Through Mr. J. Chamberlain, the Secretary of State for the Colonies, a message from the Queen has been received by his Excellency the Governor as follows:--"Her ...
Article : 6,099 wordsThe paragraph from our London correspondent published in Monday's issue as to the competition of the French boats for Australian traffic, and the determination of ...
Article : 1,219 wordsThe annual report on British New Guinea for the year ending 30th June, 1896, contains some very interesting information with regard to the condition of affairs in ...
Article : 1,939 wordsIn the Assembly to-day a batch of questions were put to the Acting Premier on the enforcement of the Sunday closing law with regard to shops. In replying to one question as to general ...
Article : 283 wordsIn the course of the conversation which the Premiers of Canada, New South Wales and New Zealand had with Mr. Gladstone, during their visit to him at ...
Article : 243 wordsIt was lately announced that the Premiers of Canada, New Zealand and New South Wales were actively co-operating in the endeavor to expedite the laying of ...
Article : 85 wordsMr. M'Kinley, President of the United States, has decided to send the American war ship Oregon to Hawaii, with instructions to land marines there in the event of ...
Article : 126 wordsSeveral English timber merchants have assured Sir Edward Braddon, Premier of Tasmania, that stringybark timber is preferable to jarrah, for street paving blocks. ...
Article : 67 wordsSeveral disappointed miners from New Guinea have arrived, with the intention of prospecting on the Palmer. A party is being formed to prospect the head waters of the ...
Article : 57 wordsThe Transvaal Volksraad, has formally adopted the treaty of defensive alliance and closer union with the Orange Free State, passed some weeks ago by the ...
Article : 39 wordsIn the Assembly, in reply to Mr. Chataway, Sir Horace Tozer said the Government objected to table the correspondence between Mr. Rand and the Imperial Government on the subject of ...
Article : 231 wordsThe Parliamentary Standing Committee on Railways, which ceases to exist in the entirety of its present personnel with the termination of the current Parliament [?] ...
Article : 741 wordsA shocking railway disaster occurred yesterday in Denmark The Helsingors express in Zealand, near Geventofle, ran into and smashed an ordinary ...
Article : 64 wordsNews has been received from British North Borneo of an insurrection of natives at Gaja, on the west coast. The rebels burned the town and looted the local ...
Article : 45 wordsMr. Reid was last night entertained at a dinner at which 200 persons were present, including the Earl of Selborne, Under- Secretary for the Colonies, who presided. ...
Article : 395 wordsFurther trouble with Bechuana natives is reported in the Mazoe district, north of Mashonaland. The natives being short of ammunition cut up portions of the South ...
Article : 69 wordsMr. J. M. Sinclair, the Government supervisor of Victorian produce in England, was to-day examined as a witness before the royal commission appointed ...
Article : 85 wordsIn the Assembly several questions were asked as to the intentions of the Government in respect to amending the Federal Enabling Act o as to prevent delegates continuing to draw ...
Article : 649 wordsSiemens Bros. and Co. Limited, the well-known electric engineers, have instructed their agent in Tasmania to inquire into the great hydraulic scheme ...
Article : 101 wordsTelegrams from the United States report that the midsummer heat is terrifically oppressive. Since 1st July, medical men in the States have reported 2000 cases of ...
Article : 41 wordsThe offer of the Government of Cape Colony to present a first class war ship to the British Admiralty as a free and unconditional gift, has been received with much ...
Article : 46 wordsThe death is announced of Lord Hindlip, late chairman of the well-known brewing firm of Allsopp and Sons Limited, who has lately been in a critical state of health. ...
Article : 148 wordsAt to-day's wool sales German purchasers competed strongly, and the highest rates of the present series ruled for all medium and good wools. ...
Article : 61 wordsThe members of the Standing Committee on Railways yesterday dealt with a number of small matters. Some of these were devoid of public interest, but others affected ...
Article : 323 wordsMr. Coghlan, Government Statistician of New South Wales, who is now in England, is investigating the working of the English income tax and the British ...
Article : 59 wordsArrived.--Darmstadt, steamer, from Melbourne, 16th May, at Bremen. Australasian, steamer, from Melbourne, 20th May. ...
Article : 69 wordsMr. Reid was interviewed by a press representative yesterday. He stated that New South Wales under his fiscal policy had started on a ...
Article : 224 wordsMr. Alexander Sutherland requests us to announce that he intends to offer himself for the North Melbourne electorate, in opposition to Mr. Prendergast. "I shall," he ...
Article : 94 wordsR.M.S. Occana arrived Plymouth from Australia afternoon 10th. ...
Article : 13 wordsAt the annual meeting of the Manufacturing Jewellers' Association held on Monday evening the president, Mr. V. Robertson, delivered his annual address. The treasurer, Mr. J. Larard, ...
Article : 433 wordsThe Parliament of Tasmania was opened to-day with customary ceremony. In the Assembly Sir Philip Fysh tabled the Federation Bill, which will be taken as early as possible. ...
Article : 31 wordsSir,--Mr. Robert Murray, of Hawthorn, in your issue of to-day, raises a question as to the compilation of the rolls--a work which every municipal clerk has now in hand--and he does ...
Article : 278 wordsThe Lady Bountiful crushing is 135 tons for 143 oz. 16 dwt. The Lady Harriet, Menzies, has crushed 223 tons for 347 oz. gold. ...
Article : 253 wordsAn inquiry was held yesterday into the death of Mr. John Johnston, who was drowned on Sunday. He had come from Ballarat, and was 70 years of age. He left ...
Article : 228 wordsWhile a couple of boys were playing to-day in an unworked portion of a Chinaman's garden, at Moonlight Flat, they came upon an old kerosene tin which contained 100 sovereigns. The ...
Article : 84 wordsSir Hugh Nelson, Premier of Queensland, will leave London on a visit to Scotland on Saturday next. ...
Article : 26 wordsDavid Britten, a resident of Glenpatrick, was found dead in his bed at the Supreme Court Hotel (where he was stopping) this morning, having been suffocated by smoke. The landlady ...
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The Age (Melbourne, Vic. : 1854 - 1954), Wed 14 Jul 1897, Page 5
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