I am writing within a few hours of the receipt of the news via London—for we in South Africa are not allowed to know these things until they have been published in ...
Article : 2,030 wordsA "Government Gazette" was issued to-day proclaiming Monday, June 3, the birthday of,the Duke of Cornwall, a public holiday throughout the State. ...
Article : 305 wordsThe Queen Victoria memorial fund at Calcutta now totals 31 lakhs, or 3,100,000 rupees. ...
Article : 33 wordsAccording to the "Times" correspondent at St. Petersburg the arrangements which Russia is making in view of the possibility of European complications include a secret ...
Article : 156 wordsThe Inter-State Commission Bill has received its finishing touches at the hands of Cabinet. A great deal of time was spent on it. When circulated it will most likely ...
Article : 453 wordsAt last the decorations are assuming definite shape. Color schemes are now plainly visible along certain blocks and promise to be grand. Interlaced art muslin and ...
Article : 648 wordsIn consequence of Lady Tennyson's indisposition his Excellency the Governor has postponed his departure for Melbourne until Monday, when it is hoped Lady ...
Article : 1,553 wordsIt is stated that Commandant Kruitzinger, one of the leaders in the late invasion of Cape Colony, who was eventually driven across the Orange River, has ...
Article : 86 wordsA proclamation was issued to-day valida[?] ing the election of the Queensland members of the Senate, notwithstanding the delay in taking several polls in outlying districts. ...
Article : 258 wordsGreat interest is being taken by cricketers in the proposed alteration of the rule as to leg-before wicket. Lord Hawke and Messrs. A. P. Lucas, ...
Article : 122 wordsIn the absence of a two-thirds majority, the Marylebone Cricket Club have rejected the amendment of the rule relating to leg before wicket. The proposed change was ...
Article : 41 wordsThe indemnity which Germany demands from China includes £220,000 for fortifying Kiaochau, a town in the province of Shantung, within the German sphere of ...
Article : 48 wordsThe l[?]bor members in the House of Representatives will number 13 or 14, and they will hold a meeting next week (states the Melbourne "Age") to select a leader. ...
Article : 150 wordsA burglary occurred late on Tuesday or early on Wednesday morning in a grocer's shop in Hay-streeta kept by Mr. J. K. Cole. The taking of an inventory of the stock ...
Article : 137 wordsMr. Ritchie, Secretary for the Home Department, has issued a writ for £16,000 against the London and North-Western Railway Company for evading the housing ...
Article : 38 wordsThe Vietorian Mounted Rifles wounded during the engagement at Blood River Valley on the 16th inst. were Sergeant Richard Roberts, Private William J. McC[?]y, and ...
Article : 95 wordsThe generals of the Allied troops, at a conference in Pekin yesterday, completed their arrangements for the military occupation of China pending the conclusion of a ...
Article : 182 wordsThe revenue of Queensland for the month of April was £299,928, a decrease of £61,000 as compared with April of last year. The revenue for the 10 months is £3,503,294, a ...
Article : 56 wordsA young woman, named Chute, w[?]e ot an hotel employe, was this morning found unconscious in a right-of-way at the side of the Richmond Coffee Palace, South ...
Article : 419 wordsGermany is trying to acquire a coaling-station on the Island of Margarita, which is situated in the Caribbean Sea, off the north coast of Venezuela. ...
Article : 37 wordsHenry Mortimer and Edward Dawe were committed for trial to-day on two charges of burglary and stealing. It was alleged that they robbed Messrs. A. A. Brice & Co. ...
Article : 56 wordsThe Government Entomologist has discovered [?] San Jose scale in seven orchards ne[?] Norfolk suburbs. A meeting of the Executive Council to be held ...
Article : 67 wordsA picture by Mr. Percy Spence, of Sydney, has been selected for exhibition at the Royal Academy, and will be hung on the line—a high honor. ...
Article : 35 wordsIntelligence has been received that 500 Boer prisoners who were recently shipped from South Africa to Madras are now proceeding to Bellary, a strongly-fortified town ...
Article : 54 wordsThe Federal capital question has been pushed one stage further. Mr. See, the State Premier of New South Wales, in replying to Mr. Barton's request, made ...
Article : 541 wordsThe masons and bricklayers held a meeting last night to consider the disagreement between Mr. W. J. Ferguson, M.L.A., and the Political Labor-League. A deputation ...
Article : 109 wordsThe Miners' Federation favor a general strike if the coal tax proposed, by the British Government, and announced by the Chancellor of the Exchequer in his Budget ...
Article : 41 wordsGeorge [?] weeney, one o[?] the Deatknown and most popular of the local jockeys, [?]ied in the Perth Hospital to-day. He had been ailing since Sunday, and the ...
Article : 73 wordsSir Henry Campbell-Bannerman, leader of the Opposition in the House of Commons, has raised a question of confidence with regard to the Government's army ...
Article : 317 wordsLieutenant-Colonel H.M. Grenfell reports having attacked the Boers at Bergplatts, near Haerstherg. Facing to the last a heavy fire from a Long Tom, which opened at 10,000 ...
Article : 107 wordsThe general strike threatened by the Miners' Federation, in consequence of the proposed export tax on coal, is strongly resented by the members of the House of ...
Article : 40 wordsMr. J. C. Lorraine, the enumerator of the Broke[?] Hill census districts, has a[?]most completed his task. Approximately the figures are—Broken Hill proper—Males, ...
Article : 75 wordsMr. Kunst, of Samo[?], has bought up all the available land, 11,000 acres, on Upolu, and as a result Land values on the island have doubled. He intends to bring out ...
Article : 67 wordsThe Two Thousand Guineas Stakes was run to-day, and resulted as follows:- Sir E. Cassel's br c Haodicapper, by Matchmaker—Agnes Osborne...... 1 ...
Article : 57 wordsMr. J. Perry, Minister for Public Instruction, last night was met by the members of the committee of the Mechanics' Institute, who urged that a block of land at the ...
Article : 386 wordsThe R.M.S. Oroya arrived from London [?]t 6 a.m. to-day, with the following saloon passengers on board:-- For Fremantle—Mr. and Mrs. Ross ...
Article : 149 wordsThe military contingent to represent New Zealand at the opening of the Federal Parliament arrived this morning by the steamer Warrimoo. They created a most ...
Article : 159 wordsThe French press assert that Great Britain is fortifying Basidu, a village at the west end of Kishm Island, in the Persian Gulf. A British establishment once ...
Article : 63 wordsThe British Government have notified to the Berlin authorities their disinclination to establish an undesirable precedent in regard to the claim of Germany for compensation ...
Article : 73 wordsIn accordance with arrangements, Sir Arthur Lawley, the new-Governor of West Australia, is to take part in the celebrations in Melbourne in connection with the ...
Article : 224 wordsMr. C. T. Ritchie, Home Secretary, has invited the Agents-General for the various colonies to state their opinions on the new tariff proposals of the German ...
Article : 41 wordsSir—In justice to Inspector Ballantyne, I wish to inform "A Lover of Truth" that the inspector is in no way responsible for the "disgraceful" condition of the ...
Article : 185 wordsThe silk goods shipped by the P. & O. steamer Sobraon, which was stranded during a fog at Tungying Island, on the coast of China, are reported to have been safely ...
Article : 98 wordsA sensational r[?]naway occurred in Bourke-street during the busiest hours this afternoon, When, the streets were crowded with sightseers. A horse attached to a ...
Article : 135 wordsAt the wool sales to-day the prices realised for merinos were unchanged, but low crossbreds were irregular. ...
Article : 24 wordsThe "Court Circular" states that no State levees or Queen's drawing-rooms will be held during 1901. ...
Article : 25 wordsThe Government keep on saying that they have done nothing with regard to the Speakership of the House of Representatives. There are only three gentlemen who ...
Article : 168 wordsThe following prices were released at yesterday's wool sales:—Otairi, 5d.; Flatpoint, 5½d.; Willandra, 7[?]d.; Coorong, 7½d.; Killarney, 7?d.; Now, 7[?]d.; Kiacatoo, 8d.; ...
Article : 96 wordsThe declaration of the poll at Murchison took place to-day: Only one more return, that of Gascoyne, has to come to hand. The Murchison return is:—Mr. Hanson, 253; ...
Article : 64 wordsIt is stated that American subscribers obtained one-sixth of the war loan of £30,000,000 issued by the British Government. ...
Article : 27 wordsThe Victorian troops who returned by the Tongariro from South Africa reached Melbourne this evening, arriving at Spencer street station shortly before 5 o'clock. The ...
Article : 162 wordsAn inquest was held to-day.on the body of Charles Holme, Mr. J. P. Stow, S.M., acting as coroner. Evidence similar to that tendered at the Police Court when the ...
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Advertising : 153 wordsThe steamer Andania, which was landing coal here on account of the Broken Hi[?] Proprietary Company, and other consignees, stopped work at noon to-da[?], on ...
Article : 90 wordsThe estate of the late John Patrick Crichton-Stuart, third Marquis of Bute, who died on October 9, 1900, has been sworn not to exceed £5,000,000 ...
Article : 36 wordsApples.—The apples shipped by the steamship Austral, which left Adelaide on March 21, arrived in fair condition, but the market was rather weaker. Tasmanian ...
Article : 193 wordsIt is understood here that Mr. Fegan is about to resign the Under-Secretaryship for Home Affairs in the Federal administration. Mr. Martin, the secretary of the New ...
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Advertising : 236 wordsSilver is quoted at 2/3[?] per oz. ...
Article : 11 wordsUnley Town Hall, 3—Bazaar. EVENING Theatre Royal, S—"The Two Little Vagabonds." Tivoli Theatre, 8—Rickards's Variety Company. ...
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Advertising : 93 wordsTo-day Mr. W. Knox, M.P., presented to the Victorian Parliamentary Library 12 handsomely-bound, volumes containing, written out in alphabetical order, the names ...
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Advertising : 13 wordsThe Federation Commissioners returned by the steamer Waihora on Saturday. The information they gathered in Australia was of much value. Though they decline to ...
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The Advertiser (Adelaide, SA : 1889 - 1931), Fri 3 May 1901, Page 5
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