It is pretty generally known that for some weeks past a gang of Victorian pickpockets have been successfully operating in crowds, and have reaped a rather profitable harvest. ...
Article : 140 wordsThe recall of M. Nisard, the French Ambarsador at the Vatican, was discussed yesterday in the French Chamber of Deputies. The Premier, M. Combes, stated that owing ...
Article : 290 wordsLaten details are to hand regarding the capture of Kin-chau. These particulars show that the fight immediately preceding the capture of the ...
Article : 185 wordsThe report has been issued of the commission that was appointed at the instance of the Duke of Norfolk to inquire into the militia volunteer system. ...
Article : 127 wordsC[?]ain or the famous Essendon team, which was beaton yesterday by Melbourne on the Sydney, Cricket Ground. [Photo by "Sun" photographer. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 24 wordsCaptain of the Melbourne Football team, which so handsomely beat Essendon yesterday on the Sydney Cricket Ground. [Photo by "Sun" photographer. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 28 wordsOwing to the mines that have been set adrift in the vicinity of Port Arthur by the Russians the ships of the British fleet wilt not proceed north of Wusong. ...
Article : 44 wordsJapanese claim to be maintaining the effective blockade of the coast of the, Liao-tung Peninsula. Merchant ships will, in consequence of the ...
Article : 818 words"Come out here, Tom, you are wanted for identification." This was said at the Central Police Station to an ex-constable, who had drunk beer not wisely but too well, and who ...
Article : 593 wordsDoctors Sollier and Comar, of Paris, both specialists in the study of hysteria, state that they have discovered the existence of a new and remarkable sort of power of second sight ...
Article : 334 wordsThe "Law Journal" newspaper discusses the Russians' tactics in wilfully placing mines in the open sea ten miles from land, and says that if the facts are as reported, ...
Article : 52 wordsThe bill for the exclusion from Cape Colony of Chinese, unless they are British subjects, has passed its third reading in the Cape House of Assembly. ...
Article : 41 wordsThe women and children at Port Arthur are being sheltered in dug-outs and caves within the inner fortifications. ...
Article : 35 wordsReuter's correspondent at Tokio reports that after five days' fighting the Japanese forces on Thursday evening captured Kin-chau, the narrow neck of land about 80 miles ...
Article : 126 wordsRussian nobles and public bodies are largely subscribing to a patriotic fund, with the proceeds of which a new fleet will be built. It is intended to construct a large number ...
Article : 77 wordsA dreadful ballooning fatality is reported from Italy. An aeronaut named Zanchl was making an ascent, and had reached an altitude of 7000ft. ...
Article : 54 wordsThe Grand Trunk Pacific Railway Bill has passed [?]s third reading in the Canadian House of Commons by a majority of 46 votes. [The discussion on the trans-continental ...
Article : 226 wordsAn officer who belonged to the Russian gunboat Korletz declares that the bulk of the officers and men belonging to the Korletz and to the cruiser Varyag are to resume ...
Article : 120 wordsGeneral Sir John Carstairs M'Neill, V.C, died to-day, in his 72rd year. [General M'Neill had a varied experience in active service. He was in the Indian ...
Article : 176 wordsMr. Bennet Burleigh, the war correspondent of the "Daily Telegraph," reports that in the fighting at Kin-chau the Japanese captured some of the Russian guns and a few ...
Article : 45 wordsThe following communication has been issued from the Japanese Legation in London:-- "In answer to inquiries too numerous for ...
Article : 143 wordsLloyd's have been officially warned that some fast steamers that were recently purchased by Russia are being equipped as privateers. ...
Article : 63 wordsMr. Bennet Burleigh, the special war correspondent of the "Daily Telegraph," reports that the Japanese are within 12 miles of Port Arthur. ...
Article : 40 wordsA railway collision happened at the Flinders-street Railway Station this morning, when the 6.54 workmen's train, containing 200 passengers, was run into by a detached ...
Article : 98 wordsTaking advantage of the extremely low rates now prevailing in the trans-Atlantic service 700 Whitechapel Jews are proceeding to the United States. ...
Article : 33 wordsFor three hours on a recent Saturday Beauty Steel, a prize Boston bulldog, owned by Dr. Abbott, of New York, was in the dental chair at Stamford while Dr. Beardaley ...
Article : 121 wordsThe first walking contest of the season took place this afternoon. The contest was a handicap arranged by the Penrith School of Arts sports committee, and 13 competitors ...
Article : 115 wordsGeneral Kuropatkin, the Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Army, reports that the Japanse have landed several heavy guns at Takushan, in the Bay of Korea. ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 129 wordsThe following cable from Baron Komura has been received by the Acting-Cousul-General for Japan in Sydney (Mr. K. Iwasaki):--The Commander of the army attacking ...
Article : 391 wordsThe Farmers and Settlers' Association held its adjourned annual meeting this afternoon, Mr. George Clout, the president, in the chair. An executive committee of 20 was appointed ...
Article : 120 wordsThe recent decision of Lord Justice Romer in the case of Lady Howard of Glossop has been very adversely criticised among women. He ruled that any present given by a ...
Article : 140 wordsThe drawing of Father Robinson's are union, in which "Athol Park," Coogee, is the first prize, has been fixed for July 9. ...
Article : 28 wordsThe signal master at South Head reported at 10 o'clock last night that there was heavy weather on the coast, with thick fogs and heavy seas and gales. He also reported that ...
Article : 60 wordsCopper on spot is quoted at £37 per ton, the three months quotation being £57 2s 6d. Lead is quoted at £111 5s 0⅓d. The wheat cargo by the barque ...
Article : 52 wordsIt is stated that on the eve of the blowing up of the Petropavlovsk the Tsar received a telegram from Admiral Makaroff stating that he was about to fight a decisive action with ...
Article : 120 wordsThe Essendon Poultry, Pigeon, and Canary Show was largely attended to-day. The field dog trial was won by J. Clarke's bitch Vroonie, with J. Cowper's bitch Boundless second, ...
Article : 42 wordsfrom Newcastle, en route to South Sea Islands. Union S.S. Co., agents. Nerong, str., 187 tons. Captain Nicholson, from northern rivers. N.C.S.N. Co., agents. ...
Article : 193 wordsThe Japanese announce that they are maintaining an effective blockade of the coast of the Liao-tung Peninsula southwards of a line between Pi-tsu-wo and ...
Article : 64 wordsThe heavy rain this morning interfered greatly with all outdoor sports. Practically every fixture, with the exception of some football events, were declared off. No bowls ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 70 wordsThe well-known Australian trader General Roberts will leave Sydney this morning for Falmouth with a large cargo of wheat for the London markets. ...
Article : 25 wordsThe Postmaster-General has decided that monthly publications issued in the form or reviews and magazines are not newspapers within the meaning of the Act, and should ...
Article : 41 wordsThe G.M.S. Prinz Sigismund left Brisbane yesterday for Singapore, via ports. The French mail steamer Caledonlen left Adelaide at 1 p.m. yesterday for Marseilles. ...
Article : 45 wordsThough no further outbreak of plague has been reported, the discovery of two more plague rats in the vicinity of Miller's Point yesterday is an unpleasant reminder that the ...
Article : 117 wordsOwing to the action of Russia in recklessly sowing the sea in the vicinity of Port Arthur with floating mines, merchantmen have been instructed to avoid at night time ...
Article : 62 wordsA French physician, Dr. Petit, has made experiments which show that eight drops of nicotine suffice to kill a horse. Snakes, frogs, and lizards can be killed by simply blowing ...
Article : 59 wordsMr. T. R. Smith, M.L.A. for the Nepean, is very ill with bronchitis. ...
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The Sunday Sun (Sydney, NSW : 1903 - 1910), Sun 29 May 1904, Page 1
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