Mme. Amy Sherwin returned here from Tasmania by the Oonah late on Wednesday night, after successfully sustaining a continuous tour of Australasia which has lasted nine months. So much stress is ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 262 wordsCustom-house—Entered outwards: September 1, Rockton, s., 1971 tons, Captain W.J. Simpson, for Burketown, via ports: Indianapolis, s., 2465 tons, Captain W. Anderson, for Adelaide; Wollowra, s., 2524 tons, Captain W. ...
Article : 798 wordsPony and galloway races will be held at Rosebery Park to-day, the first event starting at 2.35 p.m. Omnibus and tram services will as usual run to and from the course. ...
Article : 521 wordsThe annual meeting of the Rockdale Swimming Club was held at the Town Hall, Rockdale, on Monday evening. Mr. Charles Bull occupied the chair. At the early part of the meeting Mr. Bull referred ...
Article : 318 wordsMr. Charles Bethune and Mr. Henry Stacll gave a student's concert at the Y.M.C.A. Hall last night, and the knowledge that good work would be forthcomming served to attract a large and fashionable ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 210 wordsConsiderable interest is being manifested in the proposal to convert the Exhibition Building at Prince Alfred Park into a municipal natatorium. The matter is being taken up enthusiastically by ...
Article : 99 wordsThe second annual meeting of the Glebe Musical Society was held in the Glebe Town Hall on Monday evening last. The chair was occupied by the Hon. Jas. A. Hogue, Minister for Education ...
Article : 260 wordsBy advertisement elsewhere it will be seen that swcopstake shooting (open to all comers) will take place at the club's ground, Lord's-road, Botany, this afternoon. ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 140 wordsSir,—Referring to the article in your issue of today concluding, " Much as we desire to see the manufacturing industries thrive, and as we are glad to say they are thriving, the general public have other ...
Article : 1,561 wordsThere was a much larger attendance at the Town Hall last night than was generally anticipated in the face of the showery weather which prevailed, and the fact may be reasonably attributed to the interest ...
Article : 520 wordsA meeting of the committee of the A.J.C. was held yesterday afternoon. W. Mooney was allowed to amend the nomination of Checkmate, an error having been made in regard to the age of the gelding. ...
Article : 890 wordsThe R.M.S. Australia, hence August 13, arrived at Colombo August 31, homeward. The R.M.S. Duke of Buckingham, for Brisbane, left Port Said August 30. ...
Article : 34 wordsA concert and dramatic peformance, under the patronage of the Mayor of Petersham (Alderman Percy Hordern), was given last night, in the Petersham Town Hall, in aid of the funds of the Glebe ...
Article : 144 wordsThe French mail steamer Armand Behie yesterday returned from Noumea and berthed at the M.M. Company's Wharf. She left Noumea at 6 a.m. on August 29, and experienced fine weather, with S.E. winds, cloudy and ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 1,044 wordsThe Castle Rock, ship, left Thio August 23 for Ha[?] and Glasgow, with 3624 tons nickel ore. The Birksgate arrived at Noumea from Sydney August 24. ...
Article : 59 wordsThe annual meeting of the councillors was held on Tuesday night. The method of filling the various offices in Victoria is entirely different from the system adopted in this colony. Here all members of the ...
Article : 182 wordsThe barque Sidney, Captain Knutsen, from Table Bay, in ballast, left July 24 and had strong winds from S.W. to N.W., making the easting between 39 and 41·S. Came round Tasmania with head winds, and from there to port ...
Article : 62 wordsShowery weather was experienced for the Epsom Racing club meeting to-day, but the attendance was fair, and the racing was interesting. In the Welter Handicap Detonator slipped and fell, both ...
Article : 536 wordsThe unfavourable weather last night did not prevent a large attendance at Miss Gertrude Palmer's " at home," which was held in Messrs. Paling and Co.'s rooms, George-street. An excellent programme ...
Article : 83 wordsThe four-masted French barque Jacqueline, Captain L[?]onetti, from Dunkirk to Newcastle, in ballast, was towed into Watson's Bay last night by the tug Leveret. The tug picked the vessel up down the coast late in the ...
Article : 89 words"Major" Marshall Taylor, the wonderful coloured rider who has been competing against the American cracks with so much success, is now acknowledged by the American press to be the ...
Article : 118 wordsOn July 21 Messrs. Scott and Co. launched at Greenock the steel screw steamer Shansi for the China Navigation Company, Limited. The dimensions of the new vessel are:—Length, 275ft.; breadth, 38ft.; and depth moulded, ...
Article : 81 words" Dorothy " will be performed for the last time at Her Majesty's Theatre to-night, as " The Mikado " is announced for to-morrow. At the Lyceum Theatre " A Lion's Heart " will ...
Article : 56 wordsMaritime experts, official and otherwise, who have investigated a number of recent shipping disasters declare that the inability to close the bulkhead doors is responsible for much loss of property, and incidentally, of course, life, ...
Article : 298 wordsThe ordinary monthly meeting of the society was held at the Linnean Hall, Ithaca-road, Elizabeth Bay, on Wednesday evening. Mr. E. G. W. Palmer presided. The following papers were read:—"Contributions to a Knowledge ...
Article : 406 words"The Game of Bicycle Polo," by B. J. Mecredy, of the "Irish Cyclist," Dublin, comes to us from the Dunlop Pneumatic Tire Company, Limited. The rules are the result of eight years' experience, ...
Article : 187 wordsAt the Town Hall on Wednesday afternoon the Mayoress (Mrs. M. Harris), who was accompanied by Miss Harris and Mrs. J. T. Thompson, received a number of those interested in the recent ...
Article : 312 wordsA further extension to the works of the Dartford firm of Messrs. J. and E. Hall, Limited, has lately been made. An idea of the extent of the freezing machine business done is afforded in the following:—Since the enlargement of their ...
Article : 368 wordsThe following entries have been received for the principal events in connection with the show race meeting to be held on the 16th instant:- Hurdle Race.—Au[?]tin, Chancellor, Masher, Inveigh, ...
Article : 75 wordsThe cycling races on the Jubilee Oval and the eight hours gathering to-day attracted between 15,000 and l8,000 spectators. Intercolonial talent was strongly represented, and splendid racing was ...
Article : 386 wordsThe adjourned meeting of second and third junior clubs was held last night at the Temporance Hall. There was a large rep[?]sentation of clubs, and the chair was occupied by Mr. C. M'Coy. Entries were ...
Article : 140 wordsMr. Walter J. Ste[?]t gave his fifth annual concert at the Opera House on Wednesday night, when about two score performers joined in Vernet's "Martaneaux" overture for banjos, guitars, and ...
Article : 376 wordsThe handsome filly Daandine, full sister to Boscobel and Waterloo, was sold to-day for 73 guineas. ...
Article : 21 wordsThe forty—eighth anniversary of St. Bartholomew's Anglican Church, Pyrmont, was celebrated on Wednesday evening by a parochial social gathering in the school hall, there being a ...
Article : 176 wordsA simple form of life-saving appliance, by which the rescuer goes to the help of the drowning person instead of leaving him to reach a lifebuoy as best he can, has recently been patented by Mr. Orr, whose sea service runs over ...
Article : 228 wordsThe South Australian Jockey Club Spring Meeting was opened at Morphetville to-day. The weather was glorious, and the attendance eminently satisfactory, while the racing proved interesting. In the ...
Article : 1,531 wordsA meeting of the University Cricket Club was held at the Oxford Hotel on Wednesday evening. The meeting was called for the purpose of considering the position of the club with regard to next season's ...
Article : 103 wordsThe Junior season will be opened on Saturday, and the following is the result of drawing for the first round. The matches will be placed on the wickets of the first-mentioned clubs: ...
Article : 140 wordsThe traffic in the Kaiser Wilhelm canal is shown by the published returns to be steadily increasing. The returns for the twelvemonth ending March 31 last show that the total number of ships traversing the canal and paying dues ...
Article : 221 wordsThe links of the Royal Sydney Golf Club at Bondi will be occupied to-morrow by medal play. The links have recently undergone top-dressing. On the Waverley links the Australian Golf Club ...
Article : 49 wordsA special musical service in commemoration of the fifty-second anniversary of the consecration of St. John the Baptist's Church, Ashfield, was held on Wednesday night. After a choral evensong by ...
Article : 110 wordsA meeting of the above club was held on Wednesday evening at the clubrooms, Saunder's Albion Hotel. The Commodore (Mr. A. Muston) occupied the chair. Letters were read from the following ...
Article : 198 wordsThe name of C. B. Fry is to be added to the list of those who have scored a century in each innings in a first-class match. He compiled 108 and 123 not out for Sussex v. Middlesex on July 25 and 27. ...
Article : 990 wordsThe native-owned schooner Edith, whilst on[?] trip to Tuticorin, from Colombo on August 2, picked up five men off the Ceylon coast, clinging to some spars. It was [?] tained that they were put crew of a native d[?]oney bound ...
Article : 110 wordsIt was unfortunate that the rain should have somewhat diminished the attendance at the Y.M.C.A. Hall on Wednesday night, as the fourth recital of Mme. Charbonnet-Kellermann's series proved ...
Article : 279 wordsIn the Novice Tournament last night T. Rowan (receives 120) beat G. Barnett (receives 125) by 21. First-class Tournament: J. Morris (receives 45) beat Spot (scratch) by 3. The heats for to-night are: ...
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Article : 25 wordsA good number of enthusiasts in dingy-sailing met at Saunders's Albion Hotel last night for the purpose of forming a new club, which is to be known as the Port Jackson Dingy Club. Mr. H. H[?]rding ...
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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Fri 2 Sep 1898, Page 6
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