The colony was plunged into a condition of profound gloom last evening as the intellipence spread with remarkable celerity that his Excellency the Governor, the Right Honourable ...
Article : 1,340 wordsThe following notification was published in a supplement to the Goverment Gazette last night:- Chief Secretary's Office. Sydney, 15th March, 1895. ...
Article : 384 wordsRobert William Duff belonged to an ancient Scottish family, allied by marriage to some of the best families in the United Kingdom. The name of Macduff is largely mixed up with the early ...
Article : 2,434 wordsDuring yesterday a large number of people called at Government House aud made inquiries as to the condition of his Excellency. Among others were the following:—The Hon. Frederick ...
Article : 607 wordsThe news of the death of Sir Robert Duff was received here with profound regret. The first intimation was contained in a telegram to Lord Gormanston. The news soon sproad through the ...
Article : 62 wordsIt is a curious fact, which the death of the late Governor only emphasies, that New South Wales, though the mother colony, and having the longest vice-regal list, has never before lost un ...
Article : 942 wordsThe poeple of Melbourne were wholly unprepared for the news that Sir Robert Duff's illness had a fatal termination, therefere the posting of the announcement at the newspaper offices caused ...
Article : 389 wordsYesterday, upon learning from Dr. Fiaschi at Govtrnment House that Sir Robert Duff's illness would shortly prove fatal, the Premier sent a cablegram to the ...
Article : 231 wordsIt has been arranged that the funeral will take place on Sunday, the procession leaving Government House at 2 o'clock, and proceeding to the Waverley Cemetary. The Premier, Mr. G. H. ...
Article : 112 wordsThe wide-spread grief that was felt at the death of Sir Robert Duff was domonstrated by the appearance of the city last night. All the theatres were closed, the late retail establishements ...
Article : 1,399 wordsElaborate arrangements have been made by Major-General Hutton and the military authorities to pay a fitting respect to the memory of the Governor to-morrow. Representatives of ...
Article : 623 wordsThe Premier of New South Wales. Mr. G. H. Reid, telegraphed the news of Sir Robert Duff's death to the Lieutenant-Governor, who telegraphed in reply as follows:—"Your telegram was ...
Article : 121 wordsA painful gloom was east over Government House during the whole of yesterday. Inside there was silence, and the medical attendants and nurses moved about with expressions that told of intense ...
Article : 140 wordsThe news of the death of Sir Robert Duff was communicated this evening to the members of the Government and other public men. All expressed profound regret. Many telegrams of condolence ...
Article : 71 wordsQuite recently the public was surprised to [?]arn. on the authority of the Premier, that the Lieuten[?]nt-Governor, in the absence of Sir Robert Duff, had not the power to dissolve Parliament. The ...
Article : 641 wordsThe following is a list of the Governors of New South Wales since the foundation of the colony:— Centain A. Phillip, R.N., from 26th January, 1788, to 10th December. 1792: Captain F. Grose. ...
Article : 471 wordsSome of the other doctors who assisted at the operation were reluctant to say much about it, but they did not hesitate to say that all that surgical skill could suggest in ...
Article : 142 wordsThe sad news of the Governor's death reached the [?]s and managers of the theatres before 7 o'clock, and everywhere orders were at once issued to keep the doors close. Messrs. Brough ...
Article : 81 wordsFor Lady Duff there is the deepest sympathy Throughout her minried the she has in the truest sense been her husband's helpmeet, and those familiar with their home life bear hearty testimony ...
Article : 507 wordsDr. Fiaschi, who has been the chief medical [?]tendant upon his Excellency, was seen by a [?]epresentative of the Herald at Government House yesterday afternoon, and gave full details relating ...
Article : 1,573 wordsTelograms announcing the death of the Governor were received to-night, and caused profound sorrow. Much sympathy is felt with Lady Duff and family. Immediately on the receipt of the ...
Article : 518 wordsLord Carrington, the Earl of Jersey, Sir Robert Duff—these three Governors are very close together in public memory. The first left this colony, the term of his Governorship completed. The ...
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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Sat 16 Mar 1895, Page 9
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