The last chapter in the history of the remarkable Mount Rennie case, which has not ceased to occupy the attention of a large number of the people since the day upon which the crime was committed, was ...
Article : 1,181 wordsA criticism of Heine on Sterne may one day come to have a possible application to the wonderful mechanical inventions like the cinematographe. He says, "We have had a ...
Article : 1,313 wordsThe Government intends to construct the Nevertire-Warren railway by day labour. Quantities of material are daily arriving at Nevortire, and the work of construction will be started immediately. ...
Article : 55 wordsOn the arrival of the steamer Duke of Devonshire at Keppel Bay yesterday a fresh case of smallpox was reported. Dr. Voss, Government medical officer, wired to the Colonial Secretary's ...
Article : 170 wordsCaptain Sydenham Smith, R.A., has been appointed to the command of the New South Wales Artillery force. Captain Sydenham Smith is now doing duty at ...
Article : 96 wordsThe long spell of oppressive weather was broken this afternoon. Since last Saturday a hot wind has been blowing from the north. The beat during the day and night alike has been very ...
Article : 215 wordsThe Pall Mall Gazette states that the Government proposes to ask Parliament next session to increase the military vote by several millions. The money is to be ...
Article : 65 wordsThe policy of the Government in aiding and encouraging the export trade in colonial produce is favourably commented upon in this district, where dairying has advanced to a great degree of ...
Article : 126 wordsReports from Seoul, the capital of Cores, state that a number of officers of the Corean army have been arrested for [?]tting the seizure of the King, with the ...
Article : 73 wordsSeveral of the leading French newspapers are urging the cultivation of better relations with Great Britain. ...
Article : 27 wordsShearing was going along smoothly until Wednesday, when a strike occurred at Wallendibby. The owner called the roll and informed the men that the price was 18s per 100. The men refused to ...
Article : 63 wordsThe bill to amend the Companies Acts, initiated in committee yesterday by the Attorney-General, has as its object the enabling of a company to meet its creditors without having a petition laid ...
Article : 521 wordsLocally the close weather continues. Yesterday it was very trying, and last night in a temperature of but 72 the air was so full of moisture that people complained of the heat. Dust and heat were the ...
Article : 220 wordsThe annual report of the Audit Commissioners was laid on the table of the Legislative Assembly this afternoon. The statement of accounts given therein for the year 1895-6 bears ...
Article : 174 wordsIn connection with the Privy Council appeal, the Municipality of Gundagai v. Norton, the Cabinet has informed Gundagai that after considering the matter it has been decided to place on next year's ...
Article : 203 wordsIt is expected that Dr. Jameson will soon be released. Dr. H. Allingham, the eminent surgeon, visits Dr. Jameson at Holloway Prison daily. ...
Article : 29 wordsA Japanese man-of-war has been ordered to Manila in consequence of the serious position of affairs in the Philippine Islands, where the native rebellion is ...
Article : 35 wordsThe strike of dock and wharf labourers for an increase of wages, which commenced at Hamburg and Altona, has spread to Bremen. ...
Article : 31 wordsThe thermometer to-day registered 92 in the shade. Thunderclouds are hanging around, and it has been on the point of raining several times. BOURKE, Thursday. ...
Article : 678 wordsThe land board opened its first court at Wyalong yesterday, Mr. M'Donald presiding. Mr. Coonan, on behalf of the legal profession and the public welcomed the board and congratulated the new ...
Article : 83 wordsMr. J. C. F. Johnson, ex-Minister of Education in South Australia, has purchased Mr. Stuart's picture, "Golden Autumn," which he intends to present to ...
Article : 47 wordsSir John Forrest, the Premier of Western Australia, has forwarded to the Premier of Victoria a copy of the Federal Enabling Act passed by the Parliament of that colony. It provides that ...
Article : 184 wordsThe British Post Office authorities have invited tenders for the supply of 10,000 bicycles for the use of employees of the department. ...
Article : 32 wordsThe police and many residents were out all last night searching for a Victorian lady who was lost in the bush from Yellow Pinch between Pambula and Wolumla. She was discovered at d[?]ylight this ...
Article : 1,498 wordsThe Earl of Elgin, Viceroy and Governor-General of India, telegraphs to the home Government that following upon the recent rains the prospects of the crops ...
Article : 70 wordsAt the London wool sales this evening [?]re was a better sale, and the advance in prices was maintained. Nov. 26. ...
Article : 62 wordsA fatal accident is reported from Birgalong. Two men, named Young and M'Carthy, employed in the Dela Vineyard, were trimming a gasoline lamp, when it exploded. The burning ...
Article : 111 wordsMr. C. T. Ritchie, President of the Board of Trade, states that the result of the inquiry instituted by the Board of Trade into the question, of exports from ...
Article : 58 wordsMr. Harold C. Sleigh, of Melbourne. [?] given orders in Glasgow for the conduction on the Clyde of two steamers for the Western Australian trade. ...
Article : 62 wordsThe City Coroner had a busy time on Thursday holding inquiries concerning cases of sudden deaths. The first case revealed the identity of a man found dead the previous morning near the ...
Article : 247 wordsA report from Omeo states that the licensing poll in the Tongio Division resulted in favour of an increase in the number of hotels from 3 to 5. The statutory number of 153 votes was required ...
Article : 79 wordsThe Bellevue Proprietary, Western Australia, has been formed with a capital of £160,000, of which shares to the extent of £10,000 are to be issued for public ...
Article : 37 wordsThe report and balance-sheet of the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company shows that the earnings for the last year amounted to £195,193. There ...
Article : 111 wordsA telegram from Wycheproof states that during a violent storm this afternoon the Wesleyan parsonage was struck by lightning. Considerable damage was done to the walls and chimneys. The ...
Article : 56 wordsAt a meeting of the council of the Royal Geographical Society to-day resolutions were carried that a telegram of sympathy be sent to Mr. L. A. Wells, leader of the Calvert exploring ...
Article : 117 wordsA farmer named Robert Foote was killed by lightning at Kanava last evening during a heavy thunderstorm. He had occasion to pass through a wire fence. On grasping the wire with his ...
Article : 191 wordsHill, one of the Mount Rennie prisoners, was liberated from Trial Bay this morning. On being spoken to with reference to the recent charges made by the prisoners Hunter and Peaseley about the ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 212 wordsA fine bright day, the only fault of which was great warmth, favoured the second day of the snow. Many visitors came great distances. All the trains were well patronised. The general attendance was ...
Article : 407 wordsThe thoroughbred two-year-old racehorse Grafton, a brown colt by Galopin— Maid Marian, formerly the property of the late Baron de Hirsch, and now ...
Article : 55 wordsThe arrival of the Hon. A. Heron-Wilson, M.L.C., of Queensland, in Sydney the other day suggested the idea that he might be willing to give some information—at all events with regard to his ...
Article : 566 wordsThe following are the latest Block passings:—1300 fat sheep, from Binda station to Sydney, Boland Brothers owners; 3000 mixed sheep, from Warren to Goulburn, J. Chapman owner; 5000 sheep, from ...
Article : 342 wordsAt the Auckland Synod of the Wesleyan Methodist Church to day a motion was carried recommending the appointment of a professional actuary to investigate the position of the ...
Article : 52 wordsA sculling match for £500 has been [?]rranged between J. Barry, the Wandsworth sculler, and J. Gaudaur, of Canada, who lately defeated James Stanbury, of ...
Article : 142 wordsAlderman A. Walker (the Mayor of Paddington), accompanied by Aldermen G. Walker, J. Dillon, T. J. West, G. P. Jones, M. E. S. Whysall, and R. W. Usher, of the Paddington Municipal Council; Mr. ...
Article : 416 wordsThe financial sessions of the Wesleyan District Synod were continued this morning. The meeting sent cordial thanks to the Hon. Edmund and Mrs. Webb for their hospitality on the occasion of the ...
Article : 274 wordsThe Queensland National Bank Bill is a measure of six clauses only. In the interpretation clause the word "company" is made to mean "any company registered under the Companies Act and ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 148 wordsMr. Doolette, jun., of Adelaide, who is [?] a visit to England, has presented the Adelaide University Boat Club with an [?]ight-oar racing boat. ...
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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Fri 27 Nov 1896, Page 5
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