An accident, attended with a fatal result, occurred on the Greenhills line at 9.20 this morning, close to the No. 1 siding. A Government engine lent to ...
Article : 486 wordsFrank Ashley and William Smith, who on Monday were found guilty of conspiracy to defraud in connection with the sale of spurious Pink Pills ...
Article : 66 wordsThe retiring Governor-General of Canada (the Earl of Aberdeen), in a farewell address to the Dominion Parliament, said that he had witnessed with ...
Article : 72 wordsThe Spanish cruiser Lepanto has miled to join Admiral Camara's fleet. [The Lepanto is a steel cruiser of 4,826 tons, and 20 knots speed, and ...
Article : 52 wordsLast night, at the Royal Colonial Institute, Lord Brassey read a paper on the social and political progress of Victoria. ...
Article : 166 wordsIt is reported that several additions are to be made to the White Star line for the purpose of establishing a cargo service between London and Australia ...
Article : 50 wordsA Decision Reserved.—The only case heard in the Perth Local Court yesterday was that of A de Banks v. George Armstrong, which had been remitted ...
Article : 244 wordsChanges of season have variable effects upon different individuals (writes a medical authority), but none feel a change in the season so quickly as the fair sex ...
Article : 624 wordsAn old criminal named William Goggins was placed on his trial to-day for housebreaking. He pleaded insanity, and said that it was probable that he ...
Article : 68 wordsIt is stated that Captain Sampson's fleet is largely supplied with ammunition. ...
Article : 24 wordsEfforts were made to re[?] the steamer Adelaide's lost propeller to-day, but they proved futile. The operations of discharging the cargo and coal were ...
Article : 29 wordsThe Niger Convention between France and Britain has been signed. France obtains large concessions on the Gold Coast; it retains Mossi (or ...
Article : 48 wordsJames Walker Gray, formerly stationmaster at Mitcham, was found guilty today of having embezzled money belonging to the Government railways, and ...
Article : 31 wordsJohn Davis, residing at Burnley, was descending a sewer shaft at Richmond, when he fell a distance of 30ft. He sustained a fractured skull, and his ...
Article : 32 wordsA report received from New York States that the armed vessel Texas (6,315 tons) and the cruiser Marblehead (2,000 tons), forming part of the ...
Article : 43 wordsA seal, which escaped from the Adelaide Zoo., has been captured with the aid of a lassoo at Henley beach. ...
Article : 24 wordsAn important debate took place yesterday in the French Chamber of Deputies. M. Meline, the Premier, refused to ...
Article : 111 wordsThe Government analyst has discovered opium in the stomach of George Evans, who was found dead at the Salvation "Army" metropole. ...
Article : 25 wordsThe authorities of South Wales have again appealed to Mr. C. T. Ritchie, president of the Board of Trade, to intervene in the disastrous strikes now ...
Article : 43 wordsAn inquest on the body of John Hocking, who was drowned in the Port River on Monday night, was opened to-day. The deceased was 65 years old, and was ...
Article : 117 wordsAlleged Illegal Sale.—The hearing of the case Edward Nicholls v. Mathew Dyson was resumed. In this case, which was the rehearing of a trial which ...
Article : 305 wordsThe imports of the colony for May were valued at £958,925, an increase of £29,512 compared with May last, while the exports were of the value of ...
Article : 36 wordsThe picket of marines which was missing after the skirmish with the Spaniards in the vicinity of Guantanamo is reported to be safe. ...
Article : 34 wordsParliament has been called together for the 28th, when Ministers will bring forward their measures. ...
Article : 16 wordsWith reference to Mr. Reid's latest statement that if the bill were forced on New South Wales the smaller colonies would be amply repaid, Mr. Holder ...
Article : 330 wordsThe London "Standard" of this morning says that if the United States Senate obstructs the proposal to annex Hawaii it is believed in Washington ...
Article : 47 wordsThe Cabinet has dealt with an anomaly in connection with the wages paid to the men employed in the maintenance branch of the Railway ...
Article : 66 wordsDuring the passage of the barque Otago from Natal, the chief officer, Mr. Bush, developed symptoms of insanity three days after the ...
Article : 83 wordsThe Associated Chambers of Commerce have urged Lord Salisbury to protect the development of British trade in China. ...
Article : 108 wordsReports of rain in the northwest have reached the Minister of. Agriculture. Mr. Taverner is delighted with the news, and states that for the first time since ...
Article : 73 wordsThe American marines at Guantanamo are in a critical condition. They are exhausted by the incessant attacks of the Spaniards, and the guns of the ...
Article : 44 wordsReports regarding the rain continue to come in from all parts of the colony. The waters of the Terrene subsided during the night, and an inspection of the ...
Article : 53 wordsThe Minister of Agriculture has received from Mr. Sydney Smith, the New South Wales Minister, a telegram, reporting Queensland's modification of ...
Article : 90 wordsOn June 15 a suicide occurred at North Fremantle, where a lad named Henry Mason, better known as "Sonny." Mason, between 16 and 17 years of age, ...
Article : 372 wordsCongress has unanimously voted the immediate payment of the Behring award to Britain. ...
Article : 23 wordsA boy named John Drowse, six years of age, was drowned in the Terrene to-day while trying to recover an orange. Another lad made an attempt to rescue ...
Article : 38 wordsThe activity of the Russians at Peking is extraordinary. They have obtained the right to construct a railway in the far south from Peking into the ...
Article : 78 wordsThe lead imports since the date of the last report have amounted to 17,273 tons, of which 4,082 tons were Australian. The exports for the same ...
Article : 36 wordsA man, whose name is supposed to be Best, was arrested for drunkenness tonight, and taken, to the police station. A wound was than noticed on his head ...
Article : 55 wordsA collision took place in the Bay to-day between the sailing boat Rory O'More and the steam tug Oscar. The latter steered straight for the other ...
Article : 58 wordsSeveral of the swiftest American warships are assembling at Hampton Roads, and there is an impression that an attack on the Spanish fleet at Cadiz ...
Article : 46 wordsThe Premier has received a letter from the Chief Secretary of Queensland in reference to the recent immigration of Chinese from the northern territory ...
Article : 60 wordsMr. Armour, the Chicago wheat operator, has bought for cash 5,000,000 bushels of wheat from his rival, Mr. Leiter. ...
Article : 46 wordsThe result of the polling on Monday was declared by the returning officer, Mr. Maitland Brown, at the Court-house this morning. A fair number of people ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 74 wordsThe drought appears to have thoroughly broken up in the Riverina. In the western portion of the colony light rains have fallen in many places during ...
Article : 51 wordsIn political circles it is generally agreed that the basis of the fight at the coming elections will be a federal one, and that there will be only two parties ...
Article : 115 wordsThe German press implies that the demonstration of Admiral Diedrich at Manila, is the result of the acquisition by Germany of a harbor in the ...
Article : 34 wordsAt a meeting of the Lake View and Boulder East Gold-mining Company, to consider a scheme of reconstruction under the name of the Lady Carey ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 164 wordsThe owner of the barquentine Fido now believes that the vessel is lost with all hands, numbering 11. Captain Morison, who was in charge, is well ...
Article : 49 wordsSir Andrew-Clarke, the Agent-General for Victoria, has formally protested to the-Colonial Office against the proposed-concessions to the British ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 107 wordsMr. Byrnes, after a meeting of the Cabinet, sent telegrams to the Premiere of New South Wales and Victoria stating that he was giving serious ...
Article : 72 wordsAt Angathella a girl, the daughter of William Johnson, was returning from I school, when she was met by a blackfellow, who dragged her off the road and ...
Article : 57 wordsA great compliment was paid to Mr. Jas. Martin, M.L.C., in Gawler, by the townspeople to-day, on the occasion of the celebration of the fiftieth ...
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The Inquirer and Commercial News (Perth, WA : 1855 - 1901), Fri 17 Jun 1898, Page 1
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