The Storm in Fiji. Damage Done at Levuka
The Assistant-Colonial Secretary, who was sent to Levuka by Sir G. O'Brien, Governor of Fiji, to report on the damage done by the recent storms, thus addressed the townspeople:…
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570 stories in Sydney's papers · page 11 of 29
The Royal Visit. with the Duke and the Duchess. the Many-coloured Eat. a Palpitating Mass of Aliens. a Midnight Storm. En Route to Singapore. an Impression of the Colony. a Microcosm of East and West. a Heap Op Scrolls and Caskets. (From the Special Correspondent of the "London Standard" and the "Sydney Morning Herald.") Singapore, April 21
Ceylon is 1500 bet miles away, and the memory of it has faded like mrrage. The vapour bath in which we have dripped for four endless days has left the picture dull and obscure. Yet the last night at…
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Cold westerly breezes prevailed at Sydney yesterday, and winds from the same quarter were general throughout the State. On the coast the weather proved particularly boisterous…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Devonshire-street Cemetery. The Greenacre Murder. Sarah Gale. James Merrimaa, an Old Time Mayor. Richard Murray, an Early Cricketer. Darby Shea and " Danny " Dore, Old Identities—Michael O'Byrne, of Athlone XIII
IN the Wesleyan portion of these old burial grounds may be seen an Ancient find modest headstone, which indicates the grave of a woman, with whose name all England became acquainted…
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At the last meeting of the Waverley Council, correspondence and reports were received concerning the state of the streets in the borough. Apparently the late rainstorm played much havoc…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Prospects at Prospect Sydney's Water Supply. That Leaky Canal. More Leaks, and a Deluge. a Hypnotised Board
THE prospect of a water famine would have occasioned no anxiety to the seven sleepers of Ephesus, nor to Rip Van Winkle. Neither, apparently, does it trouble the somnolent Board…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Gale in the Harbor. Two Schooners in Trouble
During a heavy south-west squall which visited the harbor about midday yesterday two small sailing vessels met with mishaps at tho Heads. The schooner Louisa Messel, inward bound…
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The vessel Kate Tatham has arrived at Napier from Newcastle after a dirty passage. When entering Cook Strait at midnight on the 17th a hurricane was experienced which the captain…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Illuminations. Scene of Dazzling Splendour. the City a Flood of Light. Brilliant Display on the Post Office Tower. Lands Office Tower a Mass of Light
It needs no stretch of imagination to say that the illuminations last evening were far more effective and artistic than those on the occasion of the inaugurarion of the Commonwealth, notwithstanding…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Commonwealth Parliament. a Federal Flood of Talk
MELBOURNE, Friday Night.—The debate on the address in reply was continued tonight in both House. HOUSE OP REPRESENTATIVES . This evening's debate in the House of Representatives…
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The weather yesterday was more or less cloudy and unsettled generally. Mr. Russell says that there are indications of a storm approaching, with good promise of rain. Some very sharp…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Royal Visit. the Shooting Party, a Nice Outing. Poor Sport. Adventures by Flood and Field. (By Our Special Reporter with the Hoyal Party.) Condobolin
The special train with his Royal Highness on hoard arrived safe at Derriwong siding at 7 this morning. Notwithatanding the early hour a large number of residents of the district had driven out to meet us. It…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Clergymen and Their Flocks. Opening "The Floodgates of Slander." Is a Minister Privileged? the Attorney-general's Contention, an Astonished Judge
The hearing of evidence in the alleged slander case, in which the parties concerned reside at Blayney, was interrupted by an important argument yesterday…
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SUCH was the phrase used by a delegate who bears a strong facial resemblance to Broken Hill Ferguson, during a discussion by Sydney…
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AUCKLAND, Monday.--The Royal yacht Ophir, with H.M.Se. June and St. George, arrived, at 11.30, anchoring near the Heads. The weather is very unpromising for to-morrow's reception…
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Aldermen of the Erskineville Council, introduced by Mr. Molesworth, M.L.A., waited, upon the Minister for Works to-day to ask for a special grant to make good the damage…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mr. O'Conor's Meeting. —"The Storm."
Mr. O'Conor, on entering the hall, was accorded a great ovation by those of his supporters who were present. A number of the persons in the hall, however, merely looked on,…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Violent Gale. Off the West Australian Coast. PERTH
During a violent gale off the coast the cutter Neptune was driven ashore near the mouth of Greenough. One of the crow was washed overboard, and was not seen again…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Storm Off the Western Australian Coast. a Cutter Ashore. Nabrow Escape of a Steamer. Perth
During a storm yesterday the cutter Neptune, while making her way from Geraldton to Abrolhos Island, was caught in a violent gale and driven over the breakers on to the rocks, near the month of…
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A report reached the Observatory yesterday from West Australia that exceptionally heavy rain had fallen on the north coast. Broome reported as much as 563 points, and another…
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