Lists were opened to-day at the garrison towns of Chatham and Portsmouth, for enrolling the hames of men willing to volunteer for service at the Cape. ...
Article : 57 wordsIn the Legislative Council, yesterday, The Impounding Act Amendment Bill (No. 2), on motion of Mr. THORNTON, was read the third time, and having passed its final stages was returned to the Assembly ...
Article : 5,715 wordsA survey party, under Mr. Barrow, leaves on Friday to define the boundary of South Australia and New South Wales from the 29th parallel of latitude to the 26th on the 141st meridian, and thence on the same ...
Article : 146 wordsThe German Government have decided to suspend sales of silver which have had so great an influence in depreciating the value of that metal. ...
Article : 35 wordsPAPERS and plans respecting the road from Bibbenluke to Bombala, moved for by Mr. Bowman on the 3rd of December, have been laid before Parliament. They are chiefly of local interest, and relate to an ...
Article : 3,684 wordsAll the horses entered for the Newcastle race meeting have now arrived at Wallsend. Yesterday a horse race for £50 a side came off between Goldie's Bothwell and Smith's Waxworks, ...
Article : 153 wordsThe Legislative Council have almost unanimously agreed to a resolution not to grant more than six months' supplies, and appointed a select committee, consisting of Messrs. James Aitkenhead, Gellibrand. ...
Article : 90 wordsWith regard to the loss of the brigantine Sir Isaac Newton, the Venus (s.), arrived from New Caledonia, reports that the pilot of the brigantine in a fit of vexation jumped overboard and was drowned. ...
Article : 49 wordsA young man, 18 years old, son of John Charles Gawthorp, Guy Fawkes, who has been missing during the past fortnight, was found dead yesterday in the scrub near home. The body had been partly eaten ...
Article : 100 wordsFor the Hunt Club Races, on Saturday, Albatross and Palmerston are most fancied; Corrigan will ride the latter. For the Corinthian Flat Race, Jokes and Martinique are favourites. For the Steeplechase, Monarch is in most ...
Article : 76 wordsIt rained incessantly all last night and all to-day, and occasionally heavily. There is no signs of a change. The Goonoo Goonoo Creek is bank high, but there is not much rise in the river at present. ...
Article : 39 wordsA public meeting, called by the Mayor in response to a requisition, was held at the School of Arts, to-night, for the purpose of taking steps to avert the extreme penalty of the law being carried out in the ...
Article : 103 wordsBanter and Richmond are the favourites for the Adelaide Cup. Moonlight is scratched for all engagements at the Birthday Races. ...
Article : 33 wordsThe annual meeting of the Sydney Amateur Athletic Club was held at the Exchange Hotel, on Wednesday night; about forty members were present, and Mr. T. A. Dibbs was voted to the chair. A favourable report and ...
Article : 1,158 wordsThe Sydney mails have been very irregular of late. There was no mail to-day, and two are now due. The weather is showery and unsettled. ...
Article : 28 wordsA meeting, called by Sydney produce auctioneers in explanation of their action in regard to the "no½cartage" agitation, was held at Beatson's Hotel, to-day. The chair was occupied by Mr. M'Carthy, the Mayor, ...
Article : 86 wordsThe schooner Annie has arrived at Cooktown, and reports that matters are in a very disturbed state in Eastern New Guinea. The schooner was driven away from Leocadie group by the natives, and the mission ...
Article : 108 wordsAt a meeting held at the Court-house last night, the Mayor presiding, the action of the Executive in the cases of the youths sentenced to death for rape was unanimously condemned, and a petition was ...
Article : 66 wordsSir,—In one of your recent isues I notice a proposal made by a correspondent to the Postmaster-General that to protect postmasters from dishonest persons who pretend to have posted letters containing money that the postmaster ...
Article : 812 wordsA very large and influential meeting, numbering 250 persons, was held at the Court-house to-day for the purpose of urging upon the Government the institution of a trial survey for a railway line from Goulburn ...
Article : 77 wordsThe Wagga, steamer, started this morning with a heavy cargo of merchandise from Sydney and local storekeepers for Hay, via Narrandera. Mr. Barbour, M.L.A., the owner, intends placing the Platypus in the ...
Article : 61 wordsThe services of the paid staff of the Volunteer Force, including the Brigade Major and Infantry Adjutant, will be dispensed with at the close of the carrent financial year. This will be the saving of £1000 per ...
Article : 92 wordsThe Minister for Works addressed his constituents at Castlemaine to-night, but his speech contained nothing of significance. He referred, at the outset, to the numerous charges made against the Government, ...
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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Fri 23 May 1879, Page 5
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