A Canadian Society, consisting of 400 members, has been formed in London. The objects of the society are to promote trade relations between Canada and Great ...
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Article : 43 wordsThe Paris journal "Matin" has opened a fund to complete the equipment of the expedition which is being organised by Dr. Charcot to search for Dr. Otto ...
Article : 52 wordsThere was a very busy air about the Senate this afternoon, and almost every Senator was already fully primed to express himself on the Address-in-reply. ...
Article : 1,470 wordsThe ordinary meeting of the B[?] Municipal Council was held yesterday afternoon. There were present—Alderman [?] G. Corrie (Mayor), A. J. Raymond, J. ...
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Article : 53 wordsThe British Admiralty have decided to station the battleship Audacious at Felixstowe, on the coast of Suffolk, shortly, where she will form the base for a ...
Article : 39 wordsAn Irish [?] League has been incorporated in New York for the purpose of assisting farmers in Ireland. It is hoped to raise a fund of 1,000,000 ...
Article : 36 wordsWhen the Speaker took the chair there was a fuller attendance than yesterday. All the Ministers were in their places, while the front Opposition bench was also ...
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Article : 49 wordsKing Edward and Queen Alexandra have sent a message of congrutulation, together with a bouquet, to Viscountess Glentworth, the widow of a grandson of the first Earl ...
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Article : 69 wordsSir Henry Campbell-Bannerman, Leader of the Liberal Opposition, has given notice in the House of Commons that on the motion for the second reading of the ...
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Article : 51 wordsA banquet in honour of Sir Michael Herbert, the British Ambassador at Washington, was given yesterday by the New York Society of Pilgrims (an ...
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Article : 49 wordsThe "Vienna Gambit tournament was concluded yesterday, and was won by Tschigorin with 13 points. The other principal scores were—Marshall, 11½; ...
Article : 39 wordsThe London Eduction Bill has now been passed through Committee in the House of Commons, the Government having accepted amendments which greatly ...
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Article : 109 wordsReports from St. Petersburg state that the Jews there are dreading an outbreak of anti-Jewish, excesses on the 29th instant, on the occasion of the celebration of the ...
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Article : 147 wordsThe following resolutions were passed to-day by the Evangelical Council of New South Wales:—"That the Evangelical Concil of New South Wales hereby ...
Article : 84 wordsThe Russians are complaining that the Japanese are overrunning Korea and Manchuria, and wresting the trade of the country out of their hands. ...
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Article : 32 wordsAt the Centennial Hall last night the prizes won in the recent Trinity College musical examinations were presented by Lady Rutledge. The hall was crowded with ...
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The Brisbane Courier (Qld. : 1864 - 1933), Thu 28 May 1903, Page 5
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