Thomas Scott, a fireman on the Victorian railways, while returning from receiving his month's wages was knocked down at Spencer-street station by an Essendon train on Saturday morning and fearfully mutilated. ...
Article : 268 wordsReports have been received of a severe shock of earthquake at Anatolia, a pashalie of Asia Minor. The casualties wore serious. Eleven persons are known to have been ...
Article : 49 wordsThe Parliament of South Australia is engaged in discussing a proposal submitted by the Government for introducing the principle of direct taxtion, the scheme being a tax of ...
Article : 3,117 wordsThe Mendelssohn Quint[?]te Club seems likely to attain here the success which it so thoroughly deserves, for not only was there a large nnd critical audience at the Masonic Hall on Saturday night—when the first of a series of seven ...
Article : 1,219 wordsThe results of the harvest at Manitoba, a province of Canada is considered very satisfactory, the yield being estimated at twentyeight bushels to the acre. ...
Article : 33 wordsShrewsbury, one of the team that was organised to visit Australia, has so far recovered from his recent indisposition as to be able to leave by the Orient Company's ...
Article : 45 wordsTHE action which the Transval Volksraad will take in reference to the Angle-Boer convention is still uncertain. The opposition to it very strong; but the members naturally hesitate to take a step which would ...
Article : 4,168 wordsThe vintage in Portugal is very scanty this season. ...
Article : 35 wordsThe ship builders on strike at Sunderland are creating riots. ...
Article : 20 wordsAn elderly man named William Pillinger, a splitter, residing at Mount Gravatt, left his home during Friday with two horses and a dray, intending to proceed to Brisbane. Not having returned yesterday morning a ...
Article : 135 wordsPope Leo XIII. meditates removing from Rome to take up his residence at Vienna. ...
Article : 18 wordsFearful tornadoes have occurred in various parts of, America. They have occasioned great destruction of property, and many persons have been killed. ...
Article : 31 wordsA steamer, having many passengers on board, was destroyed by fire whilst steaming up the Fraser River. A number of Indians, in endeavouring to effect their escape, ...
Article : 37 wordsPetroleum shares sold yesterday at £7 to £20. The want of rain in the northern farm districts continues. Cases are reported where the crops have been injured beyond the possibility of recovery, and ...
Article : 124 wordsThe immigration returns of New York for September show that 35,000 persons landed there from, foreign ports during the month. ...
Article : 27 wordsThe price of sugar is advancing. ...
Article : 12 wordsIn consequence of the disastrous defeats inflicted by the Arabs upon the Tunisians, a large body of French troops has been sent forward to Kairwan, and is now on the march ...
Article : 57 wordsThe Premier (the Hon. John Hall) and the Colonial Treasurer (the Hon. H. A. Atkinson) have returned from the West Coast. The position there is regard to native affairs is unaltered. ...
Article : 37 words2600 acres of land were selected on Thursday. The came crops are turning out well. The weather has been showery but is now fine. GRAFTON, SATURDAY. ...
Article : 231 wordsDuring the present week the Volksraad continued daily to discuss the Convention, signed in July by the Boer Triumvirate and the British, Commissioners. Up to the present, ...
Article : 183 wordsThe diamond drill is down 366 feet and now is in soft granite. The drill hole has 70 feet of water in[?]it, but will not rise to the top. The drill is now stopped, owing to the necessary depth of 350 feet, as arranged with the ...
Article : 143 wordsNegotiations for a renewal of the AngloFrench Commercial Treaty, have been continued in Paris during the past fortnight, by Commissioners specially appointed for the ...
Article : 299 words"Madame Favart," which is presented with unusual splendour of costume and secnic[?]effects, is still the attraction at the Theatre Royal. It has been favoured with large audiences since its first presentation, and on Saturday was ...
Article : 52 wordsA large number of persons attended the Queen's Theatre on Saturday night to witness the production of what was deseribed as "Tried and True," an entirely now and original drama in five acts, founded on actual facts, and ...
Article : 278 wordsSir,—There is much to be said of the forgetfulness of those in affluence—those who are well housed, clothed, and fed. In passing a lane in the vicinity of Macquarie-street, I saw on the road a lot of papers illustrated, and all ...
Article : 230 wordsMr. Fred. Maccabe repeated his entertainment, entitled "Begone Dull Caro," at the School of Arts on Saturday, when the attendance was large enough to fill the hall. The merriment was unlimited, and the applause undiminished. ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 202 wordsThe attraction here on Saturday night, which consisted of Mr. D'Arey Read's Ghost entertainment, was suflicient to draw to the place a large number of persons, who seemed thoroughly to enjoy the weird scenes presented to them. ...
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Advertising : 263 wordsThe Orient Company's steamship Cuzco left Plymouth for Australia to-day. ...
Article : 17 wordsThe Bank of South Australia has declared a dividend of 5 per cent. for the half-year, and carried £1000 to the reserve fund. ...
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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Mon 3 Oct 1881, Page 5
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