Reports from the front bring news that Lord Roberts is slowly but steadily advancing eastward, in order to release the British prisoners, and to bring about the ...
Article : 2,520 wordsFurther details that have been received of the tierce battle fought by the allies at peitsing, eight miles and a half north of Tientsin, on Sunday last, show that, ...
Article : 383 wordsThe Yawath Maru, which arrived here to-day, brings Hong Kong files to July 21. The latest news verifies the uncertainty that has been felt with regard to the fate ...
Article : 455 wordsThe Agents-General have sent a letter to the Queen condoling with Her Majesty on the loss she has sustained in the death of her second son, the Duke of ...
Article : 47 wordsAfter an exasperating dalay of several days, something like definite information of the whereabouts of the brothers Governor is forthecoming. The tracks of the ...
Article : 1,422 wordsOur obituary columns this morning contain the announcement of the death of Canon Henry Hewitt Paulet Handfield, of St. Peter's Church, Eastern Hill. By the ...
Article : 1,114 wordsYesterday evening, in the Legislative Assembly, Mr. Graves asked Mr. Salmon, for the Minister of Defence, if his attention had been called to the alleged serious ...
Article : 479 wordsAmong the anarchists arrested by the police in connection with the assassination of King Humbert were two named Quintavalli and Lana, who accompanied Angelo ...
Article : 151 wordsAn Imperial edict has been issued ordering the Chinese troops to recapture Tientsin and Taku from the allied forces at any cost. ...
Article : 36 wordsSeveral changes in the diplomatic service are announced. Sir Francis Richard Plunkett, who has been British Minister at Brussels since ...
Article : 80 wordsA proclamation has been issued prohibiting the export from Great Britain to China of arms, ammunition, and war-ships. ...
Article : 31 wordsH.M.S. Wallaroo, 2,575 tons, 8 guns, of the Australian Auxiliary Squadron, which reached Hong Kong a few days ago, has arrived at Shanghai, where there were ...
Article : 43 wordsSir Michael Hicks-Beach, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, has placed Exchequer bonds amounting to £10,000,000, the issue being for the purpose of defraying a portion ...
Article : 98 wordsNo mention is made in the account of Sunday's battle at Peitsang of the strength of the Chinese forces, but their numbers must have been considerable. The map ...
Article : 1,132 wordsThe Defence department was informed yesterday by Commander Tickell that William Crofts, one of the seamen of the Victorian Naval Contingent, had been ...
Article : 33 wordsOfficial visits were paid to the Salamis this afternoon by His Excellency the Governor, the Premier, and the Minister for Defence. After being shown over the ...
Article : 334 wordsIn consequence of the necessity of providing for the increased expenditure caused by the war and the difficulty experienced in raising a loan; the Russian Government ...
Article : 54 wordsDesperate fighting tooK place at Ticntsin on july 3 and 4. The Russians and Japanese went out to drive back an army of 30,000 Chinese, advancing from Peitsang, ...
Article : 194 wordsThe death is announced of Herr Liebknecht, one of the leaders of the Socialist party in Germany, and member of the Reichstag for Berlin. ...
Article : 126 wordsAnother large Chinese force, numbering 13,000 men, has been discovered south-east of Tientsin. The movements of this force are being ...
Article : 34 wordsA cable message from the Belgian Minister in Peking, Baron de vinek de deux Orp, has been received by the Belgian Government. ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 217 wordsIn the Legislative Council the debate was resumed on the second reading of the Darling Harbour Wharves Resumption Bill. There was some opposition, objection being ...
Article : 508 wordsIn a small arsenal outside Tientsin which was captured by the British and Russians over three million cartridges and 37 brand new Krupp guns were found. In taking this ...
Article : 1,427 wordsThe anti-foreigh party in Peking, hended by the Empress Dowager and Li Ping Heug, the commander of the troops, is carrying out with relentless ferocity its measures ...
Article : 79 wordsThe Premier to-day stated that owing to the late hour at which the R. M. S. ormuz, which is the first of the mail steamers to call at Fremantle, will probably arrive on ...
Article : 132 wordsIn connection with the Attorney-General's proposed Commercial Court for the trial by a simpler method of mercantile cases, Mr. Wise points out that there is no ...
Article : 253 wordsAdvices from Shanghai give further particnlars of the execution of two pro-foreign members of the Tsungli Yamen in Peking on July 27. ...
Article : 158 wordsWheat and Flour.—The quantity of wheat and flour afloat for the United Kingdom is estimated at 2,205,000 quarters, as against 2,335,000 quarters last week and ...
Article : 130 wordsA good deal of surprise was expressed in the city to-day that a collision should have occurred in the harbour between steamers in such clear and calm weather as ...
Article : 314 wordsIn the Legislative Assembly, the Minister of Railways moved the second reading of the Collide Creek Syndicate Railway Bill, which was opposed by the leader of the ...
Article : 69 wordsAt yesterday's meeting of the Board of Public Health, Dr. Gresswell, who presided, stated that no case of bubonic plague had occurred in Melbourne for ...
Article : 281 wordsShocking murders have been committed by the Chinese at Chuchan, in the coastal province of Chekinng. The Rev. Mr. Thompson, a missionary, ...
Article : 54 wordsAt Half-past 10 a.m.—In re Grey (part heard), Reed v. Greathead, in ro-Tilley's trade-mark, Elkan v. de la Javeny, Montague v. Bult, Montague v. Zilles, Shannon v. Whiting. ...
Article : 174 wordsIn the House of Assembly to-day a debate took place on the second reading of the bill to give extended powers to The Executors Company, a measure of which the ...
Article : 218 wordsThe bill increasing the number of Ministers and the amount of Ministers salaries was passed through committee in the House of Representatives, after a long ...
Article : 64 wordsOfficial reports received from Tokio, the capital of Japan, show that considerable friction and jealousies exist among the allied powers operating in China. ...
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The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), Thu 9 Aug 1900, Page 5
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