The position of Governor of Queensland has been offered to and accepted by General Sir H. W. Norman, at present Governor of Jamaica. The appointment was ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 652 wordsThe attendance at the Exhibition on Saturday was large. The paid admissions numbered 16,723; 1751 were admitted on attendants' passes, 1329 visited the aquarium, and 1268 ...
Article : 709 wordsThe Earl of Dufferin, who recently resigned the post of Viceroy of India, speaking at Calcutta yesterday, deprecated the maintenance of an autocracy in India, but ...
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Article : 436 wordsSir James Fergusson, Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs, referring to the fresh difficulties which have arisen in the Soudan, stated that the position of the British forces ...
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Article : 130 wordsIn the House of Commons yesterday an animated discussion took place concerning the action of the Government in sending large bodies of troops to support ...
Article : 111 wordsSplendid rain has fallen all the way from Sydney to Brisbane. The fall is so copious that many creeks are running and the water lies in pools about the country. . The country to ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 828 wordsMr. E. Stanhope, Secretary of State for War, has opened up communication with the Agents-General for the colonies with a view to securing land concessions for ...
Article : 64 wordsA cable message was read in the House of Commons yesterday, announcing the result of the debate which took place in the Legislative Assembly of Victoria on ...
Article : 93 wordsBy the arrival of the R.M.S. Orient the following details of the inquiry into the allegations published by the Times against the Parnellite party have been received, to date 2nd ...
Article : 958 wordsThe commandant of the defence force has awarded £5 to Private W. Smith, of Rockhampton, who was the only member of the force there who recently obeyed the order to fall in ...
Article : 183 wordsThe London newspapers generally speak in high terms of Sir H. W. Norman, the newly appointed Governor of Queensland. The Times remarks that Queensland, ...
Article : 243 wordsMr. John Bright, whose health has been in such a critical condition from a serious attack of inflammation of the lungs, is now stated to he rallying somewhat. ...
Article : 35 wordsIt is improbable that the efforts now being made by Sir Saul Samuel to secure space for New South Wales exhibits at the Paris International ...
Article : 57 wordsThe municipal elections took place on Saturday, passing off quietly. Messrs. F. W. Bullock and Hagerdon were elected for the city. ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 375 wordsThe plebiscite concert given on Saturday afternoon was an overwhelming success, and when the concert hall had been filled to its utmost capacity there still remained hundreds ...
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Article : 64 wordsMr. Alexander Forrest, M.L.C. for Kimberley, who is largely interested in both the Kimberley and Yilgarn goldfields, is a passenger for Adelaide by the Oceanian. ...
Article : 69 wordsThe Legislative Assembly sat till nearly 5 o'clock on Saturday morning, when the division on Mr. Dibbs's vote of censure resulted in ayes, 18; noes, 42; pairs, 12. A number of ...
Article : 77 wordsSir. T. H. Grattan Esmonde, Bart.,M.P., great grandson of Grattan, the orator, who has recently returned from a political mission in Canada, is about to sail for ...
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Article : 75 wordsShortly before 12 o'clock on Saturday night, Mr. William Mailer, licensee of the Druids' Hotel, at the corner of Moray and Park streets, reported to the South Melbourne ...
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The Age (Melbourne, Vic. : 1854 - 1954), Mon 3 Dec 1888, Page 5
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