The debate on the Address-in-Reply was continued yesterday in the House of Commons. Lord Percy, Under-Secretary of State ...
Article : 104 wordsJapan is, it is stated, aware that all the Russian warships, except one that has been undergoing repairs, at Port Arthur, left that port on Wednesday for ...
Article : 103 wordsA tidal wave similar to that which yesterday swept the south and south-west coast of England was experienced on the French and Portuguese coasts, where ...
Article : 63 wordsThe Duke of Argyll, formerly Governor-General of Canada, in a letter to the "Times," says it would be unwise to minimise the efforts of the colonies to ...
Article : 145 wordsA memorial tablet has been placed in the main school of the Prince Alfred College to perpetuate the names of old scholars who fought in the South ...
Article : 140 wordsThe Treasurers' Conference met at 2 o'clock this afternoon and sat until 5 o'clock this evening. All the States were represented. The Federal Treasurer ...
Article : 809 wordsMr. Jas. Gardiner, the Treasurer of Western Australia, stated to-night that of the £500,000 loan advertised by the Western Australian Government, ...
Article : 144 wordsThe Weather.—The shade temperatures for the city registered at the Observatory yesterday were:—Max., 83.1 deg.; min. 55.7deg. The Government ...
Article : 2,984 wordsA widespread organisation is being established in Lancashire to relieve distress occasioned by the cotton famine. ...
Article : 59 wordsThe "Times" correspondent at St. Petersburg says it is almost impossible to believe that war can be averted. Russia will make no concession, and the ...
Article : 47 wordsMr. W. S. Robson, Liberal member for South Shields in moving his amendment to the Address-in-Reply, condemnatory of the Government for its conduct ...
Article : 227 wordsTo-day the Labour Party held a meeting, when the tenders called for the 60 locomotives, to be manufactured locally, came under consideration. Some of the ...
Article : 181 wordsMr. R. Hastie, M.L.A., the leader of the Parliamentary Labour Party, addressed a fairly large crowd in the Kanowna Institute last night. Mr. Hastie, ...
Article : 310 wordsThe New York "Herald" is responsible for the statement that Russia is sending troops to Seoul, the capital of Corea, on the unconfirmed allegation that Japan ...
Article : 75 wordsA fatal railway accident is reported from Canada. The intercolonial train was wrecked near Halifax, in Nova Scotia. ...
Article : 37 wordsMr. E. W. Birch Governor of North Borneo, has returned to London, owing to the British North Borneo Company resenting his advice that the time had ...
Article : 106 wordsMr. Balfour's cough is still troublesome. There is, however, a diminution in his temperature. ...
Article : 24 wordsThe "Morning Post" states that Russia's delay in sending her reply to Japan is attributed to a desire to give Admiral Alexieff time to prepare for the possible ...
Article : 45 wordsUnder the new regulation regarding travelling allowances for railway officers, the three principal officers under the Commissioners will receive 15s. per day. ...
Article : 53 wordsLord Onslow, President of the Board of Agriculture, informed a deputation yesterday that the Government intend to reintroduce during the present session, ...
Article : 33 wordsMr. Chamberlain has decided to go abroad for rest. He will start on the 11th inst., and will be absent from England for two months. ...
Article : 34 wordsIn the House of Commons yesterday, Lord Percy Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, stated in reply to a question that frequent ...
Article : 50 wordsIt is officially announced at St. Petersburg that the officers of all regiments of the Imperial Guards will be permitted to volunteer for service in the Far East. ...
Article : 40 wordsThe Executive Council have appointed Mr. Charles Harper and Mr. Charles Samuel Toppin, while holding the positions respectively of Speaker of the ...
Article : 465 wordsReplying to the protest made in the Transvaal Legislative Council against the Imperial Parliament intervening in connection with the Imported Labour ...
Article : 81 wordsThe Judicial Committee of the Privy Council has reserved judgment in the colonial appeal case, Henderson v. Daniell ...
Article : 116 wordsThe Russian fleet, which recently left Port Arthur, has returned. ...
Article : 27 wordsMr. Brodrick, Secretary of State for India, was interrogated yesterday in the House of Commons with reference to Colonel Younghusband's mission to ...
Article : 88 wordsThe new British battleship, New Zealand, was launched yesterday at Portsmouth. The construction of the Britannia, a ...
Article : 36 wordsKing Edward last night gave a supper to 50 persons at the National Skating Palace, the occasion being an ice carnival in aid of the Union Jack Club. ...
Article : 53 wordsSome strange circumstances have been disclosed in connection with the death of a lad named William Beers, whose dead body was found last Monday in a ...
Article : 228 wordsIn the House of Commons yesterday, Mr. Lyttleton, Secretary of State for the Colonies, stated that owing to the urgency of the case the Government were ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 300 wordsButter.—The market is steady and unchanged, with rather less business. The Orizaba shipment is pronounced good, though some is fishy, and is having a slow ...
Article : 235 wordsSir,—We have seen many such complaints in the paper of late as that published in the West Australian" this morning from a returned Australian, as ...
Article : 440 wordsIn the House of Lords yesterday Lord Wemyss, gave notice of his intention to move in favour of the appointment of a Royal Commission to inquire ...
Article : 52 wordsAt the half-yearly meeting of the Bank of New Zealand to-day, the president said that the business of the Bank was increasing satisfactorily, and that the ...
Article : 87 wordsSir,—In view of the activity of the Labour Party in organising, and the probability of it resulting in the return of an increased number of members of ...
Article : 394 wordsMr. E. Dresden, a well-known London merchant of Curzon-street and Mayfair, has bequeathed £250,000 to the London hospitals. ...
Article : 29 wordsThe Northam Thespians, a talented company of amateurs from the sister town, staged the amusing comedy-drama, "Our Girls," at the local ...
Article : 140 wordsThe Queensland Meat Export and Agency Co.'s net profits for the past year amounted to £20,863. A dividend of 10 per cent. has been declared. ...
Article : 37 wordsThe Commission that was appointed to inquire into the claims of the rival shearers' unions took further evidence to-day. ...
Article : 183 wordsAt a meeting of State Premiers yesterday a discussion took place with regard to a scheme to limit State borrowing. The opinion was freely expressed ...
Article : 122 wordsThe Minister for Customs (Sir Wm. Lyne) states that he is desirous that as little dislocation as possible of the present Patents' Office arrangements should ...
Article : 53 wordsThe steamer Manx Fairy will follow the championship yacht races, to be sailed on the Swan River this afternoon. On Sunday she will run between Perth, ...
Article : 185 wordsMr. Prince, the secretary of the Sheepbreeders' Association, considers that the Premier's anticipations with regard to the pastoral industry are much too ...
Article : 109 wordsSir,—Now that we have a poultry expert, has he taken any action in the matter of the tick pest, which is now playing so much havoc with the ...
Article : 166 wordsAt Sale to-day, Elizabeth Gilmour, a single woman, was committed for trial on a charge of having wilfully murdered her infant. ...
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The West Australian (Perth, WA : 1879 - 1954), Sat 6 Feb 1904, Page 7
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