About the time that Gentleman Cadet Walter Setton was posted to the 2nd Battalion of he[?] Majesty's Royal Rutlandshire Regiment, the vicar, his father, read a telegram that the Pretoria ...
Article : 2,453 wordsSir R. Hart, the British Inspector of Chinese Customs at Poking, in a despatch says that all the legations in the capital, except those of Great Britain, Germany, ...
Article : 276 wordsA daring burglary was committed during last night at Sutton's-buildings, Bourke-street, near Swanston-strect. The first floor of the block, tenanted by Messrs, Johnson and Simmonsen, ...
Article : 204 wordsThe British Inspeotor of Chinese diatoms at Poking, in a despatch, says that all the Legations in the capital, except those of Great Britain, Germany, and Italy, were destroyed on June 25. ...
Article : 8,798 wordsThe cabled information that the Empress Dowager and the Emperor of China have been poisoned by the Prince of Tuan is only what might have been expected. Once they were in the hands of a man whose ...
Article : 219 wordsGruesome stories are told of the mutilation of the murdered foreigners and native Christians by the Chinese, Heads have been stricken from the bodies and ...
Article : 39 wordsThe Chinese hold the railway from Taku to Lutai, 30 miles north of Taku. The foreigners who were in Lutai have taken refuge on steamers. ...
Article : 34 wordsFiles are brought by the steamer St. Mary, which arrived to-day from Shanghai. The " Japanese Chronicle," published at Kobe, contains the following in its issue of June 8: "On ...
Article : 332 wordsSupposing the report to be true, there would be small sympathy felt with the Empress Dowager We have already narrated in these columns all that is really known about this extraordinary woman. ...
Article : 500 wordsThe Christian mission at Mukden, the capital of Manchuria, has been burned. Native Christians have been murdered. The bridge of the Niuchwang railway ...
Article : 37 wordsAt midnight last night a man named Gus Simms, employed on the night shift at the Midland Junction as a shunter, was cut to pisces by in engine while engaged in shunting operations Simms had set the ...
Article : 159 wordsThe Viceroys of the provinces in the Yangtse Valley have promised Great Britain to preserve peace. Shanghai, the treaty port near the ...
Article : 60 wordsA cable has been received from Mr. Chamberlain accepting the offer of 200 officers and men with field guus and 600 rounds of ammunition from the Victorian naval forces for service in China ...
Article : 69 wordsEdicts which are attributed to have originated with the Empress Dowager have been distributed broadcast throughout the Empire. ...
Article : 79 wordsThe Premier has received a cable message from the Secretary of State for the Colonies accepting the Government's offer of the gunboat Protector for service in China, and inquiring when the vessel would ...
Article : 227 wordsThe weather to-day was cold, fine, and bracing, with every indication of a continuance for the opening of the V.B.C. Grand National Steeplechase Meeting at Flemington to-morrow Should the rain hold ...
Article : 917 words"The Emperor," wrote an observer not long ago, " appears to be a sickly youth with a melancholy but not unattractive countanance, given to violent fits of passion, ...
Article : 496 wordsThe Emperor William declares that the Powers have no idea of a partition of China, but they wish to re-establish a powerful Chinese Government. ...
Article : 37 wordsIt is reported from two sources that Prince Tuan has poisoned the Emperor and the Empress Dowager. ...
Article : 27 wordsThe Customs authorities have made a seizure of 20001b. of tobacco and 20,000 cigara smuggled from the Australia as general merchandise. LAUNCESTON, Friday. ...
Article : 153 wordsThe forces of the Powers in China are being daily increased. ...
Article : 17 wordsIn order to meet the wishes of the many citizens whose applications for enrolment in the St. George's Riflcs cannot be granted, in cousequence of the regiment being up to its full strength, 100 members of the ...
Article : 94 wordsIt is expected that Germany will send 15,000 men to China. ...
Article : 16 wordsAdmiral Alexiff, Russian Commander, and Vice-Admiral Sir E. H. Seymour have decided that it is impossible to attempt to relieve Peking till they are ...
Article : 114 wordsFifteen thousand Japanese troops are afloat on their way to China. Thirty thousand more Japanese are ready to embark. ...
Article : 24 wordsHis Excellency the Governor has approved of the following regulation under the provisions of the Volunteer force Regulation Act:—" Honorary members at the rate of 5 percent of ...
Article : 90 wordsThe G.M.S Munchen arrived from Bremen, via porta, at 9.55 a.m. yesterday. The following are the saloon passenger:— For Fremantle: Mr. and Mrs. Ilott, Mr. and ...
Article : 129 wordsThe United States battleship Oregon, which struck on a pinnacle rock in the Gulf of Pe-chi-li, has been refloated. ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 591 wordsThere would seem to be no doubt now that the foreign Ministere in Peking have failed in their desperate opposition to the Chinese The populace, first stimulated by official indifference and then ...
Article : 467 wordsThe Postmaster-General has received the following from Adelaide:—" Berne advises that the Great Northern Company advises that, on account of the irregularity and the uncertainty of the Chinese lines ...
Article : 72 wordsThe Chinese troops have again surrounded Tientsin, and have bombarded the town. The women and children of the foreign ...
Article : 104 wordsIa the House of Assembly the Chief Secretary, in reply to a question, said a difficulty had been experienced in obtaining supplies of ammunition, but orders had been sent to England, and he ...
Article : 91 wordsAt a meeting of the board of the Australasian Wesleyan Methodist Missionary Society, held on Wednesday last, the subjoined resolution was adopted:—" The Board of Missions has heard ...
Article : 179 wordsThe following are additional telegrams re the mail steamers and Fremantle:— Mr. M'Lean to Sir John Forrest: " In your telegram of 3rd instant you say the added time asked ...
Article : 296 wordsSo far the Government has made no move towards the nomination of a candidate for the Bundaberg vacancy, caused by Mr. Glassry's resignation It is also understood that the same ...
Article : 93 wordsIt is interesting to note that the Chinese journal published in Sydney keeps the Chinese residants in the Australian colomes well informed concerning the trouble in the East. The great majority of ...
Article : 82 wordsRouter's correspondent states that there are 14,000 troops between Tientsin and Peking. The correspondent also says that ...
Article : 37 wordsThe steamer St. Mary, which arrived to-day from Shanghai, brings files of Japanese and Chinese newspapers. The information contained therein has for the moat part been already published, but there are ...
Article : 419 wordsMeanwhile the Chinese are burning to carry out in other parts of China the programme which has been so faithfully followed in Peking They are advancing upon Tientsin in strong force, and it may be gathered ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 72 wordsDetailed reports received show that the Chinese troops and " Boxers " attacked with fanatical courage the international force under Vice-Admiral Sir E. H. ...
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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Sat 7 Jul 1900, Page 9
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