Particularly vivid lightning prevailed daring last night and early this morning. A lad named Harold E. Gilding, who was working in his father's garden ...
Article : 66 wordsCount Mouravieff, the Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs, has left for Paris on an important mission in connection with the disarmament proposals of the ...
Article : 50 wordsA wedding, which excited a good deal of local interest, took place in St. John's Church. Tuesday afternoon, when Mr. Eric Hare, of Kalgoorlie, was married to ...
Article : 79 wordsAt the inquest on the body of a man found dead close to a tree near Sheffield, a verdict of accidental death was returned. ...
Article : 31 wordsThe Peninsular and Orient Co. has purchased from the Sun Shipping Company (Messrs. Alexander, Robert, and Company, of Liverpool) the ...
Article : 47 wordsMr. W. P. Schreiner, Q.C., the new Premier at the Cape, denies that the Government is about to pursue a retrograde policy, and Rhodesia, he says ...
Article : 108 wordsThe Elections and Qualifications Committee has upset the Parramatta election, owing to the officials not having punctured the ballot papers at one of ...
Article : 38 wordsTwo cottages, the property of John Ross, were destroyed by fire at Broken Hill to-day. One of them was unoccupied. ...
Article : 25 wordsSplendid rains have fallen and the crops look promising. ...
Article : 11 wordsA petroleum explosion, which, took place on board the barque Blengfell, off Margate, on the Kentish coast, set fire to the vessel. ...
Article : 70 wordsMr. Robinson (instructed by Messrs. Haynes, Robinson, and Co.), appeared for the back, while the defendants were represented by Mr. E. A. Harney, with ...
Article : 744 wordsJudgment has been given in the M'Sharry claim for £150,000 as extras in connection with the Gundagai railway contract. In the majority of the ...
Article : 44 wordsThe strikes in Paris have come to an end. ...
Article : 11 wordsThe Mutual Fire Insurance Company have declared a dividend of £6 per share. ...
Article : 16 wordsThe Northern Fire Brigade had a trial of its new fire-engine on Saturday last, and it proved successful. Peter Hoddy, the man charged with ...
Article : 98 wordsThe following French, warships are being equipped for active service at Toulon:—Amiral Trehouart, an armored vessel of 6,610 tons; Bouvines, a ...
Article : 64 wordsMr. Walter Barrett, 25 years of age, the only son of the proprietor of the Royal Hotel, was drowned at Horsham to-day, while attempting to rescue his ...
Article : 64 wordsAt the inquest on Jacob Gottfried, who was killed by being run over at Norwood, a verdict of accidental death, was returned. ...
Article : 25 wordsAt a meeting of the council of the New Sooth Wales Rifle Association held to-day it was decided to rejoin the federal body. ...
Article : 25 wordsHis Majesty the Emperor of Germany, who is paying a visit to the Sultan of Turkey, previously to proceeding to the Holy Land, has passed through the ...
Article : 44 wordsIn the Banco Court to-day the application of Stephen Williams that his petition of divorce from his wife should be tried without the co-respondent being ...
Article : 44 wordsAbout thirty wheelers, who struck work at the Burwood colliery, were fined to-day for having struck without notice. They decided to serve the alternative ...
Article : 30 wordsThe wreck of the American steamer Mohegan, which, went ashore near Falmouth, is attributed to the failure of the compasses. ...
Article : 30 wordsThe Government of Japan has seat a communication to the Tsungli-yamen, warning it of the peril of taking extreme measures during the present crisis in ...
Article : 50 wordsMr. P. A. C. O'Farrell, at one time a prominent society man, and a flourishing solicitor, died in the Melbourne Hospital to-day from Brignt's disease. He ...
Article : 55 wordsThrough, the Produce Export Depot there will be shipped in the R.M.S. Cuzco and the steamer Naming shortly over 23 tons of butter, 14,000 gallons of ...
Article : 40 wordsA fire occurred at midnight on board the steamer Buteshire, at Miller's Point. The outbreak originated in the charcoal which is used for insulating the ...
Article : 43 wordsAt the National Sporting Club, London, last night Frank Craig ("the Coffee Cooler") defeated "Bill" Edwards, the Australian, in eight rounds. Edwards ...
Article : 141 wordsThe niggardly conduct of the Government in not erecting the flagstaff on Lighthouse Hill led to a steamer being put to considerable inconvenience on ...
Article : 347 wordsMr. Tucker, the Mayor of Adelaide, gave his annual ball to-night. The function was a great social success. ...
Article : 20 wordsNumbers of forged English, banknotes are in circulation on the continent, and the police have been endeavoring to find the whereabouts of the ...
Article : 72 wordsThe Dutch steamer Borneo put in here to-day on her voyage from Newcastle to Sourabaya, having been, interrupted by violent weather. Captain ...
Article : 63 wordsAlfred Archer, who is charged with the murder of William Matthews, at Ulupna Creek, near Strathmerton, has been taken to Benalla for trial. ...
Article : 26 wordsRecently a medical certificate was given that four children who were suffering from measles had sufficiently recovered to return to the Nailsworth ...
Article : 85 wordsThe London "Standard" states that there are 40,000 Russian troops at Port Arthur. ...
Article : 20 wordsA lady's hat and cape, found on the bank of the Yarra at Hawthorn, have been identified by John Sales, blacksmith, of Elsternwick, as having belonged to his ...
Article : 53 wordsThe Dowager Duchess of Sutherland was robbed yesterday in Paris of a satchel, which contained £30,000 worth of jewellery. ...
Article : 61 wordsRain is reported to have fallen in the North-Western and North-Eastern districts. The Government astronomer (Hr. Barrachi) expects a fall in other ...
Article : 27 wordsThreatening letters from, anarchists have been received by M. Adolphe Deucher, President of the Swiss Republic. ...
Article : 23 wordsIt is understood that the Cabinet has accepted the tender of the A.U.S.N. Company for a fast weekly mail service to Gladstone and Townsville. ...
Article : 28 wordsIn the Legislative Council to-day Mr. Warren presented a petition from the Earl of Kilmorey praying that he might be heard at the bar of the House in ...
Article : 209 wordsAt the Mount Gambier Circuit Court to-day, Otto Gerhardy and William Kain, convicted of housebreaking at Wolsely, were sentenced to 18 months' ...
Article : 30 wordsTo-day John Noel was found guilty of perjury, committed while giving evidence on his own behalf at his trial on a charge of shop-breaking. He was ...
Article : 33 wordsAt a caucus of Ministerialists Mr. Dickson, it is asserted, said that unless be was generally supported he would dissolve Parliament. It is believed ...
Article : 41 wordsThe American Commissioners, who are now in Paris discussing the terms of peace with Spain, have refused to grant sovereign powers to Cuba. They ...
Article : 67 wordsThe Salvation "Army" is negotiating for the purchase of the Bushman's Club buildings in Whitmore Square, for social work. Nothing will be settled before ...
Article : 28 wordsNews has been received from the Sou[?] that the Khalifa is flying westward, and that be is now almost deserted. ...
Article : 34 wordsA tragedy occurred to-day at Maiden Gully, near Eaglehawk. A man named Barton, 36 years of age, called at the Eaglehawk police station and said that ...
Article : 133 wordsAs insane Chinaman at Charters Towers committed suicide to-day by hanging himself by his pig-tail. ...
Article : 20 wordsThe whole of the premises and plant of the Robe Refrigerating Company, in liquidation, was offered for sale by auction to-day. The highest bid was ...
Article : 33 wordsA sensational incident occurred at the railway station this evening on the arrival of the train from Kalgoorlie. The facts were that a man named Henry ...
Article : 336 wordsReuter's Press Agency reports thai Baron Alphonse de Coucel, the French, ambassador in London, who will shortly withdraw from that position, has ...
Article : 60 wordsThe Commissioner for Railways returned to-day from Melbourne, where he attended the conference to consider the minutes of the meeting of the ...
Article : 55 wordsMr. W. P. Beeves, the New Zealand Agent-General, is exhibiting at the Imperial Institute, London, samples of manufactured wools from the Mosgiel ...
Article : 31 wordsA wedding took place here on Monday, October 11, in the Agricultural-hall, the contracting parties being Miss Charlotte Mary Oliver, the third daughter of Mr. ...
Article : 184 wordsThe engineer-in-chief of the Railways explained to the Standing Committee to-day that the reason of the increased estimate for the Collingwood railway ...
Article : 91 wordsM. Lanessan, in an article in the Paris "Rappel" declares that Anglophobia has brought France to the verge of a stupid war at a time when every ...
Article : 43 wordsThe Aged Poor Commission has finished its consideration of the draft report, which will be signed next week. The commission, was appointed to ...
Article : 45 wordsThe Manchester express collided with a stationary train at Wrawley (?) Junction last night. Nine persons were killed and twelve ...
Article : 30 wordsIn the Legislative Assembly to-day Mr. Carroll urged the abolition of the leasing of travelling stock routes and camping reserves. The Minister of ...
Article : 56 wordsNot much, rain has fallen yet, despite the heavy thunderstorm of last night, but the Barometer is Sailing, and indications point to rain. In the ...
Article : 35 wordsArrivals.—Steamer Cornwall, 3,554 tons, from Brisbane; and steamer Rimutaka, 2,866 tons, from Lytteiton. Departures.—For Melbourne—Barque ...
Article : 89 wordsThe schedule of James Nation was filed to-day. The liabilities amount to £16,700 and the assets to £9,721. He estimates his losses at £150,000. ...
Article : 26 wordsWhile the barque Nellie Brett, from New York, was becalmed, the Spanish cruiser Alphonso XIII. fired a shot across her bows. An officer boarded her ...
Article : 37 wordsLead.—The lead imports for the month amounted to 10,921 tons, of which 2,787 were received from Australia. The exports for the same period ...
Article : 122 wordsA miner named Thomas Waters arrested to-day at White Hills, near Bendigo, on a charge of having murdered his wife. He reported her death ...
Article : 45 wordsIn the Legislative Council to-day, the Plural Voting Abolition Bill passed its second reading. The Immigration Restriction Bill was ...
Article : 26 wordsWord was received on Oct 18 that one of the two prisoners, named Henry Sinclair and Frederick Thompson, who escaped from, custody at Mount ...
Article : 169 wordsA sensation was caused on the Stock Exchange to-day when it was announced that a large quantity of forged scrip of the New Perseverance Gold-mining ...
Article : 38 wordsThe Te Hapakin harvest yield is unsatisfactory. Prices are higher than for years past. ...
Article : 17 wordsIn the Legislative Assembly to-day the Premier, Mr. Dickson, stated that the Government declined to attach any significance to the recent adverse ...
Article : 75 wordsThe Gantock Rock (bound for Sydney) mapped her moorings at Ballycastle Bay, Antrim and drifted into a dangerous position. The vessel was towed into a ...
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