The London "Times" of this morning says that a convention, which grants to Britain a lease of the mainland behind Kowloon, has been signed, by ...
Article : 145 wordsThe steamer Barcoo arrived this morning from Fremantle, and the captain reported that a saloon passenger, named Entwistle, was missed from the ...
Article : 66 wordsA Violent Assault.—William M'Laverty appeared to answer three charges, viz., having assaulted a private citizen named William Baker, resisted the ...
Article : 586 wordsA new election has taken place in the Chamber of Deputies for the position of President. M. P. Deschanel was again elected; this time by a majority ...
Article : 70 wordsMr. F. H. Piesse (Director of Public Works) and a party arrived at Walkaway at 4 a.m., and received a deputation at 9 a.m. from the Greenough Roads ...
Article : 224 wordsIt is stated that the Spanish forces available for the defence of Santiago de Cuba number 4,000 regulars and 500 volunteers. ...
Article : 34 wordsJoseph Megson, a stevedore, and the father of Joe Megson, the well-known cyclist, was riding home to dinner, when he suddenly relinquished the handles of ...
Article : 58 wordsMr. Piesse is expected to arrive here to-morrow. He will be entertained by the Mayor. ...
Article : 22 wordsIn the Divorce Court to-day a case was heard which well demonstrated the intricacies of the law. Thomas Morton, Clark, a coachsmith, applied for a ...
Article : 173 wordsA few months ago the idea, was mooted among the various Druids' lodges in the Perth district of holding a gala in Perth on similar lines to that held ...
Article : 480 wordsA telegram published by Reuter's Agency states that all the Niger territorial questions in dispute between Britain and France hare been adjusted. ...
Article : 30 wordsThe will of the late Mr. William Armstrong, a well-known farmer of Quorn, has been filed for probate. The estate is sworn at £9,000. ...
Article : 28 wordsThe result of the conference between the Senate and the House of Representatives has been to modify the amendment of the Senate in the Finance Bill. ...
Article : 80 wordsThe hull of the barque Candida has been transferred to the Adelaide Steamship Company for use in lightering cargo at Fremantle. ...
Article : 24 wordsJapan has demanded from China exclusive settlements in Fuchau (province of Fukien), in Wusung-lien (province of Chi-li), in Shashi (province of Hupeh) ...
Article : 70 wordsThe Minister of Agriculture has received news as to the ready sale in London of Adelaide apples at an average price of 10s. 6d. per case. ...
Article : 30 wordsThe Russian Government has decided to permit foreigners to invest in Russian enterprises and to acquire real estate. ...
Article : 28 wordsThe point raised by Mr. Kingston as to Commissioner Russell being in his official capacity a creditor of the estate of Harrold Bros., and that therefore he ...
Article : 116 wordsMr. Piesse was waited upon at the council chambers this morning by a deputation from the municipal council and the Chamber of Commerce, all the ...
Article : 815 wordsAt the Criminal Court to-day John Murray Prior was found guilty on a charge of having abducted Jessie Stewart M'Donald, 16, and was remanded ...
Article : 29 wordsGeneral Marin, the Governor of Puerto Rico, has accused Mr. Bett, the secretary of the British consulate, of having supplied the Americans with ...
Article : 94 wordsIt is reported that the German Government is seeking for coaling stations in the Mediterranean, on the Morocco coast. ...
Article : 28 wordsMr. G. N. Curzon, Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs, stated in the House of Commons last night that the despatch of troops by Russia to the Yangtszekiang ...
Article : 95 wordsJames Edward Sykes, musician, proceeded against the "Daily Telegraph" for £1,000 damages for an alleged libel contained in the report of the proceedings ...
Article : 118 wordsA new pest, in the shape of a pink worm, one-eighth of an inch in length, has been discovered in several parts of the colony. It eats its way beneath the ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 14 wordsMr. Thomas Meiklejohn, chief engineer of the steamer Waikare, met with a serious accident at the City Council's electric lighting establishment last ...
Article : 73 wordsMr. Ernest Terah Hooley, who filed his petition in bankruptcy this week, attributes his failure to blackmail. He alleges that & syndicate of ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 30 wordsAt a meeting of the Broken Hill Municipal Council Alderman Wright questioned the accuracy of some accounts. He refused to sit down when ...
Article : 38 wordsM. Jaures, one of the leaders of the socialist party in France, in addressing a gathering of 10,000 socialists in Paris yesterday, advocated the world-wide ...
Article : 72 wordsA charge has been heard at Pontypridd against the vendors of certain American hams, on the ground that they contained too ...
Article : 449 wordsThe Minister of Agriculture has prohibited all cattle and sheep from entering the colony from that portion of Queensland lying to the north of the ...
Article : 34 wordsAt Government House to-night Lady Madden gave a ball in connection with the Queen's Birthday celebration, there being a large and brilliant company present. ...
Article : 26 wordsThe Quarter Sessions were continued this morning. Nearly the whole day was occupied with the case of James William Hussey, who was charged with having ...
Article : 436 wordsThe Labor-in-Politics Convention was concluded to-day. The chief items in the "platform" unanimously adopted were:— Electoral reform; one adult one vote ...
Article : 159 wordsA meeting, in connection with this lodge was held at the lodge, St. George's Terrace, on Friday, June 10, when there were present—Sir Alexander ...
Article : 414 wordsFrederick Symons was walking along the railway line from Korumburra to Whitelaw, when he was overtaken by a train, and mangled. He was under the ...
Article : 32 wordsIt is anticipated that the Austro-Hungarian Constitution will shortly be suspended in favor of a mild form of absolutism. ...
Article : 29 wordsAt a meeting of the committee of management of the Australian Hospital, Dr. Norcott, who was lately ousted from the position of medical superintendent on ...
Article : 61 wordsDischarged.—The police resolved not to go on with the case against Edward Brown, who was charged with larceny at the dwelling of John Thorpe, at ...
Article : 162 wordsDr. J. A. Cockburn, who was recently appointed Agent-General for South Australia, in succession to Mr. Thomas Playford, has arrived in London. ...
Article : 31 wordsTwo boys named Turner and Britten were arrested to-day at Warrnambool for having broken into a clothing establishment in Liebig-street. One was ...
Article : 54 wordsThe Stock Department is satisfied that the whole of the coast line from Cape York to Moreton Bay is tick-infested. ...
Article : 23 wordsThe Canadian House of Commons at Ottawa has unanimously granted to all parts of the British Umpire preferential sugar duties. ...
Article : 57 wordsThe inquest on the three McCarthy children, who were murdered at Yarraville, was concluded to-day. Mc'Carthy broke down while giving evidence, and ...
Article : 94 wordsThe Government has called upon the lessees of the Brunner coal mine to resume operations within seven days. If at the end of that period the mine ...
Article : 50 wordsIt is said that there is no animal that will increase the grass in a pasture like the Angora goat. He trims everything that shades the grass, and everyone who ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 133 wordsArrivals.—Ship Carmanian, 1,770 tons; ship Hesperus, 1,777 tons. Departures.—For Melbourne—Ship Pendaneira, 1,813 tons; steamer Gulf ...
Article : 83 wordsA street preacher named Leslie Dudley was charged at the District Court to-day with having obstructed the carriage-way in Russell-street on Sunday. ...
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The Inquirer and Commercial News (Perth, WA : 1855 - 1901), Fri 17 Jun 1898, Page 4
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