News has been received from the front stating that a detachment of the British, 400 strong had engaged the Zulus on the 10th instant. Twelve Zulus were killed ...
Article : 83 wordsThe following are the detailed scores:— M'Donnell, 32; Trott, 4; Bonnor, 5; Edwards, 0; Ferris, 16; Bannerman, 5; Woods, 7; Jarvis, 8; Blackham, 4; Turner, 18; ...
Article : 70 wordsMatters in connection with the strike remain quiet, with the exception that both sides appear to be as far off as ever from settlement. Gentlemen willing to act as ...
Article : 500 wordsIn consequence of the serious condition of affairs at Brookong Station, owing to the action of the union shearers, a force of mounted police was despatched last night to ...
Article : 167 wordsA patriotic League is being formed amongst the natives in India, the chief ob[?], of which is to oppose the National Indian Congress. ...
Article : 29 wordsNotwithstanding the attempts which have been made cto discredit the statement that her RoYal Highness the Princess Helena, Duelled of Saxony, is about to join the ...
Article : 65 wordsSir Graham Berry, Agent-General for victoria, and Sir Arthur Blyth, Agent-General for South Australia, have interviewed Lord Knutsford, Secretary of State for the ...
Article : 157 wordsThe P. and O. R.M.S. Oceania (Tomlin commander) arrived from Colombo at 4 a.m. ...
Article : 18 wordsWilliam Charles Pinmock, a Post Office employe, was sentenced to 18 mouths’ hard labor to-day for tampering with a letter at Newcastle. ...
Article : 33 wordsThe hush fires which broke out along the Macquarie River are still raging fiercely. The extent of fire is not known, but a 40 mile frontage to the river, with an immense ...
Article : 70 wordsIt" is reported that an English tourist, whilst attempting the daring feat of ascending the Dent du Midi, an Alpine peak, missed his footing and was dashed to pieces. ...
Article : 38 wordsThe death is announced of the Rev. Henry Bristow Wilson, B.D., one of the famous authors of "Essays and Reviews,” which created so great ti sensation in England in ...
Article : 37 wordsSeveral mounted and foot police left by train last night for Brookong Station, where the rioting is taking place owing to the strike. More will leave to night. They will ...
Article : 106 wordsThe news of the drowning of Mr Seddon, the captain of the English football team, created a great sensation. Most of the members of the team came down by train in ...
Article : 207 wordsMr Simmouds, the well-known arronaut, has planned an expedition in a balloon from the neighborhood of London to Vienna, He has had an immense balloon constructed, and ...
Article : 64 wordsAnother terrible railway accident has occurred in the United States. A train on the Erie line ran off the rails while going at a great speed. The result was that 40 ...
Article : 57 wordsIt is rumored that a reconciliation is likely to take place between King Milan, of Servia, and the ex-queen, who was divorced some little time ago. Shortly after the ...
Article : 83 wordsThe usual fortnightly meeting of the Ballarat East Branch of the Australian Natives’ Association was held last night in the Fire Brigade hall, Barkly street. The president, ...
Article : 175 wordsIt is believed that the Blundell-Carter invention of a nerve sheath for the eye will be successful in curing numerous cases of total blindness. ...
Article : 28 wordsA party has been organised in Germany to proceed to the interior of Africa, for the relief of Emin Bey and Mr H. M. Stanley ...
Article : 29 wordsThe approaching marriage of Mr Fitzgerald, an Australian native, to one of the three daughters of the eleventh Baron North, is announced. Mr Fitzgerald is the first ...
Article : 96 wordsThe annual meeting of members of the Ballarat Turf Club was held yesterday at Craig’s hotel. Mr M. Loughlin occupied the chair. ...
Article : 494 wordsA very sad accident has occurred at Lake Geneva. Three young English girls on a Mr in Switzerland with their family, went oat on the lake boating, when the boat was ...
Article : 41 wordsA sensation has been occasioned at Madrid by a prisoner who was allowed out at night, centrary to the rules of the gaol, murdering his mother. The governor and several ...
Article : 57 wordsA financial crisis in Turkey is imminent. The Sultan has seelined to sanction the Vizier's proposal to obtain a loan of a milllion and a half sterling from the banks. In ...
Article : 57 wordsThe form displayed by the Australian crickerers in their match against All England, just ConCluded, was far from true. They were exceedingly unlucky at various ...
Article : 87 wordsA public meeting was held at the Town Hall last night in connection with the formation of a local Prospecting Association with the view to getting some of our quarts reefs ...
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The Ballarat Star (Vic. : 1865 - 1924), Fri 17 Aug 1888, Page 3
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