The following arrangements have been made for the election of a member of the Legislative Assembly for the electoral district of Wollombi in the place of Mr. Lyall Scott, resigned:—Place of nomination, ...
Article : 456 wordsThe Minister for Works has decided to reduce the rate for the carriage of iron upon the railway. At present the rate is regarded in connection with colonial manufactured iron as prohibitory. About two years ...
Article : 112 wordsJohn and Robert Lewis were committed for trial today on charges of robbery under arms and shooting with intent to kill G. H. Dare, manager of the National Bank at Albert Park. John Lewis ...
Article : 84 wordsSpecifications necessary for the invitation of tenders for the manufacture of locomotives required on the New South Wales Railways are now ready, and the Minister for Works intends to have tenders invited for ...
Article : 90 wordsThe treasurer's statement of revenue and expenditure for the year ended 30th June last was presented to Parliament to-day. The public debt has been reduced from £31,757,407 at the opening of the financial year ...
Article : 91 wordsAn arrest under rather unusual circumstances was effected on Monday afternoon, the person taken into custody being one of the passengers proceeding to England by the ship Orontes, which, on Saturday ...
Article : 211 wordsIt will be in the recollection of our readers that about 18 months or two years ago the Government, to give some encouragement to colonial industries, invited tenders for the manufacture in the colony of 150,000 ...
Article : 159 wordsOn Monday night earth tremors were felt at Rotorura. Shortly afterwards Tarawera threw up a dense volume of steam, which lasted for SO minutes. Wahanga Peak appeared most active. The springs at ...
Article : 56 wordsA few minutes before 3 o'clock on Tuesday morning severe shocks of earthquake occurred in various portions of the colony. It appears to have been the most serious event of the kind that has occurred in the colony since its ...
Article : 434 wordsA meeting of the Cabinet was held on Monday afternoon, and one of the subjects discussed was that of retrenchment in the public service. Several of the Ministers are taking steps towards reducing the ...
Article : 194 wordsIt is understood that steps are to be taken shortly to explore a somewhat recently-discovered series of magnificent limestone caves which are known to exist in the Bungendore district The natural curiosities ...
Article : 164 wordsThe threatened strike in the clothing trade has been averted for the present by Messrs. Beath, Schiess and Co. offering to submit to arbitration the question as to the dismissal of an employee, whose discharge was ...
Article : 126 wordsCaptain Schmolder, of the North German Lloyd's steamship Lubeck, reports that a few days before his vessel arrived in Tonga, the last of the refugees from Niaufoo reached that place in the Tongan Government ...
Article : 139 wordsIt will be remembered that at the time of the departure of the New South Wales Contingent for the Soudan, an impetus was given to the creation of the Patriotic Fund by a munificent contribution from the ...
Article : 195 wordsDuring the voyage of the British ship Gainsborough, from New York to Melbourne, a passenger named Ernest J. Nichols is alleged to have thrown his infant girl overboard. The child was lost, and Nichols has been ...
Article : 148 wordsA violent shock of earthquake was experienced here and throughout the district at about 3.30 this morning, lasting from fully 15 to 30 seconds. Every house in the town and neighbourhood was disturbed. The shock came from east ...
Article : 598 wordsAt the South Sydney Morgue on Saturday, the city coroner, Mr. H. Shiell, J.P., commenced an inquest touching the death of Frederick Berndt, merchant, whose decease took place in the Grand Hotel, ...
Article : 646 wordsThe revenue of the Northern Territory during October and November amounted to £6576, or £2337 more than for the previous two months. It is probable that the Minister's estimate of £80,000 for the year will ...
Article : 57 wordsThe Hon. F. M. Dailey, Q.C., M.L.C., has accepted the position of Chief Justice. The appointment was offered to the Right Hon. W. B. Dalley, P.C., Q.C., but that learned gentleman being unable on ...
Article : 80 wordsMr. Richard Riggall reports having discovered a new lake in Gippsland, about 100 miles from Sale. The lake is about a mile and a half long and half a mile wide, and is apparently from 500 to 1000 feet deep. ...
Article : 70 wordsIn the course of an interview between the Minister for Works and a deputation of Waratah residents the question of the New South Wales unemployed was brought up. The Minister for Mines, the ...
Article : 232 wordsIn the Legislative Assembly today Mr. Gillies surprised the House by announcing the intention of the Government to hold a Centennial Exhibition in Melbourne in 1888. The proposal was generally well ...
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The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser (NSW : 1871 - 1912), Sat 4 Dec 1886, Page 1168
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