The bicycle tournament for the championship of Australia resulted on Saturday night in an extremely close finale between Rolfe and Press. Immense interest was shown by the public, and towards the close the pavilion ...
Article : 141 wordsAt a late hour last evening, a married woman named Howland, residing at Wickham, whilst dipping a bucket of water, fell into the well and was drowned. The deceased, with her husband and live children, only arrived here a ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 5 wordsPiner[?]'s drama, "The Money Spinner," was successfully produced at the Theatre Royal on Saturday evening for the first time. One special feature in the plot is that there is very little in it of the hackneyed type, and the principal ...
Article : 793 wordsStella has been made first favourite for the Hawkesbury Grand Handicap, and the little that has been done upon the Great Metropolitan Stakes shows that Creswick is regarded as being particularly well in. Sardonyx has been scratched ...
Article : 58 wordsOwing to the fact that the Wallaroo first fifteen were away at Newcastle and the University had not arranged a match, the Rugby contests on Saturday afternoon were not of very great interest. The Association Ground was occupied by ...
Article : 1,026 wordsSir,—In this morning's Herald there appears a letter written by "A Stenographer," which contains, as I think, some unfounded statements, and with your permission I shall endeavour to controvert them. "A Stenographer" ...
Article : 758 wordsFIVE DOCK.—Meeting held on 23d May, Present—The Mayor and full council. Minutes of previous meeting read and confirmed. Correspondence outwards: To Mr. M'Keown, forest ranger, asking him to inspect and report as to a piece of land at ...
Article : 2,030 wordsJohn Bourke has claimed possession of Lucas's celebrated Mother Shipton claim, on the grounds that Lucas and party are in illegal possession, and that the claim has been illegally registered. The case will come before the warden ...
Article : 525 words"The Professor" was repeated at the Opera House on Saturday. The more frequent the repetitions are the better the performers appear to understand and illustrate the delicate details of this fine drama, and the greater seems the ...
Article : 112 wordsThe race for senior scullors in club skiffs in connections with the Glebe Rowing Club took place on Suturday afternoon, over a course from Pyrmont Bridge-road, past Jarrett and Glebe Points, to a buoy moored off the wharf at ...
Article : 150 words"The Hermit's Bell" was repeated at the Gaiety Theatre on Saturday night, and, as usual, the music, which is exceedingly pretty, was well executed and heartily applauded. To-night this opera is to be given for the last ...
Article : 60 wordsOn last Saturday afternoon about 200 persons assembled on the Argricultural Ground, Moore Park, to witness a race of 150 yards between A. Farrell, who recently defeated Frank Hewitt in [?] 50 yards match, and a well-known ...
Article : 80 wordsAt the Queen's Theatre, on Saturday, a drama of the sensitional class, written by Mr. Sydney Young, and entitled "Life in the Dark," was produced. The incidents it relates to are connected with ...
Article : 114 wordsA friendly match between the Windsor Company and the No. 1 Company Naval Brigade took place on Saturday at Paddington—10 men a side, seven shots at each, 500 and 600 yards, Association rules—resulting in a win for the country ...
Article : 161 wordsOn Saturday night, Webb's Great Southern War Diorama was presented at the Victoria Hall to a very numerous audience. No doubt the distribution of gifts had something to do with the attendance; but the diorama ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 298 wordsSir,—The Burwood Municipal Council, in the usual way, I presume, appointed two values to assess the various properties in the Burwood municipality for the current year. ...
Article : 847 wordsAn important meeting of influential residents of Bourke and district was held last evening for the purpose of urging Government action in the matter of providing roads and tanks from the goldfields and the Paroo, via Bourke, for ...
Article : 238 wordsA popular lantern lecture was on Saturday evening delivered in the Technical College, by Mr. R. Colonns-Close, M.A., barrister-at-law, on the subject of "Old and New London." The hall was crowded, those present listening to ...
Article : 368 wordsA meeting was held on Saturday evening, at Punch's Hotel, convened by a few friends of Edward Trickett, the ex-champion oarsman, for the purpose of considering the best means of according him a suitable reception on ...
Article : 1,654 wordsThe following passed through to-day:— For Melbourne: Lord Zouche, Mr. and Mrs. Cyrns Mason, jun., Mrs. Harst and child, Madame Novaro, Miss Alleyne, Miss Palmer, Miss Nell Lorraine, Mr. and Mrs. S. ...
Article : 417 wordsFat Cattle.—Over 2000 head arrived this week in small lots from Victoria, and consisted chiefly of second quality. There was an excellent attendance of both the town and country trade; but, except for prime descriptions—which maintained late rates—the ...
Article : 654 wordsSir,—"An Old Practitioner" (who characteristically attacks me anonymously) is evidently a follower of the oldfashioned practice of abusing the other side when he has no case. He prudently refrains from going into the real ...
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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Mon 26 Jun 1882, Page 6
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