The Right Hon. Hugh Childers (formerly member for Pontefract), Mr. Broadhurst, Alderman William M'Arthur (formerly member for Lambeth), and Mr. Alexander M'Arthur ...
Article : 81 wordsThe Orient Company's steamer Chimborazo arrived at Adelaide this morning, bringing dates from London to February 16, Plymouth 18, St. Vincent's 22, and from the Cape to March 12. ...
Article : 125 wordsSir HENRY PARKES' reasoning upon the meaning of our Constitution Act, when he contended that the very letter of the Constitution denied to the Legislative Council the ...
Article : 3,650 wordsA special meeting of the Municipal Council was held last night, when the Mayor reported defalcations in the accounts. So far as at present known these defalcations amount to £80, in addition to a cheque for £24, which ...
Article : 45 wordsThe Agricultural Show is postponed till the 20th April. Additional prizes are offered, and the entries close on the Saturday before the show opens. Arrangements are being made to establish classes in ...
Article : 53 wordsHeavy rain fell on Thursday and Friday. A Chinese storekeeper at Nerrigundah, named Ah Yeen, was drowned to-day, in Bumbo Creek. He was well known and respected. ...
Article : 29 wordsAfter a series of performances which, whether considered as excellent entertainments, as lessons in art, or as triumphs of artistic skill, stand unequalled and unparalleled in the history of music in Sydney and of the colony' ...
Article : 1,360 wordsParliament will assemble on the 29th instant. ...
Article : 17 wordsA man named Patrick Dixon died at Townsville whilst inhaling chloroform, previous to undergoing amputation of the finger. ...
Article : 19 wordsThe Tichborne claimant will, it is understood, be released shortly. He intends instituting a suit against his wife for divorce. ...
Article : 27 wordsThe Minister for Works and Mr. Gaumson visited Waterloo, South Gippsland, to-day, and inspected the country with a view to the tramway system being adopted. Mr. Gaunson made his first speech since the ...
Article : 226 wordsUp to last night two hundred and seventy elections had taken place. One hundred and seventy-five of the members returned to the new Parliament are Liberals, and one hundred ...
Article : 394 wordsMr. Ebenezer Ward has resigned his seat as a member of Parliament, and also his appointment as member of the Sydney and Melbourne Exhibition Commissions. ...
Article : 30 words"Friends" was repeated at the Theatre Roys [?]on Saturday night, before a full house. Its popularity's hows no indication of waning, nor do the actors and actresses by frequent repetition appear to grow weary of their work, or ...
Article : 80 wordsThis place of entertainment was largely attended on Saturday night, when a double bill, including "Old Soldiers" and "Ixion" was presented. The first piece, which is one of Mr. A. J. Byron's chef d'œuvres, was ...
Article : 208 wordsTHE further returns regarding the British Parliamentary elections, received by cable and published in another column, show what a triumph the Liberals are achieving, and the small hope left to the Conservative ...
Article : 3,802 wordsThis place of amusement was very largely patronized on Saturday night, when "Engaged," one of the best of modern comedies, was produced. The piece is an effort of Mr. W. S. Gilbert, whose name is a sufficient guarantee ...
Article : 475 wordsThe proposed new Queensland Loan of £3,000,000 is announced as about to be raised. The loan will bear interest at the rate of 4 per cent. per annum, and it is not intended to ...
Article : 52 wordsAdvices from St. Petersburg state that the relations between Russia and China are critical. The latter persists in her refusal to ratify the Treaty concluded at ...
Article : 142 wordsSir,—In Friday's Herald, under the above heading, I noticed a letter charging the porters and officials at the Parramatta railway station with "want of attention to travellers," and "flagrant breach of duty." Such an ...
Article : 316 words"It's never too late to mend," with Mr. Dampier as Tom Robinson, and a good company sustaining the other characters, is still drawing large audience to this theatre nightly. ...
Article : 31 wordsThe Orient Company's steamship Orient sailed to-day from Plymouth for Australia. ...
Article : 20 wordsAt the School of Arts, on Ssturday, Professor Haselmayer gave his first matinee. The Hall was crowded, principally by children, in whose interests the performance was especially arranged, and who, by their demeanour, ...
Article : 206 wordsA sad case of drowning happened near Catherine Hill Bay to-day. A lad named William Ball, aged 16, whilst fishing, was washed off the high rocks into the sea. His companions state that he supported himself ...
Article : 54 wordsThirty-seven tons of seconds from No. 1 South Centennial reef (Scott, Reynolds, and Driscoll) yielded 16 oz.; and 1 ton 4 cwt. yielded 110 oz. This last stone has only been discovered and raised during ...
Article : 63 wordsThe Bishop of Bathurst opened the new Church of England church for Divine service yesterday. He was assisted on the occasion by the Rev. Holliday Stephens, and Dunstan. ...
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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Mon 5 Apr 1880, Page 5
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