Mr. Barton, the Federal Premier, had very little news to impart yesterday. He said, in answer to a question, that the Victorian Government desires to get 1000 troops each from Canada and New Zealand, the ...
Article : 184 wordsIt was only last Saturday that the public were made aware of the Queen's health causing anxiety to the Court. At Osborne it had been known for three months that her Majesty had experienced in[?]om[?] ...
Article : 2,171 wordsBrigadier-General Plumer has compelled Commandant de Wet to turn northwards, and is now close on the heels of the Boer leader, who is fleeing in the direction of ...
Article : 185 wordsThe correspondent of the "Morning Post" states that the Ministers of the Powers consent to the Chinese Court sentencing Prince Tuan, Duke Lan and Tung-fu-hsiang to ...
Article : 229 wordsIn the House of Commons last night Mr. J. E. Redmond, Parnellite, moved an amendment to the Address in Reply asking an Imperial credit for the compulsory wholesale ...
Article : 162 wordsThe retirement of Sir John Tenniel marks an event of importance in English journalism. For fifty yearn he has been associated with "Punch," and his weekly cartoon has wielded ...
Article : 3,623 wordsThe enrolment of applicants for admission to the Imperial Draft Contingent was continued at the Agricultural Ground yesterday. The medical staff examined 76 candidates, and accepted [?]8. In the ...
Article : 1,114 wordsAs the State electoral rolls are now completed, the Federal rolls, each of which comprises several State districts, have been compiled by the Electoral Officer under the direction of the Minister for Home Affairs, ...
Article : 210 wordsSir Arthur Bigge, K.C.B., who was private secretary to the late Queen Victoria, will accompany the Duke and the Duchess of Cornwall and York in a secretarial capacity on ...
Article : 168 wordsThe electors' rights for the Strathfield, Enfield, and Canterbury districts are in the hands of the local police, under Inspector Fowler, for distribution. The Strathfield rights available numbered over 800, and ...
Article : 406 wordsCommandant de Wet and Mr. Steyn on January 14 issued a fiery proclamation to the Boers, denying that the war was ended, urging retaliation for the burning of farms, ...
Article : 55 wordsDenzil Wilson, a young man recently employed at A. M. Bickford and Sons' warehouse, pleaded guilty at the City Police Court yesterday to a charge of larceny as an employee of a quantity of chemists' ...
Article : 109 wordsThe arrangements for the International Expedition into the interior of China have not been cancelled in spite of the issue of the Imperial Edict proclaiming the punishment ...
Article : 79 wordsWhen Lieutenant-General French threatened Ermelo (south-east part of the Transvaal) General Louis Botha, the Boer leader, ordered his commando to cover his retreat, ...
Article : 242 wordsThe Rev. John O'M[?]hony has been nominated by the Tasmanian societies as Deputy Chief President of the Hibernian Society of Australasia. ...
Article : 25 wordsThe Ophir has been beautifully re-decorated and re-furnished for the voyage. Their Royal Highnesses paid a visit to the vessel and were delighted at the transformation. ...
Article : 34 wordsYeung Ku-wan, a member of the Chinese reform party and a coadjutor of Kang-yuwe[?], has been murdered at Hongkong, after the Chinese authorities had placed a price on ...
Article : 39 wordsLight rain has fallen at intervals last night and today. Further rain is much needed. BRUSHGROVE, Friday. Thirty points of rain fell up to 9 a.m. and it has ...
Article : 175 wordsThe Duke and the Duchess of Cornwall and York, on their way to Canada, will land at Newfoundland on October 21, and will stay there three days. ...
Article : 33 wordsThe Pacific Cable Board will meet on Monday to consider whether it is desirable to enter into negotiations with the Eastern Extension Cable Company, and whether the ...
Article : 114 wordsThe following are the dates which have been submitted by his Excellency the Governor-General to the Secretary of State for the Colonies for the visit of their Royal Highnesses the Duke and the Duchess ...
Article : 343 wordsIt was expected in some of the States that some difficulty would aries because of the holding of the federal elections and the taking of the census upon days following each other. The polling days for the ...
Article : 281 wordsProfessor W. Spencer and Mr. F. J. Gillen will on March 1 start on a journey throughout the interior to study the manners and customs and languages of the natives. The Commissioner of Lands has ...
Article : 63 wordsOn Wednesday, January 16, a French war-vessel, La Z[?]lee, Commander A. Exelmans, from Saigon to Tahiti, via Noumea, called in at Tonga to coal. She remained here for two days, and then proceeded on ...
Article : 708 wordsRear-Admiral Sir Robert Hastings Harris, K.C.M.G., Commander-in-Chief on the Cape of Good Hope and West Coast of Africa Station, has been promoted to the rank of ...
Article : 34 wordsThe Y.M.C.A. tent has presented a busy scene all through the week. In addition to providing a spot for the social side of camp life, the tent has proved useful for the delivery of lectures to the ...
Article : 111 wordsGeneral Botha, in addressing his followers on the 10th instant, recommended them never to surrender. He stated that he would lead them while 500 remained. ...
Article : 75 wordsCaptain A. T. P. Pringle, who has for a long time held a commission in the volunteer forces of this State, and who retired on Thursday from the contest for Parramatta so that Mr. Joseph Cook, the other ...
Article : 1,051 wordsThe following are the stock passings to date:— 288 ewes from Vesuvius to Westholme, Deepwater, Richard Hilton owner; 380 mixed sheep, Graham's Valley to Vesuviu[?], John Milner owner; 5196 mixed ...
Article : 220 wordsIt is stated that at the launching of the armoured cruiser Good Hope, which is expected to be the most formidable cruiser afloat, of the second-class cruiser Bacchante, ...
Article : 70 wordsThe Premier has received the following message from the High Commissioner for South Africa:- "February 21.—No. 694 Pollock, New South Wales Bushmen's Contingent, is dangerously ill at ...
Article : 36 wordsThe late Trooper D. J. Murray, who died from enteric fever in South Africa on January 10, describes in a letter from Vontersdrop on the first of the month how the late Trooper Morgan met with his death. ...
Article : 439 wordsThe enemy who attacked Lord Kitchener's baggage train near Johannesburg, and who were beaten off by his bodyguard, had carts in readiness in a donga for the transport of ...
Article : 80 wordsThe wool arrivals since the last series of sales closed have been 207,756. Of these 83,000 have been forwarded direct to the manufacturers, and there are 218,500 bales ...
Article : 39 wordsFederal Elections: Mr. John Norton, M.L.A., will address a public meeting at Wallsend; Hon. Joseph C[?] Parramatta, 8 p.m.; Mr. E. M. Clark, Ryde Co[?]neil[?]ambers, 7.30 p.m.; Mr. Thos. [?] Loxton, Adrian's ...
Article : 292 wordsThe Berlin newspapers are uneasy at the threat by Russia of severe reprisals should Germany raise the duties on grain, hoping thereby to satisfy the agrarian party. ...
Article : 32 wordsIn the House of Commons last night Mr. Chamberlain, in replying to Mr. F. A. Channing, Liberal, said that the Attorney-General of Cape Colony, Mr. J. Rose-Innes, had ...
Article : 68 wordsVery little progress is being made with the prenatations for decorating the city in honour of the visit of the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York. Indeed, about all that has bean settled so far is that ...
Article : 90 wordsH.M.S. Blake (first-class cruiser), 9000 tons, sailed to-day with the relief crew for H.M.S. Royal Arthur. ...
Article : 30 wordsThe half-yearly meeting of the Silverton Tramway Company, Limited, was held to-day. The chairman, in moving the adoption of the report and balance-sheet, said that after the payment of £79,122 ...
Article : 136 wordsThere is accumulating evidence that the Boer leaders represent to the burghers that Mr. Chamberlain's conciliatory assurances are signs of weakness, and that they are mere ...
Article : 36 wordsThe thoroughbred horse Bill of Portland, by St. Simon from Electric Light, has arrived safely from Australia. Bill of Portland was imported to Victoria ...
Article : 143 wordsAt the request of Lord Kitchener, Colonel the Earl of Dundonald and Colonel W. W. Ward are returning to South Africa. ...
Article : 27 wordsA goods train from Cockburn to-day was run into by another goods train just as the former had pulled into the yard. Both engines were disabled, several trucks were smashed, and the line was blocked. ...
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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Sat 23 Feb 1901, Page 9
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