In the case John Norton against Gilbert Probyn Smith to-day, counsel for the defence intimated that the offer of withdrawal had not been accepted. Mr. ...
Article : 119 wordsThe second trial by court-martial of Captain Alfred Dreyfus was begun in the Palais de Justice at Rennes, yesterday. The court was crowded, and among ...
Article : 892 wordsThe annual exhibition will be opened to-morrow, and it promises to be a great success. The first prize for blood stock has been awarded to Mr. Mosman's ...
Article : 34 wordsThe body of a line-repairer has been found in the snow at Yankee Flat, in the Ballarat district. It is supposed that the unfortunate man had taken refuge ...
Article : 77 wordsBefore the luncheon interval at Birmingham to-day the weather was unsettled, but during the afternoon it brightened up considerably, with the result ...
Article : 588 wordsThe Police Commission now sitting has resolved to indemnify members of the police force who may give information concerning the department. The ...
Article : 32 wordsJohn Wilcox, 88, an inmate of the Benevolent Asylum, who was recently left a legacy of £7,500 by a relative in England, died in the institution to-day. ...
Article : 46 wordsAn elderly visitor named Briggs was garroted and robbed by four men early this morning in a lane close to the Melbourne Coffee Palace, in Bourke-street. ...
Article : 83 wordsA duel has taken place in Vienna between two members of the [?], namely, Herr Wolf, the leader of the German Nationalist party, an Herr ...
Article : 98 wordsAt Broken Hill to-day, Alfred Palmer, magazine-keeper at the Proprietary Mine, was sentenced to six months' imprisonment for having indecently ...
Article : 34 wordsAnother case of brutality on the part of the Boer police is reported from Johannesburg. It seems that an American negro, after producing his passport, ...
Article : 56 wordsA dastardly attempt to wreck the Melbourne express train was made last night between Ashfield and Croydon. near Sydney. A piece of double-head ...
Article : 46 wordsA new shipping company and tho Shaw, Savill, and Albion Company have decided to make an offer to the Government to run a regular monthly steam ...
Article : 46 wordsProbate to the extent of £5,356 has been paid in the estate of the late Mr. N. S. Sloman, of Abbotsford. ...
Article : 25 wordsMr. J. Chamberlain, the Secretary of State for the Colonies, has sent a despatch to President Kruger in reference to the proposed joint inquiry and the ...
Article : 102 wordsThe Woods Point coach ran into a deep rut, caused by the recent rains, and almost overturned. Three of the passengers were thrown out, and rolled ...
Article : 41 wordsIn the Legislative Assembly to-night, Mr. Barton asked the Premier whether a statement had been made by the Postmaster-General, at Pymble, with regard ...
Article : 150 wordsA shocking drowning fatality is reported from Mount Desert, a favorite summer resort in the State of Maine (U.S.A.). ...
Article : 81 wordsThe report of the Marine Commission was laid on the table of the Legislative Assembly to-night. It states that Mr. Pirani has entirely failed to prove any ...
Article : 35 wordsDetectives Guthrie and Cook have been suspended pending the investigation of a complaint stating that they accepted a bribe for assisting to restore ...
Article : 84 wordsThe inquest concerning the death of the victims of the explosion was opened to-day. The cause of the explosion remains a mystery. Almost every bone ...
Article : 44 wordsInformation has been received of the total loss of the ketch Annie, off the Tasmanian coast. It is feared that the crew has been lost. ...
Article : 272 wordsThe story that the Czar intended to abdicate owing to his disappointment at having no son is attributed to M. Pobyedonostzeff, the Procurator of the Holy ...
Article : 83 wordsThe Melbourne Hospital has benefitted to the extent of a hundred guineas, which was a donation from the Melbourne Bicycle Club to celebrate the ...
Article : 44 wordsJames Henry Dixon, an auctioneer of Bunbury, was the suppliant in an action against the Commissioner for Crown Lands to recover compensation for the resumption of a ...
Article : 1,088 wordsThe building boom has slackened off to some extent, and most of the prominent builders say that the business they are now doing is comparatively small in ...
Article : 529 wordsA stormy caucus of the Parliamentary Labor party was held to-day. It d-cided that Messrs. Sleath and Ferguson be not expelled from the party owinG to ...
Article : 36 wordsDr. J. P. Wilson, who was injured in the Edina-Excelsior collision, has forwarded a cheque for £20 to the Melbourne Hospital, in which institution he ...
Article : 35 wordsMr. William Charles Brailey, of Good-wood, was knocked down by a train at an intersection in the Glenelg Hills railway line last night. As the result of the ...
Article : 49 wordsIn the Practice Court the whole day was occupied in hearing the application for an injunction restraining the committee of the Victorian Club from ...
Article : 55 wordsIt is stated that Russian agents are at present in America arranging for the running of steamers in connection with the Trans-Siberian railway to ...
Article : 34 wordsRobert Brown, who is charged with having conspired to obtain, by means of fraud, a large sum of money from Michael Connell. was brought before the ...
Article : 38 wordsThe V.R.C. committee has voted Mr. George Watson, the veteran starter, £1,000. ...
Article : 15 wordsThe Czar has conferred a decoration on M. Delcasse, the French Minister of Foreign Affairs, who is now on a visit to Russia. ...
Article : 28 wordsThe Legislative Council passed the third reading of the Northern Territory Land Bill to-day. The Chief Secretary [?] the second reading of the ...
Article : 38 wordsThe committee of the unemployed has, during the last six weeks, relieved twelve hundred cases of distress, and has been able to put others in the way of ...
Article : 33 wordsIn connection with the accident which befel the son of Sir John Henry Gibbs Bergne, K.C.M.G., who set out with guides to climb the Schreckhorn, a ...
Article : 84 wordsJos. Tolson was killed to-day at Jumbunna coal mine. After exploding a charge, he and his mates returned. Tolson remarked that there was a ...
Article : 58 wordsAt Port Pirie to-day, Bella Ross, a domestic servant, died suddenly at M'Intyre's Restaurant, from heart disease. ...
Article : 20 wordsThe match was continued this morning in fine weather. The wicket was faster than on the previous day, and the attendance of spectators was good. ...
Article : 275 wordsA special meeting of the shareholders of the Melbourne Tramway Company was held to-day to protest against the Amending Bill now before Parliament. ...
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The Inquirer and Commercial News (Perth, WA : 1855 - 1901), Fri 11 Aug 1899, Page 1
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