After a long detour Major-General Bruce Hamilton, with Colonel F. D. V. Wing and Colonel Williams, surprised Commandant Piet V[?] in his laager at Witkraans on Friday. ...
Article : 136 wordsA most sensational collision occurred about half-past 11 on Saturday night in Johnstone's Bay between the outgoing stamen Fiona, of 817 tons, and the Balmain ferry-boat Lady ...
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Advertising : 417 wordsMr. Rhodes has suggested to Lord Milner a scheme for settling 4000 military colonists in the Transvaal and the Orange River Colony. Mr. Rhodes suggests that the colonists should ...
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Article : 198 wordsReuter's agency reports that Signor Marconi is experimenting at St. John's, Newfoundland, in sending wireless electric messages across the Atlantic, and that he states ...
Article : 41 wordsThe historic exclamation of the French King who came to grief at Pavia might be repeated by Admiral Schley. From a professional point of view, at any rate. he may ...
Article : 569 wordsMr. J. H. Schoeman, one of the members of the Cape Colony Assembly for Oudtshoorn, who was recently convicted by a military Court of Inquiry of allowing a horse to fall ...
Article : 109 wordsThe Washington correspondent of the "Daily Telegraph" reports that the Court of Inquiry has exonerated Admiral Schley from the charge of cowardice brought against him ...
Article : 49 wordsThe sinkers of the Sydney Harbour Colliery at Balmain are still on strike, and the only fresh development is that the strikers have submitted their case to the Labour Council ...
Article : 128 wordsThe bill introduced into the United States House of Representatives providing for the appropriation of £36,000,000 for the building of the Nicaragua Canal has been favourably ...
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Article : 1,210 wordsCommandant Viljoen, with 200 men, attacked the native station at Linokana, in the Zeerust district. He was repulsed with loss. ...
Article : 28 wordsThe Transvaal Government has sanctioned the reopening of the Johannesburg Stock Exchange. Mr. Moneypenny will restart the ...
Article : 35 wordsSensational mobilisation of troops has taken place in the South American republics of Chill and Argentina in connection with the long-standing dispute concerning the ...
Article : 47 words"You are spending the money the Government gives you in drink," remarked Mr. Payton to an old, age pensioner who was charged with drunkenness at the Water Police ...
Article : 51 wordsTwo squadrons of the 20th Hussars and two and a half companies of the Royal Munster Fusiliers have sailed from Bombay for Cape Colony. ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 197 wordsThe collision on Saturday night between the ferry steamer Lady Hampden and the Colonial Sugar Company's steamer. Fiona seems to have been a very narrow miss of a ...
Article : 807 wordsMr. Grainger, the State, Agent for South Australia, has suggested to Mr. Chamberlain the removal of the concentration camps to the coast in order to enable Australia to supply ...
Article : 66 wordsSenator A. P. Matheson, of West Australia, sails for Perth by the R.M.S. Arcadia. ...
Article : 19 wordsThe following casualties are reported among the 2nd Regiment of New South Wales Mounted Rifles at Bethel:-- Killed: Lieutenant G. B. Forster. ...
Article : 66 wordsAt the wool sales yesterday the following prices were realised for the undermentioned clips:--Ropeha, 7⅛d; Yanco, 7⅝d; Glenlyon, 7¼d; Springvale, 9⅛d; Rookwood, 16⅜d. ...
Article : 139 wordsAbout 8 o'clock this morning William Harvey, a plumber, 19 years of age, who resides at Parramatta, was working on the now section of the Standard Brewery, now in course ...
Article : 121 wordsThe question of amending the Vagrancy Act, or introducing a new bill for the purpose of enabling the police to arrest convicts from other States, was stated by the Premier, in ...
Article : 886 wordsThe Shanghai correspondent of the "Standard" reports that on the birthday of the Empress-Dowager a secret society set fire to the palace at Kal-fung, where the Court is ...
Article : 59 wordsSir,--I am pleased to read in to-day's issue a letter by Mr. David G. Stead, of the New South Wales Naturalists' Club, to the effect that the carpet snake is not venomous, ...
Article : 358 wordsThe following are the official quotations of the Frozen Meat Trade Association. The basis of quotations is a sale of a line of not less than 100 carcases of mutton or lamb or ...
Article : 222 wordsAn inquest was opened on Saturday into the cause of the fire which occurred in the luggage and mail van of the Adelaide express on Friday night. Sub-inspector ...
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The Australian Star (Sydney, NSW : 1887 - 1909), Mon 16 Dec 1901, Page 4
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