The action of the British Government in establishing a protectorate over the territories of the British North Borneo Company, the Rajah of Sarawak, and ...
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Article : 89 wordsParliament was prorogued early yesterday afternoon. The Council met at 11 o'clock. Mr. Gordon disputed the President's technical ...
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Article : 1,570 wordsSeveral thousand persons assembled at the Ashfield Recreation ground yesterday afternoon to witness a balloon ascent and descent by means of a parachute. The emulator of ...
Article : 542 wordsMr. Wake, an artist in the service of the illustrated London paper, the Graphic, has been killed at Suakim by a stray bullet from the enemy. ...
Article : 43 wordsSir Henry Drummond Wolff, who was recently sent as British ambassador to tho Court of Teheran, has succeeded in inducing the Shah of Persia to throw ...
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Article : 107 wordsThe trial of Wm. Harrison for the murder of John Duggan at Elmore was continued yesterday, when the examination of witnesses was concluded. ...
Article : 284 wordsThe following results of the subjects of the certificated teachers under the Education departament were posted on the University notice boards on buturday last as follow: ...
Article : 372 wordsThe Rev. George Stannard, one of the oldest Wealeyan ministers in the colony, died at Wanganui yesterday. ...
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Article : 237 wordsFather Kennedy, tho Roman Catholic priest at Meelin, in County Cork, has been sentenced to three months' imprisonment for inciting tenants to refuse ...
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Article : 35 wordsLouisa Collins waa yesterday found guilty ot the murder of her husband, Michael Peter Collins, by poisoning at Botany in July last. The prisoner, who was apparently quite ...
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The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), Mon 10 Dec 1888, Page 5
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