The cumplimentary race meeting which was inaugurated in honour of Sir Hercules Robinson, and postponed from last week, was held on the Flemington raceceurse this afternoon. The attendance was moderate, the weather ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 2,232 wordsThere was a complete, change in the programme at the Opera House on Saturday night, and a very large audience assembled to enjoy the entertainment provided. Commencing with the usual salon d'Ethiope, in which Messrs. ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 396 wordsMr. W. H. Thompson's Mirror of the late Zulu War has entered upon the third week of its presentation in this city, and no abatement is yet evident in the interest manifested in this attractive and instructive entertainment. The lecture, ...
Article : 77 wordsFrankenstein, the ingenious automaton walker, which was described in the Herald a few days ago, was shown on Saturday afternoon and night, in the vestibule of the Victoria Theatre, and attracted crowds of visitors. A band ...
Article : 136 wordsMr. H. L'Estrange, the aeronaut, whose misadventures, pluck, and narrow escapes from death while pursuing his dangerous vocation, have kept him somewhat prominently before the public, made a most successful ascent on Saturday ...
Article : 569 wordsFat Cattle.—The market to-day was supplied with 1640 head, the larger proportion of which arrived from New South Wales and Queensland, and the quality consisted principally of medium to good descriptions. The demand was brisk, but prices ruled ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 89 wordsA social reunion of an exceedingly pleasant and successful character took place on Saturday evening, on the occasion of a complimentary supper given to Mr. W. H. Paling by his employes. The gathering took place in the large ...
Article : 572 wordsThe Wollongong general entry is to close with the secretary at 8 o'clock this evening; and at the same hour to-morrow nominations for the Blacktown events must be made for the meeting which is to take place on Wednesday, ...
Article : 70 wordsBURWOOD.—The usual fortnightly meeting of this Council, convened for August 19, lapsed for want of a quorum. Present—The Mayor (W. Archer), and Aldermen Walters, Forrest, and Beave[?] The next meeting was held on September 2nd. Present—The ...
Article : 761 wordsHARRISON, JONES, AND DEVIAN.—Wool: 570 bales were offered this week, of which 370 were sold. The catalogues included a few small parcels of the new clip, in the grease, which sold up to 10½d. competition being brisk, but no lots of any size were ...
Article : 4,511 wordsThe seventeenth annual meeting of the Sydney Amateur Athletic Club took plate on Saturday afternoon at the New South Wales Cricket Assotiation Ground, Moore Park. The sports were advertised to commence at half-past 1, and by ...
Article : 2,243 wordsIn June last a Rifle Club was formed in connection with the Second Regiment Volunteer Infantry, and the first quarterly competition for prizes was brought to a close on the 18th instant. The basis fixed by the rules of this club ...
Article : 360 wordsSir,—I was glad to observe in your issue of the 23rd a copy of the memorial of the religious Society of Friends assembled in their yearly meeting in London, the 26th of May last, to the Government on the opium traffic, which, I ...
Article : 184 wordsIn the presence of a very extensive audience, which included a number of prominent citizens, Professor Cavill, the celebrated Channel swimmer, gave a grand aquatic carnival in Foley's Swimming Baths, Woolloomooloo Bay, on ...
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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Mon 27 Sep 1880, Page 6
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