In the House of Commons yesterday Mr. John Dillon drew the attention of the Secretary of State for the Colonies to the speech recently made at Dunedin ...
Article : 292 wordsMrs. Farrell, an elderly woman, was in bed when the curtains caught fire. The woman, who was very ill, was severely burned in endeavoring to ...
Article : 41 wordsAn influential deputation waited on the Solicitor-General to-day in reference to the decision of the Supreme Court remagisterial bias and the position of ...
Article : 106 wordsThe Japanese Government has signified its intention of evacuating Wei-hai-wei, on the Gulf of Pechili, by June 7. The British Government, to whose ...
Article : 65 wordsThe Premier and party arrived in Widgiemooltha at 6 o'clock this evening after a 62 miles drive from Norseman, a start having been made from ...
Article : 405 wordsAn application has been made to the Austrian Reichsrath by the Government for a vote of 30,000,000 florins (£1,200,000) for the purchase of small ...
Article : 70 wordsThe French steamer Lafayette, belonging to the Compagnic Generale Transatlantique (which was captured by the American cruiser Annapolis ...
Article : 118 wordsIn view of the heroic services rendered by John Russell on the occasion of the wreck of the Maitland, the Newcastle and Hunter River Steamship Co. ...
Article : 50 wordsThe Russian Consul at Tien-tsin, the port of Peking, has notified his colleagues that he cannot permit any foreigners to land at Port Arthur of Talienwan until ...
Article : 93 wordsAn application was made in the Ful Court to-day by Mr. J. P. T. Caulfield to make absolute the rule nisi calling upon John Norton to show cause why he ...
Article : 58 wordsSerious riots have occurred at Naples. The mob erected barricades in the streets. Several of the rioters were shot. The gunsmiths' shops in Rome ...
Article : 41 wordsThe gold yield for April was 65,395 ounces. The last four months show an increase of 7,927 ounces om the corresponding period of last year. ...
Article : 28 wordsMr. Duncan Gillies slipped while ascending the stairs at the house in Toorak and dislocated his shoulder. ...
Article : 22 wordsAt the Marine Board inquiry into the circumstances attending the stranding of the ship Heraward in Maroubra Bay, Captain Gore gave evidence that ...
Article : 48 wordsEvidence has come to light in Italy which tends to show that there is a widespread conspiracy to establish in that country a federal republic on the ...
Article : 45 wordsThe Premier informed a deputation to-day that he proposed to increase the charitable vote from the reserve next year by £10,000, and to adopt the ...
Article : 37 wordsThe Her. Mr. Macfie, who had been a minister of the Presbyterian Church for 50 years, died yesterday at Junee. ...
Article : 21 wordsThe correspondent at Tokio of the London "Times" declares that it is almost certain that the Japanese Government will offer shortly a foreign ...
Article : 38 wordsMajor-General Wesley merritt, who is second in command of the military forces of the United States, has been appointed to command the corps which ...
Article : 59 wordsThe inquiry into the cause of the collision between the steamers Edina and Manawatu was concluded to-day, when the court intimated that its ...
Article : 33 wordsThe Presbyterian General Assembly has unanimously resolved to request the Government to co-operate with others in getting the age of consent ...
Article : 25 wordsThe Italian Government has placed the railway system of the country under military control. Officers in the army have been ...
Article : 217 wordsA gunboat has been sent from Hankow, the capital of Hoo-Pe, to inquire into the causes of the recent riots at Shashi and Hupei, and of the ...
Article : 48 wordsThe SaxesCoburg and Gotha family has placed Princess Louise, the eldest daughter of King Leopold of Belgium, in a private asylum, and had caused the ...
Article : 255 wordsMrs. M'Carthy, who is alleged to have murdered two of her children and then attempted to commit suicide, was much worse to-day, and was removed ...
Article : 42 wordsStormy conditions prevail on the crast, although the weather appears to have moderated somewhat. To-day some of the vessels which were ...
Article : 184 wordsSeveral members of the Boot Manufacturers' Association and the Operative Beot and Shoe Makers' Union met at the Grand Hotel last evening and discussed ...
Article : 181 wordsThe Snell will case was brought to a close to-day after counsel had addressed the court in support of the will. Judgment was reserved. ...
Article : 29 wordsA deputation of residents waited on the Premier to night and asked him to establish a public battery in Widgiemooltha. It was stated that an ...
Article : 222 wordsIt is reported from Madrid that a fire in that city has destroyed a week's supply of bread. It was stated yesterday that there was only a month's ...
Article : 149 wordsA young man named Robert Teakle, the adopted son of a resident of Preston, committed suicide by shooting himself with a pistol. He protested before he ...
Article : 50 wordsThe declaration of neutrality by China has had a disquieting effect in the United States. ...
Article : 21 wordsColonel Gordon, the commander of the South Australian forces, has been temporarily appointed inspector of warlike stores in London for the Australian ...
Article : 82 wordsMr. T. J. Byrnes, the Premier, in replying to an address of welcome at Charters Towers referred to Federation. He said that the subject was not based ...
Article : 140 wordsMr. John D. Long the Secretary of the Navy, doubts the accuracy of the report that the Cape Verde Squadron of the Spanish fleet has returned to Cadiz ...
Article : 66 wordsThe Newmarket Stakes was decided this afternoon, with the following result:— The Newmarket Stakes, of 30 sevs, each, ...
Article : 92 wordsVisceunt Newark, the eldest son of Earl Manvers, has been returned unopposed to the House of Commons for the Newark division of ...
Article : 110 wordsAt the fortnightly meeting of the Trades and Labor Council, held last evening, the secretary of the Bootmakers' Union (Mr. R. H. Underwood) ...
Article : 159 wordsIn addition to the deputations already announced to interview the Premier, the comprising members of the council and a number of citizens will bring before ...
Article : 131 wordsJ. Montgomery, the master of a small ketch, was found dead in his vessel in the Port River this morning. Breakfast was set before him. ...
Article : 28 wordsErnest Pilkington, a commercial traveller, was committed for trial at the police court to-day for having assaulted a customs officer on the Broken Hill ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 32 wordsThe Senate has directed the Naval Committee to inquire into the question of obtaining suitable coaling stations in foreign water. ...
Article : 32 wordsOwing to the closure of stock traffic by the tick quarantine proclamation having deprived the Ramornie meat works of supplies, it is understood that ...
Article : 34 wordsThe Spanish Consul at Ottawa has made a protest to the British Government, on account of the sale by Canada to America of a transport of sulphur ...
Article : 47 wordsThe death is announced of the [?] of St. Albans (William Amelius Aubrey De Vere Beauclerk). P.C., at the age of 58. he is succeeded by his eldest son ...
Article : 120 wordsThe Chief Justice heard an application in chambers to-day from Paris Nesbit that a warrant should be issued, calling upon the medical officer to bring ...
Article : 76 wordsIt is rumored that a somewhat comprehensive railway policy will form a portion of the "platform" upon which the Government will go to the country ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 46 wordsI have had a long conversation with Herr Jan Szczepanik, the inventor of the telectroscope, described at some length in your columns a week ago (says ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 71 wordsThe American cruiser Charleston, which has recently been refitted, been ordered to the Philippines. It will carry 150 tons of ammunition to ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 37 wordsThe American Senate has sanctioned the formation of a volunteer signal corps of 1,000 men. ...
Article : 20 wordsClaret, as we name light Frenc wines, is a term that has no significane in France. In fact, the word is obsolete there, and has not been employed ...
Article : 175 wordsThe Government has declined to grant to the friendly natives at Rawene letters of recognition that they can purchase powder and shot for killing ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 30 wordsThe results of the salvage operations in connection with the N.Z. Shipping Company's steamer Mataura, which was wrecked on January 12at Sealer's Cove, ...
Article : 84 wordsThe population returns for March show that the inward-bound passengers, numbered 10,976, and the outward bound 11,229. ...
Article : 18 wordsThe American Prize Court, which is Bitting at Key West, has condemned the steamer Buena Ventura of Bilbao, a Spanish vessel captured by the ...
Article : 61 wordsThe case of Captain Smith, who was temporarily in command of the steamer Wakatipu when the vessel collided with the Caira at Dunedin, has been ...
Article : 56 wordsThe consignment of Mildura apricot pulp which was received in the steamer Woolloemooloo is in good order, and the experts have expressed themselves ...
Article : 33 wordsThe London "Daily Telegraph" of this morning states that the foreign ambassadors at Washington are discussing unofficially the advisableness of ...
Article : 45 wordsA sale of thoroughbred yearlings from the Fulham Park and Richmend. Park studs took place to-day, but only three were disposed of, as the reserve ...
Article : 64 wordsThe consignment-of Australian apples received in the R.M.S. India is in excellent condition. The Tasmanian lots realised from 11s. to 16s. 6d. a case, and ...
Article : 38 wordsAt Christchurch the price of bread has risen one penny per loaf. ...
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The Inquirer and Commercial News (Perth, WA : 1855 - 1901), Fri 20 May 1898, Page 2
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