When the matter had come prominently before the public the first man energetically to take the question up with a view to a practical remedy was Mr. Alexander Wilson. A ...
Article : 3,105 wordsBROKEN-HILL, Saturday. -- The water famine is becoming more serious every day. To add to the gravity of the situation, many of the wells in and around the town, from ...
Article : 984 wordsTENTERFIELD, Saturday.--At a meeting of the Farmers' Union this afternoon, a resolution was passed protesting against the action of the Stock and Protection Board in ...
Article : 68 wordsMELBOURNE, Saturday.--A dust-storm of unusual severity occurred to-day at about noon. It came on with startling suddenness and in a few moments the atmosphere was ...
Article : 118 wordsLONDON, Sunday.--A strike has been averted among the coal-miners in the Northumberland district, a satisfactory arrangement having been come to between ...
Article : 54 wordsLONDON, Sunday.--A collision occurred in the English Channel last night between the Orient steamer Oroya, homeward bound, and the Danish timber schooner ...
Article : 90 wordsTENTERFIELD, Saturday.--The Caledonian sports were continued last night under the electric light on the Show Ground, before a large attendance. The final in the Caledonian ...
Article : 91 wordsLONDON, Saturday Night.-- Peter Jackson, the Australian pugilist, is indignant at the refusal of F. P. Slavin to make a match with him. ...
Article : 65 wordsMELBOURNE, Sunday.--The steamer Arawatta, when leaving the wharf for Sydney yesterday afternoon, collided with the Queen's Bridge in swinging round. Several ...
Article : 76 wordsMACLEAN, Saturday.--A difficulty has arisen here in regard to the Richmond mail coach crossing the punt. It is a regulation that mail coaches cross free, but passengers ...
Article : 179 wordsLONDON, Friday Night.--Influenza is raging at Antwerp, where it has appeared in a severe form. An average of 60 deaths daily are caused by the epidemic. ...
Article : 86 wordsMELBOURNE, Sunday.--An extensive fire occurred on Saturday night in Johnston-street, Fitzroy, when Bull and Co.'s coach-building establishment and a large stock of ...
Article : 50 wordsALBURY, Sunday.--The bush fires which have caused such destruction on stations and farms between here and Wagga continued to burn in a north-easterly direction towards ...
Article : 205 wordsMELBOURNE, Sunday.--John and Reece Jenkins, brothers, while riding in a hack race at Lake Coorong, on Friday, collided. Recce was killed on the spot and John died ...
Article : 33 wordsMELBOURNE, Sunday.--The 14-year-old daughter of James Trebilcock, of Tawanga, was bitten on the leg on Thursday by a large brown snake. The father injected several ...
Article : 39 wordsWOLLONGONG, Saturday.--The band contest was continued and concluded to-day on the Agricultural Association Grounds. The day was fine and the attendance numbered ...
Article : 205 wordsLONDON, Friday Night.--King Humbert of Italy is laboring with a view to bring about the peace of Europe. He considers that the present situation ...
Article : 102 wordsMELBOURNE, Sunday.--The body of John Black, laborer, was found in the lake at Bendigo yesterday. There were blood stains on the ears and left eye. Deceased, who ...
Article : 96 wordsMELBOURNE, Sunday.--A communication has been received by the Postmaster-General from the Government of New South Wales in reply to a letter addressed by him having ...
Article : 141 wordsCROOKWELL, Saturday.--On account of the continued dry weather the grass is parched up and bush fires occur almost daily. A fire raged round Crookwell, at the ...
Article : 69 wordsGOSFORD, Saturday.-- The Government steamer Premier visited Brisbane Water today on the way from the Hawkesbury, having on board Mr. G. R. Dibbs (Premier), Mr. ...
Article : 61 wordsLONDON, Friday Night.--The Chilian Cabinet is endeavoring to settle the dispute with the Government of the United States arising out of the murder of ...
Article : 77 wordsMOLONG, Saturday.--A bush fire is still burning just outside the west boundary of the town. Attempts have been made during the last three days to check it, but they have ...
Article : 103 wordsA circular is to be sent out to-day to all civil servants in the colony with a view to the establishment of a public service association. The circular states:-- ...
Article : 650 wordsALBURY, Sunday.--Some confusion has been caused owing to the Railway Commissioners not having given effect to the announced changes in the running of some of ...
Article : 117 wordsLONDON, Sunday.-- The Mexican Government have offered $50,000 for the head of General Garza, the commander of the rebel faction, to whom a regiment of ...
Article : 48 wordsWAGGA, Sunday.--Several acres of grass on Willan's-hill was burnt off on Saturday. This is close to the town. A large number of men went out and checked the spread of ...
Article : 311 wordsGOULBURN, Saturday.--The following were the concluding contests in the Fire Brigades Demonstration:-- Ladder Race, four men.--Goulburn 41 1-5sec., 1; ...
Article : 767 wordsLONDON, Friday night. -- The Irish newspapers, referring to the explosion which occurred underneath the Privy Council Chamber in Dublin Castle on ...
Article : 54 wordsSydney was visited by a fierce "Southerly buster" on Saturday night, the natural sequence of a peculiarly close day. From early morning the heat was most oppressive ...
Article : 666 wordsLONDON, Sunday.--The Government of France are endeavoring to arrange commercial treaties with Sweden, Switzerland, Holland, Belgium, North America and ...
Article : 31 wordsLONDON, Friday Night.--Westgarth's Circular prophecies success for the New South Wales and Victorian treasury bills about to be negotiated on the London ...
Article : 33 wordsADELAIDE, Sunday.--Latest files of Mauritius papers received by the Oceanien to-day show that the smallpox epidemic at Port Louis has considerably increased. Up ...
Article : 256 wordsBROKEN-HILL, Sunday.--A meeting of the municipal council was held this morning to devise means for securing a better distribution of water, with a view to securing its ...
Article : 1,305 wordsLONDON, Sunday.--The Government of Portugal are revising the tariff of that country with a view to giving protection to their industries. ...
Article : 48 wordsThe results have been published of the Roman Catholic primary schools competition in the diocese of Sydney in connection with the prizes presented by Cardinal Moran ...
Article : 213 wordsLONDON, Friday Night.--Australian and New Zealand butter has dropped 4s per cwt in the London market. New South Wales factory butter by the ...
Article : 90 wordsLAUNCESTON, Sunday.--The total attendance at the exhibition to date has been 75,000. The Governors of Tasmania and ...
Article : 37 wordsLONDON, Saturday Night.--The new Spanish tariff has been gazetted and will come into operation in February. The tariff provides for minimum rates ...
Article : 44 wordsHOBART, Sunday.--The consolidated revenue receipts for the quarter shows a falling off of £8787 compared with the corresponding quarter of 1890. ...
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The Daily Telegraph (Sydney, NSW : 1883 - 1930), Mon 4 Jan 1892, Page 5
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