A walking contest has been arranged for 50 miles for £25 a side between W. J. Hackford and R. Thomas. The match will take place on Saturday, June 29 ...
Article : 47 wordsThe Hon. C. C. Kingston (Premier) on behalf of South Australia declines to co-operate with Victoria in the matter of the proposed Pacific cable. ...
Article : 39 wordsThe debates on the Address-in-Reply in both Houses were concluded yesterday, and in each the motion was carried. ...
Article : 29 wordsThe Sultan of Turkey has tendered an apology to the Great Powers for the attack by Bedonins at Jedda, in Asia Minor, by which the British Vice-Consul ...
Article : 120 wordsSevere fighting has taken place between the Japanese and the insurgents at Formosa. The latter were found to be well armed, and were largely composed of ...
Article : 120 wordsIn the Legislative Assembly yesterday Sir Henry Parkes moved the adjournment of the House, to call attention to the Premier's cablegram to the ...
Article : 126 wordsThe rebellion in Formosa is still proceeding, the local authorities being quite unable to quell the disturbance. The Admiral commanding the Japanese ...
Article : 140 wordsIn the course of an interview, Viscount Aoki, the Japanese Minister in London, stated that one of the results of the war between China and Japan would be the ...
Article : 77 wordsThe above teams met on the Fremantle Park last Saturday, and a good game resulted in a win for the North Fremantle Juniors by 5 goals to 3. ...
Article : 33 wordsMany enquiries were made yesterday concerning the Government loan of £31,120 at 3[?] per cent., which it is intended to float locally. Application forms ...
Article : 34 wordsMr. Justice Holyrood passed sentence of death on Arthur Buck, yesterday, for the murder of Kate Norton at South Melbourne. He held out no hope of ...
Article : 41 wordsThe monthly meeting of the Fremantle Municipal Council was held in the Council Chamber last sight. Present—Mr. G. A. Davies (Mayor), Crs. ...
Article : 689 wordsThe telegram from the New South Wales' Premier has been received with much disfavor in Colonial circles in London, and has considerably surprised ...
Article : 199 wordsA sensational occurrence is reported from Madrid. Whilst General Rivera, Commander of the Spanish forces in Madrid, was holding a reception Captain ...
Article : 125 wordsThe plant, machinery, etc., of the Silver Age, Broken Hill, were seized on Saturday by A. Sharland under a bill of sale. In consequence of this the paper ...
Article : 41 wordsThe American barque, Arkwright has put in at Noume in a leaky condition. Heavy gales were encountered after leaving Newcastle. At one time there ...
Article : 41 wordsAt the inquest on the body of Edwin Ditchfield, who was found in the Yarra, evidence was given to the effect that deceased was last seen in the company ...
Article : 80 wordsReports have reached Shanghai to the effect that serious rioting has taken place at Ching Tu, where English and American missionaries were made the ...
Article : 48 wordsCaptain Dingle, late of th[?]. Adelaide, has charge of the s. Innaminch[?], which left Adelaide on Friday for Fremantle. Captains Anthon and Lockyer are ...
Article : 63 wordsYesterday in the House of Commons, Mr. Sydney Buxton, Parliamentary Secretary for the Colonies, stated, in answer to a question that the selection ...
Article : 104 wordsOwing to the Sultan of Turkey, having decided to concede the Armenian demands as requested by the joint Note from the Great Powers, the Grand Visier ...
Article : 37 wordsThe Budget debate in the Legislative Assembly was continued until 6 o'clock yesterday afternoon, when the first item of the Estimates was passed by 56 ...
Article : 44 wordsJoseph Sy[?], the free-thought lecturer, and printer and publisher of the Liberator, was sentenced yesterday to 14 days imprisonment for contempt ...
Article : 42 wordsMr. Tom Price, M.P., has satisfactorily arranged for the payment of Mr. Parson's costs, incurred in the recent libal action. ...
Article : 25 wordsThe Chronicle states that the Government have decided to offer the position of Government Arbiter in labour disputes to Mr. Abraham C. Glenmorgan. ...
Article : 67 wordsThe Brazilian Government are asserting that France has violated Treaty rights in crossing the Guiana frontier. An immediate apology, with an indemnity ...
Article : 44 wordsA section of the electors of St. Leonards' constituency, which Sir Henry Parkes represents, intend to petition him to resign. ...
Article : 33 wordsReports have been received to the effect that a ruing of Bedouins has taken piece in Arabia, and a decent made upon the coastal town of ...
Article : 65 wordsIt is authoritively stated in Paris that a petition, largely signed by native Egyptians, has been received by the French Government, praying for ...
Article : 66 wordsTwo desperadoes, named Thos. Ballard and Thos. Cullis, have been, committed for trial for burglariously entering the dwelling of Thos. Perchard at ...
Article : 36 wordsThe case against Miss Holden, the Matron of the Reformatory, has been dismissed with costs. ...
Article : 24 wordsA terrible explosion of nitro-glycerine has occurred at Parkersburg, Virginia, (U.S.A.). A steamer conveying a large cargo of that inflammable article was ...
Article : 84 wordsLarge forest fires, similar to those which occurred last year, are reported from North Pennsylvania. A large track of country has been devastated by the ...
Article : 54 wordsWilliam Carter, who was recently injured at the Block 14 smelters, died yesterday. ...
Article : 21 wordsThe sittings of the Divorce Court have been concluded. No less thin 60 cases were heard, the petitioners being almost solely women. The majority of them ...
Article : 34 wordsPORT OF FREMANTLE.Welter Lee, when interviewed with reference to the Tichborne case, stated that he journeyed by the Osprey from Adelaide to Melbourne in 1854, and that ...
Article : 64 wordsLord Brassey has accepted the position of Permanent President of the Homes in London, under the control of Dr. Barnado. ...
Article : 28 wordsAt the bye-election for the representative of West Linburgh, in the House of Commons, Mr. M'Iver, the Unionist candidates, was returned by a majority ...
Article : 35 wordsMessrs. Smith, Hill, and Neill, the late Railway Commissioners were entertained last night at a banquet in the Town Hall. There were 250 gentlemen ...
Article : 53 wordsAt the Criminal Court yesterday three young men, named Pritcherd, English, and Henderson, were charged with committing a rape on Isabella Tillman. The ...
Article : 55 wordsThe Austrian Government has introduced to the Reichrath a Reform Bill. This measure grant 34 seats in the Chamber to the small taxpayers of ...
Article : 54 wordsSir Hercules Robinson, who was recently appointed High Commissioner of South Africa, in succession to Sir Henry Loch, has arrived in Cape Town. He ...
Article : 56 wordsThe highly popular actress, Mrs! Joseph Tapley, better known as Miss Violet Variey, died on Sunday evening. She gave birth to a stillborn child on ...
Article : 76 wordsThe Times is an article on the subject of Australian Federation, states that the tradition compelling Governors of the Colonies to undertake the position ...
Article : 119 wordsThe survivers of the French steamer Don Pedro, report that immediately the vessel struck, a panic occurred among the passengers, the boats were rushed ...
Article : 58 wordsMr. W. Trayten, M.L.A., of Western Australia returned from Melbourne on Saturday having completed his inquiries about the Railway Workshops. He ...
Article : 60 wordsIn the Assembly yesterday, the Premier (Mr. G. H. Reid) proposed a resolu-tion embodying a change of the Tariff. He pleaded for a speedy division, and ...
Article : 93 wordsIt is reported from St. Petersburg that Russia is fitting out an expedition to proceed against the Ura tribes, who inhabit the country about 100 miles ...
Article : 54 wordsMr. F. S. Dobson, M.L.C., Chairman of Committees in the Legislative Council, is dead. ...
Article : 22 wordsIt has been decided that the British forces at Chitral shall remain in that district for some time longer. New toads are to be proceeded with, and ...
Article : 39 wordsThe Ohio Republicans have decided to nominate Mr. McKinley for the office of President of the United States at next election. ...
Article : 31 wordsIt ia reported that Russia has just concluded a highly favorable treaty with Persia. ...
Article : 20 wordsThe Licensing Court sat yesterday afternoon, when three publicans, one wine and spirit license were granted for Esperance, making four public houses ...
Article : 185 wordsIn the Assembly the Minsiter of Customs made a statement on behalf of the Government in regard to the proposed alterations in the Tariff. ...
Article : 30 wordsMaurius Freenbourg, practising as a doctor at Yankalli[?], was charged yesterday with stealing medical diplomas and other property belonging to Dr. ...
Article : 127 wordsIn the Canadian House of Commons on Wednesday, a motion having for its object an amendment of the Budget proposals, condemning protection, and ...
Article : 46 wordsThe time-expired men of H.M. Ships Dart and Milflura left for England yesterday. There were eleven officers and 315 men. ...
Article : 28 wordsLord Brassey, the Governor-elect of Victoria, has made a slight alteration in the date of his departure for Melbourne. The date for the farewell banquet ...
Article : 43 wordsThey had been engaged, but now were suffering from one of those quarrels which sometimes ruffle the course of true love. ...
Article : 140 wordsSeven cows belonging to a dairyman at Caulfield, died suddenly recently. A post mortem examination disclosed the fact that death was due to anthrax. ...
Article : 30 wordsA terrible drowning disaster has occurred at the Ottowa Falls. A raft occupied by 30 lumbermen, which was crossing the river, was swept on to the ...
Article : 111 wordsThe atmosphere on Tuesday was very oppressive and not until late in the evening was the heavily charged air cooled by a downfall of rain. From ...
Article : 101 wordsMessrs. W. H. Wadey, P. McM. Glynn and L. Cohen will stand for the vacancy in North Adelaide in the House of Assembly, caused by the death of the ...
Article : 86 wordsThe deaths are announced of Sir James Bacon, late Vice-Chancellor, and of Miss. Emily Faithful, the famous lecturer and writer on feminine ...
Article : 36 wordsA libel action of some magnitude, in which Mr. Allison Smith, formerly Locomotive Superintendent of the Railway Department, claims £15,000 ...
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