The latest advices from Valparais[?] show that during the recent desperate fighting near the city President Balmaceda was fully informed of the plans ...
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Article : 51 wordsThe election of a member of the House of Commons for Lewisham took place to-day. The vacancy was caused by the death of the Earl of Dartmouth, in ...
Article : 107 wordsThe Royal Commission appointed to inquire into the prevalence of gambling among the Chinese at the lower end of George-street and elsewhere, as well as to ...
Article : 367 wordsIf evidence were wanting of the inconvenience—and we might almost say the danger—of discussing the Federation Bill on the eve of a general ...
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Article : 67 wordsThe sealers of British Columbia have prepared a petition to be forwarded to Lord Salisbury relating to the seal fisheries in Behring Sea. ...
Article : 109 wordsThe half-yearly report of the Perth Chamber of Commerce states that the trade of the colony rests on a firm basis, but deprecates too extensive speculation founded on the ...
Article : 282 wordsPresident Balmaceda has dismissed Senor B[?]lan, the Chilian consul-generalat Washington, from his post, believing him to be friendly to the insurgents. ...
Article : 29 wordsIn the Legislative Council to-day, a resolution, moved by Mr. Krichauff, to obtain an analysis of the mineral waters in the north, with a view to ascertain their medicinal ...
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Article : 32 wordsThe Presidente Pinto, one of the three cruisers built in France for the Chilian Government, which the French law courts ordered should be delivered over to the ...
Article : 59 wordsSir Henry Hawkins, judge of the Exchequer Division of the High Court of Justice, who has been seriously ill for some days past, is now improving. ...
Article : 34 wordsMr. D. P. MacEwan has purchased the picture "Mount Etna," by Mr. John M'Whirter, A.R.A. He intends to present it to the Sydney Art Gallery. ...
Article : 35 wordsThe census returns for Canada show that the total population of the colony is 4,820,000. The census of 1881 showed the ...
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Article : 34 wordsIn the Assembly to-day Mr. Cowley, the Minister of Lands, gave notice of the introduction of a bill for the purchase of lands suitable for immediate settlement and for ...
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Article : 90 wordsThe Land Income Assessment Bill has been passed by the Upper House. ...
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The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), Fri 28 Aug 1891, Page 5
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