Sir John Colton was taken suddenly ill on Saturday. To-day his life was despaired of, but towards evening he rallied, and is now somewhat better. ...
Article : 39 wordsIn connection with the resolution which the Postmaster-General is to move in the Legislative Assembly urging Victoria's co-operation in the matter of the ...
Article : 176 wordsFrom the facts concerning the strike of timber mill hands which were published in our issue of Saturday the gravity of the situation could not be gauged, ...
Article : 1,364 wordsA shameful assault case was investigated by the Richmond bench yesterday. A powerful-looking man named Lynch was charged with having brutally ...
Article : 82 wordsCaptain Tindal, the local stevedore, in response to an appeal from the Mayor of Fremantle, has succeeded in raising over £50 for the widows and orphans of ...
Article : 70 wordsThe results of Saturday's football matches are as follow:—Norwood, 5 goals 5 behinds, beat Port Adelaide, 3 goals 7 behinds; West Adelaide, 1 goal ...
Article : 44 wordsThere are no fresh developments with regard to the strike of carpenters on the steamer Konoowarra. The vessel left for Sydney this afternoon. ...
Article : 26 wordsMr. J. R. Fowler, of Messrs. D. and J. Fowler, has given £1,000 to form a benefit fund for the firm's employes. It is to be called the "George Swan Fowler ...
Article : 44 wordsAt the last meeting of the Cossack Town Council, a motion was carried in favor of the amendment of the Immigration Restriction Act, so as to enable ...
Article : 58 wordsSir George Turner expects to deliver his budget statement next week, when he will be able to announce a surplus of three hundred thousand pounds ...
Article : 30 wordsWilliam Bear, whose skull was fractured at the Proprietary mine, Broken Hill, on Friday, is progressing favorably towards recovery. ...
Article : 33 wordsAs a result of the recent Federal Conference held at Kalgoorlie, petitions to Parliament praying that the bill be submitted to the people for their decision ...
Article : 181 wordsThe following are the results of Saturday's matches: —Cottingwood, 5 goals 7 behinds, beat Fitzroy, 3 goals 7 behinds ; Essendon, 5 goals 8 behinds, beat ...
Article : 63 wordsAt the police court on Friday, James Ewart, master of the steam lighter Beagle, was charged, before Messrs. J. Brockman, G.R., and Mr. A. Naish. ...
Article : 146 wordsMr. J. H. Want, Q.C, returned to Sydney on Saturday in the R.M.S. Omrah. He had nothing additional to say to what he had already communicated to ...
Article : 40 wordsThis afternoon a youth named Frank Young deliberately took off his coat and hat and plunged into the Yarra. His cries for assistance brought a constable, ...
Article : 37 wordsMr. Good, the manager of the Gill-M'Dowell Co., informed our representative on Saturday that his firm was, as far as he new, not affected by the ...
Article : 280 wordsThe English footballers played against a team drawn from Queensland and New South Wales on the Sydney Cricket Ground on Saturday. The English team ...
Article : 43 wordsDelegates from various representative bodies have passed resolutions asking for a reduction of the income tax rate and a reduction of the exemption, ...
Article : 47 wordsAt Broken Hill to-day Walter Baguley, 52, a hawker, living at the Newmarket Hotel, committed suicide. He took arsenic in the morning, and died ...
Article : 48 wordsSir,—A strike is at all times a cumbersome and terribly expensive method of settling a trade dispute, and it is a most unfortunate circumstance, so far ...
Article : 678 wordsA mass meeting of tramway employes was held this morning to support the amending bill now before Parliament. It was stated that numbers of the men had ...
Article : 54 wordsThe latest federal returns are:—"Yes," 13,246 : "No," 784. ...
Article : 16 wordsConstable Furlong returned from Eucla in the steamer Yaralla on Saturday. bringing a native ploughboy named "Tommy," who had been sentenced to ...
Article : 33 wordsEarly on Saturday morning it was found that the old Glebe Island bridge had collapsed during the night. The bridge has long since outlived its ...
Article : 92 wordsZola is said to be one of those unfortunate beings who are victims of arithmetical mania. Indoors, he counts the stars and all the things he sees; out of ...
Article : 123 wordsMr. Skinner has sold the Derby colt Chesney for 2,000 guineas, and another 500 guineas the first time he wins. It is believed that the horse, which is to go ...
Article : 88 wordsAlmost every afternoon in pleasant weather I see my neighbor Wolff sitting in an easy-chair in the shade in frost of his own door. Sometimes be kills time by reading the paper, ...
Article : 809 wordsWhile people were passing through Hyde Park this morning, they were startled by seeing a man attempting to out his throat with a knife. The ...
Article : 53 wordsA cyclist, when out riding near Caulfield this morning, followed and gave into custody William Stokes, tinsmith ; Alfred Malleson, waiter; and James ...
Article : 54 wordsMillar's Karri and Jarrah Forests, Limited, has a number of vessels loading timber at Fremantle, Bunbury, and Albany, and on inquiry at the Fremantle ...
Article : 117 wordsThe Premier has recently been telling the Opposition that he intends to test the strength of the Government immediately after the Address to the Queen ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 378 wordsThe delegates from the different mills met Mr. Smith, the general manager, this afternoon. Mr. Prendergast read an open letter from the manager of the ...
Article : 859 wordsAn old woman named Elizabeth Richardson was knocked down by a tram at the corner of Smith and Gertrude streets on Saturday night. She sustained ...
Article : 45 wordsThe Anglican Archbishop of Sydney writes in connection with the Cardinal's claim for precedence at official functions that as between the Roman Catholic ...
Article : 81 wordsMr. J. P. Rasmussen, the secretary of the Lumpers' Union, was busy in the lodge-rooms, Henry-street, on Saturday morning, when a representative of "The ...
Article : 144 wordsThe steamer Moravian, of the Aberdeen White Star line, arrived to-day from Cape Town. A sharp look-out was kept throughout the passage for signs ...
Article : 40 wordsUnder instructions from the Minister of Agriculture a number of mules has been obtained in order to experiment with them at the Hawkesbury College ...
Article : 57 wordsThe intercolonial conference which was held to suggest a scheme for the creation of a colonial Naval Reserve was finished on Saturday, and the visiting ...
Article : 63 wordsSeveral clergymen have recently been dealing with Cardinal Moran in sermons and letters in the press, complaining of his failure to furnish proof in support of ...
Article : 121 wordsA telegram received in Perth on Saturday morning said that Mr. Cusack. the secretary of the Bunbury branch of the Lumpers' Union, would leave for ...
Article : 49 wordsA young woman named Agnes Watt was arrested at Invercargill to-day, on a charge of having murdered an infant. ...
Article : 27 wordsThe mill hands at Denmark have been approached with regard to the reduction in the wages at the other mills, but they decline to take any hostile action. The ...
Article : 66 wordsThe John o'Gaunt met with a severe gale on her voyage here. The seas completely gutted the forecastle, washing the men's bunks and belongings ...
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Advertising : 162 wordsOn Hospital Saturday the collections amounted to £375. ...
Article : 18 wordsThe employes of Millars' Karri and Jarrah Forests. Ltd., when interviewed on the subject of the strike, said that they were very sanguine of ...
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The Inquirer and Commercial News (Perth, WA : 1855 - 1901), Fri 11 Aug 1899, Page 10
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