A meeting of the country party was held yesterday morning at Parliament House. Mr.J.M. Chanter presided. There were about 23 members present. The meeting was waited upon by Mr. ...
Article : 465 wordsThe twelfth annual Germanton Show was opened to-day, and proved most successful. The weather was delightfully fine, and the ground was in splendid condition. The attendance was ...
Article : 401 wordsA peculiar accident happened on the Mount Pleasant collieries' railway line yesterday. A long train of coal-laden trucks was coming down to the wharf, and, when nearing the engine-shed ...
Article : 129 wordsYesterday the Pastoralists' Union received telegrams announcing that Bullenbong station, Wagga Wagga district, started shearing with a full board on Monday last, under the ...
Article : 138 wordsMax O'Rell's book on Australia has been published. It is highly uncomplimentary to colonial society, and also to the working men of ...
Article : 189 wordsTo-day 70 of the men who last week left work at the Junction Smelting Works, Port Adelaide, on aocount of the refusal on the port of the directors to make an advance of 1s per day in their ...
Article : 133 wordsFurther details of the victory gained by the Japanese over the Chinese at PingYang, in Corea, state that the Japanese captured the entire effective Chinese staff, ...
Article : 139 wordsShortly after the Legislative Council met last night the Regulation of Coal Mines Act Amendment Bill, the Quarantine Act Amendment Bill, and the Agreements Validating Act Repeal Bill ...
Article : 1,789 wordsLord Gormanston's son, aged 10, disappeared during last night. He had been reading books of travel. He was in bed when the family retired last night, but was gone before 7 this morning, ...
Article : 73 wordsTo-day a man named David White, engaged in doing some fencing work at an hotel in the west end of the town, was asked to bury a dog in a paddock. In digging a hole for the purpose he ...
Article : 93 wordsA telegram received from Camooweal this morning states that Morstone Downs started shearing on the 12th instant. On the night of the 17th instant a shed, which was made of round ...
Article : 1,025 wordsA telegram from Hopetoun reports that the greatest flood known for years has occurred in the district. A tremendous volume of water came down the Yarriambeack Creek, and is now ...
Article : 104 wordsThe Examiner of Coalfields and Mr. J. Dixon, inspector of collieries, were down the A. A. Company's No.2 pit yesterday, examining the underground workinigs which caused a subsidence on ...
Article : 704 wordsThe sensation of the hour is still the discovery of the murdered man five miles beyond Bardock. In addition to the principal blow several fractures were caused by blows with a pick, all apparently ...
Article : 257 wordsThe report that Li Hung Chang, the Chinese Viceroy, had committed suicide in consequence of his having been degraded by the Emperor has been contradicted. ...
Article : 31 wordsThe receipt at Pekin of the news of the defeat of the Chinese at Ping-Yang caused a great out[?]ry against Li Hung Chang, who has been deprived of his last peacock's ...
Article : 41 wordsIt is expected that the tendering for the Now South Wales 3½ per cent, loan of £832,000 will be heavy. The loan is quoted on the Stock Exchange at from £1 ...
Article : 58 wordsThe third annual ploughing match and horse parade, under the auspices of the Millthorpe Agricultural Association, were held to-day, and were a great success. The weather was ...
Article : 184 wordsThe general elections will be fought out tomorrow on the fiscal issue. Sixteen candidates have been returned unopposed. 174 candidates are in the field for the remaining 68 seats. Of ...
Article : 289 wordsThere was much vigorous effort put forth by the committee of numerous ladies in aid of the Hospital Saturday Ball, and it is satisfactory to be able to record that the gathering which took place last night ...
Article : 1,265 wordsThe Japanese are advancing upon Moukden, formerly the capital of Manchuria. The reported arrivals of Chinese ...
Article : 36 wordsIn a letter written by Mr. Gladstone on the licensing laws, the ex-Premier speaks in favour of alcohol being sold by the State for public profit, as against local option. ...
Article : 40 wordsIntelligence has been received from Shanghai to the effect that a great naval engagement has taken place between the Chinese and Japanese fleets, resulting ...
Article : 418 wordsIt is not definitely known when the Governor of Victoria will arrive here. Sir William Robinson will be invited to visit Coolgardie at the same time, as the guest of the local municipal council. ...
Article : 41 wordsA small military force was recently sent into a mountainous region in Servia to capture a band of brigands. The force was suddenly attacked by the brigands ...
Article : 43 wordsThe Postmaster-General has received a letter from Mr.Mackenzie Bowell, Canadian Minister for Trade and Commerce, dated Ottawa,6th August, 1894, explaining the steps recently taken ...
Article : 294 wordsA special coach with a police escort left here this morning conveying lO½cwt. of stone from the Londonderry mine. It is the intention of the Earl of Fingal to forward this stone to London ...
Article : 278 wordsThe Moors have attacked a French convoy south of Oran, in Algeria, and killed two of its number. ...
Article : 28 wordsIn accordance with, the suggestion of Mr. G. H. Reid, Premier of New South Wales, that the Governments of Australia should join in thanking the French Government in connection with the ...
Article : 241 wordsMessrs. C. Balme and Co., and Messrs. Jacomb, Son, and Co., opened the sales to-day, offering catalogues which totalled 17,300 bales. There was a good ...
Article : 107 wordsA meeting of the Freetrade, Land, and Reform League of New South Wales was held yesterday afternoon, at Aarons's Exchange Hotel, for the purpose of hearing a statement as to the finances of the ...
Article : 652 wordsThe Times, in commenting upon the shipment of live cattle to England by the steamer Maori King, says that shipments of Australian live stock to London will ...
Article : 56 wordsThe new batteries of Plumb and Shannon and Ashcrofts are now making trial runs on rough parcels of quartz. They are reported to be doing satisfactorily. ...
Article : 351 wordsA deputation from the Rabbit Conference, recently held in Brisbane, waited upon the Premier this morning to lay before him somo important suggestions for an amendment of the ...
Article : 115 wordsIn the Legislative Council to-day the Tobacco Bill passed its third reading. The Port Dues Bill and the Local Works Loan Act Amendment Bill were read the first time. Mr. Buzacott introduced ...
Article : 138 wordsThe report of the Free Labour Society declares that the membership of trades unions in England is decreasing. Two hundred thousand seamen have been ...
Article : 36 wordsEmilo Perera has been appointed Spanish Consul at Melbourne. ...
Article : 18 wordsCases of sudden loss of sight have been reported on several occasions from Cairns. It was generally believed that this was brought about after persons had eaten of a peculiar berry known as " fingers " ...
Article : 118 wordsEngland has negotiated a treaty with Japan abolishing extra-territorial jurisdiction. The foreign colony in Japan is indignant at what it regards as a sacrifice ...
Article : 34 wordsIn the Legislative Council to-day, Mr. Ward called attention to a manifesto as to the shearing strike, issued by Messrs. Crave and Poynton, and asked if the Government would take the necessary ...
Article : 263 wordsTwenty-seven thousand £1 shares in Blackett's Gold-mining Company, Coolgardie, have been offered to the public. ...
Article : 23 wordsM. J. L. de Lanesson, Governor-General of French Indo-China, who has been on a visit to France, has been suddenly ordered to return to his post at Saigon. ...
Article : 33 wordsAn order has been granted on the petition of Hudson Brothers for the compulsory winding-up of the Greta Collieries Company. ...
Article : 31 wordsThere was laid upon the table of the Legislative Assembly last night the report of the Railway Commissioners for the quarter ended 30th June. The report stated that the work of ...
Article : 167 wordsAustralian Jockey Club Races: Craven Plate day. Mrs. Annie Besant, at the Opera House, To-night. Sydney Philharmonic Society: Special Rehearsals, New Masonic Hall, 7.30. ...
Article : 114 wordsH.M.S. Amphion has been despatched to Casa Blanca, one of the chief ports of Morocco, to demand reparation for the outrage on the British Vice-Consul. ...
Article : 58 wordsOn account of some members of the local Marine Board and of Mr. Windeyer being obliged to attend the Supreme Court to-day, the hearing of Captain Mars to show cause why his certificate as ...
Article : 72 wordsThe New South Wales footballers played the West Coast at Greymouth to-day. The game resulted in a win for the visitors by 20 to 8. Dibbs and Lusk were the most prominent ...
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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Thu 20 Sep 1894, Page 5
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