The barque Highlands, lying at No. 1 buoy in the stream, is fiercely burning, and her total destruction is inevitable. The outbreak occurred at 12.35 a.m., and it is not yet known whether the crew is safe. Up ...
Article : 247 wordsIn the sculling match, which was rowed on the Thames to-day, between Town and Barry, the Australian won. ...
Article : 26 wordsThe weekly meeting of the Hunter District Water Supply and Sewerage Board was held at the offices, Newcastle, this morning. The president (Mr. H. D. Walsh) occupied the chair, and Messrs. ...
Article : 281 wordsRain fell steadily this afternoon. Reports from the country districts show that all parts of the colony have shared in the downpour, which is a most welcome one. ...
Article : 34 wordsReports from Athens state that the feeling of indignation at the severity of the terms of the treaty of peace between Turkey and Greece is calming down. ...
Article : 46 wordsLater reports from the north-western frontier of India state that the tribesmen in the Upper Swat Valley have submitted, and are surrendering their rifles ...
Article : 172 wordsThe forty-second anniversary of the opening of the railways of the colony was further celebrated yesterday by those employees who were unable to do so on the previous Monday. ...
Article : 8,358 wordsThe annual session of the Church of England Assembly commenced this evening in the Chapter House. In the annual address which the Bishop of Melbourne delivered, special reference was ...
Article : 194 wordsBar silver is quoted to-day at 2s 2[?]d per ounce standard, a fall of ¼d since last quotation. ...
Article : 23 wordsA R[?]uter's telegram from the Soudan states that the Khalifa has 35,000 troops under him at Omdurman, his headquarters, and that he is constructing entrenchments ...
Article : 57 wordsThe R.M.S. China, De Horn commander, arrived from Colombo at 2 p.m. The following are the passengers in the saloon:— For Albany: Mr. and Mrs. Gabbit and child, ...
Article : 224 wordsA detachment of water police, accompanied by the Newcastle representative of the "Sydney Morning Herald," has just returned from the scene of the fire. The damage, though extensive, is not, fortunately, ...
Article : 719 wordsThe fortnightly meeting of the City Council was held at the Town Hall to-night. The Mayor of Newcastle (Alderman Miller) presided, and there were also present Aldermen Sharp, ...
Article : 296 wordsDelight is expressed in society circles in Vienna at the spirit shown by Count Badeni, President and Minister for the Interior in the Cabinet, in the duel with ...
Article : 101 wordsA deputation, representing the Victorian millers, waited upon the Commissioner for Customs to-day, and submitted reasons why the present practice of gristing in bond should be ...
Article : 52 wordsThe British residents in Antwerp, Belgium, protest against the compulsory enrolment of members of the Civic Guard. ...
Article : 29 wordsThe theatrical dispute Terry v. Thornton came before Mr. Justice Holroyd to-day in the form of an application by the plaintiff that the defendant should be ordered to ...
Article : 250 wordsThe race for the 220 yards amateur championship was swum in the Corporation Baths at Nottingham yesterday. Percy Cavill and J. H. Hellings, of ...
Article : 68 wordsA man named George Fahey was brought to Wellington Hospital yesterday suffering from a broken jaw and a shattered palate, caused through an explosion of a dynamite cap while he was in one of ...
Article : 2,614 wordsA terrible accident is reported from Southern India. While a train on the Mysore State Railway was passing over a bridge crossing the River Shimsha, at ...
Article : 64 wordsIn connection with the proposed construction of a high-level tank reservoir, with a capacity of 20,000 gallons, at East Maitland Messrs. Carter, Gu[?]ow, and Co., of Sydney (patentees of the ...
Article : 134 wordsThe "Sportsman," in referring to the match for £100 a side between W. J. Barry, the English sculler, and George Towns, of the Hunter River, New South ...
Article : 74 wordsThe half-yearly meeting of the shareholders in the Hamilton aud Lambton Co-operatives Stores was held at Lambton on Saturday evening, and was well attended. The financial statement showed:— ...
Article : 159 wordsA terrible disaster has occurred in one of the sulphur mines in Sicily, 40 men having been killed by a fall of earth. ...
Article : 33 wordsSomething in the nature of a comedy—some people prefer to regard it in the light of a f[?]rce—was enacted at Lucknow to-day. What appeared to be a party of awagmen arrived early in the morning, ...
Article : 1,059 wordsLord Brassey, in the course of an interview, said he was satisfied that federation would be attended with many advantages. He regarded it as the best possible means of putting these great ...
Article : 214 wordsGreat Britain objects to Russia and Japan being represented at the conference with regard to the Behring Sea Seal Fisheries, on the ground that those ...
Article : 41 wordsIn consequence of the inability of the Premier to be in Hobart on Wednesday night in time to be present at the proposed banquet to him, the idea has been abandoned. ...
Article : 34 wordsA child named Elsi[?] Oldham, 6 years of age, residing at Kendall-street, Lambton, was severely burnt this afternoon, and succumbed to her injuries this evening. It appears that the deceased was playing ...
Article : 126 wordsThe operations of the diver, May, at the wreck of the Tasmania, have proved unsuccessful. He found about 30 tons of cargo blocking access to the mailroom. He also found it impossible to ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 238 wordsThe "Colog[?]e Gazette" states that it is the intention of the German Government to gradually reconstruct the navy by the appropriation of 60,000,000 marks ...
Article : 39 wordsA letter from Mr. Jesse Gregson, superintendent of the A. A. company was read at to-night's meeting of the City Council calling the attention of the authorities to the condition of the strip of ...
Article : 221 wordsThe new German ironclad Fuerst Bismarck was successfully launched at the dockyard at Kiel yesterday. After the launch Admiral Tirpitz, commander of the ...
Article : 57 wordsA fatal accident occurred in the Long Tunnel Reward claim, at Chart[?]rs Towers, on Saturday. Police-constable Richard Booth was in the level looking at the workings with a man named ...
Article : 61 wordsWe are now in the middle of what ought to be the busiest season of the year in these islands, yet there is hardly an indication that the place is even alive, and complaints of the badness of the ...
Article : 397 wordsRuthven shearing shed and woolroom were destroyed by fire early on Sunday morning. The woolroom contained 150 bales of wool and a woolpress. No clue as to the cause of the fire ...
Article : 93 wordsCattle are so scarce at Fort Salisbury, Mashonaland, owing to the ravages of the rinderpest that salted oxen, i.e., animals proof against the rinderpest, fetch £55 ...
Article : 33 wordsThe fortnightly meeting of the executive of the Northern branch of the Rugby Football Union was held in the hall of the Chamber of Commerce to-night. On the motion of Mr. S. L. Laing it was ...
Article : 141 wordsA telegram to the following effect was yesterday received at the office of the Inspector-General of Police from the Armidale superintendent of police:— "William White was on Saturday last found dead ...
Article : 240 wordsThe Attorney-General, Mr. J. H. Want, Q.C., returned to Sydney from his trip to Lord Howe Island yesterday. He had an interview with the Premier in the morning, and was in attendance at ...
Article : 551 wordsAn extraordinary scene took place in Christchurch yesterday evening. Mr. Worthington, who figured largely some time ago in connection with an institution in that city, ...
Article : 250 wordsThe Employers' Federation declares that its policy with regard to the demands of the engineers who are on strike is unaltered. ...
Article : 32 wordsA meeting of the committee of the Newcastle branch of the League of New South Wales Wheelmen was held at the rooms, Centennial Hotel, to-night. Arrangements were made for the carnival ...
Article : 67 wordsThe quantity of coal shipped at the Government cranes and wharfs for home, intercolonial, and foreign consumption during the week ended this morning totalled 55,193 tons, as compared with ...
Article : 78 wordsStrike pay amounting in all to £36,000 was distributed on Saturday amongst 24,500 engineers, 15,000 allied workers, 8500 non-unionists, and 11,000 labourers. ...
Article : 29 wordsThere is a rush here for Chaffers shares. The shaft has been sunk to a depth of 265ft. A crosscut was started at the 250ft. level, and when in 5ft. in a westerly direction the lode was cut. It has not been ...
Article : 311 wordsThe proposal to form a permanent joint committee, consisting of representatives of the colliery proprietors and miners, to periodically discuss matters connected with the coal industry has been received ...
Article : 266 wordsM. Anatole Leroy Beaulieu contributes an article to the Paris "Debats" upon the proposal that the Bank of England should hold one-fifth of its reserve in ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 131 wordsA shocking burning accident occurred at Athol Tree Flat on Saturday, when the infant son of Mr. George Johnston was burnt to death. About 7 a.m. the mother went to the milking-yard, leaving the ...
Article : 97 wordsThe excellent qualities of this brandy have been so fully recognised in the old country that not only has it been adopted for use in the Imperial Army, but is also stocked by the British House of ...
Article : 78 wordsis pure gold[?] Ogden's Cigarettes named after it mean what they say—una[?]rated and best value.— Advt. ...
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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Tue 28 Sep 1897, Page 5
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