A public meeting of townspeople was held last night at North's Hall, the Mayor, Mr. Albert Pryor, in the chair, for the purpose of devising means to alleviate the distress which is certain to ...
Article : 278 wordsThe Postmaster-General and the Under-Secretary returned to Brisbane to-day, after attending the Postal Conference. Interviewed with reference to the cable guarantee, Mr. Thynne stated that he ...
Article : 298 wordsIt was stated in a London cable message to-day that the Orient Company had informed the Agent-General that some butter, shipped at Melbourne for London in the Orient, had been put on board at ...
Article : 220 wordsIn the House of Commons last night Sir Henry James, M.P. for Bury, Lancashire, moved the adjournment of the House with the view of discussing the ...
Article : 179 wordsSIR. HENTY JAMES moved the adjournment of the House of Commons on Thursday night with the view of discussing the Indian cotton duties in the interest of the Lancashire cotton ...
Article : 11,381 wordsThe Modern Permanent Building Society has just circulated its statement of reccipts and payments for the half-year ended the 31st January. The principal points revealed are a ...
Article : 56 wordsA fruit show, under the auspices of the Wagga Horticultural Society, was opened at the Oddfellows' Hall to-day There was a large display of apples, pears, penches, grapes, plums, and figs. The ...
Article : 172 wordsA report prepared by the Government Statistics Department shows that the estimated population of Victoria on the 31st December last was 1,179,104, comprising 607,260 males and 571,844 females. ...
Article : 47 wordsThe Marquis of Ripon, Secretary of State for the Colonies, introduced a bill into the House of Lords this evening to amend the law relating to the customs ...
Article : 45 wordsThe artesian [?]ore lately put down on the plains in the neighbourhood of Two Wells, 25 miles north-west of Adelaide, has struck a magnificent supply of fresh water. This is the first ...
Article : 219 wordsMr. M'Culloch, M.L.C., who had to go before his constituents in consequence of his acceptance of office as Minister of Defence was re-elected to-day without opposition for the Gippsland province. ...
Article : 41 wordsGeneral Yeh-chicao and Taotai Kung, who were military commanders at Port Arthur, have been sentenced to be imprisoned till the autumn, and then to be ...
Article : 52 wordsOn Tuesday last the men employed at the Angowrie Quarry Harbour Works ceased operations, causing a deadlock. The reason of the stoppage is that at the beginning of the year the men had ...
Article : 170 wordsA telegram has been received by a member of Sir Robert Hamilton's family in Australia stating that he is in a very serious condition of ill-health in London, and is exceedingly unlikely to recover. ...
Article : 43 wordsIn the County Court to-day Judge Chomley commenced the hearing of an action in which William Morris, bootmaker, of Bourke-street, seeks to recover £500 from David Syme, proprietor ...
Article : 76 wordsThe natives of Akassa, in the Niger River country, on the west coast of Africa, who revolted some time ago, have beheaded the sub-agent (an Englishman) of ...
Article : 57 wordsAn important gold discovery has been made at Black Bluff, 30 miles from Ulverstone, the prospectors, Moon and Alcock, finding near the Golden Cliff property a 10ft. reef of friable stone ...
Article : 199 wordsThe Primate visited Wentworth Falls on Wednesday, the 20th instant. He was the guest of Mrs. T. F. Thompson. During the afternoon, his Lordship was driven to King's Tableland, ...
Article : 1,449 wordsThe action, Kilpatrick v. Huddart, Parker, and Co., Limited, the hearing of which has occupied nine days in the Supreme Court, before Mr. Justice Williams and a jury of six, was brought ...
Article : 73 wordsThe Government has decided to strengthen the British garrison in Egypt in consequence of the anti-English feeling which prevails at Cairo and Alexandria. ...
Article : 35 wordsRobert Colquhoun, William O'Neill, Alfred Marks, John Mulligan, and William Bartle Carran were presented for trial before the Chief Justice on a charge of breaking into the warehouse ...
Article : 69 wordsNews from Saigon states that the Black flags, or Chinese irrgular forces, have captured a French convoy in Tonquin, killing 13 of the guard. ...
Article : 53 wordsAt the instance of the Attorney-General the Education Department has decided to appeal against the decision of the Supreme Court in the case of Mrs. Mattingly, who was one of the female ...
Article : 64 wordsAn application to proclaim next Friday, the opening day of the final test match, a public and bank holiday, was made to the Premier to-day. The application was refused. ...
Article : 35 wordsThe New Chum shareholders have sanctioned the sala of the mine to a London company for £40,000 and £40,000 in shares. The capital of the company is £160,000, with £10,000 reserve. ...
Article : 138 wordsThe trial of the French journalists charged with levying blackmail was concluded at Paris to-day. Five of the accused were found guilty, ...
Article : 107 wordsThe medical examination of Harriet Tripett, a resident of Bendigo, who recently out off the head of her illegitimate child and was committed for trial for murder, shows the woman to be insane. ...
Article : 38 wordsA letter has been received by the Premier from the Agent General stating that he cannot see his way to effect a saving of £500 in the expenditure of his office before the end of June. The Premier ...
Article : 236 wordsThe Hon. Jacob Garrard, M.L.A., Minister for Public Instruction, arrived here last evening, and was driven into town by Mr. F. R. C. Hopkins to the Royal Hotel. Several deputations from ...
Article : 215 wordsDespite the protests of the Government, the German Budget Committee secured a reduction of 800,000 marks in the estimates for keeping the German fleet in ...
Article : 39 wordsRegarding the illness of Sir Robert Duff, Dr. Bright reports that the patient is a little more foverish to-night, but in all other respects he continues to progress towards recovery. ...
Article : 43 wordsThe United States House of Representatives has again rejected the Senate's amendment in favour of a vote of 500,000dol. for an American cable to ...
Article : 35 wordsArrangements are being completed for the removal of the headquarters of the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company to Wellington. Mr. J. Beaumont, a director of the ...
Article : 168 wordsIntercolonial Cricket Match: South Australia v. New South Wales. Play begins at noon. Sydney Flying Squadron: Coloured Sails Race. Prince Alfred Yacht Club: General Handicap Race. ...
Article : 201 wordsMr. Kennet[?] Mackay, M.L.A., addressed a large number of the electors in the Mechanics' Institute last night. The meeting was very orderly and attentive. The member sincerely ...
Article : 110 wordsThis morning two shops belonging to C. M'Ness, in Murray-street, were completely gutted by fire, occasioned by the accidental overturning of a kerosene lamp. ...
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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Sat 23 Feb 1895, Page 9
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