At four o'clock on the morning of November 8th, 1875, an express train on the Lehigh Valley Railway, in America, was on the top of a mountain, eighteen miles above the city of ...
Article : 873 wordsMr. G. R. Burns, member for Townsville, has on the business paper of the Assembly for Friday next a motion,—"That in the opinion of this House territorial separation of the ...
Article : 1,590 wordsMr. M'DONALD asked the Colonial Treasurer: "1. Was the Chief Justice's department refurnished since the present Chief Justice took office; if so, what was the cost? 2. Has the ...
Article : 2,126 wordsMr. Curran, M P., has given notice in the House of Commons of his intention to ask a question regarding the intention of France as reported from Sydney, to annex the new ...
Article : 49 wordsIn the Legislative Assembly, Mr. Deakin presented a petition in favour of a tax on the unimproved value of land, signed by 6000 people. In committee of Ways and ...
Article : 667 wordsA letter signed "J. W. Fleming" appearing in to-day's papers warns emigrants to beware of Mr. Hume Black's enticement, and states that the Government of Queensland has rendered no ...
Article : 37 wordsThe Times, Pall Mall Gazette, and other newspapers, in reviewing the situation in Siam, demand that the French shall be prevented from proclaiming a protectorate over that ...
Article : 34 wordsThe following telegram from Hastings appears is the Melbourne Argus of Saturday last:—A fatal accident happened here to-day (Friday) at half-past 3 to a boy named Frank ...
Article : 223 wordsIn connection with the Vancouver mail service, which has been secured by Mr. Huddart, the Canadian authorities has stipulated that Keppel Bay (Rockhampton) shall be the ...
Article : 56 wordsIt is believed that the Parish Council's Bill, which was to have been introduced into the House of Commons, will be deferred till next year for consideration. ...
Article : 34 wordsFrance is now seeking to drive Siam into Overt action, in order to excuse the protectorate measures adopted. The Manchester Chamber of Commerce has ...
Article : 72 wordsShearing troubles have again occurred, on this occasion in the extreme south-western portion of the colony. It would appear from information received by the Commissioner of ...
Article : 192 wordsNews to hand states that the Germans stormed the stronghold of Sultan Mos[?] Kilimanjaro, on the west coast of Africa. After four hours severe fighting, the opposing ...
Article : 39 wordsThe prospectus of Leahy's Colonial Iron and Steel Works, with a capital of £200,000, will be issued in October next. It is proposed to issue shares to the amount of £100,000 only at ...
Article : 36 wordsThe shareholders in the Sunburnt Gold-Mining Company have sanctioned the re-construction scheme submitted by the directors. ...
Article : 22 wordsThe race to-day for the Championship Breeders' Foal Stakes resulted in Springray and Ury running a dead heat for first place, with Babylonia third. The stakes were ...
Article : 34 wordsIn the House of Commons, last evening, some of the members strongly objected to the appointment of the Duke of Connaught to the command of the Aldershot division. ...
Article : 76 wordsThe Australian cricketers commenced a match to-day against a team of sixteen Lancashire players, captained by Hornby, at Blackpool. No interest is being taken in the match as the ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 572 wordsThe Minister for Works, to-day, retrenched twenty-five officers in the Roads and Bridges Department. Sir. G. Dibb's bankruptcy case has been ...
Article : 94 wordsTHE New South Wales football team played their second match in Brisbane yesterday against a team of the Past Grammar School [?] the Exhibition Grounds, in t[?] ...
Article : 183 wordsONE of those terribly sudden fatalities caused by the careless use of fire-arms, which, unfortunately, are (says the Toowoomba Chronicle) of too frequent occurrence ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 227 wordsThe coal miners on strike at Holbrook, in Derbyshire, yesterday attacked and brutally ill-treated the men working there. The rioters also overpowered the police, who ...
Article : 106 wordsThe discussion on the bill to repeal the Sherman Silver Purchase Act was concluded in the United States House of Representatives to-day. Several amendments providing for ...
Article : 231 wordsAn enthusiastic meeting of ratepayers of the Purga Divisional Board was held on Tuesday night, in the New Chum Wesleyan Church, for the purpose of calling the Board's attention ...
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