The hitch which was, occasioned by the extraordinary rigours of the weather in the regular supply of provisions and forage for men and horses attached to General ...
Article : 174 wordsHis Majesty the King has been pleased to appoint the Earl of Hopetoun, the Governor-General of Australia, to be a member of His Majesty's Privy Council. ...
Article : 2,434 wordsThe aggressions of Russia in Manchuria have attracted the attention of all the powers co-operating in China, and have induced protests from most of them. The ...
Article : 177 wordsNotwithstanding the strenuous efforts of the authorities to check the spread of the bubonic plague at Cape Town the disease continues to make headway. ...
Article : 57 wordsThe new army scheme disclosed to the House of Commons on Friday by the new Secretary of State for War, Mr.Brodrick, is a matter of universal ...
Article : 4,618 wordsThe Countess of Hopetoun, attended by Captain Wallington, private secretary to the Governor-General of Australia, arrived by yesterday's express train from Sydney ...
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Article : 66 wordsMr. Prendergast and Mr. Findley, M.L.A.'s, waited on the Premier yesterday, and stated that there were two thousand men out of employment in the ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 179 wordsJ. Briggs, the well-known Lancashire cricketer, who two years ago broke down so seriously in health as to necessitate his restraint, but who was subsequently ...
Article : 61 wordsThe steamer Sommerfeld, of the German Australian line, which went on to a sandbank at the mouth of the Elbe while on a voyage from Hamburg to Australia last ...
Article : 246 wordsThe Boer force which recently made an unsuccessful attack on Lichtenburg was of more formidable dimensions than was at first believed, and the town was very ...
Article : 170 wordsIt was definitely announced a few days ago that the Chinese Imperial Court was, after much parlcying, about to return to Peking, and that the necessary esco[?]s had ...
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Article : 892 wordsIt seems probable that in any peace terms arranged between Lord Kitchener and General Louis Botha General De La Rey will not be included. De La Rey ...
Article : 90 wordsA German column, which started from Peking some time ago, and proceeded to Paoting-fu, on the railway line 80 miles to the south-west of the capital, has had a ...
Article : 91 wordsThe Government has received a copy of a despatch from Mr.Chamberlain to His Excellency the Governor of Fiji regarding a speech alleged to reflect upon the ...
Article : 197 wordsAn effort is now to be made to resume normal business in Johannesburg, the centre of the Transvaal mining industry. For some time past miners and others ...
Article : 87 wordsAt the meeting of the Fitzroy Council last evening, the mayor (Councillor Wheeler) stated that he had that afternoon attended a meeting of the central ...
Article : 97 wordsOne of the most important sources of revenue in China is the likin, a tax collected on merchandise during its transport at various appointed places. This tax ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 48 wordsCaptain A. Fitzpatrick, of the New South Wales Artillery, has been invalided to England. Lieutenants G. Legge and F. A. ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 14 wordsA sensational incident occurred on Saturday ovening the Moorabool-steet railway crossing. A drag load of people, who were returning from the Vulean ...
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Article : 40 wordsIt has been decided that portion of the Imperial draft contingent will embark on the Custodian and Maplemore on Friday next, and the transports will sail the next ...
Article : 58 wordsThe following members of the Australian naval contingents are returning home by the steamer Changsha, which passed to-day:—J. Silvester, W. Bates, and ...
Article : 36 wordsAbout 200 delegates to the A.N.A. conference arrived by special train to-night, and were entertained by the president of the local branch (Mr. A. A. Billsou), who ...
Article : 46 wordsA banquet was held at Mullin's Victoria-hall on Friday evening to welcome home Trooper Bushby, who had been invalided home through his horse falling upon him. There was a large attendance, ...
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The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), Tue 12 Mar 1901, Page 5
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