The Government has purchased for £700 a number of specimens obtained from the No. 1 North Oriental Glanmire Company's mine at Gympie. ...
Article : 34 wordsThe situation at Manila is unsatisfactory. Hundreds of the citizens are deserting. ...
Article : 48 wordsMuch interest has been excited in political circles over the approaching by-election at Southport, in the South-west Division of Lancashire. ...
Article : 188 wordsA shocking accident, which resulted in the instantaneous death of two miners, occurred at the Block 12 mine at Broken Hill to-day. A shot had been fired in ...
Article : 157 wordsOn Monday night the Bev. G. E. Rowe lectured in the Wesleyan Church on "East and West." The lecture was well attended. At the close of the ...
Article : 166 wordsThe R.M.S. Ophir took away £23,000 in gold to-day for London. Of this £20,000 was on account of the National Bank, and the balance was from ...
Article : 37 wordsSir Charles Gavan Duffy has made a vehement protest against what he terms "the disgraceful and disgusting conduct" of the Dublin Corporation in ...
Article : 270 wordsA caucus meeting of the Labor party and the Opposition was held to-day, with a view to arranging a coalition of the parties. It is understood that no ...
Article : 42 wordsA fatality occurred to-day in a sewer shaft at Richmond. Six shots had been fired within a few feet of the tunnel on either side ...
Article : 92 wordsIt is reported that President M'Kinley proposes to annex Luzon only, and to restore the rest of the Philippines to Spain, on a guarantee being given that ...
Article : 62 wordsThe inquest on the body of Michael Fitzpatrick, who was burned to death in a shed in Prisk's back yard on Friday morning, was concluded to-day. A ...
Article : 92 wordsIn the Criminal Court to-day, Hubert Boss was charged with having used an instrument with illegal intent on Dora Bromley, who was employed by the ...
Article : 85 wordsA youth named Carter was operated on in the Bunbury Hospital Tuesday he having blown a portion of his fingers off in consequence of his gun ...
Article : 86 wordsThe steamer Urmston Grange, laden with provisions for the American troops, left Sydney for Manila to-day. ...
Article : 23 wordsLast week 5,746 tons of Newcastle coal were shipped to Western Australia. ...
Article : 17 wordsThe Rechabite Order of South. Australia will celebrate its jubilee in October. The order was instituted in 1848. An elaborate programme of festivities ...
Article : 39 wordsThe Government of Western Australia has received the following cable message from. Mr.Chamberlain, Secretary of State for the Colonies:—Her ...
Article : 61 wordsA leading city miller expressed the opinion that the wheat production will exceed the best record by fully 10 percent., and that the increased ...
Article : 41 wordsIn the Cape elections the Afrikander Bund has gained four more seats, and it is considered probable that the Bund will have a majority of 10 when ...
Article : 39 wordsMr. Julius Herz, the well-known musician and ex-conductor of the Melbourne Liedertafel, buret a blood-vessel to-day, and died. ...
Article : 20 wordsBertie Smith, who was kicked by a horse in Gregory-street, is recovering. The annual prize firing of the Geraldton Rifles was commenced on Saturday ...
Article : 126 wordsThe Bishop of Geraldton (W.A.) left Adelaide for the eastern colonies this afternoon, overland. He was accompanied by the Bishop of Sale (Vic.) and ...
Article : 61 wordsThe directors of the Co-operative Wool and Produce Company, whose sale was recently boycotted by the wool-buyers, have issued a circular ...
Article : 76 wordsMr. W. C. Grant, lineman, connected with the Telegraph Department, while at Emu Point on Monday afternoon looking up at a wire, felt a prick in the ...
Article : 187 wordsThe latest bulletin issued with reference to the health of H.R.H. the Prince of Wales, who recently fractured his knee-cap is to the effect that a quarter of ...
Article : 69 wordsThe Shakespeare costume ball which was held to-night in the Town-hall, in aid of the distressed actors' fund, was largely attended. ...
Article : 23 wordsThe report as to a bogus trial of Chinese murderers having been held at Kiao-Chau by Eugene Wolff, a German newspaper correspondent, has been ...
Article : 50 wordsIt is reported that the British Government contemplates the purchase of the private telephones for £6,500,000. [Mr. W. H. Preece, C.B. ...
Article : 335 wordsThe Minister of Agriculture has instructed Messrs, Valet and Bondurant, now on leave in America, to bring the necessary seeds for trying the irrigable ...
Article : 33 wordsThe inquest on the body of Thomas Crowley, who was killed yesterday at the railway station, was formally opened to-day, and adjourned. ...
Article : 25 wordsThe death is announced of Mr. James Richard Hill, president of the Bank of New South Wales. He was one of the best-known figures in banking and ...
Article : 51 wordsJames Murray, a solicitor, was charged with, having failed to hand over £165 received on behalf of a client. Mr. Justice Holroyd said that there was only ...
Article : 48 wordsIn the Banco Court to-day, Mr. C. M. Muirhead, for the Attorney-General, asked the court to fix September 2 as the date for the hearing of an ...
Article : 66 wordsDespatches have recently been received from London concerning letters which passed between the Agents-General and the Prince of Wales, on the ...
Article : 229 wordsIn the Police Court Tuesday in the case of Walter Foster, 14 years of age, who was convicted of having stolen property at Bonnie Vale, the resident ...
Article : 76 wordsTremendous popular receptions are being given to the British Mediterranean squadron which is now visiting Italian ports. ...
Article : 26 wordsThe Labor party gave a luncheon to-day in honor of its leader, Mr. M'Gowen. The speakers averred that the sincerity of the party for ...
Article : 40 wordsTo-day the Court of Marine Inquiry investigated the grounding of the steamer Innamincka in the West Channel on June 22. Captain Vincent was charged ...
Article : 42 wordsThe house of Mrs. Trebilcock, at Norwood, was entered by burglars in broad daylight to-day, and the place was ransacked. The jewels had been ...
Article : 37 wordsFurther disclaimers have been published by directors and others concerned in the charges of bribery made by Mr. Ernest Terah Hooley. ...
Article : 41 wordsAt the Great Cobar copper mine to-day a miner named James Goldis fell down a shaft 218ft. deep and was killed. The body was terribly mangled. ...
Article : 30 wordsAt the inquest held to-day on the body of Dudley Palmer, bank clerk, who shot himself at Sale, a verdict of suicide was returned. ...
Article : 133 wordsSeveral new buildings have been erected, and are in the course of erection here. Among the former is a handsome stone edifice, erected in ...
Article : 82 wordsG. H. Nethercott was committed for trial on Tuesday on a charge of having embezzled the funds of the Boulder municipality while holding the position ...
Article : 338 wordsWith reference to the accident to the steamer Adelaide on June 14, in the Port River, when she lost her propeller, the Marine Board has found that the ...
Article : 54 wordsAt the seventh annual conference of the Farmers and Settlers' Association of New South Wales to-day, Mr. Miller, the vice-president, advocated that the ...
Article : 33 wordsThere have been many collisions and stranding of vessels in the English Channel and on the east coast of England, owing to the dense fogs. ...
Article : 34 wordsMr. J. H. Want, the Attorney-General, has recovered from his recent illness, and has resumed his duties. ...
Article : 22 wordsA burglary was committed at the house of Mr. J. Evans, of College Town. A quantity of jewellery was stolen, a portion of which was traced to Patrick ...
Article : 35 wordsThe Japanese Jonoski Takuma, who was yesterday convicted of having uttered forged postage stamps, was sentenced to 12 months' imprisonment ...
Article : 34 wordsThere is a serious danger to which Egypt is liable, and to which it will continue to be liable until the Soudan and the Upper Nile are brought under ...
Article : 179 wordsThe Salvation "Army" authorities have offered the German Club to purchase the Albert-hall properties for the use of the "Army." It is understood ...
Article : 31 wordsVery hot weather is being experienced on the continent this season. In the south of France 300 soldiers were disabled in two days from ...
Article : 52 wordsArrivals.—Steamer Waikato, 3,071 tons; ship Elfi, 1,250 tons; steamer Star of New Zealand, 3,032 tons; and barque Magda, 1,090 tons. ...
Article : 103 wordsAt a meeting of this society, which was held Tuesday at St. George's Hall Dean Goldsmith presiding, a lecture was delivered by the Rev. D. J. Garland ...
Article : 548 wordsAt the annual meeting of the Sydney Chamber of Commerce to-day the chairman warmly advocated federation. The manufacturers are delighted with ...
Article : 30 wordsIn the Criminal Court to-day the conspiracy case against Gray and Davis in connection with the sale of a restaurant was resumed. The hearing was not ...
Article : 34 wordsThe yachtsmen on the Medway are building a new yacht, the Maid of Kent, to compete with the Irex. The Maid of Kent will carry nearly ...
Article : 120 wordsAt a banquet tendered to Mr. Campbell, M.L.A., at Kiama to-day, the leader of the Opposition said that he believed that in two or three months ...
Article : 58 wordsThe Commissioner for Police has been informed by the Hobart authorities that Gustave Smith, who is wanted in South Australia as an alleged absconding ...
Article : 53 wordsThe Sirdar, Sir. H. H. Kitchener, has concentrated his forces at Wad Habashi, a few miles north of the sixth cataract. The health of the Anglo-Egyptian ...
Article : 76 wordsMr. C. E. Borchgrevink sailed yesterday in the Southern Cross for the Antarctic regions. As it left the Thames there was much enthusiasm, and the ...
Article : 44 wordsThe Home Secretary received a telegram to-day from Burketown, stating that a serious fight had occurred at a blacks camp. An aboriginal named ...
Article : 42 wordsThe annual report of the Railway Department shows that the earnings were £984,000 and the expenses £605,000. The earnings per train mile was 5s. 4d. ...
Article : 28 wordsA trade paper specially devoted to the interests of the begging fraternity is published in Paris. The Paris beggars number about 8,000. Their paper ...
Article : 103 wordsThe adjourned meeting of the Port Adelaide Racing Club, held, to-night, considered the nomination of Dr. Morris, who resigned various offices in the ...
Article : 66 wordsEnglish wheat has fallen 1s. to 2s. a quarter during the past week, and there has been a decline of 6d. a quarter in the prices of foreign supplies. ...
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The Inquirer and Commercial News (Perth, WA : 1855 - 1901), Fri 26 Aug 1898, Page 1
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