The Boer Generals Botha, De Wet, and Delarey have issued an address "to the civilised world," appealing for funds on behalf of the Boers for education and relief. ...
Article : 245 wordsAlthough no rain has fallen in Brisbane since our last report, the official advices snow that at a number of stations the showers already recorded have been ...
Article : 234 wordsWhilst a party of 400 peasants were celebrating a wedding dance in a barn at the village of Melba, near Warsaw, the capital of Russian Poland, the hay in the building ...
Article : 67 wordsIt is now announced that the German Crown Prince will not accompany H.R.H. the Duke of Connaught on his visit to India to attend the great Coronation ...
Article : 47 wordsWith reference to the motion by Mr. Victor Sampson, in favour of an extension of the powers of the Royal Commission appointed to deal with the sentences ...
Article : 82 wordsIn the Senate to-day, Mr. Pulsford moved the adjournment of the House to draw attention to the prosecution of merchants in Sydney and elsewhere, for ...
Article : 363 wordsThe debate on the Treasurer's Budget Speech was resumed in Committee in the House of Representatives to-day. Mr. G. H. Reid, who was received with ...
Article : 2,244 wordsNews has been received of a shocking tragedy in New York. W. H. Young, a grandson of Brigham Young, the Mormon prophet, has been arrested on a charge of ...
Article : 60 wordsThe construction has just been completed of a magnificent memorial church, at the Shipka Pass, in the Balkan Mountains, erected by the Russian Government ...
Article : 51 wordsThe Rev. Mr. Botha, who in September last year published a letter in which he recommended the acceptance of British rule, has now written a letter, to the ...
Article : 103 wordsPresident Roosevelt, who had to undergo a slight operation as a result of his recent accident, is reported to be progressing favourably towards recovery. ...
Article : 32 wordsIn connection with the defalcations of Jellinck, a clerk in the Laender Bank at Vienna, which were said to amount to £180,000, the comptroller of the bank and ...
Article : 59 wordsThe Government Resident at Thursday Island (the Hon. John Douglas) has reached the age limit agreed upon for officers of the public service; but the necessary action ...
Article : 864 wordsExperts have declared that the proposed conference on wireless telegraphy, which has been initiated by Germany, is bristling with difficulties, owing to the rival systems ...
Article : 33 wordsCount De la Vanlu made an unsuccessful attempt to cross the Mediterranean in his air ship. The vessel nearly fell into Cette Harbour, on the south-east coast of ...
Article : 37 wordsIn the Cape Assembly on the 2nd instant, Mr. David Christian De Waal moved for the appointment of a committee to inquire into the conduct of the Afrikander Bond ...
Article : 148 wordsIn connection with the recent attack on Cuidad Bolivar by the revolutionists in Venezuela, it appears that the warship Restaurador hoisted the American flag in ...
Article : 87 wordsIt is announced that the accouchement of H.R.H. the Princess of Wales is expected to take place in November. ...
Article : 31 wordsThe team of cricketers organised by Lord Hawke to tour New Zealand will include the following players:—Lord Hawke, Warner, Burnup, Taylor, Fane, Bosanquet ...
Article : 89 wordsThe mountain of Chulaplata, in Peru, which has been hitherto believed to be unvolcanic, has burst into eruption. Further earthquake shocks have been ...
Article : 37 wordsDr. T. N. G. Te Water, a prominent Afrikander member of the Cape Assembly, and a member of the Executive Council, was seized with paralysis in the vestibule ...
Article : 47 wordsThe consensus of opinion expressed by the newspapers is that the manifesto issued by the Boer Generals reveals the influence of Dr. Leyds and Mr. Reitz, and ...
Article : 215 wordsNews from China states that the new Viceroy of Sze-chuan, Tsen-Chun-Nsuan, has defeated the Boxers outside Cheng-tu-fu, the capital of the province. ...
Article : 32 wordsIn tne House of Representatives, Mr Edwards (Queensland), asked the Treasurer for an explanation of the retention by the Federal Government for the year ended ...
Article : 547 wordsA serious accident happened at Bexhill yesterday afternoon. Roger Watts, a traveller employed by Edwards and Co., tea merchants, of Sydney, was coasting ...
Article : 192 wordsThe Treasurer points out that no doubt can exist about the construction put by the Government on section 87 of the Constitution Act, which enacts that during a ...
Article : 586 wordsThe London "Truth" states that the Rev. Henry Lowther Clarke, who has been appointed Bishop of Melbourne, is a moderate man, an excellent preacher, and a ...
Article : 39 wordsIn consequence of an inflammatory speech delivered at Wexford, the Court of King's Bench at Dublin has made an order against Mr. William Redmond, Nationalist member ...
Article : 66 wordsThe underwriters are of opinion that the steamer Niwaru, from New Zealand, which had to jettison 26,000 carcasses of mutton owing to their being damaged by ...
Article : 46 wordsIn his recent speech at Rotterdam, General Botha acknowledged the gift of 100,000 dollars from Mr. Arthur White, an American, for the relief of the Boer ...
Article : 443 wordsThe Estimates, which were tabled in the Legislative Assembly to-day, show a reduction in all departments except Education and Railways. The decreases total ...
Article : 58 wordsMiss Nance O'Neill's dramatic season at the Adelphi Theatre, London, has come to an abrupt conclusion, the "supers" having struck, owing, it is stated, to their ...
Article : 40 wordsCavill, the Sydney swimmer, put up a record at Hornsey yesterday, when he swam 100 yards in 58 3/5sec. ...
Article : 25 wordsThe racehorse Lochiel dropped dead at Olinda yesterday. Up to August last Lochiel's stock had won nearly £100,000 in stakes, and during the past six years he ...
Article : 65 wordsThe Russian Government have subsidised a line of steamers fitted with refrigerating chambers, to run between Helsingfors, in Finland, and Newcastle-on-Tyne, conveying ...
Article : 49 wordsMessrs. Gibson and Howes, who have been experimenting for some little time past for the purpose of tapping a subt[?]ranean water supply wherewith to se[?]e ...
Article : 245 wordsAbout 400 cases of tinned meats have been sold for export to Queensland. ...
Article : 27 wordsDelegates, representing the agricultural societies, dairymen's associations, and stock boards of the Northern Rivers districts, met in conference at Grafton ...
Article : 262 wordsThe General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church of Australia devoted a long sitting to-day to the consideration of the report of the Committee on the Federation ...
Article : 85 wordsA fatal case of plague was reported today. The Government medical officer, Dr. Humphry, was called in to see a sick Chinaman at a garden at Stewart's Creek, ...
Article : 125 wordsA meeting of boating men interested in the holding of the annual Humpybong regatta, was held at the Royal Hotel last evening. Upwards of forty persons were present, amongst whom were ...
Article : 374 wordsWagering over the two Cups has been rather brisk for the past couple of days. Kilt has been introduced into the Caulfield Cup betting, and was backed to win ...
Article : 122 wordsIn Queensland Charles Gilbert's name has become. The reason why is apparent. His values are always notoriously good, but just now they are phenomenal, as ...
Article : 89 wordsNo. 6 Queensland Bowkett Benefit Building Society held its fifth appropriation meeting at the National Mutual Chambers last evening. Present— Messrs. H. E. Mines (chairman), Alfred Leney, J. ...
Article : 147 wordsA cycling event of some importance ia being arranged to take place over the Sandgate to Brisbane course of ten miles. Messrs. Ebenston and Marr, the Queen-street tailors, have donated prizes to ...
Article : 102 wordsCaulfield Cup.—Horace, Famous, Warrior II., and Dahomey. Toorak Handicap.—Comballo, Sir Evan, Rockleigh, and Industrious. ...
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The Brisbane Courier (Qld. : 1864 - 1933), Fri 26 Sep 1902, Page 5
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