About midday yesterday; the results of the bacteriological examination of the serum taken from the glands of George Byron, the Port Melbourne "suspect," ...
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Article : 554 wordsA good deal of interest was taken to-day in the election in Warrenheip electorate to fill the vacancy in the Legislative Assembly caused by the death of Mr. Edward ...
Article : 201 wordsThe War Office has published a despatch cabled by Lord Roberts reporting the further success of his troops in their advance northwards. ...
Article : 309 words"Well, sir!, well, sir! What do you want?" angrily exclaimed Mr. F[?]bon who had rushed from his private [?] into the lobby yesterday [?] ...
Article : 190 wordsMr. Gert Bain, a Government contractor for the supply of horses in South African, who was lately arrested on a charge of having assisted two Boer prisoners in their ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 432 wordsLast evening Mr. Fitz Gibbon despatched the following letter to the secretary of the royal commission:-- Sir,-- The Melbourne and Metropolitan Board of ...
Article : 135 wordsMessrs. Adrian Hofmeyer and Halliwell, two South African journalists who fell into the hands of the Bores during the war and have been since detained in the insanitary The next important news ought to come from Lieutenant-General Rundle, to whom has been committed the charge of clearing the rear of Lord Roberts's main column as ...
Article : 871 wordsThe Minister for Public Works (Mr. Grahain) and the Secretary of the Department Mr. Martin yesterday visited Coode Island to determine us to the site for the ...
Article : 294 wordsAt a recent meeting of the representatives of municipalities responsible for the nomination of the Board of Works Inquiry Commission, a sub-committee was ...
Article : 452 wordsThe volksrand has had under discussion a proposal by President Kruger to raise more money out of the mines of the Rand companies by selling to others the ...
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Article : 101 wordsWith a merry twinkle in the eye, Dr. Gresswell informed a representative of "The Age" yesterday that the parcel brought by latter's tram companion on Thursday ...
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Article : 468 wordsAt a special meeting of the local plague committee, held on Friday, Dr. Newman, health officer for Geelong West, stated that, although over 200 rats had been destroyed, ...
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Article : 112 wordsGeneral Sir Leslie Rundle, whose head quarters were at Thaba N'Chu, has moved northward since Lord Roberts captured Winburg and advanced to the Zand River, ...
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Article : 610 wordsThe Portuguese Government has appointed a new Governor over the Delagoa Bay territory, officials in which have in the past been heavily bribed by the Transvaal ...
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Article : 376 wordsA party of New Zealand scouts, in scouring the country around Smithfield, a town in the south of the Orange Free State, where recently a fresh rising was attempted ...
Article : 111 wordsA despatch from Lord Roberts. reports that he has received a telegram from Colonel Baden-Powell, dated 27th April, reporting the safety of Mafekirig on that date. ...
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Article : 120 wordsAt the Marine Board meeting yesterday, Captain W. F. Deary, inspector of shipping, submitted a formal report relative to the wreck of the Sierra Nevada. The report ...
Article : 89 wordsAt the Caulfield court on Friday, before Mr. Phillips, J.P., and a bench of justices, Joseph Garvey, tobacconist, of Kambrook-road, Caulfield, was charged with using premises for the purpose of ...
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Article : 231 wordsGeneral Buller's supporters in Crystalbrook have purchased a handsome gold medal, which have been suitable inscribed, and it is to be forwarded to England, and ...
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Article : 114 wordsAt the meeting of the Traders Hall Council last night, Mr. J. Munn moved:--That in the opinion of this council, the measures adopted by municipal councils to prevent the ...
Article : 529 wordsThe War Office is making arrangements by which the men of every volunteer infantry battalion shall contribute one company to the army reserve. ...
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The Age (Melbourne, Vic. : 1854 - 1954), Sat 12 May 1900, Page 9
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