There was a rejected Queensland labour candidate on board, with a purse of sovereigns--measurement of contents not published--and a framed, testimonial, which is ...
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Article : 81 wordsAs the Royal Commission appointed to inquire into the delay concerning the above omitted to come to any very definite conclusions, the Minister for Works has decided ...
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Article : 45 wordsThe following are the returns from the Cockle Creek works for the week ended, on Monday:--Ore treated, 841 tons, producing 380 tons of bullion containing 271oz of gold ...
Article : 72 wordsThe irresponsive attitude of the Dutch residents of Cape Colony towards their brethren of the two Republics is considerably hampering the Boer invasion of that portion ...
Article : 52 wordsSome little time ago the Newcastle Chamber of Commerce suggested to the Board of Health the desirableness of establishing a quarantine ground or isolation hospital at ...
Article : 63 wordsThe fast transport steamer Roselin Castle, of the Donald Currie line, which has just arrived at Capetown from England with one of the earlier instalments of the first British ...
Article : 72 wordsThe Newcastle Chamber of Commerce, through the committee, expresses pleasure that the Government has consented to include in the Navigation Act Amendment Bill the ...
Article : 50 wordsAt yesterday's meeting or the Newcastle Chamber of Commerce committee attention was drawn to the necessity for an alteration in the passenger train service. It was stated ...
Article : 62 wordsA large siege train is being mobilised at Woolwich, with which it is intended to shell Pretoria, the capital of the Transvaal, if, as is anticipated, the Boers there make a ...
Article : 84 wordsThe transport steamer Persia, with a squadron of the 6th Dragoons' on board, en voyage to South Africa, broke her thrust shaft off Cape Verde, and narrowly escaped becoming ...
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Article : 293 wordsIn a private letter received by last mail from Mr. S. Purnell, who is stationed at the Russell-street Post Office, Durban, the following passages occur:--"I told you in a previous ...
Article : 330 wordsMr. G F. Earp, president of the Newcastle Chamber of Commerce, has been informed by the Harbours and Rivers Department Unit arrangements are being made with a view to ...
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Advertising : 744 wordsThe Red Cross Society has accepted an offer made by the Duke of Newcastle to equip the Princess of Wales' hospital ship. ...
Article : 33 wordsThe Customs authorities at Port Elizabeth, have seized a consignment of Orange Free State and Transvaal blended flags. ...
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Article : 68 wordsAll arrangements ace now practically complete for the demonstration to be held here on Monday in honour of the embarkation of the remaining troops for South Africa. Mr. Lyne ...
Article : 225 wordsA message received from Kimberley on Sunday last, November 5, reported that the place was safe. ...
Article : 28 wordsThe Liverpool Autumn Meeting was continued to-day, when the principal event, the Autumn Cup, resulted:-- Chubb, by Chillington--Stocklock ...
Article : 36 wordsThe Intercolonial Chambera of Manufactures' Conference was continued yesterday, when the principal work was the drafting of a report embodying the resolutions arrived at. ...
Article : 69 wordsThe preparation of the siege train at Woolwich for the bombardment of Pretoria is being pushed forward. The train will be accompanied by 30 Howitz quick-firing guns. ...
Article : 40 wordsA man named Frederick Andrews was charged before Mr. G. A. Smithers, S.M., at the Central Police Court to-day, with using a room at No. 239 Pitt-street, Sydney, for the ...
Article : 144 wordsThe intercolonial band contest was concluded last night. The results of yesterday's competitions were:--E fiat, soprano cornet, G. Buckley, Wellington (N.Z.) Garrison Band, 60 ...
Article : 120 wordsFurther improvement has taken place in the coal trade here. During the week 12 more of the old hands were taken hack at the Lithgow Valley Pit, and the number of men ...
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The Australian Star (Sydney, NSW : 1887 - 1909), Sat 11 Nov 1899, Page 5
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