The President took the chair at half-past 4 o'clock. REFRESHMENT COMMITTEE. Mr. President announced that he had received a ...
Article : 1,962 wordsA parade of the Bathurst and Molong half-companies took place at the Orange racecource to-day, Lieutenant Colonel Lassetter commanding. Further manœuvres will take place to-morrow. There will ...
Article : 1,702 wordsAnother bad weather match wound up the tour of the Australians in England Hastings looked bright and invigorating enough when the game commenced last Thursday, and it was hoped that ...
Article : 1,565 wordsTWEED HEADS.—October 15, Cooloon, schooner, and Vale, schooner barbound, Augusta (s.) in bay. Passed: October 15, Cintra (s.) at 10.50 a.m. and a brig-rigged steamer at 12.15 p.m., north; Barrabool (s.) at 6 p.m., ...
Article : 1,279 words"A Gilded Fool" will be performed for the last time at the Lyceum Theatre to-night, as to-morrow Mr. Nat Goodwin will produce the new four-act play, "An American Citizen," for the first time upon ...
Article : 42 words"Mrs. Ponderbury's Past," the farcical comedy, the fun of which Mr. Brough and Miss Temple have sustained so merrily at the Criterion Theatre, will be withdrawn after to-night. To-morrow "A Pair of ...
Article : 47 wordsThere was a very large attendance at the Art Society's conversazione last night, but though no fewer thau 450 persons were present the spacious and brilliantly [?]ghted galleries were not overcrowded. Instead ...
Article : 463 wordsThe Speaker took the chair at half-past 4 o'clock ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS. The MINISTER FOR WORKS, in answer to Mr. M'Court, said he was aware that the Victorian ...
Article : 3,921 wordsThe Alameda will move to Mort's Dock to-day for cleaning and painting. The R.M.S. Ormuz left Colombo 1[?]th October for Albany. R.M.S. Arcadia yesterday arrived at Albany at 5 a.m., ...
Article : 47 wordsThe Ringdove yesterday arrived in Port Jackson after an absence of nine months. Like the Rapid, she left Sydney on the 2nd January, following the flag to Hobart. She then [?]ressed to New ...
Article : 159 wordsThe steamship Newcastle will leave the Market-street Wharf at 2 o'clock to-morrow (Saturday) afternoon for a trip to the Hawkesbury River. Excursionists will have an opportunity of enjoying a delightful ocean trip of about 20 ...
Article : 87 wordsThe Czar and Czarina reached Breslau on Saturday, 5th September, and were met at the railway station by the German Emperor and Empress. According to the description by the London ...
Article : 691 wordsThere was a fashionable attendance at the Y.M.C.A. Hall last night, when Mr. Lawrence Campbell gave a humorous, dramatic, and musical recital. The [?]cutionist had decorated the back of ...
Article : 454 wordsThe ship Gertrud yesterday arrived in ba[?]ast from Adelaide. Captain Hencke reports leaving on the 30th September, and had easterly winds for four days, after which hard S.W. gales, with lightning and thunder, were had, ...
Article : 65 wordsThe steamer Titus, Captain J. Williams, arrived yesterday from New Guinea and Solomon Islands. She reports leaving Sydney on 4th September and Newcastle on the 6th; arrived at Cooktown on the 12th, and left next ...
Article : 157 wordsIn aid of the funds of St. Thomas' Church, Enfield, a spring flower show and sale of work was opened in the Burwood School of Arts, on Wednesday afternoon, by Mrs. Castle. The ...
Article : 227 wordsThe ship John M'Leod, from New York, yesterday arrived and anchored below Garden Island. She left on the 20th June, and had moderate variable winds to the equator, which was crossed 42 days out, after which S.E. ...
Article : 102 wordsAlderman Stinson presided at the last meeting there being also present, Aldermen A[?]earn, Cra[?] Lindley, Archer, Scholes, and Cardew. In connection with a letter from the Principal Under Secretary regarding the Loans ...
Article : 373 wordsMr. E. P. Tr[?]man's operetta "The Magic Cloak" will be performed at the Paddington Town Hall to-night by Mr. H. H. Llewellyn and the Misses Clara, Maude, and Marion Llewellyn. The Mayors ...
Article : 71 wordsSir,—Mr. Thack[?]ay's letters are always interesting, and while gratified in having tempted him into a correspondence, yet, if I did not know that he possesses the facilis as well as the gracilis scribendi, ...
Article : 937 wordsMiss May Mitchell, Miss Edmée Larade, and Miss Gertie Conway will join in a recital of classic pianoforte music, at the Y.M.C.A. Hall to-night. The vocalists will be Miss Hetty Holroyd and Miss ...
Article : 171 wordsA meeting of the Hunter's Hill Council was held on 9th October. There were present—The Mayor (Alderman Schleicher), Aldermen Thomson, Jo[?]bert, Turner, Edginton, Joyner, and M'Bride. The Lands Department ...
Article : 229 wordsA magisterial inquiry was held before the Parramatta Coroner at E[?]mington this afternoon regarding the skeleton found in a gully at Dandas. With the remains were found a watch and chain and articles ...
Article : 147 wordsThe number of justices of the peace is now so considerable, while the complexities of the law gr[?] with the increase of legislation, and the tendency of retrenchment is to throw more responsibility upon ...
Article : 238 wordsThis council met on the 8th October, when the Mayor (Alderman John Thompson) occupied the chair, and there were also present—Aldermen Clough, Sproule, J.P., Lo[?]den, and F. G. Thompson. A long discussion [?]ued ...
Article : 296 wordsSir,—Now that the Navigation Bill referring to this matter is before the House, allow me to suggest that the law relating to the pilotage rate might well be amended so that vessels coming or leaving in ...
Article : 223 wordsSir,—No country in the world was more free from disease in live stock, and was less troubled with vermin and destructive animals and birds than Australia Civilisation introduced cattle, horses, sheep, ...
Article : 412 wordsA meeting of the above council was held on Monday evening. Present: The Mayor (Alderman Ferris), in the chair, and Aldermen Taylor, Campbell, Dixon, Withers, Noller, Moxham, and Miller. On the recommendation of ...
Article : 102 wordsSir,—I have been carefully watching the development of the correspondence on the above subject I would most respectfully hazard the observation that your sportsmen want too much, and nearly all ...
Article : 265 wordsSir,—In this morning's Herald is a statement over the signature "Aloes" w[?]ich if not replied to, will seem to reflect very strongly against the value of the qualification with which I and one other are ...
Article : 221 wordsAt the last meeting of the Waverley Council, held in the Council-chambers, the Mayor (Alderman A. C. Hewlett, J.P.) presided. There were also present:—Aldermen Simpson, Carroll, King, Dickson, Te[?]ey, Cannon, Keys, ...
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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Fri 16 Oct 1896, Page 6
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