The necessary steps are being taken by Lord Kitchener to bring under the notice of all concerned his recent proclamation, which requires the Boer leaders, on pain ...
Article : 151 wordsHis Majesty the King, who, with Queen Alexandra, was present at the funeral of the Empress Frederick at Potsdam yesterday, will stay at Homburg, the well-known ...
Article : 65 wordsTheir Royal Highness the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York, who arrived on Tuesday at Maritzburg, the capital of Natal, opened the new Town-hall ...
Article : 40 wordsIn consequence of the representations that have been made regarding the weakness of the Mediterranean Squadron, the British Government is taking steps to ...
Article : 63 wordsAt the City Court of Petty Session, before Mr. Johns, P.M., and Messrs. Morray and S. Morrison, J.P.'s, James O'Reilly and his wife, Bessie, both of whom are over ...
Article : 738 wordsA rise of 1d. per lb. in meat, which took effect yesterday, is to the man in easy circumstances an incident merely; to a number of the poorer classes it is a matter ...
Article : 1,502 wordsPerhaps there is not a member of the House who carries more "learned lumber" than Dr. M'Inerney. Yet when he rose to resume the debate on the Convention ...
Article : 1,389 wordsThe subject of prohibited imports engaged the attention of the committee when clause 49 of the Customs Bill was under consideration. Senator O'Connor ...
Article : 557 wordsA semi-official announcement has been made in Vienna that Austria would not accept the Turkish province of Albania if it were offered to her as a gift. ...
Article : 60 wordsIn the House of Commons last night the Royal Titles Bill was reported to the House without amendment. The Irish Nationalists had moved an amendment to ...
Article : 101 wordsA startling statement has been made by Mr. Camille Pelletan, a member of the extreme left in the French Chamber of Deputies, who has taken a special interest ...
Article : 90 wordsThe American ship James Drummond arrived at Fremantle last night, when it was reported that there had been a tragedy on board. Shortly before leaving ...
Article : 217 wordsM. Sarafof and the other members of the Macedonian Committee who were arrested at Sofia in April last charged with complicity in the murder of Professor ...
Article : 64 wordsCommandant Beyers, who has been for some time past operating in the Transvaal, was dangerously wounded in a recent engagement. ...
Article : 83 wordsThe funeral of Signor Crispi, ex-Premier of Italy, took place in Rome yesterday. It was a national ceremony, and was carried out with great splendour, and in the ...
Article : 148 wordsThe Czar Nicholas has conferred on Field Marshal Count Waldersee, late commander-in-chief of the allied forces in China, the decoration of the Russian ...
Article : 81 wordsSeventy-five Eskimo dogs, for the use of the national expedition to the Antarctic regions, have sailed for Melbourne in an ocean liner. As the dogs would be unable ...
Article : 183 wordsOn Saturday last the Boers made another raid on the railway at Naboomspruit, 106 miles north of Pretoria, with the object of wrecking a train. An armoured ...
Article : 100 wordsIn the Supreme Court to-day, before Mr. Justice Cooper and a special jury, Lieut.-Colonel Ricardo, who commanded the f[?]rst contingent, sued the Brisbane ...
Article : 948 wordsA deputation, consisting of Dr. Broinowski and Alderman G.A. Miller, of the Hay Muncipial Council, was introduced to the Minister of Works to-day. The deputation ...
Article : 990 wordsIn the House of Commons last night the Naval Works Bill was read a second time. The bill provides for an expenditure of ...
Article : 136 wordsAn attempt has been made by a party of 100 Boers to cross Klip Drift, on the Modder River, in order to enter the Cape Colony. They were prevented from ...
Article : 55 wordsThe Jubilee statue of Her Majesty Queen Victoria. at Valetta, Malta, has been damaged by having some corrosive acid thrown over it. The outrage is ...
Article : 177 words"The Times" this morning publishes an interesting message from its Paris correspondent, M. de Blowitz, which throws some light on the views of the Boer leaders ...
Article : 193 wordsIt is clear there is a majority in favour of the retention of the "anti-Tattersall's" clauses in the Post and Telegraph Bill. The Prime Minister went out of his way to ...
Article : 1,144 wordsIn the Legislative Assembly the City Council Loan Bill was introduced and read a first time. Mr. See moved the second reading of the ...
Article : 321 wordsThe New York correspondent of the "Daily Telegraph" reports that a sensational discovery has been made in that city. ...
Article : 68 wordsThe United States Steel Corporation has reopened several of the mills that had been closed in consequence of the strike. The number of men on strike is only ...
Article : 50 wordsThe "Daily Chronicle" states that Max Opitz and Co., bankers, Berlin, have suspended payment, with liabilities amounting to £250,000. Mr. Opitz, the head of the ...
Article : 46 wordsIn the House of Lords last night, a bill providing for the construction of a pier at Berchaven, on the south coast of Ireland, which had been passed by the House ...
Article : 120 wordsPrivate A. H. Crocker, of the Fifth Victorian Contingent, was slightly wounded at Balmoral, in the Transvaal, on the 10th inst. Private Crocker is from Shepparton. ...
Article : 34 wordsA message was received by the military authorities yesterday, from the transport officer in Sydney, stating that arrangements had been made whereby the ...
Article : 355 wordsTallow.—At the auction sales of Australasian tallow held to-day 2,250 casks were offered, and 1,675 casks were sold. Prices realised were as follows:—Fine mutton, ...
Article : 184 wordsThe Legislative Council on Thursday passed the Electric Tramways Bill. This was done by suspending the Standing Orders, so that its consideration might be ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 290 wordsMr. G. F. Watts, R.A., the eminent painter, has intimated to Mr. H. A. Grainger, the Agent-General for South Australia, that he will present to that state a ...
Article : 206 wordsThe ordinary meeting of the proprietors of the Queensland National B[?]k was held to-day. The half-yearly report and balance-sheet, which were adopted, showed a net ...
Article : 70 wordsAVON PLAINS.—On Friday evening Corporal Remmis, who has returned from South Africa, was entertained by his friends in the Mechanics' Institute at Banyena. Over 200 were present, and ...
Article : 449 wordsExceptional prices for dairy cattle were realised at a clearing sale, conducted by Messrs. Baker, Sydenham, and Co. on Wednesday, on account of Mr. F. Quinlan, Top ...
Article : 88 wordsThe Quarter Sessions closed to-day, when Acting Judge Browning passed the following sentences:—William Sparkes, who pleaded guilty to a charge of ...
Article : 234 wordsThe strike at the Cornwall and Mount Nicholas mines still continues. The men have decided to accept arbitration on the coal miners' basis, and two representatives ...
Article : 56 wordsEarly this morning a man named Edward Reid died in the Fremantle Hospital from injuries received in a street brawl at the port on Saturday night. It ...
Article : 70 wordsA fire which occurred in the Union Steamship Company's yards at Wellington did damage to the extent of £2,000. The annual report of the Labour ...
Article : 173 wordsMr. J. G. Lewis, a pioneer, and one of the leading citizens of Port Pirie, died suddenly this morning. At a meeting of the National Memorial ...
Article : 135 wordsThe P. and O. R.M.S. Ocean arrived at Suez from Australia on the 14th inst. The P. and O. R.M.S. Britannia arrived at Colombo from Australia on the 14th ...
Article : 40 wordsA telegram was received yesterday by Messrs. Arthur S. King and Sons from Mr. F. L. Learmonth, Bringagee Station, New South Wales, as follows:—"Started ...
Article : 54 wordsA sensational incident occurred in Hannans-street this afternoon, when a barmaid, known as Miss Mary M'Manus, threw herself over the balcony of the Kalgoorlic ...
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The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), Fri 16 Aug 1901, Page 5
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