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Article : 457 wordsLONDON, August 13.—Mr. Evelyn Ashley political under-secretary for the colonies, will shortly confer with Sir Frederick Napier Broome, Governor of Western Australia, in reference to ...
Article : 73 wordsBRUSSELS, August 7.—Great excitement has been caused by the Clerical Bills introduced by the new Ministry. The approaches to the Chamber are guarded by a strong body of police, ...
Article : 77 wordsLONDON, August 11.—A cricket match, comprising mixed teams of Australians and Englishmen, smokers versus non-smokers, has been arranged to take place on Lord's ground, on ...
Article : 66 wordsLONDON, August 13.—A letter has been published in the London TIMES, from a Fijian planter, animadverting upon the policy of Sir Arthur Gordon when he was Governor of Fiji. ...
Article : 77 wordsLONDON, August 8.—News has been received from Cairo that the waters of the river Nile are rising rapidly, and a serious inundation of the adjacent country is feared. ...
Article : 31 wordsLONDON, August 11.—The latest news from Cairo reports that the rebels have captured the garrison town of Galabat, in the Soudan. CAIRO, August 11.—Active preparations are ...
Article : 111 wordsLONDON, August 8.—The latest accounts of the wheat crop are favourable. The accoonts given of the hop crop are also good. The recent fine weather has effected a great improvement ...
Article : 36 wordsLONDON, August 13.—The London TIMES of this morning contains an article on the establishment of a protectorate over a portien of New Guinea. The TIMES strongly approves of the ...
Article : 92 wordsLONDON, August 9.—The amount of the total applications received in the United Kingdom for shares in the new Oriental Bank is under £500,000. ...
Article : 58 wordsLONDON, August 9.—The death is announced in Trinadad of Mr. Frederick Palgrave Barlee, C.M.G., formerly Colonial Secretary of Western Australia, and afterward Governor of British ...
Article : 461 wordsLONDON, August 9.—The obduracy of the Conservatives is delaying the passing of the Federation Enabling Bill. Sir Stafford Northcote has announced that he will accord the bill ...
Article : 43 wordsLONDON, August 9.—Notwithstanding the denial of Lord Edmund Fitzmaurice, the occupation of Kelung by the French is fully confirmed. M. Patenotre, the French representative, ...
Article : 256 wordsLONDON, August 10.—A meeting attended by about fifty thousand persons was held in Manchester on Friday night, in approval of the action of the Conservatives in regard to the Franchise ...
Article : 66 wordsLONDON, August 11.—The Australians began their twenty-fifth match in England to-day against 11 of England. The home team was composed as follows:—W. G. Grace (Gloucester), ...
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Article : 67 wordsVIENNA, August 6.—The Emperors William, of Germany, and Francis Joseph, of Austria, held a meeting to-day in the favourite watering-place, Ischl, on the Traun, in Upper Austria. ...
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Article : 67 wordsLONDON, August 7.—The steamship Orient has arrived with 27,008 carcases of mutton, shipped by the Australian Frozen Meat Company, Melbourne. ...
Article : 137 wordsNEW YOEE, August 12.—A sharp shock of earthquake was felt to-day throughout a large portion of the seaboard of the United States. The disturbance was especially severe between ...
Article : 59 wordsLONDON, August 12.—Mr. Romilly, wellknown in Australasia as the Acting-High Com missioner of the Pacific, has condemned the action of the Germans in having supplied the ...
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Australian Town and Country Journal (Sydney, NSW : 1870 - 1919), Sat 16 Aug 1884, Page 11
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