Articles from page 5: Previous page Next page

  1. Please wait. Loading browse data... loading
  2. TRAGEDY AT BARRABA.

    BARRABA, Wednesday.--The local branch of the Commercial Banking Company of Sydney was entered about 1 o'clock to-day by two armed robbers. The bank manager, ...

    Article : 449 words
  3. TRAGEDY AT NORTH MELBOURNE.

    MELBOURNE, Wednesday.--What appears to be a terrible murder has been enacted at North Melbourne. At an early hour this morning a Frenchman named Eugene Posset, ...

    Article : 538 words
  4. THE METROPOLITAN FIRE BRIGADE.

    Last night the members of the Metropolitan Fire Brigade gave a public demonstration of the value and efficiency of the two most recent additions to the plant at the ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 797 words
  5. OUR SPECIAL CABLES

    LONDON, Wednesday.--The House of Commons last night resumed the debate on the motion submitted by Sir G. Otto Trevelyan, a member of the Cabinet, ...

    Article : 102 words
  6. OUR SPECIAL CABLES

    LONDON, Tuesday Night.--A dinner was given to Sir Thomas M'Ilwraith to-night by a number of influential Queensland colonists. ...

    Article : 203 words
  7. NOTES OF THE DAY.

    One of the things not easily understood is the desire of anarchists to destroy dining-rooms and kill diners. They seem eternally hankering, in Paris especially, to rend limb ...

    Article : 1,429 words
  8. THE WARSHIPS.

    H.M.S. Royalist is expected to leave here on a cruise on Saturday next. She proceeds direct to Brisbane, and after a short stay there will leave for Ugi, Solomon Group. ...

    Article : 2,468 words
  9. THE TOWN OF BARRABA.

    Barraba is a thriving little township about 60 miles from Tamworth and 40 from Bingara. It has not risen into any great prominence, but the country surrounding it ...

    Article : 77 words
  10. THE KONOOWARRA AND TITANIA COLLISION.

    With a battered bow and 16 wet and weary men clinging to her slippery deck, the Italian ship Titania, which was in collision with the steamer Konoowarra, castanchor ...

    Article : 420 words
  11. EXPLOSION ON A GUNBOAT.

    LONDON, Tuesday Night.--News from Argentina states that a terrible explosion took place on the Government gunboat Cabillido, lying at Belin. ...

    Article : 41 words
  12. THE ROYAL MARRIAGE AT COBURG.

    LONDON, Wednesday.--Her Majesty Queen Victoria, the Prince of Wales, the Duke of Connaught, and a number of other royal and distinguished persons ...

    Article : 109 words
  13. THE GOVERNMENT OF SAMOA.

    LONDON, Wednesday.--The Vossische Zeitung, the Berlin semi-official newspaper, strongly urges the German Government to permit the Australian colonies to ...

    Article : 36 words
  14. SIR GEORGE GREY.

    LONDON, Tuesday Night.--The London Chamber of Commerce desired to entertain Sir George Grey at a dinner; but he declined on the ground of feeble health. ...

    Article : 32 words
  15. ANOTHER ACCOUNT.

    TAMWORTH, Wednesday.--With reference to the bank tragedy at Barraba, it has been gathered that Mr. M'Kay was at dinner with Mrs. M'Kay in the room adjoining the bank ...

    Article : 544 words
  16. EUROPEAN DISARMAMENT.

    LONDON, Wednesday, 1 p.m.--It is reported that the Czar of Russia has declined to enter into any disarmament agreement unless France and Germany ...

    Article : 41 words
  17. COLONIAL GOVERNORS.

    LONDON, Tuesday Night.--The Marquis of Ripon, Secretary of State for the Colonics, has introduced a bill into the House of Lords empowering the granting ...

    Article : 41 words
  18. STATEMENT BY THE COAST PILOT.

    Captain Krause, the well-known intercolonial pilot, was on board the Titania, he having been engaged by the captain of the ship to pilot the vessel along the coast. ...

    Article : 558 words
  19. NEW ZEALAND L. AND M. A. COMPANY.

    LONDON, Tuesday Night.--Mr. H. J. Bristow refuses to rejoin the board of directors of the Now Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company. ...

    Article : 44 words
  20. THE FRENCH PRESIDENCY.

    LONDON, Wednesday.--There are eight candidates for the French Presidency, the election for which takes place in December next. These include M. Francois ...

    Article : 55 words
  21. AMERICA AND CANADA.

    LONDON, Wednesday.--In the Canadian House of Commons yesterday Sir John S. D. Thompson, the Premier announced that the United States ...

    Article : 58 words
  22. THE MAIL CONTRACTS.

    LONDON, Wednesday, 1 p.m.--Mr. Robert Reid, Victorian Minister for Defence, regrets that the Imperial authorities have concluded their mail contract ...

    Article : 53 words
  23. VICTORIA.

    MR. PURVES ADDRESSES THE JURY. MELBOURNE, Wednesday.--The re-hearing of the railway libel action, Speight v. Syme, was resumed to-day. The reading of the ...

    Article : 217 words
  24. AMERICA AND ENGLAND.

    LONDON, Wednesday.--In the United States Senate yesterday, Senator Lodge submitted a motion for the imposition of retaliatory duties upon British and ...

    Article : 65 words
  25. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    LONDON, Wednesday, 1 p.m.--Mr. R. Threshie Reid, Q.C., liberal member for the Dumfries district, Scotland, succeeds Sir John Rigby, Q.C., as ...

    Article : 30 words
  26. THE COLONIAL IRON AND STEEL COMPANY.

    LONDON, Wednesday.--The promotion of the Colonial Iron and Steel Company, New South Wales, is being revived, and the scheme is receiving extensive ...

    Article : 31 words
  27. ENGLISH SPORTING.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 96 words
  28. AUSTRALIAN BUTTER.

    LONDON, Wednesday.--The shipment of Australian factory butter by the R.M.S. Cuzco realised 96s per cwt. ...

    Article : 19 words
  29. THE FEDERAL CONFERENCE IN CANADA.

    MELBOURNE, Wednesday.--The Government have decided, in view of the importance attached to the Canadian Conference, and to the fact that Queensland is sending ...

    Article : 121 words
  30. WHAT THE SYDNEY OFFICIALS SAY.

    Mr. T. B. Gaden, the chief inspector of the bank, was seen concerning the matter last night, and he said the authorities in Sydney had absolutely no information regarding the ...

    Article : 239 words
  31. INTERESTING COAL TESTS.

    MELBOURNE, Wednesday.--Tests of the relative value of the Coal Crock Proprietary's coal, Newcastle, and Southern coal were made at the Electric Lighting Works of the ...

    Article : 118 words
  32. WHAT THE KONOOWARRA MEN SAY.

    Arthur Bartley, the forecabin steward, and Leary, the fireman, who were brought on to Sydney by the Titania, have not a very clear idea as to what happened either to the ...

    Article : 320 words
  33. AMY ROBSART.

    LONDON, Tuesday Night.--Mr. Hall, a gentleman who recently purchased Cumnor Place, near Oxford, with a view of acquiring the prison of Amy Robsart, ...

    Article : 244 words
  34. THE ALLEGED FRAUDS ON A PARIS FIRM.

    MELBOURNE, Wednesday.--The case in which John Knox Macredy is charged with conspiring to defraud Messrs. Sheurer, Lauth, and Co., of Paris, of £10,000, was ...

    Article : 57 words
  35. TO-DAY'S EVENTS.

    Bush Missionary Society: Sale of Work, Y.M.C.A. hall, 3-10. Institute of Bankers : Lecture, Mr. R T. Nash "Banking Legislation and the Natural Limits of ...

    Article : 168 words
  36. THE TRIP OF THE MARINE BOARD.

    EDEN, Wednesday.--The steamer Bega, with the Marine Board--including Captains Maclean, Moodie, Jenkins, and O'Sullivan, wardens; Captain Lindeman (secretary), and ...

    Article : 112 words
  37. THE SPORTING LIBEL ACTION.

    MELBOURNE, Wednesday.--The jury in the turf libel action, Hayes v. the Australasian, after a deliberation extending over 19 hours, returned into court this morning with ...

    Article : 123 words
  38. THE GOVERNOR AND LADY DUFF IN THE NORTH.

    GRAFTON, Wednesday.--Lady Duff attended at a bazaar held in the town-hall today, and the Mayor (Mr. P. Norrie), on her behalf, formally opened it at noon. The ...

    Article : 113 words
  39. HOW THE GLAUCUS FOUND THE SHIP.

    The steamer Glaucus, after towing the crippled ship to the anchorage resumed [?] voyage for Newcastle, where she arrived [?] 2.15 p.m. yesterday. Captain P.W. [?] ...

    Article : 310 words
  40. THE MURDERED MAN.

    The murdered man, W. C. M'Kay, was about 40 years of age, and was a married man with a family. His wife and family lived on the bank premises, and must have ...

    Article : 176 words
  41. Advertising

    {No abstract available}

    Advertising : 20 words
×

Buy

Download

Please choose from the following download options:

Share

Share this item on:

Print

Print page as...

The National Library of Australia's Copies Direct service lets you purchase higher quality, larger sized photocopies or electronic copies of newspapers pages.

Scope
Format of download
as... PDF PDF

You need to login before you can save preferences.

$