"Mr. P. J. de Wet, who "is junior member for Wodehouse, in the Cape Assembly, and also a" prominent member of the Executive of the Afrikander. Bond, "has ...
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Article : 1,204 wordsThere was unparalleled enthusiasm throughout the whole of the United Kingdom on St. Patrick's Day, which was celebrated with almost as much fervor in ...
Article : 200 wordsHarry O'Connell, aged 16 years, residing at 103, Walker-street, Redfern, died suddenly this afternoon, the cause of death being the bubonic plague. The case was ...
Article : 467 wordsDuring the last few days rumors have been current in Adelaide chat suspicious cases have been under treatment in the general hospital. Color was lent to these ...
Article : 1,444 wordsSuperintendent Nicholas Larkin, who has been in charge of the Maitland police district, has been appointed to succeed Mr. Read .is .superintendent of the ...
Article : 141 wordsHeavy traffic in produce for South Africa continues. Three steamers and one sailer are now loading, and 10 other vessels are due within a very short time. ...
Article : 263 wordsA flag for the Broken Hill Town Hall, purchased with citizens' shillings, sent to the "Barrier .Miner' for that purpose, was presented to the town this morning. ...
Article : 463 wordsLord Roberts has entrusted the management of the army hospital at Bloemfontein, which contains 500 beds, to Dr. Fiaschi, who is at the head of the" New ...
Article : 210 wordsA largely-attended meeting of shopkeepers, held to-day, passed a resolution to the effect that the Early Closing Bill operated injuriously upon a majority of the ...
Article : 55 wordsDonald McKay, the cyclist, who has almost done the circuit of Australia, arrived this evening. He has 12 days within which to reach Brisbane to beat the best ...
Article : 36 wordsThe quantity of butter exported from Victoria since 'May 1 last to date to Great Britain is 12,383 tons, and for South Africa 1,003 tons, or a total of 13,386 tons, valued ...
Article : 72 wordsThe appointment of Mr. H. Copeland as Agent-General has given general satisfaction. His term of office is uncertain, as under Federation a few months hence ...
Article : 85 wordsThe Governor-General of India reports that nearly 5,000,000 persons are now being fed by the Government in the districts devastated by famine. ...
Article : 34 wordsDavid Donaldson, son of a coal merchant at Brunswick, _ was run over by a dray, which he was driving along Queen's Wharf this and sustained a ...
Article : 82 wordsThe first-class twin cruiser Powerful, 14,200 tons, Captain the Hon. Hedworth Lambton, which has been temporarily attached to the Cape of Good Hope and ...
Article : 52 wordsIn a letter refusing a request for a conference between the Newcastle colliery owners and the men in reference to the question of raising the prices, Mr. Binney, ...
Article : 103 wordsNoel Belot, aged 4.years, of Nicholsonstreet. North Carltoon, was burnt to death this morning. He was playing with a lighted taper, when his clothes ignited, and ...
Article : 45 wordsColonel Plumer, who recently arrived with his relieving force of mounted men at Lobatsi, is reported to have reached Pitsani on the 13th. The railway line ...
Article : 163 wordsThe prospectus of the Windsor Consolidated Gold Mining Company of West Australia has been issued with a capital of £150,000. Of this amount shares to the ...
Article : 75 wordsA little lesson was brought home to freetraders to-day by a. deputation-of tanners, which waited upon- the Minister of labor, and asked for a compulsory eight hours ...
Article : 329 wordsA most determined suicide was brought to light this afternoon by the recovery from under the" St. Kilda pier of the "body of a man, Frederick. Dugan Walkden, who at ...
Article : 95 wordsLieutenant Colohel Francis, with the rank of major, goes in command of one section of the fourth contingent, and Captain Davies, now with the first contingent ...
Article : 68 wordsIt is announced that Abpas Pasha, Khedive of Egypt, will visit England in the summer. ...
Article : 24 words'At the half-yearly meeting of the Mount Garnet Freehold Copper and Silver Mining Company this evening, the Chairman referred to the occurrence of zinc in the ...
Article : 107 wordsJohn Hurst was killed this morning by being caught in a fly-wheel at the Mount Morgan mine, at Menzies. The R.M.S.' India's quarantined ...
Article : 118 wordsCabinet has advised the Governor to communicate with the Secretary of State for the Colonies New Zealand's approval of the course of action taken by the ...
Article : 70 wordsGeneral Boiler's scouts have ascertained £hat the enemy are in-great strength at Van Reenen's Ease, through which the railway from Lady-smith to Harrismith is ...
Article : 226 wordsThe death is announced of Mr. Raphael Tuck, head of the firm of Messrs. Raphael Tuck & Son, ornamental stationers and manufacturers of Christmas cards: ...
Article : 32 wordsThe eleven nurses who are going to South Africa, are awaiting at Albany the arrival of the steamer Salamis in which the 'New Zealand nurses are. ...
Article : 32 wordsAt the annual meeting of the Church of England Temperance Society to-night Mr. W. H. Moule, M.P., made a vigorous speech. He regretted that societies of this character ...
Article : 126 wordsThe death is announced at the age of 58 of General Sir William Stephen Alexander Lockhart, the Commander-in-Chief in India. ...
Article : 134 wordsA private cablegram announces that Lieutenant Dowling, who was released at Bloemfontein, has been attached to Lord Roberts's, .staff., ...
Article : 24 wordsAn attempt is to be made to get Victoria's troops of the Imperial Australian Contingent ready for embarkation by April 7. Jndging from the present unready ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 27 wordsThis afternoon in the Police Court before Mr. Maitland, P.M., Richard Seaton was charged with stealing salver ore to the value of £10 or more, the property of the ...
Article : 356 wordsAccording to advices by the R.M.S. Alameda, the barque Heathfield, coal-laden, from Newcastle to San Francisco, collided with the ship Ancyra, off the Pacific coast. ...
Article : 71 wordsA cbronial enquiry into the Balmain Colliery disaster, by which five men lost their lives, was opened to-day. Tile task of identification -was a very sad .and -impressive ...
Article : 272 wordsReports are coming in to-night from all parts of the colony telling of severe thunderstorms inland, and much damage to fruit and other crops, and in some cases to ...
Article : 82 wordsA public meeting, convened by the mayor, was held in the Town Hall this afternoon for the purpose of inaugurating a fund in aid of the sufferers through the ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 15 wordsDr. Howard, the Port health officer, visited the cable-repairing steamer Sherard Osborn Unlay, and was informed that four of the Chinese crew had died of the berri ...
Article : 67 wordsTwo young men, James Norris and Albert Hoskins, were charged at the Police Court to-day with damaging the Menindie telegraph line by breaking insulators, and ...
Article : 37 wordsTo-day was a general holiday. The weather was fine and warm. The usual Hibernian procession passed through the streets of the city to the Wolloongabba Ground. ...
Article : 195 wordsSir—-Will you allow me to complain of something which I am afraid will resolve itself into a nuisance if not remedied speedily at our Century Exhibition? The case ...
Article : 211 wordsColonel Hoad has forwarded to the Secretary of Defence the following copy of staff orders made by the general officer commanding at Rensburg on February 12 ...
Article : 127 wordsThe. growing success of the British armies has exercised an awing effect upon the rebels south of the Orange River,-thousands of whom in various districts have ...
Article : 395 wordsAt the invitation of the Union Steamship Company, a party made an excursion up the river this afternoon in the Conah. There were about 350 . People. aboard, ...
Article : 51 wordsA sensational robbery took .place here about 12.30 to-day. The accountant of the railways, while -taking cash to the bank from the main railway-station, was bailed ...
Article : 152 wordsThe Victorian Defence Department today received a cable message from the British War Office, intimating that Messrs. W J. Pritchett and J M Dougall who ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 90 wordsThe Premier is quite puzzled at the stand now taken up by Private Davey, who was wrongfully discharged from the Victorian Bushmen's Contingent. When ...
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Advertising : 1,047 wordsOfficial confirmation was received to-day from Sir Alfred Milner of the death of Caplain Salmon at Naauwpoort, of enteric fever, on March 16. ...
Article : 33 wordsLord Roberts has answered the Premier's congratulatory telegram on the occupation of Bloemfontein in the following terms:—"1 appreciate very deeply the kind ...
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The Advertiser (Adelaide, SA : 1889 - 1931), Tue 20 Mar 1900, Page 5
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