The Federal Council met to-day, Sir Samuel Griffith being in the chair. Mr. Bird was elected chairman of committees. A bill to facilitate the recognition in the other colonies of orders and ...
Article : 1,181 wordsThe R.M.S, Victoria, from London, arrived about 6 o'clock this morning, and anchored about three miles below the Lightship, with the yellow flag flying. This was done because the authorities had ...
Article : 309 wordsThe Antwerp wool auctions were opened to-day, but the selection offered comprised only old wools, the prices obtained for which do not give any reliable test of the ...
Article : 42 wordsTHE telephone from London to Paris is to be opened in March next by Her Majesty the Queen and the President of the French Republic. OWING to the refusal of the directors to concede ...
Article : 12,506 wordsThe death is announced of the Earl of Caithness. ...
Article : 13 wordsMr. Parnell has issued a summons for a meeting of all the members of the Irish Parliamentary party. ...
Article : 29 wordsThere is much excitement among the employees of the Great Western Railway Company owing to the refusal of the directors to concede the men's demand of ...
Article : 56 wordsA railway outrage is reported from Texas, A gang of bandits had taken measures to surprise a train, which they caused to leave the rails. The robbers ...
Article : 56 wordsA deputation from the unemployed waited on the Mayor of South Brisbane to-day, but he, while sympathising with the men, could hold out no hope that the council would be able to do anything for ...
Article : 119 wordsThe Indians in the Pine Ridge camp are enraged by the death of one of their chiefs, who they assert was killed by whites in ambush. The Sioux were with difficulty ...
Article : 50 wordsThe Cricketing Association has decided to ask Victoria to play a return match on the Adelaide Oval during the Show week in March. The Government has appointed a Royal ...
Article : 216 wordsIt has been arranged that her Majesty Queen Victoria and the President of the French Republic shall open, the London and Paris telephone in March next. ...
Article : 37 wordsKing David Kalakaua, of the Hawaiian Islands, is reported to be dying in San Francisco. King David Kalakaua was born in 1836, and ...
Article : 106 wordsMr. W. Clifton, Collector of Customs, has handed in his resignation to the Government. He has applied for a pension. It is understood that his successor will be Mr. C. S. Mason, general manager ...
Article : 144 wordsShortly after 3 this morning a policeman on duty in King-street found the body of a vagrant named Robert Agnew, aged 30, on an iron picket fence in front of the Model ...
Article : 99 wordsThe Taiyuan arrived on Friday from Southern ports, with Mrs. Kirkland, Miss Maud Little, Messrs. Mellor, M'Donald, Rogers, and four others as passengers. She sa[?]ed on Saturday for ...
Article : 92 wordsMr. Napier Bell's report to the River Board on harbour improvements at Launceston was [?]abled at a meeting of the board yesterday. It recommends for dredging the Tamar two ladder dredges, with 24 ...
Article : 48 wordsThos. Grady, aged 63, a Crimean veteran, and a recipient of the Victoria Cross for acts of bravery at the storming of Sebastopol, was brought before the Collingwood police court to-day for vagrancy. He ...
Article : 62 wordsTne meetings of the Australasion Association for the Advancement of Science, which have been held at Christchurch, will close to-morrow. The members of the association will proceed on ...
Article : 41 wordsA disastrous bush fire has broken out at Northam, causing serious ha[?] to property. It commenced on the Spring Hill Estate, belonging Mr. to W. T. Loton, M.L.A., who has lost 1000 acres of feed ...
Article : 104 wordsIt is reported that about 400 men are on the Shaw River, to the north-west. Only half are doing well. Several large nuggets have been found, one weighing 140oz., another 200oz., and ...
Article : 134 wordsA meeting of the Pastoralists' Union of Victoria was held this afternoon to consider a letter from the Secretary of the Shearers Union, asking for a conference with regard to the terms of ...
Article : 121 wordsThe Primate, Dr. Saumarez Smith, arrived by the Sydney express to-day to take part in the consecration of St. Paul's Cathedral to-morrow. He was met by a number of [?]men. The Bishop ...
Article : 72 wordsJohnstone, the Ballarat murderer, has somewhat improved, and from questions put to him and the answers he gave, he appears to be quite sane. To-day he expressed his conviction that the time had come ...
Article : 99 wordsThe Stationmaster at Port Darwin telegraphed as follows to-day to the Saperintendent of Telegraphs: "The remains of a man have been found by the line-repairing party about six miles south of ...
Article : 71 wordsThere has been a large increase in the number of rabbits in the South-Western district. Mr. Powell, chairman of the Bulloo Marsupial Board, states that the number of rabbits killed in the Bulloo district ...
Article : 154 wordsSir Harry Atkinson resigned his seat in the House of Represeniatives to-day as member for Egmont, On Friday he and his Ministry will resign their portfolios. Sir Harry Atkinson will ...
Article : 163 wordsThe annual meeting of the Mechanies' Institute was held to-night. The report showed a most satisfactory state of affairs. During the year 385 new books have been added, making a total now in the library of 4041. ...
Article : 136 wordsHoward Arundel, age 31, chief conveyancing clerk in the office of Davies, Campbell, and Davies, solicitors, appeared before the City Police Court to-day, charged with embezzling ...
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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Thu 22 Jan 1891, Page 7
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