Nearly half the number of men required for the Seventh Contingent were sworn in by Major C. J. Reade, C.B., in the Old by Major C. J. Reade, C.B., in the Old ...
Article : 1,005 wordsThe Chinese authorities at Pekin have requested the legations to exert their influence in keeping all foreigners off the streets on Tuesday next, when the ...
Article : 332 wordsThe steamer Banrigh, chartered by the Colombian Government, has succeeded in evading the two gunboats whose business it was to intercept her, and has landed her ...
Article : 84 wordsThe Federal Estimates for the present year contain a number of rearrangements in respect to salaries and allowances, to be paid to officers of the Commonwealth. The ...
Article : 285 wordsThe first inter-State congress of the National Council of Women of Tasmania was held to-day, and was largely attended. As a first step towards merging all the ...
Article : 445 wordsAs the result of a fire at Carlton last night a little boy, 4½ years old, was burned to death, and his mother, Catherine McNamara, was so badly injured that she was ...
Article : 292 wordsThe Aberdeen White Star linear Moravian, which arrived to-day, reports having spoken the Imperial German exploring ship, Gauss, on December 21. The latter ...
Article : 170 wordsM. Daneff, who was recently entrusted by Prince Ferdinand of Bulgaria with the task of forming a Ministry, has got together a Cabinet of a strongly Russophil character. ...
Article : 132 wordsThe appeal board of the League of Victorian Wheelmen to-night, after four hours' discussion, reduced the disqualification on F. S. Boauchamp for alleged riding ...
Article : 55 wordsThe Moravian landed 131 returned soldiers from the Cape to-day, including several for Adelaide. ...
Article : 18 wordsThe press of the Argentine Republic accuse the Government of Chili, which recently signed a protocol for the peaceful settlement of the boundary dispute, of ...
Article : 223 wordsThe adjourned special meeting of the Marine Board, in connection with the fire in the coal bunkers of the steamer Wilcannia, was held to-day. The meeting ...
Article : 273 wordsThe Minister for Home Affairs, Sir William Lyne, stated to-day that as soon as the tariff had passed the House of Representatives the Electoral Bill and the ...
Article : 124 wordsCabinet announced to-day that the third member of the Western Lands Board was Mr. Hugh Langwell, M.L.C. The other, members are Mr. C. J. McMaster ...
Article : 103 wordsThe Federal Treasurer to day made advances to the military authorities in the various States for the expenses of the new contingent to the amount of £25,000. This ...
Article : 85 wordsA general order was issued from the Federal Premier's office this afternoon in reference to the selection of officers for the Commonwealth Contingent. It reads:— ...
Article : 185 wordsIt is reported that several thousands of the men on strike at Barcelona, the most important commercial and industrial centre of Spain, congregated in the streets of the ...
Article : 72 wordsThe yield of gold in Queensland for December was 73,284 oz., an increase of 10,598 oz. on December of the previous year. The total yield for the year was 816,592 oz., a ...
Article : 52 wordsSir William Lyne, at the invitation of Mr. Barton, will accompany the Prime Minister to Maitland on Thursday next. Mr. Barton has received telegrams from ...
Article : 53 wordsCabinet spent some time to-day in considering applications for the positions of commercial agents for the State abroad. No decision was arrived at. There are ...
Article : 78 wordsA deputation of wholesale fruiterers waited upon Mr. Edwaids, M.P., to-day with reference to the inter-State fruit trade. Mr. Barnes, a member of the Legislative ...
Article : 139 wordsIt is understood, though no official announcement has been made, that Mr. Miller, acting principal secretary of the Home Department, has been appointed permanent ...
Article : 81 wordsIt is understood that a settlement has been effected in certnn legal proceedings which followed the establishment of the "corner" in Duke of York shares a few ...
Article : 152 wordsThe steamer Fortunatus, which made her first trip to Sydney, brought over about 70 returned Imperial Bushmeu from the Cape. With the exception of two, these ...
Article : 77 wordsGeorge Mumford, late captain of the Ariadne, who has been out on bail pending his trial with Freke and Kerry, was arrested to-day, and remanded till to-morrow, ...
Article : 182 wordsTh British Admiralty have set apart two battleships and a cruiser attached to the Channel Squadron for the purpose of conducting tests with oil fuel in place of coal. ...
Article : 42 wordsTo-day a decided step in the direction of organising this State's contribution to the first Australian Commonwealth Contingent for service in South Africa was taken. A ...
Article : 213 wordsThe wharf laborers are demanding an increase of wages from 1/ to 1/3 per hour. A conference was held to-day, but failed to arrive at a settlement. It [?] expected ...
Article : 45 wordsNews has been received at Thursday Island by the Parna, from Port Moresby, of the accidental death of Mr. Chester, Government storekeeper there, on December ...
Article : 73 wordsThe Postmaster-General is quite content lo allow a settlement ot the relations between the States Savings Banks and the Post-Offices lo remain in abeyance for some ...
Article : 87 wordsDeep regret will be felt at the announcement of the death of Dr. Alexander Stewart Paterson, the late Colonial Surgeon of South Australia, which occurred at his ...
Article : 295 wordsDr. Wollaston, Comptroller-General of Customs, reiterates that there is no vital distinction between the agreements made by the Nord Deutscher Lloyd and the P. ...
Article : 140 wordsA cablegram has been received from London stating that Private Oliver Edwin Fry, of the Sixth West Australian Contingent, has died of enteric fever. ...
Article : 177 wordsNews has been received from Albany that a boating accident occurred at Wilson's inlet, near Denmark, by which four men were drowned. ...
Article : 88 wordsMr. Warren, the Australian representative of the Eastern Extension Telegraph Company, had a conference with the Postmaster-General to-day with reference to ...
Article : 114 wordsAn inquest was held to-day concerning the death of Alired Flynn Buckley, who was shot[?] yesterday morning at Guildford railway station Evidence was given ...
Article : 494 words"What's in a name?" said Shakespears. But with due deference to the poet, writes "A Society Butterfly" in "M.A.P.," most of us are inclined to naswer, "A great deal." ...
Article : 581 wordsFrederick Schwetaiseh, the keeper of a "cooked meat" shop in Bourke-street, was to-day fined by Mr. Dobbin, P.M., £25 for selling liquor without a license. The case ...
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Advertising : 979 wordsThe cattle steamer Ras Elba, when steaming for Long Jetty, Fremantle, this morning got on to a reef. As the reef was about 19 feet below the water level no ...
Article : 110 wordsThe third inter-State cricket match between the public school teachers of New South Wales and Victoria was commenced on the St. Kilda Ground to-day. Despite ...
Article : 89 wordsMessrs. Burns, Philip & Company, Australasian managing agents of the Oceanic Steamship Company, have addressed the following communication, dated January 2, ...
Article : 2,407 wordsThe railway revenue this week shows a decrease of £11,869 18/8 as compared with the return for a similar period twelve months ago. It is explained, however, that ...
Article : 117 wordsThe Governor-General visited the Perth Zoological Gardens, by invitation, this afternoon. He was accompanied by Sir Arthur Lawley, Sir John Forrest, and a ...
Article : 81 wordsNo fewer than 740 country school [?]e[?]eners applied for admission to the summer school, which is really a training college extension movement, designed to popularise amongst ...
Article : 111 wordsI difficulty has arisen in New South Wales over the collection of license fees from brewers. Both the State and Federal authorities have claimed the right to ...
Article : 225 wordsAfter the enrolment Brigadier-General Gordon, C.B., stated that there were still vacancies for 25 good men in the contingent. There were a number of men, he said, who ...
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The Advertiser (Adelaide, SA : 1889 - 1931), Tue 7 Jan 1902, Page 5
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