From last night till 2 o'clock this morning rain fell in torrents, accompanied by a south-casterly gale. The river rose very fast last night, and is now 22ft., or 5in. below the flood of Monday last. It is now ...
Article : 1,961 wordsOwing to the unsattled state of the weather on Saturday, the Canterbury Park management postponed their February reunion untd to-morrow. Up to 5 p.m. to-day, Mr. G. B. Rowley, secretary ...
Article : 936 wordsAn inquest was held here yesterday and to-day on the body of an aboriginal female named Sally. It appears that her husband, one Jackey Barlow, an abo[?]ginal also, and deceased were drinking during ...
Article : 275 wordsThe river rose throughout Friday night and during Saturday forenoon, but only at a slow rate. It attained its highest point, 34ft. 6in., about 1 o'clock p.m. The heights varied somowhat at different ...
Article : 321 wordsSioux and Grill have been withdrawn from the V.R.C. Ascotvale Stakes, and Enti[?]r, Wolf, Hy[?]na, and Brightlight from the St. Loger Stakes. ...
Article : 29 wordsThe Maribyrnong races were held yesterday afternoon, when the weather was exceedingly hot, but the attendance was good and the meeting passed off successfully. The results are appended:— ...
Article : 656 wordsHeavy rain fell all lost night, and the river at Bellbrook was reported to be 20ft. high at 11 o'clock this morning, and rising fast. It is just 2ft, over the Kempsey wharf again. ...
Article : 987 wordsOwing to the continued excessively dry weather, only half an inch of rain having fallen here during nearly three months, the Murrumbidgee Pastoral and Agricultural Association committee, at a meeting ...
Article : 184 wordsThe much-talked-of race for £10 a side between these two 18-footers, under the auspices of the Johnstone's Bay Club, partly took place on Saturday afternoon. The boats were despatched to a splendid ...
Article : 136 wordsA race for boats hailing from the Lane Cove district took place on Saturday afternoon over a course from Longueville Wharf round Goat Island, back round red pile in river, then round Cockatoo ...
Article : 263 wordsYesterday the roof of a narrow bord in a heading in the Stockton mine fell in, the fall being followed by a rush of water. The miners left the mine, but, it being pay-day, no ...
Article : 165 wordsThe following are the nominations for the Orange Jockey Club annual races:— OPENING HANDICAP.—Goodfellow, Redhill, Roseleaf, Hobartville, Stanmore, Hermit, Neptune, Mayday, ...
Article : 124 wordsA report came to the police last night that a man named Thomas Leahy, well known about this district, was drowned at Toorale yesterday. Leahy, with two other men, went down to the river with ...
Article : 105 wordsA race for trial fours in connection with the Mercantile Rowing Club was concluded on Saturday afternoon over a course from the head of Lavender Bay to the club shed. The crew stroked by N. ...
Article : 134 wordsAt the local races, seven horses started for the Ma[?]den Plate, which was won by Speech, Greyhound second. Five horses fell, and Oberon was killed. The races were thereupon postponed for a week. ...
Article : 37 wordsOwing to the rain on Saturday there was no cricket on the Association Ground or the Domain. The following matches were played on Saturday:— Bywong C. C. and a team captained by G. Docker ...
Article : 395 wordsA boundary rider named Richard Fitzgerald sustained a fracture of the skull through being thrown by a horse while riding on the Borombola station on Thursday evening. [?]itzgerald remained unconscious ...
Article : 63 wordsA single-sculls skiff race among employees of the Herald Office was rowed in Berry's Bay on Saturday, and a good afternoon's sport resulted. Mr. Brown was the starter and Mr. R. William, the umpire, who ...
Article : 127 wordsSubjoined are the weights for the above meeting, which takes place on Wednesday next:— HUNDLE RACE (14.2), 1½ mile.—Benjiroo (late Bruce), 11st 21b; Felspar, 10st 10lb; Keepsake, 10st 7lb; ...
Article : 391 wordsThe miners' annual eight-hour demonstration took place yesterday. Owing to the dampness of the weather the usual sports meeting in connection therewith was postponed for a fortnight. The ...
Article : 2,358 wordsTwo trophies were competed for at the New South Wales Gun Club's grounds on Friday. One was the Summer Cup, which was won outright by Mr. J. Hickson, and the other was a Boswell gun, which ...
Article : 45 wordsAUBURN.—A meeting of the Auburn Council was held on Friday night for the purpose of electing a Mayor for the current municipal year, and Alderman George Wright was re-elected unopposed to the ...
Article : 440 wordsThe sixth round of the Pennant Matches was concluded yesterday. In three cases the matches could not be played out, and had to be decided on the first innings. In the Melbourne v. South Melbourne ...
Article : 660 wordsThis was a beautiful morning, and work commenced at Flemington by Ravenswing doing a sound five furlong, on the sand. Froude and Captain Swift spurted over five furlongs ...
Article : 806 wordsThe third event of the champion races was sailed on Saturday afternoon, when only three boats started, viz., Elli[?], Varuna, and Genesta. The course and handicaps were the sanie as in the first ...
Article : 498 wordsThe R.M.S. Orizaba, Captain Clark commander, arrived from Colombo at 5.30 p.m. The following are the passengers:— ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 139 wordsThe minors at the Metropolitan Colliery have struck against the proposed reduction, notwithstanding that the district rated have been lowerel recently at various places. Having worked the usual notice ...
Article : 135 wordsLeura (s.), 1174 tons, Captain J.D. Joy, from Melbourne Passengers—Mesdames Lewis. Bishop, Rowe, Angus and child, Barrington, O'Malley and child, R. R. Brown, Evans, Englestoff, Clarke, Winter, Misses Kilgour, Philps, Fraser, ...
Article : 131 wordsA race for all boats of the harbour for prizes of £6, £3, and £1, was sailed on Saturday, under the management of this club, for which the following boats entered:—Lottie, scratch; Isadore, 2½ minutes; ...
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Advertising : 241 wordsLeura (s.), from Melbourne: Full cargo for Sydney and Queensland ports. ...
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Advertising : 145 wordsA race for yawls, in connection with the Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron, was sailed on Saturday afternoon, for prizes valued at £15 and £5, being fir[?]t and second respectively. The yachts entered, ...
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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Mon 20 Feb 1893, Page 6
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