The health committee of the City Councuil contiuned its inquiry yesterday into the allegations contained in the Town Clerk's report respecting aldermanic patronage, and the interference by certain aldermen on behalf ...
Article : 1,338 wordsBar silver is quoted to-day at 2s 2 11-16d per ounce standard—an advance ot 1-16d since yesterday. ...
Article : 22 wordsHis Excellency the Governor and Lady Rawson yesterday entertained the following guests at luncheon at Cranbrook:—His Grace the Archbishop of Sydney, Miss Snowdon Smith, Miss Saumarez ...
Article : 48 wordsThe "Standard," in commenting upon the emphatic denial given by the Duke of Devonshire, the Lord President of the Council, to a rumour published by the "Westminster ...
Article : 183 wordsConsular advices received from Pristina, near the Servian border, state that most of the Christian villages in the Dibra and Cricevo districts north-west and north of ...
Article : 174 wordsThe strikingly warm tone of the speeches of the Emperor Francis Joseph and King Edward at the banquet at Vienna on Monday, together with the honour of British ...
Article : 98 wordsComparatively little time was devoted to private members' business this afternoon in the Senate. There were three motions down for discussion, but only one was taken—that by Senator Neild in favour ...
Article : 318 wordsAfter our first edition went to press the House continued in committee dealing with the Lands Bill. Clause 14 provided for the suspension of payment ...
Article : 154 wordsHis Excellency Sir Harry H. Rawson, Lady Rawson, and Miss Rawson, accompanied by the Lord Mayor and Lady Mayoress of Sydney, also by Sir John See and Lady See, Mr. E. W. O'Sullivan ...
Article : 375 wordsRecently attention was called to the possibilities of economy in telephone management by the adoption of the automatic switchboard system. A report has been obtained from Mr. Jenvey, telegraph ...
Article : 109 wordsA luncheon was given yesterday at the British Embassy at Vienna in honour of King Edward. The Emperor Francis Joseph, in ...
Article : 62 wordsThe Railway Commissioners have issued a notice that for the carriage of Victorian coal a half-penny per ton a mile would be charged till further notice. Certain minimum charges ...
Article : 57 wordsMr. Reynolds, general manager of the Pacific Cable, arrived in Melbourne to-day to confer with the Prime Minister and the Postmaster-General on the subject of the cable. ...
Article : 29 wordsA meeting at West Birmingham (Mr. Chamberlain's constituency) has passed a resolution approving of the fiscal proposals of Mr. Chamberlain. The meeting urged the ...
Article : 42 wordsTurkish official advices are to the effect that 120 Bulgarians were killed at Klissura, in the province of Eregi, and that 30 others surrendered. The troops reoccupied the town ...
Article : 50 wordsThe announcement made by Sir E. Barton a few weeks ago that he would st[?]k to politics for a few years longer came as a surprise to a lareg number of his supporters, who recognise that he has ...
Article : 235 wordsKing Edward this morning visited the vault of the Austrian Imperial Family. His Majesty prayed before the sarcophagus of the Empress Elizabeth, and before that of the ...
Article : 36 wordsThe first thing done in the House of Representatives was to carry a motion that the House at its rising should adjourn until 3.30 to-morrow afternoon, an hear later than usual. This was to give ...
Article : 698 wordsA fire broke out at an early hour this morning in a tannery, at North Melbourne, occupied hy Mr. J. A. Vary. The buildings were constructed almost entirely of wood and ...
Article : 132 wordsLieutenant Boris Sarafoff, the chief leader of the Macedonian bands, is directing the operations of the revolutionaries near Salonika. ...
Article : 115 wordsThe officers of the Department of Mines and agriculture assembled in the Minister's room yesterday afternoon to witness tho presentation of an illuminated address to Mr. W. H. J. Slee, Chief ...
Article : 185 wordsA Russian company at Tientsin had chartered an American-owned but British-registered steamer, the Stanley Dollar, to take lumber to Yonghampho, in Korea. ...
Article : 60 wordsThe third race for the America Cup was to have been re-sailed to-day. At half-past 8 o'clock in the morning the wind off Sandy Hook was barely at the rate ...
Article : 92 wordsMessrs. R. Graham and Sons' tannery at Buninyong was destroyed by fire early yestarday morning. The tannery was well equipped with up-to-date appliances, and it is ...
Article : 81 wordsA further effort was made to-day by the Queensland members to induce the Postmaster-General to place a condition on the proposed English mail contract that Brisbane shall be a port of call. Sir Philip ...
Article : 75 wordsSanguinary conflicts between the Kurds and Nestorians have occurred near Tabriz, in the north-western part of Persia. It is reported that the Persian authorities supplied ...
Article : 119 wordsThe Treasury officials find that in the hurry of making up the August revenue returns yesterday an error crept into their figures. The total revenue for the month was given as ...
Article : 53 wordsIn pursuance of a decree of Mr. T. H. Tristram, K.C., Commissary of the Archdiocese of Canterbury, confirmed by the High Court, authorising extreme measures unless ...
Article : 138 wordsMr. J. C Williamson has received news that before leaving London Miss Ada Crossley had the singular houour of a Royal summons to Buckingham Palace, where she was received in private audience by her ...
Article : 708 wordsThe question of the notification to the Collectors of Customs of New South Wales and Queensland was issued to-day as follows:—"The restriction involving forfeiture of bounty does not apply to the ...
Article : 86 wordsThe Sublime Porte will shortly have 350,000 troops in Macedonia. ...
Article : 20 wordsThe annual meeting of the Transvaal Patriot Fund was held to-day. The report showed that during the year the total amount spent in relief was £526. A sum of £982 has ...
Article : 91 wordsInsurgents occupy the mountain pass of Chevgheli, commanding the Uskub railway. The Sublime Porte reports that ...
Article : 64 wordsIn the discussion on the Estimates in the Legislative Assembly to-day, Mr. Philp, referring to the collection of the federal rolls, stud the Queensland Government had done one good job for the Federal ...
Article : 123 wordsSeveral engineering firms at Belfast have notified their employees that wages will be reduced by 5 per cent. in October, owing to the keenness of foreign competition as regards ...
Article : 53 wordsMr. E. L. Maitland, chairman of the Broken Hill Relief Board, has received the following telegram from the Under-Secretary of Works, Sydney:—"In consequence of the rain the ...
Article : 164 wordsIt is hoped at St. Petersburg that the approaching cold season in the Balkans will interrupt the rebellion in Macedonia, and enable Count Lamsdo[?]ff, the Russian Foreign ...
Article : 70 wordsFive arrests have been made at Beyrout in connection with the attempted murder of Mr. William Magelssen, the United States Vice-consul. ...
Article : 27 wordsIt was reported a week ago that Samuel Parks, walking delegate of the Housesmiths and Bridgemen's Union of New York, had been convicted in that city of ...
Article : 103 wordsIn reply to Mr. M'Dowall's request for an inquiry into the recent allegations in connection with the Queensland electoral boundaries, Sir William Lyne said be preferred to defer his reply until he had ...
Article : 82 wordsThe Parliament of Cape Colony has been prorogued to September 15. The House of Assembly, and perhaps the Legislative Council, will be dissolved. ...
Article : 35 wordsM. Zinovieff, the Russian Ambassador, and Baron von Bieberstein, the German Ambassador at Constantinople, yesterday recommended the Sultan to show greater ...
Article : 98 wordsAt a meeting of the Albury branch of the Women's Political Education League the following resolution was carried unanimously,—"That this meeting protests against the action of the Federal ...
Article : 72 wordsSir Malcolm M'Eacharn has addressed a letter to the Victorian Employers' Federation again denying that in has attitude towards the Federal Arbitration Bill he has been false to his election pledges. Sir ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 506 wordsA floating exhibition of British manufactures starts on a tour of all the colonies early in 1904. Representatives of nearly 100 firms will accompany the ...
Article : 37 wordsMr. Austen Chamberlain, the Postmaster-General, in replying to a correspondent, writes that he is unable, in the event of penny postage being adopted on the outward route, ...
Article : 67 wordsA further meeting of the Bonus Commission was held to-day, Mr. Kingston in the chair. Charles Frederick Courtney, manager of the Sulphide Corporation Smelting Works, said that a bonus of £2 ...
Article : 542 wordsMr. F. E. M'Lean, M.P., speaking at a meeting at Dulwich Hill on Tuesday night, said that under the existing boundaries each woman in Dulwich Hill would only vote as one of 35,000, while in other ...
Article : 107 wordsIn the course of a reply to a letter sent by the secretary of the Trades Hall Council, Melbourne, protesting against the action of the Federal Government in excluding seamen and Federal and State employees and ...
Article : 610 wordsAt a meeting held last night at the I.O.O.F. Temple, to celebrate the anniversary of the birth of Mr. Henry George, an address on the work and aims of the great thinker and writer was delivered by Mr. T. H. ...
Article : 800 wordsThe Alaska Boundary Commission will open on Thursday in London, and the sittings will occupy two months. The statement of the British case fills eight volumes. ...
Article : 35 wordsThe tone of the French press is stronger and more outspoken than it has been in condemning the passive attitude of the Powers towards the Macedonian horrors. ...
Article : 32 wordsSir J. Ward, the Postmaster-General, will represent the colony at the postal conference at Rome in February. ...
Article : 24 wordsGeneral Petroff, the Bulgarian Premier, is conferring with Prince Ferdinand of Bul guria, who is for the present residing at Euxinagrad. ...
Article : 26 wordsWhilst traversing a level crossing on a railway at Weston-super-Mare a train came into collision with a waggonette containing excursionists. Two were killed and several ...
Article : 39 wordsAt Dannevirke, a boy named Albert Neilsen was shot dead accidentally with a fowling-piece by another boy, who did not know the gun was loaded. ...
Article : 29 wordsR. H. Spooner (Marlborough and Lancashire) has been invited by the Marylebone Club to complete the cricket team for Australia. The Lancashire amateur is a brilliant ...
Article : 88 wordsA portion of the Timaru breakwater has been carried away by heavy seas. The damage is estimated at £1000. ...
Article : 22 wordsIn view of the rise which has taken place in the price of sugar, consequent upon the abolition of foreign bounties, the confectioners at Glasgow have increased the price of ...
Article : 44 wordsThe steamer Konoowarra, from Sydney, is due at Brisbane to-day. The vessel is to load 100,000ft of timber for Sydney. The Konoowarra is expected to leave Brisbane on ...
Article : 88 wordsBefore the Arbitration Court, further evidence was given to-day on behalf of the miners. Henry Alexander said that the work was harder here than in Newcastle. He thought that if the ...
Article : 345 wordsThe ship Milton Park, bound for Fremantle, is supposed to have been lost, with all on boards. Fears for the safety of the Milton Park have been ...
Article : 183 wordsAt the tallow sales to-day 1123 casks were offered and 925 casks were sold. Prices realised were:—Mutton—fine 29s 3d, medium 27s 6d; beef—fine 31s, medium 27s 6d per cwt. ...
Article : 37 wordsIn the course of a report submitted to Parliament last night the Central Board of Health stated that in some factories and workrooms in Perth and Fremantle a sadly ...
Article : 98 wordsA case of smallpox was reported to-day, the patient being Michael Dougharty, 3[?], an unmarried man residing at 5[?] Margaret-street, next to the house occupied by the Brooks ...
Article : 65 wordsCorrespondence was laid on the table of the House of Rrepresentatives to-day by the Prime Minister on the matter of seamen's wages. It consisted of letters which had passed between himself and Mr. Guthri[?], ...
Article : 256 wordsHeavy rain has fallen on the north-east coast, and light rain has also been recorded on parts of the Downs. Following are the principal falls for the 24 hours ended 9 to-day:—North: Cardwell, 56 points; ...
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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Thu 3 Sep 1903, Page 7
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