No news has come to hand by wire since last Friday night that will be more thoroughly welcomed on all sides than that which refers to a aubsidence of the Northern rivers. It was ...
Article : 2,005 wordsThe annual meeting of the above union was held in the Friendly Societies' Hall on Saturday afternoon, Mr. E. H. Acres, o[?] of the vice-presidents, occupying the chair, Messrs. John Nobbs, M.L.A., and C. B. ...
Article : 700 wordsCUSTOM HOUSE.—Entered outwards: July 20, Mary Peverley, schooner, 100 tons, Captain F. Mazitell, for Townsville; Waroonga (s.), 1609 tons, Captain Borders, for Burketown, via ports; Elamang (s.), 490 tons, Captain Munro, for ...
Article : 1,220 wordsIn response to a requisition to the Mayor, a public meeting was held in the Town Hall on Thursday for the purpose of taking the necessary steps to urge the speedy construction of a railway from Dubbo to ...
Article : 1,001 wordsA deputation to urge the desirability of proceeding with the erection of meat-chilling works at Bourke will interview the Railway commissioners on Monday. A large number of travelling sheep, from Albury to ...
Article : 509 wordsOnly the other day a ship went into Melbourne leaky. She is a new ship, but straining in heavy weather with a load of railway iron in her started some of the rive[?], and thus a presumably fine steel-built vessel entered port after her ...
Article : 227 wordsThe R.M.S. Areadia (P. and [?]. line), which took her departure for London on Saturday, passed Gabo Island [?] a.m. yesterday. She is due in Melbourne this morning. The Occamic Company's R.M.S. Zea[?]dia arrived at ...
Article : 99 wordsThe floods are now subsiding in the Brisbane River. The waters reached the greatest height on Saturday afternoon, the level being then about the same as in the great flood of January, 1887. All the wharfs ...
Article : 260 wordsIn the steamship lines engaged in the Australian coastal trarte the Adelaide Steamship Company has made a good record. The company has carried over 500,000 passengers without losing a life. The company takes nearly the whole of ...
Article : 274 wordsOn Saturday afternoon a practical trial of the new explosive Roburite, which has recently, on account of its peculiar qualities, attracted considerable attention in England, was made at Middle Head, in the presence ...
Article : 557 wordsOn Saturday evening the Academy of Music was crammed to the doors with an enthusiastic audience. The entertainment commenced with a laughable farce entitled "Anatomy," and from the rise of the curtain ...
Article : 216 wordsMajor-General Edwards with Major Brownrigg made an inspection of the forts nt South Head, Middle Head, and George's Hend on Saturday, as well as three companies of the Volunteer Artillery. He was accompanied ...
Article : 800 wordsA very singular discovery has been made at Williamtown. The Orient line steamer Iberia, now in this port, has returned from London for the first time since the loss of a box of gold from her strongroom took place. The box, [?] ...
Article : 155 wordsHeavy rain set in on Sunday night, and continued till Thursday without abatement, accompanied by a high south-easterly wind. The river rose slowly until Thursday at noon, when it was within 3ft. of the ...
Article : 160 wordsIn an able article of a late date the above subject is dealt with by one of the first authorities in England. Coming to the question of anti-fouring compositions, Professor Lewis (Royal Naval College, Greenwich) begins by noticing the ...
Article : 751 wordsOn Wednesday next, the day after to-morrow, the Elberfeld should leave Hamburg for Sydney, the headquarter in Australia for the new Griman line. Writing of the Company's pioneer boat, a Melbourne paper says:—" The ...
Article : 200 wordsSir,—My attention having been drawn to the production in your city of an opera-boufle styled as above, and represented, in regard to the libretto, as being the work of the late Marcus Clarke, I feel it is my duty, as ...
Article : 335 wordsShortly before midnight a vessel, name unknown, whilst attempting to enter the harbour, got into difficulty near the Stockton breakwater, and burnt signals of distress. Two guns were tired from Allen's Hill, ...
Article : 81 wordsThe river rose to within 5ft. of the level of the 1887 flood, or 18in. below that of 1863. It is now falling, but all low-lying portions of the city are submerged, though the business places are clear of water. The river broke ...
Article : 128 wordsThe Messageries Maritimes Company's steamship Yarra arrived at 4 a.m. on Saturday from Noumea with mails, passengers, and cargo for Marseilles and Sydney. The Yarra apparently has encountered the strong ensterly gale which has ...
Article : 189 wordsAbout a quartor-past 8 o'clock on Saturday night a man, name unknown, was seen to stagger and fall at the corner of Gipps and Elizabeth streets by Albert Freeman, to whom he had previously complained ...
Article : 472 wordsThe Local Land Beard sat here yesterday, when the following business was transacted, in addition to other miscellaneous matters:—"Nineteen conditional purchases, with a total area of 1892 acres, and 14 ...
Article : 72 wordsExperiments have recently been made again at Brisban and at Melbourne for deep-sea trawling. The steamer Lady Loch, from Victoria, is testing the possibilities for establishing the trawling industry. In connection with deep-sea ...
Article : 561 wordsThere have been very heavy rain here since Wednesday last, and the rainfall from Monday to Friday afternoon was 14 inches 29 points. There was a high gale on Wednesday and also on Thursday, when the ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 523 wordsSir,—Our American cousins have introduced to the world so many reforms that we are slowly acquiring the habit of looking to them for some new solution of asocial problem, or an innovation at least startling in its radical ...
Article : 471 wordsIt is stated, that two of the most competent enginers in the Railway Department thoroughly inspected the Wagga railway viaduct on Thursday, and expressed their thorough belief in the security of the viaduct for ...
Article : 50 wordsA match between the Sydney Reserve Rifle Company, B. team, and the Submarine Miners Rifle Club was fired on Saturday last, the conditions being 10 men a side, seven shots at 500 and 600 yards. The Sydney ...
Article : 116 wordsThe "Maori footballers played their second [?] against the Brisbane team on Saturday. The weather was fine and the attendance numbered fully 4000. The game was close and exciting throughout. It resulted ...
Article : 202 wordsSir,—I saw the above markets building, finished and opened with great glee and rejoicing, for at that time they were considered all that could be desired. Having accomplished their purpose, ...
Article : 152 wordsIt is proposed by the British authorities to shortly make a change with regard to the use of bunting on board English ships. Lord George Hamilton recently obtained leave to bring in a bill to amend the existing law, so that it will be no ...
Article : 677 wordsThe first of a series of ride matches for two valuable prizes presented to the local rifle corps was concluded to-day R. M. Higgins proved the winner. The condition, are that the prize is to be won three times ...
Article : 96 wordsA reporter was told to write about "the first thing that came to hand." Walker's Whisky got the benefit of the article.—[ADVT.] ...
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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Mon 22 Jul 1889, Page 8
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