By the arrival of the Orient Co.'s s.s. Orizaba, we have English papers to the 23rd August. From our own files to that date we extract the more prominent items: ...
Article : 267 wordsThe death, through misadventure, is announced of Mr. C. A. Absolom, a well-known figure in the cricket world. He was a member of the Cambridge University eleven in 1866, 1867, 1868, and 1869. ...
Article : 479 wordsThe inquest on the body of James Hodson was resumed on Friday. James Sharp, overman, Johnson Brien, miner, and John Wrightson were examined. Evidence with regard to the finding of ...
Article : 927 wordsOn Friday, the Legislative Council held two sittings—one at mid-day, which had been fixed in the hope that the prorogation would take place at noon, and the other at the usual hour. ...
Article : 1,656 wordsA telegram from Paris, dated Aug 22, says:—M. de Laboulaye, the French Ambabsador at St. Petersburg, recently had a conversation there with the Turkish Envoy, Shakir Pasha, the substance ...
Article : 151 wordsThe Chicago members of the Clan-na-Gael have held an annual picnic in August for seveial years past, sending the proceeds to the funds raised in aid of Mr. Parnell. This year, the Cronin murder ...
Article : 252 wordsThe reception given to the German Emperor during his recent visit to Strasburg was marked by extraordinary enthusiasm. The Emperor witnessed a parode of the troops, and rode back to the ...
Article : 218 wordsA telegram from Sofia, dated Aug. 22, says:— Intelligence received here states that a boat loaded with arms has arrived at Belgrade. Other reports of military preparations in Servia, coupled with the ...
Article : 99 wordsAn island trading vessel, the Saucy Jack, of Sydney, returned from hor cruise last night, During the voyage one of the crew, a young fellow of 23 or 24 years of age, named John O'Brien, who ...
Article : 807 wordsA terrible case of murder has just been tried before the Limoges Assize court. It was that of a woman named Souhin, who made away with her five children. Want is supposed to have prompted ...
Article : 221 wordsThe Porte has issued a Circular Note to the Powers denying the allegations of the Greek Government to the effect that outrages upon Christians in Crete have been connived at by the Turkish ...
Article : 107 wordsA distressing scene was witnessed at Exmouth early on August 19, when a mother and three of her children lost their lives in a fire. The flames broke out in a shop forming the lower part of a ...
Article : 228 wordsThere seems to be no limit to the size, speed, and accommodation of the "greyhounds of the seas" (says the Home News). The latest development of these noble vessels, as represented by the Teutonic, ...
Article : 330 wordsThe general tone of this market is quiet. In colonial wool fine merino tops are, writes a Bradford correspondent, a fraction easier in price. Fine crossbred wools, being in limited supply, are ...
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The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser (NSW : 1843 - 1893), Tue 1 Oct 1889, Page 3
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