The Rev. E. J. Moulton, Tougan missionary, and a native of this place, addressed a large meeting at Glonmore last night in connection with the Wesleyan mission. ...
Article : 939 wordsThe news of another railway accident, following so close by upon the one the day before on the Northern line, caused considerable excitement, especially when the appalling nature of the ...
Article : 2,100 wordsA mass meeting of citizens, called by the Trades and Labour Council, was held in the Protestant Hall last evening for the purpose of protesting against the action of this Government in refusing to ...
Article : 2,204 wordsAn inquest was held to-day touching the death of Archi[?] Banks, a coloured man, belonging to Sells' Circus, who was killed in the railway collision yesterday. It resulted in a verdict of manslaughter ...
Article : 87 wordsAt the annual meeting of Permewan, Wright, and Co. to-day the report showed that the not profits amounted to £10,215. A dividend of a shilling per share was declared. ...
Article : 552 wordsThe debut of the Sydney Amateur Orchestral Society it the Town Hall last night was in the fullest sense of the word stimulating. It was remarkable in the first place that so large a measure of ...
Article : 1,620 wordsThe Circuit Court was opened this morning before Mr. Justice Stephen. Robert Pearce, charged with forging and uttering at Casino, pleaded guilty to uttering, and was remanded for sentence. The case ...
Article : 70 wordsThe rail that broke was a heavy iron rail of 75lb. per yard, double headed, with chairs. It was 20 years old, but it is not certain how long it was down in its present position. It is ...
Article : 84 wordsThe road was in very good order, it having been lifted only four months previously, and packed with hard metal from the Tarana quarry. The sleepers were of the best ironbark of the heaviest ...
Article : 78 wordsSir,—It is abundantly manifest that the coming session of Parliament will at least be fruitful in the discussion of the question of Sunday closing of hotels, and I trust that you will assist me in ...
Article : 1,689 wordsThe Railway Commissioners, immediately upon receipt of the news of the disaster, went off shortly after 8 a.m. in a special train to Tarana, to make inquiries and inspect the scene of the accident. ...
Article : 42 wordsYesterday afternoon Mr. M'Lachlan, Secretary for Railways, received a telegram from the Commissioners stating that the accident occurred 60ft. from the commence of a 12-chain curve, and that ...
Article : 95 wordsThe fracture, a clean break, was of such a nature, the railway authorities point out, that no inspection could have foreseen the weakness of the rail. Such risks are, of course, inseparable from ...
Article : 120 wordsAt the Brighton Hotel to-night, Mr. G. W. Fuller, M.L.A., was the recipient of a public banquet, at which he was presented with a valuable souvenir in the shape of a gold watch. Mr. S. S. Wells, Mayor ...
Article : 153 wordsWarden M'Farlane wired to the Under-Secretary for Mines this morning reporting the result of his visit to Darkey Flat, the scene of the recen alluvial gold discovery. M'Farlane found about ...
Article : 100 wordsIn England, from the returns furnished to the Board of Trade, it appears that broken rails are by no means unknown on the English lines, and it seems that there is always a certain annual ...
Article : 48 wordsThe mail train when it left Redfern on Tuesday evening consisted, first, of two lavatory sleepers for the Mudgee line; then came a lavatory second, and a lavatory first, a ...
Article : 128 wordsStock movements:—[?]800 [?]wes, from Nebea Station to Walcha, W. M. Ronald and Co. owners, J. Freed in charge; 12,000 wethers, from Warren Downs to Werris Creek, R. G. Higgins owner, are ...
Article : 146 wordsThe driver of the ill-fated train, Mr. Henry J. Moses, on being interviewed to-night, stated as follows:—We left Sydney at the usual hour last night with train consisting of 16½ vehicles drawn ...
Article : 568 wordsParliament meets on the 9th June. Bruce Giles, aged 16, a student at the Roseworthy Agricultural College, died this morning from the effects of an injury received about three ...
Article : 254 wordsIt is understood that the composition of the train at the time of the accident was three standard carriages of the lavatory type, then a sleeping car, followed by a composite mail van, ...
Article : 75 wordsThe Bellinger Show opened to-day under most unfavourable circumstances. The weather was fine to within two days of the show and then set in showery, in consequence of which but few visitors ...
Article : 641 wordsAn address was given last night in the Centenary Hall, York-street, by the Rev. W. J. Mayers, in explanation of Dr. Barnardo's Homes. There was a large audience, who were very enthusiastic in their ...
Article : 840 wordsFrom the fact of the train having been drawn by a Baldwin engine, the inference has been made that the Baldwin engine was responsible for the accident; but inquiry does not so far bear out this ...
Article : 311 wordsThe arbitration upon Mr. Wm. Weir's claim against the Government for land taken for railway purposes, was resumed this morning before the arbitrators, Messrs. Waller and Campbell, and Mr. ...
Article : 435 wordsTowards the close of yesterday's sitting of the Royal Commission appointed to inquire into the suitability or otherwise of the recently-imported Baldwin engines, Mr. Hoyle asked for an ...
Article : 108 wordsA passenger train from the scene of the accident carrying the unhurt passengers arrived here at half-past 1. The mail train will follow on with the mail at 7 to-night, and will then take on all ...
Article : 172 wordsThe accidents which happened yesterday and Tuesday have recalled some others on the New South Wales railways which were attended with loss of life. One of a most serious nature ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 184 wordsThe chrysanthemum show was held in [?] hall of the School of Arts to-day, in aid of the funds of the Berrima District Cottage Hospital. It was largely patronised, and wes a very great success. The ...
Article : 144 wordsThe Western Rifle Association matches were continued to-day, the weather being again favourable. The following were the prize-winners in the aggregate:—Plowman, Orange, 68, £3; D. Spring, ...
Article : 65 wordsIt would appear from the reports that the Western mail train left Sydney at 8 o'clock on Tuesday night, as usual, with a full complement of passengers. Everything went well ...
Article : 286 wordsSCHWRITZER'S COCOATINA is the best and purest Cocoa. Specially recommended by Physicians to Invalids, Brain Workers, and Children. It is made instantly by simply adding boiling water or milk. Exhausted strength is ...
Article : 45 wordsDisinfectants prevent typhold, &c. Sold everywhere wholesale. The Australian Drug Company, O'Connell-street, Sydney—[ADVT.] ...
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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Thu 28 Apr 1892, Page 6
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