The Benevolent Asylum Retrospect in City Progress
An aging cityscape yields to modern progress as old landmarks fade. The piece recalls colonial times with the bullock road on George Street replaced by electric trams. It notes the fort and cemetery giving way to growth, while the Benevolent Asylum stands as a remaining historic building.
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George-street
Vengeance
China Station
Barfleur
Chatham
Centurion
Mediterranean
Majestic
Channel
Canopus
Prince Lewis of Battenberg
Hoot
Pembroke
Imperieuse
Scotland
Margaret
Maurice Low
National Review
Booker Washington
Tuskeegee
Washington
Booker
New South Wales Benevolent Society Formed in 1818
Governor Macquarie urged funding for colony relief and a building to shelter the poor, blind, aged, and infirm. A public meeting May 15 1818 formed the society, leading to an asylum erected in Pitt Street in 1820. The charity opened its doors to all destitute regardless of creed or nationality.
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Sion
Macquarie
Samuel Marsden
New South Wales Benevolent Society
London
Pitt-street
L. Macquarie
P. Crook
Hunter and
Thomas Bowden
Benjamin Fargessa
Fred. Garling
M. E.'s. Hail
John Jaques
Walter Lawry
J. J. Moore
James Norton
James Scott
W. Smith
Samuel Terry
Robert Jones
Murray
Egypt
J. Grant
J. Graham
Messia
W. Henson
R. Anderson
W. Crispin
W. Crane
W. Cooper
Z. James
G. Fowles
H. Hargreaves
H. W. Hammond
C. Lester
D. Davia
J. Stedman
J. M. Sandy
5. Williamson
J. Clegg
Sydney
Alte
New South Wales
Benevolent Society of
France and Italy on Tripoli division rumor debated in chamber
Pall Mall Gazette reports rumors of rival European designs on North West Africa. Italy's foreign minister denies any treaty with France for Tripoli division, amid emphasis on Turkish hold and Senussi influence in the Central Sudan.
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Pall Mall Gazette
Africa
France
Tripoli
Turkey
Jews at the Front and North Africa Politics Ahead
Major General Mackinnon unveiled a memorial tablet for Private H. A. Marks who died of enteric fever at Bloemfontein last April. The piece surveys Anglo French and Italian aims in North Africa, noting Tripoli and Morocco, Senussi risks, and a Paris-Rome understanding while detailing naval reassignments and colonial relief efforts in New South Wales.
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Mackinnon
Hammersmith Synagogue
H. A. Marks
Bloemfontein
Dr. Adler
Italy
Benghazi
Tripoli
France
Spain
Great Britain
Germany
Austria
Mediterranean
England
Sahore
Gulf of Guinea
Wadal
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the Benevolent Asylum
Wadai
el Senussi
Vilayet
Sahara
Senussi
Mahdi
Khalifa
Morocco
Persian Gulf
Sydney Benevolent Society
William I
Alck
Ben&£Volent Society
George Street
Abdul Hamid
Tunis
Barbary
Quai d'Orsay
Paris
North-west
Rome
Brazzaville
Congo
Senessi
Lamy
M. Foureau
Rabah
Nigeria
Soudan
Scoussi
Abd-el-Kader
Algeria
Beni Mansur
Grace
Parramatta
Castlereagh
Liverpool
Richmond
Hospital
Brickfield
Cockle Bay
Military
Maral
London “Evening News
Alaska
Uny
China
Japan
Tientsin
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