Local hotelkeepers are much exercised by the fact that the necessity for observing the Standard Time Act will cause them considerable inconvenience and injury. It has hithorto been the almost ...
Article : 261 wordsThe coroner's inquest on the body of the man found in a bag yesterday in the town dam was closed this evening. Dr. Hull's evidence showed that two large stones weighing 921b, were ...
Article : 1,274 wordsLast night the annual meeting of the Young Men's Christian Association was held at the institution Mr. J. H. Goodlet, president, occupied the chair, and Mr. James R. Fairfax, one of the ...
Article : 1,115 wordsHis Excellency the Naval Commander-in-Chief, Admiral Cyprian Bridge, yesterday afternoon gave a garden party at Admiralty House, which was attended by a large assembly. The advantage of ...
Article : 638 wordsThe Petersham Council met on 22nd January, the Mayor presiding. A letter from the Railway Department intimated that the Commissioners would receive the deputation which proposed to urge a reduction in ...
Article : 255 wordsThe weekly meeting of the Metropolitan Board of Water Supply and Sewerage was held yesterday. The Rockdale Council asked that the water-main in Kingston-street be lowered. It was decided to ask ...
Article : 247 wordsThe monthly meeting of the committee of the Animals' Protecton Society was held in the office of the Inspector-General of Police yesterday afternoon. There were present:—Messrs. A. Forsyth (in the ...
Article : 914 wordsThis council met on 22nd January, the Mayor (Alderman Cowles) being in the chair. With reference to a request by the council for the extension of the watermain along Mandalong-road, the Water ...
Article : 246 wordsThe third annual general meeting of the subscribers of the St. George's Cottage Hospital was held at the School of Arts, Kogarah, on Monday evening. The Hon. J. H. Carruthers occupied the chair. The ...
Article : 472 wordsThis council held a meeting on 22nd January. The Mayor (Alderman F. W. H. Pearce) presided Mr. T. S. Chbborn, secretary of the A.J.C., Randwick, wrote stating the club would not contribute to ...
Article : 163 wordsDuring last night or early this morning the telephone-wire communication with the Seaham Colliery and the Newcastle office was pulled down, and about 200 yards of wire carried ...
Article : 197 wordsA meeting of this council was held at the council, chambers, Forest-road, Hurstville, on the 17th January. The finance committee met and passed accounts amounting to £225. The finance ...
Article : 180 wordsA meeting of this council was held at the councilchambers on the 22nd instant. Mr. Pigott wrote, stating that he had seen Mr. Clayton's clerk relative to the matter of the Borough of Liverpool and ...
Article : 529 wordsAt the Rookwood Council on 17th January the Mayor, Alderman J. T. Jay, presided, and there were also present—Aldermen Gormley, Garthwaite, Conroy, Slee, and Groves. A communication ...
Article : 204 wordsThere will be a special matinee of "The House that Jack Built" to-day, when the curtain will rise upon Mr. Rignold's successful pantomime at 2 p.m. The piece is beautifully staged, and is acted with ...
Article : 46 wordsStock passings:—25th, 90 fat bullocks, from North Logan to Flemington, James M'Gowan owner; 1000 lambs, from Neila to Gunningbland station, James Ewan owner; 18 fat bullocks, ...
Article : 158 wordsThe initial committee meeting of the Bondi section of the above was held at the council-chambers, Waverley, on Monday. Mrs. G. Neville Griffiths was in the chair, and there were present—Mrs. R. J. ...
Article : 106 words"Sowing the Wind," the clever comedy-drama in which the Brough-Boucicault Comedy Company have opened their season at the Lyceum, continues to interest large audiences, and will be played until ...
Article : 39 wordsThis council met on 17th January last. The secretary of the Fire Brigades Board forwarded particulare of contributions due from municipalities for brigad[?] establishment purposes for the current year, the ...
Article : 425 wordsA great audience filled the Theatre Royal last evening, and though the closing night of "The Span of Life" are announced, it is difficult to credit its immediate withdrawal. The Bland Holt ...
Article : 65 wordsThe fifth annual general meeting of shareholders of the Farmers and Dairymen's Milk Company, Limited, was held yesterday, at the company's head office. There was a large attendance. Mr. J. M. ...
Article : 351 wordsMr. George H. Wood is receiving hearty support for his benefit at the Tivoli on Friday. Not only does Mr. Harry Rickards himself re-enter the lists for the occasion, but Horr Gerard Vollmar, Mr. R. ...
Article : 65 wordsLarge audiences continue to be attracted to the circus notwithstanding the inclement of the weather. This afternoon the usual matince will be given, when a special programme for juven[?]les will ...
Article : 98 wordsThis council met on the 21st January. Mr. T. W. Abigail, solicitor, wrote r[?] damages sustained by Mrs. Jacobson, of Bellevue Estate, Hurstville, by reason of the imperfect surface drainage in the ...
Article : 278 wordsSir,—I venture to write to you upon a matter which, although it may appear at first sight to concern none but members of the Church of England in New South Wales, yet has a wider interest as ...
Article : 1,030 wordsThe seventeenth annual meeting of the New South Wales Home Teaching Society for the Blind, and the eleventh annual meeting of the Industrial Home for Blind Women and R[?]treat for the Aged Female ...
Article : 803 wordsIn conjunction with the address that is to be delivered in the Y. M. C. A. Hall on Thursday by Mrs. Edith O'Gorman Auffray Miss Alice Burvett will give a pianofort[?] recital. Miss Burvett, who is a ...
Article : 93 wordsThe monthly praise service attracted a large congregation, notwithstanding the inclement weather prevailing, on Sunday evening. The chair opened the service with Spinney's "Rejoice [?] with ...
Article : 177 wordsCUSTOM-HOUSE.—Entered outward: January 29, Wa[?] tipu (s.), 1797 tons, Captain A. S. Ewan, for Wellington, via Newcastle; Elingamite (s.), [?] tons, Captain P.W. Bull, for Melbourne, via Newcastle; Kurrara (s.), [?] ...
Article : 276 wordsSir,—My letter on humble bees, which appeared in your issue of the 27th ultimo, has brought me numerous letters of inquiry respecting them from different parts of New South Wales. There appears ...
Article : 340 wordsThe chairman (Mr. Fied, Flowers) took the chair at 6.30 p. m. THE UNEMPLOYED. A recommendation was read from the Glebe branch ...
Article : 686 wordsA meeting of the above-named council was held at the Town Hall on the 22nd January. A letter from the Works Department in reference to an application by the council for the payment of £420 14s, being the ...
Article : 264 wordsOn Monday evening a meeting was held to elect lay representatives to the tenth synod of the di[?]cese. The following were elected as synod representatives:- F. R. Strange, T. W. Burt, as H. A. Langley. As ...
Article : 47 wordsThe following gentlemen have been elected to represent the parishes of St. Luke's and Holdsworthy at the next sydnod of the Diocese of Sydney:—St. Luke's, Mr. M. M. D'Arcy-Irvine, B.A., and Mr. ...
Article : 49 wordsMr. T. G. Kelly's schooner Lerk, ex-gunboat and [?] ing vessel, yesterday arrived from the Solem[?]n Island[?] with copra consigned to Mr. John Williams. She left here on the 20th October last, and has visited New Br[?]tain and ...
Article : 52 wordsThe annual meeting of members of the Unitarian Church was held in the church, Liverpool-street, last evening. The annual report presented by the hon. secretary showed that owing to the continued ...
Article : 218 wordsThe German schooner Senta, consigned to Messrs. Rabone, Feez, and company, arrived last night from New Britain. She sailed on the 23rd December, with moderate weather till the 17th January. Then got a very heavy ...
Article : 74 wordsThis council met on the 24th January. Mrs. E. A. Henry, of Petersham, wrote bringing under the council's consideration the courage and bravery of Mr. Richard Croy, of Rockdale, in rescuing the ...
Article : 244 wordsSir,—In your issue of the 24th instant there appears a report of the meeting of the Transit Commission, when it was stated that a "letter was road from the Railway Commissioners complaining of the danger ...
Article : 438 wordsThe speed of the Cre[?]nt that left Sydney the other day was higher than that of any cruiser in Australian waters, the Orlando not expected. Being a steel ship sheathed with wood and metalled, her advantages over an ...
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Advertising : 328 wordsA meeting was held at the Cauley Vale Hall on the 17th instant, the Mayor, Alderman G. St[?]mson, presiding. The Parramatta roads engineer, Mr. Symonds, wrote requesting the council to furnish him ...
Article : 358 wordsThe twenty-third annual show was opened to-day. The weather was fine, but the attendance was moderate. The second day's races clashed with the show. The following are the principal awards:— ...
Article : 216 wordsSir,—I quite agree with "Lewisham" in this morning's Herald that Petersham is "the dirtiest of the suburbs," and as a resident of some years I can safely say Lewis[?]am in the dirtiest ward. The remedy ...
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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Wed 30 Jan 1895, Page 6
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