The Treasurer delivered the Budget statement to-day. A departure was, made, as all reference to extraneous matter not bearing on finance was ...
Article : 75 wordsAs usual the Cremorne Theatre was crowded Tuesday when Mr. Chas. Cartwright's Company again produced "The Middleman." Everything passed off ...
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Article : 46 wordsThe Unwary Tippler.—James Gott, charged with having been drunk at the Great Western Hotel, was fined 7s. 6d. Lewis Davis and James Grant were ...
Article : 466 wordsThe Premier, Mr. G. H. Reid, was entertained at luncheon at Narandera to-day. Referring to the reports which regard to a coalition. Government, he ...
Article : 143 wordsAt about 10 minutes past 8 o'clock August 9 the residents of Fremantle in the vicinity of the central police station were startled by a woman's ...
Article : 355 wordsSome comment has been caused by the arrival in one day, at Dover, in Kent, of 2,000 German carrier pigeons for use in military operations. ...
Article : 32 wordsAt the police court to-day James Riley was charged with having no visible means of support. It was said that he recently arrived from Western ...
Article : 64 wordsIt is anticipated that the Emperor William will prevent the publication of the autobiography of the late Prince Bismarck. ...
Article : 44 wordsA man named Lane, who is alleged to have victimised several tradesmen at Nhill by means of valueless cheques, has been arrested at Maryborough. It is ...
Article : 49 wordsThe New York "World" reports that General Calixto Garcia, the Cuban rebel leader, who is in command of 1,200 men, has stopped drawing rations from ...
Article : 84 wordsThe Customs receipts from July 1 show a decrease of £12,900 on those of the corresponding period of last year. ...
Article : 22 wordsMr. Robert Brough has secured for his Australasian season Anthony Hope's new play "The Adventures of Lady Ursula," which is announced to be ...
Article : 39 wordsA deputation from the recently-formed Trade Protection Society waited on the Premier to-day, and requested him to alter the law relating to the control ...
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Article : 73 wordsQuite a sensation has been caused by the issue of a book, written by Professor Marshall Hall, the well-known musician, and entitled "Hymns ...
Article : 94 wordsA Spanish transport at Santiago is shipping the Spanish troops to Europe. ...
Article : 22 wordsAt the inquest held to-day on Ernest Doddridge, who died from injuries received from a fall off the parapet of the Morphett-street Bridge, a verdict of ...
Article : 33 wordsThe serious fighting, which was recently reported from the north-west frontier of India, has been resumed at Bajaur, despite official attempts to ...
Article : 35 wordsThe barque Cara has arrived en route to Newcastle from Delagoa Bay in a weather-beaten condition. She had a tempestuous voyage, during which two ...
Article : 66 wordsAn agent of the Carlists has made some heavy purchases of war materials in England. It is said that the purchases include 20,000 rifles and ...
Article : 33 wordsThe Produce Department received, during the week ended last Saturday, 4,140 gallons of wine, 200 sheep, and 14,700 rabbits for export. ...
Article : 24 wordsThe boy M'Gorry, who was the hero of a perilous railway ride from Seymour, was charged to-day with having travelled without a ticket. He was ...
Article : 33 wordsAt the reception held to-day by the acting Mayoress, Mrs. Brown, there were about 1,200 persons present. ...
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Article : 100 wordsThe Dublin Corporation has rejected a proposal to erect a statue in honor of the late W. E. Gladstone. ...
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Article : 61 wordsA verdict of suicide while of unsound mind was returned at the inquest held to-day on William. Sinclair, lately chief officer of the steamer Perth, who shot ...
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Article : 454 wordsIn connection with the strike of miners at the Gibralter mine, near Adelong, pickets have been posted. The men are very orderly. Notices have ...
Article : 44 wordsThe Agricultural Committee appointed to inquire into the question of national wheat stores recommends that a Royal Commission should be set up to ...
Article : 53 wordsBy the fire which occurred last night, Messrs. Harris and Co. lost stock which was valued at £6,000, and on which there were insurances of £3,000. The ...
Article : 42 wordsThe members of the Holloway Dramatic Company arrived here to-day from Fremantle. ...
Article : 15 wordsThe two-year-old daughter of the Rev. W. R. Thomas, at Wingham, and May Flanagan, five years of age, residing with her parents at Yalgogrin, have ...
Article : 40 wordsTyphoid fever is very prevalent in the American camps in Cuba, and Major-General Shafter has telegraphed to Washington that over 75 per cent, of the ...
Article : 155 wordsIn the House of Assembly to-day, the Premier stated that a labor bureau, on the same lines as that of New Zealand, would be established shortly. ...
Article : 170 wordsMr. Harry Trott, the well-known cricketer, is much better. His medical adviser thinks that he will be about in a few days. ...
Article : 25 wordsA particularly brutal case of assault with intent was heard at the Criminal Court to-day against John Holt, who, in company with others, maltreated John ...
Article : 80 wordsIndependent tribes in the vicinity of the Blue Nile are negotiating for terms with Sir H. H. Kitchener, the commander-in-chief of the Anglo-Egyptian ...
Article : 62 wordsThe R.M.S. Orient to-day took away in gold £20,000 on account of the National Bank, and £2,500 on account of the Orient Company. ...
Article : 27 wordsOn Tuesday Mr. E. T. Hancock, the Queensland tick expert, gave another demonstration of the manner in which: inoculating instruments should be used. ...
Article : 143 wordsCommon Assault—Thomas Willis was charged with having assaulted a woman named Wanda Conrad, in the [?]emantle Park on Monday afternoon. ...
Article : 359 wordsThe Australian Steam Navigation Company proposes to obtain in London a loan of £300,000 at 4 per cent. The debentures will be secured by a special ...
Article : 51 wordsLady Todd, the wife of the Postmaster-General, died to-day. She underwent a slight operation, and complications which, set in caused her death. ...
Article : 26 wordsA shocking cycle and waggonette collision occurred at Sooth. Melbourne to-day. Alexander Gibson, 30 years of age, unmarried, residing at Albert Park ...
Article : 70 wordsMessrs. Bloustein and Carter, jewellers, of Perth, have arrived in Sydney for the purpose of seeing the jewellery, considerably over £1,000 in value, which ...
Article : 83 wordsThe Board of Trade returns show that the imports into the United Kingdom during the month of July decreased in value to tie amount of of £220,484, as ...
Article : 48 wordsRussia has demanded of China that police and military guards shall be appointed along the whole length of the Port Arthur-Kirin railway route. The ...
Article : 68 wordsThe Executive Council met to-day, and decided that Parliament should meet on Tuesday next. VICTORIA. ...
Article : 190 wordsOn August 3 an able seaman named Hassen, belonging to the ship Rimutaka, from London, fell from the lower rigging. He struck the ship's rails and ...
Article : 39 wordsThe following paragraph appeared in the "Queenslander" of July 16:—Mr. Hancock, a former tack inspector in this colony, was recently sent over to ...
Article : 234 wordsArrivals.—Barque Mari Bhan, 1315 tons; ship Canterbury, 1246 tons; barque Orari, 959 tons; and steamer Port Elliot, 2295 tons. ...
Article : 77 wordsThe negotiations, which have been proceeding between the M'Culloch Carrying Company, Melbourne, and Wright, Heaton, and Co., Sydney, have resulted ...
Article : 41 wordsThe Supreme Court was crowded to-day by members of the bar in anticipation of references to the death, of Mr. Justice Manning. The Chief Justice ...
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Article : 64 wordsThe sixteenth half-yearly meeting of the Broken Hill Water Supply Company, Limited, was held to-day. The balance-sheet showed a profit of £11,778. ...
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Article : 78 wordsThe steamer Ormara has arrived at Valparaiso, seriously damaged by collision. [This vessel is of 3780 tons, and ...
Article : 49 wordsThe Canadian Government is about to invite tenders for the establishment of a fast Atlantic service. ...
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The Inquirer and Commercial News (Perth, WA : 1855 - 1901), Fri 12 Aug 1898, Page 1
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