During a heavy thunderstorm which passed over the city about 8 o'clock on Tuesday morning a lad named Harold Ellis Gilding, aged 15 years, was struck by lightning at West Marden and ...
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Article : 184 wordsThe American Commissioners in Paris refuse to agree to Spain retaining the sovereignty of Cuba. They admit that the United States is pledged to restore ...
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Article : 259 wordsJames Hall, aged 56, a passenger per the Talune from the Bluff, who had been much excited during the voyage, on arrival here at 1 o'clock this morning fell in the water and was ...
Article : 135 wordsA number of forged English bank notes and the apparatus for manufacturing them have been discovered at Budapesth, the capital of Hungary. ...
Article : 39 wordsMr. W. P. Reeves, Agent-General for New Zealand, is exhibiting at the Imperial Institute a selection of manufactured wools from the Mosgiol Woollen ...
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Article : 120 wordsThe price of English wheat at Mark Lane is 1s per quarter dearer for the week. Foreign wheat is 6d per quarter dearer. ...
Article : 32 wordsIn the Assembly to-day the bill dealing with mining on private property was read the first time. On moving the Speaker out of the chair, with the view of going into supply, Mr. ...
Article : 123 wordsThe final sitting of the Elections and Qualifications Committee to inquire into the petition of Mr. Dowell O'Reilly against Mr. W. J. Ferris reta[?]ing his seat as member for Parramatta in the Legislative ...
Article : 671 wordsA sad drowning fatality occurred at Horsham yesterday afternoon. Two brothers, Edward West, aged 12, and Charles West, aged 10, while bathing in a pond got out of their depth. Walter ...
Article : 118 wordsThe " Standard " states that there are 10,000 Russian troops at Port Arthur. ...
Article : 25 wordsIn the Assembly to-day, Mr. Leake, leader of the Opposition, gave notice of a motion that, in the event of another Convention being summoned to discuss any federal proposals, this colony should ...
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Article : 21 wordsThe Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company has purchased the steamships Rufford Hall, Branksome Hall, and Locksley Hall. ...
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Article : 439 wordsIn the Legislative Council to-day Messrs. Ward and Campbell opposed the Early Closing Bill Mr. Adams supported it. The debate was adjourned. Clause six of the Children's Protection ...
Article : 356 wordsThe strikes of the railway men in France and of the building trades in Paris have collapsed, and have been declared off. ...
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Article : 303 wordsAt the rooms of the National Sporting Club last night Frank Craig (the "Coffee Cooler") defeated Edwards, the Australian boxer, in the eighth round. Edwards ...
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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Wed 19 Oct 1898, Page 7
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