The monthly meeting of the council of the above union was held in the Victoria Assembly Hall, Parramatta, on Saturday afternoon, Mr. C. B. Cairnes, president, occupying the chair. Mr. John Nebbs, ...
Article : 924 wordsThe weather continues to be very hot. Sugar sane cutting is now ended. A fair estimate of the season's yield shows that it is not more than an average one. On the lower ...
Article : 1,026 wordsFair Play states that the strength of the Shipping Federation alone prevented an immense riverside strike of all trades on January 1. ...
Article : 58 wordsSir Julian Pauncefote, British Minister at "Washington, has officially informed Mr. J, G. Blaine, the American Secretary of State, that a seizure of British fishing ...
Article : 69 wordsThe death, is announced of His Highness Prince Chung, one of the Imperial Secretaries of State, and father of the present Emperor of China, Kuang Hsü. ...
Article : 41 wordsAt midnight on Friday the Fifth Avenue Theatre and Hermann's Theatre, New York, were completely gutted by fire. The total damagae is estimated at 500,000 del. ...
Article : 8,411 wordsThe Austrian Government has requested the Australasian colonics and Fiji to appoint delegates to a Postal Congress to be held at Vienna on May 20. ...
Article : 35 wordsThe Fifth Avenue Theatre and Hermann's Theatre, New York, have been completely gutted by fire. The fires occurred at midnight on Friday. ...
Article : 46 wordsGermany is desirous of obtaining an exchange of direct mails and post cards by the British mail steamers with Australia, the arrangement to commence ...
Article : 85 wordsThe Portuguese press asserts that a definite treaty with Great Britain in regard to South-east Africa is on the point of being concluded. ...
Article : 42 wordsThe revenue returns were issued on Saturday. They show that the total revenue for the past quarter amounted to £747,103, a decrease of £141 as compared with the corresponding period of last year. ...
Article : 141 wordsWestgarth's Circular, referring to the interests of British bondholders in the partition of Queensland, states that, in the event of division, so many difficulties are ...
Article : 73 wordsThe R.M.S. Carthage, with the Earl of Jersey on board, arrived from Colombo at 9.30 p.m. ...
Article : 30 wordsThree hundred clerks in the Post Office Savings Bunks, London, have been suspended, owing to their refusal to work overtime. ...
Article : 31 wordsMr. Henry Moore will read a paper before the Colonial Institute on the 13th instant on agricultural and technical education in the colonies. ...
Article : 34 wordsThe death is announced of Mr. Timothy Brown, aged 70, a well-known and respected journalist, Of late years he lived in retirement at Alphington, He arrived in Victoria about 87 years ago. ...
Article : 222 wordsMr. Goschen, Chancellor of the Exchequer, has promised to give careful attention to the carrying out of the provisions of the bill relating to the investment of trust ...
Article : 40 wordsFelix Tanner yesterday afternoon concluded his 40 days fast st Kreitmeyor's Waxworks. There was a crowded attendance at the closing heur, and great interest was shown in watching him take his ...
Article : 90 wordsAlthough the railway companies assert that the strike is nearly over, the Caledonian Railway Company is still 1000 men short of its usual complement. ...
Article : 38 wordsIt is officially announced in Paris that a conversion loan of 869,000,000f. (about £34,750,000), bearing interest at 3 per cent, will be issued on the 10th instant. ...
Article : 40 wordsNews has reached New York to the effect that the Seventh Cavalry Regiment, of the United States Army, which was despatched to Nebraska to suppress the Indian rising, ...
Article : 153 wordsWestgarth's Circular states that the continuance of a policy of economy and the cessation of heavy borrowing are essential to the maintenance of Victoria's good ...
Article : 34 wordsMr. George Frederick Folingsby, director of the National Gallery, died at noon in Dr, Fitzgerald's hospital, whither he had been removed to undergo an operation for dropsy of the liver. He was born ...
Article : 132 wordsLord Euston, whose name figured prominently in a recent scandal in London, when he prosecuted a man named Parke for criminal libel, is reported to be seriously ...
Article : 38 wordsThe gunboat Paluma arrived here on Saturday, after an absence of [?] eight months, during which [?] she was occupied in surveying on the North-eastern Coast and Torres Straits. She ...
Article : 64 wordsThe monthly meeting at the executive council of the Independent Order of Good Templars was held on Friday afternoon last. Mr. N. T. Collins, J.P., G. C. Templar, occupied the chair, and there was a full ...
Article : 251 wordsThe Mount Gray Gold-mining Company, Now South Wales, with a capital of £60,000, has been registered. ...
Article : 24 wordsHis Excellency the Governor has received a cablogram stating that her Majesty has appointed Chief Justice Way [?]deutenant-Governor of the colony of South Australia. ...
Article : 186 wordsA great fire broke out in Mary-street, Gympie, early on Saturday morning. It spread with great rapidity, and made a clean sweep of all the business premises between the Gympie Times office and the ...
Article : 95 wordsThe death is announced of Mr. Henry Pares Venables, formerly secretary of the Education Department of Victoria. ...
Article : 21 wordsA disastrous explosion has taken place at the Wilezeck Colliery in Silesia. Fifteen miners have been taken out dead, and 30 others are still entombod in ...
Article : 46 wordsThe Committee of the Board of Trade will examine the Agents-General on Januury 23, respecting the desire or otherwise of their respective Governments to ...
Article : 206 wordsProfessor Anderson continues to mystify patrons of his entertainment at the Gaiety Theatre by the quickness and ease with which the tricks of the "magician" are performed. The Professor has posed for a long ...
Article : 83 wordsJohn M'Lean, the champion sculler, wat banqueted on Friday at South Woodburn, There was a large representative gathering from all parts of the district. Mr. Gollan, J.P. (chairman), and many other speakers ...
Article : 144 wordsA man named Charles Leyden died rather suddenly to-day. An inquest was held this evening. It is supposed that the cause of death was mainly sunstroke. The last two days have been vary hot. ...
Article : 45 wordsThe programme nightly presented at the School of Arts by Messrs. Tracey and Faning's Vaudeville, Comedy, continues to retain its popularity. On Saturday the hall was well filled, and mirth and ...
Article : 78 wordsLast night a 4cz., glove contest was to have taken place between James Pearce, of Tinfields, and Mat Jacques, from Queensland, for £100 a-side, at the Town Hall. The police interfered before the ...
Article : 100 wordsThe death is announced of Mr. Alexander William Kinglake, author of the " Invasion of the Crimea." The late Mr. Kinglake was born in 1811. He was ...
Article : 260 wordsLast night Mr. Temple West, the Victorian export, gave a lecture on irrigation and the fruit dessication. In his opening remarks Mr. West referred to the invitaition he had received from the Wentworth ...
Article : 396 wordsA constant change of programme is being presented for the patrons of this popular place of resort, with the result that the attendance continues to be large. On Saturday afternoon Mr. Wyburd succeeded in putting ...
Article : 193 wordsA fatal accident occurred at the Old Blaker shaft. New Lambton, causing the death of Herbert Thomas Brown. The deceased was in company with his mate, Richard Leatham, clearing out the old shaft with a view ...
Article : 104 wordsA general meeting of the Amalgamated Millers' Association, including the foremen millers and all hands employed in [?] was held last eveniing. Mr. S. M. Harvey, president, was in the chair. Mr. ...
Article : 284 wordsA dreadful occurrence is reported from Leeds, In that town a Church bazaar was being held, at which a number of children were acting. The dresses of fourteen of ...
Article : 68 wordsAbout 5 o'clock this afternoon a man named Davis, recently employed for three weeks at Brunskill Bon Accord farm near Bandy Creek, was drowned in the Murrumbidgee near the island, in the river opposite ...
Article : 184 wordsThere was a fairly large gathering at Coogee on Saturday. The cool shade of the Aquarium formed a pleasant contrast to the heat outside, and repaid, with interest, the outlay of exertion required in making ...
Article : 248 wordsH.M.S. Blonde is being equipped for service on the Australian station. Commander Royle has been offered the command of the vessel. ...
Article : 187 wordsHurstbourne Park, Mioheldever, Hampshire, the country seat of the Earl of Portsmouth, has been gutted by fire, and priceless works of art have been ...
Article : 45 wordsA gloom has been cast over Goulburn by the death of Dr. Gentle. He complained of feeling unwell on Monday, attributing it to his having eaton some Christmas cake, but not until Friday were apprehensions ...
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Article : 93 wordsMr. Ausell, of Kapunda, now on a visit here, was accidentally shot through the thigh, and Miss Ausell, his daughter, through the leg. A friend was examining a loaded revolver in their presence, when the weapon ...
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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Mon 5 Jan 1891, Page 5
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