The presentation of war medals to the officers and men who have served in South Africa and returned to England took place yesterday at the Horse Guards' Parade, and ...
Article : 253 wordsThe "Novoe Vremya," a leading St. Petersburg newspaper, publishes an outspoken article on the situation in China. It asserts that Great Britain, hoping to ...
Article : 114 wordsThe newspapers comment in the most favourable terms on the reception of their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York in New Zealand. ...
Article : 76 wordsA prisoner named J. Smith alias Charles Thompson, alias Duchens, made his escape from custody at the Tabletop police station, 12 miles from Albury, early this ...
Article : 539 wordsStraws, during the past few sittings of the Senate, have shown which way the wind was blowing, and yesterday a squall came away from ...
Article : 980 wordsA "cloud no bigger than a man's hand" appeared in the Senate in the shape of an innocent-looking Supply Bill, precisely similar in appearance to many similar ...
Article : 818 wordsSenator Gould. one of the New South Wales representatives, who has filled the office of Minister of Justice in that state, said:—"There is no method of dealing with ...
Article : 250 wordsIn the House of Commons last night Mr. Balfour made a statement with respect to the Government business that would be dealt with during the remainder of the ...
Article : 158 wordsIncluded in the passengers from Cape Town by the steamer Narrung, which reached Port Adelaide this morning, were 31 soldiers, belonging to various states, ...
Article : 85 wordsThe astonishment caused in England by the announcement that Germany intends to keep SOO troops and a battery of artillery at Shanghai has elicited a semi-official ...
Article : 115 wordsA meeting of ladies, convened by the mayoress (Mrs. Bray), was held yesterday to consider the proposal to erect a fountain in commemoration of the deeds of St. ...
Article : 86 wordsThe following are the clauses in the Commonwealth Constitution Bill on the question of the relative powers of the two Houses as to money bills:— ...
Article : 341 wordsThe University of Glasgow has celebrated the ninth jubilee of its foundation in 1450-51. His Majesty the King sent a message of ...
Article : 35 wordsNews has been received by his friends that W.W. M.Judd, of Hawthorn, who left with the Fifth Continpent as a private, has been promoted to be staff- sergeant, with the army rank of ...
Article : 62 wordsThe mission sent by the Sultan of Morocco to His Majesty King Edward has excited a good deal of comment in the French press. It was supposed that one ...
Article : 94 wordsDuring the presentation of the war medals their Majesties the King and Queen were standing for two hours. The King were the uniform of a field ...
Article : 66 wordsAmongst the Victorians who returned by the steamer Aberdeen was Quartermaster-Sergeant J. C. M'Causland (wrongly given as M'Cushland in a previous issue), of St. Arnaud. ...
Article : 328 wordsThe New Zealand bowlers who seceded from the Australian team-now playing in England have played their first game against the Broomhill club, Glasgow. They were ...
Article : 228 words"The Times," in a leading article on the presentation of the war medals, says that the chief significance of the event was the attitude of the spectators, ...
Article : 168 wordsSince the imposition of the sugar duties the Customs department has been levying a duty of 7/ per cwt. on fruit pulp. Sir Andrew Clarke, the Agent-General ...
Article : 66 wordsThe trial of Jane Smith, for having murdered Patrick Conway, by administering poison to him on the steamer Talune, while on a voyage from Wellington to Sydney, ...
Article : 648 wordsThe Rev. Thos. Parker, minister of the Wesleyan Church, Blayney, who was sued for damages for libel by William Gladstone Mellor, a reporter on the Blayney ...
Article : 245 wordsThe Bundesrath, or German Federal Council, has sanctioned until further notice the prolongation of the most-favoured nation treatment of Great Britain and the ...
Article : 72 wordsThe reception of the members of the Tasmanian first contingent, who have returned from the war, was most cordial this afternoon. The men are all in good health, and many are ready to ...
Article : 85 wordsIt is officially announced that on the 1st and 2nd inst. severe fighting took place between a detachment of Kitchener's Fighting Scouts and a Boer force on Pienaar's ...
Article : 95 wordsTheir Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York left Auckland by special train at 10 o'clock this morning for Rotorua. They were heartily ...
Article : 751 wordsThe directors of the Bank of England to-day reduced the rate of discount for three months' bills from 3½ to 3 per cent. ...
Article : 34 wordsThe first show of the Prahran Poultry and Dog Society was opened at the local Town-hall buildings yesterday. The display consisted of dogs, poultry, pigeons, ...
Article : 529 wordsCaptain Schumacker, of the German ship Ebenezer, which arrived at Sydney lase night, reported having spoken the American barque James Tuft on May 8 in ...
Article : 112 wordsWheat.—The American visible supply east of the Rocky Mountains is estimated at 45,610,000 bushels, against 47,109,000 bushels a week ago, and 57,311,000 bushels ...
Article : 147 wordsThe column under Colonel D.Haig, of the 7th Hussars, is driving Kruitzinger's commando, which recently pillaged Jamestown, but was shortly afterwards attacked ...
Article : 50 wordsThe special prizes and champion awards were made to-day in connection with the show of the New South Wales Poultry Club. Messrs. Grant Bros., of Pakenham, ...
Article : 64 wordsFull particulars are published of the circumstances that led to the trial by courtmartial and execution at Pretoria of two Boers, who attempted to rejoin the ...
Article : 132 wordsMr.Solomon, member for Fremantle, Western Australia, has not yet taken his seat, because a petition has been lodged against his return. Mr.Barton moved ...
Article : 1,417 wordsThe steamer Narrung, which arrived from London this morning, had a number of live stock on board, including two bloodhounds, destined for Melbourne. ...
Article : 30 wordsThe central board appointed to administer the Old-age Pensions Act, in a report de—ailing the operations to dace, state that about 18,000 applications have been ...
Article : 85 wordsIn the House of Commons last night the provision in the Mines Bill fixing the limit of the working day at eight hours was retained on a division by 214 votes to 154. ...
Article : 111 wordsThe final figures for the election in the Southern District of the Legislative Council are now available. As was expected, Mr. G. Riddoch and Mr. A. Von Doussa ...
Article : 57 wordsShortly before 5 o'clock this morning a fire was discovered on the promises of Mason' Brothers Limited, general merchants, Pitt-street, near the junction of ...
Article : 248 wordsIt was thought that the Senate would to-day send a message to the House of Representatives asking to be furnished with a copy of the Estimates on which the ...
Article : 220 wordsA girl named Kelly, aged eight years, met with a shocking death at Bindoon yesterday. She was leading a horse to water, when the animal, taking fright, bolted, ...
Article : 79 wordsA petition signed by 1,000 Boer prisoners at,the Bellevue camp has been forwarded to ex-President Steyn, Mr. Schalk Burger, titular Acting President of the Transvaal; ...
Article : 70 wordsIn consequence of the development of the district, the postal facilities are inadequate for the public requirements. At present there is only one delivery of ...
Article : 140 wordsSome weeks ago Mr. Marcus Beresford placed in our hands the sum of £1,000, to be given to St. Vincent's Hospital in order to extend the accommodation for the sick ...
Article : 90 wordsA largely-attended meeting to-night adopted the constitution for the new Harbour League, formed to secure improvements to the port, so that larger and ...
Article : 126 wordsThe Victoria Cross has been in awarded to Seigeant Firth, of the West Riding Regiment, for gallant conduct at Arundel, a railway station in the Cape Colony ...
Article : 40 wordsThe sub-committee of the Federal and Louisa Lamont Shipwreck Fund held a meeting yesterday at the offices of Messrs. Huddart, Parker, and Co. Proprietary Limited, Mr. W. T. Appleton in the ...
Article : 167 wordsDetectives Dalton and Nupthine yesterday arrested two men—James Edwards, aged 27, a shorthand writer, and William Thompson, aged 28, a hairdresser—on two ...
Article : 276 wordsA youth named William Bobbin, aged 19, was taken to the Melbourne Hospital early this morning, suffering from a bullet-wound in the leg, near the right ...
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Article : 37 wordsSir Josiah Symon, in the course of an interview, said that he regarded the action taken by the Government as the result of pure inadvertence. No attempt was ...
Article : 161 wordsWhen the troopship Britannic left Port Adelaide several members of the Imperial contingent who visited Australia in connection with the Commonwealth ...
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The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), Fri 14 Jun 1901, Page 5
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