The President took the chair at 2.30 p.m. PROPOSED FEDERAL CAPITAL. Senator WALKER (N.S.W.) gave notice of his intention to move that there be laid on the table of ...
Article : 2,480 wordsIn the Legislative Assembly to-day, in accordance with the notice given on the previous day, Mr. Irvine, leader of the Opposition, moved,—" That the Government does not possess the confidence of ...
Article : 867 wordsYesterday morning matters in connection with the strike of tailoresses at Messrs. Anthony Hordern and Sons' factory were quiet, Pickets were sent out during the morning, but they abstained from ...
Article : 1,459 wordsSeveral members of the Legislative Assembly of Cape Colony, who are also members of the Afrikander Bond, urge Mr. Tfieron, the chairman of the organisation, to dissolve the ...
Article : 60 wordsAt the periodical tallow sales 533 casks were offered and 169 were sold. Prices were as follow:—Fine mutton 33s 3d, medium mutton 30s 9d; fine beef 33s 6d, and medium beef ...
Article : 46 wordsThe first important matter to claim attention in the Legislative Council yesterday was the Industrial Arbitration Bill. It was returned from the other Chamber with a message stating that some of the ...
Article : 899 wordsWhen our report of the consideration of the tariff in committee of the House of Ropresentatives closed item No. l8, " Coffee and chicory, raw, 3d per 1b.," was being considered. The following is a ...
Article : 245 wordsThe men who were concerned in the conspiracy at Johannesburg intended to seize the arms and ammunition of the Rand Rifles. ...
Article : 32 wordsThree small engagements have taken place in the Orango River Colony. Thirty-seven Boers were captured. ...
Article : 22 wordsMajor H. T. Lukin, of the Cape,Mounted Rifles, commands the first division of districts under Sir J. Gordon Sprigg's control, and Colonel C. P. Crewe commands the second ...
Article : 38 wordsThe Speaker took chair at 2.30 p.m. PETITIONS. Mr. POYNTON (S.A.) presented a petition asking that the retail liquer trade in the Federal capital be ...
Article : 3,863 wordsColonel Munro engaged Myburgh's commando north-east of Barkley East, Cape Colony, and captured 12 Boers who were wounded. ...
Article : 28 wordsThe confidential report of General Voyron, who commanded the French troops in China, states that French soldiers sympathising with missionaries helped them and 300 ...
Article : 152 wordsRapid extension of the rail ways is advocated to facilitate the finishing of the campaign. ...
Article : 20 wordsThe ex-burghers assisting the British are new designated the National Scouts. They are useful in special raids and in securing information. ...
Article : 26 wordsAn attempt to murder the British Commandant at Carnarvon, Cape Colony, was frustrated. Loyalists have held a meeting of indignation, ...
Article : 44 wordsThe peace manifesto of the Free Churches has been signed by 5245 ministers. The manifesto urges the Government to grant the Boers autonomy, an amnesty, and compensation. ...
Article : 36 wordsColonel A. F. Montanaro commands an expedition of 1500 men, who are starting from Lagos to attack Acos, on the Cross River. It is proposed to suppress slavery and destroy ...
Article : 104 wordsLord Kitchener telegraphs to the War Office:—"Since my last of a week ago columns report the following:—23 Boers killed, 19 wounded, 230 prisoners, and five ...
Article : 43 wordsMr. Bruce, Chief Inspector of Stock in New South Wales, on his return to Sydney recently from Queensland submitted to his department certain recommendations regarding restrictions in connection ...
Article : 180 wordsPrivates J. Supple, R. Calisle, and S. J. Ranking, of the Victorian Mounted Infantry, were wounded, the first at Howick and the other two at K[?]alhoek. The wound of ...
Article : 39 wordsSir Henry Campbell-Bannerman, the leader of the Opposition, speaking at Lancaster last night, said that the statement by Lord Salisbury that no shred of independence would be ...
Article : 104 wordsThe funeral of the late Mr. Alfred Fairfax took place yesterday, and was attended by a representative gathering. Prior to the departure for the Gore Hill Cemetery, where the interment was made, ...
Article : 450 wordsThe Premier is in receipt (through the LieutenantGovernor) of the following telegram from Capetown:— "Dangerously) ill at Elandsfontein, November 23, ...
Article : 112 wordsThe Duke d'Abruzzi, while riding an autocar near Turin, Italy, at the rate of 40 miles an hour, came into collision with a milestone. He was thrown into a field and had a ...
Article : 46 wordsWith reference to the statements made by the Mayor of Sydney at the meeting of the City Council on Tuesday night we are requested by the Premier to state that the flushing and f[?]migation of the ...
Article : 317 wordsFierce fighting has taken place in Colombia between the Government and the Liberal troops. The total losses number 150. The Americans landed at Panama to ensure ...
Article : 41 wordsAn Englishman has purchased Battle Abbey at auction for £2OO,000. Battle Abbey, near Hasting, was built by William the Conqueror to commemorate the Battle of ...
Article : 47 wordsA great fire occurred in warehouses in Gresham-street yesterday. Fifty-three firms are affected by the outbreak. The remarkable efforts of the firemen ...
Article : 45 wordsThe sixth series of London wool sales opened to-day. Bidding was brisk. Compared with the closing rates of the last series the prices realised ranged from par to a ...
Article : 120 wordsA small strike in the painting trade occurred yesterday morning at the Fitzroy Dock, when a number of men ceased work. The painters affected complain that a number of labourers had been employed ...
Article : 204 wordsA meeting of the Tramway Employees' Union was held at the Trades Hall on Tuesday for the purpose of considering the offer of the Government to grant a working day of eight hours after July 1 next, Owing ...
Article : 171 wordsAt the meeting of the Water and Sewerage Board yesterday Alderman Griffin asked the President whether any communication had been received from the Government or the Board of Health respecting ...
Article : 306 wordsA diver has located the wreck of the steamer City of Rio de Janeiro, near San Francisco. The American Government is endeavouring ...
Article : 69 wordsA bathing fatality, which resulted in the death of a boy named Leshe Moran, aged 12, occurred at St. Peters soon after 6 o'clock last evening. It appears that the boy, with his brother Herbert, who is two ...
Article : 196 wordsCaptain Richardson, lately in command of the Waikare, has resigned from the Union Company's service owing to ill-health. Very little cargo is coming forward from the ...
Article : 55 wordsSimultancous Mission: Sydney and Subarbs. Operative Masons' Sociaty: Meeting Trades Hall. Corporation of Accountants of Australia: Lecture, Eqmtable-buildings, 8 p.m. ...
Article : 119 wordsThere were no fresh developments yesterday in connection with the attempted highway robbery at Botany on Friday last. The man who was arrested on Monday night on suspicion of being implicated in ...
Article : 72 wordsThe first annual round of the prize meetings by the Railway Ambalance Rifle Club has been completed. Reservist J. Pinkney won the president's gold champion medal with 433 for eight shootings (handicap included). The highest ...
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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Thu 28 Nov 1901, Page 7
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