After an absence of nine months from the colony, Bishop Gibney returned, to Perth Jan. 24. He arrived in the German mail steamer Barbarossa, which ...
Article : 565 wordsThe Customs revenue from July 1 to date shows a comparative increase of over £16,000. ...
Article : 28 wordsLarge public subscriptions are being received from Paris and the provinces for the construction of the six submarine torpedo boats of the Gustave ...
Article : 62 wordsThe Szechuan rebels have released Father Fleury, the French missionary. [Last month the Viceroy of Szechuan reported that it was impossible to secure ...
Article : 38 wordsThe Duke of Devonshire, Lord President of the Council, in a speech which he delivered at Birmingham yesterday, said that the Government had never ...
Article : 117 wordsThe Premier in Melbourne.—The secretary to the Premier (Mr. F. D. North) received a telegram on Jan. 24 from Sir John Forrest announcing his safe ...
Article : 1,866 wordsThe Minister of Agriculture returned to-day, after a visit to Melbourne and Sydney. During his visit he collected a quantity of information regarding the ...
Article : 54 wordsSir Claud M'Donald, the British Ambassador at Peking, has protested against the murder of Mr. Fleming, and has demanded compensation. ...
Article : 64 wordsAn important debate on Foreign Affairs took place yesterday in the French Chamber of Deputies. M. Delcasse, the Minister of Foreign ...
Article : 166 wordsMr. Napier Bell, the harbor engineer, inspected the ate of the proposed outer harbor works to-day. He will prepare a report. ...
Article : 24 wordsAccording to the London "Daily Telegraph," the Government will not touch the question of the London Corporation during the next session. ...
Article : 59 wordsSenator Cushman K. Davis, chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee, who was entrusted with the passage of the treaty bill in the Senate, having ...
Article : 105 wordsIn the police court to-day, Gerard Holmes was charged with having committed an assault on a girl under the age of 16. The case was dismissed as ...
Article : 42 wordsThe district committee of the Labor party in the Sturt electorate has decided to recommend the party to oppose the candidature of Mr. J. G. Jenkins ...
Article : 122 wordsTenders have been invited by the South. Australian Government for a 3 per cent, loan of £1,500,000, with a minimum of £94 10s. Tenders are to ...
Article : 40 wordsThe Court of Cassation has examined Major Esterhazy with regard to his relations with Colonel Henry, who recently committed suicide. ...
Article : 30 wordsReuter's Press Agency reports that the natives at Palawan, one of the Philippine Islands, have murdered the Spanish Governor and a number of other ...
Article : 51 wordsEarl Beauchamp has been appointed to succeed Lord Hampden as Governor of New South Wales. [William Lygon, the seventh Earl was ...
Article : 58 wordsA company has been formed in Cologne with a capital of half a million sterling to lay a direct cable to America from Germany. ...
Article : 50 wordsMr. F. Rawlings a shipping agent, sustained severe injuries to his head to-day, as the result of a bicycle accident. ...
Article : 23 wordsAt' Seven Hills last Friday a girl named Mary Luke, 13 years of age, was attending to her household duties, when a German named Corners Kanska ...
Article : 127 wordsA meeting of ladies and gentlemen was held at the Bishop's Palace on Jan. 24 for the purpose of arranging demonstration, to Bishop Gibney. Mr. M. ...
Article : 198 wordsThe "Northern Territory Times" urges that as cattle are now being shipped from Wyndham to Fremantle the border tax on Northern Territory cattle ...
Article : 181 wordsMr. G. H. Reid, who is at present in Melbourne, has expressed his pleasure at the appointment of Earl of Beauchamp as the Governor of New South ...
Article : 42 wordsThe Italian Government has intimated that it will take part in the Peace Conference only on condition that the Czar does not invite the Pope to attend. ...
Article : 39 wordsMr. David Aitchison, of Maidenhead Thilket, an old Australian colonist, has bequeathed £10,000 to the Melbourne University. ...
Article : 52 wordsArrivals.—Steamer Solingen, 1,820 tons, from Sydney; barque Arabella, 665 tons, from Condon; and steamer Oak Branch, 2,061 tons, from Port ...
Article : 55 wordsOn reaching bis palace Bishop Gibney, despite other demands on his attention, kindly granted a representative of "The Morning Herald" a brief ...
Article : 959 wordsThe Coolamon farmers have forwarded a requisition to the Government for a, supply of seed wheat, owing to the poor harvest. ...
Article : 26 wordsA burglary which had been kept fairly quiet occurred at the Seabrook Battery during the early hours of morning. The assay room at the ...
Article : 313 wordsA sensational bank robbery has occurred in London, £70,000 worth of bank notes having been stolen from the drawer of the cashier at Parr's Bank in ...
Article : 59 wordsThe inquest to be held to-morrow on Mabel Ambrose, the victim of the bootbox tragedy, will be protracted, as 23 witnesses will be examined. In order ...
Article : 74 wordsYesterday, H.M.S. Collingwood, a first-class battleship of 9,500 tons, collided with H.M.S. Curacoa, a third-class cruiser, of 2,380 tons, at Devonport. ...
Article : 36 wordsAn ordinary meeting of the Victoria Park Council was held on Tues., when there were present—Crs. Hutchinson (in the chair), Monagle, Jennings ...
Article : 247 wordsAt the London wool sales to-day competition was brisk. Prices for merino wool were unchanged, but for crossbreds there was an advance. ...
Article : 32 wordsIt has been ascertained that Dr. Raffel, president of the municipal council at Apia, resigned his position previously to the recent dispute. ...
Article : 224 wordsThe matinee held to-day in aid of the theatrical charities was most successful. The amount realised was £350. ...
Article : 20 wordsA string of gold-bearing quartz, half an inch, thick, was struck to-day, at a depth of 12ft., in a sewerage excavation at Windsor. The quartz is of no ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 67 wordsThe Metropolitan Board of Works has decided to accept the offer of the Board of Bankers to underwrite the loan of £500,000 at 3 per cent. ...
Article : 29 wordsThe first meeting of the Federal Council was held to-day. Sir George Turner, the Premier of Victoria, was appointed chairman. Mr. Jenkins, the ...
Article : 62 wordsThe R.M.S. Oroya, which left Melbourne to-day homeward bound, had on board gold of the value of £80,500, including £50,000 in sovereigns for ...
Article : 39 wordsSugar.—The January circular of Mr. F. O. Licit, the Magdeburg expert, states that the production of beet sugar in Europe shows an increase of 137,000 ...
Article : 82 wordsCaptain Allman, the Government nautical adviser, has been committed for trial on a charge of false representations for the purpose of obtaining a certificate ...
Article : 45 wordsThe Tara woolshed has been destroyed by fire. ...
Article : 14 wordsHis Excellency the Governor gave the first official dinner to the delegates to the Federal Council this evening. Sir John and Lady Forrest were present. ...
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The Inquirer and Commercial News (Perth, WA : 1855 - 1901), Fri 27 Jan 1899, Page 9
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