A shocking fatality occurred at Solferino on Saturday. Two miners, named Ernest Gaffin and William Gerrard, were engaged in alluvial mining on the bank of Nuggettygar Creek, when a ...
Article : 97 wordsThe nineteenth annual meeting of the National Shipwreck Relief Society of New South Wales was held in the Town Hall last evening. As has always been the rule at these gatherings, there was a very ...
Article : 3,895 wordsOver the northern and north-western districts rain has again fallen. At Bourke a quarter of an inch fell, and north of that about the same quantity. During yesterday the rain was coastal, and by last ...
Article : 62 wordsM. Nelidoff, Russian Ambassador at Constantinople, who was lately summoned to St. Petersburg by the Czar, is paying a visit to the Emperor Francis Joseph, of ...
Article : 123 wordsAccording to arrangements, a joint inspection of the workings of the Stockton colliery took place to-day. It had been deemed advisable to have this investigation made as soon as possible, not ...
Article : 255 wordsThe Cubans assert that General Antonio Maceo, the insurgent leader, was murdered while conferring with the Marquis Ahumada, a Spanish official. ...
Article : 96 wordsA largely-attended deputation representing the principal Western Australian mining companies whose directorates are in Adelaide waited on the Hon. E. H. Wittenoom, Minister for Mines in ...
Article : 136 wordsSaturday's heat was 95[?] in the shade, and 13[?] in the sun. Yesterday the maximum temperature was 74. To-day it is dull, and rain is threatening. BLAYNEY, Monday. ...
Article : 961 wordsMessrs. Hughes and Edden, the labour members, on Saturday night delivered addresses from the balcony of the Eureka Theatre. They were cordially received by 500 persons. The speakers justified the ...
Article : 152 wordsThe Kalgoorlie Saw-milling Company has proved a success, and paid a dividend on the first half-yearly balance equal to 10 per cent. on the capital. ...
Article : 100 wordsThe German Reichstag is resisting a proposal made by the Government to increase the East Asiatic subsidy to the Nord-Deutscher Lloyd for its East Asiati[?] ...
Article : 41 wordsA meeting of the land board was held to-day in connection with the new appraisement of Mr. James Tyson's Maranoa leasehold, an area of 310,916 acres. Inspector F. P. Gordon estimated the area to carry ...
Article : 199 wordsAt 4 o'clock this afternoon a special meeting of the Stockton miners was held in the lodgeroom to receive the report of the miners' inspectors. The chair was taken by Mr. R. Ferguson. It appears ...
Article : 449 wordsSpeaking in the French Chamber of Deputies, M. Delcassé, ex-Minister for the Colonies, condemned the naval estimates as submitted by the Government. It ...
Article : 160 wordsMr. William Douglas Grimes, of the firm of Messrs. Grimes and Potty, died yesterday, aged 63. He arrived in Brisbane in 1849. A collection made in the city on Saturday by ...
Article : 147 wordsThe military conference assembled this morning at the office of the Sceretary for Education, but adjourned almost immediately till to-morrow morning, as the Western Australian and South ...
Article : 94 wordsThe following members of the Bathurst Half-Company have been finally selected to represent the corps in the New South Wales detachment to be sent to England next February:—Sergeant-major ...
Article : 160 wordsHarvest operations continue to occupy attention in the rural districts. The past week was favourable for the work of stripping and reaping, and a large breadth of crops has been secured in capital ...
Article : 248 wordsDetails of the Penghana fire received on Sunday night reveal a widespread destruction. The outbreak originated in the bush at the back of the Mount Lyell Company's converter buildings. The ...
Article : 266 wordsThe Foreign Ambassadors in Constantinople have demanded the recall within 48 hours of Said Eddin, the Turkish Envoy at Canea, in Cret[?], for thwarting ...
Article : 41 wordsHaymaking is in full swing, and owing to the crops ripening so quickly the farmers have had to start cutting their wheat. The harvest, which is expected to be above the average, is much earlier this ...
Article : 54 wordsMr. Williams then read the following letter handed to him by Mr. Humble to be read to the lodge meeting:—"To D. M'Auliffe, Esq., manager of the Stockton Colliery, 14th December, 1896. Sir,—After ...
Article : 452 wordsEighteen vessels loaded with coal at Wollongong last week, the shipments aggregating over 5000 tons. Yesterday the Hally Bayley sailed for Sydney with 160 tons of coal, the Heroine left with 100 tons for ...
Article : 87 wordsIn official circles at Washington it is not expected that any serious difficulty will occur with Venezuela with regard to the treaty. The amendments desired by ...
Article : 49 wordsOn Saturday last the manager of the Young Co-operative Flour Mill bought nearly 13,000 bags of wheat at 4s 6d per bushel. Of this quantity 10,000 bags in one lot were portion of the Iandra crop. ...
Article : 42 wordsA young man named Charles Stewart was bitten by a snake while ploughing near Cessnock on Saturday morning. He scarified the punctures and applied a rope ligature, after which he was driven to ...
Article : 73 wordsA telegram from Dimboola states that a murderous assault was committed on a local business man named Carl Seliger by an employee named Lehmann this morning. The two were in the ...
Article : 445 wordsMajor M'Kinley, the President Elect, favours the establishment of intimate commercial relations between the United States and Canada, but refuses to pledge ...
Article : 40 wordsMartin Kilkelly, on old resident of this district, died this morning, at the age of 100 years. BROKEN HILL, Monday. Dr. O'Brien, lecturer class lately formed locally ...
Article : 2,431 wordsThe Government is sending a quantity of tents and blankets to Penghana for the use of the burnt-out people. The Survey Office has been instructed to lay off additional town sections, ...
Article : 51 wordsAdvices from India state that the number of persons employed on the works started by the Government for the relief of the sufferers by the famine is ...
Article : 40 wordsMessrs. Robson and Houston were appointed a deputation to wait upon the manager and Mr. Jonathan Dixon to ascertain about the furnace, and whether a cage would be provided at No. 3 shaft as ...
Article : 281 wordsTo-day Superintendent Sanderson left for Parkes to conduct the search being made by the police for the missing man who is supposed to have been murdered by Butler nt Bumbury. ...
Article : 220 wordsThere is much division at Cape Town respecting a proposed ovation to Mr. Cecil Rhodes. One section protests against a "one-man fetish." ...
Article : 34 wordsThe Rev. Archibald Gilchrist, LL.D., died yesterday morning at his residence, Willoughby-road, Willoughby. The reverend gentleman had been in ill-health for some time past, and died from the ...
Article : 683 wordsTwo deaths from bubonic plague have occurred in London. ...
Article : 16 wordsIt was then moved,—"That we go to work as soon as the flag is taken down." The motion was seconded, and carried unanimously amidst acclamation. ...
Article : 126 wordsSuccessful experiments have been carried out at the Engineering Department in connection with the General Post Office, in the transmission of electric ...
Article : 73 wordsSomething appeared in these columns lately as to outrages in the New Hebrides group, and the generally unsatisfactory joint control system with its attendant loopholes of escape from punishment. It ...
Article : 280 wordsIn the Supreme Court this morning Vivian L. Butler, solicitor, a partner in the firm of Messrs. Young aud Butler, was suspended for six months and ordered to pay all costs on a charge of ...
Article : 99 wordsThe following squatters' leases have been dealt with, and in most instances half of the area has been resumed for settlement:—Bodangara, near Wellington, total area 12,000 acres, present term expires ...
Article : 209 wordsAt the Exhibition Oval to-day F. S. Toms, assisted by a triplet and tandem, accomplished the 100 miles record with 27 minutes 53 seconds to spare. In the first hour he covered 24 miles 717 ...
Article : 113 wordsE. Hale, the English cyclist, has gained the New York World's cycling prize, performing a distance of 1911 miles in 142 hours, and beating all previous records. ...
Article : 77 wordsThe fire at Launceston on Saturday night partly destroyed the Tasmanian Soap and Candle Works. The damage is estimated at £1400. The premises were insured in the South British, ...
Article : 105 wordsTo-day's sales were:—Clark's Brilliant Worcester and Victory, 6s 6d—forward delivery, 6s 6d; Kelly's Queen Block, 7s 9d; Lady Florence, 3d; No. 2 South-east Day Dawn, ...
Article : 83 wordsADELAIDE.—Arrivals: December 14, Wallowra (s.), from Melbourne; Warnambool (s.), from London; Narrung (s.), from Sydney. Departures[?] December 14, Marco Polo, barque, for Newcastle; Natal Queen, barque, for ...
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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Tue 15 Dec 1896, Page 5
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