The State Premier, the Hon. R. Philp, was waited upon on Saturday forenoon by a deputation from the Chamber of Commerce in the matter of the refusal of the ...
Article : 3,404 wordsFurther information has now been received regarding the terrible volcanic eruption in the French island of Martinique, and the destruction of the town of ...
Article : 199 wordsThe population of St. Pierre was about 36,000, and the latest estimate of the total, number of lives lost in the island of Martinique is between that number and 40,000. ...
Article : 36 wordsThe match Australia v. Notts was resumed to-day, when the Australians commenced their first innings. The weather was cool, and the attendance small. The ...
Article : 710 wordsWith reference to the reported intention of the Netherlands Government to deport convicts to islands in the Australian seas, the Right Hon. Joseph Chamberlain, ...
Article : 248 wordsA volcanic eruption is now in progress in the British island of St. Vincent, which is about 100 miles south of St. Pierre, and the volcanic dust is rolling towards ...
Article : 201 wordsThe Hon. C. C. Kingston, Minister for Trade and Customs, has addressed the following letter to Mr. Macdonald-Paterson with regard to the representations made to ...
Article : 515 wordsM. L'Apparent, the president of the French Geological Society, states that the information received regarding the Martinique disaster shows that the chimney ...
Article : 59 wordsA powerful company has been formed in London, with a capital of £730,000, to acquire Sandford's ironworks at Lithgow, i[?] New South Wales. The company have ...
Article : 53 wordsWhen the news of the disaster in Martinique became known in France, all flags were at once holsted half-mast. Sir Edmund Monson, the British ...
Article : 56 wordsMr. W. T. Stead, of the "Review of Reviews," has explained that from 1891 to 1899 he was entrusted, under the will of the late Right Hon. Cecil J. Rhodes, with ...
Article : 95 wordsThe commander of the French cruiser Suchet has cabled to the French Government that a mass of fire fell on the town of St. Pierre (the capital of Martinique) at ...
Article : 84 wordsThe transport steamer Englishman, whtich left Brisbane on the 35th March, with the Queensland portion of the Second Commonwealth Contingent, afterwards calling at ...
Article : 44 wordsThe "St. James's Gazette," in a leading article, states that the nation regards the Navigation Syndicate (the American shipping combination organized by Mr. ...
Article : 79 wordsIt is estimated that 30,000 people have perished as the result of the terrible volcanic eruption on the island of Martinique. ...
Article : 138 wordsPrivate A. L. Way, of the Eighth New Zealand Contingent, has died from injuries received through a fall at Vaalbank. ...
Article : 30 wordsNews from Paris states that warrants have been issued for the arrest of M. Humbert, a son of a former French Minister in the De Fre[?]cinet Cabinet, and his ...
Article : 143 wordsAt loan of £1,500,000, bearing 3 per cent interest, has been offered by the Government of India at a minimum of £99, and has been covered seven times over at ...
Article : 51 wordsThe Premier and the Attorney-General will probably leave on Tuesday for Sydney to attend the Conference of Premiers. In that event the weekly meeting of the ...
Article : 535 wordsThe election of a member of the House of Commons for the Bury Division of Lancashire, in place of Mr. J. Kenyon (Conservative), who resigned, took place ...
Article : 75 wordsSome delay in receiving the information regarding the disaster at Martinique was caused by the interruption of the West Indian cable, and also to the fact that two ...
Article : 397 wordsNews is to hand that a strike of anthracite coal miners in Pensylvania (U.S.A.) has been ordered for Monday, to enforce a demand for an eight-hour day of labour. ...
Article : 43 wordsNews has been received that the rebels in Southern China have bombarded the city of Nanning-fu, using modern field-guns, and 350 of the inhabitants were killed. ...
Article : 34 wordsThe race for the Kempton Park Great Jubilee Handicap, of 3000 sovs., was run at the Kempton Park May Meeting to-day, with the following result: ...
Article : 44 wordsThe claim of the owners, master, and crew of the steamer Kiel against the steamer Agapahthus, for salvage services rendered last February, has been settled ...
Article : 69 wordsThe Townsville Trottiing Club held a meeting yesterday. The following are the results:- FOURTEEN-HANDS PONY HANDICAP. ...
Article : 111 wordsThe team to meet the Australian cricketers in the match with Surrey, which commences on Monday next at Kennington Oval, has been finally chosen, as ...
Article : 53 wordsThe match, Australians v Notts, was resumed to-day. The weather was dull, and somewhat warmer than yesterday, but was still, on the whole, excellent. The ...
Article : 1,036 wordsTenders for the Outer Harbour are to be in by 20th September. Plans and specifications will, be available at the engineer's office on Monday. The contract ...
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The Brisbane Courier (Qld. : 1864 - 1933), Mon 12 May 1902, Page 5
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