The second of the semes of races for the America Cup took place to-day, the contesting yachts being Columbia, representing the New York Yacht Club, and ...
Article : 342 wordsFurther particulars continue to be received of the fighting on the Zululand border on the 26th instant. At Fort Itala the fighting lasted for 19 hours, and General Botha and ...
Article : 117 wordsThe forces of Maraboukh. (Sheik of Koweyt) have come into collision with the Nejd tribes. The British are sending big guns to Koweyt ...
Article : 193 wordsThe Senate this afternoon granted three weeks' leave of absence to Mr. E. G. Blackmore, clerk of the Senate, on account of family trouble. A couple of hours were spent in the discussion of a ...
Article : 236 wordsThe Minister for Works would do well to use all possible despatch in the construction of the subway at Circular Quay which he promised to a deputation which waited on him ...
Article : 2,708 wordsAt the auction sales of Australasian tallow held to-day, 775 casks were offered, and 700 casks were sold. Prices realised were as follows:—Fine mutton, 33s 9d; medium ...
Article : 51 wordsThe Legislative Assembly continued its sittings after our first edition went to press. The Manilla to Barraba Railway Bill and the Tuckian Flood Escape Scheme Bill were introduced ...
Article : 728 wordsGeneral Botha is at Berthasdorp, to the south of Vryheid, in the South-eastern Transvaal. ...
Article : 21 wordsIn the House of Representatives Mr. Fowler asked the Minister for Defence this afternoon a series of questions regarding newspaper reports about the discipline of the Fifth Victorian Contingent. The ...
Article : 661 wordsPrince Ch'un, who was the head of the Chinese expiatory mission to Germany, and who was recently recalled by the Emperor Kwang-hsu, sailed from Genoa yesterday ...
Article : 35 wordsA marauding band of 50 Boers on September 27 attacked a small outpost near Glencoe Junction, Northern Natal. A large force of Boers surprised and ...
Article : 53 wordsCount Tolstoi denounces the FranceRussian Alliance. He states that the masses of Russia are unaware of the existence of the alliance, and do not share in the French ...
Article : 38 wordsThe principal topic of conversation among members to-day was the Pacific Islands Labourers Bill. Indeed for the moment the tariff as a question of interest has had to take a second place Most of ...
Article : 272 wordsBoers have raided the Nqutu district of Zululand, where they, captured much stock, and killed 30 natives. ...
Article : 23 wordsThe first race took place on Thursday, September 26 At the start the wind, which was from the north-east, had a force of eight knots an hour. Within half an hour the Shamrock II, was a quarter ...
Article : 206 wordsCommandants Delarey and Kemp, with a strong force, attacked Colonel Kekewich on September 25 at Moedwill, in the Western Transvaal. The Boers were repulsed. ...
Article : 31 wordsThe steamer Papanui, which put into Vigo with her No. 3 hold afire while on her voyage from Wellington, New Zealand, has arrived at Plymouth. ...
Article : 67 wordsA party, of Boers captured a large convoy at Melmoth on Sunday. They killed six native policemen and captured the commander. ...
Article : 29 wordsThe Brussels correspondent of the " Morning Post " states that sailing vessels have landed quantities of contraband of war at Lambert's Bay, on the west coast of Cape ...
Article : 37 wordsFor the second time during the present series of America Cup races has an event been declared no race because of the failure of the competitors to finish within the time limit of 5½ hours. When the ...
Article : 315 wordsOn account of the prolonged drought in Lancashire and Yorkshire thousands of operatives are idle. They were exasperated at the action of a section of mill owners ...
Article : 57 wordsThe Kanaka Bill, the text of which was published to-day, has come somewhat as a surprise to those interested in the sugar industry. The Premier, Home Secretary, Treasurer and a number of other ...
Article : 328 wordsLord Kitchener yesterday telegraphed to the War Office as follows:—" Since my last a week ago columns report 27 Boers killed, 24 wounded. 274 prisoners, 48 surrendors, 138 ...
Article : 61 wordsA fire occurred at the Vancouver Island colliery, British Columbia, and 15 miners were imprisoned. Four explosions occurred in the mine after the men were entombed, ...
Article : 46 wordsThe " Standard " and the " Times " both complain that there is no sign that the Government appreciates the necessity of a vigorous effort to end the war. ...
Article : 130 wordsAt the Church Congress at Brighton yesterday Lord Brassey, formerly Governor of Victoria, the Rev. Dr. Barry, formerly Bishop of Sydney, and the Rev. Dr. ...
Article : 69 wordsIt is intersting to note how the last contest was sailed. It took place in 1899 and was between Shamrock I. and Columbia. The first race was to be to leoward and return, so ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 753 wordsFollowing on the idea lately mooted among senators that the Senate might arrange about an adjournment at an early date, there is talk of a week's adjournment of the House of Representatives ...
Article : 1,130 wordsMajor C. F. St. C. Anstruther-Thomson, (2nd Life Guards, has been created a Companion of the Distinguished Service Order. [Major (then Captain) Anstruther-Thomson was ...
Article : 48 wordsMr. Philp received a wire from Mr. Barton to-day suggesting the 11th and 12th instant as the dates, and Melbourne as the place for holding the proposed conference on the Property Acquisition Bill and ...
Article : 60 wordsA party of Bulgarians in Macedonia captured Miss Stone, the well-known American missionary. The United States Consul is arranging with the captors for her ...
Article : 41 wordsAfter the reverse to Major Gough's Mounted Infantry at Blood River Poort, 20 miles south-east of Utrecht, women lined the streets at Vryhoid and jeered at the ...
Article : 42 wordsThe revenue for September was £496,212, compared with £502,253 last September. The revenue for last quarter was £1,018,024, a decrease of £192,274 compared with the corresponding quartor ...
Article : 74 wordsThe offer of Boers on parole at Coylon to serve in the British Army outside South Africa have been accepted, and 170 are being drilled to serve in India. ...
Article : 48 wordsA hitch has occurred in connection with the return to work of the fishers now on strike at Grimsby. The men refuse to go to arbitration. ...
Article : 62 wordsIn the Logislative Assembly yesterday afternoon Mr. J. C. L. Fitzpatrick asked the Premier:—"Have you any knowledge of a a number of soldiers who are returning from South Africa, and who have been ...
Article : 132 wordsSeveral of the Boer prisoners at the Ragama camp, Ceylon, tunnelled for 50ft. before their work was discovered. Those concerned have been sent to Welikadde gaol. ...
Article : 34 wordsThe second wool sale of the new season's series was held at the Centennial Hall to-day. Over 1000 bales were catalogued, and there was a good attendance of buyers. Bidding was brisk, and prices realised ...
Article : 139 wordsAt the wool sales to-day biddings were a little brisker than yesterday. Prices were unchanged.. Oct. 2. ...
Article : 58 wordsLieutenant K. J. Halse, of the Queensland Mounted Infantry, has been invalided to England. ...
Article : 21 wordsMr. W. Warren, manager in Australasia for the Eastern Extension Telegraph Company, has received an intimation that the cable steamer Anglia has completed the laying of the cable from Durban to ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 47 wordsThe site suggested by Mr. W. L. Vernon, the Government Architect, for the erection of the federal capital, if Orange should be selected as the site, comprises 3300 acres on the western outskirts of the ...
Article : 117 wordsMr. John Young, Mr. G. Parkes, and Mr. E. Sutton, New South Wales bowlers, played a match at Toronto on Monday, and were defeated by seven points, the scores being ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 198 wordsThe steamer Africa, from Capetown, via Adelaide, arrived this evening with 15 Australian soldiers for Melbourne, 13 for Sydney, 10 for Brisbane, and 1 for Hobart. ...
Article : 62 wordsMajor Wardill, secretary of the Melbourne Cricket Club, has received a letter from Mr. J. Darling stating that he will not be able to get away from his shearing until November 30, and therofore he will be ...
Article : 143 wordsThe Queensland 3 per cent, loan of £1,374,213, the issue price of which is 914, is quoted at from par to ¼ premium. ...
Article : 29 wordsThe Lord Mayor of London (Alderman Frank Green) on behalf of a committee representing gold companies and timber and coal merchants connected with Western Australia, ...
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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Thu 3 Oct 1901, Page 7
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