LONDON, Friday. -- A largely-attended public meeting was held last night at the Guildhall, when the Premier, Lord Salisbury, and Field-Marshal Lord Wolseley delivered important ...
Article : 326 wordsLONDON, Thursday Afternoon. -- It is feared that the long artillery duel at Ladysmith has resulted in the stores of ammunition for the naval quick-firing guns, which ...
Article : 104 wordsA chart was issued from the Observatory yesterday showing the total rainfall during the storm lasting from the 4th to 8th of October inclusive. The whole colony participated, but the area of ...
Article : 346 wordsLONDON, Friday. -- The consensus of opinion with regard to the settlement of the Samoan difficulty between Germany and England, as expressed by the leading newspapers of Great ...
Article : 394 wordsAfter a residence of 15 years, ending in 1875, in Samoa, and continuous periodical visits to the islands since, the Rev. Dr. G. Brown, general secretary of the Wesleyan Foreign Mission, can ...
Article : 917 wordsFine and pleasant weather prevailed generally yesterday, and everything pointed to a spell of these conditions. At Sydney the wind came in light from about south-cast, and the temperature ...
Article : 59 wordsH.M.Ss. Torch and Pylades, tho German cruiser Combran, and the Abranda (American transport) were at Samoa when the Hauroto called at Apia on her island cruise. H.M.S. Royal Arthur ...
Article : 100 wordsLONDON, Friday. -- An agitation has been started at Capetown for the removal of duties on food stuffs. ...
Article : 26 wordsThere has been trouble in military circles, and although everything came right in the end, it was an anxious time for the officers. The trouble arose from the following report of the ...
Article : 932 wordsThe Solomon Islands, a group in the Western Pacific, were first discovered by Mendana, a Spaniard, in 1567, and they owe their name to the belief of the Spaniards that it was from them that Solomon fetched gold to adorn the Temple of Jerusalem. Two hundred years after Mendana's discovery, the islands were visited in turn by Carteret, Bougainville, Surville, and ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 367 wordsThe Canadian mail steamer Aorangi arrived at Brisbane at 2.30 p.m. yesterday from Vancouver via Honolulu. She is expected to leave for Sydney to-day, and may be expected here to-morrow. ...
Article : 179 wordsLONDON, Thursday. -- The Estcourt armored train, which was dispatched with a party to repair the railway line north of Colenso, seared the Boers away. ...
Article : 55 wordsLONDON, Thursday Afternoon. -- The Court of Appeal has set aside the decision of. Mr. Justice North that "The Times" was entitled to copyright of its reports of Lord Rosebery's speeches, ...
Article : 64 wordsLONDON, Thursday. -- President Kruger (who arrived at Glencoe a few days ago) remained unmoved when he saw the train loads of wounded Boers which ...
Article : 81 wordsIt is proposed to convert Shark Island into a pleasure resort for the benefit of the public. At present the island is used as a quarantine ground for stock. The site for the new stock quarantine ...
Article : 52 wordsThe Premier was questioned yesterday, and also cross-questioned, about the reported arrangement between Great Britain and Germany with regard to Samoa and other islands of the ...
Article : 208 wordsThe Itzchoe, a new steamer to be engaged in the Australian trade under the flag of the German Australian Company, is now on her maiden voyage from Hamburg and Antwerp to the colonies ...
Article : 167 wordsLONDON, Thursday Afternoon. -- The State elections in the United States resulted in a majority of Republican candidates being returned, and President M'Kinley's policy being ...
Article : 56 wordsLONDON, Friday. -- The fast transport steamer Rosily Castle, of the Donald Gurrie line, which has just arrived at Capetown from England with one of the earlier ...
Article : 74 wordsLONDON, Friday. -- The United States Government anticipates that the Governments of Russia, Great Britain, and Germany will mutually agree to an "open door" policy with regard to trade ...
Article : 46 wordsOur correspondent at Lord Howe Island in a recent letter referred to a road which was being constructed on the island. 33ft. wide. A number of trees were, it was stated, thereby ...
Article : 503 wordsMELBOURNE, Friday. -- Speaking to-night about the Samoan agreement, Sir George Turner said the settlement of the difficulty was satisfactory. He was quite satisfied with it, but it ...
Article : 82 wordsLONDON, Thursday. -- A body of volunteers styled the South African Light Horse is being formed at Capetown. The Light Horse will include a large ...
Article : 45 wordsLONDON, Friday. -- The directors of the North Mount Lyell Copper Company have resolved to increase the capital of the company by £100,000. ...
Article : 30 wordsThe history of the Samoa or Navigator Islands provides a striking instance of the ineffectiveness of a tripartite control. The credit of being the first European to visit the group belongs to the French navigator Bougainville, who visited the islands over 200 years ago. Sixty years later Christianity was introduced into the Islands, and the labors of the missionaries were ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 543 wordsADELAIDE, Friday. -- The Treasurer, Mr. Holder, when questioned concerning the Anglo-German Convention, said he personally considered that the advantages gained in the ...
Article : 100 wordsLONDON, Friday. -- The annual balance-sheet of the Scottish Australian Investment Company shows a credit balance to the profit and loss account of £29,205. A 2½ per cent. dividend has ...
Article : 35 words"The only advantage to be derived from the arrangement between Britain and Germany as to the Solomon Islands," said Mr. G. J. Waterhouse who has had business relations with the ...
Article : 339 wordsLONDON, Friday. -- The irresponsive attitude of the Dutch residents of Cape Colony towards their brethren of the two Republics is considerably hampering the Boer invasion ...
Article : 52 wordsThe horrors wrought by the pestilence in the city and cantonments of Poona (India) day by day are difficult adequately to describe. A correspondent of the "Scotsman" says that to Defoe's ...
Article : 366 wordsSpeaking from a colonial point of view, Mr. William M'Millain ex-Colonial Treasurer, and of W. and A. M'Arthur and Co., who was also seen, oppressed his conviction that the British ...
Article : 456 wordsLONDON, Thursday Afternoon. -- Colonel Plumer's force (the Rhodesia Light Horse) is advancing from Rhodesia to relieve Lieutenant-Colonel Baden-Poiwell, who has been ...
Article : 44 wordsEverything in connection with the departure of the Langton Grange detachment of troops for the Transvaal has been arranged definitely at last. The sailing arrangements are as indicated in ...
Article : 388 wordsThe Tonga or Friendly Islands, a numerous group in the Southern Pacific, have an area of about 385 square miles, with a population of about 23,000 inhabitants. Three groups of Islands, called Tongatabu, Ha[?]pal, and Vavau, constitute the kingdom of Tonga, which is ruled over by Jioala Tubou II. In addition to the monarch there is a Legislative Assembly of two orders, ...
Article : 164 wordsLONDON, Friday. -- A 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 ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 127 wordsMr. R. F. O'Rourke, the American vice-Censul, interviewed yesterday in reference to the arrangement with regard to Islands in the Pacific, said he could only speak on what appeared in ...
Article : 179 wordsWhat had been a mystery to many during the "weary "Affaire," says the "Sketch," was the views that Sarah Bernhardt had on the subject. The answer was given at the funeral of ...
Article : 208 wordsLONDON, Thursday, Afternoon. -- The Kaiser has notified the army that no Prussian officers are to go to South Africa. Everything possible is being done to ...
Article : 55 wordsThe University senior public examination and examination for matriculation honors will commence on Monday in Sydney, and at thirteen local centres. The number of candidates for the senior examination this year is 123, ...
Article : 204 wordsIn the opinion of Mr. James Burns (Burns, Philp, and Co.), the exchanges outlined in the cable messages are very fair and reasonable, and should give satisfaction to the Sydney trading ...
Article : 291 wordsCoal and chaos were the prominent features aboard the transport Langton Grange yesterday, about 1000 tons of coal being tipped down the fore hatch from colliers made fast on either side ...
Article : 152 wordsSpecial thanksgiving services will be held tomorrow at the Holy Trinity Church, Dulwich-hill. The eighteenth anniversary of the Sunday ...
Article : 63 wordsLONDON, Thursday Afternoon. -- Mr. G. Mackenzie Maclean (Conservative), member, of the House of Commons, has been called upon to resign in consequence of his ...
Article : 36 wordsAlthough, the arrangement as to the disposal of the Islands in the Pacific is of most importance to the colonics, great significance is attachable to the establishment of an entente cord[?]ale ...
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The Daily Telegraph (Sydney, NSW : 1883 - 1930), Sat 11 Nov 1899, Page 9
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