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Article : 2,559 wordsThe second match of the tour of the Australian Eleven, Australia versus Essex, which was commenced in the presence of a large number of spectators at Leyton, on ...
Article : 564 wordsThe Primage gold mine, consisting of 229 acres, about two miles south of the Boulder, has been sold for £8,000. This is the biggest block of land pegged out at one time by one ...
Article : 433 wordsLatest advises from Matabeleland convey the intelligence that Captain Napier has inflicted a serious defeat upon the rebels, one of the most prominent indunas and 50 of the ...
Article : 112 wordsThe Government have decided to submit to Parliament a proposal to grant to the widow and children of Sir Henry Parkes an annuity, which will amount to £500 a year. It is ...
Article : 172 wordsDr. Leith Napier, the newly-appointed resident surgeon of the Adelaide Hospital, will sail for Adelaide on June 5. ...
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Article : 139 wordsHannan's Crœsus mine, with a capital of £175,000, has been floated and the shares allotted. ...
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Article : 117 wordsThe committee of the Radical Party in the House of Commons in formulating their new programme have omitted any reference to Home Rule for Ireland. ...
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Article : 69 wordsThe hearing of the divorce suit by Janet Jordan against Hugh Jordan, an ex-mayor of Essendon and treasurer of the Tramway Trust, on the grounds of cruelty and adultery, was ...
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Article : 356 wordsAn accident occurred to the goods train which left Cockburn at 1.50 p.m. yesterday for Adelaide near Paratoo at 9 o'clock in the evening. The axle of one of the trucks broke, ...
Article : 104 wordsThe Legislative Assembly adjourned at 10 minutes past 2 o'clock this morning, when the address in reply was carried on the voices. Mr. Varney Parkes at the last moment ...
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Article : 55 wordsThe annual meeting of shareholders of the Australian Mutual Fire Insurance Society was held at the society's office at noon to-day. Mr. George Thornton, M.L.C., chairman of ...
Article : 272 wordsNews from the East by the china mail states that Corea is in a state of chaos. The Russians are increasing their forces at Seoul, and are also carrying ammunitions of war and stores ...
Article : 100 wordsMessrs. Howe, Murray, Beaglehole, Johns, and King, directors of the Junction mine, arrived to-day on a visit, of inspection. An inquest was held to-day on the body of ...
Article : 132 wordsInformation has been received of a further development of the trouble in Turkey. It is reported that during the last few days 200 Armenians have been arrested in ...
Article : 60 wordsThe match Australia versus Essex was continued at Leyton this morning, when Trott and Gregory, the not out men of the previous evening, again went to the wickets. ...
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Article : 488 wordsA deputation representing the citizens committee for the relief of the destitute unemployed asked the Colonial Secretary to-day that blankets and shelter accommodation ...
Article : 60 wordsSilver is quoted at 2s. 7?d. per oz., a rise of 1?d. on the previous quotation. ...
Article : 20 wordsAt the wool sales to-day an inferior selection was under offer, including faulties. The bidding was irregular, but the prices for good wools underwent no change. ...
Article : 41 wordsThe Commissioner of Railways, the Engineerin-Chief, the General Traffic Manager, and the Locomotive Superintendent arrived here this afternoon by a special train and saw that the ...
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The Advertiser (Adelaide, SA : 1889 - 1931), Sat 16 May 1896, Page 5
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