William Lamb Sinclair, 38 years of age, the chief officer of the steamer Perth trading to Western Australia, shot himself at the Spencer-street station. He ...
Article : 64 wordsMr. G. N. Curzon, Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs, made an important statement in the House of Commons yesterday on the reported intervention ...
Article : 122 wordsA difficulty has arisen in placing American garrisons in the Cuban captured towns, for, as the Spanish garrisons leave, the insurgents, in many places ...
Article : 49 wordsJohn Mullin writes to us as follow:—Will you allow me space to tender my sincere thanks to the Mayor (Mr. J. Byrne), Corporal Goodridge, and ...
Article : 76 wordsMr. and Mrs. S. Scott, of Yongala, celebrated their diamond wedding last week. Some members of their family are m Western Australia. ...
Article : 33 wordsA serious anti-Semitic demonstration took place yesterday at Nantes, and Professors Yves Guyot and Grimaux, who; were attending a science congress, were ...
Article : 111 wordsA boy named Ernest Diederich died in the hospital from injuries received through falling from the parapet of the Morphett-street bridge on Saturday. ...
Article : 27 wordsThe premises of Messrs. Stokes and, Martin, electroplaters, were broken into to-night, and the safe was caried away. The contents are not known at present. ...
Article : 27 wordsIt is reported from Madrid that the Spanish Cabinet has approved of the basis of a reply to the peace proposals of the United States, and it is said that the ...
Article : 74 wordsTenders for the fittings of the new public offices were recently invited, and the tender of Messrs. Ferguson and Co., in the sum of £180, was accepted. Mr. ...
Article : 159 wordsThe Government has commenced the work of erecting trucking-yards near Cue on the same scale as at Mingenew. These will, when completed, be ...
Article : 140 wordsThe Commissioner for Railways, Mr. J. G. Jenkins, has returned from a visit to the north. He says that the country is looking remarkably well, and that ...
Article : 40 wordsAlexander Dable, 35 years of age, was found dead banging to a rafter in a wineshop in Exhibition-street. He had been depressed lately owing to the death of ...
Article : 32 wordsIt is again reported that the Queen of Denmark is seriously ill. Her Majesty's second son, the King of the Hellenes, has arrived at Copenhagen. ...
Article : 46 wordsThe Treasurer has decided to accept friendly societies as purchasers of Victorian Government stock, in order to afford them a secure investment for their ...
Article : 72 wordsA cousin of Major Esterhazy (who is suspected of having written the incriminating bordereau) has confessed to having assisted the Major and Colonel Du ...
Article : 49 wordsAs a man named Richard Solder driving a loaded dray at Cheltenham he, fell off, and one of the wheels passed over him. Death was instantaneous. ...
Article : 32 wordsHer Majesty Queen Victoria, His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, and the Dowager Empress Frederick have seat messages of sympathy to the ...
Article : 89 wordsFather Kelly arrived in Adelaide yesterday. He is the guest of Archbishop O'Reilly at Glen Osmond. ...
Article : 20 wordsThe Court of Cassation has dismissed the appeal of Emile Zola against the verdict of the Versailles triaL. [On. July 18 at Versailles Zola was ...
Article : 62 wordsA fire occurred at Gawler on Saturday at Prendergast's tailoring establishment. The fire brigade performed splendid work, and soon extinguished ...
Article : 32 wordsThe schooner Annie M'Dougall, which went ashore at Strahan, is a total wreck, and full of water. The crew was rescued by the life-boat after several ...
Article : 36 wordsIt has been explained that the Princess of Wales was summoned to Copenhagen, because her mother, the Queen of Denmark, became very weak, and it ...
Article : 94 wordsThe Dog and Poultry Show, which was continued on Saturday in the Exhibition building, drew fine attendances in the afternoon and evening. ...
Article : 91 wordsThe influenza epidemic has departed, and most of the sufferers are recovering. The Boogardie Miners' Institute will ...
Article : 34 wordsA somewhat sensational robbery is reported from Brighton. Early on Saturday evening a man, who was wrapped in a blanket and was without boots ...
Article : 129 wordsOn Sunday at the "Pleasant Sunday Afternoon" service at this church the Rev. G. E. Rowe delivered an address on "The Present Outlook in Western ...
Article : 689 wordsPublic interest in the Hooley failure has in no way abated, and fresh revelations are daily reported. Yesterday the public learned from the Simpson ...
Article : 96 wordsCount Herbert Bismarck is prosecuting a man named Wileke Priester, for having invaded the chateau at Friedrich[?]be at day light on Sunday in order ...
Article : 37 wordsThe engineer-in-chief states that the work in connection with the Bunbury harbor works is most satisfactory. The subsidences have had the effect of ...
Article : 123 wordsAmong the nominations for the chief handicaps are the following Australian horses:—Cesarewitch—Acmena, Form, Merman, and Uniform. Cambridgeshire ...
Article : 35 wordsThe nominations for mayor, councillors, and auditors of the newly-formed municipality of Claremont closed on Saturday, Mr. Henry Doyle, the Mayor of ...
Article : 259 wordsThe Marqnis of Salisbury telegraphed to Count Herbert Bismarck:—"Deep and sincere sympathy at the loss of your loving father. He was a splendid ...
Article : 30 wordsHis Excellency the Governor, Sir T. Fowell Buxton, and party returned from Broken Hill on Saturday. His Excellency stated that he retained with a ...
Article : 39 wordsMany diggers, of whom several have large fortunes, are returning from the Klondyke goldfields. It is reported that there are 3,000 ...
Article : 42 wordsAn extraordinary occurrence is reported from India. Guardial Singh, a highly-esteemed Sikh, was charged with having ...
Article : 44 wordsIt has transpired that some time ago Prince Bismarck declared that he had no desire to provide the people of Berlin with a fine funeral, which he ...
Article : 38 wordsThe man Themming, who was buried by a fall of mullock at the Block 12 mine, Broken Hill, is dead. At the inquest, a verdict was returned that ...
Article : 49 wordsThe launch Dunskey, which was delayed by bad weather, left for Wilson's Inlet at 9 Sunday morning with an chors, chains, and hawsers to tug the ...
Article : 341 wordsThere is a movement on foot to induce His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales to visit Canada and the United States in the spring. ...
Article : 35 wordsThe chief officers of the American army in Cuba have signed an appeal to Major-General W. R. Shafter, the commander, to remove the troops to the ...
Article : 81 wordsThe House of Commons has reinstated the conscience clause which was struck out of the Vaccination Bill by the House of Lords. ...
Article : 34 wordsSeven boys, the eldest of whom is 14 years, were charged on Saturday with having broken into and stolen from a store at Railwaytown. The place was ...
Article : 62 wordsMr. Ernest Rutherford, formerly of Canterbury, New Zealand, has been appointed Professoir of Physics in the Magill University, Montreal. ...
Article : 28 wordsAt Cabramatta, Constable M'Lean had occasion to arrest two men on suspicion of having been concerned in the robbery of some harness. While he was ...
Article : 60 wordsWar in these days is an expensive business, if only the bare cost of shot and shell is considered. From some particulars which an artillery officer gives ...
Article : 188 wordsThe Spanish warship Infanta Maria Teresa has been, raised intact from, the harbor of Santiago de Cuba. This vessel, which was one of the ...
Article : 52 wordsOn Thursday news was received from Somaliland that a detachment of the 4th. Bombay Cavalry, led by a native officer, had fallen into a native ambush ...
Article : 65 wordsThe roadway in front of Massey's store was crowded on Saturday night, the occasion being the delivery by Mr. Grave, Mr. King, and eight other ...
Article : 1,303 wordsMiss Pedley, a member of the board for conducting examinations for the Royal Academy of Music and the London. College of Music in Sydney, died ...
Article : 48 wordsSenor Sagasta, the Spanish Premier, is[?]ferring with various party leaders in connection with the details of the peace negotiations. ...
Article : 48 wordsOwing to the recent favorable weather the when crops in the Riverina are loooking better than they have done for several years. ...
Article : 26 wordsThe sub-committee which was appointed by the British Commissioners of the Paris Exhibition to consider the establishment of a colonial restaurant ...
Article : 42 wordsThe earnings of the railways during the month of July show a net increase of £5,738, as compared with those of July last. ...
Article : 29 wordsThe Archbishops of Manila sought the protection of the Americans, as he was afraid that he and his clergy would be massacred by the rebels. ...
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The Inquirer and Commercial News (Perth, WA : 1855 - 1901), Fri 12 Aug 1898, Page 6
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