The Rev. J. Dalton, who accompanied Prince Edward and Prince George of Wales on their visit to Australia as private tutor, has privately published a pamphlet advocating ...
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Article : 136 wordsThe autumn sports meeting of the Sydney Amateur Athletic Club takes place on the Association ground, Moore Park, this afternoon, and, should the weather prove fine, will, judging from the excellence of the programme, be a success. ...
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Article : 20 wordsThe Chinese Minister at Berlin has superseded the Marquis Tseng as Chinese Ambassador at Paris. ...
Article : 25 wordsThe excitement in Toronto caused by the reported discovery of dynamite cartridges below the basement of Parliament House has now subsided, and the whole affair is ...
Article : 50 wordsThe committee of the German Reichstag has rejected the Anti-Socialist Bill. ...
Article : 19 wordsA German colonial society is reported to be secretly maturing two projects, the object of which is to prevent the English and Dutch from competing with German trading ...
Article : 38 wordsIn the House of Commons to-day, Mr. Gladstone made a statement to the effect that France had accepted the proposal for a European Conference, but requires an exchange of ...
Article : 67 wordsThe brig Rio Grande has gone ashore at Gisborne, Poverty Bay, and is likely to prove a total wreck. The crew are safe ashore. The vessel was owned and insured in Sydney. ...
Article : 78 words"The Silver King" will shortly be withdrawn from the Theatre Royal stage and be succeeded by Mr. R. C. Stephenson's drama "Impulse," which recently had a run of 70 nights at the Princess' Theatre, Melbourne. ...
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Article : 617 wordsA Parliamentary Bluebook has just been published upon Egyptian affairs, which shows that the British Government frequently urged Major-General Gordon to withdraw from ...
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Article : 142 wordsIn the Prince of Wales Gold-mining Company's ground situated at the Burnt Yarde, during the past week some splendid stone has been obtained, which the mining manager estimates will yield 700 ounces of gold per ton. The ...
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Article : 245 wordsThis morning, about 7 o'clock, the Government steamer Ajax was coming down the blind channel of the harbour with a loaded mud punt in tow. As they neared the barque Prospector, lying at No. 2 staith, the punt did not answer ...
Article : 171 wordsThe despatches which have been exchanged between the British Government and Major-General Gordon since his mission to the Soudan have been published to-day. In the ...
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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Sat 3 May 1884, Page 12
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