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  2. AN ISLAND TRAGEDY.

    Another massa[?]re has taken place at the islands, the scene this time being to the north-east of New Guinea, news to this effect having reached Sydney by the steamer ...

    Article : 353 words
  3. [BY SUBMARINE TELEGRAPH.] [Received April 28, 6.17 p.m] THE CHINESE CRISIS.

    The Berlin correspondent of the London "Standard" declares that there are indications that immediately China guarantees the payment of 4 per cent, each of the ...

    Article : 116 words
  4. LADIES MURDERED.

    Miss Heaysman, only daughter of the late Mr. John Heaysman, of North Croydon, left South Australia in 1897, after having been specially trained for the work by ...

    Article : 825 words
  5. [BY SUBMARINE TELEGRAPH.] [Received April 28, 6.17 p.m.] BRITISH POLITICS.

    The Government have secured a majority of 33 votes in support of the salaries and fees paid to Crown law officers, which now aggregate £30,000, instead of the ...

    Article : 62 words
  6. [BY SUBMARINE TELEGRAPH.] [Received April 28, 6.17 p.m.] LORD KITCHENER.

    Prior to embarking on the steamer Tongariro,. which is now conveying them home, some members of the Australian contingents ...

    Article : 109 words
  7. PERSONAL.

    Lady Ranfurly, wife of the Governor of Kew Zealand, and her daughters, the Ladies C. and E. Knox, are returning by the Himalaya from a trip to England. ...

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  8. A FRAUDULENT BUTCHER.

    A butcher named John Joseph Walker has been fined £500 for attempting to bribe a servant of the Metropolitan Asylum tO provide him with a list of the ...

    Article : 64 words
  9. PLAGUE IN HOLLAND.

    A case of bubonic plague is reported to have been discovered at Youiden, a seapor in Holland. ...

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  10. THE SHAH OF PERSIA.

    It is announced that Muzaffer-ed-Din Mirza, Shah of Persia, is seriously ill. ...

    Article : 20 words
  11. HOME-COMING SOLDIERS.

    The following cablegram has been received by the Defence Department:—"The steamship Salamis left Cape Town on April 21. She has on board Captain D. Cosgrove ...

    Article : 143 words
  12. COMMERCIAL NEWS.

    Frozen Meat.—The following are the of ficial prices furnished by the Frozen Meat Trade Association:—New Zealand sheep— Crossbred wethers and merino ewes, ...

    Article : 257 words
  13. THE GRIESHIEM FIRE.

    A great panic occurred during the disastrous fire at the Electon Chemical Works at Grieshiem, a village in Prussia, situated on the River Main, four miles west of ...

    Article : 76 words
  14. MORE BOER TREACHERY.

    News has been received that when Bresla was captured the Boers fired on the British, after displaying the white flag, and, killed one trooper and wounded three others. ...

    Article : 57 words
  15. THE SCULLING CHAMPIONSHIP.

    Gaudaur has announced his willingness to row George Towns, the Australian oarsman, for the sculling championship, at Rat Portage, in Ontario. Towns beat James ...

    Article : 52 words
  16. NEW SOUTH WALES.

    Miss Nellie Stewart's matinee, in aid of the poor children of Sydney, was a great success, notwithstanding inclement weather. Over £200 was realised. Miss[?] Stewart and ...

    Article : 556 words
  17. THE SOBRAON WRECKED.

    The P. & O. steamer Sobraon has been stranded at Tungying Island, on the Chinese coast, in a fog, and it is feared she will become a total loss. The passengers ...

    Article : 45 words
  18. MORE HORSES.

    Britain is purchasing Hungarian horses for the campaign, and 900 are being shipped from the port of Fiume, a seaport on the Adriatic. ...

    Article : 33 words
  19. "LE SIECLE."

    M. Guyot will continue in the position of editor of the "Siecle," the Parisian Anglophobe paper, which recently collapsed, and has since been resuscitated. ...

    Article : 66 words
  20. THE CONINGHAM CASE.

    Speaking yesterday at the annual breakfast of the Hibernian Australasian. Catholic Benefit Society, Cardinal Moran said he might be permitted to refer to a matter ...

    Article : 406 words
  21. FINANCIAL NEWS.

    The following are the latest quotations on the London Stock Exchange:- Associated, £2 17/6. Broken Hill, £2 6/. ...

    Article : 51 words
  22. CONTINUED FIGHTING.

    Latest advices from the front state that Lieutenant Reid, with 20 Australian Bushmen, at dawn on. Thursday, stealthily surrounded a body of 42 Boers, who occupied ...

    Article : 320 words
  23. UNION OF THE CHURCHES.

    The Rev. Dr. Parker, speaking at a joint session of the Baptist and Congregational Unions, submitted a proposal for the formation of a United Congregational ...

    Article : 60 words
  24. DALGETY & CO., LIMITED.

    The directors of Dalgety & Co., Limited, have declared a dividend at the rate of 8 per cent. ...

    Article : 27 words
  25. W. A. MacARTHUR & CO., LIMITED.

    The 10,000 ordinary and 10,000 preference shares issued by the directors of W. A. MacArthur & Co., Limited, have now been allotted. ...

    Article : 31 words
  26. THE NATIONAL MEMORIAL

    The subscriptions to the fund for erecting a National Memorial to the late Queen Victoria now amounts to £80,000. Lord Salisbury has contributed —200. ...

    Article : 34 words
  27. SILVER,

    Silver,is quoted at 2/3 9-16 per oz. ...

    Article : 15 words
  28. THE CHINA CONTINGENT.

    Dr. Ashburton Thompson, the president of the Board of Health, early yesterday morning examined the patient on board the troopship Chingtu, and pronounced the case ...

    Article : 75 words
  29. THE CONWAY CASE.

    The jury engaged at the Central Criminal Court in the trial of Mrs. Jane Smith, charged with having murdered Patrick Conway on board the steamer Talune, on ...

    Article : 146 words
  30. KALGOORLIE MINING.

    The main shaft of the Kalgoorlie is down 750 ft., where a plat is being cut. When this work is done sinking will be continued to 840 ft. The east and west [?]re bodies at ...

    Article : 278 words
  31. NEW ZEALAND.

    The H[?]tunia estate, about which there has been considerable litigation, has been disposed of by ballot by the Government, under the Lands Settlement Act, in 57 ...

    Article : 94 words
  32. CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL SUNDAY.

    The secretary of the Adelaide Children's Hospital has received the following additional amounts to April 27:—Anglican—St. John's Adelaide, £1[?]; St. Thomas's, Pewbey Vale, £1 9/9; St. ...

    Article : 129 words
  33. QUEENSLAND.

    The mail steamer Miowera arrived from Vancouver yesterday. ...

    Article : 12 words
  34. CANADA AND AUSTRALIA.

    The Hon. W. Mulock, Postmaster-General of the Dominion of Canada, is now in Adelaide, where he intends to stay a day or two before proceeding to Melbourne to take ...

    Article : 437 words
  35. WEST AUSTRALIA.

    The Government have decided to resume 32,000 acres of land in the Northampton district in order to declare agricultural areas. ...

    Article : 118 words
  36. SYDNEY UNEMPLOYED.

    The scarcity of employment and the cold, wet weather are bringing forth loud complaints from thousands who are unable to obtain work here. A meeting of ...

    Article : 90 words
  37. MR. MERRIMAN AT EDINBURGH.

    The Hon. John Xavier Alerriman. ex— Treasurer of Cape Colony, who, with che Hon. J. W. Sauer, ex-Commissioner of Public Works, as representing the Afrikander ...

    Article : 207 words
  38. THE CODLIN MOTH.

    Sir — As a gardener I enter my protest against the drastic measures adopted by the Government against the codlin moth, which is like ...

    Article : 149 words
  39. DEATH OF[?]A SUPPOSED PLAGUE SUSPECT.

    It was reported to the police on Saturday that a decomposed body had been found in the bush near Wanneroo-road. The remains, which are believed to be those of a ...

    Article : 252 words
  40. Advertising

    {No abstract available}

    Advertising : 713 words
  41. SUNDAY PARADES

    Sir—I see that a protest has been lodged against the military arrangements for next Sunday. By whom? By certain gentlemen who from their training and their ...

    Article : 209 words
  42. THE GENERAL ELECTIONS

    The following additional complete election has been received. Burgess—Mr. Fergie Reid, 586; Mr. C. McDowell, 261. Mr. J. Thomson ...

    Article : 32 words
  43. TO-DAY'S ENGAGEMENTS.

    Pirie Chambers, Pirie-street, 12—Meeting Premier South G.M. Company. Cowra Chambers, Grenfell-street, 12—Meeting Kalgoorlie Proprietary G.M. Company. ...

    Article : 86 words
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