Apparently Major "Karri" Davien and eight of his men were the first to enter Mafeking and when the whole story of the present campaign comes to be told it is possible that the Western Australian will ...
Article : 348 wordsOne person suffering from bubonic plague was discovered yesterday—Edward Elgar, residing at Waverloy. A patient who was taken to the Quarantine Hospital on Thursday died there yesterday ...
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Advertising : 339 wordsA large and valuable assortment of live stock reached Melbourne from London in the Moravian. The lot included a chestnut stallion Suffolk colt, two years old, for Mr. A. A. ...
Article : 118 wordsSo far as the Government offices are concerned extensive arrangements have been made for the decoration of the buildings with flags and bunting during the day, and for the illumination of the same ...
Article : 451 wordsThe fortnightly meeting of the committee of the Newcastle Chamber of Commerce was held in the Hall of Commerce this afternoon. The president (Mr. G. F. Earp) referred to the urgency for prompt ...
Article : 287 wordsThere were no further developments of bubonic plague reported to-day. The eldest of the Larsen children who were removed to quarantine on Tuesday is very seriously ill. Two of the younger girls ...
Article : 113 wordsA baz[?]ar, organised by the Misses Watt, of Maiala Ladies' School, was held at Kogarah on Saturday, May 19, and was a success. The room was tastefully decorated with flags and gr[?]nery. A number of ...
Article : 82 wordsA shocking accident is reported from Ararat. A young man named Radeliffe, employed in Mr. Hans Irvino's Great Western vineyard, was gauging the spirits with the Customs ...
Article : 78 wordsNo fresh case of plague was reported to-day. The patients are still progressing satisfactorily. ...
Article : 21 wordsThe members of the different Australian contingents invalided home from South Africa who arrived on Thursday by the steamer Moravian were to-day honoured with a cordial and enthusiastic public ...
Article : 601 wordsThe Promfer is in receipt of the following telegrams from the High Commissioner of South Africa, dated May 23:— "Information has been received that No. 812, ...
Article : 114 wordsThe first case of plague was reported to-day. The patient is Michael Pender, a fireman. Dr. Koch is not yet satisfied concerning the case on board the Aramac. ...
Article : 34 wordsThe question of the seaworthiness of the steamer Glenelg was discussed at the Marine Board meeting to-day. The Ballarat Council had passed a resolution to the effect that in view ...
Article : 337 wordsA public meeting of the citizens of Newcastle, convened by the Mayor in response to an influenlially signed requisition, was held at the council-chambers to-night to extend an invitation to ...
Article : 490 wordsA special meeting of the Miners' Delegate Board was held at the Trades Hall to-day for the purpose of considering the offers made by the combined colliery proprietors of the Northern district at last ...
Article : 1,596 wordsIn spite of the wet weather there was a fair attendance at the ordinary weekly meeting of the Central Citizens Vigilance Committee at the Sydney Town Hall last night. ...
Article : 1,675 wordsThe "Daily News" did good service ("St. James' Gazette" states) in calling attention to a remarkable speech made by Mr. Fraser, of the Orange Free State, in March, 1898. Mr. Fraser, it will be remembered, ...
Article : 150 wordsOn Thursday night the members of the Leichhardt Volunteer Fire Brigade met at the station in Marionstreet, to celebrate the relief of Mafeking. The treasurer (Mr. M. Hunter) presided, and proposed ...
Article : 129 wordsBy the last mail Lieutenant-Colonel T. S. Parrott, V.D. (Corps of Engineers), who left as a special service officer in the Second New South Wales Contingent, writes to his daughters from Bloemfontein on ...
Article : 319 wordsThe sum of £67 resulting from the Mafeking military entertamment at the Theatre Royal will be expended in a casket [?]mblematic of Tasmania for presentation to Major-General Baden-Powell ...
Article : 78 wordsA tanner named John Crawford was, early this morning, run over and killed by a train near Ovingham station whilst crossing the line at an unauthorised place. ...
Article : 31 wordsAnother demonstration was held here last night to celebrate the relief of Maf[?]cking. A torchlight procession, headed by the town band, paraded the streets, and fireworks displays and ...
Article : 134 wordsThe medi[?]val student (writes the Rev. H. Rashdall in "The Magnet") was often considerably younger than the modern undergrad[?]ate, sometimes, indeed, a mere boy of 12 or 14; but even ...
Article : 991 wordsThe barque River Indus arrived to-day from Wallaroo to load a cargo of coal from the Duckenfield Colliery for the West Coast. The steamer St. Roland arrived from Shanghai to load Seaham coal ...
Article : 240 wordsThe R.M.S. Ophir legt Colombo outwards on May [?]. The R.M.S. Australia arrived at Suez on the 21st instant. The R.M.S. Arcadia arrived at Colombo on the 23rd ...
Article : 39 wordsA strange experience is reported by Private Charles Strong, of the Queensland Mounted Rifles, who returned by the Moravian. He was in action near Paardeberg. The Boers held a strong position, ...
Article : 194 wordsThe pictorial representation of Ancient Jerusalem at the Cyclorama has been given as usual during the week, the lectures and explanations having been fallowed by a programme of clever illusions, ...
Article : 57 wordsThe Messageries Maritimes steamer Polynesien yesterday arrived from Marseilles at the company's wharf. She leaves here to-day for Nonmea. Captain Chevalier reports having sailed from Marseilles on April 2, reaching Port ...
Article : 124 wordsGeneral satisfaction was expressed at the relief of Mafeking, but the weather was too wet for a demonstration. A Sunday school picnic was held in Boyd's Hall, where the children were entertained at ...
Article : 119 wordsSir,—As I am leaving Austrulia for some time, I desire to place on record my conviction that no practical issue can possibly result from the action of the Government in calling for tenders for the ...
Article : 785 wordsMessrs. Gibbs, Bright, and Co. have been advised by cable that the G[?]thrie arrived at Hongkong on Monday last, en route from Sydney to Japan. ...
Article : 29 wordsMessrs. G. S. Yuill and Co., Limited, report that the T[?]inan left Manila on the 19th instant in continuation of her voyage from Hongkong to Sydney. ...
Article : 28 wordsMessrs. Burns, Philp, and Co., Limited, advise movemente of tht steamers of the abve line [?]ding between Australia, Manila, China and Japan as under:— The Yawata Maru, which left Yokohama on April 12, ...
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Advertising : 784 wordsSir Alfred Milner has wired to the Acting Premier that Captain Hayhurst, Sorgeant Bond, and Corporal Symes are returning to New Zealand invalided. ...
Article : 31 wordsArrivals.—Trafalgar, ship, at London, from Sydney; Sonneberg, s., from Sydney, at Hamburg; Loch Broon, four-masted ship, from Sydney, at London; Charlotte. barque, at London, from Bluff; Madagascar, barque, at ...
Article : 656 wordsA special meeting of the Balmain Social and Amussment Society was held yesterday afternoon, when it became known that amongst the returning invalided soldiers from the front was Driver J. M. ...
Article : 126 wordsMessrs. Burus, Philp, and Co. report the movements of the above line of steamers as follows:— The R.M.S. Miowera sailed from Vanconver on May 4, and is due at Brisbane on May 26, and Sydney the 30th. ...
Article : 94 wordsMessrs. Houlder Brothers and Co. report the following movements of steamers:— Hornby Grange arrived at the River Plate on March 24. Ovingdean Grange arrived at Newport on April 3. ...
Article : 138 wordsBy yesterday's Melbourne express Messrs. R. Sleath and B. B. O'Conor, Ms. L. A., returned from their South African trip after an absence of several months. Mr. O'Conor left the train at Strathfield, ...
Article : 419 wordsThe Airlie is to sail from Hongkong im the 31st instant, on route from Japan to Australian ports. The Australian sailed from Port Darwin on the 16th instant on route to Timor, Manila, Hongkong, and Japan. ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 82 wordsCaptain C. A. Thorpe reports that the Birksgate left Sydney for Nonmea and Fiji on April 25 at 10.30 p.m., arrived at No[?]mea on April 30 at 5.45 p.m., left on May [?] at 9.15 a.m., arrived at Suva on the 7th at 2.10 a.m., left ...
Article : 123 wordsThe Orient Company's Orizaba, sailing to-day, will leave at 1 p.m. instead of at noon. ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 469 wordsMessrs. J. Sanderson and Co. have recerved a cable advising the arrival of the ship Trafalgar at London on the 22nd instant. She left Sydney on February 7. ...
Article : 34 wordsMessrs. J. S. Mailler and Co. are in receipt of a cab[?] advising the arrival of the barque Loch Broom at London on the 23rd instant from Sydney, after a passage of [?] days. ...
Article : 38 wordsCaptain Winthrop Ellis, of the E. and A. Company[?] steamer Eastern, 3600 tons, reports having left Kobe on April 24, Hongkong and Macao on May 4, and arrived at Port Darwin on May 13, leaving again on May 14, calling ...
Article : 101 wordsThe Bulli miners' lodge condemns in the strongest terms the South Bulli Colliery Conciliatory Court held at Sydney in advising the miners to work another four weeks, pending the proprietor making ...
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Advertising : 30 wordsWith reference to the proposal for a national memorial in London to those who have fallen in the South African war, the Premier said the [?]gestion was a happy one, and it would be a pity if ...
Article : 196 wordsThe American steamer Celtic, in command of Capfair Patch, anchored in Watson's Bay last night. She left on the 8th instant, and has seturned for further supplies for the American troops now at the Philippines. ...
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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Sat 26 May 1900, Page 10
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