It is announced that the British ana French Governments have finally declined to interfere in the administration of Egyptian affairs but the British Consul-General has presented ...
Article : 167 wordsThe racing to-day was successful. There was a fair attendance, and the weather was splendid. FLYING HANDICAP.—Olivia 1, Orphan 2. Blackthorn came in first with the race in hand, but was disqualified for ...
Article : 105 wordsThe piece de resistance at the Theatre Royal on Saturday night was "Engaged," which has run so well duing the last week. It is evident that this comedy is taking a firm hold on the public taste, judging by the attendances, which ...
Article : 110 wordsFive years ago, when the Legislative Assembly of Victoria was engaged in the consideration of the land question, a proposition was made and discussed with vigour for ...
Article : 4,006 wordsMrs. G B. Lowis made her last appearance at the Voctoria Theatre on Saturday night, when she had a benefit and was favoured with a liberal patronage. This lady has been popular since she appeared here as Jane Shore, and ...
Article : 738 wordsThe races were continued and brought to a conclusion to-day. CONSOLATION STAKES.—Thane 1, Lady Ellen 2, Kingstone 3. Five started. ...
Article : 55 wordsTHE CHAMPION STAKES of 25 sovs each, 10 ft, with 1000 added. For three years old and upwards Weight for age. The second horse to receive 200 sovs., and the third 100 sovs. out of the stake. Three miles. ...
Article : 354 wordsIntelligence from the Cape to the 19th May, announces that Cetewayo has made fresh proposals for peace, but the negotiations failed in consequence of the refusal of the ...
Article : 54 wordsA new trial has been granted in the Bagot will case. ...
Article : 19 wordsThe English mail via San Francisco, which left Sydney April 24, was delivered to-day. ...
Article : 22 wordsA pigeon match took place to-day between Dr Grigson and Mr. George Bunt for a trophy. The latter won by one bird. There was a large number of people on the ground, and considerable interest was ...
Article : 50 wordsWALLAROO v. BURWOOD.—A match between the first fifteens of these clubs took place at Burwood on Saturday afternoon, and after a good contest resulted in a victory for the Wallaroos by one goal to nothing. Play did not ...
Article : 117 words1730 ounces of silver were obtained in eight days from the Golden Age claim, Boorook. All the claims opened show good silver. ...
Article : 24 wordsIT would appear form our cabie news, that the British now begin to feel themselves masters of the situation in Zululand. Cetewayo has made fresh proposals for peace, but the Butish refused to treat ...
Article : 2,194 wordsA man named Pickard, a labourer engaged at the new Court-house building, fell to-day from the dome, a distance of between 30 and 40 feet, while descending by means of a rope which came undone and precipitated ...
Article : 114 wordsA boat race for £50 a-side, between Sullivan and Sydney Edwards, the former a Sydney, and the latter a Victorian puller, was rowed over the champion course en Saturday afternoon, and though the public interest in the event was ...
Article : 198 wordsA matinte, as well as an evening entertainment, was given at the School of Arts, on saturday, both of which were well attended Among the children present in the afternoon, were the deaf mutes of the Deaf and Dumb ...
Article : 163 wordsThe announcement that the Executive Council had decided that the law should take its course in regard to the blackfellow lying under sentence of death for rape, and the statements of Sir John Robertson and Sir ...
Article : 150 wordsOn Saturday afternoon the employes of the Government Printing Office held a very successful regatta at Mossman's Bay. The use of Cremorne Grounds was kindly placed at the disposal of the committee by Mr. Milson, and ...
Article : 365 wordsAt the Queen's Theatre on Saturday night, a new sensational drama, entitled "A Broken Life," was played to a tolerably good house. The principal character, that of Eustache Baudin, was taken by Mr. H. E. Walton, who ...
Article : 85 wordsOn Saturday evening, Madame Cora and Company appeared in the Guild Hall in the first of a series of entertainments ot magic, music, "second sight," and ropetying. Unfortunately, owing to the counter attractions ...
Article : 542 wordsThe latest crushing at "West and party's Homeward Bound claim, Yalwal, gave 110 ounces from 100 tons of stone. ...
Article : 20 wordsYesterday afternoon, a large gathering—variously estimated at from four to ten thousand persons—assembled in the Outer Domain to further consider the question of the three prisoners under sentence of death. The meeting was held ...
Article : 403 wordsA tender has been accepted for the erection of a new grammar school at "Victoria Park, Brisbane, at a cost of £13,000. The building is to be finished in twelve months, and will be of brick on a stone foundation, ...
Article : 75 wordsMajor Smith, Minister for Education, in opening a new school at Broomfield Gully, near Creswisk, said, that all teachers who had not received certificates would be dismissed, and a new system of classification for ...
Article : 187 wordsA chief of some celebrity, named Tui Cakau, died while H.M.S. Cormorant was at Fiji in April, and he was buried with much pomp and solemnity. For some time he had been a source of considerable anxiety to the British ...
Article : 619 wordsSir,—On August 7, 1878, I read before the Royal Society a paper upon the storms which visit the coast of New South Wales, and I should like to draw the attention of sailors to some of the conclusions arrived at. There will of course be ...
Article : 505 wordsSir,—The recent sad case of the pool girl Christina Ogilvie has not only shown the great necessity which exists in this populous city for a fever hospital, but also that great risks are at present incurred by the public on account ...
Article : 306 wordsMiss Dargon had a most enthusiastie reception at the Theatre Royal last night in "Queen Mary." There was a fine house for the first night, and it is sure to fill during her engagement. ...
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Advertising : 255 wordsThe concert given at the Exhibition Building, Prince Alfred Park, on Saturday night, was remarkable as introducing to the Sydney public a contest of comet players, the effect of which was to prove our possession of an ...
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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Mon 9 Jun 1879, Page 5
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