Matters regarding the strike appeared to be a little nearer to a settlement yesterday. It was given out by the leaders of the labour par[?]y that as a consequence of negotiations which were being conducted ...
Article : 1,171 wordsAt half-past 2 this morning a fire broke out at Gibbs, Shallard, and Co.'s printing and lithographic establis[?]ment, between Pitt and Castlereagh streets. The first intimation was observed from the ...
Article : 1,437 wordsThe Freehold Trust of Australia has d[?]lared a dividend of 7½ per cent, for the year. ...
Article : 32 wordsAt a meeting of the library committee hold at Parliament House to-day, it was decided that it was desirable that Hansard should next session be posted to members on Mondays instead of on ...
Article : 170 wordsThe London Dockers' Congress has decided not to block Australian ships. THE Scotch furnacemen have stopped work owing to the masters refusing to agree to teh eight-hour ...
Article : 7,875 wordsThe revenue of the United Kingdom up to September 30 shows an increase of £1,679,000 over the amount for the corresponding period of last year. ...
Article : 37 wordsTho official liquidator of the Premier Permanent Building Association filed in the Supreme Court to-day a final supplementary list of claims by creditors of the association. Of th[?]se he ...
Article : 95 wordsA sample of New Zealand butter has realised £5 12s per cwt. It was pronounced nearly equal to the best Danish butter. ...
Article : 31 wordsH.M.S. Goldfinch arrived yesterday from N[?]w Guinea. She brings one prisoner, who was arrested by the officers of the Rapid for selling arms to the natives. It is uncertain whether he will be dealt ...
Article : 89 wordsNumerous Socialists have returned to Berlin to attend the celebration of the expiry of the Anti-Socialist law. ...
Article : 26 wordsThe American cruisers have been instructed to enforce the regulatio[?]n as to territorial jurisdiction against sealers in Alaskan waters only. ...
Article : 30 wordsA murder was committed at Wellington to-day. An express man named D[?]an d[?]capitated a little girl, his daughter. For the last few weeks the strike has prevented his getting employment, ...
Article : 61 wordsThe Captain of the coasting steamer Cores reports that a male passenger, whose name ia unknown, fell overboard about l4 miles from the lighthouse. The vessel was stopped and a boat ...
Article : 44 wordsThe American Senate has passed the M'Kinley Tariff Bill. ...
Article : 19 wordsThe s.[?]s. Changsha arrived [?]n Monday and sailed south on Tuesday. The Airli[?] arrived from the south on Tuesday. ...
Article : 24 wordsThe trial of the man Birchell, who was accused of having murdered a young Englishman named Benwell, whom he lured over to Canada, has concluded. The ...
Article : 48 wordsEarly this morning a watchman named P[?]er M'Keon, 55 years of age, in the service of the General Post Office, died suddenly in the yard of the office. On the previous evening a cousin of the ...
Article : 106 wordsAt a meeting of the Marin[?] Board to-day the question of Captain Carrington's forfeited pilotag[?] certificate was discussed, and a motion was carried that he could only be granted a certificate after ...
Article : 118 wordsMr. D. Rosewarn[?], Inspector of Mines to the Government of South Australia, has resigned that appointment. He returns to Adelaide by the R. M.S. Massilia. ...
Article : 34 wordsThe Scotch furnacemen demand the concession of eight hours' work. This demand the masters refuse, and the furnaces will stop on Saturday. ...
Article : 33 wordsA public meeting under the auspices of the Single Tax League was held last night in the Protestant Hall. The subject chosen for discussion was "The Labour Question and Strikes." The president, Mr. James ...
Article : 514 wordsIn the Legislative Assembly to-day, Mr. Dow, in replying to a question, stated that 50,000 acres were available for selection in the mallee country. The Department was cutting up the land as fast as ...
Article : 326 wordsAn the meeting of the Dockers' Congress, held to-day, it was decided not to block Australian ships. [The above appeared in a portion of yesterday's ...
Article : 56 wordsMr. E. N. C. Braddon, Agent-General for Tasmania, has paid the sum agreed upon for the purchase of the Tasmanian Main Line Railway, [?]e sum being paid in ...
Article : 55 wordsRobert Howard, of Glengarry station, brought information yesterdat evening that [?]e found a man's body 70 yards from the road in the bush at the 25-mile post on the Peak Hill-road, with a fearfnl gash ...
Article : 330 wordsThe Main[?] Line Railway was formally handed over to the Government to-day. The personnel of the employ[?]s will not be changed. ...
Article : 27 wordsIn the Assembly the Audit Act Amendment Bill was read the second [?]ime. A bill amending the Larceny Act by removing the necessity for proving each act of embezzlement, was passed through ...
Article : 143 wordsA well-attended meeting of the council of the Pastora[?]ists' Union was hold to-day, wh[?] a number of matters of importance to pastoralists were considered. The various telegrams which ...
Article : 322 wordsWe are requested to state that the Free Labour Bureau, which has been the source when[?] the steamship owners have obtained large numbers of their men, is to be removed from 240 George-street to 11 ...
Article : 58 wordsLast night Mr. Willis, M.L.A., and Mr. A. G. Taylor addressed one of the largest political meetings ever hold in Bourke. Owing to the large number of men in town, though but little notice was given, the ...
Article : 731 wordsAnother conference in relation to the strike took place at the Town Hall yesterday between the Mayor and several gentlemen associated with him and some of the employers. The Mayor had with him Mr. ...
Article : 100 wordsIn the Legislative Council the Vermin Bill was read the second time. Amendments will be proposed in committee. The Assembly was occupied most of the sitting ...
Article : 78 wordsAt a meeting of the Master Butchers' Association last night, at Rouse Hotel, Mr. M'Michael in the chair. it was resolved,—"That a deputation, consisting of Messsrs. Owen, M'Gregor, and the chairman, wait on the ...
Article : 248 wordsBy some inndvertence the names of Messrs. John Young and J. D. Young became transposed in two paragraphs which appeared in yesterday's issue. In reporting the interview between the Mayor and several ...
Article : 98 wordsA statement of the expenditure of the Defence Department for the financial year 1889-90 was laid on the table in the Legislative Assembly to-day. It showed that out of a special appropriation of ...
Article : 147 wordsAt the Central Police Court yesterday, before Mr. Johnson, S.M., Jeremiah Toohey was charged, on remand, with [?]eating William Cuff with intent to prevent him following his lawful occupation. No ...
Article : 69 wordsA meeting of the Lambton miners was hold yesterday, to consider a communication received from Mr. Croudace, in which he requested the m[?]n to reconsider their decision respecting no one being allowed to get ...
Article : 4,242 wordsThe report of the Post and Telegraph Department for last year was presented to Parliament to-day. The revenue from the sale of stamps was £821,68[?], showing a decrease of £69,589 as ...
Article : 177 wordsA preliminary trial of the electric light was made to-night, and was a brilliant success. Hundreds of people thronged the streets. The lights are 25 candlepower, incandescent, and number 120. The official ...
Article : 114 wordsEarly this morning, when the driver of the 7.30 train from Melbourne to Dandenong arrived within 300 yards of Caulfield, he noticed a man standing on the main line. The man had evidently just passed ...
Article : 162 wordsThe Circuit Court was opened to-day before the Chief Justice. Mr. Salisbury prosecuted for the Crown. There were only two cases for trial. Stephen M'Donald, for attempting to commit suicide, pleaded ...
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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Thu 2 Oct 1890, Page 5
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