After the transaction of formal business in the Legislative Assembly yesterday, the Premier (Mr. Irvine) moved:- "That a select committee be appointed ...
Article : 3,105 wordsMr. Manifold, in resuming the second reading debate on the Constitution Reform Bill, gave the measure qualified support. He urged members to take notice of the ...
Article : 2,219 wordsThe three powers engaged in blockading the Venezuelan porta—Great Britain, Germany, and Italy—are satisfied with the offer made by Mr. H. W. Bowen, the ...
Article : 157 wordsFifty-two victims perished in the great fire at the Colney Hatch Asylum, seven and a half miles from London. The fire broke out at half-past 5 o'clock ...
Article : 594 wordsThe following cable message has been received by His Excellency the Administrator of the Government in Western Australia from the Secretary of State for the ...
Article : 653 wordsThe debate on the second reading of the Reform Bill was continued yesterday in the Legislative Council, in the reasonable temper which characterised ...
Article : 5,370 wordsMr. and Mrs. Chamberlain arrived yesterday at Mafeking, and were welcomed with great enthusiasm. They were accompanied by Sir Walter Hely-Hutchinson, the ...
Article : 172 wordsThis evening a very large gathering assembled at the Miners' Institute, Boulder City, for the purpose of hearing an address on free trade from Mr. George Reid. The ...
Article : 1,276 wordsIt was recently announced that King Menelik of Abyssinia had accepted an invitation by M. Delcasse, the French Minister for Foreign Affairs, to visit Jibutil, the ...
Article : 118 wordsThe Servian Government has entered into a contract with an Austrian firm for the supply of 45,000,000 cartridges and other war material. ...
Article : 31 wordsHis Holiness Pope Leo the Thirteenth has appointed a commission to inquire into the scope of biblical exegesis. It is believed that the inquiry will be ...
Article : 527 wordsProfessor Brawn, of the University of Strassburg claims to have mode on important discovery in connection with wireless telegraphy. It consists of a method ...
Article : 70 wordsMr. J. D. Rockfeller, the American millionaire, and head of the combined Standard Oil Companies, has announced his intention of devoting 7,000,000dol. (£1,400,000) ...
Article : 79 wordsThe sentence of death passed upon Arthur Lynch, convicted of high treason in fighting for the Boers-againat the British, has been commuted to penal servitude for ...
Article : 53 wordsThe claim put forward by M. Combes, the French Premier, that the exclusive right to the selection of bishops should be reconised as remaining vested in the ...
Article : 74 wordsThe late Mr. John Hiffe has left legacies amounting in all to £11,850. Some of these were paid during his lifetime, including the whole of the bequests to hospitals ...
Article : 454 wordsThe appeal from the decision of the King's Bench Division of the High Court of Justice on the application for an injunetion made by a minor named Howden, to ...
Article : 92 wordsSome uncertainty exists with regard to the Norwegian steamer Ansgar, which left New York on December 3 with a cargo of 4,500 tons of wheat and 750 tons of ...
Article : 115 wordsAt the London wool sales the competition was spirited, and the market was firm. The following are the average prices obtained for the fleece portions of the clips ...
Article : 286 wordsMr. W. P. Reeves, the Agent-General for New Zealand, has represented to the War office that Australasian copanies are unable to obtain the rquisite forms with ...
Article : 172 wordsFollowing upon his translation to the Federal Senate Mr. Robert Reid forwarded his resignation as member for Melbourne Province in the Legislative Council to ...
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The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), Thu 29 Jan 1903, Page 5
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