The Commissioner of Police has been advised that a girl named Berths, daughter of a farmer named Schippan, at Towitta, has been murdered. She was 14 years of age. The ...
Article : 90 wordsThe selection of men for the next contingent began this morning. There were 350 volunteers, including seven for commissions. The pay will be 1s. 2d. till embarkation and 5s, per ...
Article : 40 wordsThe New Year's Day meeting of the Frances Racing Club was held to-day in fine weather and in the presence of a good attendance. The meeting was well managed, so ...
Article : 289 wordsA meeting of the Jockey Club was held to-day when several of the representatives of the owners and trainers attended. After the meeting the secretary of the Club stated that ...
Article : 81 wordsMr. French, in his Handbook of Victorian insect peats, says our new visitor is about two lines in length, the body being of a light grewish brown, but after nearly black. Its ...
Article : 748 wordsThe United States Government recently refused to accept the custody of Mr. Andrew Carnegie's bonds for the university extension movement in America on the ground that they ...
Article : 1,002 wordsIn connection with a prosecution for distributing indecent literature, the whole of the books seized were destroyed by the defendant in the presence of the police. ...
Article : 32 wordsThe Executive Council will consider the case of Christopher John Howard, sentencnd to death for the murder of Francis Daniel Danebey, on Tuesday next. The jury made a ...
Article : 51 wordsThe body of a swagman has been found as Salt Swamp, Mulgundawa. Nothing was found to identify him. ...
Article : 24 wordsGeorge Schuenzfire died in an epileptic fit during a coach journey from Thurga to Port Augusta. ...
Article : 23 wordsThe thermometer was 101 in the shade this afternoon. It is cloudy now, and rain is threatening, which will probably fall daring the night. ...
Article : 30 wordsHeavy cannonading was beard yesterday southwards from the main line of railway towards the Frankfort and Tafelkop line of blookhouses, in the north-east of the Orange ...
Article : 54 wordsAt the inquest re the Towitta murder it was shown that the victim was hacked about in a mast atrocious manner. The girl's throat was cut from ear to ear, her chin was cut, her ...
Article : 158 wordsThe rocket corps under M.C. Ford had a turn out on Saturday. A run was made along the beach about a mile and a half, and packing practice was carried out. A return was then ...
Article : 340 wordsLord Curzon, Viceroy of India, is protesting against Australia's interference with Asistic labor beyond the limits of its jurisdiction. He says it imperils the interests of the ...
Article : 74 wordsMr. Kruger has expresed the hope, in a reply to a number of Boer sympathisers who congratulated him on the Tweefontein exploit, that the independence of the republics would ...
Article : 1,177 wordsKing Edward has devoted a sum of £200,000, which was given to him anonymously, to found a sanitarium for the treatment of tuberculous patients in England. There ...
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Advertising : 1,511 wordsThe dispute between the South Australian Jockey Club and the owners and trainers of racehorses has been settled, but on what basis our telegram does not indicate. A ...
Article : 391 wordsPresent—Crs. Laird (Chairman), Millhouse. Peeler, Holloway, Blackall, Kennedy, and Underwood. On the motion of Cr. Blackall, seconded by ...
Article : 1,005 wordsThe second of the five teat matches arranged to be played between MacLaren's English Eleven and Australia was commenced in Melbourne on New Year's Day. ...
Article : 740 wordsThese races, held on New Year's Day, resulted as below:- TRIAL STAKES.—Garter's True Pilgrim, 1; Robertson's Slue, 2 Bayley's Reward, 3. ...
Article : 119 wordsThe annual races in connection with the Robe Turf Club were held on their course yesterday (New Year's Day). The weather was beautifully fine, and the attendance ...
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The Border Watch (Mount Gambier, SA : 1861 - 1954), Sat 4 Jan 1902, Page 3
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