There was a good deal of excitement in political circles yesterday. Members of Parliament who were in town put in an appearance at Parliament House and discussed the situation with a good deal of ...
Article : 215 wordsA case of considerable interest to the investing public was dealt with to-day by the Chief Justice. The case came before his Honor in the form of an application by Patrick Quinlivan to compel ...
Article : 153 wordsTwo battalions of the Rifle Brigade (the Prince Consort's Own) have been ordered to be in readiness for despatch to South Africa. ...
Article : 119 wordsColonel Jouaust, the President of the Court-martial at Rennes, refused to grant the application of M. Labori, senior counsel for Dreyfus, for a commission to ...
Article : 86 wordsIn political circles yesterday there was no change in the situation from what it was on the defeat of the Government on the previous night. A Cabinet council was held during the afternoon. ...
Article : 7,008 wordsIn connection with the trouble in the Transvaal the Premier received to-day from Mr. W. Hosken, chairman of the Uitlanders' Council at Johannesburg, a letter conveying to the Government and ...
Article : 105 wordsA farewell banquet was given to the Australian cricketers at the Inns of Court Hotel last night. The Earl of Jersey, formerly Governor of New South ...
Article : 165 wordsThe Intercolonial Conference of Experts on phylloxera concluded to-day. Mr. Hans W. Irvine, of the Great Western Vineyard, who gave evidence, said that the replanting of diseased ...
Article : 329 wordsAt the Court-martial at Ronnes yesterday General Mercier, formerly Minister for "War, was recalled. In a brow-beating manner he challenged the Judges to ...
Article : 107 wordsAll the Ministers were at their departments yesterday, and they attended to routine work in the ordinary manner. For the most part, however, they declined to talk politics, and certainly in ...
Article : 196 wordsDr. F. W. Reitz, the Boer Secretary of State, who has been interviewed, explained that the Transvaal Government will agree to accept a conference, but will not ...
Article : 81 wordsThe Board of Trade returns for August have been published. They show that the value of the imports had increased by £3,489,213, and the value of the exports ...
Article : 82 wordsThe English newspapers, in reviewing the tour of the Australian cricketers, pronounce it to be an unqualified success and a veritable triumph. The main ...
Article : 128 wordsHalf a dozen cases of untimely death were brought under notice to-day. James Wyley, a railway ganger, was killed at Whitfield by falling in front of a ballast-laden trolly, which passed ...
Article : 187 words" I am of opinion, as I intimated in the House the other evening, " said Mr. Wise last night, when he was uterviewed by a " Herald " reporter, " that there is no possible justification for a dissolution of ...
Article : 951 wordsThe Transvaal Government has asked Sir Alfred Milner, the High Commissioner for South Africa, whether the mobilisation of British troops on the frontier ...
Article : 39 wordsIn responding to the toast of " The Parliament " at the annual dinner of the Chamber of Manu[?]tures last evening, Mr. W. J. Lyne, who was received with prolonged cheering, said he thanked ...
Article : 2,533 wordsThe arrangements for a seamen and firemen's strike have resulted in failure. ...
Article : 19 wordsIn the First Chamber of the Volksraad last night the debate on the situation, initiated by Mr. Jan Coester, member for Lyndonburg, was resumed by Dr. Reitz, ...
Article : 112 wordsIt has transpired, that Sir T. J. Lipton offered £50,000 for the Muckross Abbey Estate, Lakes of Killarney, intending to present it to the Irish nation. ...
Article : 46 wordsThe quantity of coal exported to foreign and intercolonial ports during the week ended this afternoon totalled 46,786 tons, as compared with 47, 243 tons last week—[?] decrease of 457 tons. The ...
Article : 423 wordsThe correspondence between the Western Australian and South Australian Governments regarding the transcontinental railway which was laid on the table in the Assembly yesterday, shows ...
Article : 138 wordsMr. Lyne had no time yesterday to spare in visiting Parliament House. He was busily engaged at his home studying his position, and overtaking accumulated correspondence. In the evening, shortly ...
Article : 796 wordsThe Bishop of Rochester, Dr. Talbot, and the Bishop of Salisbury, Dr. Wordsworth, urge the clergy of their sees to pay obedience to the decisions of the ...
Article : 49 wordsCommandant Viljoen, who was recently elected to the Volksraad, declares that the anticipated ultimatum by Great Britain will be the signal for the proclamation ...
Article : 43 wordsThe Bank of Australasia has declared a dividend at the rate of 7 per cent, per annum, and carried forward £10,282. ...
Article : 27 wordsThe R.M.S. Orizaba, A. M'Watt commander, arrived from Colombo at 1.40 p.m. The following are the passengers in the saloon:- For Adelaide: Dr. Price. ...
Article : 86 wordsA force of 800 Boers, with six quick-firing guns, has arrived at Volksrust, a township near the northern frontier of Natal. ...
Article : 39 wordsThe Associated Chambers of Commerce, at a meeting to-day at Belfast, negatived by 51 votes to 20 a motion in favour of the exclusion of bounty-fed sugar from ...
Article : 36 wordsThe White Star liner Medic, Thornton commander, arrived from Capetown at noon. She has 107 passengers in the third class for all ports. The Medic sailed for Adelaide at 6 p.m. ...
Article : 40 wordsA meeting of the Parliamentary Labour Opposition was held to-day. Sixteen out of 22 members were present. The election of officers took place as follows:—Mr. A. Dawson, leader and ...
Article : 285 wordsThe Orange Free State, viewing the reply of the Transvaal Government to Mr. Chamberlain's despatch as destructive of peace prospects, has summoned its ...
Article : 63 wordsSir Hugh Nelson, soon to-day in ragard to Saturday's vote, said that Parliament and public ought to try to remove the " status quo ante bellum" as quickly as possible without disturbing present political ...
Article : 243 wordsThe members of the New South Wales Chamber of Manufactures and their friends assembled in the vestibule of the Sydney Town Hall last night to partake of the third annual dinner held by the ...
Article : 628 wordsA new main shaft has been started on the Federal lease about 200ft. west of the present wotkings. It is thought that the lode previously opened up, and which has furnished fair quantities of tellurin ore, ...
Article : 574 wordsThe first three British Army Corps will contribute eight brigades for service in South Africa. These troops are in readiness to sail for the Cape at a moment's ...
Article : 50 wordsThroughout yesterday the members of the labour party attended at Parliament House and watched the course of events with considerable interest. The rumour was current that Mr. Lyne had not been ...
Article : 1,098 wordsThe select committee to-day examined Mr. Davies, of the Karri and Jarrah Timber Company, who said he believed federation would prove advantageous to the timber trade. At the same time he admitted ...
Article : 72 wordsTen thousand troops are ready to start from India for South Africa. ...
Article : 18 wordsThis morning the police at Port Adelaide were notified of the death of a man named Hopkins, a plumber, at Queenstown. On Tuesday deceased, feeling indisposed, decided to take ...
Article : 53 wordsHer Majesty the Queen and the Premier (the Marquis of Salisbury) have been latterly exchanging despatches. ...
Article : 26 wordsTown Hall Shilling Popular Concert: 8 p.m. School of Arts Hall: Lecture, Miss Darchy on "The Power of Thought," 8 p.m. Y.M.C.A.: Young Men's Meeting, 7.45 p.m. ...
Article : 211 wordsMr. Copeland has been an important personality in the recent crisis, owing mainly to his passage from the direct Opposition benches to the Opposition corner, from which position he told the House ...
Article : 926 wordsHalf a million sovereigns will be despatched to Capetown to-morrow. ...
Article : 20 wordsThe wife of a Waikato settler has died from poisoning caused by eating tinned fish or fruit. The Auckland City Council has adopted a draft deed of concession in connection with the electric ...
Article : 41 wordsThe chief subjects to be taken into consideration at to-day's Cabinet meeting will, it is understood, refer to British supremacy in connection with the ...
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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Sat 9 Sep 1899, Page 9
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