The Royal speech read at the prorogation of Parliament on Saturday stated that the progress of the forces in the conquest of the late Boer Republics has been ...
Article : 100 wordsThe Boers under Commandant Kruitzinger, who were 'being hotly pursued by Colonel Crabbe's column, have been driven in confusion from a position near Venterstad, ...
Article : 122 wordsWith a view to coming to an a[?]cable agreement regarding certain imatters in dispute, several conferences have taken place between the Trolley and Dray Men's Union ...
Article : 139 wordsA poll under the Factories and Shops Act was taken here to-day to decide whether the compulsory half-holiday should be on Thursday or Saturday. Little interest was taken in the ...
Article : 2,820 wordsAt the conclusion of the inquiry held at Ballarat on Friday concerning the death of Elizabeth O'Reilly, James O'Reilly and his wife Deing both present in custody, the ...
Article : 75 wordsBefore his Honour Mr. Justice Cooper and a special jury of four. PERCY RALPH RICARDO V. BRISBANE NEWSPAPER COMPANY, Limited. ...
Article : 1,143 wordsThe claim by Mcilwraith, M'Eacharn and Co., Limited, against the owners of the steamship Alala, for £6000 for the salvage of the vessel and her cargo, was decided ...
Article : 74 wordsThe council af the Sydney Chamber of Commerce to-day considered the Immigration Restriction Bill now before the Federal Parliament, and adopted a resolution ...
Article : 118 wordsMr. Lefroy, in a letter to the " Times," urges tile ratepayers of Westminster to revise the municipal contract for laying down wood-paving with American and Swedish ...
Article : 67 wordsA meeting of employers representing the various industries in.the metropolis and country districts of Victoria was hsld this afternoon for the purpose of discussins ...
Article : 82 wordsThe torpedo-boat destroyer Viper, which struck on a rock off the island of Alderney and sunk, has been secretly blown up by the order of the Admiralty, so that no ...
Article : 46 wordsAt a meeting of the New South Wales Cricket Association to-night a letter was received from the Melbourne Cricket Club, offering to allow the association 7½ per ...
Article : 76 wordsThe Cabinet to-day considered the m[?]tter of the repeal of the stock tax, urged by the master butchers in view of the high [?]rice of stock. It is believed that the ...
Article : 51 wordsThe Attorney-General then opened the case for the defendants, and in doing so said he would not take up the time of the court.for-any great length, as he would have ...
Article : 2,644 wordsOwing to serious mortality among the infantile population of Liverpool, the municipal authorities have adopted a system of sterilising 12,000 bottles of milk daily-for ...
Article : 36 wordsMr. Ellery, town clerk of Adelaide, who was selected by the General Purposes Committee of the Sydney City Council for itbe position of town clerk of Sydney, has ...
Article : 50 wordsOn the 9th instant, in the Assembly, the Minister for Agriculture, replying to a question by the member for Cairns (Mr. Givens) read a telegram from the secretary ...
Article : 1,161 wordsNews has come to hand that on the 13th instant. Colonel Gorringe's force had an encounter with Kruitzinger's commando. Twenty of the Boera were killed, and ...
Article : 46 wordsThe officers who have been engaged in the campaign In South Africa, among them being a number of colonial officers, have established an Imperial Service Club In ...
Article : 35 wordsHeavy rains have fallen over the Northern agricultural areas between Port Pirie, Terowie, Hawker, and Port Augusta, and in the outlying pastoral districts to the ...
Article : 35 wordsScheeper's commando are reported to have been isolated by the British troops, and are now in a dangerous position in the south of Cape Colony. ...
Article : 30 wordsThe new steamer Athenic, which is being built for the White Star line, has been launched at Belfast. ...
Article : 28 wordsSYDNEY, August 19.—Arrivals: Morisby, s., from the South Sea Islands; Aramac, s., from Melbourne. Departure: Kent, s., for London. ...
Article : 47 wordsMiss Ada Crossley, the distinguished Australian contralto, has been engaged to sing at the approaching musical festivals in Gloucester, Leeds, and Preston. ...
Article : 29 wordsInformation is to hand that parties of [?]imington's Guides and the Imperial Yeomanry are having daily encounters with a body of 'Boers, wlio are said to number 500, ...
Article : 72 wordsOn the occasion of the withdrawal of "Florodora" at His Majesty's Theatre a handsome souvenir will be presented to each lady in the circle and stalls. In ...
Article : 365 wordsIt is announced that the Admiralty have decided thait for the future Australian wine shall be used exclusively for the christening ceremony in connection with ...
Article : 43 wordsThe correspondent of the " Daily News" sates that the resistance to British authority in the Orange River Colony is now almost at an end, but as the Boers still in ...
Article : 56 wordsA considerable sum is said to be provided in the Estimates of Sir William Lyne's department for the erection of a post office in Brisbane. Although no official ...
Article : 59 wordsNerwis has been received that a Boer commando, numbering 150 men, wreteked a section df the Mafeking railway line. An armoured train, 'however, arrived on the ...
Article : 47 wordsMr. Barton has so far not intimated when he intends to introduce the Kanaka Bill, but the probabilities are ithat it will be laid on the table of the House during next ...
Article : 87 wordsCaptain Neislgh, of the New South Wales Mounted Infantry; Captain C. Parker, of the Queensland Bushmen's Contingent; and Lieutenant V. Hennessy, of the Fifth ...
Article : 44 wordsCaptain Edie, marine superintendent of Sydney; Captain Mitchell, late of the Victorian pilot service; Captain Evans, M.H.R., for Tasmania; Captain Clare, of ...
Article : 72 wordsSir,—At a time when a Treasury deficit is the general topic of conversation I feel It a duty to draw attention through, your valued columns to an Injustice to a ...
Article : 299 wordsIt is stated that a doctor who was attending Commandant Boilenhbrst was recently fetching some medical necessaries from Kimberley, and was asked to take ...
Article : 63 wordsMr. R. Barton, Deputy Master of the Melbourne Mint, and Mr. Von Arnheim, Deputy Master of the Sydney 'Mint, with whom will be associated a gentleman "well ...
Article : 60 wordsThe clever burlesque and speciality company who hold the boards at the Theatre Royal are still attracting crowded houses., and the ccmstanit succession of novelties ...
Article : 68 wordsLatest reports regarding the refugee camps in South Ataca state that the total number of persons now in the various camps is 91,940 Whites and 24,547 coloured ...
Article : 64 wordsCaptain Creswell, the Queensland Naval Commandant, left by mail train yesterday morning for Melbourne in connection with the sittings of the' Federal Pay Committee ...
Article : 80 wordsThe Brisbane flowing Club held a "scratch fours" race in the Milton Reach on Saturday last. Sir. A. Westaway officiated as starter, and judging was in the hands of the acting-captain, Mr. ...
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Advertising : 238 wordsOur Sydney correspondent telegraphed last night:—The New South Wales Rugby team to visit Queensland was finaly chosen to-night as follows:—Full back, Roberts; ...
Article : 96 wordsBoth branches of the State Legislature will meet at the usual hour this afternoon. In the Assembly there is a consideradle amount off formal business; the first Order ...
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Advertising : 79 wordsA smoke conecert was held in the Oddfellows' Hall, Enoggera, on Friday evening last to welcome home Corporal Harrop and Privates F. Wilson and A. Keller of the district, who have just ...
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The Brisbane Courier (Qld. : 1864 - 1933), Tue 20 Aug 1901, Page 5
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