The net Liberal gain is 58 seats. The Home Rulers have made slow progress, especially Parnell's supporters. It is probable that the Liberal ...
Article : 95 wordsOn Wednesday last the Legislative Council discussed no less than three important provisions of the Education Bill, the first being the one that reduces the fees to threepence, ...
Article : 4,128 wordsIf the weather keeps fine, the show to-morrow promises to be a great success. Already 320 entries have been received. ...
Article : 24 wordsLast week's crushing in Krohmann's, from the old and new veins, a mixed parcel of 43 tons, realized 226 oz.; the Monte Christo crushed 41 tons for 73 oz. Barlow and Tilson banked some rich gold specimens ...
Article : 52 wordsIncessant rain fell from Thursday evening till Saturday, causing a heavy flood in the creek. All the mining claims are full of water. The Perseverance will not pump out for a week until the leakage ...
Article : 69 wordsThe town of Batoum, on the Black Sea, has been converted into a strong fortress. ...
Article : 23 wordsThe Trunkatabella ferry punt sank last week, and it not yet raised. The whole wheel traffic is suspended on the Southern Coast Road. There is a strong fresh in the Tuross River. ...
Article : 38 wordsConsular reports from Anatolia, Asia Minor, give terrible details of the sufferings of the people, who are dying from starvation and the consequences of misrule. ...
Article : 33 wordsA well attended meeting of free selectors was held to-day, at Germanton, to consider the Land Bill. The general tenor of the resolutions carried was in favour of the action of the Assembly. ...
Article : 44 wordsAt an election meeting presided over by the Lord Mayor of Dublin, a box of dynamite was discovered under the platform. ...
Article : 29 wordsThe notorious aboriginal, Johnny Campbell, was sentenced to 14 years' imprisonment for assault and robbery. The diamond drill at Oakey Creek, Cooktown, has ...
Article : 40 wordsThe returns up to last night show that 412 candidates have been elected, 271 being Liberals, and 141 Tories. The Liberals have now gained a majority of 59 seats, and are ...
Article : 69 wordsOwing to a bereavement, the Governor is unable to visit Messrs. Finlay and Campbell, at Glenormiston. Very good progress is being made with the Exhibition buildings. A large number of men are still ...
Article : 227 wordsIntelligence from Cabul states that reports are current that Mahommed Jan has been killed. ...
Article : 22 wordsA well attended meeting of Roman Catholics wa[?] held at St. John's School, yesterday afternoon, when it was resolved to present Bishop Murray with an address and testimonial previous to his departure for Europe. ...
Article : 63 wordsThe Chinaman, Dan King, charged with the murder of Eliza Hart, at Tamworth, on the 27th December last, was tried at the Circuit Court here last Saturday, and convicted. His Honor Judge Faucett then passed ...
Article : 102 wordsIt is understood that on the meeting of the Legislative Council, Messrs. Duffield, Hughes, and Young will resign their seats. The last two are absent from the colony. ...
Article : 173 wordsA young man named Lancelot Watson, late of Minmi, was accidentally shot yesterday by a companion named Ritchie, whilst out shooting. Watson died last night. ...
Article : 45 wordsAn agitation has been got up in Kempsey to have the only remaining obstacle to the navigation of the Macleay River removed by the dredge Fitzroy, previous to her overhaul. The flat below Kempsey is only ...
Article : 197 wordsHis Excellency Governor Weld left for Sydney to-day. The farewell levee was well attended. It has been raining all day. ...
Article : 26 wordsA fatal accident has occurred on the railway line at Riverston. James Butler, aged between sixty and seventy, and residing at Webb's Creek, Hawkesbury, was found on the line on Saturday evening, his right ...
Article : 162 wordsOUR cable messages this morning inform us that, up to the date of their dispatch yesterday, the Liberals had gained 59 seats. The returns up to Sunday night show that 412 candidates had been elected, 271 being ...
Article : 5,233 wordsThe bazaar and foundation-stone collection in aid of St. Paul's English Church have added over £240 to the building fund. A man named Burns, working on the new double ...
Article : 81 wordsIt is reported on good authority that, notwithstanding the continued slight falling off in the Customs receipts, the total quarter's-revenue shows an increase of about £30,000 compared with the corresponding ...
Article : 82 wordsA very strange suicide has occurred here. On Saturday evening, a gentlemanly-looking man, calling himself Dr. Cameron, put up at Tattersall'a Hotel. He tendered a cheque for payment of drinks, but as he ...
Article : 242 wordsSir,—Seeing in your paper of this morning that a correspondent complains of the great incovenience attending the late postal delivery in Wollahra, I, as a resident of that suburb, desire to confirm his statement. It certainly appears ...
Article : 131 words1184 oz. of gold left here yesterday by private escort. The trial crushing from No. 1 at Curaiong of 30 tons yielded about 8 dwts. to the ton. Jones and party are now crushing over 200 tons from the same place. ...
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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Tue 6 Apr 1880, Page 5
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