A deputation from the W.C.T.U interviewed the Premier to ask for the appointment of a Royal commission to inquire into the drink traffic, and also that the franchise might be extended to ...
Article : 153 wordsThe Parliamentary Tariff Board commenced taking evidence in the country districts at Nhill to-day. Several witnesses were examined, and they gave a discouraging account of the ...
Article : 238 wordsAdvices from Capetown report that Lobengula is willing to parley with Major Goold Adams for terms of peace, but his warriors demand to fight; hence a strong ...
Article : 55 wordsThe heavy gale which has swept over the British Isles is now moderating in England, but it is still raging on the Continent, where many lives have been lost. ...
Article : 180 wordsLORD CHARLES BERESFORD, C.B., has submitted to the Admiralty a scheme for increasing the strength of the British navy by the construction of additional warships at a cost of ...
Article : 9,388 wordsThe order paper in the Legislative Assembly yesterday presented a rather unusual appearance, for it contained only three questions. These did not long detain the House, and after one or ...
Article : 1,065 wordsLord Charles Beresford, C.B., Captain of H.M.S. Undaunted, one of the vessels of the Mediterranean Squadron, has submitted to the Admiralty a scheme for ...
Article : 56 wordsHis Excellency the Governor and Captain Leigh passed through Newcastle this evening per mail train, en route for Narrabri. Messrs. W. J. Lvne, G. H. R[?]d, James Ing[?]s, and J. C. Neild, Ms. L.A., ...
Article : 85 wordsWe have to acknowledge the follwing subscription:—Lady Macleay, £5. ...
Article : 15 wordsOrgan Recital, Town Hall, 3 p.m. Concert, Unitarian Church, Hyde Park, 8 p.m. St. Paul's, Burwood: Meeting of Parishioners, 8 p.m. Sale of Work, Y.M.C.A. Hall, in aid of the Children's ...
Article : 204 wordsColonel French, formerly commandant of the Queensland defence forces, has been appointed to the command of the Artillery in the Bombay District. ...
Article : 31 wordsThe Cabinet decided to-day to reappoint the Railway Commissioners till the 31st March next. The reason for this is that Mr. Kibble wishes to leave for England next ...
Article : 85 wordsThe sittings of the Quarter Sessions being [?] before Judge Gibson were continued to-day, Thomas Mackay pleaded guilty to two charges of obta[?]ing money by passing valueless cheques, and was ...
Article : 147 wordsThree Canadian militia officers, including a son of Mr. H. Mercier, ex-Premier of Qu[?]bec, have been arrested in the act of trying to destroy Nelson's statue in ...
Article : 60 wordsThe half-yearly meeting of the British Broken Hill Silver-mining Company, Limited, was held in London to-day. The meeting was an excited one. ...
Article : 301 wordsThe magisterial inquiry in connection with the Mercantile Bank prosecution was continuod to-day. Sir Matthew Davies concluded his statement in reply to the question put ...
Article : 196 wordsThe Wesleyan District Meeting concluded its sittings at Grafton to-day. It was reported that a parsonage had been erected at Lismore at a cost of £167[?]. A church had been erected at Chil[?]ott's Grass, ...
Article : 2,095 wordsThe Parliamentary Electorates Amendment Bill, which was read for the first time in the Legislative Assembly last night, is a very short one. There are three clauses only. The first at clause enacts that the ...
Article : 823 wordsMany fresh dynamite bombs have been seized in Barcelona. ...
Article : 17 wordsAs the result of the termination of the coalminers' strike there has been a heavy fall in the price of English coal. ...
Article : 32 wordsThe shareholders of the London Bank of Australia have elected Sir James F. Garrick, Mr. A. C. Garrick, Mr. R. Landale, and Mr. R. Rome as directors. ...
Article : 102 wordsThe Treasurer, Mr. G. Downes Cart[?]r, promised Mr. Mackenzie Bowell, when the Canadian Minister of Trade and Commerce was visiting the Government offices some days ago, that he would ...
Article : 193 wordsMiss Sylvia Grey, who was a leading member of the London Gaiety Company, which visited Australia a few years ago, has been married to Mr. Richard Lewis ...
Article : 34 wordsIn the Criminal Court to-day Mr. Justice Holroyd granted an application for a postponement till Monday of the trial of Frances Knorr, charged with murdering an infant. His Honor ...
Article : 382 wordsJohn Knox Mecredy, who was acquitted at the Bow-street Police Court on a charge of having defrauded Messrs. Scheurer, Lawth, and Co., merchants, of Paris, has ...
Article : 66 wordsThree months' bills are quoted at 2? per cent. ...
Article : 15 wordsTo-day's price of bar silver is 2s 8¼d per ounce. ...
Article : 17 wordsA largely-attended and [?]nthu[?]icc meeting was held last night in the Oxford Hall, the Mayor presiding, for the purpose of urging the Government to proceed with the construction of the railway from ...
Article : 496 wordsThe Governor, Sir Henry Norman, leaves Brisbane on Saturday on a voyage to the North as far as Cairns. He will be absent about a fortnight ...
Article : 42 wordsBroken Hill Proprietary shares are quoted at £2 11s 3d. Nov. 21. Broken Hill Proprietary shares are ...
Article : 27 wordsThe Poabody Gold-mining Company, with a capital of £25,000, has been registered. ...
Article : 19 wordsArrangements are being made for collecting the assessment imposed under the Meat and Dairy Produce Encouragement Act passed last session. The ass[?]ment which is due on the 31st ...
Article : 63 wordsThe Intercolonial Lawn Tennis Tournament was continued to-day. Owing to the heavy run which fell during the night, the ground was [?]odden, though it played fairly well. Green, in the championship, ...
Article : 367 wordsThe debentures of the North British Australasian Company, Limited, are quoted at £73. ...
Article : 22 wordsIt is understood that the Cabinet to-day decided to appoint Mr. T. M. King, at present Collector of Customs, as Under-Secretary to the Treasury in place of the late Mr. E. B. Cullen. ...
Article : 41 wordsSir Andrew Clarke, acting Agent-General for Victoria, is urging the Admiralty and the Horse Guards to take Victorian butter for use at British stations ...
Article : 32 wordsA magisterial inquiry into the circumstances connected with the fire which broke out on board the R.M.S. Indus early on Sunday morning was commenced to-day. A quantity of evidence was ...
Article : 51 wordsConsiderable surprise was shown at the Destitute Asylum on Monday when 11 Asiatics filed into the office of Mr. Lindsay, the superintendent, asking for assistance. Mr. S. J. Mitchell, ...
Article : 182 wordsIn the Legislative Council this afternoon, owing to a change of opinion on the part of two members, the Government restored the Land Values Assessment Bill, which enables ratepayers ...
Article : 135 wordsA shipment of 800 boxes of Mildura dried apricots has been sold at 98s per cwt. This is 15 per cent, above the price obtained for California n[?]w season's fruit. ...
Article : 39 wordsThe Australian Chilling and Freezing Company will shortly increase its capital. ...
Article : 20 wordsNEWCASTLE.—Arrivals; November 21, Excelsior, ketch, from Luke Macquarie; Gwydir (s.), Alice (s.), Western (s.), [?]xoni ([?].), Maitland (s.), Hauroto (s.), Jan[?]t F. Price, schooner, from Sydney. Departures; November 21, ...
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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Wed 22 Nov 1893, Page 7
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