The report that Admiral Witgeft, commander of the Port Arthur squadron, was killed in the recent engagement, has been confirmed. It appears that the Admiral ...
Article : 101 wordsAccording to the official statement issued at Tokio, the Japanese destroyers Asashio and Kasumi, under the command of Captain Fujimotto, were ordered to search ...
Article : 158 wordsInformation has been received of a disastrous collision between the four-masted barque Loch Carron, bound from Glasgow for Melbourne, and the barque ...
Article : 230 wordsSpeculation as to whether his Excellency would grant Mr. Watson's request for a dissolution of the Federal Parliament was ended this afternoon, when the Prime ...
Article : 212 wordsThere was a well-attended meetirng in the Centennial Hall last night when Mr. J. Cameron and the Hon. E. B. Forrest, the Opposition candidates for re-election ...
Article : 5,184 wordsCaptain Rostchakovski has reported to the Czar that he brought to Chi-fu important despatches, and traversed two blockading lines of Japanese vessels. ...
Article : 59 wordsDr. Morrison, the Peking correspondent of the "Times," states that the arrival of Russian warships from Port Arthur in Kino-chau Bay has not caused any surprise ...
Article : 65 wordsMr. Deakin was asked if this policy would not be of the same nature as the joint policy which was announced some time ago, and to this he replied not ...
Article : 231 wordsNews has been received from Thibet that vigorous action has been taken by the British expedition owing to the diminishing supplies of food, and the refusal ...
Article : 95 wordsThe Mikado has given orders that all non-combatants are to be allowed to leave Port Arthur. ...
Article : 22 wordsThe following casualties on the Japanese warships in the engagement with the Port Arthur squadron are reported:—The battleship Mikasa lost four officers and ...
Article : 109 wordsThe Russian cruiser Pallada, of the Port Arthur squadron. is reported to be in the German port ot Tsing-tao, in a seriously damaged condition. ...
Article : 111 wordsThe Japanese prize court has released the captured steamers Hal-ping and Leiling, with part of their cargoes. ...
Article : 23 wordsAdvices received at Nimuro, in the north of Japan, state that the Russian soldiers in Kamschatka, on the eastern coast of Siberia, have massacred the crew, ...
Article : 43 wordsIn order to encourage cotton-growing on Government land in Zululand, the Government are offering lots of 1000 acres for two years, at an annual rental ...
Article : 53 wordsMr. Watson's arrival was meanwhile eagerly looked for by the Federal Press representatives, and his first words on arrival were: "There is to be no ...
Article : 365 wordsThe Russian cruiser Novik, which took refuge at Tsing-tao, has since coaled and sailed towards Van Diemen Strait, to the south of the Japanese island of Saikaido. ...
Article : 68 wordsThe Archbishop of Canterbury has offered to mediate in the dispute between the dissentient section of the Free Church of Scotland and the United Free Church. ...
Article : 34 wordsAdmiral Matussevitch has died in the hospital at Tsing-tao from wounds received in the recent engagement between the Port Arthur squadron and the ...
Article : 324 wordsThe American line of steamships has reduced the steerage passenger fares from Liverpool to Philadelphia to £1 10s. ...
Article : 22 wordsA fire occurred in a soap-bond at Aberdeen, and streams of blazing, tallow and oil ran along the streets, causing a great panic, and necessitating the calling out ...
Article : 42 wordsThe Japanese have demanded that the Tsarevitch shall quit the port of Tsing-tao, and the German authorities there have promised that she shall be dismantled. ...
Article : 31 wordsWidespread forest fires are reported in the Kootenay district (British Columbia), and much damage has been done to mines and timber. ...
Article : 27 wordsIt is stated that prior to leaving Port Arthur the shells from the Japanese guns bombarding the place were falling on the decks of the Russian warships in the ...
Article : 39 wordsWhile ar regatta Was being held on the Potomac River on Saturday a launch capsized, and ten persons were drowned. ...
Article : 26 wordsK. S. Ranjitsinhji heads the list of batting averages for the present cricket season with 82 for twenty-six innings. In the match, Middlesex versus Notts, ...
Article : 51 wordsThe Turkish Government have agreed to extend to American schools in Turkey the same treatment as is accorded to those under the protection of other ...
Article : 105 wordsThe cruisers Rossia and Gromoboi, of the Vladivostock squadron, are reported to have been seriously damaged in the engagement with Admiral Kamimura's ...
Article : 159 wordsThe Right Hon. W. St. John Brodrick, Secretary of State for India, in his speech on the Indian Budget in the House of Commons, explained Lord Kitchener's ...
Article : 74 wordsSeveral Ministers were seen subsequently, and one and all, to their credit be it said, were as cheerful as when they took office. "You can tell the people of ...
Article : 174 wordsWhile naval manoeuvres were being carried out off the Scilly Islands, at the entrance to the English Channel on Saturday night, the vessels being without ...
Article : 72 wordsA murderous assault was committed early this morning on Mrs. Moses Ward. She was awakened by hearing the glass broken in a window in an upper room, and ...
Article : 189 wordsFurther reports of the fight with the Vladivostock squadron state that eight Japanese cruisers were engaged, including the Adzumo, Idzumo, Iwate, and ...
Article : 69 wordsTo-day Port Jackson was well backed for the Epsom Handicap, all the money available at 100 to 4 and 5, amounting to something like £5000 in all, being secured, ...
Article : 201 wordsOther accounts state that at 4 o'clock a shell struck the Tsarevitch, killing Admiral Witgeft, and also killing a flag officer. The decks of the battleship were ...
Article : 93 wordsMr. Watson in the course of an interview this evening, made the following statement:—We intend to take up direct opposition, and I have no doubt those ...
Article : 403 wordsMr. Reid intends to adhere to the programme which was drawn up when the negotiations for the coalition of the Reid and Deakin parties were proceeding in ...
Article : 87 wordsThe victory of Admiral Kamimura has been celebrated with great enthusiasm at Tokio. ...
Article : 18 wordsThe latest stock passings are 2924 fat wethers from Callandoon to Riverston, Richards and Son owners, H. Gough drover; and 415 ewes from Thane to ...
Article : 240 wordsSo far as can be ascertained, there are only five certainties for Cabinet positions— Mr. Reid. Sir George Turner. ...
Article : 52 wordsThe correspondent of the London "Daily Mall" states that a shell was found in one of the guns of the Russian destroyer Rechitelni after her capture by ...
Article : 42 wordsFurther reports of the attack on the Tsarevitch state that four Japanese battleships and two cruisers surrounded the Russian flagship, and poured a rain of shells ...
Article : 94 wordsMerrion, who was well backed in the doubles for the Caulfield Cup, galloped on Saturday. She was badly cut. and it will be some little time before she again ...
Article : 37 wordsCount Lamsdorff, Russian Minister for Foreign Affairs, has requested France (which has taken charge of Russian interests in Japan since the outbreak of the ...
Article : 44 words"Mr. Reid's task will be very difficult," said one of the leading members of the Opposition, in conversation," and we shall all have to stand by him. I fully recognise ...
Article : 169 wordsKipling has been sold for India. My Mistake is to be spelled for six months. Bonnie Chief has been sold for 305 guineas ...
Article : 47 wordsA report received from Captain Rostchakovski, commander of the Rechitelni, declares that, in pursuance of orders received from Admiral Gregorovitch, he ...
Article : 129 wordsBefore he was killed, Admiral Witgelt, addressing his crew, said, "This is our last fight men; be brave." ...
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Advertising : 134 wordsIt is admitted that the fleet which escaped from Port Arthur intended to effect a junction with Admiral Skrydloff's Vladivostok Squadron. ...
Article : 24 wordsThe Russian protected cruiser Askold, which took part in the engagement near Port Arthur, was under the command of Prince Ukhtomsky. The Askold, ...
Article : 153 wordsMessrs. Sword, Heeney, and Woodbine, accompanied by the Registrar (Mr. J. S. Bennett), left Brisbane yesterday for Bundaberg, where a sitting of the Land Court ...
Article : 49 wordsMr. Reid to-night made the following statement:—" I waited this afternoon at 3.30 on the Governor-General at his request, and be informed me he had declined ...
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The Brisbane Courier (Qld. : 1864 - 1933), Tue 16 Aug 1904, Page 5
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