The Miners' Federation demands that English minors, as well as Welsh and Scottish, shall receive a 10 per cent, increase of wage. ...
Article : 47 wordsAt the meeting of the Marine Board tins afternoon, a notification front the Minister of Trade and Customs, directing officers of the Department to note and report any proceedings ...
Article : 467 wordsIt was announced yesterday that President M'Kinley had issued a proclamation allowing Spanish vessels in American ports until May 21 to effect a clearance, and that Spanish vessels ...
Article : 133 wordsAt the installation of now oflice-bearers of the Grand Lodge of Freemasons in England, Lord Amherst, who occupied the chair at the banquet, proposed the toast of "Sister Lodges." ...
Article : 54 wordsReports from Rome state that serious bread riots have occurred at Bari, a town of 66,000 inhabitants, on the east coast of Italy, 65 miles north-west of Brindisi. ...
Article : 58 wordsIt is reported from Washington that the warships patrolling the New England coast are to be doubled, in order to afford better protection against a Spanish attack. ...
Article : 39 wordsThe Antwerp wool sales opened yesterday, when 2776 bales were offered, of which 1009 were sold. There was fair competition, and merinoes ...
Article : 46 wordsAmerican military engineers find that the rules for guiding vessels in harbors that have been protected by submarine mines are not sufficiently observed. ...
Article : 45 wordsIn the Reichstag last night Herr von Bulow, the German Minister for Foreign Affairs, stated that Great Britain had spontaneously and of her own accord declared that she would not use the ...
Article : 97 wordsThe United States Government has decided not to make an attack on Havana until it is ready to land a strong military force. With such a force it is stated that America ...
Article : 50 wordsIn the House of Representatives last night Mr Nelson Dingley, Republican member for Maine, referred to the public impatience at the slow progress of the operations against Cuba. ...
Article : 48 wordsA conference of the two Houses of Congress has been held to consider the question of the North Atlantic fisheries and other objects involving the relations of Canada and the United ...
Article : 133 wordsThe correspondent of the 'Standard' at Washington telegraphs that hopeless confusion reigns in the United States War Department, and that the country is demanding greater vigor ...
Article : 37 wordsA Miss C. M'Kenzie committed suicide in a very determined manner this morning at the Union dining-rooms, Bourke-street, by cutting her throat with some pieces of glass broken out ...
Article : 107 wordsLieutenant Rowan is making arrangements to supply the Cuban insurgents with arms, ammunition, and medical stores. The 'New York Herald' reports that the ...
Article : 41 wordsThree American war-ships have bombarded Matanzas, an important town about 60 miles east of Havana. The object of the bombardment, which lasted ...
Article : 56 wordsWhat a beautiful place home is when the father is bilious, the mother is suffering from female weakness, and the baby has the croup; father frowns and swears, mother scolds and ...
Article : 295 wordsThe Mount Morgan G. M. Co. pays L5000 in dividends for April, being at the rate of 6d per share. ...
Article : 28 wordsThe Spanish War Budget, which was explained in the Cortes by Senor Sagasta, the Premier, on Tuesday night, provides for a naval credit of 90,000,000 pesetas (L3,600,000, nominal), and ...
Article : 49 wordsA crushing of 50 loads, from the Blacksmith's Gully United Company's mine, produced 44oz retorted gold. Yesterday the North Lady Brassey Company, ...
Article : 112 wordsThe wheat market is excited. English descriptions are 2s per quarter (3d per bushel), and foreign descriptions 1s per quarter (1½d per bushel) higher. ...
Article : 49 wordsLater details re the bombardment of Matanzas state that the United States battleships Puritan (6060 tons, 12 knots), New York (8200 tons), and the second-class cruiser Cincinnati (3183 ...
Article : 127 wordsThe half-yearly inspection of the Fourth Battalion was made at the show grounds, Bendigo, on Wednesday afternoon by Major-General Sir Charles Holled Smith, commander of the ...
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Advertising : 2,712 wordsThe 'New York Herald' states that on Saturday next 19,000 Cuban rebels and 2000 United States marines and sailors, assisted by the blockading fleet, will attempt a land attack on Havana. ...
Article : 38 wordsSeveral naval experts have expressed the opinion that the protected cruisers of Admiral Davey's squadron, at present en route from Hong Kong to Manila, are infinitely superior as ...
Article : 94 wordsIt is announced that further Spanish troops have been landed in Cuba. The Spanish transport vessel Montserrat succeeded in escaping the vigilance of two United States cruisers, who ...
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Mount Alexander Mail (Vic. : 1854 - 1917), Sat 30 Apr 1898, Page 3
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