H. M. S. Bacchante, under the command of Lord Charles Scott, left to-day with Prince Albert Victor and Prince George, on a tour round the world. ...
Article : 44 wordsThe Standard publishes a telegram from a correspondent in India stating that intelligence has been received that the Afghan troops at Herat have mutinied, and massacred ...
Article : 103 wordsThe agitation amongst the coal-miners at Newcastle differs from ordinary union quarrels by its being a kind of cross-fire between masters and men. With strikes pure and ...
Article : 2,802 wordsTHE cable is still working satisfactorily, and we have received by its means several important messages which we publish elsewhere. Not long since we were told that the two eldest sons of the Prince of Wales— ...
Article : 3,863 wordsIn the Assembly, this afternoon, the Appropriation Bill was passed through committee. A number of bills were discharged from the paper, including the Financial Districts Bill, and the Miners' Regulation Bill. ...
Article : 215 wordsThe ironclad turret ship Agamemnon, of 8000 tons, and 4 guns, has been successfully launched from Chatham Dockyard. ...
Article : 25 wordsAt the Agricultural Banquet, at Aylesbury, Lord Beaconsfield, in a lengthy speech, discussed the present depression in trade, and upheld the present system of land tenure as ...
Article : 71 wordsThe Pacific Mail Company's steamship Australia arrived here at 7 o'clock this morning. She left San Francisco at noon on the 1st instant. ...
Article : 85 wordsThe visit of Prince Bismarck to Count Andrassy continues to excite attention in political circles. An officiai statement was circulated during Prince Bismarck's visit, that ...
Article : 56 wordsIn the Assembly to-day, a question was asked with reference to the severance of Colonel Hutton's connection with the Volunteer force. It appears that he had a disagreement with Colonel Anderson, and a Board ...
Article : 468 wordsLatest advices from the Cape state that Cetewayo has been conveyed to Cape Town. ...
Article : 24 wordsHome and foreign political affairs are very quiet. The Public Works Loan Bill passed through committee in the House of Commons, at a quarter-past 7 o'clock, this morning, after strenuous opposition on the part of ...
Article : 664 wordsLatest despatches from the Cape state that Sir Garnet Wolseley, in a speech to the Zulu chiefs, stated that Zululand would be divided into three parallels, and placed under white ...
Article : 41 wordsA rumour is persistently circulated that Prince Gortschakoff, the Russian Chancellor, has resigned. ...
Article : 23 wordsA new Egyptian Ministry has just been formed under the Presidency of Riaz Pacha. ...
Article : 25 wordsR. M. S. Siam sailed, to-day, for Melbourne. ...
Article : 16 wordsAt the Police Court a man named Buggy was fined £1 for leaving a dead bullock on the road. Edward Andrews, twice remanded, was to-day committed for trial on a charge of altering a cheque from £1 9s. 10d. ...
Article : 77 words" Ireland as it was," and " The Little Sentinel " were repeated to a very good house at the Theatre Royal, last night, and received every token of popular approval. The bill will be repeated to-night, the last but two of ...
Article : 87 wordsAn influentially attended meeting was held at the Great Northern Hotel to-night, on the question of obtaining public baths for the ciiy. A site for this purpose has already been dedicated to the Borough ...
Article : 118 wordsThere was a fairly large audience at the Victoria Theatre, and " Ten Nights in a Barroom," with its thrilling situations and striking effects was repeated successfully. It will be played again to-night, and the management have in ...
Article : 50 wordsThe Assembly was occupied for six hours on the Estimates, this afternoon. Attempts were made to grant increased salaries to deserving officers, but nearly every division resulted against any increases beyond ...
Article : 127 wordsAt the Queen's Theatre " Conrad and Lizette" was played to a good house, and it is almost unnecessary to say that it was warmly and frequently applauded. The last nights of this play are announced, and the management are ...
Article : 53 wordsThe waters are going down fast, but we have had no mails from Sydney for eight days. The body of Dr. Little was found in Warrana Creek to-day, having been washed into the creek from ...
Article : 48 wordsThe attendance at the School of Arts, last night, on the occasion of Professor Popper's third scientific festival, was again a large one. The programme, which, we understand, will be repeated during the present week, rs judiciously ...
Article : 311 wordsThe Mountain Hero Reef (Irwin, M'Rae, and party), Cobark, has enlarged to 3 feet, at 30 feet in the tunnel, and shows good gold. It was previously very small. ...
Article : 38 wordsThe ship Matilda is now safe in harbour, having lost 90 fathoms of chain. There is no news of the crew of the barque Messenger, which went ashore on the spit at Gape Farewell on Saturday. ...
Article : 49 wordsThe accusation made against James Weekes, the free selector, who has been charged with perjury, alleged to have been committed while he was complainant in the late Euroka assault and hidestealing case, against Mr. ...
Article : 99 wordsEverything remains quiet in the district. The Lambton miners again went to work this morning, and are likely to continue their occupation regularly. The news of the engagement by the Waratah Company ...
Article : 466 wordsPaxton's Company (tribute) crushed 47 tons of stone, which yielded 190 oz. gold. ...
Article : 18 wordsThe English Circus Company are still playing in their pavilion in Hunter-street, and being fairly patronized. They will give a matinee to-day. ...
Article : 28 wordsThe escort has just arrived from Barmedman, bringing 212 oz. of gold, the proceeds of the last crushing from No. 2 Ada reef.. One of the troopers, named Walker, had a narrow escape from drowning ...
Article : 48 wordsSir,—I am glad to see in this morning's issue that " A Constant Reader" calls attention to Miss Dargon's change of characters at the Royal. Night after night did Miss Dargon appear to small houses, the pit, gallery, and stalls being the ...
Article : 409 wordsAt the Guild Hall last night there was a very satisfactory attendance, and the programme was carried into effect as cleverly as ever. ...
Article : 27 wordsThe festival of sacred music, which was held last evening, at St. Matthias's Church, Paddington, was very successful, both as contributing largely to the fund for the reduction of the debt on the church, and as an excellent musical ...
Article : 349 wordsThe banquet given to Mr. Thomas Garrett, M.L.A., last evening, was a great success, being largely attended by persons from all parts of the district. At a public meeting held after the banquet, one of the ...
Article : 112 wordsEighteen nominations have been received for the Wollongong Handicap, which closed last Saturday. The weather appears more settled, with north-east winds. ...
Article : 28 wordsA lamentable accident happened to Mr. William Davies, M.L.A., this morning, whereby he lost three fingers of his left hand. He was interesting himself by superintending the planing by machinery of some ...
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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Wed 24 Sep 1879, Page 5
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