In consequence of the serious illness of Madame Kruger, wife of the Boer President, special prayers are Being offered up in all the churches of the Transvaal for her ...
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Article : 302 wordsAn election to fill a vacancy in the representation of Cholet in the French Chamber of Deputies took place yesterday, and resulted in the election of a Royalist. ...
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Article : 44 wordsIn the Central Criminal Court to-day Louis Wright pleaded guilty to embezzlements amounting to over £1000 from the Union Bank, and was remanded for sentence. ...
Article : 79 wordsSt. Mary's Cathedral (Roman Catholic), was crowded this morning, when a fashionable marriage was celebrated. The bride was Miss Marley, late governess at Government House, ...
Article : 128 wordsThe works committee of the Paddington vestry, London, has strongly recommended the use of Australian hardwood blocks for street paving in the parish. ...
Article : 28 wordsA widow named Julia Mayne, aged 58 years, was arrested at South Melbourne last night by Constable White, of the Post Office department, and lodged in the local watch house, on a charge ...
Article : 293 wordsIn the Council the bill to prevent the tick plague extending into New South Wales was read a second time, as was also the Capertreo Tramway Bill. The House then adjourned. ...
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The Age (Melbourne, Vic. : 1854 - 1954), Thu 4 Jun 1896, Page 5
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