The South African war plays a more important part than usual in the columns of to-day's literary supplement of the "Courier." In the first place, there is ...
Article : 351 wordsIn connection with tho death of the EmDress Frederick of Germany, a quiet funeral service was conducted before the coffin in the bedroom of the late Empress ...
Article : 164 wordsLord Kitchener, in a report to the War Office, states that Commandant De Villiers, second in command to Commandant Beyers, and two Boer [?]eld-cor[?]ets, Save ...
Article : 73 wordsReferring to the report that the Governorship of the State of Victoria had been offered to Colonel Sir George Sydenham Clarke, the "Times" this morning says ...
Article : 112 words[?]n the Senate to-day, Mr. Smith, of Western Australia, was very anxious with regard to the cost of " Hansard," but his mind was calmed hy Mr. Drake, Who informed ...
Article : 426 wordsSince the grand march of civilisation began its course in Queensland, wool producing and cattle raising have formed the staple industry. The pastoral industry ...
Article : 2,486 wordsOur Melbourne correspondent wired as follows under yesterday's date:—Mr. Barton has received a telegram from the Governor-General asking him to convey his ...
Article : 63 wordsA concert in aid of the Nymphaea Rowing Club will Ibe held in the Centennial Hall this evening, and promises to be a very successful function. His Worship the ...
Article : 133 wordsThe steamer Angl[?]a will on Saturday begin the laying of the telegraphic cable from Mauritius to the Cocos Islands. Next week the Scotia will start on the work of ...
Article : 67 wordsThe House of Lords yesterday adopted, an address of sympathy with his Majesty the King, in connection with the death of the late Empress Frederick of Germany, ...
Article : 72 wordsOn Monday evening next in the Centennial Hall Mr. Frederic Villiers, the well-known war coirespondent and artist, will commence a series of three lectures on the ...
Article : 112 wordsThe London "Da[?]ly Telegraph" states that 'Mr. Chamberlain is favourable to the State having the option of purchase of the Cape to Australia cable within a given, ...
Article : 39 wordsNews has been received that the Boers captured a post [?]eld by twenty-five men of Steinmacher's Horse at the Salbi River. ...
Article : 29 wordsUp to yesterday afternoon Lieutenant-Colonel Aytoun had enrolled flfty-bwo men to' return to South Africa in the steamer Britannic to join the Fifth and Sixth ...
Article : 113 wordsThe correspondent of the "Times" at Pretoria has reported that Lord Kitchener does not permit the narratives of the war correspondents regarding atrocities by the ...
Article : 85 words?Memorial services In connection with the death of the Empress Frederick will be held in several churches in London on Tuesday next." when the' flnal funeral ...
Article : 41 wordsThe Austrnlasian Chamber of Commerce recently formed in London has received further accessions to its strength, 150 addltional members having joined. These ...
Article : 49 words{No abstract available}
Advertising : 480 wordsMr. A. Grainger, State Agent for South Australia, on behalf of the Government and people of that State, has sent a wreath to be placed on the coffin of the late Empress. ...
Article : 56 wordsThe usual fortnightly meeting of the Ithaca Branch of the Australian Natives' Association was held at Norman Hall, Red Hill, on Thursday evening, with the ...
Article : 168 wordsNews is to hand that the barque Empire, which left Newcastle, New South Wales, on the 11th May for Honolulu, caught fire when off Mukuhona. The vessel was ...
Article : 41 wordsReturns have been issued showing that from the beginning of the war in South Africa until the end of July last the British army 'has lost 17,103 men killed in ...
Article : 65 wordsAdmiral Prince Henry of Prussia, second son of the late Empress, who as already reported, was the only one of the children not present at her 'bedside during her last ...
Article : 95 wordsArrivais.—Salami[?], ship, from Brisbane; Bungaree, s., from Sydney, via Australian ports and South Africa; Inverlyon, ship, from Geelong; Strathgryfe, barque, from ...
Article : 137 wordsFor the first time this session the House of Representatives met at 10.30 o'clock, and by that arrangement precedence was given to Government business. For once ...
Article : 1,567 wordsDuring the month of July 120 British soldiers were killed in the various actions, forty-five succumbed to their wounds, 190 to disease, and nineteen to accidents. ...
Article : 54 wordsLast night concluded another successful programme at the a'bovo fheatre. As usual, there was a good attendance, especially in the dress circle. This afternoon at 2.30 ...
Article : 167 wordsIt is announced that the general mourning for the Empress Frederick in Great Britain is to be observed for three weeks. ...
Article : 31 wordsA man named Duplessis, one o'f the Boer peace envoys who visited England last year, has been sentenced to one month's imprisonment for concealing arms. ...
Article : 34 wordsA deputation from the Chamber of Manufactures interviewed the Premier today in support of a petition that the present factory legislation of South ...
Article : 123 wordsThe Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York have concluded their visit to Mauritius, and yesterday the Royal yacht Ophir sailed for Durban, in Natal. ...
Article : 44 wordsHerr Meyerbach, the war correspondent of the "Berliner Tageblatt" in South Africa, has been arrested on a charge of espionage. He will be tried by court ...
Article : 44 wordsIn the House of Commons last night, the Rieht (Hon. A. J. Balfour formally announced that the bill to amend the" King's Accession declaration, which has been ...
Article : 68 wordsIn the House of Commons yesterday, Lord Stanley, Financial Secretar[?] to the War Office, amid cheers from members on the Ministerial side of the House, read the ...
Article : 130 wordsThe ever-popular pastoral comedy, "As You Like It," has been chosen by Mrs. Hannibal A. Williams as the piece with which to make her first appearance in ...
Article : 104 wordsField-Marshal Count Waldersise, late Commander-In-Chlef of the Allied Forces in China, has arrived at Cuxhaven, at the mouth of the Elbe. ...
Article : 31 words{No abstract available}
Advertising : 366 wordsIt is reported that within the past two months three separate attempts haye been made to explode the powder magazine [?]t Vienna. The sentries on duty shot and ...
Article : 55 wordsIn accordance with the resolution carried in the House of Commons at the instance of Mr. Balfour. for the passing of the remaining votes in" supply in blocks, the ...
Article : 87 wordsThe annual general meeting of the Queensland Rowing Association was held in Lennon's Hotel last evening, when Mr. F. S. N. Bousfleld occupied the chair, and ...
Article : 298 wordsSYDNEY, August 9.—Arrivals: Victoria, R.M.S., from London; Warrigal, s., from London; Birksgate, s., from Fiji. Departure: Ninevah, s., for London. ...
Article : 44 wordsNews has been received of an exciting adventure by an aeronaut in Paris. M. Dumont, who recently invented a navigable balloon, with which successful ex ...
Article : 80 wordsReuter's correspondent at Durban telegraphs that the proclamation issued by Lord Kitchener is highly approved in Natal, as it is felt that stern measures are ...
Article : 46 wordsThe returns issued (by the Board of Trade for the month of July, show that the imports into Great Britain increased to the extent of £2,764,665 compared with the ...
Article : 54 words{No abstract available}
Advertising : 225 wordsSir Henry Campbell-Bannerman, Leader of the Liberal party in the House of Commons, in a speech delivered, at Peckham last night, referred to the situation in ...
Article : 67 wordsIn connection with the new Chines tariff, it is announced that centaln articles now admitted free of duty will hereafter be included in the new 5 per cent specific ...
Article : 87 wordsA disastrous accident occurred at Paisley vesterday. A racing stand, which was occupied by a large number of people, suddenly collapsed, and forty persons were ...
Article : 48 wordsA proclamation issued by Lord Kitchener, dated the 7th instant, has been published to-day. This proclamation announces that all the Boer leaders must surrender before ...
Article : 94 wordsInformation has been received of a serious collision in the Irish Channel. The steamship Oceanic ran down the steamer Kinkora during a foe. and the Kinkora was so ...
Article : 52 words{No abstract available}
Advertising : 162 wordsThe annual meeting of the Royal Geographical Society was held last night in the' society's rooms in Elizabeth-street. The chairman of the society, the Right Hon. ...
Article : 241 words{No abstract available}
Advertising : 133 words(The steamship Moravian, which arrived to-day from Capetown, had on board a detachment of returned Australians, including Lieutenants Hyde and Higson, and ...
Article : 57 words{No abstract available}
Advertising : 29 wordsPlease choose from the following download options:
Share this item on:
Print page as...
Testing
The Brisbane Courier (Qld. : 1864 - 1933), Sat 10 Aug 1901, Page 5
It's easy and takes two shakes of a lamb's tail!
With your Trove account you can: