A largely attended public meeting was held last night, at the School of Arts, for the purpose of consideling the advisability of petitioning the Secretary of Public Works for the establishment of permanent ...
Article : 306 wordsThe Revenue returns for the quarter ending September 30 show receipts £1,167,423, as against £1,098,204 for the corresponding quarter of last year, or a net increase of £69,219. ...
Article : 121 wordsThe R. M. S. Tanjore left Galle on September 19, at 6 p.m., and had moderate trade winds to 23 south; from thence a high S.W. swell and light breezes, and from Cape ...
Article : 288 wordsIn the Legislative Assembly, yesterday, Questions were asked, according to notice, by Messrs. BEYERS, DANGAR, M'ELHONE, THOMPSON, J. DAVISS, and CAMERON. ...
Article : 4,633 wordsThe "Government Gazette" contains an approximate statement of the revenue for the quarter ending September 30, the total being £891,659; the principal items of which are Customs, £187,074; rents and ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 334 wordsAt a Circuit Court yesterday, the trial of He [?] Gillies for the murder of Raymond Laynrd was [?] ceeded with. The prisoner was defended by Sir George Innes, who, in his address to the j[?]ry, ...
Article : 239 wordsThe Parliament of the Dominion of Canada, was dissolved August 18th, and the new elections fixed for 17th September. A memorial to her Majesty the Queen has been ...
Article : 944 words£7080 were realised at the land sale on "Wednesday. A man named James Dalton, while suffering front. the horrors, on Tuesday, rushed into the river, and was drowned. The body has not yet been recovored. ...
Article : 49 wordsThe annual general meeting of the above association was held yesterday evening at Tattersalls Hotel, Mr. J. J. Calvert (vice-president) in the chair. A letter was read from the President of the Association (Mr. R. Driver) ...
Article : 1,319 wordsNo steamer is expected at Port Darwin, before the Atjeh, due there on the 12th instant. The dispute between the Harbour Trust and Wright, Orr, and Company, as to obtaining possession of certain ...
Article : 333 wordsRichard Allen, jun., 19 the only candidate out for the representation of Encounter Bay. His Excellency the Governor was present to-day at the Northern Agricultural Society's Show at Auburn. ...
Article : 48 wordsTEH Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamship Tanjore, with the English mails via Suez, arrived at [?]ing George's Sound, at 8 o'clock yesterday morning, [?]ur days in advance of contract time. She brings the ...
Article : 3,097 wordsSir,—Will you please correct your correspondent's report of the wreck of the above vessel? Our firm—Brodziak and Rodgers—were not the owners of the schooner, nor had they any interest in her otherwise ...
Article : 488 wordsMr. Reibey's motion of want of confidence in the Government respecting their taxation proposals was lost by one vote. The debate lasted all night. ...
Article : 28 wordsThe barque Phœnix, of Adelaide, arrived this evening from Pau, New Caledonia, partially dismasted, having lost on Sunday last her main and mizzen tonmasts and yards. Her figure head was wrenched off ...
Article : 54 wordsIt is reported this afternoon that a large and importent gold-field has been discovered near the Grampian Mountains, in the Ararat district. The conditions for the new mail service were laid on ...
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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Fri 4 Oct 1878, Page 5
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