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  2. FIRE AT THE ACADEMY OF MUSIC

    The Academy of Music appears predestined to ill-luck in the matter of fires. It is almost exactly a year since a disastrous conflagration occurred in this building, leaving ...

    Article : 534 words
  3. AN INTERVIEW "WITH MAJOR-GENERAL SCRATCHLEY.

    Major-General Scratchley, who is proceeding to New Guinea to assume the high commissionership of the protectorate formed over a portion of that island by the British Government, was a ...

    Article : 1,083 words
  4. MAJOR-GENERAL SCRATCHLEY[?] INSTRUCTIONS.

    The Governor has received from Earl Derby, Secretary of State for the Colonies, the following despatch relative to the establishment of the protectorate over the south-east coast of ...

    Article : 1,868 words
  5. NEWS BY THE MAIL.

    The professor of music chosen for your University is Mr. Joshua Ives, Mus. Bac. of Queen's College, Cambridge. Dr. Stainer and Professor McFarren, who assisted Sir A. ...

    Article : 4,421 words
  6. MR. POLLOCK'S STATEMENT.

    Mr. F. H. Pollock, the lessee of the Academy, said I left the Academy at about ten minutes to 11 on Friday night at the close of the performance, and did not return until ...

    Article : 186 words
  7. MB. S. SOLOMON

    (of Solomon & Castle, proprietors of the Academy of Music), who was not informed of the fire until it was all over, says:—We are insured for about £5,400, but it is scarcely ...

    Article : 71 words
  8. MR. C. A. CHALK

    (who sleeps in the adjoining premises of Messrs. Castle, McLean, & Co., clothiers and linendrapers) says—About a quarter to 5 [?] was awakened by the crackling of the fire, and ...

    Article : 195 words
  9. ME. C. FRAHM

    (whose cafe-restaurant is beneath the north[?] eastern part of the theatre) said—My place is deluged with water from the scene of the fire above. It comes through the ceiling as ...

    Article : 107 words
  10. THE NEW BUILDING

    Which has just undergone [?]such a fiery ordeal was designed by Messrs. Henderson and Marryat. The theatrical portion contained seating accommodation for an audience of ...

    Article : 557 words
  11. THE GASMAN,S STATEMENT.

    George Bennett, employed as gasman at the Academy, said—I left the premises at about 11.20 on Friday night, after carefully extinguishing the lights and turning the gas off [?] ...

    Article : 300 words
  12. NEW SOUTH WALES REVENUE RETURNS.

    A comparative statement of the New South Wales revenue receipts for the year 1883-1884 has been prepared. The total increase for the past year amounts to £866,285 10s. 6d., and ...

    Article : 253 words
  13. MR. J. H. ALDRIDGE

    (of the Globe Hotel, Rundle-street) states:— I heard a cry of fire in the street about a quarter to 5. I went outside at once in company with some friends, and saw smoke ...

    Article : 212 words
  14. QUEENSLAND REVENUE RETURNS.

    The revenue returns for the quarter and half-year ending December 31 have been published. The total revenue for the quarter was £588,016, and for the half-year £1,385,785, ...

    Article : 205 words
  15. ENGLISH COMMERCIAL NEWS.

    The present series of public Tool auctions progress with spirit. There is still a good attendance of buyers: the biddings are keen, but prices, as a rule, are without material change. The present series will ...

    Article : 1,025 words
  16. THE PROPERTY MAN

    (Mr. W. Baker), who resides at the Plough and Harrow Hotel, in Rundle-street, says that when he was called to the fire there was only some twenty people about, and the flames ...

    Article : 60 words
  17. THE OUTBREAK OF THE FIRE.

    The fire was first seen by Lance-corporal Mee, who was in charge of the Rundle-street beat from 10 o'clock on Friday night until 6 o'clock on Saturday morning. The ...

    Article : 315 words
  18. THE FIRST PERFORMANCE

    At the Academy of Music took place on June 2[?] 1879, when the Baker & Farron Company appeared in "Conrad and Lizette." From that date up to the time of the fire on January ...

    Article : 176 words
  19. SHIPWRECK IN NEW ZEALAND.

    The brig Annabel, bound from Sydney to Kohara with a load of timber, was totally wrecked on a shoal at South Spit, Kaipara. Captain McDonald and his crew were safely ...

    Article : 89 words
  20. WHERE ARE OUR "GREAT RESOURCES?"

    Sir—For many months past the columns of the press and the public mind have alike been filled with groans and lamentations over the badness of the times, over scarcity of employment, ...

    Article : 427 words
  21. COUNTRY TELEGRAMS.

    The weather yesterday was most oppressive, but towards evening a sudden change set in with a storm of dust, followed by heavy but short showers of rain, which will again delay ...

    Article : 83 words
  22. MR. H. ALBERS'S

    billiard saloon, which occupies the southern end of the ground-floor of the Academy, has escaped with apparently very slight damage. The firemen, with commendable forethought, ...

    Article : 87 words
  23. VERMIN DESTRUCTION.

    A representative meeting was held here on Saturday evening to consider the advisability of testing a case against the Government for repudiating the payment of vermin certificates ...

    Article : 150 words
  24. ACTION OF THE FIRE BRIGADE.

    It appears that the fire broke out a little before 5 o'clock, and information was received at the various fire-reel stations at about five minutes to 5 o'clock. No. 1 reel, which has ...

    Article : 384 words
  25. THE CHRISTMAS PANTOMIME.

    The Melbourne Dramatic Company played a number of popular dramas at the Academy for about a month before Christmas, and it was then decided by the management, ...

    Article : 702 words
  26. DREADFUL BOAT ACCIDENT.

    Mr. Richard Rodda, storekeeper, his son, 10. years of age, Mr. William Doughty, laborer, Mr. David Craig, lighthouse-keeper, and a stranger, whose name is supposed to be ...

    Article : 149 words
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