Great excitement was caused here late last night by a rumour that a portion of a train had broken away on the Zig-zag and that several persons had been hurt. It was nearly 11 o'clock when the rumour reached ...
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Article : 368 wordsThe Russian expedition to Pamir, in Central Asia, has safely traversed Kashgar and Yarkand. ...
Article : 27 wordsOwing to threats which have been made to the effect that the presence of members of that party at Mr. Parnell's funeral in Dublin will lead to outrage, the ...
Article : 341 wordsThe funeral of the late Right Hon. W. H. Smith, First Lord of the Treasury and leader of the House of Commons, took place at Hambleden yesterday. ...
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Article : 62 wordsYesterday was Hospital Saturday. Collections were made in the streets throughout the city and suburbs in aid of the hospital, the total amount received being about £380. Collections were also ...
Article : 78 wordsFinancial circles in the city regard with favour the half million loan placed on the market by the Melbourne Harbour Trust. OCT. 11. ...
Article : 53 wordsOne hundred men of the 3rd Regiment were absent from Saturday's manœuvres through influenza. The Governor and Lady Kintore leave Adelaide ...
Article : 77 wordsMadame Melba, the Australian vocalist, has made her son a ward in chancery, and has settled upon him a large sum of money to be paid on his behalf yearly. Further ...
Article : 42 wordsThe committee of the Argentine Senate has recommended to that House the rejection of the Lower Chamber's financial bills, for creating a paper currency, suspending gold ...
Article : 37 wordsA large number of persons assembled in front of the Royal Hotel last night, at the invitation of the New castle Branch of the New South Wales Electoral Labour League, to listen to political speeches from ...
Article : 685 wordsSpeaking at Toulon yesterday, M. de Freycinet, French Minister for War, stated that the present condition of the army gave a feeling of greater security to France than ...
Article : 67 wordsProfessor Webb (Unionist) has been elected unopposed to fill the vacant seat in the House of Commons for the University of Cambridge, caused by the death of the ...
Article : 85 wordsThe first day's racing of the Kempton Park October Meeting took place to-day, when the contest for the leading event resulted as under:— ...
Article : 253 wordsOn Friday night the sewers in Little Collinsstreet, for a short distance above Elizabeth-street, and the main sewer running thence along the eastern side of Elizabeth-street ...
Article : 236 wordsThe Rev. Dr. B. Jowett, Regius Professor of Greek in the University of Oxford, is in a critical state of health. ...
Article : 29 wordsThe Municipal Council of Newcastle, New South Wales, has placed a loan of £74,000 on the London market, bearing interest at 4 per cent. The minimum is ...
Article : 46 wordsRussia subsidises ex-King Milan, of Servia, for his political services by the Russian Bank advancing him 3,000,000 francs on the security of his interest in the ...
Article : 38 wordsThe select committee appointed by Parliament to inquire into the Segenhoe irrigation scheme arrived in Muswellbrook this morning, and examined witnesses in the Courthouse. There were ...
Article : 189 wordsMr. Anthony Bacon, of Adelaide, has been gazetted as a second lieutenant in the Durham Light Infantry. ...
Article : 23 wordsA telegram from Newcastle was read at a meeting of the Moonta miners on Saturday morning to the effect that the delegates had decided to support the Moonta miners, and that a levy had been ...
Article : 88 wordsThe Australian filly, Mons Meg, has been backed, at 22 to 1, to win £20,000 in the Cesarewitch Stakes, to be run at the Newmarket Second October Meeting, on ...
Article : 43 wordsWhile M. Rouvier (Finance), M. Guyot (Public Works), and M. Roche (Commerce), members of the French Ministry, were driving through the streets of Marseilles, ...
Article : 77 wordsA deputation from the Newcastle Ministers' Assocation, comprising the Rev. W Bain (Presbyterian), the Rev. C. Whyte (Congregational), and the Rev. T. Parr (Primitive Methodist) waited upon Inspector ...
Article : 360 wordsThe R.M.S. Shannon, C. R. Edwards, commander, arrived from Colombo at noon. The following are the passengers:— For ADELAIDE: Mr. Rankine and wife, Rev. S. ...
Article : 264 wordsThe Rev. Dr. Nish, a prominent Presbyterian clergyman, died at his residence at Malvern to-day. He recently visited Brisbane on Church business, and about three weeks ...
Article : 254 wordsMr. Tom Mann, late president of the Dockers' Union, states that the Dockers' Union numbers 40,000 members. 15,000 members, however, had left during the last ...
Article : 34 wordsLast night, under the auspices of the Labor Electoral League, Mr. J. Cook, M.L.A., addressed a public meeting in the Oddfellows' Hall, Alderman Denis Jones, president of the league, was ...
Article : 284 wordsThe first annual banquet in connection with the Balmoral Progress Committee was held at Truro, Balmoral, on Friday evening. The president of the committee, Mr. H. Harry, occupied the chair. The ...
Article : 268 wordsThe Standard states that the colonial stock market is very sensitive, owing to the great weight of undigested stocks on the market. ...
Article : 32 wordsIt is estimated that 32,000,000 peasants are destitute in Russia, and it is feared that they will remain so for 10 months. The German settlers in the ...
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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Mon 12 Oct 1891, Page 5
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