THE British Government has expressed its intention to appoint a resident at New Guinea for one year, pending a final settlement of the question of annexing that island and other islands in the Western Pacific. ...
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Article : 163 wordsIn the Legislative Council this afternoon, the Inebriates Bill and the Attorneys Remuneration Bill were passed through their remaining stages, and the House rose at 6 o'clock, in order to attend the ...
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Article : 207 wordsA little business is being done on the double of the Grand National Hurdle and Steeplechase, Ringwood and Insolvent being taken for the former, with Katunga for the Ste[?]plechase. The price for this double is 100 to 2. Ringwood ...
Article : 61 wordsM. Jules Ferry referred in the Chamber of Deputies to-day to the recent attack by the Chinese on the French troops at Lang Sou, which he described as a regular ambush, ...
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Article : 119 wordsDrs. Balls-Headley, and Rowan, who examined in obstetrics and diseases of women at the University, have formulated to the University Council a complaint that the lectures do not give the students any practical ...
Article : 327 wordsThe sacred Choral Association gave their third concert for the current season last evening, in the Protestant Hall, which on the ground floor was well attended, and a considerable number of persons occupied the front gallery. A large ...
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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Wed 9 Jul 1884, Page 10
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