Mr. G. R. Le Hunte, who was recently appointed Administrator of British New Guinea, in succession to Sir William MacGregor, will leave London ...
Article : 67 wordsM. de Blowitz, the Paris correspondent of the London "Times," reports that M. de Freycinet, the War Minister, is withholding the ultra secret dossier ...
Article : 103 wordsA man named Brer, a deck-hand on the steamer Decoy, was drowned in the River Murray to-day while under the influence of liquor. ...
Article : 34 wordsThe steamer Pilbarra arrived here from Fremantle at 12.25 Tuesday morning. She shipped 10 boxes of gold, containing 9,498oz., and valued at ...
Article : 200 wordsTo-day the Legislative Council rejected the Land Values Assessment Bill. In the House of Assembly to-day, the Premier announced that Sir T. Fowell ...
Article : 78 wordsThe Merv railway has been completed by the Russians aa far as Kushk, which is within 95 miles of Herat. [Merv, which is in the Transcaspian ...
Article : 91 wordsOnly one case was dealt with at the Quarter Sessions. The charge against George Marrin of having broken into the store of Andrew Kohler, at ...
Article : 106 wordsMr. M'Lean, lately captain of the steamer Mapourika, has retired from the Union Steamship Company's service. ...
Article : 19 wordsThe Conciliation Board has failed to settle tie linotype dispute, and has referred the matter to the Arbitration Court. ...
Article : 22 wordsA fire at Auburn burned about a mile and a half of stringy-bark country to-day. Numbers of the residents fought the flames. ...
Article : 24 words"Staff-Captain" Winter, of the Salvation "Army," who has been transferred to Kalgoorlie, left Broken Hill last night. ...
Article : 28 wordsThe international conference, which has been sitting at Rome, to consider what steps should be taken to suppress the anarchists, has agreed on the ...
Article : 74 wordsSugar.—The monthly circular of Mr. F. O. Licht, the Magdeburg expert, states that the production of beet sugar in Europe during the month of ...
Article : 83 wordsThe body of Charles Beattie, who has been missing for several weeks, was found 90 miles west of Alice Springs. An old aboriginal missionary pupil ...
Article : 94 wordsHeine, the well-known German artist, has been sentenced to six months' imprisonment for having caricatured the Emperor William of Germany. ...
Article : 27 wordsBefore the prorogation ceremony to-day, the Premier in the Legislative Assembly totally denied the statement recently made by Mr. Frank Madden ...
Article : 64 wordsThe Ministry, in an interpellation in the Chamber of Deputies, declared that the publication of the secret dossier was calculated to affect the security of the ...
Article : 124 wordsAt the inquest held to-day on the victims of the Petersham tragedy, Constable Rankin repeated a long statement made by Stewart Briggs, acknowledging ...
Article : 123 wordsThere is a severe epidemic of influenza in New York. ...
Article : 23 wordsThe Legislative Assembly has been sitting since 10 o'clock on Monday morning. Stormy scenes occurred to-day between the Premier and members of the ...
Article : 76 wordsA sculling match has been arranged between "Tom" Sullivan (formerly of New Zealand), and William Haines (of Old Windsor, Eng.), for £200 a-side, and ...
Article : 79 wordsMr. Albert Sachse, the Victorian vigneron, has completed his inquiries in Britain, and on the Continent, with reference to toe introduction of ...
Article : 40 wordsWarden Butt left here on Dec. 20 on a body of Thomas Tracey, who was killed last Thursday evening at Brunswick by having been run over by the down train ...
Article : 321 wordsIn the Banco Court to-day, judgment was delivered in the Simms will case. A verdict was returned for the Crown, which sought to have a deed set aside ...
Article : 54 wordsThe American Government is taking steps to exclude the importation of German adulterated food, in order to retaliate for the threats recently made ...
Article : 37 wordsThe Indian Government has presented to the King of Siam the cremated Bones of Buddha, which were recently discovered in Nepaul, one of the ...
Article : 78 wordsA child of Mrs. Jeffrey's died at Campbelltown to-day from burns received through the bed curtains having caught fire. Another child was ...
Article : 29 wordsThe Colonial Consignment and Distributing Co.'s new refrigerating store at Manchester will be opened in January. ...
Article : 191 wordsMiss Perrin, a servant girl, at Port Germein, was severely burned through her clothes having caught fire. Her condition is critical. ...
Article : 23 wordsThe intercolonial match, South Australia v. New South Wales, was continued to-day. The weather was again very hot, and the attendance fair. ...
Article : 503 wordsThe death is announced, of Lord Napier and Ettrick. [Francis Napier, 10th baron, and a baronet, was born in 1819, and ...
Article : 119 wordsA carriage-cleaner named Wettig was crushed to death at the Eveleigh railway station to-day. He was caught between the buffers of two carriages. ...
Article : 28 wordsA police party left Port Darwin to-day to hunt the blacks who recently murdered the traders, Moore and M'Kenzie. ...
Article : 23 wordsThousands upon thousands of men and women in Australia suffer severely from headaches and sleeplessness. They try all kinds of quack medicines, and ...
Article : 410 wordsA man named Hansen was fined £200 for having had an illicit still in his possession. The still and the spirit were ordered to be confiscated. ...
Article : 29 wordsAn inquest was held to-day on the body of the wan Ridland, who was found in the Port River. An open verdict was returned. ...
Article : 27 wordsSir Henry Hawkins, the well-known judge of the Queen's Bench Division, has resigned. [Sir Henry, who was the oldest judge ...
Article : 106 wordsAt the inquest held to-day on the body of Michael Davis, who was killed at the Broken Hill Proprietary mine by a rock falling on him and fracturing his ...
Article : 39 wordsThe thermometer registered 103 degrees in the shade to-day. ...
Article : 12 wordsAt the inquest held to-day on the body of the woman found in a box in the Yarra, the medical evidence showed that death had been caused by ...
Article : 107 wordsThe shipments of specie to America this year amounted to £5,615,000. Last year they totalled £2,075,000. ...
Article : 19 wordsA miserly English woman, who lived at Caen, in Normandy, has bequeathed £38,500 to the London City Mission. ...
Article : 27 wordsThe death is announced of James Phoenix, an old-time pugilist. ...
Article : 11 wordsA special sitting of the Supreme Court, for which Warden Finnerty was vested with the powers of a Supreme Court judge, was held to-day. "Caldari," an ...
Article : 365 wordsTo-day three charges of "sweating" against Lincoln, Stuart, and Company, Limited, were dismissed. ...
Article : 15 wordsIt is understood that Sir H. Campbell-Bannerman will succeed Sir William Harcourt as leader of the Opposition in the House of Commons, and that the ...
Article : 74 wordsPeter Polsen, an old resident of Cook-town, has been murdered by blacks. ...
Article : 20 wordsThe British, American, German, and Japanese merchants at Shanghai have sent to their respective Ministers at Peking identical protests against French ...
Article : 34 wordsParliament was prorogued this afternoon with the usual ceremonies by the Governor, Lord Brassey. ...
Article : 17 wordsThe match, Midland Junction v. North-West Perth, was played on Saturday, and resulted in a victory for the Midland team by 22 runs, the scores ...
Article : 70 wordsIt has been discovered that of a flock of 1,500 sheep, which recently arrived in colony, numbers are suffering from anthrax. Several of the animals have ...
Article : 31 wordsSamuel Robinson, living alone at Wynn[?] attempted to commit suicide on Sunday by gashing his throat. He was not discovered till this morning ...
Article : 30 wordsThe question of the extension of British trade in China is being re-opened in England. ...
Article : 21 wordsThe dead body of Frederick Boffey, assayer, was found at Collingwood to-day. It is believed that he committed suicide, as he had said that he was tired ...
Article : 37 wordsA cyclone swept over Emu Park, near Rockhampton, to-day, causing considerable damage. ...
Article : 16 wordsThe boxing match for 20,000dol., between "Tom" Sharkey and "Kid" M'Coy, will take place in January next. ["Bob" Fitzsimmons, the champion ...
Article : 56 wordsIn the police court on Dec. 20 Thosghan named Mirza Khan was charged with having assaulted H. Nathan, a stock inspector. The evidence showed ...
Article : 86 wordsThe London "Times" warmly approves of the scheme put forward by Sir Sandford Fleming, C.E., K.C.M.G., the well-known ...
Article : 81 wordsA Melbourne company has been formed to work the Watsonville tin mines. ...
Article : 15 wordsThe Mining Accident Fund Board of Inquiry has found that the trustees neglected to take reasonable care in respect of the loan to Jacobs in 1888, and the ...
Article : 94 wordsIn regard to the proposed reductions of the rates on inter-state telegrams, New South Wales refuses to reduce the charge to twopence per extra word. ...
Article : 50 wordsDr. Maclagan, Archbishop of York, has forbidden the clergy in his diocese to interpolate ceremonies that are not authorised by the prayer book. ...
Article : 87 wordsIn the police court on Dec.20 an Almonth's holiday. Mr.Morgans, M.L.A., and his son will accompany Mr.Burt as far as Coolgardie. ...
Article : 49 wordsBefore his departure from Hobart on his work of Antarctic exploration Alderman Snowdon presented Mr. Borchgrevink with a complete whaling outfit. ...
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Advertising : 47 wordsOwing to the strictures passed by the jury at the inquest on the Royal Oak Hotel fire, the captain of the fire brigade has resigned. ...
Article : 33 wordsDepartures.—For Fremantle—Steamer Strassfurt, 2,083 tons. For Adelaide—Steamer Port Stephens, 2,278 tons. ...
Article : 27 wordsSir Philip Fysh will be entertained at a banquet before his departure for England, to take up the Agent-Generalship. ...
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Advertising : 30 wordsMr. Cadman, Minister of Railway, will shortly retire from politics on account count of ill-health. Mr. M'Kenzie's retirement from the Ministry has been ...
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The Inquirer and Commercial News (Perth, WA : 1855 - 1901), Fri 23 Dec 1898, Page 1
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