LONDON, Thursday.—A great fire occurred in Philadelphia. (U S.) yesterday, the premises of the great publishing firm of J." B. Lippincott and Company being destroyed. ...
Article : 64 wordsThe Speaker took the chair in the Legislative Assembly a half-past 10 o'clock this morning. QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS. ...
Article : 1,791 wordsLONDON, Thursday.—The 1st Battalion Scots Guards and the 1st Battalion of the Northumberland Fusiliers had each 10 men killed, and the 1st Battalion Coldstream ...
Article : 63 wordsA meeting of the Government's Reception Committee was held at the council chamber, Watt-street, last night. The Mayor (Alderman A. Thubary) presided, and there ...
Article : 1,091 wordsLadiesmith is the most talked of place in South Africa. It is this because it is standing an important siege. Were it to fall it would not, or course, affect the ultimate ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 190 wordsThere is one woman who enjoys a unique distinction. This is Mrs. Belle Reynolds, of California, who is the only woman who has ever yet held a commission in an ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 628 wordsLONDON, Thursday.—The German Emperor and Empress and the members of the Imperial family who accompanied them to England, sailed from Sheerness yesterday ...
Article : 36 wordsLONDON, Thursday.—The 12th Lancers inflicted event loss upon a Boer relief commando, after the battle of Graspan. While the Lancers were patrolling at ...
Article : 42 wordsLONDON. Thursday.—The United States Government is seeking to secure possession of the Island of Kusale, in the eastern portion of the Caroline Group, for the ...
Article : 42 wordsLONDON. Thursday.—The Victorian, South Australian, West Australian, and Tasmania contingents, which arrived at Capetown by the Medic on Monday, were ...
Article : 80 wordsThe death is announced of Mr. Charles F. Coghlan, the well-known actor and dramatist The French Government proposes to ...
Article : 124 wordsOnce when Mrs. Gamp mentioned Mrs. 'Arris to Mrs. Betsy Prig, the latter cocked her nose in the air and hazarded the opinion "that there wasn't no sich person." ...
Article : 328 wordsLONDON, Thursday.—Two battalions of intantry, and additional cavalry and artillery, have been despatched to reinforce Lord Methuen in his advance to the relief of ...
Article : 30 wordsWhen the House met to-day, Mr. Dawson announced the formation of a Ministry. Mr. Philp announced his appointment as leader of the Opposition. Mr. Dawson then ...
Article : 112 wordsLONDON, Thursday.—There is a complete stoppage of authentic war news from Natal. ...
Article : 17 wordsLord Methuen has established a record. He has fought three considerable battles within a week and has won them all. A splendid result of its victories has been a ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 450 wordsA passage at arms occurred in the Legislative Assembly this morning between the Minister for Mines and Agriculture and Mr. Cook, the trouble being in connection with ...
Article : 310 wordsLONDON, Friday.—The latent news from South Africa states that several Boers wearing enormous red crosses on their sleeves have been brought as prisoners by ...
Article : 81 wordsThe town of West Wyalong was all excitement yesterday after the fire. The main street presented a sorry spectacle, the throroughfare being completely blocked ...
Article : 171 wordsLONDON Friday.—Mr. Chamberlain, speaking at a luncheon at Leicester yesterday, referred in scathing terms to the recent attacks made on Queen Victoria by ...
Article : 116 wordsA few days ago the papers published cable to the effect that the steamship Maine, which had been offered free of charge as a hospital ship for British troops, ... [ILLUSTRATED]
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 104 wordsLONDON, Friday.—The Marquis of Salisbury has officially thanked Count Moura vieif, the Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs, for the cordial reception extended to ...
Article : 61 wordsA meeting of the protein committee of the above branch was held on Thursday evening. After a general discussion, it was decided to lay before the adjourned ...
Article : 174 wordsThe debate on the no-confidence motion was continued early this morning, when the division was taken, after a debate which had lasted 14 hours, and every Minister had ...
Article : 251 wordsThe fire which occurred at Warren last night effected much greater destruction than was at first supposed, although it was at one tine thought that the whole town ...
Article : 259 wordsLONDON, Thursday.—The Lord Chancellor has removed Lord Emly from the magistracy for making an inflammatory address in a meeting of labourers at Kilmallock, ...
Article : 37 wordsMr. Ashton asked the Colonial Secretary in the Legislative Assembly to-day, if, in view of the paragraphs that have appeared the various papers, regarding an official ...
Article : 208 wordsThe romantic double suicide at Enoggera a suburb of Brisbane, may appeal to a certain class of people as a tragedy as prettily parthetic as Romeo and Juliet. A young ...
Article : 218 wordsIn our advertising columns will be found a comprehensive programme of the tattoo which is to be held on the Newcastle Cricket Ground on Monday night. December 11th ...
Article : 214 wordsIn consequence of the inability of the Hon. the Minister for Works to visit the district to-day as originally intended, the ceremonial functions in connection with the official ...
Article : 138 wordsAbout quarter to 7 o'clock last evening a fire broke out in a corner of the publishing room at the rear of the "Newcastle Herald office. A number of the members ...
Article : 254 wordsThe death of "Dante the Great" deprives the theatrical world of one of its claverest members. Dante, or to give him his proper name, Oscar Ellason, was an American, ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 204 wordsA writer in the "Natal Witness," who knows the vrouw well, says of her:—"We heard only two or three days ago that in the Pietermaritzburg and other districts the Dutch ...
Article : 427 wordsMr. Arthur Griffith, M. P., has written to the Minister for Lands no follows:—"Parliament House, Sydney, December 1st, 1899. —Sir,—As you are aware, I was prevented ...
Article : 277 wordsA member of rumours regarding the war were in circulation in Sydney last night, one of them being that Lord Methuen was wounded. It was impossible, however, to ...
Article : 37 wordsIt is the first time in the history of colonial polities that a Labour leader has succeeded to the position of head of a Government. This is now the case with Mr. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 271 wordsThe Maritime Fair was continued last night, and was patronised by visitors form all the [?] districts, who were all pleased at the grand show made by the ...
Article : 288 wordsIt seems incredible that such things can be, even in an age of luxury; but veritable fortunes are nowadays expended on funeral-wreaths, as much as from £500 to £1000 being ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 52 wordsCopies of the "Newcastle Herald" may be obtained at the Railway Bookstall, Redferr Station ...
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Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate (NSW : 1876 - 1954), Sat 2 Dec 1899, Page 5
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