The marriage of King Alfonso, of Spain, with, the Archduchess Maria Christina, of Austria, is fixed to take place on November 28th. ...
Article : 39 wordsThe relations which have existed for some time past among the coal miners of the Hunter River district who favour the vend scheme, and those of them who are content to work independently of it, have been of ...
Article : 1,709 wordsThe financial statement of the Treasure of South Australia made last week in the Legislative Assembly of that colony, resembles those of several other Colonial Treasurers in this ...
Article : 3,279 wordsThe Rev. Cornelius Twomey, while reading mass, yesterday morning, was attacked with paralysis. He is still in a critical condition. ...
Article : 25 wordsGold has been found at Upper Tarcutta, and a prospecting claim has been applied for. A youth, named Edward Malley met his death by, his horse falling on him and inflicting internal ...
Article : 50 wordsThe total subscriptions for the Wellington (N. Z.) municipal loan of £100,000 amount to £350,000. Tenders at 104 will receive 33 per centum of their offers. ...
Article : 34 wordsA boy named Comans accidently fell into tho river last Thursday and was drowned. The body is not yet found. The steamer Wagga, with a barge, leaves with a full ...
Article : 40 wordsSerious riots have occurred between the French, and Irish ship labourers. Fights have taken place, and several men have been killed and wounded. The military, including ...
Article : 46 wordsOn Saturday there was an inspection of volunteers by Colonel Scratohley. It was followed by a sham fight. Colonel Scratchley afterwards addressed the volunteers, and impressed upon them the necessity for ...
Article : 147 wordsReports received from America state that the wheat harvest prospects are favourable. ...
Article : 20 wordsBy request of Mr. H. Taylor, M.L.A., his Excellency Lord Augustus Loftus has consented to allow the Parramatta Jockey Club to be under his patronage. ...
Article : 33 wordsAs the colony of South Australia, like nearly all the other colonies in Australasia, has been landed in a deficit between income and expenditure for the year ending last June, and as, moreover, the Treasurer of ...
Article : 645 wordsIt is a rather singular fact that coincident with our vend troubles at Newcastle we get news of serious riots at Quebec, between the French and Irish ship labourers, in which several men have lost their lives. The American ...
Article : 2,274 wordsA meeting was held at Beatson's Assembly Rooms this afternoon, and deputations were appointed to wait on the Government for the purpose of securing a public recreation ground and a new Court-house for Penrith. ...
Article : 54 wordsA fire occurred on board the A. S. N. Company's. steamer Wotonga early this morning at Sandridge railway pier. Assistance was promptly rendered, and the fire was got under, the flames being confined to the ...
Article : 129 wordsAt a meeting held at the Vale of Clwydd mine to-day, the company proposed to employ miners on the junction principle, there being no union in any of the other collieries in the district. A ballot was taken, ...
Article : 61 wordsA rich deep lead of tin has been struck on No. 2 mine, Rose Valley, at 40 feet. The washdirt is 3 feet thick, and is expected to yield over 200 lbs. per cubic yard. ...
Article : 39 wordsMr. John Brown, the first emigration agent who arrived here, and formerly editor of the Adelaide Times, died yesterday, aged 78. A caucus meeting will be held to-morrow morning ...
Article : 42 wordsThe following telegram has been received by the Police Magistrate from Sir John Robertson for the information of the Railway Demonstration Committee: —" His Excellency Lord Augustus Loftus has desired ...
Article : 257 wordsTwo men were seen in Sandhurst last night, who were supposed to be the Lancefield bank robbers. One of them—a man named Samuel Lowe—was arrested after midnight, on suspicion. ...
Article : 43 wordsA public meeting was held at the Town Hall to-night to consider the immigration policy of the Government, the sum of £50,000 being down in this year's Estimates for immigration. A number of ...
Article : 127 wordsA magisterial inquiry was held this afternoon, before Mr. Edmund Ross, J.P., touching the death of Edward M'Millian, who was found drowned. The evidence taken proved that death must have been accidental. ...
Article : 82 wordsUnquestionably, the two suspected men seen in Sandhurst were the veritable robbers of the Lancefield Bank. They purchased clothes on Saturday evening, at Newhead's drapery shop. Sandhurst, ...
Article : 479 wordsAnother gold-bearing reef has been found, by Hughes and Dyson, on the Bowman; but it is not rich. Splendid stone was obtained, at the latter end of last week, in the tunnel, at a depth of 70 feet, in ...
Article : 68 wordsSir,—It is not my intention to write a dissertation on the American system of dredging, having already contributed much information on that subject, although without the effect of arousing the attention of any Minister for Public ...
Article : 282 wordsSermons have been preached on the Pastoral in the Churches of the various Protestant denominations here. A jubilee service is being held at the Roman Catholic ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 59 wordsWe understand that the nomination for Morpeth, consequent on the acceptance of the office of Attorney-General by Mr. Robert Wisdom, will take place on the 26th instant, and that the polling is to take place on the 28th. ...
Article : 77 wordsSir,—I am glad to find that there is at any rate one point on whieh " Art student " and myself are at one, i.e., the desirability which has been frequently urged upon the Government of a proper gallery being erected for the ...
Article : 321 wordsA meeting of the electors of the University was held last evening, at the Temperance Hall, to hear Mr. Edmund Barton, M.A., barrister-at-law deliver an address. About forty gentlemen attended, and Dr. G. J. Sly was called to ...
Article : 239 wordsThe Rev. J. S. Dobson, Primitive Methodist, addressed a very crowded audience yesterday afternoon, at the Mechanics' Institute, on the present Education crisis, He took strong exception to the contents of the recent ...
Article : 49 wordsTeams, with 18 tons copper from the Great Cobar Mine, passed to-day, bound for Orange Railway Station. Mining is quiet. The Parkes Quartz Crushing ...
Article : 40 wordsSince the issue of the Pastoral there has been an increase of six in the attendance of Roman Catholic children at the Public School. The road into Cooma is in an almost impassable bog, ...
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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Tue 19 Aug 1879, Page 5
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