Later information regarding the severe engagement at Brakenlaagte, near Bethel, in the Eastern Transvaal, where the Boers made a most determined attack at close ...
Article : 399 wordsPreparations on a scale of great magnificence are already being made at Delhi, the former capital of the Mogul Empire, for the proclamation of King Edward VII. ...
Article : 85 wordsIt will be remembered that Mr. Kingston, in his tariff speech, alluded to the determination of the Government to encourage certain industries by way of ...
Article : 409 wordsA protectionist meeting was held at the Town Hall to-night, but it could not be compared either in numbers or in unanimity with Mr. Reid's meeting held ...
Article : 272 wordsWhen the House of Representatives meets on Tuesday evening, Mr. Higgins will resume the debate on the Kanaka Bill. The Senate meets on Wednesday, after three ...
Article : 674 wordsThe midday reading of the card for the Melbourne Cup attracted a large attendance at the Victorian clubrooms, and a fair volume of business was transacted. San ...
Article : 701 wordsThe feeling which has been growing against the provisions of the proposed Factories and Shops Act Amendment Bill, since that measure was recently ...
Article : 4,099 wordsIt is announced that the Maharajah's of Gwalior and Jarpur, the Rajahs of Kolahpur and Nabha, the Nawab of Bahawalpur, and other native representatives from all ...
Article : 92 wordsHis Majesty King Edwards has conferred the Commandership of the Royal Victorian Order on Captain Alfred L. Winsloe, R.N., who has been in command of the Ophir ...
Article : 96 wordsThe dispute in the clothing trade has not ended so satisfactorily as it was thought it would after the adoption of the new log prices and rates of wages by several of the ...
Article : 246 wordsA thanksgiving service to celebrate the safe return of the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall was held in Canterbury Cathedral yesterday, and the "Te Deum" was sung. ...
Article : 49 wordsWhen the Premiers' Conference rose to-day, Mr. Barton stated:—We dealt to-day principally with the (Property Acquisition Bill. But before going further I would like ...
Article : 786 wordsIn connection with the negotiations now proceeding between Great Britain and the United States for a now treaty dealing with the Nicaragua Canal, to replace the ...
Article : 119 wordsMajor Anderson took his departure fron Brisbane by the mail train yesterday. His term of service of three years with the Queensland Defence Force does not ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 31 wordsReforms with a view to liberalising the system of State education are contemplated. Some of the present students in the Technical College are over 40 years of ...
Article : 163 wordsIt is reported that Admiral Gaillard, who is in command of the French punitive squadron now proceeding to the Levant, has been instructed to seize and blockade ...
Article : 112 wordsMr. Maclaren's team of English cricketers arrived here this morning, and all the members of the team appear to be in perfect health. A formal reception was ...
Article : 127 wordsReports haye been received that Colonel De Lisle during the past fortnight's operations in the Harrismith and Bethlehem districts, in the north-east of the Orange ...
Article : 108 wordsFrom Renter's correspondent at Peking a report has been received stating that an attempt has been made to assassinate the Empress-Dowager of China. The attempt, ...
Article : 98 wordsA meeting, at which there was a large attendance, was held at Ashfield last night in opposition to the Federal tariff. The following resolution was adopted:—"That ...
Article : 69 wordsThe Colonial Sugar Refining Company have reduced the price of all grades of sugar by 10s. per ton. ...
Article : 31 wordsA report is to hand stating that the following casualties to colonial troops have occurred:—Shoeing-smith A. Loughton, of the Fifth Victorian Mounted Contingent, ...
Article : 53 wordsThe manager of the Baker's Creek mine at Hillgrove has received instructions from Adelaide to stop all the works and close the battery. Two hundred men will thus ...
Article : 66 wordsGrave fears are entertained that the barque Antioco Accame, which went ashore on the Otago coast when bound from Port Chalmers to Timaru, will not be got off. ...
Article : 50 wordsThe American commission at Manila has drafted an Act which imposes the penalty of death on all persons aiding the insurgents in the Philippine Islands; and ...
Article : 48 wordsSeventeen additional Boer leaders, recently captured by the British, have been sentenced to banishment for life, under the terms of Lord Kitchener's ...
Article : 42 wordsThe House of Representatives has agreed to the Council's amendments on the Conciliation and Arbitration Bill. Mr. Wise said the employers would be acting wisely ...
Article : 53 wordsMr. Chas. E. Dekker, editor of the "Evening News," died suddenly to-day, aged 50 years. He had been in failing health for a considerable time, but the ...
Article : 39 wordsThe man campbell was charged before the Queanbeyan Police Court on Friday, on remand, with having committed a criminal assault on a little girl named Violet ...
Article : 98 wordsSYDNEY, November 4.—Arrived: Gabo and Innamincka, steamers, from Melbourne; Diomed, from Brisbane; Harburg, s., from Antiwerp. Sailed: Miowera, ...
Article : 58 wordsThe Eastman and Kodak Amalgamation, with a capital of £7,216,500, has been announced. American capitalists offer to buy out the English company. ...
Article : 31 wordsThe Democratic League had arranged to hold an anti-war meeting at Peckham Rye, near London, last night, but the patriotic population assembled in overwhelming ...
Article : 50 wordsTue liquidators of the Colonial Bank expect to pay a final dividend of 1s. 2d. per share, making a total of 11s. 2d. on the £2 share. ...
Article : 31 wordsThe Select Committee of the House of Representatives has recommended that a sum of £110,000 be paid to the Midland Raliway Company debenture holders, and ...
Article : 63 wordsCharles Gilbert is simply wiping out all past records this season. His new chief (Sydney) cutter has proved a most pronounced success, and those who appreciate ...
Article : 76 wordsOur Melbourne correspondent telegraphs: —A sensational carriage accident occurred on Saturday night in Flinders-street. The occupants of the carriage were Senators ...
Article : 202 wordsThe man who attempted highway robbery near Granville on Friday morning last is still at large. The possibility of Sparks, the escapee from Pentridge, being the man ...
Article : 61 wordsThe detachment of Australian soldiers who arrived from South Africa on Saturday by the steamer Aberdeen were entertained at lunch to-day at the Victoria ...
Article : 87 wordsThe quality, design, and finish of our Summer Worsteds are unsurpassable. First-class Business Suits, to measure, from £3 3s.; serviceable Trousers, from 12s. 6d. ...
Article : 64 wordsThe gold yield of the colony for the past ten months is valued at £1,430,202, and the yield for the year will probably be the largest for the past thirty years. ...
Article : 40 wordsB. Mountcastle and Sons, Sole Manufacturers of Mountcastle and Quaid's Celebrated Patent Sailor Hats, as worn by the elite of Sydney, Melbourne, Hobart, and ...
Article : 121 wordsJust opened up—Boys' Strong Ribbed Hose, 9d. pair; Boys' Cashmere Hose, double-knee, 1s. pair; Children's Socks in Cashmere, white and black lace cotton, and ...
Article : 62 wordsA permanent committee has been formed to watch the progress of events in connection with the Pacific Island Labourers' Bill now before the Federal Parliament. ...
Article : 82 wordsAmongst other lines, Charles Gilbert (the specialist in Washing Suits) is selling genuine Tussore Silk Coats and Trousers, perfect fitting, and splendidly finished, in ...
Article : 94 wordsThe above reward will be paid to any person or persons who will give such information as will lead to the conviction of the dastardly individual who systematically ...
Article : 58 wordsB. Mountcastle and Sons have an Australian reputation for Helmets and Sun Hats. Beware of imitations of their standard goods. Quaid's Patent Kapri ...
Article : 63 wordsT. C. Beirne and Co. having opened this year's shipment of New and Choice Cards prior to the advance in duty of 25 per cent, are able to sell the various lines at last ...
Article : 49 wordsArchibald MacLea & Co., Tailoring and Outfitting Emporium, George-street (next the Lands office). ...
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The Brisbane Courier (Qld. : 1864 - 1933), Tue 5 Nov 1901, Page 5
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