Samuel Trewin, who was changed with having unlawfully wounded Selina Mueller with a knife, was committed for trial to-day. ...
Article : 31 wordsThe election for the West Ward was a very tame affair. Mr. C. M'Kenzie, the Mayor, acted as returning officer, and on calling for a show of hands, one ...
Article : 331 wordsThe Ownership of Small Houses Bill, which was introduced in the House of Commons by Mr. J. Chamberlain, Secretary of State for the Colonies, has ...
Article : 231 wordsAt [?] Junction last night, an old man named Jas. Bennett was struck by a train while crossing the line, and killed. ...
Article : 32 wordsMadame Nevada, the well-known American operatic vocalist, was insulted in an extraordinary manner in the Opera house in Madrid. ...
Article : 114 wordsMajor-General Lawton, who has assumed the command of the American forces in the Philippines, leaving General Otis to devote his attention to the ...
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Advertising : 925 wordsThe proposal to construct a floating dock at Newcastle has again been put forward. The dock will have a lifting capacity of 2,400 tons, and is estimated ...
Article : 33 wordsCrow, the driver of the express, which caused the Wolsebey collision, has been disrated from the position of first-class driver at 14s per day to the third-class ...
Article : 31 wordsAt the February sittings of the Criminal Court Arthur Woolley was sentenced to two years' imprisonment for an assault on a girl. If the girl had ...
Article : 60 wordsThe Italian warship Etna (Captain Cavallero Giorello) left for Albany this morning. The captain and officers were entertained by the acting Commandant ...
Article : 33 wordsMr. J. W. Taverner, the Victorian Minister of Agriculture, who left Melbourne for London in the R.M.S. Oruba to represent the colonies of Victoria ...
Article : 297 wordsMr. Richard Croker, the Tammany leader in New York, who gave such sensational evidence before the Commission which was appointed to inquire into ...
Article : 71 wordsIn connection with the discovery of a skeleton at Molong last week, it has been ascertained that a battle between two tribes of aboriginals was fought ...
Article : 45 wordsMrs. Elizabeth Burns Thompson M'Lean, a granddaughter of the poet Robert Burns, died suddenly at Good-wood on Monday morning. She was 67 ...
Article : 26 wordsDancing from time immemorial, has been recognised as a factor in daily life. At times, figuring largely in religious ceremonies; it is now chiefly recognised ...
Article : 806 wordsMr. E. Morrie Chewing, manager of the Colonial Bank at Birregurra, committed suicide last night by shooting himself through the head. No cause ...
Article : 48 wordsSeven tenders were opened to-day for the new central railway station. The lowest was that of Messrs. Phippard Bros., for £36,877. Messrs. Phippard ...
Article : 46 wordsJames Wray, the New South Wales sculler, who recently defeated William Haines, an English oarsman, in a contest an the Tyne, has issued a challenge ...
Article : 64 wordsA young lady, the wife of Mr. Benton, the American actor, has caused great astonishment in Chicago by going on to the stage on behalf of her invalid ...
Article : 37 wordsThe inquiry into the Eastern Market tragedy was continued to-day, Medor being present in custody. He seemed to be indifferent to the proceedings. After ...
Article : 77 wordsThe death is announced of the Rev. E. K. Makin, Baptist minister, formerly of New South Wales. ...
Article : 21 wordsAt the police court April 18, before Warden Dowley, R.M., Thomas Cavanagh was fined £2, with costs, for having used insulting language to John ...
Article : 109 wordsThe proposal in the Budget speech of the British Chancellor of the Exchequer to increase the foreign wins duties has caused the French and Spanish ...
Article : 45 wordsAt Ipswich to-day Wilson was charged with having committed an abominable offence on November 8. The prisoner pleaded not guilty. Intense local interest was ...
Article : 158 wordsFurther fighting between the British and the Chinese is reported from kowloon. The British soldiers eventually chased their assailants into Chinese ...
Article : 30 wordsMaria Theresa Thornton was tried to-day for the manslaughter of an infant, which she had adopted for the sum of £7. Mr. Justice Hood expressed the ...
Article : 105 wordsMr. J. Chamberlain, Secretary of State for the Colonies, has asked Sir Gerard Smith, Governor of Western Australia, to furnish a report in reference to the ...
Article : 50 wordsThe French, Spanish, and Italian Governments hare protested against the increased wine duties proposed by the British Ministry. ...
Article : 82 wordsAn Italian camp was entered on Monday night, and £72 in notes and gold was taken. There is no trace of the offender. ...
Article : 124 wordsA further instalment of Colonel Picquart's evidence before the Court of Cassation has been published. Picquart stated that he assured ...
Article : 94 wordsThe estate of Gavin G. Brown, sharebroker, who recently died, has been voluntarily sequestrated. The debts amount of £10,367, and the assets to ...
Article : 27 wordsMr. St. John Brodrick, Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, announced in the House of Commons last night that the British consul at Apia. ...
Article : 83 wordsThomas Ryan, an aged man, was charged to-day with the murder of James Harrington, at Duffer's Gully. A verdict of guilty was returned, with a ...
Article : 37 wordsThe Australian horse Survivor, by Lochiel—Melissa, formerly owned by Mr. W. Kelso, of Sydney, has advanced to the position of first favorite for the City ...
Article : 96 wordsJames Whyte, formerly a legal manager, has pleaded guilty to seven charges of forging and uttering scrip and larceny. He was remanded for sentence. ...
Article : 29 wordsThe Premier, Sir E. N. C. Braddon, has written to the Premier of Victoria, asking him to allow the dairy expert of the Victorian Agricultural Department ...
Article : 52 wordsMr. J. M. Davies has consented to be nominated for the Melbourne Province for a seat in the Legislative Council. ...
Article : 23 wordsAt the Burnbury Police Court on Monday, before Mr. W. H. Timperley, R.M., John Charles Illingworth, the licensee of the Rose Hotel, was charged with ...
Article : 594 wordsThe balance-sheet of the British and Australasian Trust and Loan Company, Ltd., shows a profit of £22,102. A dividend of 1s. 3d. per share has been ...
Article : 47 wordsThe acting Minister of Agriculture has had some long consultations with the Government chemist with, reference to the artificial manure frauds. He ...
Article : 54 wordsThe parish and local councils in Ireland are passing resolutions in favor of Home Rule, the establishment of a Roman Catholic University, and the ...
Article : 37 wordsA Sydney contemporary says:—Attention has lately been directed by the Melbourne "Age" to the possibility of saving some thousands of pounds per ...
Article : 318 wordsAn ordinary meeting of the Trades and Labor Council was held in its Perth office, April 19, when Mr W. Diver presided. ...
Article : 273 wordsAn anonymous donation of £250 to the Melbourne Hospital was announced at a meeting of the committee to-day. ...
Article : 20 wordsThe upper floors in a house eleven stories high, at Hyde Park corner, London, caught fire last night. The floors burned fiercely, and some ...
Article : 69 wordsThe Premier has received the following cable message from the Attorney-General (Mr. J. H. Want, Q.C.):-"Decided with regret tender my resignation ...
Article : 133 wordsCarrara has been scratched for all engagements at Flemington on Saturday. ...
Article : 15 wordsThe Minister of Mines, Mr. H. Foster, M.L.A., is very ill, and is confined to his bed. ...
Article : 22 wordsThe steamer Tutanekai, with, despatches from the imperial Government, left for Samoa to-day. All the despatches from the American ...
Article : 38 wordsArrivals.—Lamorna, barque, 2,160 tons, at London from Melbourne (December 30); Barbarossa, steamer, 10,769 tons, at Bremen from Sydney ...
Article : 61 wordsA resolution passed by the Women's National Council on the question of illegitimacy is to be brought under the notice of the affiliated societies. The ...
Article : 51 wordsThe Legislative Council this afternoon formally read the Federal Enabling Bill the first time, and fixed the second reading for to-morrow. In the ...
Article : 86 wordsThe wheat market is firm, the price being 6d per quarter dearer than last week. ...
Article : 26 wordsThe Canterbury Chamber of Commerce has decided to urge upon the Government the desirableness of Wellington being made a port of call for the ...
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The Inquirer and Commercial News (Perth, WA : 1855 - 1901), Fri 21 Apr 1899, Page 12
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