LONDON, March ll.—Mr. Louis Brennan, the inventor of the torpedo which has been adopted bythe Imperial Government, has agreed to give the whole or his scientific services to the Admiralty. ...
Article : 169 wordsLONDON, March 10.—The date for opening the Imperial Conference has been definitely fixed for April 4. On April 2 a grand banquet will be held in honor of the conference. This will take ...
Article : 204 wordsThus H. L. F. (Inverell): As very many agriculturists in this district are strong believers in the imposition of a tax on imported grain, they are apt to swallow without one grain of salt such ...
Article : 402 wordsLONDON, March 10.—General Buller the Special Commissioner in Ireland, declares that coercion in that country is virtually impossible. LONDON, March 14.—Great excitement has ...
Article : 73 wordsLONDON, March 10.—The navy estimates for the current financial year were presented to Parliament to-day by Lord George Hamilton, the First Lord of the Admiralty. They show a ...
Article : 187 wordsFollowing are the conditions of competition for a special prize of fifty guineas, in connection with the Adelaide Jubilee Exhibition, offered by Mr. P. B. Burgoyne, of London, for the best ...
Article : 654 wordsLONDON, March 13.—The week's operations in wheat have shown a subdued tone in the market, and a sl[?]ckening demand for almost all descriptions. Floating supplies have been considerably ...
Article : 169 wordsSubscribers (Goulburn) approves of the proposal made by a correspondent to the effect that a bill should be introduced into Parliament to compel all landowners to destroy noxious weeds. ...
Article : 124 wordsLONDON, March 10.—The health of the Duke of Devonshire is causing much anxiety; and the Duke is regarded as in a critical condition. [Sir William Cavendish, the seventh Duke of Devonshire, ...
Article : 182 wordsLONDON, March 12.—An exchange of courtesies has taken plae between the Russian and German Imperial Courts. Affairs are improving. ...
Article : 220 words"Economy" suggests that, in view of the great deficit existing, it would be wise not to hold the Easter Encampment this year. He thinks that it is a big and expensive picnic, and that the ...
Article : 136 wordsLONDON, March 10.—The Australian United Steam Navigation Co. has been registered, with a capital of £600,000. The board of directors includes, Messrs. Anthony Morris, Charles, Lees, ...
Article : 694 wordsThere is an interesting account in a French contemporary of the convict colony of SaintMartin de Re, which is under the direction of M. Solari, a philosopher whose long experience with ...
Article : 357 wordsLONDON, March 15.—The Czar and the Czarina and the Imperial family have taken up their residence at Gatshina. An unusually strong guard surrounds the palace. ...
Article : 334 wordsThomas Edison, the inventor, is dying in America from pulmonary disease. The cultivation of the tea plant is being rapidly prosecuted in the Trans-Caspian ...
Article : 151 wordsA Home Rule banquet was lately given to Michael Davitt, on his visit to Chicago with his Californian bride. Every item of the menn was carefully arranged to recall the struggle for Irish ...
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Australian Town and Country Journal (Sydney, NSW : 1870 - 1919), Sat 19 Mar 1887, Page 11
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