The sudden and disagreeable change which took place in the weather on Saturday afternoon doubtless kept away many people who would otherwise have visited the Exhibition, but, in spite of that, the ...
Article : 2,131 wordsExtreme surprise is expressed here at the receipt of a telegram from Sydney announcing the recall of Mr. W. Forster, Agent-General for New South Wales, no reasons ...
Article : 63 wordsWhen Mr. COHEN made his financial statement in November last, he estimated the revenue for 1879 at £5,031,155, and the expenditure for the year at £5,331,070, which ...
Article : 3,213 wordsAt a meeting of the creditors of Messrs. Stevenson and Sons yesterday, the liabilities were stated at £202,903. It was resolved to accept a composition of 14s. in the £, payable ...
Article : 54 wordsThe Oriental Bank has announced a profit for the half-year equivalent to 5½ per cent. An interim dividend of 4 per cent. has been declared. ...
Article : 35 wordsThe agitation among the tenant farmers and others in Ireland is spreading to a serious extent, and it is now apprehended that breaches of the peace will take place before ...
Article : 65 wordsThe Government have telegraphed to the Agent-General to send out an emigrant ship in November, containing fully paid and assisted passengers and nominated wives and single women. ...
Article : 188 wordsDespatches have been received from Sir Garnet Wolseley, in South Africa, in which he formally announces the termination of the Zulu war. ...
Article : 32 wordsCount Schouvaloff has returned to his post, as Russian ambassador, at the Court of St. James. ...
Article : 22 wordsOne of the most striking trophies in the eastern have is a splendid showcase of tobacco, exhibited by Messrs. Heyde, Todman, and Co., agents for the well-known firm of Cameron, Brothers, of Richmond and ...
Article : 1,573 wordsAn alarming fire has taken place at Riga. The Government buildings and 40 houses were completely destroyed. The cause of the fire is not known. ...
Article : 35 wordsInformation has been received from the front, stating that General Roberts was before Cabul on the 8th, having encountered no further opposition. General Massey, who ...
Article : 51 wordsTelegraphic advices from America announces that a disastrous railway collision has occurred at Michigan. Twenty-five persons were killed and forty wounded. ...
Article : 30 wordsThe Union Bank of Australasia has invited tenders for a loan of £50,000 for the completion of Christchurch Cathedral. ...
Article : 27 wordsAt the Lambton Police Court, to-day, a miner named Wishart, charged with threatening one of the new arrivals named Franz, and another miner named, Palmer, also charged with threatening a new arrival, ...
Article : 125 wordsTHE sudden recall of the Agent-General, Mr. W. Forster, created surprise in the colony, but in London, according to the cable message of our special correspondent, it has created extreme surprise, especially as ...
Article : 2,389 wordsThe Orient Company's steamship Aconcagua sailed from Plymouth to-day for Australia. ...
Article : 18 wordsAbout 2 o'clock, to-day, we had a terrific duststorm, lasting ten minutes; a welcome fall of rain followed. ...
Article : 26 wordsThe publication of the Newcastle Pilot newspaper hag ceased from to-day. [?] A meeting of mayors of the district, and magistrates and attorneys, was held at the Court-house, this ...
Article : 126 wordsAfter a debate on the question of adjourning the discussion on the second reading of the Triennial Parliaments Bill, the House divided, the result being that the Opposition had 38 and the Government 36 votes. ...
Article : 266 wordsA sad accident, which terminated fatally, happened this afternoon to a man named Matten, employed on the Railway extension to Uralla, near the Four Mile Camp, a loaded track passed over his abdomen, causing ...
Article : 88 wordsA good yield of gold is reported from Blind Creek, four miles from Murrumburrah. Prospecting has been going on there during the last week or two, Metcalfe and party being the prospectors. ...
Article : 36 wordsThe police here have received intelligence that the telegraph office at Tarcutta was broken into last night, the instrument damaged, certain pieces removed, and 7s. 6d. stolen. ...
Article : 57 wordsIn the Legislative Assembly, the Hon. R. Giblin moved that no increased taxation should be imposed until the general expenditure was reduced; but the motion was defeated through "the previous question" ...
Article : 438 wordsThe Enterprise takes 887 bales of wool for Echuca, consigned to Premewan, Wright, and Co. The river is 21 feet 6 inches deep. The Talywalka approaches are washing away, and ...
Article : 48 wordsThe Government have agreed to accept Bishop Bugnion's offer for the introduction of Mennonites, with certain modifications. These immigrants will probably reach Queensland next winter. ...
Article : 58 wordsThe next general election is likely to produce some extraordinary results. The farmers are greatly disappointed with the Government, and have formed a strong organization which will have great influence ...
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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Mon 13 Oct 1879, Page 5
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