Mr. Kingston tabled a report to-day in reference to the conference of Premiere in London. He gave interesting particulars of his visit ...
Article : 181 wordsNews has been received that a Steam whaler, which has arrived at British Columbia, has rescued the crew of a whaling vessel, numbering ...
Article : 71 wordsLord Elgin, the Viceroy of India, has submitted a report upon the frontier rebellion. He states that the Orakzais and the Afridis of the ...
Article : 133 wordsThe select committee of the Transvaal Volksraad which was appointed to inquire into the Rand grievances has recommended a ...
Article : 315 wordsThe British iron sailing ship Phasis, 1,564 tons, was wrecked and abandoned on Royal Charlotte Beef, 130 miles north-west of ...
Article : 1,090 wordsTwo capital cases were finally dealt with by the Executive Council to-day. The first was that of Laban John Williams, 16, who was ...
Article : 70 wordsSubjoined are to-day's scratchings.—Melbourne Cup and Derby —Alva aod Holcar. ...
Article : 16 wordsAfter 65 to 40 bad been laid on Aurum for the Derby to-night an offer to take 70 to 40 was not responded to ...
Article : 111 wordsA conference of scientists has been held at Berlin to consider the best means of dealing with persons suffering from the terrible disease ...
Article : 68 wordsThe Government has decided to allow to the officials, clerks, and messengers who attended to the parliamentary duties in connection ...
Article : 36 wordsDaring the past year a dozen infants have been abandoned in the suburbs. Detective Dungey has been making special inquiries, and ...
Article : 57 wordsThe Minister of Customs has communicated with the Ministers of Agriculture in the other colonies asking that a date be fixed for the ...
Article : 31 wordsWhile in England Mr. W. B. Wilson offered Aurum to Mrs. Langtry for 7,000 guineas, but she declined to give ...
Article : 66 wordsTwo squadrons of the 9th Bengal Lancers were ambuscaded at Mawani and one squadron at Subadhur. Fourteen native ...
Article : 33 wordsThe National Liberal Club, at the instance of Lord Carrington, a former Governor of New South Wales, has elected Mr. R, J. ...
Article : 51 wordsA cable message was receive from Stirling, Scotland, this morning announcing the death of Mr. John Bridge, founder and ...
Article : 35 wordsAt the meeting of the Congregational Union several attempts were made to raise the question of religions teaching in the State ...
Article : 78 wordsAlready many thousand signatures have been attached to petitions for the release of Nixon. They will be presented to the ...
Article : 27 wordsIn the Legislative Assembly this evening Mr. M'Farlane moved that a Royal Commission should be appointed to inquire into the ...
Article : 35 wordsAt about 7 o'clock last night pedestrians in "William-street were informed that a murder had been committed in that street. Many ...
Article : 580 wordsA meeting of the council of the Albany Chamber of Commerce was held on Oct 14, there being present Messrs. J. M'Kenzie (in the ...
Article : 495 wordsThe dispute in the cotton trade is now approaching a crisis. The employers in the spinning trade, have now granted their operatives a ...
Article : 41 wordsMr. Catt presented a petition to the Legislative Council in regard to gambling among women and and children. The ...
Article : 46 wordsLieutenant Neil Wolseley Haig, of the 6th (Inniskilling) Dragoons, has been appointed aide-de-camp to His Excellency Sir Gerard Smith ...
Article : 51 wordsAt Gunnedah to-day an exceedingly heavy bail storm occurred, Every window in the town on the western and north-western sides of ...
Article : 45 wordsIn the Legislative Assembly to-day the debate on the financial statement was opened by Mr. Russell, the leader of the ...
Article : 67 wordsA suggestion Las been made in Birmingham to concentrate the engineers' dispute in London, with a view to securing a conference ...
Article : 36 wordsA deputation from the Women's Christian Temperance Union waited on the Premier to-day and asked for the suppression of ...
Article : 81 wordsTo-day the coroner held an inquiry into the circumstances attending the death of Mabel Baker, nee Roberts, who was ...
Article : 156 wordsThe Burmans who rushed the gate of the fort of Mandalay last ?week and were repulsed have now confessed that the object of the ...
Article : 97 wordsThe "no-confidence" motion was debated in the Assembly to-night. Mr. Lewis, the leader of the Opposition, moved a resolution to ...
Article : 105 wordsA good deal of useful work was done this morning. Wait-a-Bit decisively beat Partbenop[?]us and Toreador over a mile and a half ...
Article : 460 wordsA trial of Gordon's diving apparatus has been made on the Clyde. The diver, attired in the Gordon suit, descended to a depth ...
Article : 152 wordsAt a meeting of trustees of the State Bank, Mr. J. B. Spence was appointed chairman in the place of Mr. H. M. Addison. The latter ...
Article : 44 wordsThe Rev. G. E. Rowe has shown the design of the proposed Perth Wesley Church building scheme to the principal laymen in Adelaide ...
Article : 52 wordsColonel Sir Howard Vincent, member for Sheffield, delivered a speech, at that city last night, in the coarse of which he said that ...
Article : 54 wordsTo-day Daniel Brown, 19, en. gaged at the 700ft. level in the Tasmania mine, Beaconsfield, fell a distance of 100ft., breaking his ...
Article : 27 wordsLast evening "denominationa rallies" took place in the various churches. It was pointed out by the respective ministers that the ...
Article : 67 wordsThe report of the sheriff to the Legislative Council states that the recent escape of prisoners from the Adelaide gaol was due to careless ...
Article : 34 wordsThe Queen has given £40 to the fund which is being raised for the relief of the distress caused by the outbreak of typhoid fever at ...
Article : 38 wordsAt Townsville during the past few days a rumor has been afloat as to the discovery of tins of meat buried near the Bess River meat ...
Article : 135 wordsSir R. B. Finlay, Q.C., the Imperial Solicitor-GeneraL, speaking yesterday at Forres (Inverness; district), said that it would be ...
Article : 68 wordsIn the Legislative Assembly to-day Mr. Henry Copeland moved that the Bouse should on Tuesday go into committee to consider the ...
Article : 182 wordsDepartures—For Melbourne, ship Hesperus, 1,859 tons; barque Grenada, 2,268 tons; for Sydney, steamer Bungaree, 2,990 tons ...
Article : 52 wordsTo-day an influential deputation urged Sir H. Tozer to enforce rigidly the clauses in the Licensing Act prohibiting Sunday trading ...
Article : 83 wordsCount Lyof Nikolaivitch Tolstoi is seriously ill. [Count Tolstoi is the most eminent of Russian novelists. He was born on August ...
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Advertising : 54 wordsHerr F. O. Licht, the Magdeburg beet sugar expert, in his monthly circular, estimates that the production of beet sugar has increased by ...
Article : 44 wordsIn the Assembly to-day the Land Bill was farther considered, and several clauses were passed. ...
Article : 18 wordsThe executors of the late Mr. "Barney" Barnato have distributed £16,000 among the London charities. ...
Article : 24 wordsDr. William Walsh, Bishop of Mauritius, has been appointed an Archdeacon and Canoa of Canterbury. ...
Article : 23 wordsA meeting of the members of the Victorian Rifle Association was held to-night to consider the position of affairs, and ...
Article : 155 wordsWheat is now 64. per quarter dearer than when last quoted. ...
Article : 17 wordsThe collector of Customs has decided to abolish the drawback of 30s. per head on cattle, 2s. per head on sheep and Iambs, and ...
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The Inquirer and Commercial News (Perth, WA : 1855 - 1901), Fri 22 Oct 1897, Page 1
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