A meeting of the Hunter District Water Supply and Sewerage Board was held at the offices this morning. The president (Mr. W. J. Millner) occupied the chair. The revenue return showed that ...
Article : 218 wordsThe inquest on the body of John Molloy, who was killed by the disastrous explosion at Burwood colliery on Wednesday morning last, was resumed before the City Coroner and a jury of 12 at ...
Article : 1,368 wordsIn the Supreme Court yesterday Dennis O'Connor, police officer, recovered the penalty of £200 from Jones and Lawrence, lessees of the Old English Fayre, Fremantle, for giving a performance on ...
Article : 39 wordsA man named James Roberts, employed at Messrs. Hill, Clark, and Co's store, Pyrmont, was looking down the lift well yesterday, when the lift suddenly descended and struck him on the head. The Civil ...
Article : 68 wordsLord Kelvin, who may now be described as the grand old man of the scientific world, delivered ton days ago a lecture before the British Association the object of which, he stated, was to show ...
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Advertising : 483 wordsHeavy rain has fallen in the South Island. R will do immense good to the crops, which were suffering severely from the prolonged dronght. The Waihi mine last month yiclded £39,904 worth ...
Article : 68 wordsWe have received the following communication from Mr. H. C. Mitchell (secretary to the council of the Sydney Chamber of Commerce):—"The council notec with satisfaction that, according to the ...
Article : 152 wordsWhile a man named Henrich Illgener was mixing some paint on the German steamer Itzehoo yesterday, a quantity of chemicals exploded, with the result that Illgener was burnt severely about the body and arms. ...
Article : 49 wordsShortly before 12 o'clock last night a salesman named William Lawrence Gilks, living at Manly, was found lying in an unconscious condition on Circular Quay. On being removed to Sydney Hospital ...
Article : 76 wordsA meeting of carpenters and joiners who are on strike, for an increase in the rate of wages from 9s to 10s a day was held this afternoon. The members of the strike committee reported regarding the ...
Article : 546 wordsMr. R. A. Price, M.L.A., has received from Captain A. H. Chapman, late of the 2nd I.R., who is at present serving in South Africn, a letter from which the following extracts have been made:—"Ten ...
Article : 420 wordsA child named Alfred Anderson, aged 6 years, residing at Whalen's Hotel, Paddington, fell from a 'bus at Circular Quay yesterday. The child was picked up in an unconscions condition, and removed ...
Article : 58 wordsThe Centurion, ship, was despatched to-day for Portland, Oregon, with 608 tons of coal as ballast. In the inter-state trade the steamer Gabo, for Melbourne, left via Sydney with 500 tons coal, and the ...
Article : 67 wordsWhilst wheeling a truck in a goods' shed at Redfern railway station yesterday, a carter named Charles Brook, living in Little Walker-street, North Sydney, had his left leg broken by a falling case. ...
Article : 60 wordsAt the City Court to-day a prominent trades unionist named John Thomas Harrington, 49, described as a journalist, and recently secretary of the Newcastle Coal Trimmers' Union, was charged with ...
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Article : 70 wordsA child named Anita Marie Locchi, aged 13 months, died at Paddington last night from the effects of being severely bitten about the face and throat by a mastiff dog. ...
Article : 185 wordsLieutenant W. S. Rich, formerly of the New South Wales Rifles, and now of a company of the Cheshire Regiment incorporated with the 8th Mounted Infantry, and attached to Sir. William Rawlinson's ...
Article : 314 wordsGeneral sympathy is felt in this district at the death of Bishop Chalmers. Memorial services were held on Sunday at SS. John's and Andrew's, Tarago. The church was draped in black and violet, and the ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 510 wordsYesterday the committee of the Tailoresses' Union spent a considerable time in the consideration of numorous complaints from workers in various factories, and most of them were satisfactorily ...
Article : 673 wordsH.M.S. Sparrow arrived yesterday from a visit to the Solomon Islands. During her trip she landed a party of marines at an island upon which the natives were at war, the coast men having been invaded by ...
Article : 137 wordsArrivals.—Whakatane, s., from New Zealand; Australasian, s., from Sydney; Medie, s., from Sydney; Essen, s., from Sydney; Ocean and Madura. Departures.—Runie, s., for Sydney, via South Africa; ...
Article : 166 wordsSpecial services were held on Sunday in the Redfern Congregational Church to celebrate the anniversary of the Sunday-school in connection with that congregation. The interior of the church was ...
Article : 159 wordsThis steamer, of the German-Australian line, cleared at the Custom-house last night for Hamburg and Antwerp, via Melbourne. The Itzehoe's cargo is a large one, the principal lines being 12,355 bales wool, 5800 bags ore, 180 ...
Article : 51 wordsBy the death of the Duke of Leuchtenberg Russia (the "Pall Mall Gazette" writes) has lost one of her minor personages. There are several such in that country, and their existence and perpetuation form ...
Article : 907 wordsMessrs. Birt and Co., Limited, are in receipt of a cable advising the arrival of the steamer Surrey at Durban on Saturday last. ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 113 wordsThe general luxuriousness and beautiful equipment of American hospitals has become a proverb. But the children's ward of the homoeopathic hospital at Pittsburg, in Pennsylvania (the "Hospital" says), ...
Article : 613 wordsThe R.M.S. Sonoma went into Sutherland Dock yesterday. She will come out early this morning, and berth at Circular Quay. The steamer Afghanistan will be shifted this morning ...
Article : 76 wordsMessrs. Houlder Brothers have received the following Particulars of the launch of the above steamer:—The Drayton Grange, which was launched by Messrs. Workman, Clark, and Co., Limited, Belfast, is a steel ...
Article : 289 wordsA report from Dr. Tidswell, of the Health Department, was received yesterday by the Premier. It stated that Dr. Salter, the medical officer at the quarantine station, reported that the patient was ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 90 wordsThe "Shipping World" of the 9th ultime has the following:—Imperilled vessels: Clan Graham, s., fire extinguished, assisted from shore; Glenogle, ship, burnt out 1500 miles from Capetown; Hopedale, assisted off; ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 69 wordsThe first of the five submarine boats ordered by the British Admiralty from Messrs. Vickery, Sons, and Maxim was launched on the 2nd ultime from the Naval Construction Works at Barrow-in-Furness. This is the first ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 90 wordsThe recontly formed Sadlers and Harness-makers' Union held a meeting at the Trades Hall, last night. Mr. J. M'Masters presided. The secretary announced that the membership totalled 250. A code ...
Article : 79 wordsEnglish reports under London date the 11th ultimo note sales as under:— The steel steamer Workfield, 4400 tons gross, and to carry about 7000 tons deadweight, built by Messrs. Craig, ...
Article : 183 wordsThe General Oriental Society confirms the reports to the effect that Dr. Keldewey has succeeded in discovering Nebuchadnezzar's throne-room at Babylon. It is a gigantic building about 60ft. wide by 160ft. ...
Article : 273 wordsNewington College and its grounds were en fete last evening, when the annual open air concert and military display took place. The attendance numbered about 2000. The first portion of the evening's entertainment consisted ...
Article : 345 wordsRecognising the increased importance of scouting in naval warfare, the French naval authorities have decided to carry out a series of experiments to determine whether balloons may not be usefully ...
Article : 297 wordsThis council met on Tuesday, November 12. There were present the Mayor (Alderman E. C. V. Broughton, M.L.A.) Aldermen Pike, Upward, Robson, Mills, Stratford, Nixon, Miller, and the council clerk. Mr. T. Glassop. A cordial ...
Article : 322 wordsWriting with reference to the controlling influence of cricket, Mr. Joseph Coulter suggests that steps should be taken to get a strong federal association formed from the State associations to act in ...
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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Wed 20 Nov 1901, Page 10
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