The English and American mails by the P. M. S. Mariposa were delivered in Sydney yesterday morning. The Mariposa brings the following latest dates:—New York, July ...
Article : 1,642 wordsA public meeting convened under the auspices of the Redfern Protection Union was held in the Redfern Town Hall yesterday evening in support of the principles of protection. The attendance numbered about 400 persons. ...
Article : 2,400 wordsDuring the last few days we have received a number of letters with reference to the rescue of the sole survivor "Johnson" from this ill-fated vessel; and as there seems to be some doubt about the actual facts of the matter, the ...
Article : 2,241 wordsThe relative duties of the State and of the leaseholder in the work of rabbit extermination will be a perplexing problem to solve. The presert mode of dealing with the rabbits affords the best possible illustration of failure. If ...
Article : 1,258 wordsBerlin, July 17.—In consequence of a rumour that slips of paper had been found in several places through which the Imperial train would pass, endorsed "To-night, about midnight, Emperor's train passes, be ready," a fictitious ...
Article : 223 wordsA very large and fashionable audience was present at the Masonic Hall last evening, when Major H. C. Dane delivered his third lecture in this city. The Mayor of Sydney (Mr. A. J. Riley, M.L.A.), who presided, introduced ...
Article : 904 wordsBombay, July 20,—Natives report that Russia is secretly negotiating with the Government of Yarkand in Chinese Turkistan, for permission to pass troops across the country. ...
Article : 91 wordsVienna, July 16.—A circular prepared by the Pope in reference to Prince Ferdinand as, Prince of Bulgaria has been presented to the Austrian Government. Count Kalnoky, Imperial Foreign Minister, in reply, will say that ...
Article : 73 wordsRome, July 22.—The members of the Catholic Congress at Lucca are signing a petition asking the Government to devote its attention to the question of a reconciliation of the Quirinal and the Vatican. It is stated that the Pope ...
Article : 98 wordsBrussels, July 20.—A sensation has been caused here by the speech of Lieutenant-General Van der Smyssen, commander of the army, at Brussels yesterday, after the review of the troops, in which he violently attacked ...
Article : 92 wordsBucharest, July 20.—It is reported from Russian sources that the Bulgarian Government has arrested M. Radoslavoff, Premier and Minister of the Interior in the Cabinet just suspended. The arrest is said to have been made on ...
Article : 125 wordsCairo, July 15.—The Dervishes, after completely devastating the villages between Saras and Dongola, returned to Dongola, and peace is again restored on the frontier. ...
Article : 59 wordsMr. J. B. Thurstan, late Acting-Governor of Fiji, was at Washington on July 26. The New York Post's correspondent says:—"This fact is about all the foundation there is for the current statement that he has come here to make ...
Article : 515 wordsOn Monday evening Dr. Spofforth delivered an instructive lecture, in the sailors' concert-room, under the Mariners' Church, George-street North, upon ambulance work. The chair was occupied by the Rev. William ...
Article : 225 wordsSir,—I am informed by one of the shareholders in the Junction Point claim, which I mentioned in my letter on Saturday, that I made a mistake in the value of the gold produced from that claim, which is worth £4 per ounce. ...
Article : 115 wordsFour hundred and fifty-eight fat bullocks, from Aberfoyle to Bourke, Murray, Prior, and Jardine, owners. 550 bullocks and stores, from Hobartville, travelling south, Forrester, Newcomen, and Holland, owners. ...
Article : 93 wordsSir,—In reply to Mr. Skeet's letter which appears in the columns of the Herald of the 20th instant, and also one of a previous date, I would like to point out, for the information of those who are taking an interest therein, that there ...
Article : 317 wordsSir,—I am not going to be drawn into a newspaper controversy on details of medical treatment nor into trespassing at length on your valuable space. I shall, therefore, conclude my correspondence on the subject, with your ...
Article : 216 wordsParis, June 18.—United States Minister M'Lane has demanded of M. Flourens, the French Minister of Foreign Affairs, the release of Baron Raymond Selliere, who was recently placed in a lunatic asylum by his relatives, on the ...
Article : 375 wordsSir,—In reference to Mr. Dibbs's letter I confess I was not aware that a duty on butter was imposed in 1871. I find it was so, but that the duty was remitted in the course of about two years. I cannot see, however, that the fact ...
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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Wed 24 Aug 1887, Page 4
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