On the 20th inst., while 100 French were sea[?] for arms in a village 20 miles to the west of Tien-tsin, they were attacked by a number of Boxers. ...
Article : 58 wordsThomas Carrigg, the caretaker on the [?] racecourse, committed suicide in a determined manner this morning. He sat on a chair with the barrel of a gun ...
Article : 72 wordsThe "St. James's Gazette," in refer[?] to the formation of the Federal Minister, says if is well known that the chief persons concerned in the ...
Article : 64 wordsIn the R.M.S. Orizaba, which reached Fremantle yesterday, there returned a further batch of colonial troops. It consisted of Sergeant Gil[?] and Private Russell ...
Article : 191 wordsThe military contingent from Victoria consists of 600 officers and men of the military forces, and 40 officers and men of the Victorian navy. The navy will be ...
Article : 399 wordsGeneral Baden-Powell is on a visit to Port Elizabeth, in Cape Colony. In the course of a speech he said that the moral to be derived from the war ...
Article : 87 wordsThe writer never had a taste of [?] but once—about four years ago it was—and it laid me up and made me groan for six weeks. And I am not ...
Article : 484 wordsThe hon. secretary of the decoration committee (Mr. J. Marshall) was informed yesterday by Mr. M. E. Jull, undar-secretary for Public Works, that preparations ...
Article : 219 wordsMissionaries report that on the 21st inst. the Boxers killed twelve Catholics and burned eight others inside a temple at a place 35 miles to the east of ...
Article : 73 wordsMiss Bailie, a lady help, at Castlemaine, died in a dental surgery this evening while taking chloroform for the extraction of a tooth. ...
Article : 26 wordsSir George Turner has at last been invited by Mr. Barton to join the Federal Ministry. It is held here to be very strange that this could not be done till ...
Article : 82 wordsA Reuter's telegram from the Cape says that the operations involved in the pursuit of General de Wet have made the British Mounted Infantry the finest ...
Article : 79 wordsA serious bush fire occurred yesterday at Ardara, near Ararat. Many farmers lost their crops, only saving their stock and homesteads after a desperate struggle. ...
Article : 43 wordsIt is stated here that the War Office requires 10,000 tons of hay, of which offers for 5,000 tons have been accepted on account of Melbourne firms. The steamer ...
Article : 80 wordsMr. Barton is making satisfactory progress with his Cabinet-making. He stated to-night that there were eight men for seven portfolios, the eight ...
Article : 163 wordsCount von Waldersee and General Voyron report that on the 22nd inst. 2,500 Chinese regulars and Boxers attacked the French under General ...
Article : 115 wordsIn regard to the recommendation of the heads of the Postal Departments of Australia that letters bearing New Zealand penny stamps should not be accepted until ...
Article : 62 wordsAn interview with a Hollander who has just returned from the Transvaal has been published in the columns of the Paris "Siecle." ...
Article : 77 wordsA rehearsal of the choir was held at the Town-hall last night, under the baton, of Mr. D'Arcy-Irvine. A large number of ladies and gentlemen attended, and very ...
Article : 59 wordsPrince George of Greece, who was elected High Commissioner of Crete in 1898, has been endeavoring to secure the annexation of the country by Greece. ...
Article : 145 wordsThe following donations have been received in aid of the Children's Festival to take place at Fremantle on January 1:—Henry Wills and Co., D. and J. Fowler, J. ...
Article : 169 wordsThe corn-trade section of the Chamber of Commerce to-day fixed the standard sample of wheat for the season at 63lb. per Imperial bushel. ...
Article : 34 wordsThe "Times" says that the raid made by the Boers into Cape Colony was a manifest failure. The Dutch-residents refused to join ...
Article : 49 wordsA Papal Bull has been issued announcing that, although the Jubilee Year has closed, there will be a further period of six months for Catholics throughout the ...
Article : 45 wordsIn order that the Proclamation of the Commonwealth should be read simultaneously throughout the colonies, and zone time in Perth being two hours behind that ...
Article : 487 wordsA telegram from Ayr states that a foreigner named. Alfred Burnstead was found brutally murdered in his "humpy." His head was nearly severed from the body. ...
Article : 42 wordsMr. Kingston arrived to-day. He stated that he had not yet received any definite offer of a portfolio. Sir John Forrest refused to say ...
Article : 69 wordsLord Kitchener, who was recently reported to be at Naauwpoort, in Cape Colony, has gone northwards. ...
Article : 22 wordsLord Roberts has arrived at Madeira, en route from Cape Town to London. ...
Article : 21 wordsThe Administrator received a cable message from the Secretary of State for the Colonies yesterday, stating that their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess ...
Article : 66 wordsA regiment of cyclists is being formed at the Cape, to protect the lines of communication. The British in the Colesberg district ...
Article : 96 wordsMr. Barton has decided to run for the Hunter district for the Federal House of Representatives. ...
Article : 22 wordsThomas Houlton (21) met with a terrible death, thus afternoon. While swimming in the harbor at Folly Point he was seized by a shark, and mutilated to such ...
Article : 47 wordsA Court Circular has been issued at Osborne, announcing the death at that place of the Dowager Lady Churchill, who for nearly half a century was a ...
Article : 72 wordsThe members of Patey's Opera Company were still without some of their stage wardrobe and accessories last night, but it is expected that to-night all arrangements ...
Article : 102 wordsMr. John Anderson, C.M.G., of the Colonial Office, will act as secretary to the Duke of York in connection with the royal visit to Australia. ...
Article : 35 wordsSir John Forrest telegraphed to the acting Premier yesterday that he had accepted Mr. Barton's offer of a portfolio in the first Federal Ministry of the ...
Article : 38 wordsMessrs. D. D. Murray, and Co.'s promises in Argent-street, Broken. Hill, estimated to contain £3,000 worth of stock, were destroyed by fire this morning. The ...
Article : 42 wordsThe acting Premier received a telegram yesterday confirming the particulars which were published in our issue yesterday in regard to the future movements of the ...
Article : 50 wordsAt 11.30 a.m. Frank Jeffrey, a man of about 45 years of age, a nightwatchman in the employ of the Adelaide S.S. Co., fell down the hold of the hulk Nor'-wester at ...
Article : 424 wordsMelbourne finds herself on the verge of a coal famine, brought about by the rather lengthy pit holidays at Newcastle. This and other circumstances have combined to ...
Article : 99 wordsA mixed British force, with seven guns, expelled the Boers from the kopjes to the north-west of Steynsburg, Cafe Colony. The enemy retreated ...
Article : 106 wordsThe "Bunbury Week" was opened on Monday last, that day being allotted to the children, who, to the number of 500, journeyed to Picton Junction, where they ...
Article : 383 wordsGeneral Andre, the French War Minister, made a startling speech at Beaune, in central France. He hinted that while the French ...
Article : 174 wordsHis Excellency the Governor has, on the advice of the Ministry, decided to remit, on the inauguration, of the Commonwealth, a portion of the sentences winch are being ...
Article : 53 wordsA capital "house" assembled at the Theatre Royal last night, when the Hellers presented then second programme. Mr. Heller mystified and delighted the ...
Article : 68 wordsThe military camp in the Centennial Park, which contains some 1,100 intercolonial troops, was to-day formed into what is known as the Commonwealth camp. ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 135 wordsThe Fayre grounds at Fremantle were well filed last night, when the Cremorne Vaudeville Company made its second appearance at the Port. Every item was ...
Article : 60 wordsDe Wet's refugees are kept moving by the British, and are losing many of their horses. The Ladybrand district, in the east ...
Article : 87 wordsAmong the passengers who passed through Fremantle in the R.M.S. Orizaba yesterday was Mr. E. H. Snazelle, a theatrical entrepreneur at one time well-known ...
Article : 218 wordsSir Samuel Griffiths left to-day for Sydney to attend the Commonwealth celebrations. ...
Article : 20 wordsSir,—Would you be kind enough to inform me in "The Morning Herald" if the present members of Parliament are paid; if so, from what date, as old settlers in ...
Article : 177 wordsYesterday the secretary of the Trades and Labor Council sent the following letter to Mr. L. Nagel, the chairman of the committee organising the procession of ...
Article : 221 wordsMr. Frost, honorary member of the Cape Colony Cabinet, with Mrs. and Miss. Frost, and Mr. Moore, Minister of Native Affairs in Natal, who will officially ...
Article : 127 wordsThe R.M.S. Orient, with troops from South Africa, is expected on Saturday. Arrangements are in hand to give the men a fitting welcome. ...
Article : 30 wordsGirls' Anglican Orphanage.—The lady superintendent of this institution desires to thank the donors of the following gifts':—High School, York, Miss Harper, Mrs. ...
Article : 153 wordsNine members of the Imperial Bushmen Contingent have been ordered to return to South Africa. "They will leave in the steamer Woolloomooloo to-morrow ...
Article : 33 wordsWith reference to the proposal to raise 150 Australian Scottish troops for service in South Africa, the Premier states that no action has been taken by him, but he ...
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The Inquirer and Commercial News (Perth, WA : 1855 - 1901), Fri 4 Jan 1901, Page 3
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