Very few respectable Boer farmers joined the enemy who have recently been active in the Orange River Colony, to the south of Thaba Nchu. Many of ...
Article : 52 wordsOn Wednesday afternoon Sir John Madden will be sworn in as Lieutenant-Governor of the State of Victoria at a special meeting of the Executive Council. ...
Article : 36 wordsA large quantity of Lake View Consols scrip was delivered yesterday, requests being made for the payment of differences. The cheques of several ...
Article : 152 wordsThe recent gale was the worst experienced in Britain for years, and many wrecks are reported. The steamer Primrose Hill was driven ...
Article : 89 wordsThe Lieutenant-Governor, in a telegram to Mr. Barton to-night, says:—"I send you the warmest congratulations from the people of Victoria and myself that your ...
Article : 90 wordsThe Stock Exchange holidays continue for another three days, but the cable news received from London yesterday is calculated to bring the brokers back to ...
Article : 938 wordsGeneral Brabant is at Cradock, and has taken over the general administration of the districts in which martial law has been proclaimed. ...
Article : 71 wordsA third crushing from the UNION, one of the many abandoned shows of the district, has averaged 36dwt. from 42 tons. These good results are stimulating ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 470 wordsThe following deaths of colonials are reported:—Private B. Quigley, New South Wales Bushman, enteric fever, at Lichtenburg; Private W. Butler ...
Article : 113 wordsBush fires are raging at Horsham in the vicinity of Norton and M'Kenzie's Creeks. One thousand acres of grass and miles of fencing, besides crops, have been ...
Article : 32 wordsThe names of the members of the Federal Ministry were made known to-day, [?] were as follow:— Prime Minister and Minister for ...
Article : 90 wordsIn consequence of the re-opening of the inquiry by the War Office in connection with Lindley disaster in May last, Colonel Spragge, who ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 70 wordsMrs. Catherine Brodie, a former resident of New Zealand, is suing a Glasgow millionaire, for £30,000 damages for breach of promise. ...
Article : 32 wordsRouter's agent at Newcastle, Natal, telegraphs that it is reported on trustworthy authority that General Botha intimated to the commandants at the ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 62 wordsMrs. Brodie has been awarded £5,000, damages. ...
Article : 12 wordsA serious gun explosion took place in Moore Part yesterday morning. White a attachment of tie 10th Royal Field Artillery was forming a portion of the ...
Article : 163 wordsCommissions in the Imperial Army have been granted to the following colonials:— New Zealanders.—Corporal D. R. ...
Article : 72 wordsThe total number of deaths which have taken place in Manchester in connection with arsenical poisoning iu beer is 85. ...
Article : 29 wordsIt transpires that the London and Globe Finance Corporation had arranged to borrow a large sum of money for the purpose of taking considerable parcels ...
Article : 517 wordsThe heat to-day was 105deg. in the shade. ...
Article : 11 wordsA fire broke out early yesterday morning in a produce store at Moreland, owned for Mr. D. Mlelville, M.L.C., and leased to Dalgety and Co. The stores, which are ...
Article : 75 wordsThe British have re-occupied Ficksburg. General French is at Ventersdorp, to the north-west of Potchefstroom. ...
Article : 48 wordsExperiments made in Cape Colony with Marconi's system of wireless telegraphy proved unfavorable, owing to the dryness of the atmosphere. ...
Article : 46 wordsThe Third Dragoon Guards, stationed at Curragh, Ireland, have been ordered to South Africa. ...
Article : 19 wordsA sad drowning case occurred at Mitcham on Saturday morning. The bodies of two girls, named Fosbrook, aged respectively ten and eight, were found in an old ...
Article : 74 wordsA big commando, with 160 waggons, is trekking westwards from Vryburg, about midway between Kimberley and Mafeking. It crossed the railway at ...
Article : 40 wordsA man named James Hogg, employed on the railways as signalman, was burned to death early on Saturday morning, in his camp at Kamballie. When the fire ...
Article : 83 wordsIn connection, with the Marquis of Tull[?] cable for 150 Scotchmen for South Africa, the Government does not see its way to take any action, the ...
Article : 74 wordsThe death is announced of Lord William Leslie de la Poer Beresford, V.C, the third son of the fourth Marquis of Waterford, and brother of Rear-Admiral ...
Article : 80 wordsThe Boers made am attack on Boksburg, 15 miles to the east of Johannesburg. The police garrison gallantly held the enemy, who numbered 200, at ...
Article : 53 wordsIt will be remembered that on June 25 last the s.s. Kolya, which bad left Fremantle tho same day for Wyndham, returned to Fremantle with a partially dismasted ...
Article : 504 wordsJust before midnight on Saturday, John Edmund Nash (48), a journeyman baker, living in Corsair-street, Burnley, shot his wife, aged 35, in a brutal, matter-of-fact ...
Article : 117 wordsThe Minister of Defence, who is anxious that no time should be lost in complying with, the recent request for troops for Africa, has telegraphed to Sir George ...
Article : 138 wordsLord Kitchener, who recently returned to Pretoria from Cape Colony, states that the enemy have been headed off from the south. ...
Article : 41 wordsNews has been received from Portugal of the death of Alexandra Alberto da Rocha Serpa Pinto, the well-known Portuguese explorer. ...
Article : 168 wordsA sharp engagement took place at Greylingstad, on the railway line 40 miles to the west of Standerton. The British losses were eight killed, 27 ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 189 wordsThe remnant of the Chinese force, which was defeated by General Baillond at Cho-chau has fied to the southwards to avoid the force of 1,600 men recently ...
Article : 42 wordsThe "Standard" correspondent at Shanghai says that private advices have been received from Shensi to the effect that the Emperor, Kwang Hsu, is to be ...
Article : 101 wordsThe news that ex-President Steyn was severely wounded in a recent engagement has been confirmed. A Reuter's message states that no ...
Article : 53 wordsThe quotations for frozen meat are unaltered. ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 89 wordsThe BROWN MILL Company's lease of the Hansans Star mill will expire to-morrow, and an extension of the lease has been refused by the Star Company. The ...
Article : 239 wordsBar silver is quoted at 2s. 5 9-16d. per ounce. ...
Article : 16 wordsGeneral MacDonald and Colonels Settle and Inigo Jones are dealing with the Boers who invaded Capo Colony. The Boers quitted the Philipstown ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 66 wordsA match will be played to-day at 3.30 p.m. at the Perth Club's ground at South Perth between the Fremantle Wanderers and Perth team. The players are:— ...
Article : 50 wordsA big fire broke out in a warehouse at the East India Docks, London, the building and its contents, chiefly jute and hump, being totally destroyed. ...
Article : 63 wordsThe Marquis and Marchioness of Dufferin have sailed for South Africa. [The Marquis of Dafferin's eldest son, the Earl of Ava, was killed during the Boer ...
Article : 44 wordsAn all-day cricket match between West Australian-born players and a team picked from other Australian and English players will take place on the Association Cricket ...
Article : 85 wordsRowland's Odonto is the best and purest dentifrice, being warranted free from any acid or gritty ingredients; it whitens and preserves the teeth, it eradicates ...
Article : 98 wordsThe Wandilta Copper Mines Co. has been registered with a capital of £180,000. Shares to the extent of £80,000 are being offered to the ...
Article : 33 wordsLord Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, of the 9th Lancers, who was wounded during Captain Grenfell's attempt to outflank the Boers in Cape Colony, received ...
Article : 34 wordsA terrible fatality is reported from Des Moines, the capital of Iowa, U.S.A. Fifty-one children were skating, when the ice broke, precipitating them into ...
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Advertising : 195 wordsA parcel of 40 tons from the DUMBARTON lease has been cleaned up for 49oz. 10dwt. A parcel of 45 tons from the MURIEL ...
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The Inquirer and Commercial News (Perth, WA : 1855 - 1901), Fri 4 Jan 1901, Page 14
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