The decorations conferred upon the officers of the New South Wales auxiliary forces have already been shipped to Sydney, and the long-service medals will be forwarded ...
Article : 43 wordsOn 1st January a special " Commonwealth" number of the " Courier" will be issued, with a minimum circulation of 100,000 copies. The number will include a ...
Article : 115 wordsThe Joint Note addressed by the allied Powers to China has now been signed by their representatives. The note, it is understood, makes no mention of the ...
Article : 113 wordsThe leading newspapers in London, in their comments upon the appointment of Sir William Lyne as the first Premier of Federated Australia, though expressing ...
Article : 54 wordsGeneral French, with his cavalry brigade, has now joined the forco under General Clements, near Rustenburg, in the Transvaal. ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 233 wordsThe Esk Divisional Board held their general meeting yesterday, when accounts for £381 were passed for payment. Mr. Thomas MacDonald was appointed inspector of reserves, at a salary of ...
Article : 681 wordsSir Godfrey Lagden, the British Resident Commissioner in Basutoland, is reported to have arrived at Bloomfontein on important business, and he will shortly ...
Article : 57 wordsThe War Office has placed orders for 326,000lb. of New South Wales compressed corn beef or mutton for the troops in South Africa. ...
Article : 52 wordsIt has transpired that the Czar Nicholas, who recently, in reply to a communication from the ex-President of the Transvaal, declined to grant him an audience, ...
Article : 59 wordsIn official circles it is considered unreasonable that the colonies should ask that the representative contingent of Imperial troops who have been sent to Australia in ...
Article : 70 wordsIn the columns devoted to the producing interests in to-day's literary supplement of the "Courier" appeals the fourth of "Berserker's" articles on agriculture on ...
Article : 211 wordsThe National Bank of New Zealand has declared a dividend of 8 per cent. ...
Article : 23 wordsThe Emperor William of Germany yesterday entertained Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein, whose eldest son, Prince Christian Victor (a grandson of Queen ...
Article : 88 wordsAmong the members of the Third Contingent, of which Major Tunbridge was in command, was a party of eight young fellows from Mitchell, who kept together all ...
Article : 651 wordswe are requested to draw the attention of those who have received invitations to visit Sydney to attend the Commonwealth celebrations to the necessity of advising the ...
Article : 73 wordsThe Mount Diamond Copper Mining Company of South Australia is announced. The capital is £250,000, and shares to the whole of that amount are being issued. The ...
Article : 45 wordsArrivals.—Orestes, s., from Port Pirie, via Sydney and other ports; Meissen, s., from Adelaide. Departures.—For Sydney: Wilcannia, s.; ...
Article : 46 wordsSo far as the distribution of Federation commemorative medals to children attending the State schools and the State orphanages is concerned, the work is well in hand, ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 138 wordsGeneral Louis Botha, concerning whose movements in the Transvaal there has been no mention of late, is now, at Nelsprult, on the Pretoria-Delagoa Bay Railway, ...
Article : 39 wordsInterruption to telegraphic communication —due probably to bush fires—caused considerable delay to intercolonial business yesterday. Most of our cable messages ...
Article : 54 wordsThe London paper, " Truth," of which Mr. Henry Labouchere is the editor and proprietor, states that the Marquis of Lansdowne (late Secretary of State for ...
Article : 94 wordsNothing has been done with regard to the agreement with the Eastern Extension Company as io the proposed Cape cable, and the Postmaster-General (Mr. Crick) ...
Article : 103 wordsThursday, 27th December, is to be a public holiday at Charters Towers, Springsure, and in the petty sessions districts of St. Lawrence, Dalby, and Croydon, for races in ...
Article : 122 wordsThe British troops at Komati Poort, on the Portuguese frontier of the Transvaal, have been strongly reinforced, owing to that place being threatened by the Boers. ...
Article : 37 wordsThe Sports " Observer" this evening will appear with its usual selection of sporting and other pictures. They will be five in number, and will consist of two ...
Article : 118 wordsCommandant De Wet, with his force of Boers, is now reported to be threatening the town of Winburg, in the Orange River Colony, about seventy miles north-east of ...
Article : 34 wordsThe Rev. Dr. Thomas Kennedy, LL.D., has been elected Moderator of the United Free Church of Scotland (the recently amagamated Free Church of Scotland and ...
Article : 38 wordsOne of the most pleasing items in the programme of Federal celebrations in Sydney, and one which will no doubt mark an interesting period in the art history of the ...
Article : 315 wordsA gentleman who was recently a prisoner at De Wetsdorp (where the British garrison was captured by the Boors under Commandant De Wet) reports that De ...
Article : 147 wordsThe Railway Department has notified that the special tickets which are being issued in connection with the Commonwealth celebrations are available until 31st January. ...
Article : 30 wordsAt the coroner's court to-day Isabella Widgerey was committed for trial on the charge of murder in connection with the death of a young woman named Edith E. ...
Article : 82 wordsIt is always a pleasure to record assistance given to the Children's Hospital, and that feeling is enhanced when young people themselves are the prime movers in ...
Article : 301 wordsThe following passengers travelled by mail tram to-day:- For Brisbane: Mr. and Mrs. T. Tri[?]ton, Miss Braddock, Miss Hoyles, Miss Johnson, ...
Article : 254 wordsIt is stated that the Lancashire County Cricket Club have decided that Arthur Mold, the Lancashire professional fast bowler, shall not in future be allowed to bowl ...
Article : 104 wordsWith regard to the Commonwealth celebrations, to be held in Sydney on 1st January, the Commissioner for Railways asks if invited guests will kindly communicate ...
Article : 166 wordsBush fires continue to cause an immense amount of loss in the Parkes district. Details to hand show that very large areas of wheat and grass have been destroyed at ...
Article : 84 wordsNews From Washington states that the United States Senate has, by 55 votes to l8, adopted the Hay-Pauncefoto treaty between the United States and Great Britain, ...
Article : 71 wordsThe residents of Botany have decided to carry out a unique demonstration during the Commonwealth celebration week. They propose to re-enact, with as great accuracy ...
Article : 91 wordsA portion of General Knox's column, which was recently pursuing the Boers under Commandant De Wet in the south-east of the Orange River Colony, has been ...
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Advertising : 447 wordsExperts appointed by the British Government to ascertain the cause of the recent beer-poisoning epidemic have reported that the presence of arsenic has only been ...
Article : 48 wordsWith regard to the invasion of the Cape Colony by the Boers, it is reported that the first body of raiders crossed the Orange River at Rhenosterhoek, and are being ...
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Advertising : 378 wordsIn the Legislative Assembly to-day a bill relating to Parliamentary elections was read a second time. The leading feature of the measure is to prohibit expenses at ...
Article : 144 wordsPopgun has been struck out of all engagements at Tattersall's meeting, and Alathea from the A.J.C. December Stakes. ...
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Advertising : 410 wordsIn the Legislative Assembly yesterday, Mr. Fisher asked the Secretary for Mines:—[?]. Does Mr. Hunter, the recently appointed assistant inspector of mines for the Southern district, hold a ...
Article : 177 wordsIt is reported that 3286 persons have been arrested in Paris for ruffianism in the streets, or what is now known in London as " Hooliganism." ...
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Advertising : 238 wordsOur Melbourne correspondent reports that probate duty to the amount of £5981 has been paid in respect of the estate of Dr. E. M. James, formerly of Collins-street. The ...
Article : 40 wordsThe following charges were dealt with at the City Police Court yesterday, before Mr. G. P. M. Murray, P.M.:—James W. Ea[?] and Dora Damkohler wer each fined 5s., in d[?] six hours, ...
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Advertising : 208 wordsA correspondent, writing from Suntop, via Wellington, N.S.W., says:—A very destructive bush [?] broke out here yesterday, covering over 4000 acres of cultivated ...
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Advertising : 136 wordsLord Kitchener who recently succeeded Lord Roberts as Commander-in-Chief of the forces in South Africa, is now at Pretoria. ...
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The Brisbane Courier (Qld. : 1864 - 1933), Sat 22 Dec 1900, Page 5
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