Articles from page 5: Previous page Next page

  1. Please wait. Loading browse data... loading
  2. THE MAIL SERVICE.

    Sir Arthur Blyth, K.C.M.G., C.B., Agent-General for South Australia, is urging upon the P. & O. and Orient Companies that they should concede the ...

    Article : 71 words
  3. ADELAIDE AND LONDON TELEGRAPH.

    The new German Re hstag was opened to-day by the Emperor William of Germany. The speech in which His Majesty ...

    Article : 107 words
  4. COLONIAL PARLIAMENTS.

    The Assembly did nothing of importance to day. The principal discussion took place on a motion by Mr. Waddell for a grant to the people of Bourke to enable ...

    Article : 87 words
  5. H.M.S. EGERIA.

    Much attention is naturally being directed to the Court-martial now proceeding on board H.M.S. Opal in Sydney Harbour. It is not so much that ...

    Article : 8,003 words
  6. COLONIAL TELEGRAMS.

    The bearing of the charges against George Aiken, Adam Henry Wilkinson; and Francis Archibald Burkett of conspiring to defraud the creditors in the ...

    Article : 367 words
  7. AUSTRALIAN FEDERATION.

    Mr. J. Duncan, of Duncan & Fraser, is known to have made special study of the question of intercolonial free trade as it may affect South Australia. For that reason I ...

    Article : 3,319 words
  8. THERN TERRITORY.

    The crushings at the Union Mining Company's Battery, Union Reefs, for the month of April were 142 tons, yielding 268 oz. of gold. ...

    Article : 117 words
  9. THE DELAGOA BAY RAILWAY.

    After much negotiation between the Courts of Lisbon and London the Portuguese Government has agreed to submit the whole matter of the construction of the ...

    Article : 46 words
  10. MR. H. M. STANLEY.

    At yesterday's meeting of the Royal Geographical Society Mr. H. M. Stanley was present for the first time since his return from Africa. The gold medal of ...

    Article : 67 words
  11. THE DOLGELLY GOLD MINE.

    The Gold-mining Company formed by Mr. W. Pritchard Morgan, M.P., to work his gold discovery at Dolgelly, North Wales, has been reconstructed. Mr. ...

    Article : 55 words
  12. INTERCOLONIAL RAILWAY PASSENGER TRAFFIC.

    Boudoir passenger per express to Adelaide:—Hon. J. L. Parsons, M.P., Messrs. T. Baker, W. M. Oliver, Luxmoore, Grosse. Lipman, T. G. Magarey, and ...

    Article : 85 words
  13. THE PANAMA CANAL.

    The committee which was appointed to enquire into the present condition of the Panama Canal, and into the probable cost of its completion, has brought up its ...

    Article : 90 words
  14. BOXING.

    MacAuliffe has challenged Peter Jackson to box him for £1,000 a side. ...

    Article : 25 words
  15. OCEAN MAIL SERVICE.

    The steamer Yarra arrived at Marseilles on April 30, being two days in advance of contract time. The Bharion arrived at Plymouth on the ...

    Article : 44 words
  16. NEW SOUTH WALES.

    Regarding the proposed reduction of postal rates the Government have not yet been able to fully consider the cable received from the Agent-General on the ...

    Article : 137 words
  17. PROVINCIAL TELEGRAMS.

    The man who had to cease work on the pipe track between here and Warnertown owing to the want of a surveyor will resume work tomorrow, a surveyor having in the ...

    Article : 89 words
  18. BREADSTUFFS.

    Eight thousand quarters of New Zealand wheat, of April shipment, have been sold at 34s. 6d. per quarter. ...

    Article : 27 words
  19. THE GERMAN ARMY.

    The Government of Germany have asked the Imperial Reichstag lot an additional vote of 18,000,000 marks (£900,000) annually for the increase of ...

    Article : 39 words
  20. [RECEIVED May 6, 10.15 a.m.]

    The piano recital of Miss Elsie Hall, the young Australian musician, at the Steinway Hall, was a brilliant success. ...

    Article : 30 words
  21. THE LATE MR. THOMAS WILLIAMS.

    At the inquest to-day on the body of Mr. Thomas Williams, of the Ostrich Farm, a verdict of "found drowned" was returned. No evidence was adduced on show the state ...

    Article : 139 words
  22. QUEENSLAND.

    Heavy rains in the Rockhampton district have caused a washaway on the Central Line, but the damage done is not very serious. ...

    Article : 26 words
  23. [RECEIVED May 6, 7.15 p.m.]

    The new steamship Hygeia, built to the , order of Messrs. Huddart, Parker, and Co. for Australian trade, was launched yesterday from the docks at Yoker ...

    Article : 39 words
  24. TASMANIA.

    The Ophir Claim at Beaconsfield has struck gold at a death of 245 ft. with a drill. The stone is estimated to go 3 oz. to the ton. The Maxim Claim at Mount ...

    Article : 68 words
  25. EIGHT HOURS.

    The strike of the miners in Silesia for shorter hours of work has come to an end, owners having agreed to limit the hours of work to eight a day. ...

    Article : 44 words
  26. NEW ZEALAND HARBOUR LOANS.

    Quotations for New Zealand Harbour Board loans have generally declined in price, and the New Plymouth Harbour loan is now at £86. ...

    Article : 26 words
  27. THE LABOUR DIFFICULTIES QUEENSLAND.

    A meeting of the various maritime labour organizations was held last night for the purpose of considering the situation retarding the impending strike. ...

    Article : 556 words
  28. THE HON. E. WARD AT MAITLAND.

    The Hon. Ebenezer Ward addressed a large assemblage in the Institute last evening, thanking those who had supported and worked for him in the recent contest. He ...

    Article : 75 words
  29. THE RACEHORSE CHICAGO.

    The Australian racehorse Chicago, which arrived in England about ago months ago consigned to Mr. J. B. Savill, and has been trained with ...

    Article : 35 words
  30. THE STRIKE OF SAILORS.

    The Shaw, Savill, & Albion Company, Limited, has yielded to the demands of the sailors who have been on strike, viz., that they should not be required to work ...

    Article : 57 words
  31. CABLE NEWS.

    Affairs in Africa are now developing rapidly. It is believed that the British East African Company is fully cognizant of German plans, and by recent treaties with ...

    Article : 76 words
  32. THE TANNERS AND CURRIERS' STRIKE.

    The strike amongst the tanners and curriers at Hindmarsh has now entered upon its sixth week, and at present seems as far off settlement as on the day it began. Besides ...

    Article : 730 words
  33. THE SWEATING COMMITTEE.

    The Select Committee of the House of Lords on the question of "Sweating," of which the Earl of Dafferin is Chairman, has sent in his report. ...

    Article : 82 words
  34. THE DARLING FLOODS.

    The water is very slowly receding at the rate of about an inch a day. It is now at 41 ft. showing a total of 19¾ in. to date. Every inch increases the walking space in ...

    Article : 384 words
  35. THE EGERIA MUTINY.

    The Court martial in connection with the mutiny which recently occurred on board H.M.S. Egeria was continued to-day, when the case for the prosecution ...

    Article : 164 words
  36. ELECTIONS IN TASMANIA.

    The following is the result of voting at the elections to-day:—Buckingham election—Hon. P. O. Fysh (Premier), 238; Brown, 177. ...

    Article : 88 words
  37. Advertising

    {No abstract available}

    Advertising : 59 words
  38. Advertising

    {No abstract available}

    Advertising : 33 words
  39. Advertising

    {No abstract available}

    Advertising : 30 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.

$