To-day, being Eight Hours Day, was observed as a public holiday, the weather being gloriously fine. There was the usual trades procession, with hands and banners, in the morning, in which ...
Article : 187 wordsThe information which was published in our columns yesterday respecting the business of the National Bank of Australasia is further supplemented by the returns which were furnished to the ...
Article : 539 wordsThe World's Fair at Chicago is to be opened to-day. The Exhibition is in a backward state owing to the numerous strikes which have ...
Article : 73 wordsAT the half-yearly meeting of the shareholders of the Bank of New South Wales, held yesterday, a dividend at the rate of 15 per cent. per annum was declared, £10,000 was added to the reserve ...
Article : 8,806 wordsAn attempted robbery of a remarkable character has been perpetrated at the World's Fair in Chicago. A thief stole the urn containing the ashes of Columbus. ...
Article : 50 wordsOn Saturday morning Messrs. R. and B. Wallace, the local agents for the barque Glen Afton, received cable advice from the owners instructing the vessel to proceed to Tal Cahuano to ...
Article : 204 wordsThe Times says that the proposed bank holiday in Victoria, will prove mischievous. It hints that one or more of the banks will ignore the proclamation, since ...
Article : 68 wordsThe connsel engaged for the defence in the Mercantile Bank prosecutions referred largely to the present financial trouble in their addresses today. Mr. Deakin, on behalf of Bell, argued that ...
Article : 194 wordsThe Marine Board held an inquiry into the grounding of the steamer Federal. The board reported that in their opinion the grounding was caused by the effect on the vessel of the sudden ...
Article : 91 wordsThe Times, in replying to the letter of a correspondent in that journal hostile to the proposed scheme for the reconstruction of the English, Scottish, and Australian ...
Article : 52 wordsAn important and enthusiastic meeting was held here on Saturday afternoon, at which the following resolution in connection with the proposed Broken Hill to Menindie tramway was passed:—"That this ...
Article : 141 wordsThe National Back of Australasia is applying to the Court for an order to protect the assets of the bank. ...
Article : 29 wordsLeahy's contract for the outlet tunnel at Happy Valley Waterworks is for £39,485. It must be completed within two years. The whole of the work required under contract, except the ...
Article : 125 wordsThe news of the temporary suspension of the National Bank of Australasia has been received with astonishment and regret. The fooling in the city is that the depositors ...
Article : 3,510 wordsMr. John Burns, M.P., the labour leader, has expressed himself adversely to the idea of a national strike of labour, which he considers would be an act of ...
Article : 67 wordsThe town was shocked to-night to hear of the death of Dr. Spencer. The sad event occurred about 3 o'clock, and caused much grief amongst all citizens. The deceased, in addition to being prominent in his ...
Article : 2,938 wordsThree thousand dockers have resolved to strike in London to-day unless the men employed in the Victoria Docks who belong to the Shipping Federation are ...
Article : 49 wordsAfter six days passing in Perth without the smallpox epidemic spreading, another case is reported. It is only a mild one, however. The Government is calling for applications for ...
Article : 71 wordsA Spanish gunboat has sailed from New York for Cuba to assist in quelling the revolution there. It is believed that the rising is of an unimportant character. ...
Article : 35 wordsThe R.M.S. Australia, J. Reeves, commander, arrived from Colombo at 5.45 p.m. The following are the passengers:- For ALBANY: Mr. Harvost. ...
Article : 175 wordsCaptain Stanley and Lieutenant Croaker, of the Victorian Artillery, who have been undergoing a course of military study in England, have obtained first-class ...
Article : 48 wordsThe election campaign has opened very favourably for the Government. Thirty-two members have now been returned, 22 being classed as Minis erialists, two Opposition, four independent, ...
Article : 282 wordsCaptain Dodds, in command of the New South Wales Cavalry Team, has been elected an honorary member of the Army and Navy Club, and he has received the ...
Article : 53 wordsThe following is the new Ministry as gazetted to-night:- Mr. Seddon, Premier, and Minister of Public Works, Mines, and Defence. ...
Article : 240 wordsThe Great Southern Tin and Gold Field Company, Gippsland, Victoria, has been registered with a capital of £100,000. ...
Article : 28 wordsThe Right Rev. James F. Turner, D.D., Bishop of Grafton and Armidale, has died at Rome. ...
Article : 26 wordsBar silver is quoted at 3s 2 7-16d per ounce. ...
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Article : 142 wordsTaking advantage of the exceptionally fine weather yesterday, a number of men were engaged all day in preparing to place chains under the steam-tug Castor, with a view to raising her. The steamer ...
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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Tue 2 May 1893, Page 5
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