YESTERDAY morning a deputation from the Chamber of Commerce waited upon the Hon. Saul Samuel, C.M.G., Postmaster-General, in reference to a duplication of our cable communication with Europe. The following were the ...
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Article : 4,116 wordsTHE House of Lords has voted for an amendment of the Burials Bill, which entitles Dissenters to choose the form of service. ...
Article : 46 wordsIN the Legislative Council, yesterday, The House resumed the debate on Mr. Docker's motion that the Customs' Regulation Bill be now read a second time. ...
Article : 8,542 wordsThe Duc Decazes, Minister for Foreign Affairs, in answering Gambetta's charge that the Ministry were suspected? of bringing on a bloody war, produced despatches showing that ...
Article : 62 wordsServia disclaims any intention of declaring her independence. ...
Article : 13 wordsThe two women, named Lizzie Ah Ping and Kate Mo Sing, who were recently before the Coroner's Court charged with the manslaughter of an aged woman, Mary M'Kenna, and wera discharged by that ...
Article : 52 words3400 acres of land were selected at the Forbe office to-day. The weather is fine. ...
Article : 20 wordsAt the inquest which was held yesterday on Enoch Bailey, a verdict of accidental death was recorded. The jury added a rider censtmng the Borough Council for not using sufficient precaution in removing ...
Article : 172 wordsA grand Masonic Ball took place to-night. The Governor was present. At a land sale at Dalby, 11,000 acres on the Cecil Plains run were purchased by the proprietor at the ...
Article : 49 wordsThe Harbour Trust is to give an engineer a salary of £600 a year, and the appointment is to be made next week. Sir W. Jervois, the Governor, and party return ...
Article : 187 wordsSAILED.—At 5.15, City of Melbourne (s.), for Sydney. ...
Article : 13 wordsThe S. A. Register published to-day a letter from [?] special correspondent at the seat of war in Europe. The first instalment of Martini-Henry rifles has arrived for the Volunteers, per Bangalore. ...
Article : 115 wordsThe abandoned vessel, Star of the Mersey, w[?] picked up last night, three miles from where it wa[?] said she had disappeared. She was towed into Wellington uninjured. ...
Article : 50 wordsSIR,—Many of your readers have noticed the action of paddle-wheels in narrow waters. As the vessel proceeds, the water is drawn from the shore for a considerable distance ahead, and returns with great force after the boat has ...
Article : 245 wordsSIR,—In your issue of the 15th instant, Mr. Mort again comes out on the above subject, and says "he is not opposed to the Glebe Island abattoirs." Granted. But he wishes to starve the employees, and compel me to buy my ...
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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Fri 22 Jun 1877, Page 5
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