The annual distribution of prizes in connection with St. Aloysius' College took place at the Palace Theatre on Friday. Monsiguor O'Brien, rector of St. John's College, presided, and there was a large ...
Article : 359 wordsBroken into detail and robbed of its solidity of setting—the insubstantial something which we term diplomatically the general effect—a big celebration ceremony often fails to satisfy. Preconceived ideas ...
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Advertising : 497 wordsA site in the Outer Domain has been definitely selected for the proposed coal arch, and Alderman Archibald Gardiner, C.E., will proceed to Sydney tomorrow to superintend its erection. About 120 tons ...
Article : 108 wordsGreat preparations are being made for the Commonwealth celebrations here. A monster procession of children will be held, and sports will take place, with a torchlight procession at night. Over £3 has ...
Article : 47 wordsThe Premier yesterday received a telegram stating that the 650 officers and men of the Victorian forces will leave Melbourne on Christmas eve, and arrive in Sydney the following day. This date has been ...
Article : 50 wordsWith reference to the Queensland troops who are to proceed to Sydney to take part in the federal celebrations, the infantry will be represented by three officers and 50 of other ranks, the mounted ...
Article : 95 wordsThe Premier, speaking to a "Herald" reporter last night, said that he thought that everything connected with the landing of Lord Hopeteoun passed off successfully. He was highly pleased with the ...
Article : 183 wordsThe presentation of prizes in connection with the Girls' High School took place on Friday. There was a large attendance. The Minister for Education, Mr. J. Perry, presided, and was accompanied by Mrs. ...
Article : 908 wordsAccording to the arrangements made by the military authorities, the troops and the New South Wales naval forces took up their positions at 11.15 a.m., lining the streets on both sides at intervals of about ...
Article : 517 wordsMost of the South Australians who have received invitations to the Commonwealth celebrations will proceed to Sydney. A special train is leaving here on December 27, reaching Sydney on Saturday ...
Article : 67 wordsAmongst these in and about the reception pavilion were the Premier (Sir Willam Lyne), the VicePresident of the Executive Council (Mr. F. B. Suttor), the Attorney-General (Mr. B. R. Wise, ...
Article : 431 wordsHis Excellency Admiral Pearson, under whose direction the naval man[?]uvres were carried out, and who personally formulated the scheme of operations, had charge of the movements from H.M.S. Porpoise. ...
Article : 78 wordsThe Premier, on being spoken to on Saturday as regards the suggestion that the Government of Victoria should erect a suitable arch in the streets of Sydney, in connection with the Commonwealth ...
Article : 164 wordsHis Excellency the Governor-General has received a large number of cables and telegrams. One is from the Secretary of State for the Colonies, the Right Hon. J. Chamberlain, and is as follows:—"Trust ...
Article : 480 wordsA herculean task has been imposed upon Mr. John Portus, general secretary of the Commonwealth celebrations, in arranging for the accommodation of the prominent public men and citizens ...
Article : 1,063 wordsThe [?]oces[?]on emerged from the Domain and entered Macquarie-street by the gates near Governor Bourke's statue. A large number of people had collected in this handsome thoroughfare at a ...
Article : 310 wordsThe Premier, Mr. Seddon, proposes to leave for Sydney on Saturday next to attend the Commonwealth celebrations. A peal was r[?]ng at St. Philip's, Church Hill, on ...
Article : 206 wordsThe annual prize distribution in connection with St. Paul's College, Burwood, took place last week. The Rev. H. Bryant, B.A., handed the prizes to the successful pupils, and referred to the satisfactory ...
Article : 248 wordsIt was not until Friday morning that the officers responsible for decorating the forest of poles erected in the streets in connection with the Commonwealth Day demonstration received instructions to make a ...
Article : 266 wordsAt exactly half-past 11 o'clock, the time fixed for the arrival, the pinnace in which his Excellency was accommodated was rowed up to the pontoon. Sir William Lyne (the Premier), who was in ...
Article : 394 wordsTurning out of Macquarie-street into King-street the heartiness of the city welcome was even more marked. The footpaths and every cross street and byeway were densely crowded with people. ...
Article : 203 wordsThe members of the Canterbury Half-squadron of Mounted Rifles, with the Enfield Cadet Lancers, pa[?]raded at Enfield yesterday, and headed by the Burwood Brass Band, under Mr. T. Miller, marched ...
Article : 238 wordsThere were (according to "Engineering") 3[?] resh labour disputes in Great Britain in the month of August, involving 9334 workpeople, of whom 6831 were directly and 2503 indirectly affected. The ...
Article : 332 wordsThe residents and tradespeople throughout the eastern suburbs shared in the general rejoicings in connection with the arrival of the Governor-General on Saturday. From early morning flags were to be ...
Article : 113 wordsThe local railway traffic on Saturday was not unusual, and was not greater than on an ordinary Saturday. The only apparent difference was the homeward rush which not in between 1 p.m. and 2 p.m. ...
Article : 263 wordsAs was the case with King-street, George-street and Martin-place were thronged with cheering crowds. The 7th Infantry Regiment lined Georgestreet and Martin-place on both sides and preserved ...
Article : 342 words"Breaking-up for the Christmas holidays" at St. Philip's parish school, Church-hill, took the form of a plesant concert given by the pupils in the classroom on Friday evening. There was a good ...
Article : 324 wordsOn Tuesday night last the monthly meeting of the board of management of the Y.M.C.A. was held, Mr. John Kent occupying the chair. Seven new members were elected to the association. Reports of the cricket ...
Article : 122 wordsPerhaps of no Governor of an Australian colony has there been so much biographical matter published in the press of th[?] budding nation as of Lord Hopetoun. During his term as Governor of Victoria from 1889 ...
Article : 1,387 wordsThe party then ascended to the pavilion. Here his Excellency was introduced to the leading officials and others. Sir Ma[?]thew Harris (Mayor of Sydney) presented ...
Article : 497 wordsSir,—I addressed you on this subject last October, hoping that other interested parties would take the subject up, and to-day I see an experienced business man advocates the speedy solution of this important ...
Article : 381 wordsThe control of the streets on Saturday during the procession was under the supervision of Superintendent Edwards, of the Traffic Department of Police. Throughout the arrangements proved very efficient, ...
Article : 141 wordsThe Hurstville Council met on Thursday, December [?] at the Council-chambers, Hurstville, while there were present:—Aldermen John Thompson, J.P. (Mayor), F. Brown, Fripp, Johnson, Hawke, Slater, Musgrove, and H. ...
Article : 260 wordsThe annual pupils' concert and distribution of prizes of Brighton College, Randwick, took place in the local Town Hall on Friday afternoon. The hall was prettily decorated for the occasion, and there was ...
Article : 318 wordsAt an early hour in the morning people began to take up positions in Bridge-street and its vicinity, and by noon many thousands of spectators had assembled. The scene presented a very animated spectacle, and ...
Article : 240 wordsAfter his journey across the world, his severe illness, and the pomp and state of Saturday's reception, Lord Hopetoun spent Saturday afternoon and Sunday quie[?]y. We have published interviews which our ...
Article : 616 wordsThe plan of the orchestral stage which is to be erected as a permanent structure in the outer Domain, near the Technological Museum, displays the adoption of a unique idea with the object of providing that ...
Article : 267 wordsThe grounds of Government House were closed to the [?]e, excepting a few friends of the household and others who had some vacation there. Among the latter the photographer was conspic[?]ous, ...
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Advertising : 98 wordsA h[?], [?] enthusiastic welcome having [?] [?] and [?] acknowledged, his Excellency entered his carriage. At once the Lancer[?] and ...
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Advertising : 92 wordsThe annual distribution of prizes in connection with the above school took place in the schoolroom on Thursday afternoon last. The room was filled with pupils and their parents and friends. The Rev. ...
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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Mon 17 Dec 1900, Page 8
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