After the brilliant victory which General ROBERTS has achieved over the forces of AYOUB KHAN, it may be hoped that our military difficulties in Afghanistan will ...
Article : 894 wordsIn reference to General Roberts' victory on the 1st instant, it appears that when the battle commmenced the troops under General Primrose made a feint in front of the enemy, ...
Article : 110 wordsThe Railway Department have put a stop to goods being carried to Junee at "Wagga rates. All goods for Temora are now consigned to Cootamundra. Mr. Schliecher, Government surveyor, has laid out the new road from ...
Article : 91 wordsMESSRS. GILCHRIST, WATT, AND CO. have received a cablegram advising them of the departure of the Orient Steam Navigation Company's s.s. Orient from Plymouth on the 4lh instant, at 1 p.m., with 491 ...
Article : 4,027 wordsThe prospects of the rush on the Cootamundra are anything but promising. The prospectors bottomed on line-looking wash at 55 feet, the dirt yielding from two grains to two grains and a half to the dish. Since ...
Article : 133 wordsThe speech made by the Eight Hon. W. E. Forster, in the House of Commons, last Friday, in which he said that the recent action of the Upper House could only tend to a ...
Article : 93 wordsAt a well-attended meeting of the Presbyterians of Shoalhaven, held at Nowra, to-day, the Rev. J. M. Ross addressed the meeting on the subject of the Church sustentation fund scheme which he has ...
Article : 45 wordsA magisterial inquiry was held to-day, on a man named George Elliott, who was found dead in his tent yesterday. A verdict of died from suffocation was returned. ...
Article : 60 wordsAdditional details have been received regarding the battle of last Thursday. They contain particulars of the plan of attack adopted by General Roberts, ...
Article : 143 wordsThat so fine a vessel as the Sorata should have been thrown away on her second voyage to Australia is an unmixed misfortune. The Chimborazo nearly caine to grief on one of ...
Article : 566 wordsThough, as yet nothing official has transpired, it is generally believed that the Government have accepted the mail contract, and hold a written request to do so signed by 31 members. It is said that the ...
Article : 114 wordsAt the regular meeting of the Council to-day, the Improvement Committee's report was brought up for adoption in reference to the tramway, but in consequence of the chairman of the committee (Alderman Joseph ...
Article : 193 wordsThe late Mr. Thomas Higinbotham felt a chilliness on Friday night, and did not go into town on Saturday. He is said to have been somewhat troubled by the recent changes in the Railway Department, and had ...
Article : 429 wordsWesley's Garden Palace claim has been purchased by a company, consisting of local capitalists. The terms stated are £30,000 cash, in addition to which the proprietor retains one fourth interest. ...
Article : 63 wordsA fire occurred here this afternoon, at the premises of George Muggleton, inspector of nuisances. A stable, containing a buggy and a valued dog and other property, was totally destroyed. Owing to the great ...
Article : 103 wordsThe sittings of the District Court concluded this afternoon. The last case on the list was the Bank of New South Wales v. Forgers O'Byrne. The defendant was sued on two pro. notes which, it was alleged, had ...
Article : 252 wordsNumber one south Prince Charlie claim (Roberts anti party) have struck good gold at a depth of 87 feet from the surface. This is important and valuable, as prospectors Brockwell and party have good gold ...
Article : 51 wordsTelegrams from the country report rain, as falling, and likely to do good to the crops, which ar[?] suffering in some places from want of moisture. An effort is being made to establish an [?]phthalmic ...
Article : 474 wordsIn addition to the special prizes announced for Spring Hill ploughing, matches, Martin, Pain, and Co., importers, of Sydney, offer prize plough in the youth's class. A large number of visitors are expected from ...
Article : 68 wordsIf the letters touching the supply of music for the parks which we have published lately have not disclosed a public necessity, tiley have advocated what would prove a public luxury. About ...
Article : 441 wordsThe roed flag was hoisted this morning at Two-mile, and another claim is reported on gold. The weather is dull and threatening. The telegram published on Saturday, stating that a great rush is ...
Article : 44 wordsWe learn by telegram from our Armidale correspondent that Mr. W. C. Proctor, solicitor, of Sydney, and formerly mayor of Armidale for three years, has announced his intention of standing for New England. ...
Article : 140 wordsThe Perseverance (Messrs. T. U. Alley and Co.) will start washing next week. Great public interest is taken in the claim, as there is a covered tail race 1400 yards long being completed to the washdirt vein, at a ...
Article : 74 wordsMiss Carrington's clever little troupe repeated the entertainment " Stray Leaves" with great success at the School of Arts last night, in the presence of a large audience. This programme has become so popular that the ...
Article : 175 wordsA gold-bearing reef was struck at Buckinbah on Saturday, 30 miles from Molong. The specimens are fair. ...
Article : 19 wordsAlderman Withers, director, and Mr. Huntley, manager, of the New South Wales Fish Company, are here selecting a site for the refrigeratory works, &c. ...
Article : 27 wordsGreat indignation is expressed here at the miserably small courthouse the Government is about to build, which will be entirely insufficient to meet the requirements of this important district, being no larger ...
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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Tue 7 Sep 1880, Page 5
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