An enquiry has been begun into the circumstances of the collision of the steamer Princess Alice, which was sunk. Eighty persons were saved. ...
Article : 1,888 wordsAustralian tin is worth £58 and Straits tin £58 per ton. Burra copper is quoted at £68 10s. and Wallaroo at £69 10s. per ton. ...
Article : 805 wordsIt was resolved at a great railway meeting yesterday to petition Parliament for a line as suggested by the Government through the Yanco country to Hay. ...
Article : 820 wordsThe Land Tax Bill has passed its second reading by 40 to 7. The schooner Kaiuma, with a cargo of cattle,, from Waiters to Auckland, has been lost. All ...
Article : 51 wordsH.M.S. wolverine brings the latest NewCaledonian news. A body of rebels, numbering 400, attacked the troops at Lifu, but were completely defeated, and 30 or 40, left dead and ...
Article : 127 wordsMr. Douglas, the Colonial Secretary of theStraits Settlements, has been promoted to be Colonial Secretary of Ceylon, and Mr. Cecil Smith, from Hongkong, has been appointed ...
Article : 141 wordsEdwards, the New Zealand pedestrian, has been unsuccessful in his attempt to walk 110 miles in 24 hours. He succeeded in walking 100 miles and between 200 and 300 yards. ...
Article : 859 wordsA large Dutch expeditionary force which advanced to the interior of the district captured only 22 Mukins, with a comparatively moderate loss. The men were chiefly wounded. ...
Article : 78 wordsA large petition has been sent to the House of Assembly and Legislative Council from here in favour of Nock's Act. The signatures numbered nearly 2,000. ...
Article : 476 wordsA sculling race for £100 aside in outriggers takes place on Saturday next between Messenger, of Melbourne, and Haycock, of Sydney, on the champion course, Parramatta River. Messenger ...
Article : 79 wordsPlenty of rain has fallen and the river is again rising. At Hay it is 11 feet and at Gundagai nine. ...
Article : 27 wordsThe Governor and Lady Ord are making a tour of the eastern districts, including a visit; to the New Norcia Aborigines Mission Station. The season is eminently favourable, and from ...
Article : 154 wordsArrived — Trafalgar, from Sydney May 4. LONDON, September 10. Arrived—Hudson, from Port Wake ...
Article : 169 wordsYesterday there was a fierce north wind, with, dust storms, and some roofs were blown off. Today soft rains are falling—a grand thing for the crops. ...
Article : 99 wordsThe Governor has received a telegram notifying the withdrawal of the Admiralty Marine Survey. No reason is assigned, but it is understood to be in consequence of "Black, ...
Article : 1,928 wordsH.M.S. wolverine has arrived from Noumea and brings intelligence that the Kanakas to the number of about 500 attacked a military fort at Lifu, which is defended by 25 soldiers under ...
Article : 169 wordsThe Estelle sailed for Mauritias: yesterday. The A.S.N. Company's steamer, from Hongkong September 6, is expected to call here. There was a smart rain last night. ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 123 wordsMiss Annie Firmin and Mr. John Jack have made a decided hit at the Theatre Royal in the comedy of "Our Boarding-House." Melbourne, September 7. ...
Article : 619 wordsThe Normamby, which arrived at Cooktown yesterday with the Torres Straits mails, was delayed by adverse winds' and a heavy head-sea She brings cargo and passengers from Sydney ...
Article : 243 wordsThe wool sales continue flat and the attendance of both home and foreign buyers has decreased. The prices ruling for scoured, particularly inferior and ...
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Adelaide Observer (SA : 1843 - 1904), Sat 14 Sep 1878, Page 4
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