At the opening of the Congregational Union's Assembly yesterday Dr. Barken deplored the recent massacres in New Guinea. He eulogised the Rev. Mr. Chalmers— ...
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Article : 35 wordsDr. Charles Kerns Dease Tanner, who has been Nationalist member for Mid Cork since 1885, is dead. [Dr. Tanner was born at Cork in 1850, ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 17 wordsMr. Chamberlain stated in the Commons yesterday that owing to the objections raised by the Australian Federal Ministry, the proposal to said Boer ...
Article : 43 wordsThe City Court was crowded to-day to hear the trial of the 110 men who were captured in the raid made on a gambling den in Market-lane en Sunday morning. ...
Article : 105 wordsThe miners who, until recently, were employed at the Clarence United urine. Bendigo, still refuse to sign the clothes-searching agreement. The mine will ...
Article : 48 wordsImperial Consols are quoted at £94 5s. ...
Article : 13 wordsA patrol of South African surprised a party of raiders during the night at Potchefstroom, recovering 1,000 cattle. ...
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Article : 93 wordsThe Boksburg commando, consisting of 106 men, has surrendered to the British at Middelburg, in the eastern Transvaal. ...
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Article : 32 wordsMr. P. A. M'Hugh, Nationalist member for North Leitrim, has been sentenced to six months' imprisonment for criminal libel. ...
Article : 50 wordsOn May 20 last year the Burnley ferryboat overturned in the Yarra, and John Kelly, the ferryman, was drowned. To-day—over 11 months afterwards—his body ...
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The Inquirer and Commercial News (Perth, WA : 1855 - 1901), Fri 26 Apr 1901, Page 11
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