A fair in aid of the Sydney City Mission was opened in the Town Hall yesterday afternoon by Lady Hampd[?]n. The function took place under the most favourable auspices. All the arrangements in ...
Article : 2,484 wordsParliament is to be congratulated on having at last placed the law with regard to no-liability mining companies on a more satisfactory footing. This has been effected by the now Act. The Act repeals, ...
Article : 2,027 wordsThe Czar of Russia became unwell after the banquet given in his Majesty's honour by President Faure. The Czar however attended the special performance in ...
Article : 106 wordsThe contract for the Henden to Allora branch railway line, which was abandoned by the contractor, Mr. Nixon, has been taken over by Mr. Overe[?]d. It is expected to be completed at the ...
Article : 80 wordsThe special train conveying the Czar and Czarina and President Faure from Cherbourg arrived in Paris to-day. Enormous crowds assembled at the ...
Article : 680 wordsDr. Pagensticker, a well-known German oculist, proceeds to Balmoral to examine the Queen's eyesight, which was recently reported to be failing. ...
Article : 50 wordsAfter getting through a good deal of preliminary work in connection with several measures sent up from the Assembly, and-messages as to amendments of bills, the Legislative Council ...
Article : 1,455 wordsThe net increase in the railway revenue for September amounted to £11,640. The three trunk lines show substantial increases. ...
Article : 29 wordsDr. Raffel, one of the District Judges at Dar-es-Salam, German East Africa, has been appointed Consul-General at Apia, Samoa, in succession to Dr. Schmidt. ...
Article : 31 wordsThe Chief Inspector of Stock has received some encouraging official reprots concerning the tick plague. The Government Veterinarian at Rockhampton reports that there is not a tick to be seen ...
Article : 152 wordsDr. Thornton, the Bishop of Ballarat, was selected as the preacher at the Church Congress at Shrewsbury. ...
Article : 24 wordsThe returns of the arrivals in and the departures from the colony for the quarter ended 30th September show thnt 12,608 persons arrived and 3386 departed. During the month £72,700 was ...
Article : 168 wordsA severe famine is feared in Northern India in consequence of the drought, and extensive relief works are being carried out. ...
Article : 32 wordsThe Commissioner of Police has received telegrams reporting that two men are missing, one from the Clermont district and the other at Mount Windsor, near Cooktown. In the first case a ...
Article : 219 wordsAt the wool sales this evening competition was general, but prices were unchanged. Oct. 7. ...
Article : 68 wordsThe Sugar Company is sending out circulars to the contractors with the view of getting information of the following particulars:—Area planted with cane this season, the area ploughed out, the area left to ...
Article : 157 wordsThe Perseverance Gold-mining Company has been formed with a capital of £112,500 to work a mine at Stuart Town, New South Wales. Shares to the amount ...
Article : 80 wordsEarly this afternoon a compositor at the Government Printing Office named A. A. We[?]ss did not return to work from lunch, and was found dead on the bank of the River Torrens, ...
Article : 69 wordsAt the quarterly meeting last evening of the Newcastle Hospital general committee, Mr. C. H. Hannell presiding, it was resolved that the previous resolutions, passing a vote of thanks to ...
Article : 111 wordsThe Western Australian Land Company, Limited, has agreed to sell the Great Southern Railway to the Government of Western Australia for £1,100,000. ...
Article : 88 wordsThe Government has agreed to appoint a timber inspector and otherwise to assist the efforts to establish a timber trade with South Africa. The Premier has given an assurance that ...
Article : 125 wordsAt the quarterly meeting of the Newcastle Benevolent Society to-day, Mrs. J. C. Ellis (president) in the chair, the report stated that 275 families had been relieved during September, 60 ...
Article : 151 wordsTo-day's price of bar silver is 2s 6d per ounce standard. ...
Article : 15 wordsThe Circuit Court was opened to-day before Sir Frederick Darley, the Chief Justice. Mr. J. C. Gannon prosecuted for the Crown. Robert Arthur, charged with stealing a sheep belonging to Mr. ...
Article : 177 wordsA meeting of the Sydney Clerks aud Warehousemen's Benefit Association was held last night in the Manchester Unity Hall. There was a good attendance. The chair was taken by Mr. David ...
Article : 754 wordsTo-day's quotation for Broken Hill Proprietary shares is £2 8s 9d. ...
Article : 19 wordsUpon the resumption of the City of Melbourne Bank trial this morning, Mr. Finlayson, the Crown Prosecutor, mode a statement with reference to a certain paragraph published in ...
Article : 469 wordsTo-day the members of the Public Service Board, Messrs. Barling and Houston, arrived in Orange, and visited several of the Government offices at the courthouse. A deputation, comprising the justices ...
Article : 137 wordsA man named Carroll was bitten by a brown snake on the Forbes-road to-day, but a ligature being applied and the wound cauterised he recovered. ...
Article : 2,173 wordsIn commenting on the reception accorded to the Czar in France, the Vienna newspapers ridicule the "political hypnotism" which they declare is ...
Article : 40 wordsNews was received here to-day that the barge Mary Ann, in tow of the steamer Lady of the Lake, struck a snag in the Lower Darling, near Pooncarrie, on Monday and sank, 350 bales of ...
Article : 164 wordsA man named F. S. Cade, who had been missing since Friday last, and for whom three search parties are now out, returned safe by himself to-day. Cade, who arrived in a most exhausted condition, states ...
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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Thu 8 Oct 1896, Page 5
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