His Excellency the Governor presented the prizes won at the late meeting of the New South Wales Rifle Association in the International Exhibition grounds to-day. ...
Article : 620 wordsMr. Gladstone, as Rector of the University of Glasgow to-day delivered the usual address to the students. It proved a most brilliant oration; and was received ...
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Article : 197 wordsAffairs in Turkey are rapidly coming to a crisis. In Albania the authority of the Porte is entirely disregarded and bands of armed men are ravaging the ...
Article : 86 wordsTo describe what took place on the ground before the ascent on the 6th inst. would be a mere repetition of that which has already appeared in the newspapers. I will therefore ...
Article : 930 wordsTheebaw, king of Burmah, has since the departure of the British Resident from Mandalay attempted to resume amicable relations with the British. ...
Article : 52 wordsAlfred Hughes, a storekeeper, in Sturtstreet a brother of a former mayor of Norwood, has committed suicide by taking laudanum. ...
Article : 470 wordsPrices improve as the wool sales progress. To-day there were 6339 bakes catalogued. LONDON, 6th December 5,30. ...
Article : 68 wordsAn imposing ceremony took place to-day windsor when her Majesty the Queen decorated with the Victoria Cross a number of officers and soldiers who ...
Article : 78 wordsThe Australian tallow market is quiet Mutton of finest qualities fetches 39s. to 40s., and beef from 37s. to 38s. ...
Article : 40 wordsThe settlement of the Afghan difficulty has been under the consideration of the Imperial Government. No definite decision has yet been arrived at, ...
Article : 115 wordsThe corn market is firm at recent quotations. The price of new malt has opened at from 48s. to 64s. per quarter . o. b. ...
Article : 52 wordsThe tin market is heavy and unsettled with receding quotations prices being fro £89 to £90 per ton. LONDON, 5th December. ...
Article : 74 wordsThe English troops quartered in the village of Gundamuk, where the late peace was signed with Yakoob Khan and which is about thirty miles from ...
Article : 113 wordsJoseph Skelton, editor of the Times, charged with libelling Corporal George Montague, pleaded not guilty. A verdict of guilty was returned. He was fined £30 damages. ...
Article : 100 wordsArrived: Mary Low, barque, from Adelaide 3rd April, via Fremantle 19th April and Lacepede Islands. The East Croft ship for Sydney has ...
Article : 281 wordsForrest and party have arrived and were publicly received by the Government and municipality. His old exploring native, Jimmey pierre, died on their arrival at ...
Article : 124 wordsThe goldfield warden reports to the Department of Mines that 50 men are digging on the Woolgar river, which is a tributary of the Flinders river, and that the population on the ...
Article : 503 wordsThe attention of the German Government has been directed to the desirability of developing trade between the Empire and Samoa. The failure of the firm of ...
Article : 89 wordsThe Claud Hamilton, s., sailed to-day for Melbourne via Newcastle. BLUFF HARBOR, 8th December. The Arawata, s., arrived this morning from ...
Article : 94 wordsThe disturbed state of affairs in Ireland has excited the liveliest interest in America. Meetings have been held in the principal cities of the United States ...
Article : 71 wordsThe Colonial Treasurer, Mr. Watson, made his financial statement to-night. He announced that the receipts of the year are expected to fall short of the estimate to the ...
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Leader (Melbourne, Vic. : 1862 - 1918, 1935), Sat 13 Dec 1879, Page 19
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