The annual commemoration of the University of Sydney was this year held somewhat later than was intended, having been postponed, as a mark of respect, on the death of its former Chanceller, Sir Edward Deas-Thomson. It ...
Article : 1,891 wordsThe Supreme Court has resumed its sittings after the vacation, and business is proceeding as brisi[?] as the limited number of Judges available for Beach duty will allow. There is still great delay, and no Acting Judges under ...
Article : 245 wordsBy the death of Sir Edward Deas-Thomson is removed one of the chief links which connected the past public life of the colony with the present. He died on the afternoon of the 16th July at Barham, his city residence. The ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 290 wordsIn the Legislative Assembly, on July 17, the Government, stated that a bill to prevent the adulteration of food would be introduced this session, if business permits. The estimate of expenditure for the State schools of Victoria, up ...
Article : 1,492 wordsA rather exciting contest took place at the Exhibition Building, Prince Alfred Park, on the 17th, 18th, and 19th of July last. The match was a forty-eight hours' one. The stakes were £100 a side, and the long-distance ...
Article : 403 wordsTHE EXPORT MARKETS.—Preparations are being made for the receipt of the new wool clip, some of which is already en route to, market. The mildness of the season has favoured an early clip, and we expect to see an ...
Article : 1,800 wordsBefore Parliament was prorogued, a bill passed both branches of the Legislature authorizing a fresh loan of £7,352,768, for the purpose of carrying out reproductive public works, such as railway extensions, a water supply for ...
Article : 1,856 wordsSince our last summary nothing has been done in the yachting line, and the event of the season is the coming race between Trickett and Laycock. As the Derby is run here on the 30th August, the date originally fixed for the ...
Article : 235 wordsJuly 17.—Alneburgh, barque, 900 tons, Captain Armstrong, from Liverpool, 112 days. July 22.—Jerusalem, barque, 901 tons, Captain Breach, from London, 102 days. ...
Article : 100 wordsJulv 18.—R.M.S. [?]am, 3038 tons, Captain He[?], from Galle, 26th May, via King George's Sound and Melbourne. July 19.—Cite[?]d' A[?]th, barque, 300 tons, Captain Brinajoun, from Mauritius, 4th June. ...
Article : 100 wordsMr. R. Burdett Smith, M.L.A., the hon. secretary of the Cook Statue Committee, was, on the 22nd July, the recipient of a very handsome statuet[?]e, presented as a mark of appreciation of the services rendered by him in connection ...
Article : 380 wordsJuly 17.—Australia (s.), 3400 tons, Captain Cargill, for San Francisco. Passengers—For London: Mr. and Mrs. Page, Mr. Michael Metealfe, Mr. Stephen Cox, Mr. H. Matthews, Mr. George Bell, Mr. W. G. Kent. For San Francisco: Mr. A. Perelli, Dr. James ...
Article : 204 wordsAt a meeting of the Meat Export Committee, in the rooms of the Agricultural Society, Sydney, on the 18th July, Mr. Carlo Marino submitted for inspection, a carcase of mutton sent from his station, Moppity, near Young, on ...
Article : 741 wordsJuly 21.—Albyn's Isle, for Singapore, with 530 tons coal. July 22.—Killarney (s.), for Shanghai, with 1400 tons coal America, for San Francisco, with 1710 tons coal; East Lothian, for Bombay, with 1896 tons coal. ...
Article : 117 wordsAt Sydney.—For London: W[?]l, ½d to [?]d; tin, 25s; copper, 30s. ingots 27s 6d; tallow, 35s; hides, 30s; pressed meats, 30s; copra, 30s; measurement goods, 35s. ...
Article : 36 wordsALNEBURG.—The barque Alneburg, from Liverpool, has had no better luck as regards winds and weather than other clippers that have lately come to port from England; and, considering the storms she has had to cope with, she has done well in thrashing ...
Article : 1,805 wordsThe following are the prices paid for labour in some of the principal trades of the colony. In compiling the list regard has been had, in setting down the minimum and maximum, to the circumstance that the earnings of some ...
Article : 1,027 wordsThe opera at the Victoria Theatre, Mr. Creswick's Shakesperian impersonations at the Royal, and "H.M.S. Pinafore," performed by the Kelly and Leon troupe, have been continued successfully since our last report; but the ...
Article : 656 wordsThe latest news from the Copeland gold-fields shows that there have been some rich discoveries. In the Germana reef a party have struck first-rate gold, the reef being over 3 feet thick. Payable prospects have also been obtained ...
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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Mon 4 Aug 1879, Page 8
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