Yesterday a meeting of the Parliamentary labour party, under the presidency of Mr. J. Cook, M.L.A., leader of the party, was held at Parliament House. The question of adopting a modified pledge which ...
Article : 105 wordsThe weather is again threatening, and a few drops of rain have fallen. The 10 head of stamps is running smoothly at Bayley's mine. The stone treated comes almost exclusively ...
Article : 338 wordsMr. James Bryce, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, has been appointed President of the Board of Trade, in succession to Mr. A. J. Mundella, who recently ...
Article : 80 wordsThe coolies employed in coaling the mail steamers at Port Said have struck work. The strike has resulted in rioting, in ...
Article : 62 wordsThe French Government of M. Casimir-Perier has been defeated by a majority of 50 votes on a motion condemning the action of M. Jonnart, Minister for Public Works, in issuing an order ...
Article : 8,264 wordsNotwithstanding a somewhat strong indication of a count-out shortly before the time of the meeting, a quorum was obtained in the Legislative Council yesterday afternoon; and having escaped ...
Article : 1,764 wordsAn important meeting of the central executive of the Labour Electoral League was held at the Temperance Hall last evening, when the question, of the pledge was again discussed. Mr. J. C. ...
Article : 1,242 wordsNews from Samoa up to last Thursday states that matters continue to drift in the direction of a fresh outbreak of hostilities, and on that date severe fighting was expected to take place within ...
Article : 252 wordsDisastrous floods have taken place in Pennsylvania, U.S.A., causing widespread destruction of property. Houses and bridges have been swept ...
Article : 60 wordsIn the French Chamber of Deputies today a resolution was brought forward condemning the action of the Government in issuing an order forbidding workmen in ...
Article : 171 wordsThe house of a selector named Mark Louis, residing at Dunbible, was totally destroyed by fire at 11 o'clock last night, and his son, aged 8 years, was burnt to death. Louis is a sugar-boiler at the ...
Article : 185 wordsThe British Government has leased from the King of the Belgians half the Equatorial Province of the late Emin Pasha, in Central Africa, adjoining the ...
Article : 37 wordsSpeaking in the House of Commons last night, Sir William Harcourt, Chancellor of the Exchequer, stated that he had much sympathy with the views of the ...
Article : 37 wordsThe R.M.S. Monowai arrived to-day from San Francisco. The following are the passengers for Sydney:— Mesdames Chamberlain, Snyder, Greyson, ...
Article : 59 wordsA large meeting of graziers and others was held at the Royal Hotel to-night for the purpose of hearing an address by Mr. C. Fetherstonhaugh on the proposed graziers' meat export company. Over 100 ...
Article : 2,399 wordsPresident Carnot is suspected of having provoked the defeat of the Government, with the object of discrediting M. Casimir-Perier in his candidature for the ...
Article : 37 wordsTo-day's quotation for bar silver is 2s 4½d per oz. standard. Broken Hill Proprietary shares are quoted at £2 12s 6d. ...
Article : 25 wordsWheat, milling, not offering freely. Prices are firm at 1.7½dol. to 1.12½dol. The quotation for shipping purposes remains nominal at 95 cents., without any business doing. Flour, family ...
Article : 292 wordsIt is understood that in consequence of their defeat in the Chamber the Casimir-Perier Ministry will resign. ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 230 wordsThe Ministerial party arrived at Cunnamulla yesterday, and was met by a large number of citizens. The party was entertained at a banquet in the evening. Mr. Byrnes, replying to the ...
Article : 88 wordsThe Queen has conferred the honour of knighthood upon Mr. Isaac Pitman, the inventor of Pitman's system of phonography. ...
Article : 223 wordsThe Government Resident at Thursday Island, wiring to the Under Secretary for Mines, states that he has visited Horn Island, and found about 23 men at work on Smyth's Creek. The gold is ...
Article : 98 wordsThe question of a uniform system of quarantine in the different colonies was discussed at a meeting of the Board of Public Health to-day, the subject being raised by a letter addressed to the Premier, ...
Article : 154 wordsThe general secretary of the Australian Labour Federation to-dav received the following reply from the secretary of the Queensland United. Pastoralists' Association:—"Your letter of the ...
Article : 303 wordsThe Wesleyan General Conference was continued to-day. A letter was received by the president from the representatives of the union Churches conveying to the General Conference ...
Article : 573 wordsA meeting of the shareholders of the London Bank of Australia, Limited, was held to-day. The half-yearly accounts were passed. Mr. A. C. Garrick, ...
Article : 72 wordsThe agricultural show was opened to-day. The weather was fine and warm and the attendance was good. The exhibits were not so numerous as hitherto, especially in sheep, owing to the late rain; ...
Article : 175 wordsThe elections in the Hawaiian Islands have ended. A Republican Constitution is being framed. It is proposed that the Hon. S. B. Dole ...
Article : 48 wordsAn informal meeting of members of the Opposition took place to day at Parliament House and was attended by 12 members. It was arranged to convene a meeting of the party for ...
Article : 87 wordsThe third day's sitting of the annual meeting of the Amalgamated Railway and Tramway Service Association was held at the offices. Redfern, yesterday. Mr. Banner presided. The proposal to reduce ...
Article : 180 wordsThis society met on Tuesday evening. Mr. Best was in the chair. The business cousisted of a mock parliamentary election, the following candidates being nominated, Messrs. E. New (freetrade) and A. ...
Article : 119 wordsIn the Supreme Court to-day Mr. Justice Hood qusahed a decision of the Ballarat bench of magistrates by which G. Buxton Hewer was fined at the instance of the Pharmacy Board of ...
Article : 117 wordsAt a meeting of shareholders of the British Broken Hill S. M. Company to-day the accounts were passed. Messrs. Rouse, Barlow, and Ayers were elected directors. ...
Article : 63 wordsA large deputation to-day asked for a reduction in the wool rates on the railways. The Railway Commissioners said the deputation had referred to the lowest rates in the other colonies, overlooking ...
Article : 129 wordsThe council of this association met on Monday, when it was decided to appoint the Rev. J. M. Bayley as organising agent. It was also decided to send a letter of condolence to the family of the late ...
Article : 70 wordsA specially-convened meeting of the Amalgamated Slaughtermen and Journeymen Butchers' Union of New South Wales, in which is included the country branches, was held on Tuesday night in ...
Article : 263 wordsThe owners of the steamer Perthshire are fitting her up with cheese chambers, having a capacity of 800 tons, and the Fifeshire with similar chambers for 200 tons. ...
Article : 32 wordsA return prepared for the information of the Minister of Railways shows that for the year ended 30th June last the Ararat, Hamilton and Portland, and the Wangaratta and Beechworth ...
Article : 147 wordsA meeting was recently held at the Lewisham Hospital to arrange for the charity dances organised by Miss Dawson and Miss Rosenthal, to be held for the Lewisham Hospital. Mrs. Purser was in the ...
Article : 191 wordsJ. Gaudaur, the American sculler, has challenged the world for a match for the championship over a course of three miles for 2500 dollars aside. ...
Article : 38 wordsThe supply of stone from Wyalong for the battery is being fairly maintained, and now there are about 150 tons in hand and more arriving Conway's Erin's Isle and Irwin's crushings are fairly satisfactory, ...
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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Thu 24 May 1894, Page 5
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