Mr. St. John Brodrick, Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, speaking in the House of Commons in reference to the territory affected by the ...
Article : 136 wordsSir Arthur Charles, who was a judge of the High Court of Justice, Queen's Bench division, from 1887 to 1897, has been appointed to the position of judge ...
Article : 114 wordsThe report of the Harbor Trust for 1898 shows that though the amount of shinning was less than that of 1897. there was an increase of 194,106 tons ...
Article : 96 wordsThe weather was lovely yesterday, on the occasion of the annual boat race between the Oxford and Cambridge University crews, and numbers of people ...
Article : 424 wordsWhen the people of Fremantle saw the German mail steamer Karlsruhe enter the river on Saturday morning they realised that there would be ...
Article : 460 wordsAnother 4,000 Dukhobortsy immigrants are leaving for the north-western territory of Canada. Each man receives 160 acres of land ...
Article : 137 wordsThe lawn tennis single championship of South Australia was won by R. G. Bowen, and the ladies' single championship by Miss Parr. The mixed doubles ...
Article : 55 wordsThe Diamond Jubilee buildings have been destroyed by fire at Petersburg. The adjoining premises were also considerably damaged. Brome's drapery ...
Article : 49 wordsAfter watching the commencement of work work curiosity, the crowd gradually dispersed, and up to 12.30 (lunch, time) the work proceeded ...
Article : 102 wordsDuring February 7.899 persons arrived by sea, and 8,800 departed. The arrivals from Western Australia were somewhat in excess of the departures. ...
Article : 38 wordsThe Royal South Australian Yacht Squadron's principal prize of the year, the Kintore Cup, was sailed for on Saturday at Largs Bay. The weather was ...
Article : 62 wordsIn the House of Commons yesterday. Sir Charles Wentworth Dilke (Liberal member for the Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, and President of the Local ...
Article : 171 wordsNews has been received from Egypt to the effect that the fall of the River Nile has imprisoned a British gunboat to the far south of Khartoum. Fours ...
Article : 47 wordsA serious affray between British bluejackets and French sailors is reported from Ville Franche, a seaport two miles from Nice, in the south of France. ...
Article : 104 wordsSelina Blackmore was tried at Beechworth yesterday for the murder of her infant. The jury found that she was insane, and ordered her to be detained ...
Article : 38 wordsA supposed case of suicide occurred at Broken Hill to-day. An elderly man named Walter Swanston was discovered lying in bed in a hat with a ...
Article : 63 wordsAs usual there was a goodly muster of unionists at the corner of Henry and High streets. For the past fortnight this spot had been a rendezvous for the ...
Article : 662 wordsA the cycling meeting of the League of Victorian Wheelmen at the Exhibition building on Saturday the results were:—Federal Handicap (final)— ...
Article : 56 wordsIt is reported that the French mission which, started from South Algeria last year for Lake Chad, under the command of M. Foureau and Commandant ...
Article : 126 wordsAt the meeting of the Sydney Municipal Council on Saturday, the mayor was found fault with for having ordered works costing over £5. He ordered, on ...
Article : 45 wordsThe annual eight-oared championship of Victoria was rowed for this afternoon. Considerable interest was taken in the ...
Article : 54 wordsThe cold weather continues in England. In London several deaths are reported as having occurred in the streets from ...
Article : 37 wordsThe directors of D. and W. Murray, Limited, warehousemen, of Adelaide, Broken Hill, and Perth, have decided to increase the capital of the company to ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 48 wordsNews has been received of further severe fighting in the Philippines between the United States troops and the Filipinos. The order was given for a ...
Article : 213 wordsMessrs. M'Millan and Co.'s bulk stores, South Brisbane, were destroyed by fire on Friday evening. A quantity of cement and other goods was burned. The ...
Article : 52 wordsInfluenza is raging in Paris, Berlin, and New York, and at the last-named place the supply of quinine, the usual remedy, has run short. ...
Article : 57 wordsSir Andrew Clarke, Agent-General for Victoria, lunched yesterday with the Lord Mayor of Manchester, the Right Hon. William Henry Vandry. Sir ...
Article : 107 wordsThe Chamber of Commerce has decided to urge the Government to establish a fortnightly mail service between San Francisco and New Zealand, the ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 71 wordsIt is rumored that the Commissioner for Police will apply to the Government for a much larger reward than £1,000. which is now offered for information ...
Article : 54 wordsThe Government of Bulgaria has made a demand on the Porte that the Turkish Government shall punish the Ottoman police for having murdered a ...
Article : 60 wordsInspector Lodge made, every effort to protect the steamer, and called out even the men who had been doing night duty on the jetty. Later on in the day his ...
Article : 94 wordsThe Premier arrived at Cunnanmulla on Friday to assist Mr. Story, the Ministerial candidate, in the election. There was a large attendance, and a perfect ...
Article : 121 wordsThe handicap sculling race for the Diamond Trophy among members of the Swan River Rowing Club was continued on Saturday afternoon. The ...
Article : 171 wordsA Reuter's message received from Peking states that the negotiations which are proceeding between Britain and Russia indicate that an early and ...
Article : 67 wordsIt was recently decided at Cardiff, Glamorganshire, to prosecute a shopkeeper for having sold butter which contained 1.2 per cent of boracic acid. The ...
Article : 262 wordsA New York despatch states that a negro who murdered a planter at Little Rock, Arkansas, was taken out of the local gaol, where he was awaiting trial. ...
Article : 76 wordsThe free laborers were placed on board the Karlsruhe before they had breakfasted. This was a sore point to them, since, as one of them informed ...
Article : 155 wordsThe death is announced of William Barnes, the famous Nottingham cricketer. [Barnes was well known for some years ...
Article : 137 wordsThe final batch of elections took place on Saturday. Many of the returns from the outlying districts are incomplete, and several seats are still in doubt. ...
Article : 116 wordsTwo Pathans have been arrested on a charge of having murdered Lieutenant Colonel Edward Henry Le Marchant, of the Hampshire requirement, the first ...
Article : 83 wordsUnder the auspices of this club two races were sailed simultaneously on Saturday over a ten-knot course. In the first race, on the Y.R.A. ...
Article : 272 wordsUltimately, one of the unionists said, "We only want to see the free laborers and speak fair to them. We don't want to make any disturbance. All we want ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 166 wordsWilliam Moore, an old resident, committed suicide at Townsville on Friday, by shooting himself in the mouth with a revolver. He was melancho'y on ...
Article : 35 wordsCaptain Laurie supervised the work of stevedoring the Karlsruhe, and at the after hatches he was ready to discharge the cargo. Mr. Lord, the piermaster ...
Article : 374 wordsPresident Kruger, speaking at Rustenburg in the Transvaal on the question of the enfranchisement of the Uttlanders, said that he was willing to concede ...
Article : 62 wordsThe death is announced of the Rev. John Mackenzie, the great South African missionary. He was at one time British commissioner in Bechuanaland. ...
Article : 30 wordsHeavy rains are reported from different parts of the colony. At Petersburg, two inches fell in less than an hour. Houses were flooded, and scores of ...
Article : 118 wordsThe London Local Government Bill, which was introduced into the House of Commons on February 23 by Mr. A. J. [?] First Lord of the Treasury, has ...
Article : 87 wordsHemp.—The market is strong for good hemp. Shipments leaving Auckland and Wellington in April are quoted at 22s 6d. ...
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The Inquirer and Commercial News (Perth, WA : 1855 - 1901), Fri 31 Mar 1899, Page 11
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