A long and animated discussion has taken place in the House of Commons upon the Army Discipline Bill. The Government, yielding to the determined opposition to their ...
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Article : 31 wordsIn the House of Commons to-night a motion for an address to the Crown, proposing a Royal Commission to inquire into the causes of the agricultural distress existing in the ...
Article : 49 wordsThe Board of Trade returns show that the exports for the past month amounted to £14,500,000, showing an increase of £500,000 as compared with the same period last year. ...
Article : 36 wordsSir Arthur Gordon, Governor of Fiji and High Commissioner of Polynesia, has sailed on the return voyage to his post. ...
Article : 26 wordsReports are current here that the New Zealand Government will shortly place a new loan on the London market. ...
Article : 26 wordsCaptain Carey, who accompanied the Prince Imperial when killed, is to be court-martialled. The body of the Prince Imperial left ...
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Article : 32 wordsAt J. H. Munro's sale to-day of suburban farms belonging to Messrs. Barnes and Smith, there was a large attendance present, and for the lots sold the biddings were animated. Lots 1 and 2, of 31 and 32 acres, sold ...
Article : 162 wordsGovernment are being petitioned to construct a breakwater at the bar, and erect a lighthouse on the outer head. It is officially notified that a dredge is to be sent to ...
Article : 79 wordsThe new protective tariff introduced by Prince Bismarck will come into operation on the 1st October next. BERLIN, JULY 8. ...
Article : 40 wordsThe Daily News publishes a telegram from the Cape to the 6th June, detailing Cetewayo's peace proposals, aud stating that the British authorities at the Cape have offered an ...
Article : 364 wordsTo-day's Express says the Richmond River is a district studiously pushed out into the cold and denied assistance in getting her produce cither outwards or inland; and though the coming Quarter Sessions and ...
Article : 215 wordsIn consequence of an adverse vote of the Chamber of Deputies, tantamount to a vote of want of confidence, the Ministry lately formed by Signor Depretis has resigned. ...
Article : 37 wordsA crowded meeting was held on Saturday to protest against the dismissal of the master of the Public school. The Council of Education will be asked to reconsider their decision. ...
Article : 35 wordsThe Government have issued a Blue Book containing the diplomatic correspondence on the Egyptian crisis. The despatches show that the British and French Governments ...
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Article : 65 wordsGermany's proposals for a reduction on the telegraphic rates for messages connected with the Sydney and Melbourne International Exhibitions, were submitted to the International ...
Article : 58 wordsThere was a torchlight procession through the towns last night and twenty-one shots were fired from the time gun, in recognition of the Assembly passing the Estimate for the Mudgee Railway. At the conclusion of ...
Article : 102 wordsAn adjourned meeting with reference to the opening of the railway to Ironbarks was held last night. There was a good attendance, the Major being in the chair. It was moved by Alderman Booth, and ...
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Article : 340 wordsNotwithstanding the vigorous efforts made by the Government for the suppression of the Nihilists and Secret Societies, the revolutionary party continues to issue a ...
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Article : 38 wordsThe Oddfellows' anniversary took place yesterday, and over 200 persons marched round the town in uniform, with a band playing. The dinner in the Town Hall was largely attended. A ball took place ...
Article : 165 wordsThe Australian mails, via San Francisco, were delivered to-day. ...
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Article : 70 wordsThe steamship Northumberland arrived at Suez to-day, from Melbourne. ...
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The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser (NSW : 1871 - 1912), Sat 19 Jul 1879, Page 102
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