A report has reached London that the ship Calliope has saved the crew of H.M.S. Wasp, which is believed to have founrdered in a typhoon while on the voyage to Singapore. ...
Article : 63 wordsAt the Jubilee Exhibition the following awards have been made on appeal:—James Forsyth and Sons, Sydney, leather, second order of merit; Evan Jones, Sydney, silver and plated ware, first order of merit. ...
Article : 60 wordsThe Steam Navigation Board commenced an inquiry to-day as to the cause of the wreck of the steamer Cheviot near Point Nepea[?], last Wednesday. Charles Grnar, the first Witness, stated that he was a ...
Article : 1,508 wordsCaptain Rive, master of the barque Glaslyn, and Olaf Olsen, the boatswain, were brought up at the City Court to-day and charged with having conspired to destroy the vessel. A remand was applied for and ...
Article : 208 wordsA sparsely-attenddd public meeting of the residents of North Shore was held in the local Carrington Hall yesterday evening. Captain Jenkins occupied the chair, and on the platform were Messrs. John Davies. C.M.G., Mr. E. ...
Article : 225 wordsCUSTOM HOUSE.—Entered Outwards: October 25, Freetrader, barque, 206 tons, Captain H. Bowden, for Hobart, via Newcastle; Wendouree (s.), 1066 tons, Captain J. P. Le N[?]ven, for Melbourne, via Newcastle. ...
Article : 1,410 wordsA heavy thunderstorm occurred last night, and 88 points of rain fell in half an hour. The river is 9ft. 5in., falling; at Tilpa it is 20ft., falling; Brewarrina, 4ft., falling, 60 points of rain; Goodooga, 36 points; Walgett, 120; Mogil ...
Article : 1,420 wordsPrincess Beatrice, wife of Prince Henry of Battenberg, gave birth to a daughter yesterday. ...
Article : 55 wordsThe Princesses Louise, Victoria, and Maud[?] of Wales, who have been suffering from an attack of measles, are now recovering, and their early convalescence may be looked ...
Article : 42 wordsA public meeting, convened by the Mayor, was held here last night. The object of the meeting was to express the sympathy of the residents of this town and district with Sir Henry Parkes in his present financial difficulties. The ...
Article : 1,647 wordsThe Orient Company's R.M.S. Orizaba arrived on Sunday evening, 23rd instant. LONDON, OCT. 24. The British India Company's steamer Dacca ...
Article : 73 wordsThe Industrial Mutual Accident Assurance Society has declared a dividend at the rate of 8 per cent. per annum. The Marine Board this morning notified the ...
Article : 122 wordsThe deputation from the Fiji Annexation Committee waited on the Premier to-day, and submitted a statement of the proposals for the annexation of Fiji by Victoria. The scheme included ...
Article : 232 wordsWhen the steamer Gambier was leaving Port Phillip Heads for Adelaide, a heavy sea washed a child named Robert Butt, 4 years old, out of his mother's arms, against the bulwarks, killing him instantly. ...
Article : 298 wordsMr. Carl A. Feilberg, editor of the Brisbane Courier, died this morning. He had been suffering four months from spasm[?]dic asthma, but the immediate cause of death was failure of the action of the heart. ...
Article : 376 wordsThe Earl and Countess of Carnarvon were present at a grand Masonic hall to-night, in the Town Hall, at which the Governor was also present. Mining reports from the West Coast continue to be ...
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Article : 61 wordsIn the Legislative Council to-day, a petition was presented from the European residents in Fiji, praying for the annexation of that colony to Victoria. The petition was read and ordered to be printed. The ...
Article : 229 wordsThe steamship Nowshera, flying the flag of the British-India Steam Navigation Company, made her first appearance in this port yesterday. She is from Calcutta, via Adelaide and Melbourne, and brings a freight of gunnies, castor oil, rice, mustard, ...
Article : 949 wordsAt a meeting of the Port Adelaide Seamen's Union to-night Mr. Davis, the delegate from New South Wales, by request addressed the meeting. He remarked that it gave him great pleasure to find ...
Article : 338 wordsThe Assembly to-day disagreed with the Council's amendment in the Local Government Act Amendment Bill. The Redistribution Bill, providing for 72 members, was passed through committee without any ...
Article : 87 wordsA bill authorising the lighting, of Launceston by electricity was passed in the Legislative Assembly to-day. There was no meeting of either House this evening, owing to the Masonic ball. ...
Article : 60 wordsSir,—The special pleading of your correspondent of to-day, "Argus," does not, in the present state of public opinion, require a detailed refutation. "Argus" appears to have command of sources of information, in regard to the ...
Article : 253 wordsThe North German Lloyd steamar Sali[?]r, Captain Tholenhorst, arrived to-day from Bremen September 7. The following are the passengers:- For ADELAIDE: Mr. Homburg, and 29 in the ...
Article : 110 wordsAn influential meeting was held last night advocating a branch line of railway to Wollombi. The utmost enthusiasm and unanimity prevailed, and it was finally decided to hold a monster public meeting on the 28th November ...
Article : 87 wordsTo-day's balletin from the quarantine station reports that W. Bishop, V. Wilson, L. Marshall, and A. Bennett are all doing well. E. Hodge is still very bad. F. Marshall is slightly worse. Francis Rowe, who is ...
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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Wed 26 Oct 1887, Page 10
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