It came as a surprise on Wednesday last when the fact was announced that Mr. W. G. Brookman, M.L.C., had resigned his office of Mayor of Perth. Had Mr. ...
Article : 215 wordsIt is reported that General Tung Fuh Siaag—whose execution was demanded by the Allies, but who escaped and was recently said to be heading a rebellion against ...
Article : 65 wordsFurther particulars have been received concerning the desperate fighting which took place at Reitz, in the north-east of the Orange River Colony, on June 6 ...
Article : 268 wordsIn the House of Representatives to-day Sir William M'Millan asked Mr. Barton to indicate the order of business and especially to stale the date of the delivery of ...
Article : 266 wordsReuter says that the Cape Squadron, commanded by Rear-Admiral Sir Robert H. Harris, K.C.B., is to proceed to Natal to escort H.M.S. Ophir to Simons Town. ...
Article : 58 wordsThe grand jury at the Old Bailey have returned a true bill against Earl Russell on the charge of bigamy. The Recorder Mr. F. A. Bosanquet, ...
Article : 70 wordsThe Premier, Mr. Lewis, addressed his constituents at Richmond to-night. He reviewed his actions in the past, and claimed that the deserved tie confidence of ...
Article : 157 wordsThe steamer Kalgoorlie, which arrived this morning from Fremantle, made what is believed to be a record passage, accomplishing the journey in four and a half ...
Article : 48 wordsWetland, the man who threw a piece of iron at the Kaiser in Bremen on March 6 last, inflicting a severe wound, has been adjudged a lunatic, and has eben confined ...
Article : 43 wordsH.M.S. Albion, 12,950, a battleship, has been ordered to proceed to China. ...
Article : 20 wordsThe Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York drove through the streets of Dunedin-to-day, and received a warm welcome. The Duke presented medals to returned ...
Article : 98 wordsAn inquest was commenced to-day concerning the death of Carl Howe, a fireman on board the German steamer Asia, who, in a quarrel yesterday, was shot in ...
Article : 141 wordsThe Attorney-General of the State of New York is preparing a case against one of the trusts, to ascertain whether the Federal Anti-Trust Law is enforcable. ...
Article : 35 wordsThe Sailors' Rest, promoted by the W.C.T.U., was opened this afternoon by the Mayor. The president of the union, Mrs. Faaulkner, occupied the chair, and ...
Article : 200 wordsWhile artillery practice was being engaged in yesterday at Newport, Monmouthshire, the breech of a 12-pounder burst. A captain and a gunner were killed, and ...
Article : 42 wordsThe international salt combine, organised by Mr. Rockefeller, the American millionaire, has been completed. ...
Article : 22 wordsLast evening one of our representatives sought an interview with Mr. Brookman concerning the reasons for his resignation. He said that all he had announce at that ...
Article : 76 wordsThe State Speaker will issue a writ on Saturday for the election of a member for Melbourne in place of Edward Findley, who was expelled from the Legislative ...
Article : 147 wordsIt is understood that the deficit in the Queensland finances at the end of June will be about £550,000. The intentions of the Government in the matter is not yet ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 69 wordsThe Government is slowly defeating repeated amendments in regard duly. On one occasion the majority was only 28, owing to the slack ...
Article : 42 wordsIn the Senate this afternoon Mr. Walker presented a petition from the religious bodies of Sydney approving of the clauses in the Postal Bill empowering the refusal ...
Article : 630 wordsSoon after Mr. Brookman's resignation came to hand yesterday, councillors discussed the question of who should be his successor. The choice fell on Councillor ...
Article : 81 wordsPrivate W. F. Wotton, of the New South Wales Medical Corps, has bean dangerously wounded at Macnavil. Lieutenant Drackenridge, of the New ...
Article : 47 wordsFollowing on the stoppage of the [?] Credit Anstalt, the Leipziger Bank has suspended payment, causing a semi-panic on the Berlin Bourse. ...
Article : 90 wordsIn making the statement at Geraldton a few days ago concerning the Midland railway and the question of purchasing it, Mr. Illingworth admitted that he was not ...
Article : 330 wordsThe New Zealand team of bowlers were defeated yesterday at Kirkcaldy, Scotland, by seven points. The scores were:— Kirkcaldy, 47; New Zealand, 40. ...
Article : 30 wordsAnother case of smallpox was reported from the quarantine station this morning. The patient is Michael O'Brien, aged 54, who was a third-class passenger by the ...
Article : 70 wordsLieutenant S. Dewar, Lieutenant B. Arthur, and Captain Mathews, New Zealand landers, have sailed for England. ...
Article : 25 wordsIn the State Assembly to-day the Minister for Railways, in reply to a question, said that the railway employes were to receive payments at the rate of 7s. per day. ...
Article : 302 wordsA man named William Lyons was brought before Mr. Barlee, R. M., and Mr. S. Solomon, J.P., on a charge of assaulting "Paddy" Boyle, the well-known boxer, ...
Article : 255 wordsThe annual Queensland dinner was held in London last night, Sir Horace Tozer, Agent-general for Queensland, presiding over an attendance of 120. ...
Article : 117 wordsA party of Harrismith volunteers and Imperial Yeomanry have seised 100 horses, 200 cattle, and 1,500 sheep on the farm of Gert Pretorius. ...
Article : 37 wordsThe Boers have brutally sjamboked Mr. Jacobus Nicolaas Petrus Botha, mamber in the Cape House of Assembly for Aliwal North, for having voted for the Treason ...
Article : 48 wordsIt has been reported from Grenville that the aboriginal crew of the lugger Young Australian cleared off with the lugger when the master, who is a white man, ...
Article : 57 wordsThe Scottish courts have decided that the late Sir William [?] Brooks, who died last year, was domiciled in England. This decision sustains Sir William's will ...
Article : 82 wordsIn a fight recently at Wilgeboom Spruit Lord Methuen killed 26 Boers. He also took some prisoners, and captured large quantities of grain and forage. ...
Article : 38 wordsThe well-known yacht Majestic, owned by Mr. W. G. Brookman, M.L.C., Mayor of Perth, which was lying at anchor on Monday night in the South Bay, ...
Article : 405 wordsIn the House of Commons yesterday, Mr. Brodrick, Secretary of State for War, said that the number of Boers fighting in Cape Colony was estimated at from one to two ...
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Advertising : 124 wordsOne of the first matters to come within the jurisdiction of the board appointed under the Conciliation and Arbitration Act of 1900 will be the demand for ...
Article : 255 wordsThis was an application by the narrator, W. Welsh, to set aside, by writ of certiorari, an order of the Warden's Court, Mount Magnet, in the case of Rev. v. ...
Article : 273 wordsSeveral Unionist newspapers applaud the recent action of Mr. Seddon, Premier 'of New Zealand, in crying shame on the English statesmen whose utterances have had ...
Article : 38 wordsThe Minister for Mines, Mr. Trenwith, had a lively interview to-day with a deputation representing the Trades Hall Council and the Daily Paid Railway Employes ...
Article : 170 wordsThe competition of Afghans in the carrying trade in the out-back districts has resulted in the formation of anti-Asiatic leagues at Lawlers and Mount Malcolm, ...
Article : 48 wordsMr. Duplessis, a Dutch minister at Lindley, Orange River Colony, is an inmate of the refuge camp at Vred-fort Road. He denounces Mr. Kruger, [?] has appealed ...
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Advertising : 343 wordsLate on Tuesday night a Mrs. Quinlan, known as Sister Agnes, died under circumstances which made the medical attendant decline to give a certificate. The coroner ...
Article : 47 wordsThe quantity of wheat and flour afloat for the United Kingdom is 3,430,000 quarters, and for the continent of Europe 1,520,000 quarters. ...
Article : 34 wordsA special meeting of the Trades and Labor Council was held to-night to consider the matter of protesting against Mr. Thos. Bibby's appointment as chairman of ...
Article : 170 wordsThe eight Arabs, who are supposed to be escapees from New Caledonia, were before the police court to-day and remanded. Evidence has been obtained tending to ...
Article : 109 wordsThere was a good attendance at the Antwerp wool sales yesterday, when 1,576 bales from La Plata were offered. It was a poor selection, and only 634 bales were sold ...
Article : 58 wordsThe library committee met for the first time to-day, with Mr. Holder as chairman. It was decided to take steps to form a Federal Library. ...
Article : 108 wordsAustralian and New Zealand, Mortgage Company 4½ per cent, debentures are quoted at £89. ...
Article : 21 wordsDuring the course of naval [?] at [?] (?) three Japanese [?] boats came into collision. One of them was so several damaged that ...
Article : 51 wordsKing Edward and President Loubet have cabled their condolences to Mr. John Hay, the American Secretary of State, on the death, of his son, Adalbert Hay, who fell ...
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The Inquirer and Commercial News (Perth, WA : 1855 - 1901), Fri 28 Jun 1901, Page 7
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