The consideration in committee by the Legislative Assembly of the Conciliation and Arbitration Bill was continued until half-past 3 o'clock this morning A considerable amount of discussion followed the ...
Article : 250 wordsEarly yesterday evening a tragedy occurred at Petersham. Two women, Mrs. Margaret Mdler, aged 60, and her granddaughter Binud Dutt, 21, were shot with a revolver, and Stuart Briggs, 24, ...
Article : 1,020 wordsThe four-masted schooner Olga arrived from Sydney to-day to load a cargo of coal from the East Greta Colliery for Honolulu; the ship Andreta put in an appearance from Melbourne to load Wallsend ...
Article : 200 wordsThe Customs returns show that the value of imports for November was £1,829,960, as compared with £1,673,526 for November last year, and the exports £2,006,820, as compared with £1,623,035 ...
Article : 392 wordsSir William Harcourt, M.P., has written a letter to Mr. John Morley, M.P., couched in dignified terms, in which he announces that he has resigned the leadership of ...
Article : 211 wordsMajor Esterhazy has offered to give evidence in the Dreyfus case on condition that he is given a safe conduct. He states that he wishes to defend the ...
Article : 136 wordsThe Legislative Council last night, having passed the third reading of the Customs Duties Bill and the Metropolitan Water (Camden) Bill, proceeded to the consideration of the Probate and ...
Article : 1,617 wordsIn the Legislative Council yesterday the Customs Duties Bill was read the third time. A protracted Debate took place on the motion for the second reading of the Probate and Succession ...
Article : 7,435 wordsA small outbreak of fire occurred at the Merewether Mechanics' Institute this morning, but the flames were extinguished before any serious damage was done. The fire originated in a galvanised ...
Article : 150 wordsThe report of Mr. Justice Owen, who was appointed a Royal Commissioner to inquire into the truth of certain allegations concerning the conduct of Mr. J.H. Young Minister for Works, during the recent ...
Article : 1,164 wordsA Reuter's telegram states that the foreign admirals will quit Crete on the 26th instant. The admirals declare that the amnesty ...
Article : 50 wordsThe monthly meeting of the general committee of management of the Newcastle and Northumberland Benevolent Society was held at the board-room, Parry-street, this afternoon. The president (Mr. ...
Article : 130 wordsSpain has agreed to code to the United States the island of Guam, one of the Ladrones. ...
Article : 29 wordsA communication has been received from the New South Wales Department of Agriculture on the subject of the recent prohibition against the import of Queensland meat into New South ...
Article : 133 wordsThe Waratah council has accepted a loan of £9000 in connection with the municipal gas system. The loan is for a period of 10 years at 5 per cent., and a procuration fee of 1 per cent. has been paid. ...
Article : 330 wordsAt the request of Ras Mangascia, the rebel Abyssinian chief, Italy has consented to mediate with King Menelik, with a view of inducing the king to accept ...
Article : 37 wordsThe value of the corn and oat crops in America for 1898 is 83,000,000dol. greater than that of 1897. The prosperous condition of the ...
Article : 41 wordsAt the close of a lecture by M. de Rougemont at Brighton last night, Mr. A. Ogden, J.P., of Sydney, who was among the audience, rose and gave details ...
Article : 61 wordsW. J. White, the cyclist, to-day lowered the Queensland 100 miles road record by 22 minutes, doing the distance (paced) in 7 hours 22 minutes. ...
Article : 29 wordsAt the weekly sales by auction of Australasian tallow to-day 1175 casks were offered, of which 875 casks were sold. Mutton, fine, realised 23s 3d; mutton, ...
Article : 47 wordsThe North Shore native regatta and aquatic carnival in connection with the Auckland Exhibition promises to be a great success, and is exciting much interest. The committee to-day received a ...
Article : 135 wordsNumbers of well-known foreign anarchists, fearing the result of the conference now being held in Rome for the suppression of anarchists, have fled ...
Article : 39 wordsThe Christmas entertainment in connection with the Newcastle Collegiate School was successfully held in the Masonic Hall to-night Lioutenant-Colonel Ranclaud, commandant of the northern ...
Article : 512 wordsIn the Supreme Court to day Charles Rose was granted a degree nisi for the dissolution of his marriage with Eliza Rose. In the Criminal Court David Duncan, for ...
Article : 111 wordsThe British Government has bought land adjoining the Firth of Forth Bridge for the purpose of erecting fortifications. Strong fortifications at present exist on the ...
Article : 43 wordsIn the Legislative Council Mr. Russell's motion for a convention to arrange intercolonial reciprocity was read and discharged. The Legitimation Bill was road the third time. The Loan Bill was further ...
Article : 323 wordsThe report of the Inspector-General of the Insane Mr. E. Sinclair) for the year ending December 31, 1897, has been presented to Parliament. The number of insane persons under official cognisance ...
Article : 590 wordsIt is expected that the diflicultv existing between the Coal-lumpers' Union and Collier Owners and Stevedores' Association will be settled to-day The latter body has conceded the main point at ...
Article : 824 wordsOwing to the spread of the plogue in Madagascar, the Governor-General, General Gallieni, has dismissed thousands of navvies who were engaged in ...
Article : 33 wordsIt is estimated that it will cost 115,000,000dol. (about £23,000,000) to construct the Nicaragua Canal. A bill has been introduced into the ...
Article : 57 wordsLate this afternoon a disastrous fire occurred in Paton-street, South Broken Hill, whereby seven shops and dwellings, with their contents, were completely destroyed. The fir originated in a ...
Article : 170 wordsA peculiar disturbance occurred in the harbour yesterday on board tho ship Republic, which put in here some time ago owing to the crew having refused, when at sea, to proceed. The ...
Article : 543 wordsThe ashes of Christopher Columbus have been transferred from their resting place in Havana to a cruiser in Havana harbour bound for Spain. ...
Article : 30 wordsThe Assembly sat continuously from 3.30 p.m. on Tuesday until 10.40 p.m. to-night. The Elections Bill was got through committee by tea hour. The Weights and Measures Bill was ...
Article : 86 wordsThe New Zealand Crown Mines crushed 2875 tons of ore for a return of the value of £5632. The New Realand Talisman treated 882 tons for a return valued at £4041. ...
Article : 396 wordsThe English Local Government Board in its annual report just issued states that the circumstance that one-third of the children escape vaccination is preparing ...
Article : 49 wordsAt a meeting of the committee of the Bathurst branch of the Federal Association held to-night a resolution was carried expressing satisfaction at the proposed amendments having been dealt with by the ...
Article : 125 wordsThe Maitland Quarter Sessions were concluded to-day before Judge Murray Michael Lewis Tierney's case, in which the accused was charged with cattle stealing resulted in the jury, who were locked up all ...
Article : 185 wordsA special meeting of the New South Wales Amateur Sports Club was held on Tuesday night at the club's room. Mr. L. D. Phillips occupied the chair, and there was a fair attendanee of members. The ...
Article : 264 wordsThe sixth series of wool sales closed to-day. Prices were firm, and were the highest of the series. Dec. 14. ...
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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Thu 15 Dec 1898, Page 7
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