Mauritius papers to December 11 state that whilst in certain quarters planters complain of an excess of wet, in others it is to the contrary; the excess interferes with the young plantations. ...
Article : 407 wordsThe receipts for the year, at the office of the C. P. S., amount to £2330. The Albury Custom-house collections for December were £2334; the total for the year being £27,680. ...
Article : 666 wordsThe City of Grafton crossed the Clarence bar on Wednesday, 2nd instant, at 10.30 a.m., and arrived in Sydney on Thursday at noon. Cargo: 222 bags maize, 51 bags potatoes, 4 coops fowls, 5 cases eggs, 1 coop pigs, 60 hogsheads ...
Article : 204 wordsA little over six months ago a commission was appointed by the Minister for Justice to inquire into the question of the prison dietary of the colony. The commission consisted of the Comptroller-General of ...
Article : 926 wordsThe wind continued fresh from the north-east for the greater part of yesterday, but towards 7. p.m. it shifted into the S.W., and the rain set in. At midnight it was blowing in heavy squalls. In the country ...
Article : 210 wordsSir Henry Parkes has communicated to the Casual Labour Board the decision of the Government with reference to the work performed by the so-called "unemployed," and has issued instructions which ...
Article : 935 wordsAll the machinery and the boilers have been taken out of the steamer Albion at the Jubilee Dock. Everything is in readiness for the arrival of the new triple expansion engines and the new boilers, which are expected shortly from home. ...
Article : 46 wordsAt the appointed hour yesterday the Imperial German mail steamer Salier, of the North German Lloyd line, left for Bremen via ports. In addition to the passengers booked to join the steamer at Adelaide already noted, is Mr. Frank ...
Article : 75 wordsThe rain continued with little cessation all night and all to-day, making a total for the past six days of over 5½in. This is the greatest amount that has fallen in any one month since February, 1887. The effect of ...
Article : 1,901 wordsTaking round figures for it, the returns show that the tonnage launched on the Clyde in October last was greater than that launched during any October for the last 10 years, not excepting the October of the sensational building year, ...
Article : 96 wordsIt was lately stated by a Liverpool paper that the round trip of this famous ship was performed in 105 days from the Morsey, or, in other words, that on her first trip to Australia (in 1852) she was back in the Mersey in that time. ...
Article : 136 wordsThe Drottning Sophia, 64[?] tons, Captain Barjesson, has entered out at Melbourne for Newcastle. The vessels at present loading and to load number 57, with a total net register tonnage of some 67,000 tons. During December 60 ...
Article : 375 wordsThe s.s. Pathan, from Singapore, has brought later Kimberley news. The prospects of the diggings are improving, owing to the introduction of machinery and capital. Work is being ...
Article : 123 wordsThe increased virulence of typhoid fever in the city and suburbs during the past month has naturally directed attention to that and to other forms of preventable disease, and to the necessity of some ...
Article : 1,185 wordsThe revenue returns were published to-day. They show that the total revenue proper for the past quarter was £841,195, being an increase of £105,935 as compared with the corresponding ...
Article : 207 wordsTravellers to and from Australia may shortly have occasion to become better acquainted with the ancient and handsome City of Salonica, or Saloniki, the city of the "Seven Towers," and once the place of residence of the Roman ...
Article : 186 wordsQuite an unexpected turn of events occurred in connection with the fate of the Sydney-owned three-masted schooner Buster yesterday. The vessel was previously reported to be drifting inshore with the loss of her foremast, and a steamer ...
Article : 432 wordsMr. Hyam Hains, who suffered a severe loss through the fire at the Evening News office on the night of the 24th of November, was the recipient of an illuminated address and a dinner last evening at the German ...
Article : 419 wordsWe have received a copy of the first issue of an interesting periodical for girls, entitled The Parthenon (W. C. Penfold, Sydney), bearing the names of Lily and Ethel Turner as editors, and of Marcia Cox and ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 970 wordsThe annual installation of the Lithgow Kilwinning Lodge, under the United Grand Lodge of Freemasons, New South Wales, took place last night in West's Assembly-rooms. About 28 brethren were present. ...
Article : 155 wordsThe French mail steamer Sydney has left Adelaide for Melbourne en route to this port, and the terminal port, Noumea. The mails by her from Marseilles December 1 will be due in time for delivery at the General Post Office here at 2 p.m. ...
Article : 52 wordsIt is very likely the Russian warship Nayczdnik, now in port, will make a start to-morrow for Auckland, where a short stay will be made. During the brief visit here a number of her officers availed themselves of the opportunity ...
Article : 130 wordsTo-day a lengthy meeting of the Kiama Municipal Council took place, at which some matters of interest were discussed; amongst others, the disposal or utilisation of the tramway and rolling-stock. The ...
Article : 199 wordsSir,—Kindly permit me space for the following. This morning my son and I drove from Manly about 6.45, intending to come on to Sydney, as we usually do once or twice per week. On arrival at the Manly ...
Article : 463 wordsThe three-masted schooner Buster, with her foremast carried away, anchored yesterday two miles off the mainland S.W. of the entrance to the Maliacoota River. The steamer Maranoa at 6.45 a.m., passing ...
Article : 99 wordsStock movements: 2000 mixed ewes, from wallendool to Walwa, Victoria, W. Martin owner; 1340 mixed fat sheep, Wallendool to Albury market, Star and Galvin owners; 770 merino wethers, from ...
Article : 162 wordsLast evening a lad named Mills was found lying under a coal truck near Hudson Brothers', apparently suffering from English cholera. He was conveyed to Dr. Treloar's surgery, and temporary relief from ...
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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Fri 4 Jan 1889, Page 6
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