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... 03flural qefm Another snowstorm has passed over Scotland and seriously impeded traffic upon the railways. The definitive treaty between russia nd Turkey has been ratified by the Sultan. A Constantinople telegram contradicts the rumour that the plague has broken out at Eskidje and Senikhova. Severae cases of spottod typhus have occurred at Dunse' Parish Church was completely destroyed by fire ...

Published: Friday 21 February 1879
Newspaper: Hull Packet
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 3739 | Page: Page 5, 6 | Tags: News 

HULL CHARITY ORGANIZATION SOCIETY

... 41 I . I Co wa :RAIAI? SOS,, ?? * A- g ; _ F; E -. - . . A lh~~t A~~NtTAL1 lfETINO. i ?? annual meeting of this society ws 'held on Tuesday~ afternoon, at the Toawn Hall. IThe Mayor (Alderman R~. 860Wailer) presided, and amongsttoepeen eeM H. Wilson, M.P., the Rev. J. McCorrmick, the iEev.. Ca onon Page~t, the Rev. john Deck, the Rev. J.,Lister' the Rev. H. W7. HQ11and,. Dean. Randerson, the ...

Published: Friday 14 February 1879
Newspaper: Hull Packet
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 2791 | Page: Page 6 | Tags: News 

THE ZULU WAR

... jTH ZULU . - ' : .. W A, ?? . I.- lt, 0 , I g 'Lors t OFFICIALL DESPATCH. It I .. ?? IJ'ETTER TO DUNN. cm arr1 CABLE FO1R THE CAPE 4 'mThe followiog furthe r correspondence respecting the 4Ibs. raffairs 'of South Africa has been ibsued ?? expe 44Governor the Right Hon, Sir, R. ?? E. Frere, B34rt., ?? ?? to the Right 1Hon. Sir Miolhael shiot 0 sik-eci at-RcivdMrh2,11. tev Pietermaritzbur~g, ...

Published: Friday 28 March 1879
Newspaper: Hull Packet
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 2491 | Page: Page 3 | Tags: News 

BRIGG MAGISTRATES' MEETING

... Juosa 3.-Before the Revs, T~os. B. WRIGHT, RODURRT Wit SUJTTON¶. J. E. COoSS,,and C. W. MARKHAM. : ~wia ALLEGED BREACH op THE.- LicENSING ACT.-SUpt. wer Danby complained that Edward. Simpson, of Cailetor,- the lan dlord of the G~riffin Inn, there, did permit drunkenneiss an inhisbhouse on the 5h May last. Police Iospectoff a~yloir witi stated that on the day in question he heard a noise ini ...

Published: Friday 13 June 1879
Newspaper: Hull Packet
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 1408 | Page: Page 7 | Tags: News 

Local Intelligence

... , , I a IcIU exe. ..I .. . ?? l f l ,~ , ROYAL INSTIToTeOe.'-Oig Saturday,- at 4three o'clock, Tlbomnas Hairison, Esq., ?? of. the.Post Office Telegraphs,, will lecture on Sir Charles Wheatstone as an electrician (with experiments). Mr. Robert Carriok, of Hedoss, who passed-his final examination at the Incorporated Law Society's Hall in November last, was on Saturday last admitted a solicitor ...

Published: Friday 21 February 1879
Newspaper: Hull Packet
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 4278 | Page: Page 8 | Tags: News 

General News

... 3iwes th e Prince Leopold visited Tenby 6n Wednesday. omas The Kent hop crop will this year be an utter failure. ition King Alphonse has officially announced his intended marriage to the Spanish minister. bfor The marriage of the King of Spain is fixed for Novem- ly of her 2Ott,. which The British steamer Titian has run aground in the Suez ~ek is Canal, stopping the traffic. sason A ...

Published: Friday 05 September 1879
Newspaper: Hull Packet
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 4447 | Page: Page 8 | Tags: News 

HULL TOWN COUNCIL

... MULL TOWN- COUNCIL. t The meeting of the Council yesterday was not one of the most exciting or interesting on record.L t The business partook of dulness and at no time was anything approavhiug to great importance reached. The memrbers, too, did not appear to have viewed the meeting as being of the greatest consequence, as there were about a dozen vacant ohairs. The various minutes hid all been ...

Published: Friday 28 February 1879
Newspaper: Hull Packet
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 1127 | Page: Page 5 | Tags: News 

PRESENTATION TO THE MAYOR OF HULL

... | PSENTATION ITO THE 31AYOR opI HUMOROUS SPEEC BY MR.'DIBB, pap On Tuesday afternoon hig Worlship the Mayor (Alder. a g man H. Wallei)'.entertained at luncheon, in tka Town If Hall, the members of the Sculcoates Board of Guardians, roee of which his Worshlip is chairman, and upon the ?? an interesting presentation was made. Tne Mayor pre- sided, and amongst those present., in addition to the ...

Published: Friday 21 March 1879
Newspaper: Hull Packet
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 2043 | Page: Page 5 | Tags: News 

AGRICULTURAL NOTES

... Paris advices state that the intelligence received with respect to the harvest in the French country districts has become less favourable. Threshing has turned out less satisfactory than had been anticipated. The French wheat markets have shown little animation. Flour has also experienced scarcely any change. Misfortunes never come single-handed, and in addi- tion to bad prospects of the grain ...

Published: Friday 05 September 1879
Newspaper: Hull Packet
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 1773 | Page: Page 5 | Tags: News 

A MODERN SERMON.—OLD MOTHER HUBBARD

... A A MODERN SERMON.-,' OLD MOTHER HI UBBARD. . In Glasgow, not long ago, a cheap humorous and BE satirical paper was brought out called the Bailie. The W experiment succeeded so well that it has been tried, . with more or less success, in nearly all the towns in England. In some of these papers there is really cleverM work, and we make no apology for giving more than a T local circulation to ...

Published: Friday 21 March 1879
Newspaper: Hull Packet
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 1128 | Page: Page 3 | Tags: News 

SUPPER TO MESSRS. MAW, TILL, KIRKE, AND CO'S. EMPLOYEES

... grand supper was last week given at the Assem- taeir bly Ic ems, Anlaby-road, to the ?? (number- thder ing about 230) of Messrs. Maw, Till, Kirke, and Co., by o irke, consequent on the event of his dauglhter's marriage with Mr. H. Burns, of the firm of Vine and iem- burns, Ciheapside, London, which occurred on the (lay r gto before, January 8th, jat St. James' Church, and was vit- messed by a ...

Published: Friday 17 January 1879
Newspaper: Hull Packet
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 705 | Page: Page 6 | Tags: News 

THE PROPOSED TRUANT SCHOOL FOR HULL

... THE PROPOSED TRUANT SCHOOL FOR ! HULL. On Wednesday the Executive Committee of the Hull Industrial Schools and Training Ship Southampton Inet at the Town Hall, Captain Kruger in the chair. The usual reports were presented. Capt. Pollard stated that the ship continued in good condition. The number of boys on the register was 238, of whom 14 were employed i on board fishing-smacks, One boy ...

Published: Friday 17 January 1879
Newspaper: Hull Packet
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 661 | Page: Page 6 | Tags: News