The truth of the old adage that the man who acts as his own lawyer usually finds that he is representing a client who is not conspicuous for wisdom was strikingly ...
Article : 1,603 wordsA warrant has been issued for the arrest of James Whyte in connection with the forgery of scrip in the New Perseverance Goldmining Company. Whyte was ...
Article : 416 wordsIn the Legislative Council, Hon. R. S. Guthrie moved that Mr. C. M. Muirhead, Parliamentary agent for the Outer Harbour Bill, be summoned to the Bar of the Council to allow him to make ...
Article : 351 wordsThe debate on the question of inland rivers was resumed in the Committee of the Legislative Assembly to-night. Not much fresh light was thrown on the question by ...
Article : 614 wordsIt would be impossible to exaggerate the apprehension that prevails in the East-End of London in the matter of the water supply. The regular service was weeks ago ...
Article : 4,711 wordsThe Emperor of Germany, accompanied by the Kaiserin and suite, landed in Constantinople to-day from the royal yacht Hohenzollern. ...
Article : 227 wordsThe Duke of Devonshire, Lord President of the Council, in a speech delivered in London yesterday, referred to the dispute concerning the ownership of Fashoda. He remarked ...
Article : 76 wordsMany of the ringleaders in the massacre of Christmas at Candia have undergone trial, and seven of their number were condemned to death—three for the murder of British ...
Article : 83 wordsThe "Times" correspondent at Candia reports that prior to the Sultan's acceptance of the ultimatum which demanded that the Turkish soldiers and officials should evacuate ...
Article : 44 wordsIt is believed in Vienna that Count Muravioff, the Russian Foreign Minister, who is visiting Paris, is exercising a moderating influence on both France and Great ...
Article : 39 wordsIn accordance with notice formally given the United States Government caused the "Stare and Stripes" to be hoisted in Puerto Rico yesterday, and the island is now an ...
Article : 38 wordsThe "Daily Chronicle" reports that one reason why the Emperor of Germany decided not to visit Egypt was because he had learned that petitions would be predated to him at ...
Article : 219 wordsThe feature of Wednesday's sitting was the presence of Lord Kilmorey at the Bar of the Council. In anticipation of bearing a Peer address the House the galleries had ...
Article : 2,034 wordsDr. Matignon, the physician of the French Legation at Pekin, was summoned to the Royal Palace yesterday for the purpose of medically examining the Emperor of China ...
Article : 62 wordsThe Germans have secured from Haidar Pasha a concession of land belonging to him near Scutari, the Asiatic suburb of Constantinople, for the construction of a shipping port. ...
Article : 36 wordsThe Bishop of Salisbury, Right Rev. John Wordsworth, D.D., is on a visit to Jerusalem. Yesterday he consecrated the Anglican Collegiate Church of St. George in that city. ...
Article : 42 wordsA number of gentlemen assembled in the Wilcannia Club Hotel last night to bid farewell to Mr. A. J. Esau, the late proprietor of the "Western Grazier" newspaper. ...
Article : 169 wordsMr. John Corbett, an ex-member of Parliament, has given £50,000 to found a School of Agriculture. [Mr. Corbett is generally known as the ...
Article : 149 wordsIt is reported that £50,000 is still needed to provide relief for the sufferers from the hurricane which recently devastated Barbados, St. Vincent, and other smaller British ...
Article : 58 wordsIt has transpired that the satchel containing the Dowager Duchess of Sutherland's jewels, which were valued at £30,000, was stolen from a railway carnage in Paris. On entering the ...
Article : 61 wordsMorning. 19.—Jubilee Exhibition—Easel Club Exhibition Afternoon. 3.—Archer-street Wesleyaa Church—Floral and ...
Article : 44 wordsA disastrous fire occurred in the early hours of this morning on the steamer Buteshire, of 5,574 tons, lying at Miller's Point. The outbreak in the first instance was ...
Article : 1,118 wordsThe Freehold Trust Company of Australia, Limited, has declared a dividend at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum, and the Directors report that there is £3,563 to carry ...
Article : 83 wordsMr. Justice Hood sat in Criminal Jurisdiction at Benalla to-day, and opened the trial of Alfred Archer, who was charged with having murdered William Matthews ...
Article : 143 wordsThe Government has accepted the tender of G. C. Wilcox for the construction of the railway extension from Hughenden to Winton, a distance of forty-five miles. The ...
Article : 88 wordsDuring a biograph entertainment at the Tivoli Music Hall last evening a lantern exploded, causing a burst of flames and a great deal of smoke. The fire was quickly extinguished ...
Article : 67 wordsEuropean nations are earnestly discussing various proposals for the suppression of anarchism. German opinion favours the view that no ...
Article : 72 wordsWhereas it has become manifest that the pest known as "the small boy," [?] vulgaris, has increased in and about the neighbourhood of Adelaide to such an extent ...
Article : 697 wordsFrederick Cotterel, a solicitor, recently from England, while suffering from mental aberration, attacked with a stone hammer his two daughters, aged seventeen and ...
Article : 191 wordsS. W. Greasley has accepted a challenge from E. Cavill, the Australian, to swim against him over a mile course for £50 a side. Mr. Cornelius Vanderbilt, the American ...
Article : 53 wordsIt is stated that the compasses of the wrecked American passenger steamer Mohegan became unreliable owing to the magnetic attraction exercised by the Manacle ...
Article : 45 wordsThe Legislative Assembly devoted the whole of its sitting today to the further consideration of the Laud Bill, and a long discussion arose on two or three important ...
Article : 687 wordsThe examination of Isaac Jacobs, who borrowed £20,000 from the trustees of the Victorian Mining Accident fund, was begun to-day by the Parliamentary ...
Article : 159 wordsWheat.—The quantity of wheat afloat for the United Kingdom is 1,464,000 qrs., compared with 1,500,000 qrs. a week ago. The quantity afloat for Continental ports is ...
Article : 41 wordsAs a result of tho petroleum explosion on board the barque Blengfell off Margate, the whole of the stern of the vessel was blown out. There are no traces of the nine persons ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 111 wordsThe Washington Government is proposing that penny postage should be established between the United States and Great Britain, Franco, and Germany. ...
Article : 41 wordsAt the Criminal Sessions to-day John [?] who was charged with having shot at his wife, who was alleged to be living with another man, was acquitted. Patrick ...
Article : 257 wordsMessrs. Goldsbrough, Mort, &. Co.'s extensive factory for the manufacture of tallow, glue, and kindred articles, situate on the Saltwater River, Kensington, was ...
Article : 116 wordsDr. Rombard, of the Pasteur Institute at New York, is reported to have cured a case of lockjaw by means of an injection of tetanus serum in the region of the brain. ...
Article : 46 wordsTallow.—At the tallow auction 2,000 casks were offered, of which 800 were sold. Prices were unaltered. ...
Article : 22 wordsAn impudent robbery was perpetrates last night at Messrs. Prest and Hocking's ironmongery store, Argent-street. The night was intensely dark. The burglars ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 352 wordsIn the Legislative Assembly this afternoon the Premier, in reply to a question, said the evidence given in recent proceedings in the Supreme Court against Messrs. Kirwan and ...
Article : 236 wordsIn connection with the administration of New Guinea it is considered desirable to appoint a Resident Magistrate and a physician on the Mambare River, and a ...
Article : 97 wordsIn the Legislative Assembly to-day Mr. Philp moved the second reading of the Mining Bill. He urged its acceptance, to relieve the industry and induce the ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 184 wordsThe Prince of Wales now smokes only Ogden's Guinea Gold Cigarettes. Medically recommended by leading physicians, who pronounce them to be an unequalled smoke. ...
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South Australian Register (Adelaide, SA : 1839 - 1900), Thu 20 Oct 1898, Page 5
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