The serious illness of Mr. Benjamin Harrison, who was President of the United States from 1889 to 1893, has ended fatally. The cause of death was pneumonia. ...
Article : 580 wordsThe outbreak of plague in Perth has now assumed somewhat alarming proportions, and the fact that two fresh cases were reported yesterday should stir the ...
Article : 537 wordsMr. Kruger, Dr. Leyds, and other Boer envoys have conferred together at Utrecht, in Holland. Mr. Kruger was much, upset by some news which was communicated to ...
Article : 117 wordsA squadron of the Italian Navy will be sent to greet the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York on their arrival at Malta. ...
Article : 53 wordsThe following peers have been appointed as special ambassadors to announce to the foreign Courts the death of Queen Victoria and the accession of King Edward: ...
Article : 101 wordsTransfer.—A transfer of the licence of the Windsor Hotel, South Perth, from W. H. J. Strickland to D. H. R. Strickland, was granted. ...
Article : 569 wordsAlthough strenuous efforts have been made to catch rats at Mr. Coomber's grocery establishment in Barrack-street, no success has been, met with, and no dead ...
Article : 348 wordsDr. Johnson, of South Australia, who studied the plague at the Pasteur Institute in Paris, expressed a similar opinion to that of Dr. Hornabrook, and stated ...
Article : 42 wordsThe division which, took place in the House of Commons on Monday in reference to the proposed inquiry into the case of General Sir Henry Colvile presented some ...
Article : 87 wordsAnother case of plague has occurred in Sydney, on board the transport Antillian, which at present is detained in quarantine. He second victim is Wm. ...
Article : 46 wordsThe Government propose a Civil List of £470,000. The chief increase is the £50,000 which is to be voted to the Queen. ...
Article : 28 wordsSir,—As we are again in the midst of what at present looks very much like a scourge, I trust the authorities will rise to the occasion with the firmness looked ...
Article : 221 wordsCommandant Scheeper has been repulsed at Murnaysbarg, 50 miles north-west of Graff Reinet, Cape Colony. He lost five men killed. ...
Article : 50 wordsLord Salisbury, the British Premier, spoke yesterday at a banquet which was held in London by the Associated Chambers of Commerce. In the course of his speech ...
Article : 89 wordsMr. Kinder, the chief engineer of the Peking-Shanhaikwan-Newchwang railway, has recently been at Tientsin constructing a railway siding. ...
Article : 100 wordsOfficial details have been published in connection with the shooting, by the orders of General De Wet, of Mr. Morgandaal, one of the Boer peace envoys. ...
Article : 68 wordsIt is believed that in order to meet the war expenses the Government will propose to place a duty on sugar, since a tax of cne-farthing per lb. would yield £3,000,000 ...
Article : 72 wordsThe Central Board of Health will issue to-day the following circular to all occupiers of premises in the city :— Precautions Against Plague. ...
Article : 304 wordsOn the 11th inst. De Wet was located between Brandfort and Eensgevonden. The pursuing columns are refitting, preparatory to making another combined movement ...
Article : 38 wordsMr. H. Gregory, M.L.A., addressed a large and enthusiastic audience at Menzies last night, and explained his actions during the past four years. He claimed credit ...
Article : 436 wordsThe Chartered Bank agency at Port Arthur has been compelled to close, Russia declaring that the Russo-Chinese Bank enjoyed the monopoly. ...
Article : 29 wordsSir Wilfrid Laurien, the Canadian Premier, made a remarkable speech yesterday in the House of Commons at Ottawa. He declared that the Boers had appealed ...
Article : 99 wordsThe yacht Shemara, which was purchased by Mr. Henry Copeland for the New South Wales Government from an American millionaire, left the Azores to-day ...
Article : 55 wordsA banquet, presided over by Lord Spencer, was held at the National Liberal Club last night, in honor of the Australian Commonwealth. ...
Article : 183 wordsFemale Pugilists.—Lizzie White sad Agues Warren were charged with having been disorderly, by fighting in Ellen-street. The former was sentenced to two months' ...
Article : 46 wordsThe Ethnological expedition into the far interior, organised by Prof. Spencer, of Melbourne, and Mr. Gillan, of Adelaide, leaves here to-morrow morning. ...
Article : 34 wordsMr. J. M. Hopkins opened his campaign as a candidate for the Kalgoorlie seat in the Federal Home of Representatives at the Kalgoorlie Miners' Institute last night. In the ...
Article : 607 wordsMr. William O'Brien, the leader of the Irish Nationalist Party, is ill, and desires to resign his seat in the House of Commons. His constituents at Cork, however ...
Article : 71 wordsIn July last year Mr. Goschen, who was then First Lord of the Admiralty, appointed a committee to inquire into the question of the use of the Belleville ...
Article : 212 wordsThe artesian water which was struck in the Yandama Crock, on route from Hawker to the Mount Browne goldfields, is now yielding 20,000 gallons per day. ...
Article : 31 wordsDr. Hornabrook, of Adelaide, who has had considerable experience of the plague in India, and who was a passenger by the mail steamer which passed through ...
Article : 508 wordsThe lad Harry Clinton, who was isolated as a "contact" in Coomber's case, was taken to Woodman's Point yesterday. He will be allowed to leave the quarantine ...
Article : 50 wordsThe Minister for Mines has announced that now there is plenty of water at Tarcoola the labor conditions will be strictly carried out. A recent report from Mr. ...
Article : 344 wordsNicholas Kearman, a railway employe at Largs Bay, was sentenced to six months' hard labor, at Port Adelaide, on Thursday, having been found guilty of ...
Article : 42 wordsGood business was done at the colonial wool sales to-day, prices being fully maintained. ...
Article : 22 wordsJno. Dries, gatekeeper at the Wattle Tree road crossing at Malvern, was struck by a special train from Mordialloc this morning. He was fearfully injured, and is ...
Article : 37 wordsThe temperature of the patient John Coomber was very high on Wednesday night, but on Thursday morning much improvement was noticeable, and at a late ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 42 wordsThe dispute between the Bendigo branch of the A.N.A. and the Board of Directors, was amicably settled to-day, when the board decided to withdraw the word ...
Article : 36 wordsA number of gentlemen representing Mount Magnet, Boogardie, Lennonville, and East Magnet waited on Mr. Frank Wallace,. M.L.A., last night at the Oasts ...
Article : 204 wordsThe Victorian £3,000,000 three per cent, loan, is to be issued to-morrow. The minimum price has been fixed at £93 10s. ...
Article : 35 wordsThe quantity of wheat visible in America to the east of the Rocky Mountains is 79,300,000 bushels. ...
Article : 24 wordsThe steamer Dalhoasie, with the Indian Contingent, arrived to-day. The officers and men were welcomed by the Premier. ...
Article : 26 wordsThe Central Board of Health held a meeting on Thursday morning, and decided upon certain alterations to the buildings at the new quarantine ...
Article : 84 wordsA nugget weighing 18oz. has been found at Slug Hill. It is astonishing to learn what an important commercial article is the United States ...
Article : 128 wordsThe loan prospectus invites holders of the Victorian four per cent, stock, redeemable in July, to exchange for three pen cents, receiving £6 10s. cash, with full interest till ...
Article : 84 wordsA collision occurred in the harbor this afternoon between the Annandale ferry steamer Guthrey, and the coasting ketch Day Dawn. The latter vessel was ...
Article : 44 wordsIn regard to the Perth Hospital, it has been decided to subject the ward to which Gardiner was first taken, and that in which he was isolated, to a farther disinfection ...
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The Inquirer and Commercial News (Perth, WA : 1855 - 1901), Fri 22 Mar 1901, Page 3
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