The Government of Denmark has offered the West Indian possessions of the Kingdom (the islands of St. Croix, St. Thomas, and St. John, covering an ...
Article : 53 wordsThe Premier (Mr. H'Lean), speaking at Bairnsdale last night, explained the Government policy. He said the financial proposals of the late Government were to be retained. ...
Article : 110 wordsFurther particulars have been received concerning the British reverse between Molteno and Stormsberg, on the East London railway, in northern Cape ...
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Advertising : 94 wordsA MEETING of the Caledonian Society was held last night at Strachan's Centennial Hotel. Mr. J. Linton (Chief) was in the chair. ...
Article : 415 wordsAn official inquiry has been held into the circumstances of the collision in the Suez Canal in Angust last year between the R.M.S. Orizaba and the steamer ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 60 wordsIn the Assembly Yesterday afternoon Mr. Holder reappeared as Premier, and to some extent unfolded the new Government policy. He was euthualastically received. First the ...
Article : 419 wordsPrince Hohenlohe, the German Chancellor, introduced in the Reichstag yesterday a bill providing for a large increase in the strength of the German ...
Article : 121 wordsThe New South Wales Patriotic War Fund now amounts to £5613. ...
Article : 19 wordsMr. Justice Boucaut has started a fund for contributing towards a memorial to the late General Sir William Penn Symons, who was killed at Glencoe. He is appealing specially ...
Article : 38 wordsGeneral Schalk Burger, who is now commanding the Boer forces in Natal, vice Joubert, is, it is said, being advised by German officers in the siege of ...
Article : 119 wordsPresident Steyn, who occupies the highest position in the Orange Free State, has risen (says M. A. P.), through his own determination of character and his untaintable honesty, ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 70 wordsBar silver (standard) is now quoted at 2s. 3¼d. per ounce. ...
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Advertising : 75 wordsBoth Houses sat last night. ...
Article : 12 wordsA MESSAGE from Wilcannia states:—"The Christmas Rocks are situated in the river bed of the Darling, about halfway between Wilcannia and Menindle. They have for ...
Article : 235 wordsIn the Council, the Goulburn to Crookwell Railway Bill was read a second time; the voting was 23 to 10. The bill authorising the Tweed harbor ...
Article : 49 wordsThe horses of the 2nd Dragoons (the Royal Scots Greys), on their arrival at Cape Town from Southampton, presented a peculiar appearance. The ...
Article : 59 wordsTHE successive reverses which the British troops are sustaining at the hands of the Boers and the still greater number of British disappointments make it all the ...
Article : 1,067 wordsMr. Lyne, in reply to Dr. Ross, said the question of dealing with the unemployed difficulty would shortly be considered by the Government. The question of bringing into ...
Article : 261 wordsIn the Assembly last night a debate arose on a question rained by Mr, Fisher whether certain documents essential to the proper understanding of the papers referring to the ...
Article : 218 wordsThe Queen sent her private secretary to the War Office yesterday to specially inquire as to the details of the British reverse at Stormberg. ...
Article : 29 wordsA NEWS item says that Mr. R. P. Browne is to be transferred to Casino. Then Casino is to be congratulated; for you don't find Mr. Browne's superior as a public servant, a ...
Article : 669 wordsREPORTING a matter briefly referred to in Melbourne telegrams to the MINER, the Bendigo Indeptndent says:— The agitation amongst the enginedrivers ...
Article : 656 wordsBy the promotion immediately after the battle of Glencoe of the late Sir W. Penn Symon to the rank of major-general for distinguished service in the field, Lady Symons will now ...
Article : 458 wordsThe report that fighting occurred close to Spytfontein, on the western frontier, on Saturday, has been confirmed. The fighting, however, was ...
Article : 97 wordsThe Government of Great Britain has, through the Netherlands Government, agreed to furnish the Transvaal with lists of the Boers taken prisoners, ...
Article : 58 wordsIn course of a speech last night Earl Grey drew a comparison between the burgher principle in the Transvaal and the volunteer system in force in Great ...
Article : 85 wordsA report is current in South Africa that much friction at present exists between President Stern, of the Orange Free State, who is with the Boer troops ...
Article : 65 wordsThe Pablic Works Committee has resolved to recommend that the Cobar-Wilcannia railway line be constructed to a point on the eastern side of the Darling. ...
Article : 46 wordsThe following team has been picked to represent Victoria against New South Wales: —Rosa, C. M'Leod, trumble, Bruce, Graham, Stuckey, Laver, Collins, M'Allister, M'Michael, ...
Article : 40 wordsThe report of the board of inquiry into the conduct of certain Lancers who declined to join the troop for service in South Africa has been furnished to Major-General French. The ...
Article : 551 wordsThe explosion under a tram on the St. Kilda line has been explained satisfactorily, some gelignite having been thrown out of the sewerage works on to the tracks. ...
Article : 49 wordsConsiderable difficulty appears to have been experienced by the committees of the Broken Hill Jockey Club and Licensed Victuallers' Racing Club in fixing upon ...
Article : 455 wordsLieutenant-Colonel Baden-Powell has reported that Mafeking was "all well" on November 30. He added to his dispatch that a 100-pounder Boer gun had ...
Article : 36 wordsWith a view to winding up the estate of Harrold-Brothers, arrangements have been made for an early audit meeting, after which a small dividend will be declared. ...
Article : 116 wordsSeveral small skirmishes have taken place in the vicinity of Colesberg, in northern Cape Colony, between the troops under Major-General French and ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 225 wordsWilliam P. Murdoch, charged with the attempted murder of Ralph Clarke by throwing him down a mine at Coolgardie, has been committed for trial. He reserved his ...
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Barrier Miner (Broken Hill, NSW : 1888 - 1954), Wed 13 Dec 1899, Page 2
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