Some time ago rumours were current that Captain Younghusband, a British political agent, had been killed by the Russians on the Pamir Plateau. ...
Article : 100 wordsThe sufferings caused by the famine in the city of Kieff are very great. A large number of persons are stated to be living on the refuse of the city abattoirs. ...
Article : 86 wordsIn consequence of certain rumours which have reached the Government, but have not been made public, the police forces in all the ports along the Irish ...
Article : 46 wordsThe election of a member of the House of Commons for the city of Cork, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Mr. Parnell, took place yesterday. ...
Article : 129 wordsIt is noteworthy that both the successful and the unsuccessful candidates for the North Yarra Province tell the same tale as to how the unexpected ...
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Article : 40 wordsAdvices from Rio Janeiro show that the di[?]tatorship was forced upon the President, Marshall Fons[?]ca, by the officers of the army and navy. ...
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Article : 638 wordsThe P. and O. Co.'s R.M.S. Massilia, which left Melbourne on September 26, has been quarantined at Gibraltar, in consequence of having several severe cases ...
Article : 40 wordsThe statements made by Mr. W. O'Brien in his speech at Cork on Tuesday last have greatly disgusted the Gladstonian party, and have inspired ...
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Article : 67 wordsAn official denial has been given to the statements that the large structures erected in connection with the Chicago Exhibition of 1893 are unsafe. ...
Article : 30 wordsMadame Melba appeared in Paris last night in the opera of "Hamlot." The audience was the largest of the season, and the prima donna was received with ...
Article : 38 wordsThe Chinese Government has not yet paid the indemnity demanded by the powers for the losses caused-to Europeans by the recent anti-foreign riots. ...
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Article : 67 wordsThe suspension of payment by Messrs[?] Hirschfeld, Wolff, and Co., of Berlin, has caused the failure of Messrs. Sommer[?] feld and Son, bankers, of that city. ...
Article : 70 wordsMr. Gladstone, in reply to a statement made by Mr. Goschen, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, denies that he had anything whatover to do with the Boulogne ...
Article : 78 wordsThe veteran statesman Earl Grey is seriously ill, his condition being regarded as critical. He is in his 89th year, having been ...
Article : 106 wordsIt is reported that " Parson " Davis, formerly manager for Jim Hall, has offered F. P. Slavin, the Australian boxer, 400 dollars a week to appear on ...
Article : 46 wordsThe Board of Trade Roturns show that the value of the imports into the United Kingdom during October amounted to £36,874,000 against £37,746,000 for the ...
Article : 63 wordsThe Trust and Agency Company of Australasia Limited pays a dividend at the rate of 20 per cent, per annum. ...
Article : 31 wordsMr. William Lawi[?]s Jackson, the financial secretary to the Treasury, has been appointed Chief Secretary for Ireland. ...
Article : 73 wordsThe Federal Reversionary Investment and Financial Company Limited has stopped payment pending meetings of the depositors to be held in Sydney and Newcastle. The ...
Article : 154 wordsThe fifteenth intercolonial cricket match between South Australia and Victoria was begun on the Adelaide Oval to-day. The w[?]ket was perfect, but the weather was ...
Article : 388 wordsThe Executive having decided that the death sentence passed on Harold Mallalieu for the Nyngan murder shall take place at Dubbo on the 26th inst., notice was given to ...
Article : 391 wordsA strange occurrence has been reported to the police[?] When the Albury and Germanton coach, which was driven by a very old and reliable driver named John O'Connor, ...
Article : 231 wordsEarly this morning an almost unprecedented affair on the railways of this colony occurred near here between two wayside stations—Yerong Creek and Henty—when a ...
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Article : 151 wordsThe Queensland eight-oar crew left for Melbourne yesterday by the steamer Aramac. The Government will provide work for 55 unemployed on Tuesday on various railway ...
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Article : 75 wordsThe polling for the seat in the Legislative Assembly for East Sydney, rendered vacant by the acceptance of the attorney-generalship by Mr. Edmund Barton, took place ...
Article : 110 wordsA proof of the large number of fatalities occurring primarily from the influenza epidemic in this district is afforded by the fact that during the past mouth there were ...
Article : 154 wordsThe North v. South ladies' lawn tennis match was played at Launceston yesterday, the North winning by 94 to 83. Several robberies were committed on board ...
Article : 68 wordsSimeon Solomon Moses, of Canterburyroad, St. Kilda, clerk. Cause of insolvency— Depreciation in the value of shares purchas[?]d by him. Liabilities, £3,124 11s. 2d.; assets, ...
Article : 128 words1,270 pieces seasonable Dress Goods, being a manufacturer's stock bought at a large discount, to be sold at Craig, Williamson, and Thomas's, commencing To-morrow. ...
Article : 30 wordsWonderful bargains in all departments at Cullis Hill and Co.'s. Furniture at absolute cost. Best Brussels actually 4s. 9d. yard.— [ADVT.] ...
Article : 29 wordsNew shipment just opened, best 5-frame brussels very cheap, 4s. 6d. yard. George and George Ltd.—[ADVT.] A MILLION new and secondhand books and a million ...
Article : 95 wordsOne thousand pounds' worth of Table Napkins and Table Cloths will be sold below cost of manufacture. by George and George Ltd. —[ADVT.] ...
Article : 31 wordsFor sale To-morrow at Craig, Williamson, and Thomas's. Ladies invited to call early, —[ADVT.] ...
Article : 26 wordsAn ordinary breakfast cup of Malted Cocoa contains more nourishment than a pint of the best ale or stout. It does not thicken in the cup. "The most strengthening combination ...
Article : 39 wordsThe celebrated Wolfe's Schnapps, the purest spirit obtainable, free from fusel oil and other poisonous ingredients.—[ADVT.] ...
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The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), Mon 9 Nov 1891, Page 5
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