Major-General Sir W. F. Gatacre, who is in command of the British, forces in the Orange River districts of Cape Colony, is now at Putter's Kraal. ...
Article : 46 wordsMr. M'Lean was interviewed to-night in regard to his policy. He said that he would declare it at Bairnsdale on Tuesday night. This much, however ...
Article : 196 wordsMr. Septimus Alfred Stephen, M.L.C., of Sydney, the well-known solicitor, and a son of the late Sir Alfred Stephen, Chief Justice of New South Wales, read ...
Article : 126 wordsReuter's Agency is responsible for the statement that Kestur, a village in Armenia, has been pillaged by the Kurds. ...
Article : 71 wordsMajor-General Lord Methuen has recovered from the wound which he received at the battle of Modder River, and has resumed active command of the ...
Article : 77 wordsRutherglen reports state that the police are now veil on the scent, and are hopeful of effecting the capture of the perpetrator of Saturday's robbery. ...
Article : 69 wordsA trestle bridge has been completed by the British at Frere, in place of the railway bridge which was recently blown up by the Boers. ...
Article : 72 wordsReports are daily being received concerning the wretched condition of the western country, owing to the drought. The mulga has been burned down in ...
Article : 59 wordsThe death is announced of Sir Henry Tate, Bart., the donor of the Tale collection and Picture Gallery, Westminster. ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 30 wordsThe London wool sales were resumed to-day, when crossbred clips advanced one-halfpenny. ...
Article : 19 wordsA Patriotic Fund, for the benefit of the relatives of the members of the Tasmanian contingent was opened to-day. ...
Article : 25 wordsIn the city police court to-day, Alice Praed was charged with larceny, by means of a trick, from a widow named Parry. During the hearing of the case ...
Article : 45 wordsIn the Supreme Court to-day John Bertwistle obtained a divorce from his wife on the ground of her adultery with Richard Peacock. The plaintiff was ...
Article : 38 words"A Merry Christmas, BoB," said Scrooge, with an earnestness that could not be mistaken, as he claped him on the back. "A Merrier Christmas, my good fellow, than I ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 41 wordsNews has been received of the death of Mr. Justice William O'Brien, P.C., a judge of the Queen's Bench Division of the High Court of Justice, Ireland. He ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 299 wordsColonel Pennycuick, R.E., left in the mail train this morning for Sydney en route to England. ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 74 wordsNumbers of Boer and Dutch women have visited General Joubert, at Ladysmith, and have implored him to put an end to the war. ...
Article : 36 wordsMr. Richardson, an Auckland temperance lecturer, was arrested for the non-payment of costs in a hotel case, and a well-known brewer protested. ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 45 wordsA fire occurred at the Guildford railway station early this morning. The whole of the station buildings and the stationmaster's residence were ...
Article : 87 wordsSeveral nurses, who will leave England shortly for South Africa, were welcomed by the Queen at Windsor Castle yesterday. ...
Article : 48 wordsHis Honor Mr. Justice Wright, of the Queen's Bench Division, has exonerated Mr. A. J. Newton, Lord Major of London, and other directors of the company ...
Article : 180 wordsWhen Major-General Sir W. F. Gatacre readied Weenen, in his attempt to outflank the enemy in Natal, he found that the place had been evacuated by ...
Article : 85 wordsIn the Legislative Assembly this afternoon, Mr. Holder moved "That this House do now adjourn." The motion was carried, the voting ...
Article : 243 wordsAt Masterton burglars entered tha residence of Mr. James Coradine, and chloroformed all of the five inmates, and robbed the house of all the money they could find. ...
Article : 37 wordsThe British soldiers, at the battle of Modder River, were almost maddened by thirst, the water-carts being unable to approach the zone of fire. ...
Article : 68 wordsThe latest results in connection with the general election are:-Mr. H. A. Field (Government) was rejected for Otaki. Mr. Newman (Opposition) ...
Article : 102 wordsHe gold yield for November was 73,446oz., an increase of 9,654oz. compared with the same month of last year. ...
Article : 23 wordsMr. Isaacs left in the express train for Adelaide to-day, to join the R.M.S. India. He is to appear before the Privy Council on behalf of the Tramway ...
Article : 32 wordsAt Broken Hill the thermometer registered 111deg. in the shade to-day. ...
Article : 25 wordsThe Boers used Dum-Dum bullets at the battle of Modder River on November 28, while, in addition, some of their number fired at the British while they ...
Article : 242 wordsNo news has been received concerning the missing master of the St. Mirren. Captain Asher takes command of the vessel with a fresh crew. ...
Article : 39 wordsLord De La Warr, who is acting as special war correspondent in South Africa for the London "Globe," was nearly shot at the battle of Modder ...
Article : 59 wordsThe United States Congress met at Washington yesterday, when President M'Kinley's annual message was read. The message, which, was 18 columns ...
Article : 144 wordsAt the Wilcannia Quarter Sessions to-day Marshall Campbell, who was charged with the embezzlement of municipal funds, was sentenced to four years' penal servitude. ...
Article : 26 wordsMr. Donald Macdonald, the special war correspondent of the Melbourne "Argus," tells the following incident in connection with the battle of ...
Article : 176 wordsThe thermometer registered 100deg. to-day. ...
Article : 8 wordsThe Speaker is still unable to attend the Legislative Assembly, and the chair was taken by the Deputy-Speaker (Mr. W. M'Court). Thirty-four petitions ...
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Advertising : 115 wordsA very old resident, Mr. C. F. Wathen, died to-night. He was the first State school teacher in the colony. ...
Article : 27 wordsMajor-General Lord Methuen, who is in command of the Kimberley Relief Column, is satisfied that the enemy's morale has been much shaken as the ...
Article : 110 wordsMr. Robert Philp has formed the following Ministry:—Premier, Colonial Treasurer, and Minister of Mines, Mr. Philp; Chief Secretary and ...
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Advertising : 592 wordsMadame Melba, the Australian vocalist, appeared in Berlin last night, taking the part of Lucia, in Donizetti's opera, "Lucia di Lammermoor." ...
Article : 153 wordsThomas Edward O'Flaherty, tie volunteer who cut his throat at the Karrakatta camp on October 29, was arraigned at the Criminal Court yesterday on a charge of having ...
Article : 243 wordsAt a general meeting of the Mining Managers' Association on Wednesday afternoon, a proposition was made that sympathy be expressed with the warden ...
Article : 158 wordsThe steamer Kent arrived at Cape Town on Friday with the first batch of the New South Wales contingent on board. ...
Article : 102 wordsMr. Caspar Jeremiah Labuschagne, member for the County of Weenen in the Natal Legislative Council, has been arrested on a charge of treason. ...
Article : 43 wordsThe 4½ per cent. debenture stock of the Union Mortgage and Agency Co. [?] quoted at £73 10s., and that of the Metropolitan Gas Co. (Melbourne) at ...
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The Inquirer and Commercial News (Perth, WA : 1855 - 1901), Fri 8 Dec 1899, Page 15
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