Till Robbery:—A plea of not guilty was entered by a young man named Alfred Brown, who was charged with, having been on the premises of Hung Lee. ...
Article : 515 wordsThe will of the late Mr. John Frew, of Mount Gambier, has been filed for probate. The estate is sworn at £31,060, and is bequeathed to members of the ...
Article : 40 wordsThe French press suggests as a settlement of the Newfoundland difficulty that Great Britain should exchange Gambia, one of the West African colonies, or ...
Article : 349 wordsSir,—I have to thank you for the courteous way in which you have criticised the pamphlet which I have published on Federation, as a result of the ...
Article : 1,101 wordsMr. Longstaff, a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society, has contributed the handsome sum of £25,000 towards the fund which is being raised by the ...
Article : 96 wordsThe Minister of Lands has given notice of his intention to resume 20 acres of land at Kurnell, the spot where Captain Cook is supposed to have landed at ...
Article : 91 wordsAfter the severe fighting in the Philippines the American wounded were attended by the surgeons on H.M.S. Powerful, 14,200 tons, 25,000-horse power, a ...
Article : 82 wordsThe appeal for funds to carry on operations in connection with the Chillagoe Railway and Mines, Limited, Queensland, has been well responded to ...
Article : 310 wordsGertrude Sara, 25 years of age, died at Port Augusta to-day. She had complained of sleeplessness, and took a dose of strychnine. She was of a bright ...
Article : 39 wordsA watchman named Edward Devereux, 23, committed suicide this morning in peculiar circumstances. He was having breakfast, and chatted and ...
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Article : 172 wordsThe London "Times" says that the sum of £40,000 is now available for the purpose required by the Royal Geographical Society. The "Times" considers ...
Article : 97 wordsThe Customs receipts from July 1, 1898, to March 25, amounted to £427,958, being a comparative increase of £25,904. Excise revenue totalled ...
Article : 29 wordsA young Greek named Evangelos Kalogeus was committed for trial to-day on a charge of having wounded Marcel Rose, a native of Mauritius.It ...
Article : 61 wordsAt Balmain to-day, Peter Olsen, who has been under remand since March 6, was charged with having feloniously shot at his wife, Minnie Olsen, with intent to ...
Article : 36 wordsThe Lisson assault case, which was before the Criminal Court last year, came up to-day in the civil jurisdiction of the Supreme Court. Henry Montague ...
Article : 151 wordsReplying to a question asked in the House of Commons by Sir Charles Wentworth Dilke, with reference to old-age pensions, Mr. J. Chamberlain ...
Article : 86 wordsThe committee appointed to examine the book written by the Rev. Hector; Ferguson, and entitled "Spiritual Law in the Natural World," sat again in private ...
Article : 48 wordsThe London "Standard" states that "Dr. Edwards," a mystical healer, who was practising in Australia in 1893, is creating a sensation in Paris by some ...
Article : 46 wordsThe Public Service Board commenced an inquiry to-day, into the charges preferred by the matron of the Yarra Bend Lunatic Asylum ...
Article : 120 wordsBrigadier-General[?] has purchased 13 Spanish gunboats at Zamboanga, a seaport town in Mindanao, the most southerly island of the Philippine group. ...
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Article : 45 wordsMr. C. T. Ritchie, president of the Board of Trade, has dropped his proposal in connection with the Railway Accidents Prevention Bill, to ...
Article : 93 wordsThe price of wheat is sixepence per quarter lower than it was a week ago. ...
Article : 22 wordsThe Berlin correspondent of the London "Daily News" is responsible for the statement that Prince Hohenlohe, the Imperial Chancellor and Prussian ...
Article : 141 wordsThe following re-arrangement of portfolios was gazetted to-day:—Mr. Rutledge, Attorney-General; Mr. H. Wilson, Postmaster-General and Minister of ...
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Article : 58 wordsDisorderly Conduct.—Thomas Skelton pleaded guilty to a charge of disorderly conduct on the previous evening. This was the defendant's 15th appearance. ...
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Article : 26 wordsThe Anglo-French Convention has been laid on the table of the House of Commons. It provides for the appointment of commissioners to settle the ...
Article : 47 wordsA fire occurred on the steamer In-dramayo, which arrived at Auckland this morning from Sydney. The flames were subdued after three-quarters of an ...
Article : 99 wordsA destructive fire broke out in a six-roomed cottage in Vincent-street, Leederville, at about half-past 7 o'clock on March 29. Mr. Knowles, Contractor, was ...
Article : 229 wordsA Cairo despatch states that the railway to Khartoum will be completed in November. A London cable message of ...
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The Inquirer and Commercial News (Perth, WA : 1855 - 1901), Fri 31 Mar 1899, Page 1
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