In connection with the Hawkesbury Racing Club meeting, owners and trainers of horses are reminded that the entries for the Claret Stakes will close this afternoon at 4 o'clock. ...
Article : 64 wordsWE have received By cable from our spoeinl correspondent some further particulars of the Colonial and Indian Exhibition. Several members of the Royal Family visited the various courts privately on Tuesday. ...
Article : 6,572 wordsM. Lacascade has been appointed by the French Government as Governor of Tahiti. M. Le Boucher, Governor of New Caledonia, has been removed to the Governorship of the ...
Article : 54 wordsThe weather remains dry, and hard frosts still prevailThe pastures are in bad condition, and lambing ewes will suffer severely unless a speedy change takes place. BOURKE, WEDNESDAY. ...
Article : 638 wordsThe passengers by, the Chimborazo who were detained in quarantine were liberated to-day, and were brought up to town by the tug-steamer Albatross. Henry Duffield, one of the passengers, was brought up ...
Article : 513 wordsThe Marine Board inquiry in connection with the wreck of the schooner Upolu was concluded at Townsville yesterday. The Board gave the following finding:—" That James Bowers navigated the schooner ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 156 wordsC. Nelson, a Sydney sculler, who recently exhibited bravery in rescuing a lad from drowning in the Thames, will probably receive the medal of the Royal Humane ...
Article : 38 wordsMr. H. Murray, son of the late Sir Terence Aubrey Murray, formerly Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of New South Wales, has gained, the Chancellor's prize and the ...
Article : 45 wordsThe final competition between four riflemen selected to compete for places in the Australian rifle team for Wimbledon was concluded to-day. The total scores were—Grim[?]s, 270; Barron, 260; Boyns, 250; ...
Article : 83 wordsIn the Canadian House of Commons the subject of Home Rule for Ireland is being discussed. ...
Article : 23 wordsThe entries for the handicaps in the Coonambl[?] races closed yesterday, and are very fair. There are 14 entries for the Opening Handicap, 19 for the Castlereagh Handicap, and l8 for the Coonamble Jockey Club. ...
Article : 57 wordsLatest advices from the Soudan report that the followers of the Mahdi are being collected in the neighbourhood of Dongola. ...
Article : 27 wordsPrince Alexander, of Bulgaria, will shortly pay a visit to the Sultan of Turkey. ...
Article : 35 wordsThe second intercolonial match between the above colonies will commence to-day at 11 o'clock, at the Association Ground. It will be remembered that Victoria [?] the last match very easily, owing to the marked superiority ...
Article : 387 wordsLast night, at high water, as the steamer Lindus was leaving the harbour for Melbourne, with 2304 tons of coal, being towed by the tug Challenge, she grounded on the sand-pit near the northern breakwater. Two tugs have ...
Article : 153 wordsIn the House of Commons to-day, Mr. Gladstone, replying to a question, stated that the time which, had been allowed to Greece in the recent ultimatum ...
Article : 87 wordsParliament has been further prorogued till the 15th June. At a meeting of the Trades and Labour Council last night a letter was read from the Under-Colonial ...
Article : 308 wordsThe following are the principal stock movements:—2000 mixed merino sheep, from Bowna for Victoria, W. J. Lyne, owner; 2230 merino sheep, from Gerangula for Maracket, Isabella Strachan, owner. ...
Article : 349 wordsAn extraordinary meeting of shareholders in the Broken Hill Proprietary Company, Limited, was held to-day at Scott's Hotel. The chairman of the directors, Mr. W. P. M'Gregor, M.L.A. for ...
Article : 354 wordsThe first of a new series of lectures was delivered by Mrs. Edith O'Gorman in the Protestant Hall last evening. The subject chosen was "The Mass, Commandments, Persecutions and Great Trial in San Francisco." There [?] ...
Article : 289 wordsSatisfactory progress is reported at the claim of the Soudan Mining Company, Splitter's Creek. The last crushing yielded 58oz. for the previous 16 days. The company have already paid off most of their liabilities incurred ...
Article : 169 wordsThe Governor has received a telegram from Sir P. Cunliffe Owen, stating that the Prince of Wales to-day officially inspected the South Australian section of the Colonial and Indian Exhibition. His ...
Article : 643 wordsSir,—I have read with the deepest interest your leader of this morning upon the Reformatory at Rookwood. I intended myself to have drawn public attention to the alleged determination of the Colonial Secretary to alter the character of ...
Article : 338 wordsNymagee Copper-mining Company, April 28.—50-fathom level: The ore broken at this level some time ago is being brought to the surface as time admits. It is very poor; two-thirds of it is picked out and thrown away, the ...
Article : 637 wordsThe following have passed through:- For Sydney (by express on Tuesday): Mrs. Shewen, Miss Shewen, D. Mitchell, A. A. M'Kay, Jennings, G. S. Mason, Steele, Mrs. Hughes, Miss Forlonge, Mrs. Waite, ...
Article : 391 wordsThe Commission of the Presbyterian Assembly of Victoria resumed its annual sittings to-day. It was stated that the ex-Moderators had resolved to nominate the Rev. J. G. Paton, the well-known New Hebrides ...
Article : 233 wordsSir,—I gathered from the published report of Dr. Renwick's visit to the Orphanages last week that a few children are to be retained in the Roman Catholic building pending the settlement of the dispute between the ...
Article : 295 wordsThe labour strikes which, have recently taken place in many parts of the United States are rapidly extending, and many thousands of men are now on strike, owing to the refusal ...
Article : 133 wordsA serious accident occurred on the Southern and Western Railway this afternoon. It appears that the men engaged in duplicating the line were working on the approach to the bridge near Goodna. The ...
Article : 179 wordsSir,—May I be permitted through your journal to invite the attention of the head of that branch of the Railway Department under whose control and administration the luggage and parcel office is placed to tho exceeding ...
Article : 195 wordsThe comet was clearly visible in the western sky last night. MOLONG, WEDNESDAY. The comet was plainly visible last night. It was first ...
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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Thu 6 May 1886, Page 10
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