Sir Clements R. Markham, K.C.B., in an address to the Royal Geographical Society, of which he is the president, made an appeal to the nation for funds ...
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Article : 45 wordsIn the House of Assembly to-day the Premier said in reference to Dr. Cleland's complaint regarding overwork at the Parkside Lunatic Asylum that he ...
Article : 66 wordsMr. John Sherman, one of the leaders of the Republican party, has given it as his opinion that the silver movement is dead for a generation. ...
Article : 36 wordsAt the inquest on the boxer Turner, who, on Wednesday last, received a knock-out blow in a contest at the National Sporting Club, Covent Garden ...
Article : 55 wordsMr. Edward Heawray, a prominent socialist, dropped dead to-day at a public meeting at Townsville. ...
Article : 22 wordsA serious disturbance has occurred at Havana. The Spanish soldiers surrounded Marshal Blanco's palace, and clamored for ...
Article : 100 wordsClaude Vautin has been declared a bankrupt. His liabilities are estimated at £69,785. [The accused, who was a director of ...
Article : 56 wordsThe Premier, Mr. Kingston, returned from Melbourne to-day, after having made inquiries regarding factory legislation. He accumulated information for ...
Article : 40 wordsIt is announced from New York that an American-European Company has been formed with a capital of 400,000,000 dollars (about £80,000,000) ...
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Advertising : 665 wordsIn the Legislative Assembly to-day Mr. Barton moved the vote of censure on the Government, which he charged with a breach of its election pledge not to ...
Article : 163 wordsThe intercolonial cricket match was resumed to-day in cloudy and threatening weather, there being later on a light shower or two. Jarvis (not out 13) ...
Article : 760 wordsDr. Haydon, of Macarthur, presses for £300 as compensation for the destruction of his bubonic disease bacilli. He states that inoculation is a recognised ...
Article : 30 wordsThe decomposed body of a male child, wrapped in a sugar bag, was found on the Glenelg railway line to-day, by a permanent-way man. ...
Article : 26 wordsTestifying before the board which is considering the treatment of habitual drunkards, Dr. M'Cleery, the inspector of lunatic asylums, said that about 12 ...
Article : 70 wordsIn the Police Court to-day, Fredk Hirschausen was committed for trial on two charges of forgery. Both cheques purported to have been signed by Mr. ...
Article : 38 wordsM. John D. Long, the Secretary for the Navy, is mobilising the American fleet pending Spain's decision on the disputed possession of the Philippines. ...
Article : 30 wordsA disastrous fire has occurred in Dawson City, on the Klondyke fields. Half of the city was burned, and the damage is estimated at £7,000. ...
Article : 33 wordsA lad named Arthur Pope, who was working in a flux quarry at Mount Barker, was run over to-day by a loaded truck. His leg was crushed to a pulp ...
Article : 39 wordsFrom letters recently received it is probable that the Admiralty will adopt the disappearing targets invented by Mr. Porter, the ranger of the Victorian ...
Article : 37 wordsThe Colonial Consignment and Distributing Company, Limited, of 15 Dowgate Hill, London, E.C., has constructed cold-air stores at ...
Article : 74 wordsAt the meeting of the Adelaide Municipal Council this evening, Mr. and Mrs. Webb were the guests of the Mayor. It was the first time in the history of the ...
Article : 59 wordsThe insurgents have blockaded Iloilo, and the residents have appealed to the Americans for assistance. [Iloilo, which is the chief port, next ...
Article : 57 wordsIn the Legislative Assembly to-day the Opposition stone-walled the Mining Bill on the ground that it was necessary to grant leases for a greater area than ...
Article : 96 wordsDealing with, the application on behalf of the insolvent James, since deceased, the Full Court held that in consequence of his death the application ...
Article : 42 wordsIn the Insolvency Court to-day, counsel for the official receiver and Messrs. Elder, Smith, and Co., the opposing creditors in the case of George Gibson ...
Article : 48 wordsThe annual session of the Baptist Union carried, a motion approving of the Czar's disarmament proposal, but there were 15 dissentients. ...
Article : 23 wordsColonel A. Panizzardi, the ex-military attache of the Italian Embassy in Paris, asserts that Colonel Schwarzkoppen, ex-military attache of the German ...
Article : 61 wordsThe smelting works at Ellesmere Port, Cheshire, are on the point of completion, and it is hoped that there will be a large demand for Australian orea. ...
Article : 37 wordsThe bubonic plague is increasing at Dharwar and Bangalore. [Dharwar is the capital of a district in Bombay, and Bangalore is a town in ...
Article : 36 wordsAt the annual meeting of the Victorian Rifle Association to-day, the first stage of the Queen's Prize was won by Corporal Todd, who scored 89 points. ...
Article : 29 wordsThe Legislative Council to-day passed the second reading of the Meat Bill. In the Legislative Assembly the Land Bill was read a third time. ...
Article : 28 wordsThe steamer Anglian, which returned after having left Adelaide for Western Australia, owing to an accident to her machinery, is expected to sail ...
Article : 27 wordsIt has been definitely decided that W. Redfearn will take Mr. Clarke's team of horses to England. ...
Article : 19 wordsMr. A. H. Landseer, one of the members for Mount Barker, who was recently seized with paralysis, has made a complete recovery, and will seek ...
Article : 65 wordsA fire occurred at 9.15 to-night in a bedroom at the rear of Ward's Tattersall's Hotel. Two servants were in the room, the window being open. The ...
Article : 175 wordsThe Belgians have routed the dervishes at Mokren el Bohur, at the northeastern extremity of the Congo Free State. ...
Article : 32 wordsDuring the volunteers' musketry course at Tamworth to-day several cartridges, which are alleged to have been condemned six years ago, exploded. No ...
Article : 35 wordsM. Cassagnac, the well-known Paris journalist, in an article in the "Autorite," says that, notwithstanding the withdrawal of France from Fashoda, the ...
Article : 102 wordsA sensation has been caused in Germany by the publication of a letter from Count Ernst, the regent of Lippe-Detmold, protesting against the action of ...
Article : 224 wordsProfessor Shepherd, of Missouri, and Dr. Hitchcock, geologists, arrived to-day in the steamer Warrimoo. They are on a visit to the Australian mining ...
Article : 32 wordsAn inquest was held at Broken Hill to-day concerning the death of a boy named Glasson, who was drowned in a dam. Evidence was given that his ...
Article : 46 wordsThe German Government is largely increasing its army funds. ...
Article : 16 wordsTurbulent scenes have occurred in the French Chamber of Deputies, the Socialists denouncing M. Dupuy, the Premier, for having prosecuted M. ...
Article : 48 wordsJ. Grossmen, lately a professor at the Canterbury University, was sentenced to two years' imprisonment to-day on a charge of forgery. ...
Article : 24 wordsThe annual general meeting of the proprietors of the New Zealand and Australian Land Company was held yesterday at the company's office, 54 ...
Article : 79 wordsA child named Hendra died from pneumonia to-day at Broken Hill The registrar refused to accept an unregistered practitioner's certificate, and an ...
Article : 30 wordsThe Typographical Union, having failed to agree with the newspaper proprietors regarding the terms for the working of linotypes, has filed the ...
Article : 38 wordsPeople passing along the Rue du Louvre, Paris, early od the afternoon of September 27 saw an unwonted spectacle. A young and good-looking ...
Article : 245 wordsJ. Megson and Forbes, the New Zealand cyclist, will meet in a match on Saturday, behind pace, for £50 a side. ...
Article : 24 wordsThe examination in connection with Ernest Terah Hooky's insolvency was continued in the Bsnkruptcy Court to-day. ...
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Advertising : 146 wordsMatilda Brown has recovered £50 damages from the Railway Commissioners for injuries received through a tram accident. ...
Article : 21 wordsMary Ziedler, who was suffering from influenza, committed suicide at Wollongong to-day by catting her throat. ...
Article : 19 wordsThe report of the directors of the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, limited, for the year ended June 30 last, to be presented to the ...
Article : 96 wordsIn the Bankruptcy Court to-day William Husband, bankrupt, deposed that be paid money-lenders from 30 to 40 per cent, on money borrowed. Nearly ...
Article : 33 wordsLuigi Lu[?], the Italian anarchist, who assassination the Empress of Austria on September 10 at Geneva, and was sentenced on November 11 to ...
Article : 35 wordsHooley asserts that it was Sir W. T. Marriott who suggested the purchase of the baronetcy, and that the latter asked for £10,000 if he was successful ...
Article : 123 wordsA Chinaman named Ah Gee was found in his home to-day with, his head smashed, as if with an iron bar. He was removed to the hospital, and is not ...
Article : 35 wordsArtesian water has been struck at Kenamore, on the Boarke-Hungerford-road. ...
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Advertising : 17 wordsDepartures.—For sydney—Ship Orontes, 1,236 tons. For Melbourne—Ship Loch Etive, 1,288 tons. ...
Article : 23 wordsThe Government has decided to erect a canning plant at the Wagga Wagga experimental farm. ...
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The Inquirer and Commercial News (Perth, WA : 1855 - 1901), Fri 18 Nov 1898, Page 1
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