Under our present system of Finance a Treasurer, as soon as he gains possession of his portrolio, may proceed to manufacture a deficit. This he may do not for his own benefit, but for ...
Article : 2,273 wordsRumours of the Wealth of Nations find still fill the air. A report has been circulated of an extensive reef having been discovered in the neighbourhood of the Londonderry mine. It is ...
Article : 277 wordsThe share capital of the Melbourne Brewery and Distillery Company, Limited, has been allotted. The capital was fixed at £310,000, consisting of ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 116 wordsIn the House of Commons this evening, Sir Edward Grey, Parliamentary Secretary to the Foreign Office, stated, in answer to a question, that no reparation ...
Article : 236 wordsTHE Queensland Commissioner of Police yesterday received a telegram in reference to the burning of Eroungella woolshed, stating that Constable Ordish was sleeping in the shed at 1 a.m. on the ...
Article : 9,236 wordsThe annual exhibition of the Victorian Poultry and Dog Society was opened in the Exhibition Building to-day, under circumstances bearing no trace of the stagnation of the times. ...
Article : 142 wordsThe police are actively shadowing many anarchists in London. ...
Article : 16 wordsThe shearers who arrived on Tuesday by the steamer Wakatipu, from New Zealand, were despatched to the country by special train which left Sydney at 6.25 p.m. yesterday. Other hands, locally ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 159 wordsThe Opposition held a caucus meeting this afternoon, at which 40 members were present, being one short of the full strength of the Opposition party. Mr. Shiels, leader of the ...
Article : 234 wordsThe Opposition members of the House of Commons who were appointed to the Irish Land Act Committee have resigned their positions on the committee, alleging ...
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Article : 52 wordsA convention has been signed between France and the Congo Free State covering the points raised by the Anglo-Congolese Treaty. ...
Article : 55 wordsWith reference to the burning of Eroungella woolshed Inspector Brannelly wired to-day to the Commissioner of Police as follows:—" The following wire has just been received from Senior-constable ...
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Article : 535 wordsThe Emperor William has paid a visit to H.R.H. the Duke of Connaught at Aldershot. The Emperor and the Duke witnessed ...
Article : 47 wordsIn the Legislative Council the Inebriates Institution Bill was passed through all its stages. The House adjourned till the 28th. In the Legislative Assembly, on the motion of ...
Article : 407 wordsThe Japanese claim to have driven off the Chinese fleet in the engagement of Saturday last. ...
Article : 23 wordsThe Mackay Sugar Journal states that crushing is making satisfactory progress, though the cane is not quite ripe. The estimate is unchanged. Planting was delayed by the want of labour. It ...
Article : 141 wordsAn explosion has taken place at the Post Office at New Cross, near London. It is believed to have been caused by an anarchist bomb. ...
Article : 37 wordsThe last sad act in connection with the Caulfield steeplechase tragedy was consummated this afternoon, when the remains of Tom Corrigan were consigned to their resting-place in the Melbourne ...
Article : 469 wordsThe police have seized an infernal machine at Rome. It is believed that the machine was intended to be used for the purpose of ...
Article : 55 wordsHenry Pass Denton, aged 73, formerly a clerk in the Lands Titles Office, and more recently a land agent at Port Adelaide, shot himself through the head twice at Marryatville to-day. He died ...
Article : 88 wordsThe United States House of Representatives has passed the Free Sugar Bill. It is reported that the Sugar Trust ...
Article : 89 wordsIn the Legislative Council Mr. Addison moved the second reading of the Licensed Surveyors Bill. The debate was adjourned. The Adult Suffrage Bill was further considered in committee, and a ...
Article : 231 wordsThe Cabinet to-day decided that the sentence of death passed upon William Brown, or Allen, who killed his mate at Lovely Gully, a few months ago, should not be interfered with. Brown will ...
Article : 69 wordsMr. Stuart, manager of the Tharsis Copper Mine, Spain, and Mr. Schlapp, mineralogist, have gone to Mount Lyell. They are expected to report on the mine on their return. ...
Article : 37 wordsIn the House of Commons last night the amondment proposed by Mr. Thomas, one of the Welsh members, in favour of submitting the question as to eight hours ...
Article : 60 wordsA brilliant pianoforte recital was given by Signor Do Beaupuis, at the Albert Hall, this afternoon. There was a very large and fashionable audience, and the masterly performance of ...
Article : 121 wordsThe steamer Coptic is to be withdrawn from the New Zealand trade. ...
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Article : 157 wordsIn the Assembly, in committee, the Employers' Liability Bill was considered. All the clauses of the bill were gone through, a few amendments were made, and a number of clauses added. ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 409 wordsThe Geographical Section of the British Association for the Advancement of Science, new sitting at Oxford, has adopted a resolution urging upon the Government the ...
Article : 41 wordsAn attempt has been made by the agents of Australian shipping companies now in London to arrange a scheme for the working of the coastal fleets to their ...
Article : 48 wordsThe half-yearly meeting of shareholders of the Australian Mortgage and Deposit Bank was held to-day. Mr Robert Harper, M.L.A., was in the chair. The directors' report showed that the ...
Article : 94 wordsThe Railway Standing Committee met at Parliament House this morning. A mass of correspondence was dealt with, amongst which was a letter from the Railway Commissioners as to their ...
Article : 131 wordsWilliam Brockwell, the Surrey professional who was invited by Mr. A. E. Stoddart to join the English cricket team to visit Australia at the end of the year, ...
Article : 52 wordsThe case of Martha Needle, who has been committed for trial on a charge of murdering Louis Junoken, was mentioned by Mr. Gaunson in the Criminal Court this morning before the Chief ...
Article : 73 wordsDespite stronuous opposition, Mr. Woddoll, of W. Wuddell and Co., meat salesmen, sold the whole of the Turakina's Australian meat for Germany and ...
Article : 35 wordsAt an inquest to-day on the body of Michael Joseph O'Meara, a railway gatekeeper, who was killed on the St. Kilda line evidence was given by Robert Ellis, driver of the engine which ...
Article : 91 wordsThe complete returns for the Singleton electorate give the Hon. A. J. Gould, Minister for Justice, 1008 votes, and Mr. R. J. Connelly 452; informal, 25; majority for Gould, 556. ...
Article : 42 wordsThere are no further developments respecting the robbery at the English, Scottish, and Australian Bank. The police are doing their utmost to trace the missing money, but so far without success. It is ...
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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Thu 16 Aug 1894, Page 5
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