Paris, January 3.—The flood in the Seine is becoming very serious. Great blocks of floating ice made a clean break of 200 feet in the temporary bridge opposite the Invalides. The river is still rising fast. ...
Article : 1,117 wordsNominations for the Orange Champagne Stakes, Stewards' Purse, Town Plate, Jockey Club, Flying, and Three-Year-Old Handicaps are to close with the secretary, Mr. Nathan at 9 p.m. to-day. Recherche, and the two Queenslanders, ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 3 wordsCabul, January 3. — The Military Commission reassembled to try prisoners, ten of whom have been sentenced to be hanged on the 30th instant. One was proved to have killed Jenkyns, secretary of Major Cavagnari's Embassy. ...
Article : 242 wordsThe following are the weights for the Wollombi races to take place on the 24th and 25th February:— FLYING HANDICAP, 1 mile and a distance.—Fancy Boy, 8 st. 12 lb.; Benevolence, 8 st. 9 lb.; Reform, 8 st. ...
Article : 189 words" Escaped, or Fetters and Flowers," as presented at the Theatre Royal, with Mr. Creswick in the leading part, is one of the best melodramas played here for some time. Michael Cranow is a part which specially [?] the great ...
Article : 229 wordsA cricket match took place to-day between the first eleven of the Albions and fifteen Waratahs, the result being in favour of the Albions. Waratah scored 63 in the first innings, and 25 in the second, and the Albions 75 in the ...
Article : 145 wordsThe second series of concerts closed on Saturday night the performance for this evening being really an extra night, to allow those who could not gain admission on Friday and Saturday an opportunity of hearing the famous ...
Article : 1,727 wordsBerlin, January 5.—Privy Counsellor Hubler, who has been negotiating with the representative of the Vatican at Vienna, will shortly return here. This is taken as an indication that the negotiations have progressed. ...
Article : 155 wordsThe ceremony of laying the foundation-stone of a new Temperance Hall at Balman took place on Saturday afternoon, in the presence of a large number of the members of the various temperance societies and others. Amongst ...
Article : 673 wordsA meeting of the committee was held on Saturday, at the Town Hall. Present P. A. Jennings, C.M.G.; Messrs. Thomas Buckland, W. W. Tarleton, Alderman Chapman, J.P., Thomas Butler, Bernard Gaffney, John T. ...
Article : 152 wordsThe nautical drama, entitled "Insured [?] at Lloyd's," was produced before a large audience on Saturday night, at the Victoria Theatre, and formed a legiti[?]ate successor to "The Poor of London," being equally interesting, and ...
Article : 512 wordsSt. Petersburg, January 3.—A number of Russian officers have recently been imprisoned upon charges of complicity in the Nihilist movement. Various instances are given of arrests of officers. Polish newspapers report the ...
Article : 311 wordsOn Saturday the yachts of the Prince Alfred Yacht Club sailed a general handicap race for a trophy, presented by vice-commodore John Newton, and, like most ot the yachting races of late, it was productive of some ...
Article : 594 wordsAt a preliminary meeting held here to-day, £52 was subscribed to the Irish relief fund, and £50 was forwarded to Sydney. MOSSVALE, SATURDAY. ...
Article : 78 wordsASHFIELD.—Mr. Holborow, J.P., was elected on Thursday evening (for the seventh time) Mayor of Ashfield. FIVE DOCK.—Alderman West was elected Mayor for the current municipal year, no other candidate being ...
Article : 267 wordsBerlin, January 15.—The Hamburger Correspondent (newspaper) publishes a story of a serious quarrel at Kalisch, Poland, between Russian and German officers. The officers of the Russian regiment stationed at Kalisch ...
Article : 154 wordsThe Lo[?]us Troupe at the Queen's Theatre produced a new programme on Saturday night, to an audience which crowded every part of the theatre. The company go in for making their patrons laugh, and they succeed in the main ...
Article : 198 wordsAlderman Louis Haigh was proposed for Mayor by Aldermen S. Pearce and C. A. Scrivener; Aldermen Wilson and Burrett proposed Alderman N.G. Bull. The votes were —for Haigh: Aldermen James Browne, Edward Ashcroft, ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 878 wordsThe Sydney Amateur Sailing Club races for 22 and 18 feet boats were competed for on Saturday last. For the former there were four boats entered, namely, Syren, Mr. P. De Mestre; Wai Lui, Mr. W. Gray; Florrie, Mr. T. ...
Article : 644 wordsVienna, January. 15.—Special despatches from Pesth state that a serious disturbance occurred on Tuesday and Wednesday in consequence of a duel between Baron Maithenyi and Herr Ver Horay, member of Parliament, in ...
Article : 692 wordsAt the Opera House, on Saturday night, the celebrated comic opera " Les Cloches de Corneville " was produced. The plot of this popular work has already been published and the leading incidents of the production must be already ...
Article : 401 wordsSir,—Previously to the introduction of the present system of city sewerage, I used in every manner and upon every occasion open to me (short of addressing the public through your columns), every argument which ...
Article : 994 wordsThe second of the series of People's Popular Concerts which have been inaugurated at the Guild Hall was given on Saturday evening. The programme was of a varied and well-arranged charactor, and, besides the usual selection of ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 608 wordsThe match between Henry Pearce and Elias Laycock, rowed on Saturday afternoon over the champion course, on the Parramatta River, resulted in a manner surprising to every one but Pearce and his backers, for although Pearce ...
Article : 709 wordsThe recently vacated premises of Messrs. Hiyes and Benhamo, at the corner of Hunter and Castlereagh streets, were re-opened on Saturday night by a circus company with whom are connected many of the celebrities of ...
Article : 311 wordsMadrid, January 3.—It is thought probable that Canovas del Castillo will assume the portfolio of Minister of the Interior, holding it in conjunction with the post of President of the Council, Robledo, the present Minister of the ...
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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Mon 16 Feb 1880, Page 6
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