Certain statements made by a resident of Kamballie, W.A., Miss Alice O'Brien, concerning her experiences, were recently inquired into for purposes ...
Article : 318 wordsThe men employed by the Great Eastern Railway Company have secured the recognition of one of their important demands, namely, that, a week's work ...
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Advertising : 491 wordsAfter the British occupation of Barberton General French was annoyed by the sniping tactics adopted by the Boers. ...
Article : 57 wordsTwo hundred Chinese officials in Peking, and also the members of their families, committed suicide during the recent trouble at the Chinese capital. ...
Article : 42 wordsHer Majesty the Queen, will dissolve Parliament on Tuesday next. The new Parliament will be summoned to meet on November 1. ...
Article : 30 wordsOn the recommendation of Lord Salisbury, Her Majesty the Queen has been pleased to assent to the visit of the Duke and Duchess of York to Australasia, in ...
Article : 208 wordsJames Bath, a storeman in Connell and Co.'s, Melbourne, broke his leg while handling raisins. He died in the hospital several days later from acute ...
Article : 71 wordsA race for the 220 yards amateur championship took place at Birmingham yesterday, and resulted in a splendid contest. ...
Article : 78 wordsAt a meeting of the Y.M.C.A. to-day Mr. Virgo announced that he had received a cable message from the English National Council, again urging his ...
Article : 61 wordsThe British garrison at Schweizer-renneke, 40 miles south-east of Vryburg, has been surrounded by the Boers for the last fortnight. The British are ...
Article : 48 wordsColonel A. R. F. Dorward is in command of the British. Cavalry at Peking. Colonel Campbell succeeds to the command of the British troops at Tien-tsin. ...
Article : 33 wordsIn a 500-yards race at Glasgow, J. A. Jarvis, who conceded 30 seconds, defeated Lindberg, of Australia, by 48 yards. Jarvis's time was 6min. 45sec. ...
Article : 32 wordsA shocking tragedy is reported from Caserta, a cathedral town in Italy, 17 miles north-east of Naples. A man named Gaetano Longo ...
Article : 52 wordsIn the Legislative Council to-night, the Franchise Bill, from which the progressive clauses were previously eliminated, passed the third reading. It is ...
Article : 116 wordsPrince Ching, who is negotiating with the Allies on behalf of the Emperor, does not appear to realise the position, as he thinks that the payment of an ...
Article : 43 wordsThe London "Daily Mail" states that Lord Roberts is to start for home on October 3. Before proceeding to England he will visit the Natal battlefields. ...
Article : 62 wordsA large number of persons in Texas are in destitute circumstances, owing to the enormous destruction of property by the recent tidal wave. ...
Article : 53 wordsThe Russians have seized some railway property at Tien-tsin, consisting of river frontages. They intend to establish a Russian settlement on the site taken, ...
Article : 43 wordsOwing to the short supplies and the bad prospects of the American cotton harvest, the Lancashire cotton mills are to close for a fortnight during October. ...
Article : 37 wordsAll the heavy ordnance of the Boers is At Komati Poort. The army is mere broken disorganised rabble. Four trains laden with refugees have ...
Article : 55 wordsMr. Pinch, who was reported as missing from the steamer Marloo yesterday, is Councillor Edward Pinch, of Glenelg, who went on a trip for the ...
Article : 52 wordsMr. Thomas Tate, of the firm of T. Tate and Co., of Perth, has returned from a two months trip to the eastern colonies. It is three and a half years, he states, since he left Sydney ...
Article : 768 wordsGeneral A. R. Chaffee, the American Commander in China, has been given a free hand by the Washington, authorities in regard to the question of withdrawal. ...
Article : 63 wordsThere have been five fresh cases of bubonic plague at Glasgow, but they are all of a mild character. ...
Article : 29 wordsThe S.S.E. gale continued throughout the night, and at 1 a.m. it was accompanied by terrific hail squalls. Towards noon to-day it slackened, and is ...
Article : 395 wordsTwo hundred men of the West African frontier force captured Limu, the stronghold of the Kedaris, a tribe in Nigeria. ...
Article : 69 wordsThe British press is delighted at the Queen's signal act of flavor to Australia. The "Times" suggests that the Duke ...
Article : 59 wordsCharles Cook, alias Charles Werner, was charged in the police court to-day with having obtained £99 from the National Bank by means of false ...
Article : 93 wordsMr. Bennett Burleigh, the war correspondent of the London "Daily Telegraph," sought an interview with ex-President Kruger at Delagoa Bay. ...
Article : 154 wordsThe report of the Royal Commission concerning Scripture lessons in State schools, which, was handed to the Premier to-day suggests that three specimen ...
Article : 91 wordsWhile destroying a powder factory at Tung-Chau, 10 miles east of Peking, 16 British, Chinese, and Indian, soldiers were killed, while 22 others were ...
Article : 36 wordsArrivals.—Nairnshire, steamer; Tekoa, steamer. Departures.—For Melbourne—Inversuaid, barque; Lonsdale, ship; Loch ...
Article : 43 wordsA German, naval force, assisted by the Bengal Lancers, captured Liang. Five hundred Boxers were killed. The Bengal Lancers rescued a ...
Article : 51 wordsWhen the Legislative Assembly met yesterday afternoon the Premier read the copy of a cable message which had been sent by Mr. Chamberlain to Lord ...
Article : 63 wordsIn the Legislative Assembly to-night Mr. Meagher questioned the Premier regarding the excise duties and its operation in the uniform tariff. He had ...
Article : 140 wordsDr. Gray, the assistant medical officer of the Health Department, died at his residence, Toorak, to-day, from, pneumonia. ...
Article : 23 wordsReuter telegraphs there are strong indications that all the Allies will retire to Tien-tsin. Dr. Morrison, the Peking ...
Article : 49 wordsThe monthly circular of Mr. F. O. Licht, the Magdeburg expert, states that the production of beet sugar in; Europe during August, the tenth month ...
Article : 100 wordsTwo members of the Canadian Roughriders Corps, which was organised and sent out to Sooth Africa at the expense of Lord Strathcona, Canadian ...
Article : 44 wordsIt is likely that, very shortly, the Melbourne Tramway Company will extend the Prahran tramway to Armadale and Malvern. Electricity is to be adopted ...
Article : 58 wordsMr. Chamberlain's despatch to Lord Tennyson about the visit of H.R.H. the Duke and the Duchess of York to Australia was read in the Legislative ...
Article : 126 wordsSome of the Russians will winter at Peking. The repairs to the Tien-tsin-Peking railway will be finished in November. ...
Article : 29 wordsA shocking tale of cruelty was told in the Queenstown Police Court yesterday, when a woman named Mary Harrington was charged with, cruelty to her ...
Article : 75 wordsCaptain Bourne and Lieutenant Cameron, of New Zealand, were among the prisoners released by General French at Barberton. ...
Article : 61 wordsAt a special meeting of the life governors of the Melbourne Hospital to-day, a recommendation from the executive committee, recommending the appointment ...
Article : 47 wordsThe barque Euphrates, which was damaged, through colliding with the steamer Perth, during a storm in Gage Roads on. Monday morning, was towed ...
Article : 260 wordsInformation was received to-day that the Governors broke into Mr. Smith's house at the head of the Williams River, and took provisions, etc. ...
Article : 52 wordsThe annual meeting of the Victorian Cricket Association to-day decided, with a view of reducing the expenditure, that in future the allowance to players in ...
Article : 40 wordsThe Federal Electorates Bill, with its new scheme for country and city electorates, was before the House to-night. It was adversely criticised by several members, and eventually ...
Article : 282 wordsWhen seen to-night the Premier said that about two months ago he caused a cable message to be sent to London asking that a Royal personage might visit ...
Article : 198 wordsMr. Michael Davitt declares that his visit to Sooth Africa has disillusionised him as to the character of the Boers. He describes the selfishness and greed ...
Article : 66 wordsThis morning a fire occurred at Alberton, resulting in the Ringarooma Gold-mining Company's battery being burned to the ground, and also serious ...
Article : 31 wordsThe gold shipments in the R.M.S. Orizaba totalled £92,144 ia value. The steamer Duke of Norfolk, finished loading for South Africa to-day. Her cargo ...
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Advertising : 38 wordsThe quarantine restrictions, which had been imposed on vessels arriving from Australia, since the outbreak of bubonic plague, were removed to-day. ...
Article : 32 wordsAt a meeting of the Royal Agricultural Society, held this afternoon, it was stated that the credit balance in connection with the recent show was £3,201. ...
Article : 31 wordsPrivates Green, Campbell, and Ansell, the invalided soldiers who returned to Melbourne in the steamer Nineveh, were passengers in the steamer ...
Article : 38 wordsThe ratepayers of Dunedin have agreed to borrow £65,000 to improve the city water supply. Fremantle Hospital.—Owing to the ...
Article : 77 wordsJohn Wilkinson, 26, a wood-cutter, was arrested in Melbourne to-day on suspicion of having been connected with the attempted robbery under arms at ...
Article : 80 wordsSir Alfred Milner has sent a cable message, stating that Lieutenant R. J. L. White, and Lance-corporal King, of the New South Wales Bushmen, were ...
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The Inquirer and Commercial News (Perth, WA : 1855 - 1901), Fri 21 Sep 1900, Page 10
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