It is understood that the Chinese residents of the colony are taking active steps in connection with contributing towards the Sir Henry Parkes Fund. Already a not inconsiderable sum of money has been collected, ...
Article : 102 wordsThe revenue of the colony for the four months ending October 31 was £2,262,464 as compared with £2,085,520 for the corresponding period of last year, showing an increase of £176,944. The revenue last ...
Article : 1,449 wordsH.M.S. Calliope, which has been expected for several days past, moored to the Nelson's buoy in Farm Core on Tuesday forenoon. She has come direct from Hongkong under steam alone, a distance of about 6000 miles, ...
Article : 114 wordsThe Premier (Sir Henry Parkes) received a large number of deputationson the 11th, his time being continuously occupied from 10 o'clock in the morning till half-past 2 in the afternoon. The Centennial Musical ...
Article : 263 wordsThe arbitration case of M'Shairy v. the Commissioner for Railways was brought before the Full Court on Wednesday, to obtain some decision as to the principle upon which the Prothonotary should tax the ...
Article : 131 wordsThe Williamstown crew, the first intercolonial crew which has come from the other colonies to row in Adelaide, arrived on the llth from Melbourne. The members of the crew were accorded a hearty reception this ...
Article : 111 wordsBy the conviction and sentence of three notorious criminals named Johnson, Jones, and Webb at the Darlinghurst Quarter Sessions last week, Sydney and suburbs are well rid of a gang who have for months ...
Article : 215 wordsOn Wednesday last week, just before the opening of the Mayoress's fete, a poor bat respectable old widow woman, with her little granddaughter, might have been seen eagerly scanning the gaily-decorated stalls. ...
Article : 127 wordsCobb's coach, while running from Normanton to Croydon with nine passengers, capsized four miles from Croydon, on the 11th. Two passengers were seriously injured. ...
Article : 389 wordsAn interesting case, bearing upon an alleged breach of the 28th section of the Constitution Act, was argued and decided in Banco on Monday. In December, last year, Win. G. Proctor, who was then a member of the ...
Article : 276 wordsOn the afternoon of the 11th, a meeting of fruitgrowers, convened by circular, was held at the Assembly Hall, George-street, Parramatta, for the purpose of considering the advisability of taking co-operative action ...
Article : 257 wordsFrom a report by the Immigration Agent which was laid on the table of the Legislative Assembly, it appears that the 8.8. Liguris, on her last trip, brought out as a balance of nominated immigrants a married ...
Article : 115 wordsA return was laid on the table of the Legislative Assembly on Wednesday, which gives come important information respecting the rabbit pest. It appears that from the commencement of the year 1883 until ...
Article : 166 wordsThere is considerable discontent in the volunteer force owing to the Assembly baring struck out the earn for the annual encampment, and also because the sum on the Estimates is not sufficient to pay permanently ...
Article : 108 wordsA deputation from the Trades and Labour Council waited on the Premier on Wednesday, on the subject of the Chinese, asking the Government to introduce a number of amendments ...
Article : 234 wordsThree men, working in a railway tunnel near Invercargill, bare been buried by a fall of earth. It is rumoured that Sir Julius Vogel will be appointed chairman of the local directorate of the ...
Article : 104 wordsA somewhat peculiar occurrence has been reported to the Parramatta police. According to the statement furnished to them, it appears that between 6 and 7 o'clock on the evening of the 11th, a Mr. Willis, residing ...
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The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser (NSW : 1871 - 1912), Sat 19 Nov 1887, Page 1080
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