The advent of the long projected George-street tram into the world of actualities was emphasised yesterday by three accidents, one of them unfortunately proving fatal. A child, named ...
Article : 678 wordsIn the District Court to-day Edward Howard Whitehouse, insurance agent, and ex-Congregational minister, was sentenced to two years gaol and hard labor on a charge of bigamy. ...
Article : 198 wordsYesterday two young women -- Emma Evans (25) and Jessie Evans (26) --asked themselves the question, "Is life worth living?" and agreed that it was not. What is known of the details of ...
Article : 822 wordsADELAIDE, Friday. -- The following letter from "The Daffy Telegraph" Cape correspondent reached Adelaide by the steamer Warrigal this morning: -- ...
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Advertising : 80 wordsIt is understood that before any stops are taken to give effect to the recommendations recently made by the Stock Board, Mr. Chataway will, probably communicate with the New South ...
Article : 109 wordsMELBOURNE, Friday. -- There has been strong inquiry on shippers' account during the last day or two for tinned meats for South Africa, but supplies are not extensive. The Gulf of Taranto ...
Article : 51 wordsLITHGOW, Friday. -- All aggregate meeting of miners was held last night, the chief business being the consideration of the question of strike pay. Only 14 men are now receiving this, the ...
Article : 87 wordsWaine's appeal against his month's disqualification by the stewards for alleged stilt riding at last Saturday's Austral meeting was heard by the L.V.W. appeal board this morning. The ...
Article : 307 wordsADELAIDE, Friday. -- The steamer Warrigal, which arrived this morning from the Cape, had over 60 passengers, many of whom are miners who are returning from Johannesburg to visit ...
Article : 142 wordsLord Glasgow, ex-Governor, writes expressing approbation of New Zealand being one of the first of the colonies to move in the direction of sending men to the Transvaal. ...
Article : 251 wordsBOURKE, Friday. -- The heat wave appears to have sot in. To-day the maximum temperature was 112deg. Several slight sunstrokes were reported amongst the carters this morning. ...
Article : 178 wordsADELAIDE, Friday. -- Mr. Holder waited on the Governor to-day, and presented the following names as those of his Ministry: -- Premier and Treasurer, and Minister for Industry, Mr. Holder; ...
Article : 123 wordsMELBOURNE, Friday. -- The Defence Department explains that they knew nothing whatever officially about the reported appointment of Colonel Hoad to the command of the Australian ...
Article : 78 wordsTo-day will be "patriotic day" at North Sydney, and elaborate preparations for the event have been made by the local committee, with, Messrs. J. Barnett aud T. V. Wilkinson as the ...
Article : 567 wordsADELAIDE, Friday. -- The following items are summarised from the Cape files which reached here to-day by the steamer Warrigal: -- In the "Cape Times" of November 17 is a ...
Article : 1,011 wordsMACLEAN, Friday. -- A man named M'Kenzie fell off a public wharf and was drowned. The body was recovered. Mildred North, the first blacksmith on the ...
Article : 53 wordsPERTH, Friday. -- In the Assembly to-day, the Police Act Amendment Bill was considered in committee. Clauses were inserted making the calling of odds on racecourses illegal, except by ...
Article : 126 wordsMANDURAMA, Friday. -- Shearing in the numerous sheds about here is about over, and it has been one of the most successful seasons we have over had. In many cases the fleeces have ...
Article : 60 wordsThe Premier is simply deluged with telegrams congratulating him on his victory. Mr. George Fisher states that his total election expenses amounted to 9s, a record for a contested election. ...
Article : 55 wordsMr. H. P. Blundell, who for the past 16 years has been manager of the Bank of Australasia at Melbourne, has been the recipient of a handsome tribute of the respect in ...
Article : 100 wordsHILLGROVE, Friday. -- The Sandon County electric light and power works are vapidly approaching completion. Mr. D. K. Inglis is arranging for an increase to the present large staff, ...
Article : 157 wordsA meeting of the general committee of the Newcastle Chamber of Commerce was held in the Chamber yesterday afternoon, Mr. G. F. Earp in the chair. Correspondence from ...
Article : 172 wordsBRISBANE, Friday. -- In the Legislative Assembly Mr. Philp gave notice to move that the House, for the remainder of the session, sit on Mondays, for the transaction of Government ...
Article : 490 wordsMELBOURNE, Friday. -- A peculiar case of child desertion was brought under notice at an inquest on the body of a female infant this morning. The mother of the child, it appears, ...
Article : 275 wordsOn the motion for the adjournment of the Legislative Assembly last evening, Mr. Smith called attention to the overcrowding of the electric tramears running in George ...
Article : 467 wordsSome idea of how the great performance at the Princess Theatre on Saturday night, the 17th inst., to celebrate the last night of "The Firm" and augment the aged and indigent actors' fund ...
Article : 126 wordsORANGE, Friday. -- Alexander Maclean, on remand, was charged at the police court to-day with being in possession of an illicit still. Evidence was given by Senior-constable Sutton, ...
Article : 914 wordsMouisdale, the second smallpox patient from the Nineveh at the Quarantine Station, who was reported to be somewhat better this morning, is again in a serious condition. Watson, the first ...
Article : 48 wordsAt a meeting of the committee of management of the Northern Bowling Association on Thursday night a long list of business was transacted, the hon. secretary, Mr. W. C. Foskett, ...
Article : 194 wordsBairnsdale has been the centre of a violent hurricane. During the afternoon the wind veered to the west, blowing with immense force. The town was enveloped in a thick dust, and lamps ...
Article : 180 wordsTUMUT, Friday. -- The Public Works Committee concluded the examination of witnesses last night regarding the proposal to extend the railway line to Tumut. Thirty-two persons gave evidence, all ...
Article : 108 wordsA public meeting, convened by the Mayor (Alderman Thomas Danks), to form a branch of the patriotic fund, was held in the Town-hall, Waterloo, last night. The Mayor presided, and many ...
Article : 319 wordsLast week the Sulphide Corporation treated at its Cockle Creek Works 823 tons of concentrates which produced 338 tons of bullion containing 249 oz. of gold and 22,744oz. of silver. On ...
Article : 155 wordsAt the annual meeting of the Kauri Timber Company to-day, held under the presidency of Sir F. Sargood, a most satisfactory report and balance-sheet were presented, and a dividend at ...
Article : 92 wordsWOLLONGONG, Friday. -- The coal trade of the district continues brisk. During the week all the collieries have worked full time. Loading operations at this port were continuous, the ...
Article : 117 wordsMajor Wardill, writing to the New Zealand Cricket Association, states that he will bring over a Victorian team, consisting of eight M.C.C. men and three professionals, to leave Melbourne ...
Article : 46 wordsThere has been a good deal of agitation for some time past for the adoption of a system of transfer tickets on the tramways. Mr. Oliver, Chief Commissioner for Railways, was seen about ...
Article : 400 wordsGLADSTONE, Friday. -- The Manawaitu passed Bustard Head this morning, signalling a fire in the hold. She headed for Gladstone. Captain Snow reports that whilst on the voyage from ...
Article : 147 wordsAbout 6 o'clock last evening Fredk. Buxton (24) is supposed to have lost his life by drowning at Hexham. The young man went on to a wharf with a wheelbarrow for the purpose of ...
Article : 122 wordsYASS, Friday. -- News has just been brought, in town of a sad drowning fatality in the Murrumbidgee, near Taemas. A party of cadets, with a few men, were camping out for a few days, when ...
Article : 123 wordsThe traffic on the northern railways is greater than ever before. The resources are taxed to the utmost. The expenditure for November was £207,978. ...
Article : 102 wordsAn army of the gentler sex will invade the streets of the city to-day. The force has been mobilised by the ladies' committee of the patriotic fund, with the object of augmenting the ...
Article : 96 wordsADELAIDE, Friday. -- The police received information on Thursday from Victoria respecting the presence on board the steamer Marloo of two men, who were suspected of being concerned in ...
Article : 98 wordsThe awards in the examination for the certificate of Licentiate in Theology as agreed upon by the council of the College of Theology for Australia and Tasmania are announced by the ...
Article : 183 wordsSAMOA, November 28. -- Affairs are quiet. The news of the Samoan settlement by the Powers has just been received here, and it is impossible to say just yet how it will be received by the ...
Article : 93 wordsIn aid of the Patriotic Fund a military church parade has been arranged for the forenoon of Sunday week, December 17, in St. David's Church, Dobroyde, Summer-hill (Rev. Dr. ...
Article : 69 wordsMr. Alfred Dobson, of Hobart, Solicitor-General, and Mr. Robert Byron Miller, of Launceston, both ex-Ministers, have been appointed Queen's Counsellors. ...
Article : 61 wordsQUARANTINE STATION, Friday. -- The first Latch of passengers by the Nineveh will leave the quarantine station shortly after 10 o'clock this morning. A re-arrangement has been made in ...
Article : 94 wordsARMIDALE, Friday. -- A meeting of members of J Company volunteers and reservists was held to-day, when the following resolution was unanimously carried: -- "That the volunteer force ...
Article : 359 wordsThe appended table has been prepared from the latest information to hand up to Wednesday night and it includes the losses at the battles of Glencoe, Elandslaagte, and Rietfontein, and ...
Article : 467 wordsDavid Dykes and John Dykes, whose arrest at Hilton in October, on a charge of burglary, caused a sensation, have been acquitted of the accusation of having stolen property from the ...
Article : 41 wordsHARDEN, Friday. -- An old lady named Mrs. Aflleck died on Thursday, after a short illness. Deceased was over 100 years of age. She retained her faculties up to the last. She was the mother ...
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The Daily Telegraph (Sydney, NSW : 1883 - 1930), Sat 9 Dec 1899, Page 10
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