The Premier will take a sea-trip during the recess. He will probably goto Norfolk Island, and will be accompanied by a number of legislators. ...
Article : 35 wordsGeorge Lovett, represented by Mr. Northmore, sought a wine and beer licence for premises nearly completed, close to Mephan Ferguson's foundry. It ...
Article : 936 wordsAlleged Unlawful Possession—A charge of having been in the possession of a gold watch, reasonably supposed to have been stolen, was preferred against ...
Article : 179 wordsIn the Legislative Council to-day Mr. Pilcher moved the second reading of the Totalisator Bill; but subsequently he agreed to leave it in abeyance. ...
Article : 102 wordsThe French newspapers, in commenting on the speech which was delivered yesterday by Sir E. J. Monson, G.C.B., the British Ambassador in Paris ...
Article : 133 wordsThe British Government has decided to gradually appoint 12 additional admirals, 48 captains, 73 commodores, and 288 lieutenants. ...
Article : 214 wordsThe Spanish Peace Commissioners at Paris have protested against the remarks of President M'Kinley in his message to Congress on the Maine disaster ...
Article : 70 wordsThe Government geologist reports that the Broughton River Valley is favorable for artesian water, which would be good for stock. Probably ...
Article : 47 wordsThe civil servants at Broken Hill have requested the visiting members of the Public Service Board to shorten the period of service at the Barrier. They ...
Article : 46 wordsIn reply to a deputation from the Council of Churches, which waited on him to-day, urging the suppression of juvenile immorality, the Chief ...
Article : 58 wordsIt is announced that President M'Kinley intends to maintain the provisions of the Clayton-Bulwer treaty, which neutralises the Nicaragua Canal, and ...
Article : 60 wordsRichard Jones was killed to-day at Broken Hill by being thrown out of a cart, which passed over his body. ...
Article : 22 wordsTo-day the Legislative Assembly passed a resolution authorising the construction of a railway line from Colac to Beech Forest. ...
Article : 48 wordsAt Broken Hill to-day Alfred Jackman was committed for trial on a charge of baring committed an indecent assault on a servant girl, employed in ...
Article : 33 wordsSir E. J. Monson's speech, has caused intense surprise in Paris, and there is an uneasy feeling that the result of the incident will not tend to reduce the ...
Article : 161 wordsWilliam Thompson was committed for trial to-day on a charge of lewdness. He struck one of the witnesses as he was being removed from the court. ...
Article : 28 wordsMerchants are awaiting the result of the conference between American and English shippers regarding freights. Nothing definite has yet transpired. ...
Article : 22 wordsIn the Legislative Assembly to-day the bill providing for the taking of the evidence in courts of law in shorthand was read the second time. ...
Article : 67 wordsThe clerk Annells, who fell out of a train yesterday, died to-day from the injuries which he received. ...
Article : 20 wordsFresh outrages have been committed by the Kurds at Bitlis and at Van. [Bitlis and Van are towns in Turkish Armenia. The former is 120 miles ...
Article : 48 wordsRailway Trespassers.—Detective Campbell of the Railway Department proceeded against several persons for having trespassed on the railway line ...
Article : 96 wordsFemale warders have been appointed to attend to female prisoners at the police stations. ...
Article : 16 wordsA fire at Balaklava to-day destroyed a weather-board house and its contents. The property belonged to Mr. Heard. ...
Article : 21 wordsThe sculling match between W. A. Barry, of Putney, and George Towns, of Newcastle (N.S.W.), is to take place on May 1, 1899. ...
Article : 161 wordsIn reference to the statement made at Brisbane that Mr. Tyson's will had been drawn by Mr. Robertson, solicitor, deceased, Mr. Middleton, a friend ...
Article : 136 wordsRickman Perrors and Walter William Read were committed for trial to-day on a charge of having stolen a large quantity of galvanised iron from Messrs. ...
Article : 50 wordsIn accordance with the advice of the German Emperor, the Sultan, of Turkey has decided to increase his cavalry forces by 25,000 men. ...
Article : 30 wordsThe first annual meeting of the Perth. Amateur Orchestral Society was held in St. George's Hall, on Thursday, Dec. 8 the Chief Justice, Sir Alexander ...
Article : 687 wordsDuring the month of October there were 5,957 immigrants, while the number of emigrants was 424. ...
Article : 19 wordsThe German Government has demanded reparation for the ill-treatment of a German missionary in the Shantung Peninsula. The degradation of the ...
Article : 38 wordsAlleged Assault.—Maria Elizabeth Robertson proceeded against Thomas M'Gliddon for assault. From the evidence adduced by the complainant and ...
Article : 206 wordsThe Sooth Australians in London entertained Sir T. Powell Barton, the Governor of South Australia, at lunch to-day, in the Australasian club in the ...
Article : 86 wordsIn the Criminal Court to-day John James, on a charge of having embezzted money from the Government, was sentenced to a year's imprisonment. ...
Article : 41 wordsThe schooner Seaflower and the ketch Premier collided to-day in Nelson Bay. They then drifted on to the barquentine Cuthona. Neither vessel was much ...
Article : 27 wordsThe Mahometans in Crete have forwarded a petition to her Majesty Queen Victoria, asking for her protection, and entreating her to permit the British ...
Article : 43 wordsThe Marine Board has considered a proposal from the Land Steamship Company to be allowed to choose its own pilots at Port Pirie, or to permit its ...
Article : 50 wordsThe Liberals in the Hungarian Lower House have resolved that, owing to the obstruction in the House, the taxation question should be decided by an ...
Article : 89 wordsThe Premier, speaking at Thames to-day, said that the colony was suffering for its isolation from America, and Australia. He considered that faster and ...
Article : 39 wordsThomas M'Murrie, a farmer, was killed at Petersburg to-day, while leaving a train which was in motion. ...
Article : 20 wordsThe Kaiser has explained that the bill to protect industrial labor is intended to prevent the right of combination from over-riding personal liberty ...
Article : 46 wordsThe New Zealand-bred horse Cartridge has been sold for 15 guineas, and a mare by Trenton from La Tosca for 85 guineas. ...
Article : 63 wordsDuring the month of October the exports of staple produce were valued at £312,908. Eggs of the value of £5,571 were exported. ...
Article : 27 wordsIn the Banco Court to-day the Solicitor-General moved for leave to proceed against Captain Parker for having published a Letter in the Hobart ...
Article : 46 wordsDavid Duncas, alias Joseph Canavan, was arraigned before Mr. Justice Hensman, in the Criminal Court on Dec. S on a charge of having, at Fremantle, on ...
Article : 240 wordsAuthority has been given for the issue of consolidated stock to the amount of £935,000. The stock will be sold at the Treasurer's discretion, and will be ...
Article : 34 wordsThe preliminary meeting of the "Albany Week" committee was held in the Freemasons' Hotel, Wednesday, Dec. 7. Mr. C. M'Kenzie, the Major, bang in ...
Article : 202 wordsA British officer stationed at Fashoda has visited Mestraelrek, in the Bahr-el-Ghazal district. He makes no mention of French posts, either at ...
Article : 35 wordsIn Vienna it is semi-officially staled that Count Thun-Hohenstein's statement was made with the concurrence of Count Goluchowski. ...
Article : 67 wordsThe action Healy v. the Bank of New South Wales to recover the amount of a deposit and interest thereon was continued to-day. A witness named Joyce ...
Article : 68 wordsAbout 1,000 trout by have been liberated in the rivers in the north. ...
Article : 16 wordsMr. Allan M'Donald, formerly one of the representatives of the North Launceston electorate in the House of Assembly, died suddenly to-day. He was ...
Article : 36 wordsLord Kitchener of Khartoum has left England for Egypt. ...
Article : 14 wordsThe Gordon College Fund has now cached £91,000. Lord Kitchener has written a letter of thanks in which he declares that he ...
Article : 38 wordsIn the Supreme Court to-day Henry St. John Somerset, lately paymaster in the Treasury, pleaded guilty to a charge of having embezzled £6,000. He was ...
Article : 187 wordsMatthew Tregaski was found helplessly intoxicated in Christ Chorea, South Yarra, to-day. He had broken into the building and drunk the ...
Article : 50 wordsThe London County Council has resolved to purchase land, on which to erect bouses for the poor. The council will assume the responsibilities of ...
Article : 34 wordsThe Government has offered to locate the University of London in the Imperial Institute at South Kensington. ...
Article : 23 wordsThe estate of Mr. Merry, contractor, a well-known litigant, has been compulsorily sequestrated. ...
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Advertising : 76 wordsAt a meeting of the Municipal Council on Dec 8, it was decided to meet Mr. Piesse on his arrival at Coolgardie to-day, and co-operate with the Executive ...
Article : 149 wordsA woman named Griff and her two children, who were found starving in Bourke-street to-day, were arrested. ...
Article : 20 wordsTo-day Nathan Harris, clothing manufacturer, was fined £5 for having sweated a female in his employment. ...
Article : 21 wordsMr. James Service, one of the four representatives of the Melbourne Province in the Legislative Council, intends to resign shortly on account of ill-health. ...
Article : 29 wordsThe Board of Trade returns show that the imports into the United Kingdom during the month of November increased in value to the amount of £903,423 ...
Article : 50 wordsThe military tattoo held in the Exhibition grounds this evening attracted an enormous attendance. The principal item was the battle of Omdurman, in ...
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The Inquirer and Commercial News (Perth, WA : 1855 - 1901), Fri 16 Dec 1898, Page 2
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