The Boer generals—Botha, De la Rey, and De Wet—have been interviewed by Mr. Stead. They stated that they were delighted ...
Article : 35 wordsTelegrams received from Fremantle, to the effect that the merchants and the Chamber of Commerce there are taking some interest in the alien labour ...
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Article : 190 wordsIt is the King's intention to retain Barton Manor, with the cottage residence and golf links at Osborne. Osborne House and the rest of the ...
Article : 89 wordsIn the District Court yesterday two cases, arising out of the production at the Bijou Theatre of the play, "Cyrano de Bergerac," were put an end to by the ...
Article : 190 wordsTo-day's English Mail.—To-day's mail for the United Kingdom is notified to close at the G.P.O. at half-past 12 p.m., foreign mails at noon, for despatch by the ...
Article : 4,145 wordsThe Chinese Commissioners have signed the tariff agreement. The new tariff will commence to operate about the end of October. ...
Article : 29 wordsFurther trials with the latest type of British submarine torpedo-boat have proved satisfactory. The vessel dives very rapidly, and is ...
Article : 43 wordsFollowing are the latest quotations for the under-mentioned colonial mining shares:— Associateds (W.A.), 31s. 3d.; Broken ...
Article : 65 wordsThe inquest concerning the death of W. H. L. Rankin, of Tinderry Station, was continued yesterday. A. O. Moriarty, a member of the Land ...
Article : 132 wordsThe German Navy Department has sanctioned the preparation of ships' charts of the world's seas and coasts. These charts are to be based entirely on ...
Article : 39 wordsBar silver is quoted at 2s. 0 3-16d. per ounce. ...
Article : 17 wordsCardinal Moran, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Sydney, was yesterday the recipient of the Freedom of the City of Cork. ...
Article : 160 wordsAn immense fire occurred yesterday in a wool-combing factory at Tourcoing, a frontier town of France, in the department of Nord. ...
Article : 50 wordsTin.—Tin on spot is quoted at £120 15s., and forward at £119 15s. per ton. ...
Article : 21 wordsThe Attorney-General (Sir Robert Finlay) has refused to receive a deputation which sought to induce the Treasury to undertake the prosecution of the ...
Article : 92 wordsThe most important item in the public works programme of the Government is a scheme for supplying water to the arid districts of the State. It has been ...
Article : 61 wordsThe plans of the fortifications of Bucharest, the capital of Roumania, which were made by General Brialmont, the Belgian military engineer, ...
Article : 59 wordsA deputation, representing the Council of Churches, waited upon the Acting Prime Minister, on Saturday, and asked that September 7 should be ...
Article : 359 wordsIt is probable that the sentence of three years, which was passed on Frank Moore for having sent a threatening letter to the Acting Premier, Sir Joseph ...
Article : 57 wordsAn outbreak of small-pox has occurred at Capetown. Six cases have been reported. ...
Article : 20 wordsThe recent earthquakes on the islands of Martinique and St. Vincent, in the West Indies, have caused, by the upheaval of the sea bed, the formation of ...
Article : 54 wordsThe annual meeting of the Bunbury Shipping Association was held last Friday evening. The committee's report showed that a large amount of useful ...
Article : 92 wordsA man named Freeman (54), a widower, residing with his son-in-law, at, Carlton, hanged himself to-day with a silk necktie to a clothes-peg in his ...
Article : 57 wordsThe Venezuelan revolutionists attempted to storm the town of Tognay, but were repulsed after five hours' fighting. ...
Article : 29 wordsThe Shah of Persia has placed orders in London for six motor cars. ...
Article : 24 wordsSir,—I notice in the report of the meeting of the Farmers and Gardeners' Association, Wanneroo, that it was resolved to ask the assistance of the North ...
Article : 523 wordsCaptain Mahan, the author of "The Influence of Sea Power," has contributed a striking article to the "National Review," dealing with the importance of the ...
Article : 76 wordsHeavy rains in Nepaul, a northern native State of India, caused the rivers Baghmate and Vishnumati to overflow. ...
Article : 51 wordsA deputation from Leonora has left for Perth to protest against the granting of a townsite at Gwalia. A petition in favour of the granting of the townsite ...
Article : 43 wordsThe beneficial effects of the recent rainfalls are very visible on the wheat crops and gardens, which were suffering much from the harsh, dry weather lately ...
Article : 85 wordsGeneral Ben Viljoen, one of the repatriated Boer prisoners, intends to visit Europe. He will undertake a lecturing tour, on behalf of the Boer widows and ...
Article : 184 wordsPresident Roosevelt's recent speech, in which he re-enuciated the Monroe doctrine, has created a flutter in the German Press. ...
Article : 69 wordsThe Acting Governor-General received a cable message, on Saturday morning, from Lord Hopetoun to the effect that the retiring Governor-General had reached ...
Article : 97 wordsA French woman, named Duciennie Volti, was arrested to-day on a Fremantle warrant, which charged her with having procured a girl, named Ivy ...
Article : 151 wordsThe position with regard to the trouble between the pastoralists and the shearers is practically unchanged. Both sides still express themselves confident of ...
Article : 97 wordsAn Anglo-French Commission has been appointed to delimit the frontier of Northern Nigeria. ...
Article : 21 wordsThe fire on the s.s. Aparima has been completely extinguished. To-day, hands were employed restoring the cargo that had been removed from No. 2 hold, and ...
Article : 150 wordsThe British War Office will, in future, furnish the officers' messes and the quarters of unmarried regimental officers at the public expense. ...
Article : 62 wordsThe Adelaide Underwriters' Association has received advice to the effect that the Russian barque Lotus, which left Wallaroo for Spain on June 11 with ...
Article : 46 wordsJno. Treggelis (20), who was employed at the South Yarra Railway Station, met with a shocking accident this morning. In crossing over to a platform, at which ...
Article : 67 wordsConstable Carlin was treated at the Melbourne Hospital yesterday for bruises, a bitten finger, and wounds on the head and neck. The last-mentioned ...
Article : 65 wordsThis afternoon a well-attended open-air concert was held on the Kalgoorlie Recreation Reserve, in aid of the Mount Kembla Relief Fund. It was preceded ...
Article : 57 wordsThe consolidated revenue for August was £787,185—an increase of £54,062. The amount returned by the Commonwealth showed an increase of £102,511. ...
Article : 59 wordsThe strikers at the Mount Lyell Block mine, St. Mary's interviewed the mine manager yesterday, with the hope of going on to work again. Their hopes ...
Article : 47 wordsThis morning, a wood-cutter, named Andrew Johnson, found the dead body of an Italian, named Peter Foopoli, hanging from a limb of a tree in the bush, six ...
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The West Australian (Perth, WA : 1879 - 1954), Mon 1 Sep 1902, Page 5
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