THE following despatch from the Government Resident at Roebourne gives full details of the movements of the police in their attempts to capture the natives ...
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Article : 2,687 wordsThe great rainfall in this district, to which we have before referred, is described by the Government Resident in the following despatch ...
Article : 1,184 wordsA special meeting of the City Council was held at the Mechanics' Hall on Tuesday, the 4th instant, for the purpose of " taking into consideration Mr. Carr's scheme for paving the footpaths of Perth with ...
Article : 469 wordsTHE Mails from the neighbouring colonies arrived in Perth on Wednesday. H. R. H. the Duke of Edinburgh arrived at AucKland, Saw Zealand, on the 11th April. ...
Article : 218 wordsThe heavy incubus of the dregs of convictism cast upon this small colony by the selfishness of the parent country is apparent on every hand. Had not our clever statesmen, in the full flash of their own ...
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The Inquirer and Commercial News (Perth, WA : 1855 - 1901), Wed 12 May 1869, Page 3
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