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THE TOWITTA MURDER.
Excitement in the Towitta tragedy, which has been gradually growing in the district ever since it became known that Bertha Schippan. 14 years of age, had ...
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CONCERNING PEOPLE.
The Hon. R. Guthrie, M.L.C., returned to Adelaide by the Melbourne express on Thursday morning. He has been interesting himself in shipping matters during his ...
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Luncheon Adjournment.
At 1.15 the inquest was adjourned for an hour for lunch. Upon resuming at a quarter to 3 o'clock, Mr. A. J. Foster, solicitor, of Kapunda ...
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THE TRANSVAAL CAMPAIGN.
Mjr. Gen. Edward Locke Elliot's column, which after a protracted pursuit, dispersed Christian De Wet's force in the Reitz district, captured nine Boers on the 5th ...
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ENGLAND AND GERMANY.
In the German Reichstag yesterday, Count Stolberg asked if, the Imperial Government had sought an explanation from Great Britain with reference to Mr. ...
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THE ELDER BROTHER'S EVIDENCE.
August Wilhelm Schippan was the first witness called, and proved to be of a sleepy disposition. He said he was out until 8 o'clock on the night of the murder, and met ...
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CHINA.
Correspondents at Pekin are supplying additional particulars of the strange and, interesting sights which signalized the return of the Imperial Court to the ... [ILLUSTRATED]
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MR. HENKE'S EVIDENCE.
Ferdinand Henke, of Towitta, labourer employed by. Mr. C. Goslin, deposed that he lived about three-quarters of a mile from Mr. Schippan's house. On the night of ...
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EVIDENCE OF DR. STEEL.
Dr. Steel (recalled by Mr. Sinclair) said —I made an examination of the body of deceased, as detailed in my previous evidence. It did not extend beyond an external ...
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A LITTLE GIRL'S STATEMENT.
Ella Olive Henke, 10 years old, said that in company with her sister she had seen Bertha Schippan alive on New Year's Day, coming up the road. They had visited ...
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AFTER THE TRAGEDY.
Mary Ann Lambert; mother of District Constable Lambert, said her son went away with the Schippan boys at midnight, and was absent three-quarters of an hour. ...
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EXODUS TO SOUTH AFRICA.
Up to this afternoon, when 35 additional applications were received by Mr. G. Steward, Chief Clerk to the Department of External Affairs, over 400 persons had applied ...
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CAPTURE OF A COMMANDANT.
Mjr. Lord Lovat's Scouts, who are composed of Imperial Yeomanry, surprised a portion of Commandant Myburg's commando near King's Crown, Cape Colony. In ...
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THE TRIPLE ALLIANCE.
In reply to an interpellation in the German Reichstag yesterday, Count von Bulow, the Imperial Chancellor, said that the Triple Alliance—formed by Germany. ...
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THE SURPRISE AT WATERVAL.
In the surprise which Col. Johann Colenbrander and a small detachment of Kitchener's Fighting Scouts effected upon a Boer laager at Waterval a few nights ago, five ...
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£13,000,000 FOR HORSES.
The War Office authorities have expended in round figures the sum of £13,000,000 in the purchase of horses for service in South Africa since the opening of the ...
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TRIPOLI.
The "Allgemeiner Zeitung," of Berlin, professes to have learned on trustworthy, authority that Italy is mobilizing 100,000 troops for the purpose of occupying Tripoli ...
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AN IMPERIAL BRIGADE.
Lord Kitchener, the Commander-in-chief, is transforming the Imperial light Horse, the famous "Uitlander" regiment which was formed at the outset of the war. into ...
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THE NATIONAL BURGHER SCOUTS
At the instance of some of the National Scouts, who consist of ex-burghers, 21 of their relatives surrendered to the British at Middelburg on the 7th inst. ...
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THE ENGLISH CRICKETERS
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OPERATIONS IN THE EAST.
An official advice from Pretoria states that the extension of the lines of blockhouses in the eastern Transvaal is giving Mjr.Gen. Bruce Hamilton's mobile ...
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CRETE.
The Czar Nicholas is reported to have offered to build a palace at Canea, the capital of Crete, for Prince George of Greece, the High Commissioner of the island. In ...
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ANOTHER BROTHER IN THE BOX.
William Gottlieb Schippan, aged 16, was the second witness. Mr. Sinclair asked the Coroner to announce that any witness or person who felt ...
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MOUNTED CONSTABLE MOWBRAY'S TESTIMONY.
Mounted Constable Mowbray, of Truro, repeated the story told to him by Mary on his arrival at Mr. Schippan's house. She told him that the man had said —"Be quiet ...
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THE BLOODSTAINED CLOTH.
Rodney Cockburn, a "Register" reporter, stated that on Friday afternoon he received the box (produced) containing a blood-stained cloth from Dr. Steel at Angaston ...
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CONCENTRATION CAMP AT PORT ELIZABETH.
By order of the British Colonial Office a concentration camp for the accommodation, of 2,000 Boer refugees is being constructed at Port Elizabeth, Cape Colony. ...
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THE PRUSSIAN POLES.
The Prussian Landtag was opened yesterday at Berlin. In his speech from the throne the Emperor William, with evident reference to the Polish agitation. declared ...
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THE CONTINGENT FOR SOUTH AFRICA.
The names of the applicants for staff positions in the two battalions of the contingent have been sent on to Sydney. The name of Lieut. A. E. Roberts, M.P., who ...
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THE DISTRICT CONSTABLE'S STORY.
Alfred Charles Lambert, district constable for North Rhine, said his father's house, where he was staying on the night of the murder, was half a mile from Mr. ...
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THE AUSTRALIANS.
Cpl. D. Sheelan, of the 6th Queensland Bushmen, was severely, wounded at Boginsel. ...
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SETTLEMENT IN THE ORANGE RIVER COLONY.
Bloemfontein advises that the Government is purchasing vast tracts of fertile land in the south-western districts of the Orange River Colony. The land will be ...
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THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN THE WEST.
This morning Lord Hopetoun was presented with an illuminated address by the local Chamber of Mines. In welcoming His Excellency the president. Mr. ...
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A DESPERATE HUSBAND.
A sensational tragedy occurred at Maclean this morning. James Dowling formerly hotelkeeper there, who quarrelled with and left his wife some time ago, returned ...
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AUSTRALIAN SOLDIERS.
The Australian public must be fully, aware that serious trouble has arisen in South Africa between the various colonial contingents now serving at the front and ...
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THE SCIENCE CONGRESS
At the science congress to-day the addresses were as follows:—President's section, astronomy, physics, &c.—Dr. Chapman, of Adelaide, read a paper on "The ...
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MELBOURNE. January 9.
Little remains to be done in connection with preparing for the dispatch of the Victorian section of the Commonwealth contingent. The ...
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ARRANGEMENTS FOR NEWS.
On various occasions when important events have had to be reported from places at a distance from a telegraph office, "The Register" pigeon post has been utilized for ...
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WHARF LABOURERS' WAGES.
In connection with the request by the Wharf Labourers' Union for an increase in wages to 1s. 3d. per hour, a conference took place to-day between representatives of the. ...
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A FATAL FIRE.
Further investigations which have been made by the police into the fatal fire at 161 Nicholson street, Carlton, on Sunday night lead them to believe that the ...
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AN INTERESTING OPERATION.
William Richardson, 80 years of age, was admitted into the Horsham District Hospital some three months ago, suffering from heart disease. He afterwards ...
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VALUABLE RAIN IN QUEENSLAND.
Beneficial rains have fallen throughout the state, and it is reported that the conditions are favourable for the breakup of the drought. At the Mount Morgan Gold ...
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