On Monday evening last a shooting case took place at the West Northam railway station. It appears that Mr. J. D. White, who is erecting a bookstall at the station, had a ...
Article : 179 wordsThe steamer Yaralla, after patching over the damaged plate, left for Israelite Bay on Monday night. Captain Sipple inspected her and reported to the Customs authorities that ...
Article : 131 wordsDr. Fraser still lives. He spent a good night, and on waking up he was quite cheerful, and perfectly satisfied with his condition. He said that he felt ...
Article : 169 wordsThe Boers at Standerton, a town on the Vaal River, close to the Orange [?]ree State border, are arming the natives, and are inciting them against the ...
Article : 106 wordsThe action brought by James Williams, miner, against the Railway Department, for £1,600 damages for injuries alleged to have been sustained in ...
Article : 48 wordsThe Premier of Queensland has telegraphed to the Minister of Defence, suggesting an agreement to Major-General French's, idea of the military conference ...
Article : 238 wordsReuter's agent in Canada states that the mining companies on the Yukon goldfields have petitioned the Dominion Government to redress the grievances ...
Article : 91 wordsThe Railway Department has already paid £14,000 compensation to people who were injured in the Rakaia railway accident, and claim are still coming in. ...
Article : 32 wordsAt a meeting of shareholders in the Glenelg Railway Company, Ltd., to-day, a resolution was carried empowering the directors to sell the whole of the ...
Article : 40 wordsAt the Quarter Sessions on Tuesday W. Hopwood pleaded guilty to a charge of having forged a cheque for £4 10s. and also having tittered it at Kalpoorlie on September 2. He ...
Article : 193 wordsThe following information has been received by the mail steamer:—San Francisco, September 7.—The chief of police in San Francisco has collected ...
Article : 180 wordsWilliam Ingram, a seaman, who returned from Sydney to-day, has been arrested on a charge of having assaulted a girl. The offence is alleged to have ...
Article : 46 wordsThe Orange Free State, having decided to take sides with the Boers, now finds that it will require at least two-thirds of its troops to watch the ...
Article : 113 wordsMr. W. R. Wilson has received a cable message in regard to the A.J.C. Derby winner, Cranberry, from the owner's representative in England. The message states that ...
Article : 229 wordsA Violent Foreigner.—Joseph [?], a German, made another appearance for having assaulted his wife. A further charge of having resisted the police was preferred against ...
Article : 636 wordsArrivals.—Celticburn, barque, 2,500 tons, at London from Melbourne (May 26): Content, barque, 522 tons, at London from Bunbury (May 18): Firth of ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 10 wordsJohn Dancy, of Lara, farmer, 75, who was to have been married to-day to a widow residing in Geelong, hanged himself. He set out to bring the widow's ...
Article : 73 wordsIt seems that, though Captain Alfred Dreyfus was pardoned, the French Government have not restored to him his rank as captain of artillery or his civil ...
Article : 56 wordsThe Customs returns for the month ended on the 25th inst. were:—Customs, £4,408 4s. 10d.; excise, £20 16s. 8d.; land revenue, £1,964 0s. 6d.; internal revenue, £61 16s. ...
Article : 88 wordsThere was an exciting scene at Bombay yesterday, when 500 men of the second battalion of the Gordon Highlanders, who have been stationed in the ...
Article : 167 wordsThere was a large gathering of members of the craft in the Masonic-hall, Marine-terrace, Fremantle, on Monday evening, the occasion being the installation of Bro. John V. ...
Article : 608 wordsA remarkable discovery has been made during the progress of the exhumation work at the Point Gellibrand Cemetery. A coffin hermetically sealed was ...
Article : 61 wordsThe new steamer Ortona, 7,600 tons, which is bring built by the Pacific Steam Navigation Company for the Orient Company, will be ready in November. ...
Article : 98 wordsWhat is undoubtedly the greatest isolated electric light plant in the world is that installed and in operation in the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, in New York. If ...
Article : 452 wordsA big "roll-up" is being arranged to meet the released alluvialists, who will arrive in the express train to-day (Wednesday). Men are coming from Kanowna, Boulder, Adeline. ...
Article : 127 wordsNews has been received from Manila to the effect that the Filipinos captured and burned a United States gunboat while it was patrolling one of the rivers. ...
Article : 46 wordsThe R.M.S. Arcadia took gold to the amount of £116,000. The French Bank sent £12,000 for Calcutta ; the English, Scottish, and Australian Chartered Bank ...
Article : 59 wordsOn Sep. 26 the writ for the North Murchison election was returned. The election was held to fill the vacancy caused by the death of the late Mr. H. E. Kenny, M.L.A., and ...
Article : 260 wordsTwo petitions against the Immigration Restriction Bill were presented to the Legislative Assembly this evening, one being from the ship-owners residing ...
Article : 136 wordsA painfully sadden death occurred in the yard adjoining the National Hotel, at the corner of High and Market streets, Fremantle on Sep. [?]. It appears that an old ...
Article : 258 wordsThe trial of the persons who were alleged to have been concerned in the plot to assassinate ex-King Milan of Servia in Belgrade, on July 6 last, has been ...
Article : 68 wordsMr. J. Smuts, the State Attorney for the Transvaal, has cabled to the Transvaal committee of the British "Liberal Forwards;" declaring that he sticks to ...
Article : 59 wordsThe British despatch which was formulated at the Cabinet meeting on Friday last was read in the Volksraad at Pretoria yesterday. ...
Article : 110 wordsKnezevitch, who was sentenced to death in connection with the attack on ex-King Milan, has been shot. Pasitch, the Radical leader, has been ...
Article : 49 wordsThe inquest concerning the deaths of the lads who were drowned in the harbor disaster on Saturday concluded to-day. A verdict of "accidental death" ...
Article : 112 wordsAlleged Unlawful Possession. — John Lewis and James Bryant were charged conjointly with having been in the unlawful possession of a quantity ...
Article : 93 wordsFor some time past the members of the Railway Employes' Union have been arranging to secure the services of a qualified person to act as general secretary. Six ...
Article : 252 wordsThe series of London wool sales was continued to-day, when the prices hardened for all classes. Crossbreds were 5 per cent, above the ...
Article : 36 wordsThere is a cat in a certain Strand tavern who is addicted to drink. Such is the distressing intelligence supplied by the London "Daily News." The ...
Article : 136 wordsThe last of the British transports will sail from India, to-day. A strong British force is stationed at Glencoe, in Cape Colony, near the border ...
Article : 46 wordsThe boom is attributed to a prospective scarcity of fine wool, and to the flourishing condition of trade in Britain. The Americans are buying medium ...
Article : 77 wordsMr. Joseph Mainshead, of the Good Templars organisation, arrived from England, via New Zealand, to-day. He will visit all the colonies before ...
Article : 31 wordsThe Government has decided to instruct Colonel Stuart, acting-commandant, to attend the conference in Melbourne. It is proposed to take joint ...
Article : 111 wordsIn the Newtown Police Court to-day. three young men who threw eggs at Mr. Reid and others, during a meeting held in connection with the Ashfield ...
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Advertising : 43 wordsButter.—Some of the best Australian butter is selling at £6 per cwt. Wheat.—The wheat cargo shipped from Timaru (N.Z.), in the barque ...
Article : 84 wordsThe trial of Giblett for the murder of Williams in the Pyrmont tragedy was concluded to-day. The accused made a statement, in which he alleged that he ...
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The Inquirer and Commercial News (Perth, WA : 1855 - 1901), Fri 29 Sep 1899, Page 1
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