The decision of the Imperial authorities to despatch 1000 troops to take part in the Commonwealth celebrations has awakened the Minister for Defence to the nece[?]ity of making suitable arrangements to ...
Article : 561 wordsField-Marshal Lord Roberts has appealed to the nation not to treat the soldiers returning from the war to stimulants. He states that he is proud of the army's ...
Article : 182 wordsIf there is anything that Sydney has a special right to be proud of it is its Botanic Gardens. They give the city one of its chief charms, and at the same time offer a convincing reply ...
Article : 2,609 wordsSeven hundred troops of the Australian Contingents, in command of Colonel T. Price, of the Victorian Contingent, sailed in the White Star liner Harlech Castle from ...
Article : 117 wordsEight Boxers were shot by the Allies at Paoting-fu for looting. One of the Boxers confessed that he helped to torture [?] lady missionary. ...
Article : 78 wordsYesterday in connexion with the Presidential election campaign 100,000 supporters of the gold standard, opponents of Mr. Bryan, paraded the streets of New York in spite of a ...
Article : 71 wordsA fatal tram accident occurred early on Saturday afternoon at West End. A little girl named Maggie Mooney, 6 years of age, was crossing the road, when she was knocked down by a tramcar. The driver did ...
Article : 78 wordsThe Brisbane wool sales were held on Saturday, when [?]224 bales were offered, and about two-thirds were [?]old, withdrawals being fairly heavy. The attendance of local, home, and foreign buyers was ...
Article : 113 wordsIn the recently created London Borough Councils, the elections for which were held on Thursday, the Moderates have a majority over the Progressives in three-fourths of the ...
Article : 183 wordsLieutenant-General Sir A. Gasele[?], who is in command of the Allies at Paoting-fu, with a view of disgracing the city in the eyes of the Chinese, owing to the murders and ...
Article : 70 wordsSir,—I crave a small space in your valuable columns to draw attention to what it seems to me should be an important factor in the celebration of the Commonwealth, and that is an Australian ode or ...
Article : 382 wordsWater has been tapped in No. 6 bore at Dund[?], Cloncurry, at a depth of 780ft., the flow procured being the phenomenal one of 9ft. 8in. over the 6in. c[?]ing, This is believed to b[?]at the record for the ...
Article : 116 wordsIt was announced on Thursday that Lieutenant-General Sir A. Hunter had expelled the Boers from Ventersburg, in the centre of the Orange River Colony. ...
Article : 169 wordsIt was announced some time ago that Kang-yi, an ultra anti-foreigner, one of the Grand Secretaries, had been decapitated on account of being one of the instigators of outrages, ...
Article : 80 wordsA force of 300 Boers captured Reddersburg, to the south-east of Bloomfontein. They commandeered all the stores in the town and then retired. ...
Article : 33 wordsThe public gardens were opened in the suburb of Subisco on Saturday in the presence of a large gathering, including members of the Government, Parliamentary and municipal representatives, ...
Article : 88 wordsThe British, after reoccupying Ventersburg, destroyed the town as a punishment for it having harboured the enemy. ...
Article : 22 wordsMr. Benjamin P. Lake, a solicitor, the late chairman of the Discipline Committee of the Incorporated Law Institute, has been remanded at the Bow-street Police Court on ...
Article : 43 wordsA force of 1500 British, and Germans stormed Tszeking-kuan, on the frontier of the Shansi province. The Chinese offered a stubborn resistance, ...
Article : 69 wordsA young man named Edward Edwards attempted to cut his wife's throat at K[?]tangata, near Dunedin, and then out his own throat from car to [?]r. The woman, it is stated, may recover. ...
Article : 40 wordsDuring the month of October the British Army in South Africa had 170 men killed in action, 71 men died of wounds, 367 died of disease, and 2800 were invalided home. ...
Article : 39 wordsSir,—Among the various suggested items for the Commonwealth celebrations I notice that no mention is made of the "ode." Surely this is not going to b[?] overlooked. The spirit that animates us now, are w[?] ...
Article : 447 wordsA French tribunal has deprived the Countess de Castellan[?], daughter of Jay Gould, the American millionaire, of the management of her fortune, she owing £880,000 debts, caused ...
Article : 37 wordsThe sectional committee appointed to carry out the aquatic festivities in connection with the Commonwealth celebrations has appointed Mr. W. H. Palmer as representative on the executive committee, ...
Article : 169 wordsParticulars of the capture of a British outpost at Geneva by the Boers and the subsequent detention of the Cape mail train show that 50 Boers surprised a volunteer ...
Article : 89 wordsFour more officials of Pao-ting-fu have been executed by the Allies. ...
Article : 23 wordsThe arrival in Sydney on Saturday night of Jimmy Governor was not marked by any noteworthy incident. The prisoner was on board the North Coast Company's steamer Electra when she arrived ...
Article : 557 wordsThe barque Heathbank, which left Rio Janeiro on April 28 for Newcastle, New South Wales, is considered to have been lost. The Heathbank was a large, powerful steel barque ...
Article : 115 wordsMembers of the German contingent in China, in private letters written from Peking, deplore the butchery of Chinese in which they had to engage. ...
Article : 99 wordsThe people of the Continent regret the retirement of Lord Salisbury from the position of Minister for Foreign Affairs. France is pleased with the appointment of ...
Article : 50 wordsThe Sectional Committee on Music further considered the proposed arrangements for the celebration week at a special meeting held at 23 Rowe-street on Saturday afternoon. Mr. J. J. Cramp ...
Article : 274 wordsA force of Boers has occupied Koffyfontein. The loyal women and children took refuge in a mine, while the men staying on the surface resisted the attack of the enemy to the ...
Article : 88 wordsThe last person in Glasgow to be stricken with the plague is now convalescent. ...
Article : 22 wordsSir,—With a view of assisting to make the inauguration of our Commonwealth as befitting the occasion as possible, I beg, through the medium of your columns, to suggest to the committee entrusted ...
Article : 399 wordsMr. Justice Lawrence and Mr. Justice Kennedy have reversed the decision of the Justices of the Peace at Blackpool in the case in which the New Zealand Government ...
Article : 97 wordsAn Imperial Edict announces that Li[?]-kun-yi and Chang-chi-tung, Yangt[?]ze Viceroys, who are said to be friendly to foreigners, have been added to the Chinese ...
Article : 74 wordsA startling accident, which, in one i[?]tance, terminated fatally, occurred at the crushing battery owned by the Unity and Carlisle North Garden Gully and Pass-by Companies, B[?]digo, on ...
Article : 399 wordsIt has been decided to permanently station a garrison of 7000 men in Bloemfontein. The site for the barracks is now being selected. ...
Article : 32 wordsLieutenant-General Sir H. M. Rundle, who is operating in the Bethlehem district, burnt the homestead of Mrs. Wessells (sister of General Botha), owing to the inmates ...
Article : 40 wordsFrench officers at Yang-tsun refused to leave a carriage on a special train intended to carry the 14th American Regiment to Tong-ku. Colonel Doggett summoned the ...
Article : 44 words"Orphe[?]s" writes urging that steps should be taken by the Commonwealth celebration committee with a view to inducing the Melbourne Liedertafel to come over and join the Sydney musical associations ...
Article : 44 wordsThere was a firm sale and spirited competition to-day at the wool sales. Nov. 3. The following prices were realised ...
Article : 170 wordsA movement is on foot amongst the residents of Paddington for the purpose of decorating the principal thoroughfares and buildings on the occasion of the Commonwealth festivities. ...
Article : 32 wordsThe names of the following Australians appear in the casualty lists:- NEW SOUTH WALES. Accidental fracture of the legs, at ...
Article : 105 wordsIt is officially reported that Prince Tuan has shaved his head and fled to Mongolia disguised as a Buddhist monk. ...
Article : 29 words"Old Soldier" writes suggesting that in connection with the military pageant efforts should be made to secure an effective representation of the contingent that was sent to the Soudan. ...
Article : 36 wordsSir,—A few days ago you published a letter of mine in which I gave the landing-place of Governor Phillip on the west side of the Cove. There need be no manner of doubt about the matter, as the ...
Article : 341 wordsA Franco-German expedition has gone to the tombs of the Ming Dynasty. [The 13 tombs of Emperors of the Ming dynasty are situated about 100 miles to the north-east of ...
Article : 48 wordsThe immigration vote was passed in the Assembly on Friday, and the House rose at 11 p.m. ...
Article : 25 words"J. B." writes:—"In older to make the public celebrations in connection with the inauguration of the Commonwealth as widespread and general throughout the country as possible, I would suggest ...
Article : 179 wordsThe annual house-to-house collection on behalf of the Balmain Cottage Hospital, under the auspices of the local United Friendly and Trade Societies, was taken up on Saturday by a large committee of gentlemen ...
Article : 597 wordsThe Allies are in possession of 100 members of the Emperor's harem. ...
Article : 18 wordsColonel F. W. Francis, who commanded the 4th (Rough Riders) New Zealand Contingent, and was invalided to England, has been invited to Sandringham. ...
Article : 28 words"Lohengrin" has now been added to the list of grand operas presented by Mr. George Mu[?]gr[?]e to Melbourne music-lovers, and the presentation has been on a scale of such completeness as ...
Article : 238 wordsA force of the Allies, including a British detachment, has occupied the Imperial tombs at Siling. ...
Article : 24 wordsThe October crushing of the Mount Charlotte Company was 480 tons of stone, yielding 265oz. 17dwt. gold. The ore treated was taken from a cross vein close to the north boundary, at about the 100ft. ...
Article : 223 wordsMany prominent Carlists in Spain have been arrested, and all Carlist organisations in the kingdom have been suppressed, owing to several outbreaks against the Throne. ...
Article : 32 wordsSeventeen invadided Australian soldiers returned from South Africa by the steamer Yarrawonga to-day. The contingent comprises:—South Australians: Troopers Worm, Leighton, and Miller, ...
Article : 174 wordsOn the steamer Yarrawo[?]g[?], which arrived to-day from London, are the horses, dogs, and carriages for Lord Hoptoun. The animals are in charge of J. Smith. He is accompanied by Ernest Day, who ...
Article : 627 wordsAn Alice Springs telegram states that Mr. Allan A. Davidson, leader of the Central Australian Exploration Syndicate, arrived on Thursday, en route for Adelaide. He states that during the past ...
Article : 291 wordsThe country is getting very dry, and unless rain falls soon the outlook will be serious. A thunderstorm occurred yesterday, and 33 points of rain fell in 10 minutes, but the ground is too dry for th[?] ...
Article : 227 wordsSir,—I would suggest the official landing to take place at the Man-o'-war Steps, and to accommodate the vast number of people likely to be present it would be necessary to remove the ...
Article : 124 wordsSir,—With respect to the many suggestions to commemorate Federation Day in a permanent manner, allow me to suggest a grand national monument to our soldiers killed in South Africa—a monument ...
Article : 141 wordsAn ineffectual attempt was made late on Saturday night to burn down the Albert Park Presbyterian Church. A man named Boyd was passing the church ou h[?] way home, and noticed a blaze under the back ...
Article : 153 wordsAshfield Election: Address by Mr. G. H. Reid in support of the candidature of Mr. F. E. Winchcombe, Ashfield Hall, 8 p.m. Mr. [?]. W. Watkin addresses the electors at Congregational Hall, Croydon, 8 p.m. ...
Article : 105 wordsAbout 10 days ago the Mayor (Alderman Sir Matthew Harris, M.L.A.) received a cablegram from the War Office stating that his son, Lieutenant Harris, of the Inn[?]illing Dragoons, had been ...
Article : 165 wordsTELEGRAPHIC SHIPPING NEWS. MELBOURNE.—Departures: Sunday, Salfordia, s., for Sydney; Drummuir, ship, for Newcastle. ...
Article : 17 wordsSir,—With your permission I would make a suggestion to those federal capital l[?]gues which have faith in their prospects. Attending the inauguration in Sydney there will be quite a number of members ...
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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Mon 5 Nov 1900, Page 7
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