The approaching boxing match for 20,000 dollars between "Jem" Corbett and "Tom" Sharkey is exciting considerable interest. Corbett is the favorite Jem" Corbet* and "Tom** Sharkey is exciting consider-able interest. Corbett is the favorite at 5 to 4 on. ...
Article : 34 wordsGermany, France, and Belgium have agreed to give reduced freights and cheap railway rates for goods consigned, to the Coolgardie Exhibition. ...
Article : 29 wordsLiliuokalani, the ex-Queen of the Hawaiian Islands, has a petition to the United States Congress, asking for permission to retain the Crown lands. ...
Article : 30 wordsAgoncillo, one of the rebel leaders in the Philippines, has arrived in London, and has been interviewed. He declares that the islands will never again allow ...
Article : 85 wordsNews received from the Hills fruit districts is of a discouraging nature. Owing to a combination of unfortunate circumstances, the crop of the most popular ...
Article : 51 wordsH. D. Hay, 22 years of age, a brother of Dr. Alexander Hay, of Coolangatta, was accidentally killed to-day on the Coolangatta estate. Hay was engaged ...
Article : 67 wordsLarceny.—A colored man Lewis Emilia, who had already been cautioned by the bench for having been drunk, was charged with having stolen ...
Article : 349 wordsA Vagrant Chinaman.—A Chinaman named Ah Ling was sentenced to three months' imprisonment on a charge of vagrancy. The accused, while out of ...
Article : 336 wordsThe United States is necking to acquire the island of Kusai. [This island, which is also called Ualan and Strong Island, is in the east of the ...
Article : 35 wordsThe boxing match between J. J. Corbett, ex-champion of America, and "Tom" Sharkey (The Sailor) took place at New York yesterday. Sharkey ...
Article : 155 wordsThe railway revenue for last week shows an increase of £4317 over the corresponding period of last year. ...
Article : 21 wordsWild scenes hare occurred in the Hungarian Diet during the debate on the languages ordinance. The students at the universities ...
Article : 234 wordsNominations for the annual municipal elections were received to-day. Mr. Tucker, the Mayor of the city, resigns, and Messrs. T. H. Smeaton, A. W. Ware ...
Article : 35 wordsThe public service list shows a total of 15,587 officers whose salaries last year amounted to £l,878,559, irrespective of £66,512 for allowances, and £41,588 to ...
Article : 30 wordsThe London "Times" says that the Americans consider the policy of "the open door" in the Philippines a proper acknowledgment of Britain's moral ...
Article : 86 wordsThe sudden conclusion by the French Government of the tariff treaty with Italy is interpreted to mean an attempt on the part of France to conciliate the ...
Article : 42 wordsAt the inquest held at Youngala on the body of a farmer named John Roche, found on the road crushed to death by a road roller, a verdict of accidental death ...
Article : 36 wordsThe body of an elderly man, known as "Scotty," was found in the scrub to-day near Albury. There were no marks of violence. ...
Article : 25 wordsAt a meeting of the colliery proprietors, representing the majority of the large mines, it was decided to recommend that all proprietors should comply ...
Article : 48 wordsIt is stated in political circles that the Legislative Council will probably accept the Household Suffrage Bill if the Kingstonian candidate, Mr. Hadslam, is ...
Article : 42 wordsThe authorities at Washington do not doubt that the treaty of pence with Spain will be signed within a fortnight. It is, however, considered probable that ...
Article : 68 wordsThe French Government has conferred of Admiral Canevaro, the Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs, the Grand Cordon of the Legion of Honor. ...
Article : 29 wordsSharkey unsuccessfully appealed for a foul, whereupon Corbett's second entered the ring, and the referee awarded the fight to Sharkey. In consequence ...
Article : 37 wordsWilliam Dickson, a patient in the Warren Hospital, suffering from measles, disappeared to-day. Tracks were found leading to the river, and the police are ...
Article : 32 wordsHenry Jude, who is on a holiday visit from Western Australia, sustained shocking injuries from a gun accident at St. Arnaud to-day. He was out driving with ...
Article : 71 wordsMr. Lambert gave a lecture yesterday at the Imperial institute on the stalactite carte in New South Wales. Lord Carrington, an ex-Governor of ...
Article : 82 wordsAt a meeting of the Metropolitan Water and Sewerage Board a report was presented by Dr. Kendall. The report stated that during the September ...
Article : 61 wordsThe Grand Jury has failed to find a true bill in the case of A. F. Bettinson, manager of the National Sporting Club, John Angle, the referee, and the three ...
Article : 62 wordsThe Emperor Francis Joseph of Austria has given 20,000 francs (about £800) to the poor of Geneva. ...
Article : 27 wordsThe Berlin correspondent of the London "Times" reports that there is a growing friction between the German States and Prussia, owing to a variety ...
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Advertising : 547 wordsPatrick M'Ginley, who was arrested on Sunday on a charge of having robbed Jeremiah O'Leary, a West Australian contractor, of £84, has confessed to the ...
Article : 40 wordsThe Neutral Day ferry steamer Wallaby collided with the Government-owned launch Leila in Sydney Harbor to-day. The latter sank in a few moments. The ...
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Advertising : 861 wordsThe Dutch steamer Gironde, being plague-stricken, was not allowed to enter Delagoe Bay. She has gone to Madagascar. ...
Article : 55 wordsThe London "Daily Chronicle" reports that Britain has leased Sokotra (an island off the east coast of Africa, under British protection) to the United States ...
Article : 36 wordsAt the inquest held to-day touching the cause of the fire at the Barrier Hotel at Silverton, a verdict was returned that there was no evidence as to the origin ...
Article : 75 wordsAn elderly man named Patrick Convery was killed in a clay-pit at Caulfield to-day. Almost five tons of earth fell on him. His son-in-law, Michael Henry ...
Article : 34 wordsThe fourth congress of the Anglican Church of Australia and Tasmania was resumed at Ballarat to-day. The Bishop of Ballarat presided. Lord ...
Article : 170 wordsA British-Chinese railway syndicate has obtained a concession for the construction of a line from Canton to Chungfu, bisecting the projected Yunnan line. ...
Article : 31 wordsWheat.—The quantity of wheat and [?]sdoat for the United Kingdom is [?]ted at 1,581,000 quarters, against 1,479,000 quarters last week; and for ...
Article : 125 wordsMr. T. H. Close, one of the honorary secretaries of The British Astronomical Association, New South Wales branch, states that the occultation of the Pleiades ...
Article : 42 wordsThe Emperor of China is reported to be dying. His Majesty is scarcely able to walk. ...
Article : 22 wordsA sensation has been caused by the sudden disappearance of Councillor Myres, a young man. A warrant has been issued for his arrest on a charge ...
Article : 85 wordsThe German Government, in a frigid note, has informed the Vatican, of its determination to take upon itself the protection of German Roman Catholics ...
Article : 51 wordsFour hundred holders of 200,000 shares in the Great Boulder Proprietary Gold-mining Company have requisitioned the directors to call an extraordinary ...
Article : 326 wordsSir Benjamin Benjamin was recalled to-day by the Parliamentary Committee of Inquiry into the Creswick Mining Disaster Relief Fund as to the neglect of ...
Article : 294 wordsSir Henry Irving, the distinguished actor, whose condition has been causing some anxiety to his friends, is improving in health. ...
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Advertising : 94 wordsA cordial reception was obtained by "Commandant" Booth to-day. He said that he believed that the "Army" had yet to do something to startle the ...
Article : 28 wordsThe Mary Augusta has been stranded at Dunkirk, on the north coast of France. The crew was saved. [This vessel is an iron ship of 1,423 ...
Article : 39 wordsThe Premier is considering the present position in regard to federation. He is desirous of learning what the further procedure will probably be when Mr. ...
Article : 70 wordsA young man named Edward Stanhope, with several aliases, was charged with having attempted to commit suicide, and with having obtained, by ...
Article : 158 wordsAll portions of land throws open for grazing selection on November 18 were applied for. They comprised 22 grazing farms and 17 homesteads, containing in ...
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The Inquirer and Commercial News (Perth, WA : 1855 - 1901), Fri 25 Nov 1898, Page 9
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