Very cold and miserable were the meteorological conditions yesterday, when the Queen's birthday was celebrated. Military manoeuvres, sports ...
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Article : 99 wordsA terrible tragedy occurred at Forster, near Cape Hawke, 201 miles north of Sydney at noon to-day, A. half-caste named Jack Fields, a wheelwright by trade, who ...
Article : 297 wordsThe second ballots in the French general elections are proceeding. The Moderates (Ministerialists) claim that the results so far have not appreciably altered the position of ...
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Article : 979 wordsThe will left by Mr. Gladstone bus been opened and rend at Hawarden Castle, where his body still lies in slate. One of the provisions of the will directs ...
Article : 270 wordsThe supposition to which the "Times" gave expression in its issue of yesterday, that the British Government appeared to acquiesce in the announcement recently ...
Article : 200 wordsThe celebration of the 79th anniversary of the Queen's birthday was carried on yesterday in this port of her Majesty's dominions under conditions which were ...
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Article : 403 wordsThe American barque Mary Hasbrouck, which is to sail from here to New York, has been registered as a British vessel on account of the risks of the war with Spain. ...
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Article : 82 wordsThe War Board appointed by the M'Kinley Government to generally supervise the naval and military operations of the American forces against Spain has come to the ...
Article : 164 wordsMr. T. H. Williams, a visitor to this city, who has been staying at the International Hotel, Rundle-street, created a sensation today by jumping through one of the second ...
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Article : 70 wordsAmericans residing in London have decided to erect a statue to the memory of Mr. Gladstone. ...
Article : 28 wordsMr. James Hamilton, of 1 Esplanade terrace, St. Kilda, yesterday went on a shooting excursion to Sunbury, accompanied by Hugh Dairymple, aged 18, who is a ...
Article : 355 wordsWriting on 22nd April concerning the condition of Mr. Gladstone at that time, our London correspondent said:—"It is now generally admitted amongst the immediate circle ...
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Article : 109 wordsA telegram from New York reports that the Cape Verde squadron, under Admiral Cervera, has suddenly left Santiago, in Cuba. It is believed that the squadron is ...
Article : 46 wordsA shocking occurrence took place about 10 p.m. on Monday in the vicinity of the Newmarket station, when the mangled remains of a woman were found on the up line by ...
Article : 523 wordsBoth sections of the combined United States squadron, which after an ineffectual search for the Cape Verde squadron, recently went to Key West, off the coast ...
Article : 124 wordsIt is proposed at Auckland to erect a permanent memorial of the late Mr. W. E. Gladstone. ...
Article : 25 wordsReports received from the Soudan state that some representatives of the Egyptian forces, with a following of 800 Arabs, belonging to friendly tribes, have seized the ...
Article : 55 wordsThe retrial of M. Zola, the famous French novelist, whose conviction for libelling the French Minister for War and several officers in the War department in regard to the ...
Article : 304 wordsThe fuller accounts of the great fight at Atbara confirm all that the early telegrams reported respecting the decisive nature of the victory gained. An account from a ...
Article : 691 wordsThe body of the man who on Monday evening shot himself with a revolver in Collins-street, and was found to be dead on his removal to the Melbourne Hospital, was ...
Article : 460 wordsThough General Maximo Gomez, military leader of the Cuban insurgents, has promised active co-operation with the American forces in an invasion of Cuba, and ...
Article : 92 wordsThe anniversary of the birth of her Majesty was loyally observed in Ballarat and district to-day, and bunting was displayed at nearly all points. In the early ...
Article : 735 words[?] Spiers, a candidate for the representation of Windermere in the Legislative Assembly, addressed the electors at the sebastopol town hall to-night, Cr. Franklin ...
Article : 239 wordsThe Spanish Government has made a formal protest to the Powers against the recent action on the part of United States naval officers in ...
Article : 80 wordsIn the House of Lords yesterday the second reading was carried of a bill to restrict alien immigration (destitute persons) into the United Kingdom. ...
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Article : 74 wordsThe tea market for the 1898-99 season is expected to open soon. Arrivals of the new crop to date amount to 30,050 original half-chests. The crop is ...
Article : 54 wordsIt is reported that 6000 Spanish troops are assembled near Gibraltar. ...
Article : 18 wordsMadame Albani, who recently completed a concert tour in Australia; Madame Melba, the Victorian soprano, and Miss Ada Crossley, the Melbourne contralto, have been ...
Article : 43 wordsThe authorities of "Lloyd's Register" are making arrangements in the interests of underwriters on frozen meat shipments to have an inspection made of the freezing chambers ...
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Article : 127 wordsA young woman named Isabella Wilson, employed at the Kew Lunatic Asylum, has reported to the police that an assault was committed on her at 8.45 p.m. on Monday. ...
Article : 104 wordsEarly this morning the old council chambers a boot shop occupied by Mr. W. Hannah, with all their contents, the fire brigade station--a wooden 2-story building-- ...
Article : 169 wordsThe Prize Court established by the United States Government at Key West to decide on the legality of the captures of Spanish merchant vessels in the Cuban ...
Article : 56 wordsGood rains are reported to have fallen last night in the agricultural districts. This downpour is expected to greatly benefit the crops, which were in danger of being totally ...
Article : 50 wordsArrived.--Superb, barque, from Albany 19th January; Port Chalmers, steamer, from Melbourne 23rd March; Warrigal, steamer, from Melbourne 25th March. ...
Article : 49 wordsA boy named Robert Sandberg, 7 years of age, was admitted to the Melbourne Hospital on Monday in a partially conscious condition. He was found at the North Melbourne railway station, and though ...
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The Age (Melbourne, Vic. : 1854 - 1954), Wed 25 May 1898, Page 5
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