Lord Kitchener reports that on the 6th inst. severe fighting took place between General Elliot's column and a Boer force commanded by General De Wet. ...
Article : 146 wordsThe Shanghai correspondent of "The Times" states that the German garrison in that city will consist of two battalions. ...
Article : 31 wordsThe state Parliament of Victoria meets to-morrow. No question is more intresting than that as to the position which state Parliaments are to oecupy ...
Article : 4,519 wordsFrom Mr.Chambeilain the federal Ministry has received a communication on the subject of an "Intelligence Branch" of the Board of Trade to be opened in London ...
Article : 1,030 wordsThe Empress Lodge of Freemasons gave a banquet last night to commemorate the inauguration of the Australian Commonwealth. ...
Article : 71 wordsTheir Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York witnessed a unique and magnificent spectacle, here yesterday morning, when a great "haka," ...
Article : 708 wordsThe President of the Senate and Speaker of the House of Representatives desire it intimated that at the dinner to be given by the Federal Parliament to the ...
Article : 46 wordsCHARLTON.—Troopers D. Dineen, J. Sutherland, and R. J. M'Farlane had an enthusiastic reception on their arrival on Friday. At the meeting at the Victoria-hall in the evening welcome ...
Article : 279 wordsM. Beernnert, the veteran Beigian statesman, has Withdrawn the bill introduced by him in the Beigian Parliament providing for the annexation of the Congo State by ...
Article : 71 wordsNews has been received here that an endeavour is being made in the southern states to have a differentiation brought about in the Federal beer excise between ...
Article : 77 wordsThere will be no sitting of either House to-morrow. When the Senate meets on Wednesday it will be asked to deal with the new Supply ...
Article : 295 wordsIt was reported to the Government recently that numerous applications were being made by Asiatics in the Northern Territory for mineral licenses and leases, ...
Article : 154 wordsIn the Italian Chamber of Deputies last night Signor Prinetti, the Minister for Foreign Affairs, denied that the relations between Italy and Great Britain wers less ...
Article : 103 wordsSevere fighting took place at Rhenoster Kop on the 7th inst., in which the fifth Victorian contingent lost heavily. The following casualties are reported:— ...
Article : 123 wordsThe Australian bowls team played their seventh match yesterday at Cheltenham, and defeated the local players by the large majority of 80 points, the visitors lending in ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 37 wordsThe general election of members of the Second Chamber of the States General of the Netherlands has resulted in the defeat of the Liberal party, which at present ...
Article : 58 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 : 88 wordsA copy of the telegram sent by Mr. Lewis, Premier of Tasmania, to the Prime Minister protesting against the proposed interference with a racing lottery legalised ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 150 wordsLieutenant A. E. Murphy was the son of the late Mr. Edward Murphy, of Messrs. Nutt and Murphy, solicitors, Melbourne. He was born at Toorak, and sent to ...
Article : 119 wordsIn the French Chamber of Deputies last night, M. Edouard Drumont, the violent advocate of anti-Semitism, and founder of the "Libre Parole," was censured for ...
Article : 81 wordsSir,—Having personal knowledge of the good work being done by the St. Vincent's Hospital, I enclose a donation of £50 to the fund now being raised on its behalf. ...
Article : 78 wordsA Perth telegram received late last night states that Mr. Alexander Forrest, brother or Sir John Forrest, is seriously ill. A large gathering of the literary staffs of ...
Article : 946 wordsThe Belgian newspapers, which are generally inspired by Dr. Leyds and the members of the late Transvaal legation in Brussels, assert that Mr. Kruger is using the ...
Article : 97 wordsA disastrous explosion has occuried in a cartidge factory at Mouhneaux, a suburb of Paris. Fifteen workmen were killed and 18 injured. ...
Article : 30 wordsThe New Zealand players, who decided not to form part of the Australian team non playing in England, played a game yesterday against the Wileroft Club, and were ...
Article : 111 wordsThe Postmaster-General, who is a barrister by profession, believes, that under section 89 of the Commonwealth Act the cost of the reintroduction of penny postage ...
Article : 178 wordsThe remains of the late Lady Hawker, widow of the late Mr. G.C. Hawker, of South Australia, who died a few days ago, have been cremated, and the ashes have ...
Article : 296 wordsThe proposal to establish an Imperial Court of Appeal is strongly opposed by the French-Canadian lawyers and journals. They fear that an Imperial Court of ...
Article : 44 wordsIn view of the report of the Concessions Commission, which recommended that the concession to the Netherlands Railway Company should be withdrawn, on the ...
Article : 141 wordsIn the French Chamber of Deputies last night, M. Milleraud, the Minister of Commerce and Industry, made a statement with regard to the Government old-age ...
Article : 89 wordsMr. Frank Byrne, the retiring member for Hay, opened his campaign with an address at the Academy of Music last night. Alderman Gibson presided. The ...
Article : 141 wordsIt is officially announced that their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York are due at Simonstown, the British naval station in South Africa, on ...
Article : 43 wordsAt a conference of agriculturists held at Bundaberg, Queensland, last week, a resolution was passed declaring that the conference viewed with alarm the attitude of the ...
Article : 258 wordsAs already indicated in "The Argus," there can be no doubt of tho existence of an organised gang of burglars in Bendigo. This morning W. Gouge, a letter-carrier ...
Article : 564 wordsThe results of thecolonial examinations of the Institute of Actuaries have been published. The following have passed:— PART 1.—CLASS 3. ...
Article : 82 wordsThe following officers are convalescent, and have resumed duty:—Lieutenant W. Carter, of New South Wales, and Lieutenant C. Cowley, of Queensland. ...
Article : 26 wordsAt a largely-attended meeting held here on Saturday the Eastern Goulburn Irrigation League was formal to ptomote the Eastern Goulburn Irugation Scheme. ...
Article : 196 wordsWe have to announce with great regret tho death of Mr. Alfred Martin Ebsworth, who for 44 years was a loyal and much-trusted servent of the proprietors of ...
Article : 525 wordsMrs. George Moore, the mother of Charles Moore, who was recently killed in the war in South Africa, has received a letter from Lieutenant A. C. Macdonald, ...
Article : 177 wordsThe steamer Isis left Albany for Fremantle yesterday morning, and returned this evening in a distressed condition. Tho vessel encountered a storm at 4 o'clock ...
Article : 156 wordsAs was recently announced, reductions are being made in the excise duties on tobacco, cigars, and cigarettes manufactured in New South Wales and Queensland, so as ...
Article : 100 wordsIn the House of Commons last night, in reply to a question, Sir Michael HicksBeach, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, made a statement bearing on the imposition ...
Article : 123 wordsThe Federal Premier has received, through His Excellency the Governor-General, a despatch from the Secretary of State for War, enclosing a despatch from ...
Article : 206 wordsThe hon. treasurer of the above fund (Mr.W. T. Appleton) acknowledges the following amounts:— Mr. Alcexandar Wilson, 10/; per Mr.G. H. Rocke, secretary Bankers Association—Mr. ...
Article : 45 wordsThe New South Wales Government, acting under authority of the act passed during last session, giving them power to alter excise duties, issued a proclamation on the ...
Article : 232 wordsThe Rev. J.H. Ingham, Wesleyan minister, in his discourse this evening on a text chosen from Job, chapter 19, verse 20, "Escaped with the skin of my teeth," made ...
Article : 187 wordsMiss Berry, niece of Mr. Berry, who died from small-pox at Torrens Island a few days ago, was isolated at the quarantine station to-day, owing to suspicious ...
Article : 61 wordsAt Half-past 10 a.m.—Locl Hobson v. Hawthorn City Council, Bride v. Fitzgibbon. first Civil Court. (Before Mr. justice Williams.) ...
Article : 226 wordsReassuring news has come from the quarantine station. There appears to be no danger of the further extension fo the small-pox outbreak. The patient Reynolds, ...
Article : 100 wordsPrivate Arthur Richards, f Portarlington, who went to South Africa with the Fifth Victorian Contingent, has written to say that he has been recommended for ...
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Advertising : 109 wordsIt is understood that Mr. A. B. Cockburn, of Sydney, and formerly of "The Argus," is to be appointed a member of the Federal "Hansard" staff. The addition ...
Article : 85 wordsHughes, the small-pox patient at the Quarantine Hospital, died on Saturday. No other case is reported. ...
Article : 22 wordsMedals were presented to-day to the Third Queensland Contingent by His Excellency the Governor, Lord Lamington, who performed the ceremony in the ...
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The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), Mon 17 Jun 1901, Page 5
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