Alex. Matheson was yesterday appointed by the Executive as a delegate to the Federal Council, vice Wittenoom. ...
Article : 25 wordsAt a meeting of the Cabinet held yesterday the local share register question was considered. The decision is that no action will be taken ...
Article : 92 wordsThro' the dust of Gabanintha we were chasing pennyweights. Blimey ! but the beat and flies were pure. Working hard for tucker, it was mostly ...
Article : 382 wordsMails for the Eastern Colonies close at the Cue post office on Monday at 6.45 a.m. Governor Smith proposes to make a through tour of the goldfields before the opening of ...
Article : 1,095 wordsAgnes Kerr, a widow aged 77, was burked to death in Albert Park yesterday, her clothes catching fire. ...
Article : 27 wordsWm. Henry Moore, master of the ship Republic, was arrested to-day for shooting at a seaman in his employ named Schmidt. The trouble ...
Article : 45 wordsThe inquest on a fire at the premises of Arthur and Reamish, at Fremantle, was continued yesterday. There were some discrepancies as regards the ...
Article : 50 wordsMr. Fraser was yesterday, appointed electoral registrar for the North Murchison on during the absence of Mr. Cohn. Dr. Saunders was appointed ...
Article : 37 wordsIt is now ascertained by medical diagnosis that in the case of Robert Ryan, who died from anthrax at Corowa, the disease wars conveyed by ...
Article : 43 wordsA fire occurred at Subiaco at six o'clock yesterday morning. A coffee palace and two shops were destroyed. The palace, owned by W. Bradbury, ...
Article : 163 wordsA disastrous fire occurred at Fa[?]- street Broken Hill, this afternoon. Seven stops and dwellings with their contents were destroyed. The origin ...
Article : 41 wordsAn application was heard in Chambers yesterday before the Chief Justice to extend the injunction granted restraining the Peak Hill Goldfields ...
Article : 62 wordsThe charge against the Minister of Works in connection with the Hastings and McLeay election has been unsupported by the evidence. ...
Article : 31 wordsThe scrub on the side of Mt. Eliza caught fire to-day. The fire brigade extinguished the flames before any damage was done. ...
Article : 29 wordsIt is estimated that the wheat yield will be the lowest recorded for over 30 years; only slightly over firn bushels per acre. ...
Article : 28 wordsA house at Albany, owned by Mrs. Mason, untenanted but furnished, was burnt to the ground yesterday. Incendiarism is suspected. ...
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Advertising : 1,448 wordsAgnes Ryan, charged with committing arson in October, was yesterday acquitted, before. Mr. Justice Hensman, the jury returning a ...
Article : 51 wordsBenjamin Clavoren, for placing obstructions on the railway line near Sutherland, was sentenced to-day to six months' imprisonment and ...
Article : 40 wordsJno. Wilton and Walter Cadell, who were recently discharged from gaol on the recommendation of the Penal Commission, were yesterday ...
Article : 42 wordsA coal lumpers strike is in full swing. Seamen have received instructions from the Seamen's Union to decline to load coal. The cooling of the ...
Article : 37 wordsA water famine is threatened at Menzies. The majority of the Picton wells are giving put. ...
Article : 28 wordsWhile a cab was crossing the Glenelg railway line in King William-street to-day it was caught by the engine and carried some distance. ...
Article : 58 wordsThe Coolgardie Quarter Sessions opened yesterday before Warden Hare. Warden Finnerty was indisposed and could not sit. Joseph and Christina ...
Article : 146 wordsAn impression is prevailing among Tyson's" relatives that his parents left a child in England. A difficulty has arisen in connection with the ...
Article : 113 wordsAn epidemic of suicides is reported. A station hand named Gardiner, at Blenmain, took a dose of strychnine and died in great agony. Ill health ...
Article : 88 wordsAlexander Murray, biscuit manufacturer, died to-day from concussion of the brain resulting from a kick from a horse. He was 63 years of ...
Article : 32 wordsThe Railway revenue since the closing of the financial year shows an increase of £52,000 over the corresponding period of last year. ...
Article : 37 wordsA severe thunderstorm broke over Kalgoorlie yesterday morning doing some slight damage. There was a by wind and a heavy fall of rain for ...
Article : 34 wordsWilliam Johnson, an elderly miner, was found drowned in the Park Lake, Creswick, and Elizabeth Ellery, 26, has been drowned in a dam at ...
Article : 33 wordsA shocking tragedy occurred at Petersham last night. A man named Stewart Briggs, aged 24, shot his fiancee. Minnie Dutt, aged 21, having ...
Article : 218 wordsHarry Wainscott's trial on the charge of accepting a bribe from Mr. E. Keane, the latter being a bankrupt at the time, was commenced yesterday ...
Article : 108 wordsWm. Phillips, who is undergoing a life sentence, for the murder of Brady in Elizabeth-street, has been detected abstracting goods from the provision ...
Article : 34 wordsThe Moira estate has been sold to J. S. Falkner for £120,000. It was formerly the property of Sir Jno. O'Shannessy. ...
Article : 29 wordsThe drawing took place on Friday night, and resulted as fellows :-- No 1585 1st prize. Tony, Geraldton : No. 134. 3rd prize. Mrs. M'In[?]ney ...
Article : 196 wordsAt a largely attended meeting of ratepayers held last night regarding the control of the city water supply it was decided that the supply should be ...
Article : 100 wordsG. O. Brandon, secretary, of the Public Library at Shepparton, shot himself this afternoon. His wife was talking to him when without warning ...
Article : 55 wordsEllen McNab, charged with murdering her infant at Footscray, has been sentenced to one year's imprisonment. ...
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Murchison Advocate (WA : 1898 - 1912), Sat 17 Dec 1898, Page 3
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