A circular despatch has been forwarded to the Australian Governments by the Secretary of State for the Colonies, enclosing a copy of a note from the Chinese Minister at the Court of ...
Article : 654 wordsYesterday was the hottest day of the season. To-day the weather is cool, and a change is imminent. Vegetation is withering, and rain is much required. BRAIDWOOD, FRIDAY. ...
Article : 704 wordsVictoria paid its tribute of respect to the memory of the late Emperor of Germany to-day. Ninety-one minute guns were fired from H.M.S.Nelson, Government House, and the Queenscliff batteries. The flags on the ...
Article : 396 wordsCUSTOM-HOUSE.—Entered Outwards: March 16, Damascus, (s.), 2293 tons, Captain Douglas, for Newcastle; Franslin (s.) 395., tons, Captain J. Graham, for Adelaide, via Melbourne Rockton (s.) 1198 tons, Captain R. Armstrong, for Cooktown, via ports; ...
Article : 1,953 wordsMany pastoralists and farmers in this and the neighbouring districts will have reason to regard the 15th March as the Black Thursday; of their history. From the town of Young fires were seen in every direction. For some days ...
Article : 942 wordsThe bankruptcy of Lord Augustus Loftus has been annulled. ...
Article : 30 wordsCertain stones consigned to the Bank of South Australia have been pronounced to be garnets, worth 2s. a-carat. ...
Article : 26 wordsThe Shaw, Savill, and Albion Company's s.s. Arawa has arrived at Plymouth from New Zealand. ...
Article : 21 wordsseventy countries will send representatives to the International Tariff Conference at Brussels. Austria, Germany, and France will not be represented. It is proposed to publish ...
Article : 40 wordsThe French Chamber of Deputies has refused to increase the tax on alcoholic liquors, and has thus upset the whole scheme of the committeee. ...
Article : 36 wordsThe Government of China has directed the Thibetan troops to evacuate Sikkim. ...
Article : 19 wordsLord Knutsford, Secretary of State for the Colonies has asked the New South Wales Government to reply to his circular in reference to the Trade Marks Act. ...
Article : 34 wordsFurther details of the disastrous snowstorms in New York, Boston, and Philadelphia state that scores of railways, containing thousands of passengers, were blocked by the ...
Article : 60 wordsThe treasurer of the Crofters' Relief Fund wired £500 to-day to tho Glasgow Mail. The Special Commissioner for New Guinea announces that the arrangement he has made with the German ...
Article : 279 wordsPrince Oscar, of Sweden, has married Miss Munck, at Bournemouth. [In reference to the above event our Paris correspondent wrote as follows on January 27:—" A romantic ...
Article : 243 wordsThe Hon. John Sutherland, who is visiting several places on the Western line in connection with departmental business, arrived at Bathurst shortly after 1 o'clock this morning. The Minister travelled by ...
Article : 375 wordsThe show of the Candelo Agricultural Association held on Wednesday and Thursday, was very successful. The weather was fine and the grounds were in very good order. About 1500 people were present on the first day, and 2000 ...
Article : 260 wordsThe Government has accepted the tender of M'Lean Brothers and Bigg for a supply of steel rails and fishplates to the extent of about £30,000. As a token of inspect to the momory of the late ...
Article : 236 wordsCaptain Milward, acting cavalry adjutant, accompanied by Warrant Officer Thompson, inspected the Murrumbidgee Light Horse. The Wagga and Junee dotachments were well ropresented, about 50 men being present. The drill ...
Article : 179 wordsThe steamer Gympie arrived yesterday from Port Moresby. Mr. Cameron, mining explorer, writes on March 12th as follows:—"The late venture up St. Joseph's River proved a complete disaster. We lost ...
Article : 304 wordsA fatal accident occurred last evening near Mudgee to Mr. Thomas Cheshire, an old and well-to-do resident of Mudgee. He left his home in a buggy to proceed to Dungaree, and was driving a spirited horse. Shortly alter ...
Article : 144 wordsThe annual banquet of the Pastoral and Agricultural Association was held last evening at Cheadle's Hotel. Mr. Hush Wyndham occupied the chair. The loyal and other toasts were drunk. The Mayor of Tenterfield (Mr. ...
Article : 119 wordsThe Quarter Sessions were concluded to-day. Edward Wright, charged with assaulting Victoria Seymour with intent to commit a rape, was found guilty of a common assault, and was sentenced to 18 months' hard labour. ...
Article : 121 wordsH.M. ships Hegira and Diamond fired 91 minute guns to-day, out of respect to the memory of the late Emperor of Germany. Several silver claims have been secured by Ballarat ...
Article : 35 wordsAt a miners' delegate meeting to-day it was rosolved to support the South Waratah mi[?] in their refusal to accept the directors' terms. In all probability a stop will be come to after Monday unless arrangements are made either to ...
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Advertising : 498 wordsThe following passed through:- For Melbourne by express on Friday:—T. Ball, A. Ball, Jolley, W. H. Stuart, W. Montgomery, Kerr, Chas. Harrison, J. T. Thompson, Mr. and Mrs. Aitken, T. M. ...
Article : 376 wordsA decision of importance to publicans was given by the police magistrate to-day. The landlord of the Carrington Hotel was summoned for neglecting to keep the lump is front of his hotel alight till 11 p.m. Defendant contended ...
Article : 103 wordsThe Maitland, Quarter Sessions were continued yesterday and to-day. The following cases have been been tried:- William Morgan Rodger, found guilty on two charges of false pretences, was sentenced to one year on each count, ...
Article : 190 wordsThe Presbyterians of Victoria repudiate the allegations of inconsistency in reference to the incorporation Of the New Hebrides missions with the Victorian Church. From the first they objected to the ...
Article : 107 wordsSir,—As a trustee of the local Sohool of Arts, I fell deeply grieved on learning that the institution was made as arena for the exhibtion of pugilists. Pugilism is certainy not an art contempated to be cultivated in any institution ...
Article : 198 wordsA distressing case of suicide occurred at Tibooburra on Sunday. Three weeks ago a watchmaker named Heslop arrived there with his wife and sister-in-law. On Sunday evening Heslop and his wife went for a walk, while ...
Article : 178 wordsThe Court of Quarter Sessions was occupied all day with the arson case of Peter Peck, who was indicted for setting fire to his shop below the Protestant Hall. The prisouer was found guilty, with a recommendation to mercy on ...
Article : 74 wordsAnother case of attempted murder and suicide occurred this afternoon. An olderly man named Isaac Greer, who kept a boarding-house in Wharf-street, quarrelled with his wife and fired several shots at her ...
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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Sat 17 Mar 1888, Page 14
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