On Oct. 5 the water police at Fremantle were engaged in searching for two men, whose non-arrival from Carnac Island during the day caused alarm as ...
Article : 233 wordsIn a paper in the "Windsor" for August on "eccentric animals," mention is made of a strange fact in connection with wart-hogs, almost entitling them ...
Article : 136 wordsIn the Police Court this afternoon, before Messrs. Hume Black and C. Rennick, J.P.'s, Arthur George Jenkins, M.L.C., Mayor of Coolgardie, was ...
Article : 95 wordsPresident M'Kinley is said to be apprehensive of the effect that the charges of mismanagement against the War Department will have on the coming ...
Article : 63 wordsThe winter's rainfall was much above the average, but the unusually dry weather in September has altered the complexion of the northern district ...
Article : 53 wordsIt is rumored in Peking that the foreign representatives in that city were aware, before the publication of the edict by the Dowager Empress, that His ...
Article : 66 wordsThe annual conference of the German Social Democrats was opened yesterday at Stuttgart, Wurtemburg. Herr Liebknecht, one of the leader of ...
Article : 271 wordsThomas Fallon, a selector near Deniliquin, was found dead in his bed to-day by his son, who had just returned after having been away for some time ...
Article : 52 wordsAt a meeting of the committee of the Charity Carnival to consider the action of the Government in declaring that the art union was illegal, it was decided ...
Article : 72 wordsThe American Government has commissioned General Calixto Garcia, the Cuban rebel leader, to secure the disbandment of the Cubans. ...
Article : 28 wordsH.M.S. Terrible has been ordered to the Pacific. [The Terrible is a first-class cruiser of 14,200 tons, and has been stationed ...
Article : 34 wordsAt a full meeting of the Opposition convened, by Mr. Lyne to deal with the leadership of the party, Mr. Lyne proposed that Mr. Barton should be ...
Article : 119 wordsThe American warship Illinois has been launched at Newport News, the capital of Warwick County, Virginia. [The Illinois is a sister ship of the ...
Article : 117 wordsIn the Criminal Court to-day Mr. Justice Boucaut administered a rebuke to the police in the case of Patrick Kennedy and James Riley, arraigned on a ...
Article : 109 wordsPeking is now quiet. The Chinese who insulted the Europeans have been punished, and the Tsungli-yamen has apologised for the ...
Article : 85 wordsA meeting of the Swan Vine and Fruitgrower's Association was held in Weld-chamber Wednesday afternoon, when there were present Messrs. Chas. ...
Article : 363 wordsA New South Wales Chess Association has been formed. All the leading players will support the association. ...
Article : 20 wordsA serious native rising is reported to hare taken place in the north of the Transvaal. ...
Article : 26 wordsThe butcher's shop of P. Gillespie, at Petersburg, was entered by burglars, and £15 stolen. ...
Article : 18 wordsAt Laurieton to-day, as the tug Unique was towing the schooner Amelia White, the former became disabled, and both went ashore. The schooner is in ...
Article : 30 wordsThe estate of the late Mr. Jeremiah James Colman, the well-known mustard ans starch manufacturer, of Norwich, has been valued at £2,000,000. ...
Article : 55 wordsIn the House of Assembly to-day the Treasurer said that up to the present time no deposit had been made by the Outer Harbor syndicate, though, on its ...
Article : 161 wordsMrs. Isabella M'Kenzie, of Woodside, died to-day at the age of 84. She was a colonist of 59 years. Her husband, who predeceased her, had been for 50 ...
Article : 33 wordsThe Cricket Council has decided to send a team of New Zealand cricketers to Australia. ...
Article : 21 wordsThe Volksraad has had several secret discussions respecting the British acquisitions in Delagoa Bay. [It was recently reported that the ...
Article : 41 wordsMr. Mephan Ferguson returned to Adelaide from Melbourne to-day, having made certain arrangements in connection with his joint tender with Mr. ...
Article : 85 wordsIt is very doubtful whether the steamer Manapourika, which was wrecked on the Greymouth bar, can be floated. ...
Article : 21 wordsThe colliery proprietors in Lancashire are discharging the infirm and elderly miners in their service, in order to minimise their liabilities for compensation ...
Article : 39 wordsThe evidence that the Turkish officers and troops participated in the recent pillage of Candia, is increasing. The British have refused further ...
Article : 65 wordsIt is fully understood that Mr. W. P. Reeves will he re-appointed Agent-General for the colony. ...
Article : 20 wordsA portion of the Block 14 smelters, at Port Pirie, where the recent strike occurred, will resume work to-morrow, with plenty of hands. ...
Article : 26 wordsIn the Central Criminal Court to-day the trial of Napoleon Jean Lisson, who was charged with having, on August 30, murdered Edith Lillian Gorrick, was ...
Article : 356 wordsThe French naval estimates for 1898-99 show an increase of 1,000,000 francs (about £40,000) on those of the preceding year. ...
Article : 52 wordsA large deputation from Korumburra urged the Government to support the coal-mining industry by taking as much Victorian coal in connection with, the ...
Article : 104 wordsIn the Legislative Assembly to-day Mr. Edmund Barton announced that he had been elected leader of the Opposition. ...
Article : 233 wordsMajor Marchand has declared that in Occupying Fashoda he is obeying the express orders of the French Government, although he has not received any ...
Article : 104 wordsThe Procureur-General has reported to the Court of Cassation that he is in favor of a revision of the Dreyfus trial. ...
Article : 29 wordsA serious accident occurred on the Mount's Bay road at about 6 o'clock on Oct. 5 when Mr. E. J. M'Gillicuddy, of Eagle-chambers, sustained serious ...
Article : 226 wordsAn action was begun to-day by Eileen Umphelby, a daughter of the late Thos. Austin, against the trustee of her late father's estate, and two brothers, for ...
Article : 55 wordsAt the London wool sales yesterday competition was brisk, with prices unaltered. October 5. ...
Article : 61 wordsThe Turkish Government is making the moat elaborate preparations for the visit of the Emperor William of Germany to the Holy Land. ...
Article : 97 wordsHenry Tims, a boatman, committed suicide by shooting himself. He had been depressed through rheamatism. ...
Article : 18 wordsIn the Legislative Council to-day Sir Henry Wrixon moved a motion pledging the House to consider the enlargement scope of the Council on the lines ...
Article : 210 wordsThe inquest on William Matthews, who was murdered at Ulupna Creek, near Strathmerton, was continued to-day. Afred Archer was in custody. ...
Article : 47 wordsThe Union Mortgage and Agency Company's 4½ per cent, debenture stock is quoted at £83 10s., and that of the Australian and New Zealand Mortgage ...
Article : 33 wordsA special committee of the creditors of the Premier Permanent Building Society has decided to recommend the rejection of the liquidators' scheme ...
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The Inquirer and Commercial News (Perth, WA : 1855 - 1901), Fri 7 Oct 1898, Page 9
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