A fa[?]ly large audience assembled last evening in the Argyle Hall, Granville, with the object of hearing an address by Mr. G. H. Reid, M.L.A., on "Political Questions of the Day." The chair was taken by ...
Article : 2,119 wordsThe Minister for Mines, accompanied by Mr. J. Thomas. M.L.A., will arrive at Broken Hill on Wednesday morning. The Ministerial party will be received at the station by the Mayor. A deputation ...
Article : 149 wordsThe " Times " states that neither the honour nor the interests of England will permit of the acceptance of the proposal of Russia to withdraw from Peking. ...
Article : 67 wordsLord Roberts has annexed the Transvaal. ...
Article : 19 wordsWhen the railway was exploded near Krugersdorp Lord Roberts ordered a sudden descent upon the village of Roodepoort. All persons who unsatisfactorily ...
Article : 46 wordsTrooper T. Pestell and Private H. Watts, invalided from South Africa, arrived here by the mid-day train to-day and were accorded an enthusiastic reception. A large crowd, including the relatives of the soldiers, ...
Article : 271 wordsSome amount of excitement was created in this district to-day upon the receipt of news that the miners employed at four different colonies numbering 500 all told, had unexpectedly came out on ...
Article : 1,382 wordsLieutenant- General Baden- Powell's force and the commande under Commandant De Wet recently raced to occupy Warmbad, about 64 miles north of ...
Article : 146 wordsThe Rev. Philip Richard Spry Bailey, 64, Anglican vicar of Hunter's Hill, died at Kempsey on Saturday at the residence of his son. Mr. P. E. Bailey, roads engineer for the Macleay district. "Deceased ...
Article : 100 wordsThe " Standard " correspondent at Belfast states that the Boers deliberately shot Surgeon O'Neill whilst he was collecting wounded on the field, and they ...
Article : 36 wordsThere is a wholesale exodus of the Chinese from Peking, owing to their fear of the Japanese. Later. ...
Article : 39 wordsA burglary was committed last night at the Imperial Hotel, and an iron safe containing £30 cash besides some chequs[?] and other valuable papers was stolen. The thieves gained an entrance to the ...
Article : 1,565 wordsSeventy-one of the British prisoners who were released at Nooitgedacht hospital have arrived at Delagoa Bay. ...
Article : 23 wordsJapan has now sent 40,000 troops to China—two Army Divisions—and the strange thing is that there is no popular enthusiasm about it throughout the land of the rising sun. It seems almost incredible ...
Article : 832 wordsThe 19 returned invalided soldiers who received an informal welcome on Saturday night were welcomed at Parliament House this morning by the Premier and a number of Ministers, members of Parliament, ...
Article : 347 wordsRussia has occupied every fortress in Manchuria except Mukden, the capital. She relies upon the agreement authorising her to protect the railway, as being ...
Article : 53 wordsRouter's agency states Li Hung Chang has announced that the heir-apparent to the Chinese Throne (Pu Tsing) has committed suicide at Paoting-fu, a town in ...
Article : 62 wordsColonel Plumer has defeated Commandant Pretorius east of Pienaar's Rivier (about 42 miles north of Pretoria). The British captured 26 prisoners, 1000 ...
Article : 34 wordsGeneral Rennickampf, with a Russian force, advancing from Mergen, on the Nonni, in Manchuria, captured Tsitsihar, at the head of the navigation of the ...
Article : 86 wordsThe opinion prevails at the Chinese ports that the withdrawal of the Allies from Peking will inevitably be the beginning of the partition of China. ...
Article : 59 wordsColonel Paget is at Nylstroom, 81 miles north of Pretoria, on the Pretoria-Pietersburg railway. ...
Article : 21 wordsLieutenant-General Carrington is returning from the Transvaal to Rhodesia, owing to a report that a commando is close to the southern border of the ...
Article : 34 wordsTwenty thousand Chinese regulars are massed in the direction of Kaiochau for the purpose of opposing any act of expansion on the part of the Germans. ...
Article : 35 wordsAll but 80 Japanese and 60 British marines have been withdrawn from Amoy. The remainer will withdraw shortly. The Chinese authorities of the city are ...
Article : 37 wordsThe Medic arrived from South Africa this morning, with 54 invalided soldiers from South Africa. The men, who were under the charge of Sergeant-major Coffee, of Victoria, were generally on a fair way to ...
Article : 267 wordsNot all the officers whom the Boers held as prisoners at Nooitgedacht were released. Some were transferred to Barberton. Of these 10 have escaped to the ...
Article : 160 wordsThe continental countries have declared Glasgow as quarantined. Two more deaths of plague have occurred in the city. ...
Article : 27 wordsBrigadier-General Creagh, the British Resident at Aden, has entertained with high honours Field-Marshal Count von Waldersse, now on his way to China. ...
Article : 37 wordsFurther results of the county contests during the cricket season are as follows: —Lancashire second, Kent and Sussex third, Nottinghamshire fifth, ...
Article : 38 wordsA startling piece of news comes through this morning to the effect that the Chinese heir apparent has committed suicide. The information is credited to Li Hung Chang, who ought to know, if ...
Article : 894 wordsAbout midnight a seaman named Nicholas Smith, member of the crew of the barque Snowden, was knocked down and run over by a truck which was being shunted in the railway yard opposite ...
Article : 85 wordsSergeant-major R. Fraser cabled to the Mayor on Thursday from bouth Africa conveying tbe thanks of the New South Wales troops to the Inverell ladies who had sent provisions to the soldiers. The parcels, ...
Article : 49 wordsIt is reported the Boers reminded General Botha of his promise that his last stand would be made at Machadodorp. He replied that he would not fight again, ...
Article : 44 wordsThe public accounts for the year were finally balanced to-day. The Treasurer was pleased to find his credit balance larger by £10,000 than he stated in his Budget. The surplus for the year, therefore, ...
Article : 45 wordsIn connection with the erection of a memorial fountain to those volunteers from the district who have fallen whilst on active service in South Africa, a meeting of the sub-committee, coonsisting of Messrs. ...
Article : 105 wordsSince last advices Mr. Percy Ambler, one of the missionaries in China, had a narrow escape. With Dr. Judd be managed to get out at the back of his residence at Rao Cheo at 9 p.m., while ...
Article : 106 wordsA public meeting of German residents of Brisbane and also of those connected with the meat export shipping trade, and commerce generally, was held this afternoon. The attendance was thoroughly ...
Article : 167 wordsCommandant Theron's soouts cut the railway at Klip River (66 miles south of Pretoria), burnt a supply train of 28 trucks, and made 35 prisoners. ...
Article : 48 wordsThe Governor has received a cable from Captain Creswell stating that " Protector arrived Ilo Ilo to-day, all well." ...
Article : 24 wordsHer Majesty the Queen has left Windsor, and has arrived at Balmoral. ...
Article : 18 wordsWith a view to stirring up greater interest in missions, the Rev. J. Ings, a missionary on furlough from India, preached two services in the Parramatta Baptist Church on Sunday, and also held a special ...
Article : 54 wordsM. Foureau, the French explorer, has arrived at Marseilles. He reports that the immediate vicinity of Lake Chad, in the Central Soudan, is a desert. ...
Article : 32 wordsLieutenant-Colonel Bethune has occupied Vrede, in the north-eastern portion of the Orange River Colony. He captured large numbers of cattle and sheep ...
Article : 40 wordsThe quantity of coal shipped at the Government hydraulic cranes at the Dyke for internal, intercolonial, and foreign consumption during the departmental week ended this morning was ...
Article : 206 wordsA special musical service was held in the Leigh Memorial Church on Sunday evening, the preacher being the Rev. Dr. Sellors. The anthems, " Seek ye the Lord " (Roberts), " How Beautiful upon the ...
Article : 88 wordsThe trial of a new smoke protection holmet was made by the South Brisbane Fire Brigade to-day, and attracted considerable attention. The helmet is called "Vajenbaden Smoke Protection Helmet," ...
Article : 190 wordsThe authorities in Glasgow are cremating the bodies of the victims of the plague. ...
Article : 22 wordsAs a punishment for the raids by the Boers on the railway in the Orange River Colony, by Lord Roberts's orders 30 farms' in the colony have been burned, ...
Article : 52 wordsAt Crower, near Mount Pleasant, two children named Haensler got hold of a tin of arsenic preparation. One, a little girl aged 1 year and 7 months, died; the other, a boy, is recovering. ...
Article : 146 wordsA public meeting was held at the council chambers, Smithfield, on Saturday evening, for the purpose of considering the desirability of establishing a fifth class in connection with one of the Public schools in ...
Article : 81 wordsThe recent cyclone at Mafeking wrecked most of the buildings which comprise the Mafeking Field Hospital, containing 150 patients. ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 315 wordsA meeting of the Colonel Bell testimonial committee was held yesterday afternoon in the Mayor's room, at the Town Hall. The Mayor (Sir Matthew Harris) presided. The secretary reported that he ...
Article : 247 wordsDr. F. W. Godmg, the Consul of the United States at Newcastle, received a communication to-day from the Department of State, Washington, intimating that it had been determined by the Government of ...
Article : 165 wordsThe Hobart carpenters have struck work, demanding 9s per day, which the employers say trade does not at present warrant. ...
Article : 24 wordsShortly after midnight a middle-aged man named Arthur Taylor was admitted to the Sydney Hospital suffering from three large gashes in his back caused by a full from a balcony on to a picket fence. The ...
Article : 155 wordsTelegrams received at Canton on July 28 and 29 last state that the Berlin mission station at Nam On, in the province of Kiang-Si, on the borders of Canton Province, has been attacked and looted by ...
Article : 450 wordsPrivate W. Poole, of the Queensland Bushmen, has died of enteric fever at Pretoria. ...
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Advertising : 87 wordsThe Premier has received a telegram from South Africa stating that the Kumara left Capetown for Sydney on August 28, with the following invalids on board belonging to New South Wales troops:— ...
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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Tue 4 Sep 1900, Page 5
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