THE WEATHER.--Mr. G. A. Broughton has kindly favoured us with the follow- record of rainfall registered at Kout Norien. The record dates back to 1882, and shows ...
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Article : 1,357 wordsJones, the South Australian last bowler, practised yesterday and bowled with undiminished pace. ...
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Article : 38 wordsA civil division of the order of merit has been instituted by India. The new order is to be conferred on natives for special acts of gallantry. ...
Article : 37 wordsThe deadlock between Italy and Switzerland still continues, and neither side will admit being in the wrong. The strained relations were brought about owing to the ...
Article : 72 wordsMr. Chamberlain stated in the House of Commons yesterday that one-third of the Johannesburg refugees had returned to the Rand. ...
Article : 25 wordsThe War Office has given further large orders to firms in Victoria sod New South Wales for the supply of meat for the troops in South Africa. The quantity required ...
Article : 67 wordsThe Daily Express declares that no more Boer prisoners are being sent from South Africa. ...
Article : 19 wordsA new submarine boat recently built for the British navy was tested successfully at Barrow-in-Furness to-day. Torpedoes were discharged, besides which all other tests ...
Article : 36 wordsThe Argentine Republic grants the Boer delegates land in the Valley of the Chubut River, for colonisation. ...
Article : 25 wordsThe labour troubles in Russia continue to spread. The workers throughout the extensive district between Moscow and Vladimir are ...
Article : 28 wordsIt is announced that the arsenals of Japan have been placed at the disposal of the British squadrons. ...
Article : 25 wordsPieter De Wet, who was charged with treason, was acquitted. ...
Article : 14 wordsRevolutionary demonstrations have taken place at Ekaterinoff. The Cossacks killed 20 and wounded 40. One hundred and fifty arrests were made. ...
Article : 29 wordsAn epidemic disease, known as redwater, destroyed whole herds suddenly in Rhodesia. ...
Article : 18 wordsA sensational clopement is reported from St. Petersburg. The Grand Duchess Helena, a cousin of the Czar Nicholas, left home with a poor student. ...
Article : 75 wordsEarl Selborne in eulogising the transport department, said that one and a quarter million tons of stores, exclusive of forage, four hundred thousand remounts, and ...
Article : 70 wordsThe Foreign Ministers at Peking insist on China instantly suppressing the Chingtingfu rebellion. ...
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Article : 48 wordsThe race for the One Thousand Guineas Stakes, for three-year-old fillies, was run to-day, on the Rowley mile course at Newmarket, when Mr. Sievier's filly Sceptre, by ...
Article : 84 wordsAt the mayor's farewell banquet to Mr. Barton in the town hall over 600 guests were present, including all the Federal Ministers, Mr. Peacock and his colleagues, and many ...
Article : 275 wordsM. Waldeck Rousseau's circular respecting the interference of the French clergy in the election is intended to secure freedom of election in recording the second ballot. ...
Article : 38 wordsThe Cork International Exhibition was opened in that city to-day, in the presence of thousands of visitors. The people of the North of Ireland heartily co-operated with ...
Article : 49 wordsMr. Sievier has refused Vandebilt's offer of £35,000 for Sceptre. ...
Article : 17 wordsThe Daily Express states that the Pierpont Morgan shipping combination has bought the White Star line right out, including the Australian connection, ...
Article : 50 wordsTheir Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales entertained Lady Gillott, wife of the Mayor of Melbourne, at a private luncheon to-day. ...
Article : 33 wordsThe British Government is seriously considering the question of subsidising steamers. The Standard states that the colonies ...
Article : 29 wordsMiss Marguerite' Henderson, a student of the Melbourne Conservatoriom made a successful first appearance at a concert in St. James's Hall, London, last night. ...
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Advertising : 22 wordsThe May Day celebrations passed on very quietly on the Continent, to disturbances of any kind being reported. ...
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Hamilton Spectator (Vic. : 1870 - 1918), Tue 6 May 1902, Page 3
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