The private friends of the late Prince Bismarck have subscribed 300,000 marks (£15,000) for the erection of a mausoleum in the park at ...
Article : 77 wordsWidespread desertions of Spanish soldiers to the American army are reported from Puerto Rico. ...
Article : 28 wordsMr. Dowley, R.M., left for Nannine, the Star of the East, and the surrounding districts yesterday. He will hold the usual monthly court at ...
Article : 292 wordsA daring bank robbery has been reported from Penshurst. Armed men stuck up the local branch, of the Bank of Victoria, and bound and gagged the ...
Article : 391 wordsFour miners have struck a rich gold lead at Tuena. They have got 20oz. so far, and there is every prospect of the lead continuing. ...
Article : 37 wordsProbate duty, amounting to £12,872, has been paid on the estate of the late Mr. F. M. Wallace, the son of Mr. J. C. Wallace, M.L.C. The estate was ...
Article : 35 wordsThe "Government Gazette" contains a list of balances in estates under the charge of the public trustee. The grand total is £130,000. ...
Article : 25 wordsA young woman named Ellen Maud Hill committed suicide at her parents' residence, South Yarra, by hanging herself. At the inquest a verdict of ...
Article : 38 wordsThe American cruiser Columbia, a vessel of 7,475 tons, which, went ashore on Monday at Ponce, in Puerto Rico, has been, floated off. ...
Article : 29 wordsThe will of the late Mr. David Bower has been filed for probate. The value of the estate is sworn, at £130,000. With the exception of a few charities, the ...
Article : 41 wordsThe boycott of the Co-operative Wool and Produce Company's sales by the wool-brokers formed the chief topic to-day. Eighteen months ago, when the ...
Article : 73 wordsDr. Riley, the Anglican Bishop of Perth, arrived here on Wednesday afternoon, accompanied by the diocesan secretary, Rev. J. Garland, for the ...
Article : 179 wordsGeneral Calixto Garcia, the Cuban rebel leader, reports that he has captured Mayari and 500 Spaniards. Mayan, is a few miles south of Bahia ...
Article : 33 wordsTo-day a child named Doris Philby, 15 months old, died in the hospital from burns caused by her clothes having caught fire at Bunyip. ...
Article : 27 wordsThe Emperor William has issued a proclamation, in which, he refers to the late Prince Bismarck as a man whom God created as an instrument for the ...
Article : 48 wordsGeneral rain has fallen well inland. ...
Article : 10 wordsA boy named Lewis Tucker was found in a paddock near Queenstown to-day in an unconscious condition. He was suffering from a compound fracture of ...
Article : 43 wordsHis Excellency the acting Governor, Sir John Madden, opened the Australian Sheepbreeders' Show to-day. At luncheon Sir Philip O. Fysh, the ...
Article : 36 wordsYesterday M. Cambon, the French ambassador at Washington, who is acting as the envoy of Spain, had an hour's interview with President M'Kinley. ...
Article : 126 wordsThe Government has received a came message stating that the twin-screw sand pump dredge had been launched in England. The vessel was ...
Article : 40 wordsR. Honey's timber mills at Port Adelaide, which were recently destroyed by fire, are being re-built. ...
Article : 21 wordsThe German Clubs in Adelaide held a Bismarck memorial ceremony to-night. ...
Article : 17 wordsThe Crown Law Department has obtained leave to intervene in the divorce case Nisbet v. Nisbet. The petition was brought by Mrs. Nisbet against her ...
Article : 65 wordsAt the Criminal Court to-day, George G. Newman, lately head master of Winham College, pleaded not guilty to a charge of having indecently assaulted a ...
Article : 97 wordsIt is understood that Parliament meet on Tuesday week. Parties are beginning to organise and arrange meetings before the opening. It is stated ...
Article : 63 wordsThe Privy Council has given judgment in the following appeal cases:—Smyth versus the Queen and Barker versus Edgar, allowed with costs; ...
Article : 50 wordsThe annual report of the chief inspector of stock shows that in only two of the tick-infested districts. Bourke and Port Curtis, was there a decrease in the ...
Article : 64 wordsAt the Criminal Court to-day Madeline Byrne was found guilty of the manslaughter of the young woman Hodges, and was remanded for sentence. ...
Article : 39 wordsThe Greenough ploughing match was held on Wednesday, a mile beyond Walkaway, on tho Agricultural Show Grounds. There was a fair attendance ...
Article : 211 wordsA public meeting was held in the Williams-hall on Saturday, July 30, to consider the desirableness of approaching the Premier with, reference to the ...
Article : 173 wordsThe following interesting statement has been made by the Empress Eugenie:—I take a sorrowful interest in all wars, for war has been to me my ...
Article : 213 wordsThe London "Daily News" of this morning exhorts the friends of the Pacific cable, especially the Premiers of Queensland and of New Zealand, to ...
Article : 46 wordsThe R.M.S. India left for Albany to-day an hour late. She took 30,000oz. of silver, valued at £13,000. A strong northerly wind was blowing when she ...
Article : 47 wordsThe Full Court to-day confirmed the conviction of Rees Rees on a charge of having sent a blackmailing letter to a bank official in the Newcastle district ...
Article : 45 wordsThe Adelaide Shipping Company has inaugurated a weekly service to Melbourne, Sydney, and Queensland ports. ...
Article : 18 wordsAt a conference of members of the frozen meat trade it was decided that a colonial conference should be held to urge that the companies should appoint ...
Article : 44 wordsYesterday, in the match Nottingham against Surrey, W. Gunn (Notts) made 236 not out, which is at present the record score of the season. ...
Article : 33 wordsHis Excellency the Governor of South Australia, Sir T. Fowell Buxton, arrived at Broken Hill to-day. He visited the Broken Hill Proprietary ...
Article : 35 wordsAt a meeting of the Criminological Society this evening, Henry Parker, a released prisoner from the Stockade, made charges against the management ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 238 wordsAt the annual meeting of the New South Wales Cricket Association it was reported that Victor Trumper, in local matches, had secured a record, his ...
Article : 105 wordsAt the annual meeting of the Bank of New Zealand to-day the balance-sheet showed a net profit of £92,400. ...
Article : 23 wordsOn July 22 Mr. George Doughty, who was elected as a Liberal for Great Grims by in 1895, announced that, as he could no longer support the policy of Home ...
Article : 120 wordsThree charges of having appropriated money as the trustee of the estate of the late Llewellyn Jones were preferred against John Walker at the Nhili Police ...
Article : 81 wordsThe Auckland Harbor Board has decided to equip the Calliope dock on the terms suggested by the British Admiralty. ...
Article : 23 wordsA benefit concert was given in the Vaudeville Theatre on Wednesday evening in aid of the family of Mr. J. Edwards, who recently suffered severe loss ...
Article : 163 wordsAt present there are in Coolgardie, in various stages of construction, four imposing buildings, which, when completed, will greatly add to the ...
Article : 738 wordsA resolution has been passed by the Miners' International Congress, which is being held in Vienna, that the time has come to fix a minimum rate of ...
Article : 36 wordsThe House of Assembly to-day approved of the creation of a vermin district at Murkaby, and the erection of a dog-proof fence at a cost of £2,200. ...
Article : 107 wordsTo-day marks the 25th anniversary of the construction of the Glenelg railway. ...
Article : 20 wordsNews has been received from Peking that Sir Claude Macdonald forcibly informed the Tsungli-yamen that Britain would not tolerate the interference of ...
Article : 69 wordsAn alleged sensational outrage on a woman named Hannah Artley has been reported from Ballarat. Six men have been arrested on a, capital charge. ...
Article : 26 wordsMr. J. C. Hamp, solicitor, on behalf of Benjamin Thompson, the dentist who operated on the late Miss Catchlove, in view of the jury's finding has applied ...
Article : 57 wordsThe death is announced of the Earl of Mansfield. [William David Murray, 4th Eari of Mansfield, teas born in 1806. He was ...
Article : 89 wordsNews has been received from Camper-down to the effect that 95 out of 125 cattle have died through, having fed on rank herbage. ...
Article : 27 wordsIn the Legislative Assembly the debate was resumed on the Hare system of voting in connection with the abolition of plural voting. Mr. Deakin strongly ...
Article : 291 wordsThe launch Dunskey returned from Wilson's Inlet on Wednesday night, after an unsuccessful attempt to tow the stranded steamer Gertie off the sand bar. ...
Article : 161 wordsA summons for perjury has been issued against Councillor Baragwanath, of South. Melbourne, in connection with. Revision Court proceedings. ...
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Advertising : 136 wordsThe conservator of forests reports that about 40,000 trees Trill be planted this season. Thirty thousand have been planted so far, to replace last year's ...
Article : 27 wordsFour seamen, belonging to the British ship Queen Christina, and named Elfull, Hansen, Minn, and Jensen, were each fined £100, in default six months' ...
Article : 68 wordsThe electoral campaign at the Cape is now in progress, and yesterday Mr. Cecil Rhodes delivered a notable speech. The right hon. gentleman declared ...
Article : 136 wordsThe Commissioner for Police has rewarded Trooper Waterhouse for his bravery in connection with the arrests of the men. who committed the ...
Article : 37 wordsAt present the stock of tallow is 26,116 casks; the imports since the date of the last report, 5,427 casks; deliveries, 4,607 casks. ...
Article : 170 wordsThe Government astronomer predicts that vessels bound for Western Australia, will meet with westerly squalls and rough, seas. ...
Article : 22 wordsAn inquest was held to-day concerning the death of a boarded-out infant, five months of age, under the care of Emma Pascoe, a registered nurse. It ...
Article : 81 wordsThe undertakers are protesting against the site of the proposed new cemetery at Parafield, about 10 miles from the city. A select committee is ...
Article : 34 wordsThe weather during the last three days has been extremely wintry. Heavy rains have fallen, and the streets as a consequence are in a state of slush. The ...
Article : 160 wordsMr. and Mrs. B. Cornish, of Maitland, celebrated their golden wedding on Friday. Among the congratulations were messages from Perth. Mr. ...
Article : 32 wordsCaptain Burrows, the governor of the Melbourne gaol, is willing to accept the position of police magistrate rendered vacant by the death of Mr. C. ...
Article : 48 wordsDisclaimers by those peers and men of business implicated in the charges of bribery which have been made by Mr. Hooley are appearing daily. ...
Article : 34 wordsDr. Rennie, who was appointed to report on the teaching of chemistry and metallurgy outside South Australia, left for London in the R.M.S. India. ...
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Advertising : 32 wordsThe Charities Organisation Society has received from an anonymous contributor, "Atherstone," the sum of ...
Article : 25 wordsNumbers of spurious florins have been circulated among small shopmen and tram-conductors. It is said that the coins were brought from Western ...
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The Inquirer and Commercial News (Perth, WA : 1855 - 1901), Fri 12 Aug 1898, Page 2
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