Tenders closed to-day for subscriptions to the Western Australian 3 per cent, loan of £1,000,000, the minimum for which was fixed at £94. ...
Article : 56 wordsMajor General W. R. Shafter's army is about to return from Santiago to the United States. The troops will be given a rest until the campaign against. ...
Article : 46 wordsAll the rounds in the great chess tournament at Vienna have been completed, with the result that N. N. Pillsbury, the American champion, and Dr. ...
Article : 209 wordsThe Treasurer, Mr. F. W. Holder, recently telegraphed to Mr. Dashwood, the Government Resident at Port Darwin, for information concerning the 69 ...
Article : 110 wordsAt Armidale to-day the infant daughter of a farmer named Martin Black crawled into the fire, and sustained such serious injuries that she died soon ...
Article : 28 wordsThe report of the Railway Commissioners for the quarter ended June 30 shows the earnings to have been the largest on record, being £714,867, or ...
Article : 44 wordsSerious riots have occurred in the province of Granada, and many of the followers of Don Carlos are leaving Spain. ...
Article : 28 wordsTo-day a man named Dan Burat, near Roxburgh, washed away four hundred pounds worth of gold. ...
Article : 24 wordsMr. A. W. Dobbie gave an exhibition to-day of hypnotism in connection with surgical operations. The patient, a young lady, was placed in a hypnotic ...
Article : 54 wordsThe Spanish garrisons at Palma Soriano and San Luis in Cuba have surrendered. The landowners, residents, and noncombatants in Cuba are petitioning President M'Kinley to transfer San-tiago to the Cubans, and to permit ...
Article : 59 wordsMr. G. W-Palmer, a Liberal, has been elected by a majority of 694 to fill the vacancy in the House of Commons caused by the death of ...
Article : 59 wordsThe fair sex are proverbially cautious, and when they have their doubts about anything they frequently hesitate before taking a decisive step. The old proverb ...
Article : 504 wordsThe actual returns of the wheat produced last season show an apparent surplus over local consumption of 281,119 bushels. There is practically no wheat ...
Article : 32 wordsThe Railway Committee has decided to recommend the construction of a railway line from Birchip to Coromby. ...
Article : 29 wordsThe South, Australian Insurance Co., in liquidation, will pay its first dividend of £1 on half the capital and 5s. on the remainder. ...
Article : 25 wordsThe Earl of Minto has been appointed to succeed the Earl of Aberdeen, as Governor General of Canada. Gilbert John Elliot, fourth Earl of Minto ...
Article : 163 wordsThe Government is inquiring into the question of sending steamers regularly to Western Australia and the Cape. ...
Article : 20 wordsThomas Baker, a Petersburg farmer, was robbed of £30 in the Tavistock Hotel this afternoon by three men, who suddenly attacked him, and secured the ...
Article : 65 wordsThe Irish Local Government Bill has passed through committee in the Houses of Lords. The measure is practically unaltered. ...
Article : 26 wordsIt is reported from Washington that the German, ambassador has delivered to President M'Kinley a cordial message from the Kaiser. ...
Article : 60 wordsThe Premier (Mr. R. Seddon) has been advised from England by an old successful New Zealander that the Australian colonies should combine and establish ...
Article : 46 wordsEarly this morning the police raided premises in Russell street and arrested 28 persons who were, alleged to have been engaged in playing "two up." At ...
Article : 62 wordsMr. E. H. Wittenoom, the new Agent-General for Western Australia, was entertained at a banquet last night at the Hotel Cecil by the other Australian ...
Article : 110 wordsAt the Broken Hill Police Court to-day, Louisa Pitman, or Fraser, was committed for trial on a charge of having committed an assault with a tomahawk ...
Article : 72 wordsThe Old Age Pensions Bill enacts that a pension of £18 per year shall be paid on the qualification of 21 years' residence. It debars persons imprisoned ...
Article : 94 wordsAn infernal machine, containing 301b. of dynamite, has been discovered on board the American refrigerating steamer Port Victor, a vessel of 2,793 ...
Article : 33 wordsIn the R.M.S. Australia gold of the value of £7,400 was shipped to London. The Back of New South Wales sent £5,400, and the National Bank of ...
Article : 33 wordsArrivals. — Steamer Kaikoura, 2,885 tons; ship Mary Augusta, 1,385 tons; barque Quilpue, 1,301 tons. Departures.—For Brisbane — Barque ...
Article : 38 wordsTo day the police stopped the funeral of an elderly woman named Matialda Schmutter, who died at Aubufn. Suspicions as to the cause of her death ...
Article : 54 wordsAt the Broken. Hill Police Court to-day, David Edwards, lately paymaster of the Broken Hill Proprietary mine, was committed for trial on three charges ...
Article : 32 wordsAt the inquest held to-day on a man named Scott, it was shown that dealth was the result of a blow on the ear, caused by a blunt instrument, and a ...
Article : 60 wordsLiliuokalani, the ex-Queen of Hawaii, is suing the American Government for the value of a million, acres of Crown lands at Hawaii, and also 400.000 dollars ...
Article : 41 wordsA man named. George Sutton, working on a homestead lease at Acacia, near Broken Hill, was riding a horse yesterday, when the animal fell, and rolled ...
Article : 49 wordsMr. Robert Brough, the popular actor, who is returning with Mrs. Brough and a company to open the Bijou Theatre, Melbourne, in October, has received the ...
Article : 93 wordsA smoke social, to inaugurate the newly-formed Western Australian Commercial Travellers and Warehousemen's Club, was held at its commodious new ...
Article : 372 wordsHis Excellency the Acting Governor, Sir John Madden, gave a Parliamentary dinner to night. There were about 130 guests present. ...
Article : 21 wordsThe New Plymouth Petroleum Company, after having spent £1,400 in boring 7,000ft. in five bores, has suspended operations. Payable oil, mixed with ...
Article : 62 wordsDjevad Pasha, the military governor of Crete, has resigned, on account of the refusal of the Powers to allow reinforcements for the Turkish garrisons. ...
Article : 32 wordsFor the contest tomorrow complete polling arrangements have been made. It is thought that there will be a heavy vote. ...
Article : 174 wordsThe Greek refugees arrived at Nhill to day in a half-starved condition. The residents subscribed means to help them on another stage of the journey. ...
Article : 27 wordsA man giving the name of Robert Lane, at Nhill, succeeded by various devices in hoodwinking several tradesmen. He passed a number of valueless cheques. ...
Article : 49 wordsAt the annual meeting of the Mount Morgan G.M. Co. at Rockhampton to-day the chairman stated that it was proposed to invest £60,000 at present ...
Article : 72 wordsReuter's correspondent reports that the Egyptian gunboats have passed the fifth cataract on the Nile, aid that a flotilla of ten steamers, armed with ...
Article : 62 wordsThe London "Times" of this morning, in an article on: the present situation in the East, says that if the Powers will not accept the "open door" policy ...
Article : 67 wordsThe prices on offer regarding the chief fancies for the National doubles is 100 to 3, and at that figure Reindeer, His Grace, and Manazona have been ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 150 wordsAn influential meeting of persons favorable to the formation of a Queensland Federation League was held to-night, the Mayor presiding. A motion ...
Article : 62 wordsAt the contests of the National Rifle Association, at Bisley, the Canadian team scored the highest colonial aggregate. ...
Article : 45 wordsA man named Holstein, who was discharged from the Kapunda Hospital recently, fell over some steps at a hotel to-day, and wounded his head. He died ...
Article : 44 wordsAt the Criminal sittings to-day a middle aged man named Geo. Nelmes was found guilty of having stabbed a man named Williams. Both are undergoing ...
Article : 76 wordsJ. Corbett and "Kid" M'Coy have made heavy deposits to fight 20 rounds at Buffalo (U.S.A.) on September 10. ...
Article : 31 wordsThe quantity of wheat afloat for the United Kingdom is 2,071,000 bushels, and for the Continent of Europe 900,000 bushels. ...
Article : 37 wordsAs soon as the preliminary business was disposed of in the Legislative Assembly on Tuesday. Mr. Leake rose, and said that he ...
Article : 1,195 wordsAt the inquest held to-day on the body of William Uden, who died daring an operation, under chloroform, a verdict was returned that death was caused by ...
Article : 40 wordsJ. Wray, the New South Wales sculler, and W. Barry, of Putney, have entered for the "Sportsman" Challenge Cup. ...
Article : 46 wordsA little girl named Washburton, the daughter of a selector at Bombala, was sitting near the fire to-day, when her clothes caught. Her sister ran a mile ...
Article : 58 wordsHis Excellency the Governor, Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton, will visit Broken Hill next week. ...
Article : 17 wordsElectoral Roll Claims.—Through the kindness of the owner of the shop in Broome-road, Subiaco, lately occupied by a tailor, the Trades and Labor ...
Article : 109 wordsMr. Thomas Playford, lately Agent General for South. Australia, will reach Sydney on Wednesday from London. He will probably remain there a few ...
Article : 32 wordsThe International Sugar Conference, which was held at Brussels, has reported that all the nations, with the exception of France and Russia, are willing to ...
Article : 62 wordsShortly before 10 o'clock on Tuesday a man named Frank Worthy attempted to commit suicide at the Sydney Diningrooms, in Henry-street, Fremantle. He ...
Article : 220 wordsA farmer at Yass named Alfred Williams shot himself dead this morning. No cause has been assigned for the deed. ...
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Advertising : 47 wordsDr. Goe, the Bishop of Melbourne, and his wife, arrived in Adelaide today on a short visit. They are the guests of His Excellency the Governor. ...
Article : 29 wordsThe death is announced of Dr. Sidney Herbert Youel, the surgeon of H.M.S Penguin. It occurred at Tonga. The cause was dysentery. ...
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The Inquirer and Commercial News (Perth, WA : 1855 - 1901), Fri 29 Jul 1898, Page 1
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