The Victorian Technical Education Commission, which recently visited Brisbane, arrived in Bathurst to-day, and inspected the Technical College and experimental farm. They return to Sydney ...
Article : 1,377 wordsBar (silver is quoted at 2s 2¾d per ounce standard. ...
Article : 16 wordsPresident Steyn, of the Orange Free State, suggests the withdrawal of troops from the frontier by both sides pending negotiations for a settlement. ...
Article : 72 wordsAdvices from the Soudan state that Lord Kitchener is concentrating 6000 Egyptian troops at Kaka, on the White Nilo, nnd will march against the Khalifa ...
Article : 47 wordsThe Duke of Devonshire, speaking at Sheffield on Mondny, said that the only hopeful symptom in the situation in regard to the Transvaal was the disinclination of the Boers to ...
Article : 7,577 wordsThe English newspapers contain highly complimentary references to the preparations made by the New South Wales Lancers in view of their departure for the ...
Article : 101 wordsYesterday two men named Bevan and Gifford left Quirindi by train en route for Natal to enlist in the English army or Natal police or mounted rifles to fight against the Boers. They have been employed ...
Article : 135 wordsIn the Assembly the motion to send a contingent to South Africa was bitterly opposed by the labour members, who contended that the occasion did not warrant interference. If the Empire was in danger ...
Article : 87 wordsRussian accounts declare that the Ameer of Afghanistan is insane, and that he is guilty of horrible cruelties towards his subjects. ...
Article : 31 wordsIn fulfilment of the compact made by the warden and the delegates of the Alluvial Association at yesterday's conference, no are was removed by the diggers at Brookman's Boulder to-day. ...
Article : 327 wordsIn view of the present state of aftairs in the Transvaal it is not without interest to note what a strong squadron of British ships is in African waters. Ten or eleven years ago there were only two small sloops, ...
Article : 173 wordsA report has been received by the Stock Department to the effect that the cats let loose in the south-eastern part of the colony have been killing rabbits as anticipated, but at the same time the ...
Article : 69 wordsThe session of Parliament which has been summoned to meet on the 17th instant will, like the session of 1878, be adjourned on the conclusion of the special ...
Article : 55 wordsThe passengers of the steamer Thermopyl[?], which was wrecked at Green Point, near Capetown, have arrived at Plymouth. ...
Article : 34 wordsThe splendid rains continue throughout the south-west districts. The rainfall to October 8 in several farming districts is in excess of that for the whole of last year. The crop prospects could ...
Article : 152 wordsIt is officially announced at Washington that the United States will not intervene betwoon Great Britain and the Transvaal, even if the Transvaal should make a ...
Article : 39 wordsA gentleman in this city has received a letter from a friend at Johannesburg, dated September 3, which gives some idea of the state of affairs in that city. The letter says:—"There are tremendous crowds ...
Article : 96 wordsSir Alfred Milner, in writing to President Steyn, of the Orange Free State, on the 4th instant, stated that no aggression already committed would prevent the ...
Article : 51 wordsA destructive typhoon has swept over Utsunoiniya, in Japan. A train was blown into the river, six persons being killed and many injured. ...
Article : 33 wordsMr. Lyne stated yesterday that he had received certain definite proposals from General French with regard to the despatch of troops to the Transvaal, in now of the minute from the home authorities. ...
Article : 52 wordsMust New South Wales forfeit her position as the leading colony in Australasia? So far she has done little or nothing with respect to this Transvaal business Queensland was the first colony to offer ...
Article : 573 wordsWhen the Wallaroo arrived yesterday all was expectation to learn the particulars of a reported mas[?]acre in the New Hebrides. New Caledonia had advised that the murder of a missionary had taken ...
Article : 863 wordsMr. Bennett Burleigh, the well-known war correspondent, reports that two Free State camps, consisting of 8000 men each, are established at Harrismith and ...
Article : 38 wordsDuring a bull fight in Paris one of the infuriated bulls jumped over the barriers. A scene of confusion ensued amongst the audience, and 16 people were injured. ...
Article : 38 wordsAt the sitting of the University Senate to-day the question of the tenure of office by professors was brought under notice in conenction with the alterations made by the University Council on ...
Article : 385 wordsIn the Assembly Earl Bea[?]champ, Colonel Mackay, and Lady Brassey were among the visitors. On the motion of the Premier, the two first named were accommodated with seats to the right of the Speaker. ...
Article : 1,047 wordsThe Raminea Sawmills, near Dover, the property of Mr. H. Chesterman, of Hobart, were burnt early this morning. The proporty was insured in the Victoria Company for £250. ...
Article : 81 wordsThe young Boers, regarding General Joubert as an advocate for peace, have presented a petition asking that Commandant Viljoen should replace him in ...
Article : 45 wordsThe International Commercial Congress in connection with the Philadelphia Exposition will be opened on the 12th instant. Several of the Australian ...
Article : 67 wordsIn the Assembly to-day the Premier gave notice for to-morrow that he intended to move that Parliamentary sanction be given for the despatch of the Queensland contingent to the ...
Article : 611 wordsCorrespondents in the Transvaal, in commenting on the hesitancy of the Boers to advance, state that the delay is inexplicable. The "Times" correspondent is ...
Article : 178 wordsThere are large numbers of carcases of damaged and poor Australian sheep in Smithfield Market, and many have been condemned. ...
Article : 27 wordsAt Mark Lane the price of English wheat is 1s 6d per quarter dearer for the week. Foreign wheat is dull. ...
Article : 27 wordsBar silver is quoted at 2s 2 13-16d per ounce standard. ...
Article : 17 wordsFiles of Capetowu papers are to hand, bearing date September 15, from which the subjoined particulars of the trouble in the Transvaal are extracted:— ...
Article : 980 wordsThe extensive business premises of Edward Keep aud Co., wholesale ironmongers, Lonsdale-street, were destroyed by fire to-night, wheu some £50,000 worth of property was ruined. The loss is well ...
Article : 654 wordsThe commandos of the Boer forces which were organised at Barberton and Lyndenburg are concentrating oa the frontier of Portuguese East Africa. ...
Article : 32 wordsThe quarterly meeting of the Chamber of Commerce yesterday was largely attended. A letter from Messrs. Gibbs, Bright, and Co. in regard to the question of camel teams which recently ...
Article : 368 wordsIt is reported that 1000 Boers are encamped on a farm on the Natal side of the border. ...
Article : 25 wordsGold to the amount of £30,000 from the Barberton goldfields has been transferred to the Republic's mint at Pretoria. ...
Article : 27 wordsThe Indian troops are traversing Natal with extraordinary rapidity, and their organisation is splendid. The Marquis of Lansdowne, Secretary ...
Article : 57 wordsTo-day's Exchange sales were:—Bonnie Dundec, [?]s 2d; West Victoria, 1s 9d: Queen Cross Reef, 1s 9d, 1s 10d; Victoria and Caledonia Block, 5s; [?]tto, paid, 5s 2½d. ...
Article : 159 wordsTrouble, which threatens to result in the closin[?] of the Australian Kerosene Oil and Minorai Company'a shale mines at Joadja, has been brewing fo[?] some time owing to disputes logardiug the rate o[?] ...
Article : 393 wordsIn the Legislative Council, the Marine Act Amending Bill and the Life Assurance Companies Amending Bill were passed through all their stages, and the House adjourned at 10 o'clock. ...
Article : 32 wordsGeneral Sir Redvers H. Buller, the new commander-in-chief of the forces in South Africa, will sail for Capetown on Saturday next in the Castle liner Dunottar ...
Article : 36 wordsMiss Ren[?]e Lees' Concert: Town Hall, 8 p.m. Kansington Races. 2.15 p.m. Hureb, 5[?] R.B.P. Foresters' Hall, Botany-street, Waterloo, 8 p.m. ...
Article : 177 wordsIn the Assembly this evening notice of motion was given by Mr. Fowler, member for Launceston, favouriug a dissolution. ...
Article : 23 wordsThis morning the sub-collector of customs at Normanville telegraphed stating that about 12 bugs of flour had been washed ashore on the beach near the Gorge. They are supposed to be ...
Article : 105 wordsThe motion in the Legislative Council approving of the despatch of troops to South Africa was carried on the President's casting vote after a spirited discussion lasting 3½ hours. The labour members ...
Article : 41 wordsHeavy rains are falling in the Transvaal, and the weather is bitterly cold. ...
Article : 19 wordsThe warden has undertaken to approach the lease-holders to permit the alluvial diggers to have the ground on tribute. If the request should be agreed to an agreement will be drawn up and submitted to ...
Article : 87 wordsIn the Legislate Assembly to-day a message was received from the Administrator recommending the appropriation of £10,000 to cover the cost of sending a contingent to South Africa. The House went into ...
Article : 165 wordsThe Union liner Guelph landed at Durban 414 packages of ammunition, consigned to Delagoa Bay. The Guelph then proceeded to Delagoa Bay. The ...
Article : 67 wordsThe steamer Waikato was not brought into th[?] river yesterday. She will be berthed at the Sout[?] Quay preparatory to repairs being made, if found racticable. ...
Article : 38 wordsADELAIDE.—Departure: October 10, Gabo, s., for Albany. Owing to the heavy sea the launch was unable to board. ...
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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Wed 11 Oct 1899, Page 7
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