Christmas festivities, New Year's Day rejoicings, and tentennial celebrations following in rapid succession, belong now to the domain of history, and the re-assembling of Parliament on Tuesday next reminds Ministers ...
Article : 450 wordsSpecial religious services have been held in connection with the centenary of the colony. The principal one was a united service in the Exhibition Buildings on Sunday last. The Bishop of Sydney presided, and ...
Article : 341 wordsThe past fortnight's operations with respect to the colony's mining business haye been confined almost exclusively to silver. The extraordinary boom to which reference was recently made has continued to have ...
Article : 360 wordsArrivals from Great Britain.—January l8, Ladakh, ship, Captain J. Thomas, from London; January 19, R.M.S. Shannon, Captain C. R. Edwards, from London; January 22, Selemhia (s.), Captain S. Fowler, from London; ...
Article : 329 wordsA new postal difficulty has cropped up. The Victorian Postmaster-General has asked the cooperation of the Governments of the other colonies in protesting to the Imperial authorities against the ...
Article : 279 wordsPrinting Trade — Compositors on morning newspapers, 1s 2d per thousand. Weekly or evening paptrs, 1s 1d; other papers, 1s per thousand for day and 1s 1d per thousand for night work. Compositors in jobbing and ...
Article : 1,043 wordsNothing of any importance has transpired during the fortnight. The bank rales for deposits are 2 per cent, for three months, 3 per cent for six months, and 4 per cent for 12 months. The discount rates are 6 ...
Article : 1,265 wordsThe Minister for Works has paid a visit to Neutral and Careening Bays, and it is probable that, as a result of his visit and representations made to him, he will introduce a bill for reclamation purposes, in order to ...
Article : 61 wordsThe State-appointed ceremonies for the celebration of the Centenary of the colony were commenced on the 24th. January, and were concluded on Monday last. During the week Sydney has been full of visitors from ...
Article : 3,461 wordsThe race for the One Hundred Years' Challenge Cup, value £500, presented by the Parliament of New South Wales, was sailed at the Centennial Regatta, on the 27th ultimo. The cup has to be won twice by the ...
Article : 279 wordsThe Centennial racing carnival opened on January 21, when the inaugural meeting of the Rosehill Racing Club under their new management commenced. On the pievious Tuesday a large and representative ...
Article : 699 wordsThe Government have decided to substitute for the present system of tramways a service on the cable principle, but no definite decision has yet been arrived at as to details. The now Oddfellows' Hall in ...
Article : 63 wordsThe Mayor (Mr. John Harris) gave his first dinner of the present year to the Aldermen on the 19th January, and in replying to the toast of his health, referred to the painful duty he had to perform of ...
Article : 193 wordsSir — With reference to a communication in your issue of Saturday last, sinned "David Buchanan," without some further explanation Protestants will certainly misunderstand the attitude of the Catholic Church towards those ...
Article : 302 wordsMatters have been particularly active in social circles during the past fortnight, owing to the presence in the city of a large number of visitors from the country districts and from the other colonies, who have been ...
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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Thu 2 Feb 1888, Page 4
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