In the accordance with the expressed intention of Sir John Forrest and other leading public men when the several contingents were tendered "send offs" on ...
Article : 998 words"Jimmy" Governor was placed on trial at the Central Police Court to-day, on a charge of the murder of Helen Josephine Kerz, at Breelong, on July ...
Article : 667 wordsThe President took the Chair at half-past 4 p.m. SIXTEENY TELEGRAMS. Mr. DREW asked—(1) If the ...
Article : 1,140 wordsTo-day the large bush fires and their results are the staple subject of conversation. Many tales of narrow escapes from heavy loss are recorded. In some ...
Article : 2,084 wordsOn Sunday last, Lord Roberts's horse fell with him. The Commander-in-Chief was slightly shaken. He has, however, sent a cable message to the War Office, ...
Article : 444 wordsA West Australian 3½ per cent. subscription loan of £880,000 is announced on the London market. The price of the stock is fixed at par. ...
Article : 68 wordsThe orders lately reported to have been issued by the Dowager Empress, instructing all the Viceroys and Governors to prepare for war, are now ...
Article : 433 wordsThe Quarter Sessions were held to-day, under the presidency of Mr. J. A. Wright, G.R., with whom sat three Justices of the Peace. Mr. R. Dymes acred ...
Article : 134 wordsA disastrous tornado is reported from the United States. The storm swept the State of Tennessee, and the northern portion of the State of Mississippi. ...
Article : 47 wordsThe entries for to-morrow's show now total just on 600, which is fully 200 iu excess of any previous year. The Mounted Infantry have gone into camp, and ...
Article : 159 wordsAn Anglo-Egyptian expedition has, it is announced, started to explore the Bahr el Gazel tributary of the Nile, and to establish a series of military posts. ...
Article : 35 wordsThe Earl of Hopetoun has sailed from Bombay for Colombo. Lord Hopetoun, who has been suffering from dysentry, is so weak that he had to be carried ...
Article : 50 wordsA concert, followed by a dance, was held last night in the Union Hall in aid of the fund to give a "send-off" to Mr. Davies, the Anglican lay-reader, who has been in ...
Article : 112 wordsThe Irish Nationalist members of the House of Commons have decided not to attend the December session of the Imperial Parliament. It is stated that they ...
Article : 56 wordsMr. Zimmerman, the American millionaire, whose daughter, without his consent, married the Duke of Manchester, has relented. ...
Article : 51 wordsAt the Cue Quarter Sessions, Hugh McKenna and Jas. Hickman were convited of the theft of a copper plate from the battery of the New Murchison King ...
Article : 121 wordsCommissions as under have been granted to the following Australians:— Field Artillery.—Troopers A. T. King and E. T. French, of the Victorian ...
Article : 54 wordsAn inquiry was held to-day in connection with the recent fire at Boulder Block. The jury returned a verdict that the fire was caused accidentally. ...
Article : 233 wordsThe Court of Appeal yesterday delivered judgement in the suit of the Taff Vale Railway Company in South Wales against the Amalgamated Railway ...
Article : 77 wordsA large partial eclipse of the sun occured (writes the Government Astronomer, Mr. W. E. Cooke), as predicted, yesterday afternoon. In the streets it ...
Article : 445 wordsThe Governor is in receipt of a telegram from the Lieutenant-Governor of New Guinea respecting a raid made by the piratical Tugeri tribe, from Dutch ...
Article : 146 wordsThe British gunboat Pheasant, on the pacific Station has been ordered to Paname, the capital of the department of the same name in the Republic of ...
Article : 67 wordsThe Postmaster-General has received a cablegram from the Imperial Government, stating that it has accepted a tender for the pacific cable. ...
Article : 31 wordsThe amount of the arbitrators' award in the Delagoa Bay arbitration case was paid yesterday in London on behalf of the Portuguese Government. ...
Article : 284 wordsThe New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, after paying interest on a third of its debentures, has made a profit for the half-year of ...
Article : 54 wordsThe Commissioner of Police has received a telegram from the police officials at Aramac, stating that Edward and Wm. Hollingworth left Llauraheadol ...
Article : 80 wordsThe argument in the case in which Howard Smith and Sons claimed £4,000 from the owners of the ship Hellas, for damages alleged to have been caused in ...
Article : 134 wordsThe Government intend to invite,tenders from shipowners for a two years' service, the vessels to call at five colonial ports, and at least three in South ...
Article : 46 wordsThe visible supply of wheat in America east of the Rockies is estimated at 85,236,000 bushels. ...
Article : 26 wordsThe manager of Benduck Station, Hay, reported to the police this afternoon that R. D. Weir, of Darcoola selection, on going to his homestead this ...
Article : 58 wordsA fire broke out at 2 o'clock this morning at the Golden West Dining Rooms, in Ford-street. There was a fairly strong southerly breeze blowing and the flames ...
Article : 204 wordsThe dispute in the tobacco trade has been settled. At a conference held last night, it was decided that the men should go back to work on Monday, the terms of ...
Article : 52 wordsThe Intercolonial Postal Conference has almost completed the draft of the Postal Bill. and has agreed upon a recommendation to the Governments ...
Article : 58 wordsThe petition of Richard Goldsborough Row. wool expert for dissolution of marriage with Eleanor Stewart Row. otherwise known as Nellie Stewart. actress ...
Article : 109 wordsThe Tyson succession duty case was continued to-day. The case was closed for the Crown, and that for the defendant opened. ...
Article : 102 wordsIn consequence of the dangerous nature of the work, the attempt to recover the body of Wm. Williams, who was entombed at Numurkah a week ago, in a ...
Article : 99 wordsA terrible accident, involving the sudden death of a lumper named Michael Hourigan, occured on board the steamer Holyrood yesterday afternoon. ...
Article : 119 wordsAt the annual prize meeting of the Victorian Rifle Association to-day. cheif interest centred in the long range shooting in the third stage of the Queen's ...
Article : 113 wordsH.M.S. Royal Arthur, which is proceeding to Fremantle to embark the Governor-General-Elect. arrived off Albany at 10 o'clock last night. and entered the ...
Article : 102 wordsThe Speaker took the Chair at half-past 4. NOTICES. Mr. Quinlan to more on Monday next; ...
Article : 3,263 wordsIn the Legislative Council, the Government resolution voting £133,000 for the construction of a channel from Broughton River to Bundaleer reservoir, ...
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Advertising : 700 wordsAt the wool sales to-day, a large and attractive selection was offered. Competition was very animated, and the demand was extremely strong at the ...
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The West Australian (Perth, WA : 1879 - 1954), Fri 23 Nov 1900, Page 5
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