The campaign is being conducted with vigour by all parties, but there is not the same amount of heat that has characterised elections for some years past. The great fighting men have gone to another political ...
Article : 969 wordsReuter's correspondent reports that the Cape of Good Hope squadron will proceed to Natal, and will thence escort the Ophir with the Duke and the Dutchess of Cornwall and ...
Article : 47 wordsThe Boers captured 25 British troops at Paardekop on June 16, and subsequently released them. ...
Article : 29 wordsThe battleship Albion, which has been lately completed, has been ordered to join the China Squadron. ...
Article : 29 wordsThe Attorney-General of New York is preparing a case against one trust to ascertain whether the Federal anti-trust law can be enforced. ...
Article : 43 wordsMr. John Neill, the Socialist Labour candidate for Darlington Electorate, addressed a meeting of the electors on Tuesday evening from the balcony of the Galwas Castle Hotel, Darlington. The ...
Article : 182 wordsThe Piemier (Mr. See), accompanied by Mr. David Davis Progressive, a, candidate for Shoalhaven, arrived at Nowra at 6 p.m. From Berry. They were met out on the road, and escorted into town by a ...
Article : 1,840 wordsIt is reported that Tung-fu-hsiang is marching on Tai-yuen, the capital of Shan-si. The Governor of the province is appealing for foreign help. ...
Article : 28 wordsThe flood which was caused by the bursting of a cloud and the breaking of a dam at Pocahontas, Virginia, did appalling damage in the Elkhorn Valley. So great ...
Article : 89 wordsIf the visit to Dunedin was a few hours shorter than was originally intended ample compensation was found in the enlarged programme of to-day's crowded events. Scottish fervour was in the ascendant. The ...
Article : 1,154 wordsMr. Rockefeller's International Salt Combine in the United States has been completed. The capital amounts to 50,000,000 dollars (£10,000,000). ...
Article : 26 wordsFurther particulars have been received of the capture of a Boer convey by Major Sladen's Mounted Infantry near Reitz on June 6, and of the hot engagement following, ...
Article : 166 wordsMr. George Harris, the selected Liberal candidate for Denison, addressed a large number of the electors from Miller's Willow Tree Hotel, Athlone-place, on Monday night. Alderman Thomas Law, J.P., ...
Article : 155 wordsMr. J. P. Gray addressed a large meeting in St. Thomas' Schoolroom, Rozelle, on Monday night, in furtherance of his Parliamentary candidature. Mr. George Clubb, J.P., occupied the chair, and on the ...
Article : 368 wordsKing Edward VII and President Loubet have cabled to Colonel Hay, the United States Secretary of State, their condolences on the death of his son. ...
Article : 32 wordsFollowing the stoppage of the Dresdener and Allgemeine Deutsche Credit-Anstalt Banks, the Leipziger Bank suspended payment, causing a semi panic on the Berlin ...
Article : 78 wordsMr. Baldwin's American expedition, comprising the yacht American, and the sealers' Frithj of and Belgica, will attempt to reach the North Pole via Franz Josef Land. ...
Article : 45 wordsMr. Henry Chapman addressed the electors of Fitzroy Division at King's Hotel, Crown and Woolloomooloo streets, on Tuesday evening. There was a very large attendance. Mr. E. Fogarty presided. ...
Article : 371 wordsA flood destroyed the railway trestle bridge over the Wabash River at Wabash City, Indiana. A passenger train plunged into the abyss. Fifteen people were killed. ...
Article : 35 wordsDietrich Wieland, who, while the Emperor William was at Bremen at the beginning of March, struck him with a piece of iron, has been adjudged a lunatic, and is now confined ...
Article : 44 wordsMr. Eden George, the candidate selected by the Progressive party for the Belmore Division, addressed a large meeting of the electors from the balcony of Durack's Hotel, Elizabeth-street, on Tuesday ...
Article : 670 wordsThe scheme of the forthcoming French naval manœuvres is the prevention of the junction of forces which will represent the British Channel and Mediterranean ...
Article : 33 wordsLord Methuen engaged the Boers at Welgeboow Spruit, in the Western Transvaal. Twenty-six Boers were killed and some were taken prisoners. The British also captured ...
Article : 41 wordsDuring the progress of the Japanese naval manœuvres at Bushima, three torpedo boats came into collision. One of the boats sank and several lives were lost. ...
Article : 39 wordsThe Army Committee of the French Senate favours the reduction of service in the ranks of the army to a period of two years. ...
Article : 30 wordsMr. St. John Bradrick, Secretary of State for War, in the House of Commons last night stated that there were between one thousand and two thousand of the enemy ...
Article : 41 wordsAt the Queensland dinner which was given last night there were 120 gentlemen present, including Lord Strathcona, High Commissioner for Canada, the Agents-General, and ...
Article : 123 wordsAlderman J. C. Waine addressed a large meeting from the Wicklow Arms, the chair being taken by Mr. F. Ironsides. He declared himself a supporter of the party led by Mr. C. A. Lee. A vote of confidence, ...
Article : 72 wordsThe man Lillywhite, who was extradited from New Zealand in connection with a charge with regard to the murder of a clothier named Welch, at Colchester, in 1893, has ...
Article : 40 wordsThe Boers caught Mr. J. N. P. Botha, a member of the Cape House of Assembly for Aliwal North, on his farm and brutally sjambaked him because he had voted for the ...
Article : 49 wordsMr. W. M. Daley, the selected Labour candidate, held a meeting on Tuesday night in the Federation Hall, Church-hill, Mr. George Horbart presiding. Mr. Daley said he claimed to have a thorough ...
Article : 435 wordsAt the auction sales of Australasian tallow held to-day 2500 casks were offered and 1175 casks were sold. Prices of all kinds were unchanged as follows:—Fine mutton, 28s 6d; ...
Article : 52 wordsMr. Duplessis, the Dutch Reformed Church minister at Lindley, is an inmate of the Vredefort-road refugee camp. He denounces Mr. Kruger, and appeals to his countrymen ...
Article : 36 wordsBar silver is quoted to-day at 2s 3 5-16d per ounce standard, a fall of 1-16d since Monday. ...
Article : 22 wordsLieutenant Breckenridge, of the New South Wales Mounted Infantry, was severely wounded in one of his thighs at Krugersdorp. Private W. F. Wootten, of the New South ...
Article : 40 wordsThe Grand Jury has found a true bill against Earl Russell, who is charged with bigamy. The Recorder of London will notify the ...
Article : 53 wordsWhether the Progressive party be right or wrong in its reading of the signs of the political times, the discipline which exists among its followers cannot but be admired. In a few districts there are overlapping ...
Article : 502 wordsLieutenant J. Bailey, of New Zealand, has been given a commission in the Manchester Regiment. Germany has secured the contract for the ...
Article : 32 wordsLieutenant Dewar, Lieutenant B. Arthur, and Captain Mathews, of the New Zealand forces, have left South Africa for England. Several Liberal Unionist and Conservative ...
Article : 81 wordsThe Government in the House of Commons is slowly defeating repeated amendments which are being proposed to the coal export duty of 1s a ton in the Finance Bill. On one ...
Article : 58 wordsLater this afternoon the Railway Department started to unload trucks at the Farm with three men. The three wera guarded by 29 policemen and two inspectors; but the strikers attempted no violence. ...
Article : 184 wordsMr. John Hughes addressed a meeting at Victoriastreet on Tuesday night. Mr. James Reid presided. Mr. Hughes, in a speech of an hour's duration, explained his views upon the leading political ...
Article : 118 wordsThe Council-chamber at Granville was crowded last night, when the Attorney-General (Mr. B. R. Wise) addressed a meeting of electors in support of the candidature of Mr. W. H. Windsor, the ...
Article : 1,296 wordsThe Scottish Law Courts have decided that the late Sir William Cunliffe Brooks was domiciled in England, and his will has been sustained. ...
Article : 47 wordsDr. Reuter E. Roth, D.S.O., who saw considerable service in the South African campaign, lectured on "Reminiscences of the Transvaal War" to a large attendance at the New Masonic Hall on Tuesday ...
Article : 219 wordsThe men engaged in remodelling the telephone lines at Charters Towers struck work yesterday because they had been nearly two months without pay. They received the May salary on June 24, but to-day were ...
Article : 87 wordsAlderman W. Archer addressed a large meeting of the electors of Burwood at the Mortlake Institute on Tuesday night. Mr. Parsons presided. Mr. Archer referred chiefly to his stewardship while ...
Article : 202 wordsThe Queen Victoria Memorial Fund is being raised to equip the Queen Victoria memorial pavilions of the Prince Alfred Hospital. The movement began auspiciously several weeks ago, and has been ...
Article : 225 wordsDuring artillery practice at Newport yesterday the breech of a 12-pounder burst. A captain and a gunner were killed, and six other men were wounded. ...
Article : 37 wordsThe death is announced of the Hon. Thomas Dalton, M.L.C., which took place yesterday afternoon at his residence Wheatleigh, North Sydney, at the advanced age of 72. The late Mr. Dalton arrived in ...
Article : 402 wordsThe Australian bowlers beat Hawick by 21 points, the totals being:—Australians, 97; Hawick, 76. The scores were:—Mr. Hanigan's rink, 18 to 19; Mr. Bentley's, 18 to 22; ...
Article : 51 wordsAt a well-attended meeting of the Hotel, Club, and Restaurant Employees' Association, presided over by Mr. J. J. Morrish, at 61 Druitt-street, on Tuesday night, a number of candidates were invited ...
Article : 205 wordsSergeants Apps Lamb, Keene, and Weston were accorded an enthusiastic reception on their return to the district from the Boer war on Monday night. Presentations were also made to them. ...
Article : 258 wordsAlderman J. G. Griffin addressed the electors from the balcony of the Pottery Hotel, Riley-street, on Tuesday evening, and spoke at some length on a few important subjects—compulsory arbitration, a ...
Article : 235 wordsPlaying at Kirkealdy yesterday New Zealand lost by 7 points, the scores being—Kirkcaldy, 47; New Zealand, 40. ...
Article : 28 wordsMr. W. C. Macdougall, independent and selected temperance candidate, addressed a meeting of electors from Caseidy's balcony, Ann and Darling streets, on Tuesday night. Mr. A. T. Lawn occupied the chair. ...
Article : 386 wordsThe Antwerp wool sales opened yesterday. There was a good attendance. 1574 bales of La Plate clips were offered, but the selection was poor, and only 634 were sold. Merinos ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 12 wordsA branch of the Womanhood Suffrage League has been formed at Camperdown. The following have been elected as the office-bearers:—President, Miss A. Reilly; vice-president, Miss Holdsworth; hon. ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 24 wordsMessrs. P. J. Mulholland and G. Vern Barnett, the selected Labour candidates for the Cook and Phillip Divisions of Sydney, held a united demonstration on Tuesday night at the Rising Sun Hotel, Mr. J. ...
Article : 75 wordsA meeting in connection with the candidature of Mr. R. W. W. M'Coy, a candidate for the representation of Marrickville, will be held at the Excelsior Hall, Marrickville, this evening, and will be ...
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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Thu 27 Jun 1901, Page 5
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