThe annual meeting of the Colonial Bank of Australasia, Limited, was held to-day. The chairman, Sir William Clarke, said that the directors recommended that the total amount to the credit ...
Article : 175 wordsThe wheat markets in England and America are fluctuating, but prices are slightly easier. Oct. 29. ...
Article : 82 wordsAmong the awards at the Albury Exhibition, announced to-day, are the following:—Paling and Co., Sydney, musical instruments (two awards), special prize; Sutton, Hornsby Junction, fruit ...
Article : 104 wordsThe fifth game in the chess match between Palmer and Apperly, which was commenced on Monday night, was resumed to-night. The game resulted in a win for Apperly at his 63rd move. ...
Article : 128 wordsA complimentary banquet was tendered at Dickson's hotel last night to the principal residents and magistrates by Mr. Thomas Ball, a very old residente who has just returned from a lengthy ...
Article : 155 wordsThe New Zealand and Australian Land Company, Limited, has declared a dividend at the rate of 4 per cent. per annum. ...
Article : 32 wordsIn the Assembly to-day the House went into committee on the Constitution Amendment Bill. The proposal to confer the suffrage on women was debated, and on division female franchise was ...
Article : 192 wordsThe returns of revenue and expenditure for the quarter ended 30th September were published to-day. They show that the revenue amounted to £578,900, being an increase of £50,000 upon the ...
Article : 95 wordsThe steamers Kurrari, Lochlee, and Egmont loaded coal at Port Bellambi, and the Vailele at Bulli, to-day. ...
Article : 24 wordsAt the Newmarket Houghton October Meeting to-day the contest for the principal event resulted as under:— THE CAMBRIDGESHIRE STAKES of 25 sovs. each, ...
Article : 193 wordsThe city was en fete to-day A public holiday had been proclamied, originally upon account of the Eight-hour Demonstration, but the opportunity was taken advantage of by a vast number of ...
Article : 587 wordsA remarkable phenomenon occurred in the neighbourhood of Coonabarabran on Monday about midday. A loud rumbling noise resembling distant thunder was heavy for several seconds. The ...
Article : 1,858 wordsA largely attended meeting of creditors of Harrold Brothers was held to-day, Mr. Henry Scott presiding. Mr. Muecke presented a report from the inspectors appointed at last ...
Article : 144 wordsIn the Assembly to-day the Factories Bill was read the first time. The Appropriation Bill for £325,000 was passed through all its stages. The Public Service Bill was further considered in ...
Article : 44 wordsIn the Council the Health Bill was shelved. In the Assembly the Premier refused to answer without notice a question about the hospital. On the motion for the the third reading of the ...
Article : 70 wordsThe annual meeting of the Bank of New Zealand was held at Wellington to-day. The report and balance-sheet were adopted. The latter showed that the net profits for the year were £52,000, ...
Article : 181 wordsAt a largely attended meeting of the local branch of the British Medical Association to-night a resolution was carried, without dissent, that the late honorary staff ...
Article : 190 wordsLatest stock movements:—15 rams, from Glenmore to Arranwatta, H. J. Merewether owner; 3000 ewes, Keytah to Yale (Munger), O'Brien Brothers owners; 7533 wethers, Oreel to Yallaroi, ...
Article : 224 wordsIn the Assembly to-day the debate on the Great Western Railway Bill was resumed. Mr. Urquhart, who has charge of the bill, proposed that all the clauses except those concerning primary ...
Article : 172 wordsThe body of a man named Thomas Garrabi has been found in the bush near here with his skull smashed in. It appears that Garrahi left the Weetslibah Hotel on Moday last to go towards ...
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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Fri 30 Oct 1896, Page 5
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