The court sanctioned the payment by the official liquidator of the Premier Permanent Building Society of a dividend of l1d. in the £, absorbing ...
Article : 36 wordsA fire broke out last night in the Benevolent Asylum at Waratah. Before it was extinguished a portion of the dining-hall was gutted. ...
Article : 33 wordsThe latest news from the Natal frontier is to the effect that a large camp of Boers has been established at Dannhauser, on the line between Newcastle ...
Article : 178 wordsAfter the seven unsuccessful attempts which were made by the yachts Columbia and Shamrock in connection with the race for the America Cup, a definite ...
Article : 138 wordsThe press censorship has been established at Cape Town. This will have the effect of isolating President Kruger telegraphically. ...
Article : 62 wordsIn the Legislative Assembly this evening, the Ministers, as new members, were sworn in. Mr. Lyne intimated that among the first measures the ...
Article : 188 wordsTwo fishermen named Arthur Patterson and Chas Beglin left Portland this morning to haul in cray-fish. As they had not returned, a seach was made ...
Article : 42 wordsThe [?] now hold the whole of the railway between Kimbezley and the Orange River, a distance of over 70 miles. ...
Article : 57 wordsFor the past sine months of the current year, the trade of the colony shows a comparative increase of £1,000,000. ...
Article : 24 wordsThe shipment of gold in the R.M.S. Oroya was only £5,500 for London, on account of the Orient S.N. Co. ...
Article : 23 wordsArrivals.—Pakeha, steamer, 2,840 at London from Lyttelton (August 23); Rockhurst, ship, 1,332 tons, at London from Fremantle (June 5) ; Elda, ...
Article : 70 wordsIt was stated yesterday that the Boer commandoes had passed Ingagane, a few miles to the south of Newcastle, and that they were proceeding southwards ...
Article : 90 wordsA meeting which was called by the Lord Mayor of London, Sir John Voce Moore, Kt., was held in the Guildhall last night. ...
Article : 197 wordsThe barque Solvelg arrived to-day from Kaipara. She met with particularly heavy weather. During a gale the lower topsail and the foresail were ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 109 wordsThe Police Commission sat to-day. It was mentioned that a rumor was current that a certain constable who had given valuable evidence had already ...
Article : 110 wordsThe work of salvage is proceeding in connection with the wreck of the steamer Thermopylae at Green Point, near Cape Town, some weeks ago. ...
Article : 44 wordsVictoria, New South Wales, and Queensland firms are receiving large orders from the British War Office for oats and oaten hay. ...
Article : 33 wordsIt was reported yesterday that the British were engaged in heavy fighting at Spytfontein, to the south of Kimberley, and it is now stated that firing has ...
Article : 71 wordsThe body of Lord Fairer, who died on Thursday last, has been cremated. ...
Article : 23 wordsThe following are the latest scratchings in connection with the V.A.T.C. spring meeting:—Hunters' Cup— Sardine. Eclipse Stakes—Le Var and ...
Article : 74 wordsThe total number of the British troops and volunteers who are defending Kimberley is four thousand. A proclamation against treason has ...
Article : 113 wordsThe selection of men for the Transvaal is being continued. One hundred and twelve have been selected, and the complement will be made up from the ...
Article : 47 wordsThe debate on Mr. Dawson's want of confidence motion was resumed in the Legislative Council to-day. In the Legislative Council this evening the Chief Secretary, in reply to an interrogation concerning the arrangements for the transport of troops. ...
Article : 128 wordsTwo miners named Marchard and Stretch have been suffocated by fond air near Greymouth. Marchard was overcome by the fumes, and Stretch lost ...
Article : 307 wordsTwo thousand additional volunteers are being raised in Cape Colony and one thousand in Natal, bringing the total number of volunteers up to 9,350. ...
Article : 81 wordsA Free State Boer supply column, six miles long, is said to be approaching Doorakop, in Cape Colony, some miles to the south of Aliwal North. ...
Article : 62 wordsMargaret King sued the Railway Commissioner in the County Court to-day for £1,000 for damages for injuries received at the Frankston railway ...
Article : 67 wordsThe weather was too wet for the Victorian contingent to go under canvas to-day. The men are still in the barracks. Gifts of various kinds have ...
Article : 106 wordsThe latest news from the front in Natal is to the effect that General Sir George Stewart White, the British Commander, has ordered the evacuation of ...
Article : 88 wordsA statement has been compiled which shows that, from 1870 to 1899, Victoria has paid away in pensions £4,500,000. ...
Article : 20 wordsMartial law has been proclaimed in Northern Natal, owing to the distrust entertained of Dutch sympathisers with the Boers. ...
Article : 83 wordsThe press censorship is now in operation, both at the Cape and in Natal A Blue-Book which has just been issued by the British Government ...
Article : 90 wordsPeter Voight and William Harris were charged to-day with having attempted to rob the Bank of New South Wales of the sum of £10,000. They ...
Article : 33 wordsThe Premier has cabled to the Agent-General offering the War authorities 3,000 cases of compressed corned beef monthly. The price has not been made ...
Article : 36 wordsA meeting of influential citizens, the Mayor presiding, decided to entertain Sir E. N. Braddon at a [?], in recognition of his valuable services to the ...
Article : 45 wordsIn the Legislative Assembly to-day, the question of the Victorian contingent for the Transvaal occupied the early proceedings. A message from the ...
Article : 144 wordsThe following correspondence, relative to the trouble in the Transvaal, was laid on the table of the Legislative Assembly by the Premier yesterday: — ...
Article : 178 wordsYesterday afternoon a reporter of "The Morning Herald" visited the camp at Karrakatta, where the members of the Western Australian contingent, ...
Article : 655 wordsMr. W. J. Lambie, who accompanied the New South Wales contingent to the Soudan, has been appointed special war correspondent for the Adelaide ...
Article : 45 wordsThe most northerly point held by the British troops in Natal is Glencoe, 4,000 troops being stationed there. At Ladysmith, where General Sir ...
Article : 57 wordsThe Refugees' Fund, which was opened by the Lord Major of London At the Mansion-house, has already readied the sum of £74,000. Her Majesty the ...
Article : 76 wordsSamuel William Smith, an old Victorian journalist, who is lately been engaged on the "North-West Post," at Devenport, died in the Launceston ...
Article : 190 wordsThe Queensland Government has purchased the picture pointed by Mr. Philip H. Calderon, R.A., in 1893, and entitled "Elizabeth Woodville parting from her ...
Article : 108 wordsNews has been received that Kimberley, like Mafeking, has become isolated, owing to the Boers having cut all the communications. ...
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Advertising : 101 wordsThe betting market was again dull to-night. On the card being called at the Victorian Club, Dewey was nibbled at for the Caulfield Cup at 7 to 1. The ...
Article : 71 wordsMr. Westland, a Canadian officer, is to assume the command of the Canadian volunteer brigade. One thousand marksmen are to ...
Article : 37 wordsRecently the A.D.C. to His Excellency the Governor received the following letter from Major Thompson, who is [?] the colonies on behalf of the War ...
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The Inquirer and Commercial News (Perth, WA : 1855 - 1901), Fri 20 Oct 1899, Page 1
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