The first series of colonial Wool sales for 1897 opened this evening. The market was flat, and prices showed a fall of about 5 per cent. compared with ...
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Article : 70 wordsThe modifications in the railway freights, which have been agreed to by the Government, on the recommendation of the Railway Commissioner, will come into ...
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Article : 690 wordsRegarding the mysterious disappearance of a miner named Dresser from Jackalass, near Gundagai, in March last, it appears that on the 17th of that month he drew ...
Article : 246 wordsAnother disaster has overtaken the Spaniards at the hands of the Cuban insurgents. The Spanish gunboat Relampayo was ...
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Article : 598 wordsIn the middle of December last an Armenian named Zucharow shot at and severely wounded M. Wasilowsky, the president of the State Railway department at ...
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Article : 82 words"I, William Myles Phillips, now a prisoner on remand in Her Majesty's Goalaol at Melbourne, charged with the murder of William Brady, late accountant to the firm ...
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Article : 400 wordsA considerable proportion of the residents of Cape Colony look with disfavour on the recent proceedings and policy of Mr. Cecil Rhodes, and no fewer than 35 anti-Rhodes ...
Article : 49 wordsSir,—Under the above heading, Mr. Benjamin Hoare publishes in to-day's "Age" a letter giving certain figures to prove that protection has attracted more population to the ...
Article : 541 words"In connection with my confession, I desire to make the following statement of the facts and circumstances which have fatefully caused me to be placed in my presentc ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 135 wordsReports have been received of the occurrence of an earthquake in the island of Kishm, in the Strait of Ormuz, off the coast of Persia. The population of the ...
Article : 59 wordsIn the debate on the Address-in-Reply in the House of Commons this afternoon, speeches were made by Sir William Harcourt, leader of the Opposition, and Mr. A. ...
Article : 314 words"About Friday, the 8th January, 1897, as near as I can recollect, I received a letter from my sister to the effect that my brother, who was prospecting in Gippsland, hadel ...
Article : 747 wordsA sad calamity has taken place at Newport, near the mouth of the Usk River, in Monmouthshire. A ferry-boat crossing the river capsized, ...
Article : 45 wordsWheat and Flour.—The quantity of wheat and flour a float for the United Kingdom is estimated at 2,820,000 quarters, as against 2,810,000 quarters last week, and ...
Article : 94 wordsThe Indian Famine Relief Fund in St. Petersburg now amounts to £1,000. ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 216 wordsMr. Frederick J. Pitcher, managing cler[?] to Messrs. Fink, Best, and Hall, gives anu interesting account of his interviews with the prisoner and of the circumstances whichucl> ...
Article : 562 wordsThe Premier has given instructions for the preparation of plans and specifications for the erection of a bridge over the Barnett River at Bundaberg. The structure ...
Article : 52 wordsThe manager of the Eagle Tobacco Company estimates that 97 tons of tobacco was destroyed in the fire at the company's factory yesterday. Only a small portion of the ...
Article : 433 wordsA sealed bottle has been picked up in Wedge Bay, which was droped from the steamer Rangatira on January 5, 1896, in lat. 46deg. 34min. S., long, 90deg. 24min. E. ...
Article : 127 words"I might mention that I was about five years altogether with Messrs. Copper andil Sons, under Brady's influence all the time, and as I grew older I began more and moree ...
Article : 656 wordsMr. John Dillon, M.P. for East Mayo, ist Alujo has again been chosen to act as leader of the Irish Nationalist party in the House off Commons. ...
Article : 56 wordsThe Union Company have definitely refused to neede to the demand of the Seamen's Union for higher wages. Other shipowners state that they are prepared to ...
Article : 225 wordsA commission was appointed in May, 1894, to report upon the Financial Relations between Great Britain and Ireland. The members were the Right Hon. Hugh ...
Article : 287 wordsIs a great quality born in some. Weak nerves may be strengthened by the use of some time-honoured stimulant, such as Wolfe's Schnapps.—[Advt.] ...
Article : 124 wordsR.M.S. Maori left Cape Town (outwards) on the 19th inst. F.M.S. Ville de in Cio[?]at left Colombo (homewards) on the 18th inst. ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 55 wordsAre permanently secured to Infants using NESTLE'S SWISS MILK. It is strongly recommended by doctors, being made from the purest cow's milk only.—[Advt.] ...
Article : 27 wordsThe Best, Purest, and Most Invigorating Tea in Australia. —[Advt.] ...
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Article : 32 wordsTapestry Table Covers, 7/6. Real Swiss Lace Sideboard Covers, 1[?] yards long, 4/3; Coloured do., 3/3; Real-Guipuro Lace do., 4/. Swiss Lace Doyleys, in [?]ru or white, 10d. each. Pongee Silks, ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 60 words"Of the highest degree of purity."— "Health."—[Advt.]* ...
Article : 13 wordsGold medal, Albury Exhibition, 1896.— [Advt.] ...
Article : 10 wordsThe constant use of Pears' Soap.— [Advt.] ...
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The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), Thu 21 Jan 1897, Page 5
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