Most of the election speeches contain long allusions as to the advantage of maintaining the connection between Great Britain and her colonies. ...
Article : 45 wordsThe resolutions which are to be submitted to the Legislative Council to-morrow by Sir ALFRED STEPHEN, are doubtless well intended, their purpose being, to smooth over the ...
Article : 3,216 wordsIn consequence of Persia professing to decline the proposed occupation of Herat, the Russian General Scobeloff has received instructions to avoid Merv, as a Russian ...
Article : 55 wordsThis afternoon a man named Lockard, residing in Auburn-street, took an ounce of laudanum, whether by mistake or design is not clearly known. Doctors Morton and Gentle were speedily summoned, and did ...
Article : 77 wordsCaptain C. T. Jago, of H. M. S. Raleigh, has been instructed to call at Amsterdam Island, and institute a search for survivors of the missing ship Knowsley Hall. ...
Article : 37 wordsA stack of hay belonging to Patrick Keane at North Wagga was destroyed by fire early yesterday morning. The stack was insured in the Queen Fire and Life Company for £200. ...
Article : 160 wordsAt a banquet given at Cork to Mr. Parnell, on his return from the United States, Mr. Biggar said that if the course their party were pursuing in Parliament failed in its object, ...
Article : 48 wordsCount Orloff, Russian Ambassador at Paris, was recalled on Saturday, owing to the refusal of the French Government to extradite Hartmann, who was principally concerned ...
Article : 48 wordsJoseph Wells, condemned to death for the Cunna mulla Bank robbery, was executed in the gaol at 8 o'clock this morning. He was quite calm, and died easy. A Rockhampton telegram states that the navigation ...
Article : 198 wordsAdvices from General Roberts, from Cabul, state that there appears now to be a prospect of a satisfactory settlement with the hostile tribes. Several leading chiefs have ...
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Article : 241 wordsMr. Parnell having completed his tour through America, has arrived at Queenstown. ...
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Article : 94 wordsA company is announced to work the Starlight reef, at Oban. It is thought the capital will be subscribed. The reef is the richest in the district. ...
Article : 30 wordsA well attended meeting was held here on Saturday afternoon last, when a petition was adopted, praying the Government to pass the new Electoral Bill. A motion was afterwards carried—"That Mr. Charles ...
Article : 165 wordsMr. E. Ward, M.P., intends asserting his privilege of freedom from arrest for debt within forty days of the assembling or prorogation of Parliament, by bringing an action for heavy damages against Wicklin and ...
Article : 487 wordsANOTHER European diplomatic "difficulty" is reported in our cable messages of this morning. A man named Hartmann, whilst travelling through Paris, on his way to England and America, declared ...
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Article : 173 wordsThe Mount Victoria railway employes-Henry Grossing and David Jones-were committed to take their trial at the Sydney Criminal Court, on Monday, 10th May, for stealing goods out of trucks at Mount ...
Article : 48 wordsA meeting of members of the Australian Mutual Provident Society was held at the Temperance Hall last Saturday night to consider and protest against the proposed alteration of the society's nineteenth by-law. ...
Article : 242 wordsVery severe weather has been experienced in the North and South Islands. The telegraph wires have been down, heavy floods have occurred, and railway communication has been interrupted in several places ...
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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Tue 23 Mar 1880, Page 5
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