It is reported that £250,000 of the San Francisco Relief Fund have disappeared, apparently by fraud and peculation. ...
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Article : 115 wordsBucknill's confidential report on the moral condition of the Chinese compounds on the Rand was debated in both Houses of the British Parliament. ...
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Article : 33 wordsLord Elgin has informed the Minister of Labour at Ottawa that he intends to legislate in order to prevent misrepresentations being made to induce ...
Article : 36 wordsMr. D. le Souef, C.M.Z.S., Director of the Zoological Gardens, Melbourne, with other prominent scientific gentlemen, is expected to arrive at Hobart next ...
Article : 36 wordsThe German delegate at the International Federation's Cotton Congress in London declared that Continental nations could surrender to English ...
Article : 63 wordsThe Madrigal Society will give a concert in the Town-hall on the 27th inst. in aid of the funds of the Sanatorium for Consumptives. The programme will ...
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Article : 619 wordsThe Christmas pantomime "Aladdin," will be produced at the Town-hall on the 17th, 18th, and 19th of next month by Mrs. E. A. Stacey's "Little Players," ...
Article : 506 wordsM. Pettkoff, the new Premier of Bulgaria, announced that Bulgaria's duty was to strengthen the army, if it wished to be taken into account in the event ...
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Article : 40 wordsThe two eldest sons of the Prince of Wales are entering the Cadets' Naval College at Osborne. ...
Article : 19 wordsThe Natal Assembly has rejected a bill designed to prevent the licensing of Asiatic traders. ...
Article : 20 wordsThe Mikado attended the launching of the Katsuma, a new battleship. The ceremony took place at Yokohama. The new vessel is one of 19,200 ...
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Article : 15 wordsThe Mount Cattlin Copper-mining Co., whose property is in West Australia, is being floated, with a capital of £200,000. ...
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The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954), Sat 17 Nov 1906, Page 5
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