A serious disaster has befa[?]len a British force in the north-east of the Transva[?]l Colony, a troop (the unit of formation forming the command of a captain, and ...
Article : 331 wordsA special meeting of the council of the University of Adelaide was held on Tuesday, December 24, to consider additional communications from Professor Peterson and ...
Article : 1,356 wordsA fearful calamity occurred on the Liverpool electric railway last night. A train took fire in approaching the Dingle underground railway-station, and ...
Article : 121 wordsThe Staff Office authorities have received instructions to commence the registration of the names of volunteers for the new contingent, but it is not expected that the ...
Article : 186 wordsChristmas Eve in Melbourne this year will be remembered as being a distinctly chilly day. A cold south-westerly wind blew from morning till night, and under ...
Article : 424 wordsFor most of our experiences in South Africa it is possible to find a parallel in history. The burden we have taken upon our shoulders in the refugee or concentration ...
Article : 2,227 wordsAfter all it appears that an amicable settlement may be reached in connection with the sealing up of ships' stores. Today Mr. Barton had an interview with Mr. ...
Article : 161 wordsThe Premier has been notified that the steamer Moravian left Cape Town on December 16 for Australia. Among others on board are seven returning soldiers for ...
Article : 131 wordsIn replying to the representations made by Great Britain with regard to the late disturbances in the Persian Gulf, the Porte has intimated that Turkey has no intention ...
Article : 63 wordsWith reference to the dispatch of the new contingent. Mr. Henniker Heaton, member of the House of Commons, who is now in Melbourne, has made the following ...
Article : 196 wordsThe Panama Canal Company have decided to offer the canal to America on the basis of the figures set forth by the American Commission appointed to consider the ...
Article : 46 wordsWhen the Legislative Assembly met today the Premier intimated that the Ministry had been formed as announced yesterday. There were very few Ministerial ...
Article : 779 wordsMessrs. Weddel & Bruce have purchased the Norwegian whaler Hecla for the purpose of dispatching a Scottish expedition to the Antarctic regions. ...
Article : 31 wordsThe death is announced of Mr. E. Onslow Ford, R.A., the eminent sculptor, aged 50[?] His best known works include statues of Rowland Hill, Gladstone, and Henry ...
Article : 54 wordsThe mail steamer Sierra arrived to-day, her steaming time from San Francisco having been 16 days 22½ hours. The passengers are Messrs. J. B. Alexander, F. ...
Article : 188 wordsThe Supreme Court has dissolved the marriage of the Grand Duke Ernest Louis of Hesse, who on April 19, 1894, was married to Princess Victoria Melita of Coburg, ...
Article : 151 wordsCaptain Collins, Secretary of the Defence Department, left for Sydney by the express this afternoon, at the telegraphed request of Mr. Barton. The local military authorities ...
Article : 205 wordsIt is reported that Count Potocke, a Pole, lost £100,000 during a single sitting at baccarat while playing at the Vienna Jockey Club. ...
Article : 31 wordsAnother mishap to the British is reported from the Transvaal. A force of 200 men belonging to the Fourteenth Mounted Infantry, under Major ...
Article : 117 wordsIt is estimated that the damage done to the telegraph lines in England during the recent snowstorms will total £250,000. ...
Article : 32 wordsThe Anglo-American Telegraph Company, which enjoys a two-years' monopoly of telegraphic communication with Newfoundland, having prohibited Signor Marconi ...
Article : 71 wordsThe directors of the New Zealand Trust Company have returned to the shareholders £4 per share with a dividend of 5 per cent. to the end of the year. ...
Article : 36 wordsThere is little fresh in connection with the dispatch of the Australian Contingent to South Africa. As a matter of departmental routine it has been arranged that ...
Article : 122 wordsA deputation from the Brisbane Stock Exchange waited on Mr. Scott, Secretary to the Federal Postmaster-General, today, pointing out that the charge for addresses ...
Article : 101 wordsThe British are stated to have had a narrow escape from still another reverse. General De Wet, with 800 men, formed an ambush in a ravine at Langberg for the ...
Article : 146 wordsDuke of Westminster, steamer, 3,788 tons, at London, from Queensland ports October 30. Morayshire, 5,576 tons, at London, from ...
Article : 46 wordsBy the mail steamer Sierra, which arrived from San Francisco to-day, further details are to hand regarding the recent outbreak at Colon, on the Isthmus of Panama. ...
Article : 395 wordsJohn Lane, employed as a fitter at the Baker's Creek battery, Hillgrove, disappeared yesterday morning. His coat and hat were found alongside the Garibaldi ...
Article : 223 wordsThe Executive to-day commuted the death [?]entence passed on a kanaku for the murder of a European at Ripple Creek, to one of penal servitude for li[?] ...
Article : 34 wordsWheat. — The cargo of the Bessfield has been sold at 30/3 per quarter. Metals.—Tin on spot is quoted at £102 15/, and at three months £102 7/6; soft ...
Article : 39 wordsA woman, whose name is unknown, died to-day while being conveyed to the hospital in a cab. Enquiries are being made. ...
Article : 26 wordsWhen your child has a protracted, paroxysmal cough, worse at night, accompanied by a peculiar sound or whoop, which cannot be mistaken, and then labored ...
Article : 244 wordsColonel Mackenzie reports having, on the 19th inst., attacked General Smit's commando, near Lake Banagher, killing six Boers and capturing 16. General Smit ...
Article : 75 wordsIt is reported that Commandant Kritzinger owes his capture to a wound he received while trying to rescue a disabled comrade. ...
Article : 385 wordsWith advancing years greyness increases. Stop this with Lockyer's Sulphur Hair Restorer, which darkens to the former color and preserves the appearance.—Lockyer's, the English Hair Restorer. ...
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Advertising : 1,238 wordsProfessor Ives asks us to explain that he did not set the harmony paper which Professor Peter[?] of Melbourne designates "a preposterous one." For the third year ...
Article : 58 wordsSir—The whole of the community of South Australia must be deeply grateful to Professor Ives for so nobly bearing for the past four years, since December 7, 1897, the ...
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The Advertiser (Adelaide, SA : 1889 - 1931), Wed 25 Dec 1901, Page 5
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