The Queen Victoria Memorial Committee to-day decided to limit the cost of the statue of the late Queen to £1000. A London committee consisting of Sir H. Tozer, Lord Lamington, Mr. K. Darey, and ...
Article : 78 wordsIn the Legislative Assembly to-day Mr. Mackay, on a motion for the adjournment, called the attention of the Government to a matter of considerable importance. It had been said that men who took ...
Article : 552 wordsA rumour was circulated yesterday that certain changes were contemplated in the personnel of the Ministry, and that as the result there would be a reallotment of the portfolios held by the present ...
Article : 385 wordsThe "Kreuz Zeilung," of Berlin, says that the Government should strengthen its relations with Great Britain, and bring to a rapid conclusion commercial treaties. ...
Article : 83 wordsDr. G. E. Morrison, the Poking correspondent of the "Times," furnishes many details showing that Russia is steadily securing exclusive control of Manchuria. ...
Article : 74 wordsHelmi Pasha, the Inspector-General of the Macedonian provinces, hears that 100 Bulgarian officers and 2500 men have crossed the frontier the last few days in order to join the ...
Article : 40 wordsAt the criminal sittings of the Supreme Court at Rockhampton to-day Charles Wilham Morgan, a well-known mine manager at Gympie and Mount Usher pleaded guilty to misappropriating £83 while ...
Article : 112 wordsThe Chief Justice has been engaged this week in hearing an action brought by J. E. Ross against Mrs. Florence Erson, wife of Dr. L. Erson, seeking the recovery of property valued at £2050, the subject of ...
Article : 273 wordsA question was asked in the House of Commons last night regarding the reported atrocities in the Congo Free State. Viscount Cranborne, the Parliamentary ...
Article : 279 wordsSir Arthur Lawloy, the LieutcnantGovernor of the Transvaal, opened the first sitting of the Legislative Council of the Transvaal yesterday. ...
Article : 75 wordsCanada has extended till September 30 the limit within which goods purchased in Germany prior to April 16 may enter without the imposition of the surtax. ...
Article : 39 wordsIn connection with the Premier's remarks at Georgetown in reference to the concessions to the Scottish Gympie Syndicate having fallen through, inquiries show that the condition requiring £5000 to ...
Article : 135 wordsViscount Cranborne, Parliamentary Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs, announced in the House of Commons last night that communications had passed between Great ...
Article : 42 wordsReplying in the House of Loris to the comments of the Earl of Crewe upon the unrestricted admission which was recently granted to 11 Russian warships to the port of ...
Article : 72 wordsIn the Supreme Court to-day the Chief Justice found the allegations of adultery proved in the petition by William Henry Marks for divorce from his wife, Adelaide May Marks, on the grounds of ...
Article : 79 wordsWhen the Stationmaster at Beach Station (Williamstown line) opened his office this morning he discovered that the safe had been bodily carried off. Luckily the contents were under £2. The safe was ...
Article : 64 wordsMr. Waddell, in the course of a speech at Forest Reefs last night, after dealing with some country subjects which are reported in the "On the Land" columns of to-day's "Heiald," continued as ...
Article : 1,258 wordsThe "Times" considers that the Earl of Rosebery approaches Mr. Chamberlain's speech on preferential trade with the colonies with an open mind, and recognises that any future ...
Article : 51 wordsAn arrangement has been made between the Victorian and New South Wales Band Associations, whereby the championship contests will be held in alternate years in each State. The competition this ...
Article : 47 wordsIn committee in the House of Commons last night on the London Education Bill the clause dealing with the representation of borough councils on the Education Committee ...
Article : 86 wordsAt Cue yesterday a man named William Slee was sentenced to five years' imprisonment on a charge of having stolen £250 worth of gold slags from Cue No. 1 Mine. ...
Article : 36 wordsSir Clements Markham, President of the Royal Geographical Society, in a speech at the society's anniversary celebration dinner, said that no one had surpassed Captain 'Scott's ...
Article : 77 wordsMr. James White, who designed the Queen Victoria memorial stutue proposed to be erected in Melbourne, had an interview to-day with the executive committee in charge of the memorial fund and undertook ...
Article : 60 wordsThe "Times" correspondent at Berlin states that the German newspapers eagerly parade with pomp and ceremony every scrap of English and colonial press opinion adverse ...
Article : 37 words"I am just trying to find the name of a representative man on the Canadian railways," remarked Mr. H. D. Scorer, the secretary of the Enginedrivers', Firemen's, and Cleaners' Association to-day. ...
Article : 310 wordsThe cable-repairing steamer Iris, which has arrived at Auckland from Sydney, will establish her headquarters at Auckland or Fiji, and will probably leave for Vancouver at an early date. ...
Article : 148 wordsBatches of free labourers continue to arrive at Outtrim to take service in the colliery at 9s a day. Subscriptions are coming in freely to the strike fund, and the miners on strike are still hopeful of victory. ...
Article : 42 wordsThe Ottawa branch of the Empire League has enthusiastically endorsed Mr. Chamberlain's proposals. ...
Article : 19 wordsThieves paid a visit during lost night to the beach railway station at Williamstown, and removed a safe weighting about 2cwt. They succeeded in blowing it open with dynamite, and obtained 23s in copper ...
Article : 110 words"St. James's Gazette," in referring to Australian comments on Mr. Chamberlain's speech", says Australia's fears are groundless. She is not asked to remove the protective ...
Article : 60 wordsOn an interpellation in the French Chamber of Deputies yesterday, M. Combes, the Premier, justified the Government's prohibition of preaching by members of the suppressed ...
Article : 283 wordsThe "Times" says that that the promoters of the Discovery Antartic expedition have appealed to the Government to grant £40,000 to succour the expedition. ...
Article : 32 wordsBlizzards and snowstorms are reported from Southern Alberta, North-West Territory of Canada. The losses of cattle and other live stock amount to 5,000,000dol. ...
Article : 50 wordsArgument was concluded to-day before Mr. Justice a'Beckett in the case of Join Martell v. Victorian Coal Miners' Association and others. Mr. Justice a'Beckett said he thought there would be no ...
Article : 1,100 wordsAccording to a statement made yesterday afternoon by Dr. Ashburton Thomnson, president of the Board of Health, 11 rats and two mice infected with plague baccilli have so fur been found in the ...
Article : 227 wordsMr. H. A. Grainger, Agent-General for South Australia, in a letter to the "Daily Mail," states that there are about 300 articles upon which concession ought long ago to have ...
Article : 43 wordsIn the Legislative Council Mr. Sachse, in the absence through illness of the Minister for Education, moved the second reading of the Railway Strike Bill. He said the Government in the contest with ...
Article : 270 wordsSpeaking to his constituents Forest Reefs last night Mr. Waddell (Treasurer) referred to Mr. Chamberlain's Birmingham speech, and said he regarded it as one of the most stalesmanlike utterances ...
Article : 187 wordsAfter Whitsuntide, Mr. H. Chapling (Conservative), will move an amendment in committee in the House of Commons against the remission of the corn tax, and in favour of a ...
Article : 61 wordsA meeting of the health committee of the City Council was held yesterday afternoon, Alderman J. D. Fitzgerald presiding. The other members present included Aldermun Mackey, Watkins, Evan Jones, ...
Article : 741 wordsThe "Daily Mail" says that quantities of infected blunkets from South Africa went to Whitechapel. The Government sold [?] of the blankets, but thousands had been stolen ...
Article : 101 wordsA firm in Chicago handling a large part of the Californian fruit trade has failed. Its liabilities amount to 3,000,000dol. (£600,000). ...
Article : 31 wordsSpeaking at a banquet at Rotorua, Mr. Seddon referred to Mr. Chamberlain's recent speech on preferential trade. He said that during the last 20 years, while the trade of the mother country had increased ...
Article : 448 wordsA stabbing affray occurred at Bleuheim, near Laidley, last night, resulting in severe injuries to a man named Burns. It appears that a young man named Woods had an alteration with another named ...
Article : 119 wordsThe late Mr. Arthur Shrewsbury, the cricketer who committed suicide, suffered from melancholia after an operation was performed for an internal complaint. He ...
Article : 63 wordsThe Court for hearing appeals against the municipal assessments sat yesterday, the Bench consuisting of Mr. Maitland, P.M., and Mr. Brown, J.P., and the clerk of petty sessions. A large ...
Article : 153 wordsIn accordance with the examining magistrate's advice, M, Frederic Humbert, Madame Therese Humbert, M. Romain D'Aunguac, and M. Emile D'Auriguac will ...
Article : 41 wordsParliament was opened to-day. Mr. N. Brown was re-elected Speaker of the House of Assembly. The Houses adjourned until the 28th instant. In the House of Assembly members ranged ...
Article : 67 wordsAt the wool sales to-day competition for all sorts was keener among home and Continental buyers. May 21. ...
Article : 72 wordsThe catchment reservoir up to 3 o'clock this afternoon rose 12½ inches. Lindsay's Creek came down at 11 a.m., and this afternoon Stephen's Creek was running slowly. Last night's storm only ...
Article : 117 wordsIn the Legislative Council to-day, besides the Strike Suppression Bill, the Treasury Bonds Bill and the Metropolitan Board of Works Bill were passed. The House adjourned at 8.10 p.m. ...
Article : 125 wordsA general meeting of the members of the association was held on Tuesday night at Vickery's-buildings. There was a large attendance, and Mr. Carrathers, the president, occupied the chair. At a ...
Article : 140 wordsThe bank rate of discount has been lowered ½, and is now 3½ per cent. ...
Article : 23 wordsBar silver is quoted to-day at 2s 11-16d per [?] standard. ...
Article : 15 wordsEncouraging reports continue to come from Winnecke's Depot gold field. The manger of the Melba claim wires that the reef in the shaft underlay shows 2ft. 6in. of stone, with prospects of improving at depth. ...
Article : 170 wordsThe fund is controlled by a committee of citizens. The honorary treasurers are Messrs. George Maiden, Frank Grimley, and J. Randal Carey, and the honorary secretaries are Messrs. Thomas Nesbitt ...
Article : 168 wordsPatrick Murray was yesterday committed for trial on a charge of cattle-stealing. The beast alleged to have been stolen was a milch cow, the property of Mr. J. Charter. An extraordinary feature in ...
Article : 130 wordsThe report of the Scottish Australian Investment Company shows a loss on the halfyear ended December of £35,023. The King and the Queen yesterday opened ...
Article : 62 wordsMessrs. W. T. Dick and J. J. Cohen, Ms. L. A., addressed a public meeting in the National Hall last night under the auspieses of the Liberal and Reform Association. Mr. J. Nelson, J.P., occupied the ...
Article : 114 wordsMildura, s., 2217 tons, Captain Johnston, from Brisbane, via Newcastle. The Mildura left Brisbane at 4.32 p.m. on May 19, and experienced light to moderate variable winds and fine ...
Article : 41 wordsMr. Holman, M.L.A., gave an address on Tuesday. He criticised the actions of the Victorian Government, which had been returned to power by the votes of the workers of Victoria. Their treatment of the ...
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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Fri 22 May 1903, Page 5
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