A splendid beginning has been made this year to exceed—as without doubt will be the case—the exportation from the colony last year of l,050,l83oz. of gold. ...
Article : 372 wordsThe week before last a rumour was current here that some prospectors had struck rich gold on the Pilbarra goldfields, but beyond the exhibition of 75oz. 16dwt. of ...
Article : 3,830 wordsTHE EARLY CLOSING ACT.—A deputation from Kanowna will wait upon the Colonial Secretary (Mr. Geo. Randell) this morning at 10 o'clock, with reference to the Early ...
Article : 3,706 wordsThe Mayor (Mr. J. W. Byrne) and Councillor Richards left for Bunbury last night to attend the Municipal Conference. GERALDTON. ...
Article : 203 wordsAlthough reports from the Philippines go to show that the situation is easier, four regiments of United States infantry are about to sail for ...
Article : 135 wordsThe Duke of Orleans yesterday received a deputation of Paris artizans. He assured the members of the deputation that he had been deeply ...
Article : 171 wordsA meeting of Protestants, numbering ten thousand persons, was held yesterday at the Albert Hall, London, to discuss the question of Church ...
Article : 224 wordsMr. John Burns, the well known labour leader, and Liberal M.P. for Battersea, states that the plasterers' grievances are not of sufficient ...
Article : 76 wordsH.M.S. Tauranga arrivad to-day from New Zealand. It appears that the vessel received orders to proceed to Samoa, but just as she was sailing Admiral Pearson ...
Article : 287 wordsChina has, it is announced, arranged a 5 per cent. loan for £2,300,000, to be secured on her Northern Railway, which she undertakes not to alienate ...
Article : 94 wordsNews was received from Boma in December last of some fighting in the Ubangi region of the Congo between the natives ...
Article : 137 wordsThe New York Tribune is responsible for the statement that Gomez, the Cuban insurgent leader, has refused to disband his troops until they ...
Article : 43 wordsThe inquest on the body of Mabel Ambrose was resumed to-day. The interest in the proceedings was still maintained. There was a large attendance of the public ...
Article : 841 wordsDespatches received from the Soudan state that the fugitive Khalifa has altered the course of his flight and is short of water. ...
Article : 42 wordsThe Duke of Devonshire and Lord Rothschild have each subscribed £10,000 towards founding in connection with the Cambridge University, ...
Article : 50 wordsSir Henry Hawkins, who lately retired from the Judicial Bench, and who was subsequently raised to the peerage, takes the title of Baron ...
Article : 68 wordsThe whole sitting of the Premiers' Conference to-day was again occupied in the endeavour to solve the financial problem. This matter, which is bes[?]t with ...
Article : 169 wordsThe Powers have, it is announced, decided to prolong the existence of the Mixed Tribunals, or International Courts, in Egypt for a period of ...
Article : 34 wordsForty thousand Turkish troops are, it is reported, massed on the frontiers of Bulgaria and Servia. It is stated that M. Stoiloff, the ...
Article : 113 wordsThe death is announced of Sir Francis Clare Ford, G.C.B., G.C.M.G., the well-known diplomatist. Sir Francis was 68 years of age. ...
Article : 416 wordsThe tone of the Continental press regarding the Peace Conference is uniformly discouraging. ...
Article : 21 wordsThe shipbuilding firms on the Clyde have sufficient work on hand to keep them busy for eighteen months. Such is the press of work that ...
Article : 39 wordsThe adjourned inquest on the remains of a child found on the Block 5 lease was held to-day. The police deposed to finding a piece of sheeting and silk handkerchief ...
Article : 170 wordsJames Donovan and Frederick Thompson were to-day sentenced to six weeks' imprisonment each for destroying certain property of the West Australian ...
Article : 140 wordsTenders for the South Australian 3 per cent. loan of £1,500,000 at a minimum of £94 10s. were opened yesterday. ...
Article : 68 wordsThe following are to-day's quotations for the undermentioned investment stocks:—Australian Mortgage and Agency Corporation, £111; ...
Article : 39 wordsThe ship Falls of Garry, which was wrecked off the coast of New Caledonia some months since, with a cargo of 1,000 tons of nickel, arrived in Sydney Harbour to night in tow ...
Article : 87 wordsAt to-day's Colonial wool sales in London good wools were firm. There was, however, less competition for medium and inferior sorts. ...
Article : 104 wordsDuring the passage of the steamer Wollowra across the Bight a small fire occurred on board. On Sunday last, the day after leaving Adelaide, smoke was ...
Article : 132 words"Mr. Jersey" has withdrawn Aurum II. (late Aurum) from all his engagements in the forthcoming Spring handicaps. ...
Article : 28 wordsAlbert Edward Peart was brought forward on remand to-day, charged with fraudulent insolvency. Constable Pemberton, of Hobart, produced the original ...
Article : 53 wordsAt Port Pirie to-day Hugh Williams was found in his house with his throat cut. Deceased and his wife had been bad friends for some time. About four months ...
Article : 73 wordshas dropped into oblivion. The talk of London at present is Ogden's Guinea Gold high-grade Cigarettes. 16. ...
Article : 19 wordsDuring the recent stormy weather some remarkable experiments with wireless telegraphy were made between the English coast and the ...
Article : 29 wordsDr. Berry, who was officiating at a funeral at Bilston yesterday, died suddenly while praying. The cause of death was heart disease. ...
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Advertising : 155 wordsOgden's Guinea Gold are a pure silk-cut Cigarette. Don't forget to try them; you'll be delighted. 15. ...
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The West Australian (Perth, WA : 1879 - 1954), Thu 2 Feb 1899, Page 5
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