A woman named Francis, the mother of six children, committed suicide by cutting her throat at Jimboombah on Sunday. She had fretted en account ...
Article : 53 wordsA Ferocious Dog.—Joseph Peters was charged with having suffered a ferocious, unmuzzled dog to be at large. Edward Boyle said that the animal, which was a large ...
Article : 741 wordsThe drowning case reported to have occurred in Lake Marmal, near Murtoa, which last night was uncertain, is now beyond doubt. The body of Oscar Luy ...
Article : 49 wordsThe lock-out in the building trade in Denmark, which has been in operation since May. and which has thrown some 80,000 men out of employment, has at ...
Article : 63 wordsThe Australians began the last match of their tour at Hastings to-day, the occasion being the first fixture of the annual Hastings week, marking the close ...
Article : 813 wordsA despatch from Rennes states that owing to the hostility of Colonel Jouaust, the President of the Courtmartial, to Maitre Labori, the latter, as counsel for ...
Article : 122 wordsMr. Moneypenny, of the Johannesburg "Star," and the other Uitlanders who fled to Natal to avoid arrest, state that at every station on the line they ...
Article : 75 wordsThe Queensland Stock Department has been requested by the New South Wales authorities to make further concessions in respect to the system of ...
Article : 29 wordsThe match was resumed at Hastings to-day in oppressive weather, there being a good attendance of spectators. The wicket was in a difficult condition ...
Article : 287 wordsThe Czar and the Czarina of Russia are at present on a visit to Copenhagen, the capital of Denmark. ...
Article : 29 wordsLord and Lady Tennyson and their two sons reached Melbourne this morning, en route to Sydney. They are the guests of Lord Brassey. ...
Article : 28 wordsThe statement that President Kruger has accepted the proposal of Mr. Chamberlain for the holding of a second conference in Cape Town is semi-officially ...
Article : 98 wordsWhen the Legislative Assembly met this afternoon, Mr. Reid rose to make a statement as a matter of privilege. He asked whether the charge embodied in ...
Article : 84 wordsThe Royal Agricultural Show was opened to-day. Although it was judging day, the attendance was large. The exhibition is said to be in advance of ...
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Advertising : 971 wordsIt has been decided by the counsel and friends of Captain Dreyfus that if the accused be condemned an appeal shall be lodged on the ground that ...
Article : 49 wordsThe libel action in which William Bede Melville sought to recover £1,000 damages from the proprietors of the "Sunday Times," for having referred to ...
Article : 89 wordsJohn Hall, who was injured by the fall of a stone yesterday, died in the Melbourne Hospital this morning. John Trahan is still in a serious condition. ...
Article : 29 wordsSome sensational evidence was tendered before the court-martial yesterday. It was shown that at the first trial of ...
Article : 346 wordsMr. Pakeman, the editor of the Transvaal "Leader," who was arrested on a charge of high treason, has been, admitted to bail. He is to be ...
Article : 89 wordsIn the Legislative Council to-day, the second reading of the Woman's Suffrage Bill was moved by the Minister of Defence. Sir H.J. Wrixon, Q.C., announced ...
Article : 69 wordsThe serious decline in the birth-rates of the Australian colonies has led the Government statistician to make an investigation. He is em bodying the ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 81 wordsSeventeen men, part of the crew of the Lund steamer Bungaree, have been ordered to prison for 21 days, and to pay costs, on a charge of continued ...
Article : 53 wordsReuter's agent at Pretoria says that the Transvaal Government has withdrawn its counter scheme, and that it has accepted the principle of the ...
Article : 83 wordsThe British Admiralty has ordered 12 new torpedo-boat destroyers, to be constructed by private firms. ...
Article : 24 wordsCathro, a solicitor of Fielding, has been sentenced to three years' imprisonment for misappropriation of money belonging to the Shaw, Savill, and Albion ...
Article : 37 wordsAt the Phylloxera Conference to-day Mr. Hopton, the Government inspector of vineyards, gave a description of the outbreak and spread of phylloxera. He ...
Article : 107 wordsArrivals.—Vondel, barque, 1,562 tons, at London, from Melbourne (April 28) ; Varzin, steamer, 3,352 tons, at Hamburg, from Sydney (June 10); Jumna, ...
Article : 109 wordsInsulting Behavior.—Thomas Smith, alias Alex, Miller, charged with insulting behavior, pleaded guilty, and was ordered to pay a fine of 10s., or be imprisoned for seven days. ...
Article : 109 wordsOne hundred and sixty Germans have been enrolled at Johannesburg in connection with the newly-formed German corps, 450 at Pretoria, and 800 in other ...
Article : 44 wordsLieutenant Bingley, who was selected in England for service in New Zealand, has been ordered to the Cape, and he is, therefore, unable to accept the ...
Article : 33 wordsThe opening of the new season's wool sales have been fixed for October 11. ...
Article : 16 wordsA footballers' benefit entertainment at Dunedin to Armit, the injured footballer, realised over £400. I ...
Article : 17 wordsFrederick Forrest, Charles Forrest, C. Daron, and Shaw were brought from Deniliquin to-night on various charges of larceny, including bicycles, ...
Article : 45 wordsThe death is announced of Colonel Trimble, Judge of the Native Land Court, and ex-M.H.R. for New Plymouth. ...
Article : 19 wordsMr. Ernest Renshaw, the famous lawn tennis player, is dead. [The name of Renshaw is as famous in lawn tennis circles as that of Grace ...
Article : 139 wordsThe wheat market is slow, and the price is 3d. per quarter lower than it was a week ago. ...
Article : 26 wordsThe campaign was opened on Monday, when Mr. Molley addressed a public meeting at the Miners' Institute, the Mayor (Mr. Bond) presiding [?] was a good attendance of the ...
Article : 299 wordsOne of the witnesses raked up by M. Quesnay de Beaurepaire in his frantic efforts to secure the re-conviction of Captain Dreyfus was suddenly called ...
Article : 83 wordsThe yield of geld for August was 73,699oz.—a decrease of 7,883oz. on the returns for August, 1893. ...
Article : 30 wordsThe steamer Rippingham Grange was towed off Tipara Reef last night, and she proceeded to Wallaroo. The harbor-master is of opinion that she is fit for ...
Article : 44 wordsThe latest returns give the polling as follows :—"Yes," 33,890; "No," 28,609. A telegram received from Toowoomba states that much indignation is expressed on ...
Article : 223 wordsMr. H. S. Ranford, Government land agent at Katanning, in his report for August, stated:—Seventeen applications for conditional purchases (1,873 acres) and 11 for free ...
Article : 259 wordsMary Ann Tobin, 22, who was with her grandmother at Laura, died from the effects of poison she took because she had a quarrel with her lover. ...
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Advertising : 163 wordsA bishops' congress which was held at Burgos, in Spain, persisted in expressing its sympathy with the cause of Don Carlos, the Spanish Pretender, in ...
Article : 70 wordsThe barque Loch Ranza, from Calcutta, arrived after a rough trip. Coming up the Gulf the mate fell overboard, but he was rescued little the worse for ...
Article : 34 wordsIn the Legislative Council to-day, leave was granted to introduce the Closer Settlement Bill, and the second reading was moved of the Crown Lands ...
Article : 74 wordsMr. W. F. Forster, editor of the Albany "Advertiser," will leave here to-morrow morning to give evidence before the select committee concerning federation. ...
Article : 31 wordsDominick Bourke and Robert Love were [?] before Mr. Wright R.M., on Tuesday with having used obscene language in [?]. The former pleaded guilty, ...
Article : 49 wordsA. E. Trott, the old Victorian cricketer, has had a very successful season with Middlesex this year. He tained a batting average of 29, and ...
Article : 101 wordsMr. Barton bas published a six-column signed article in the Lyttelton "Times" on federation in its application, to New Zealand. ...
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