Lord Kitchener, who is superintending the safety of Lord Roberts's communications in the Orange River Colony, had a very narrow escape from capture on ...
Article : 4,048 wordsThe death is announced of Lord Loch, formerly Governor of Victoria, and afterwards Governor of Cape Colony and Her Majesty's High Commissioner for South ...
Article : 1,186 wordsThere is still an entire absence of official information respecting the state of affairs in Peking and the position of the force of 2,300 British and foreign marines, under ...
Article : 227 wordsWe acknowledge the following donations:- THE £25 SUBSCRIPTION. TO THE EDITOR OF THE ARGUS. ...
Article : 469 wordsSir G. M. O'Rourke was yesterday reelected, for the eighth time, Speaker of the New Zealand House of Representatives. He has now presided over that body for ...
Article : 486 wordsThe following message from Adelaide has been received by the Melbourne Telegraph Office:—Berne wires—"The Great Northern Company informs us that it hopes shortly, ...
Article : 93 wordsThe first-class armoured cruiser Undaunted, 5,600 tons, Captain Arthur C. Clarke, which is armed with 12 large quickfiring guns, besides smaller guns, was ...
Article : 101 wordsThe s.s. Guthric sailed on the 20th inst. with a cargo of 2,000,0001b. of tea for Australian ports. The Chingtu will sail on July 12. ...
Article : 42 wordsA column under Captain Wilson, which is marching to the relief of Kumasi, where Sir Frederic Hodgson, the Governor of the Gold Coast Colony, and a native force, ...
Article : 81 wordsThe Boxer rising has had a disastrous effect upon the country, as the authority of the Imperial Government and of the Chinese officials has been completely ...
Article : 105 wordsVice-Admiral Bruce, telegraphing to the Government on Monday last, sta[?]ed that the treaty port of Tientsin, on the [?]iho, 27 miles from Taku, at the mo[?]th of the ...
Article : 216 wordsTestimony is forthcoming from many sources of the unsuitableness of South Africa as a country to settle in. We have already directed attention to the exodus of ...
Article : 915 wordsThe officials of Dumbell's Banking Company Limited, Isle of Man, which suspended payment on February 3, have been committed for trial on the charges of having ...
Article : 112 wordsLord Charles Beresford, who in 1898 visited over 40 of the forts and ba[?]eries which form the coast and river defences of China, described them as being armed ...
Article : 778 wordsThe last session of the present Parliament, which will expire by effluxion of time early in October, opens on Wednesday, and there are indications that the Ministry will ...
Article : 903 wordsThe Great Western Railway Company, which has been formed in London for the construction of the Great Western Railway in Tasmania, has informed Sir Philip ...
Article : 135 wordsAn interesting account of the capture of the Taku forts on Sunday last is given in the Japanese ofiicial report of the operations. ...
Article : 174 wordsThe results of the colonial examinations of the Institute of Actuaries, held in April last, have been announced. Of the Melbourne candidates, Messrs. ...
Article : 95 wordsThe Antwerp wool sales will open on Tuesday next, the 26th inst., and close on Thursday, the 28th inst. Nine thousand two hundred bales will be ...
Article : 47 wordsMr. James Stirling, who was recently appointed by the Victorian Government mining expert in London, has entered upon his duties, and is making inquiries with ...
Article : 180 wordsFurther particulars of the co[?]t between the foreign gun-boats and the Taku forts, on Sunday last. show that the Russian gun-boat Gilyak, 963 tons, 12 guns, was ...
Article : 84 wordsConsols were quoted yesterday at 100[?], against 101½ on the 14th inst., being a fall of [?]. ...
Article : 24 words[?]ear-Admiral Bruce reports that the Chinese admiral was present at the bombardment of the Taku forts. He was with the allied [?]eet in a Chinese cruiser, from ...
Article : 124 wordsWheat.—The wheat market is 6d. per quarter dearer. A cargo of 8,000 quarters South Australian wheat, June shipment, has been sold at 30/6 per 480lb., cost, ...
Article : 156 wordsP. and O. R.M.S. Rome arrived at Suez, from Australia, on the 19th inst. P. and O. R.M.S. Himalaya arrived at Colombo, from Australia, on the 20th inst. ...
Article : 36 wordsThe following statement by Cardinal Moran with reference to the reported burning by the Boxers of tho Roman Catholic Cathedral at Peking appeared in the ...
Article : 407 wordsAt Half-past 10 a.m.—Cane v. The Perpetual Trustees and Executors Association Limited, M'Eacharn v. Chapman. First Civil Court. ...
Article : 160 wordsThe foreign admirals who are operating at Taku are working together with the [?]tmost harmony. The wounded belong to all the ...
Article : 57 wordsAn approximate return of the railway traffic for the month of May was presented to the Deputy Railway Commissioner yesterday. The figures were as follows:— ...
Article : 101 wordsThe P. and O. Co,'s R.M.S. Britannia, F. H. Seymour commander, arrived from Colombo at 5.15 a.m. Passengers in the saloon:- For Albany.—Mr. and Mrs. Farquhar and child, ...
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The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), Fri 22 Jun 1900, Page 5
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