The Hon. J. A. Hogue, Minister of Public Instruction, who will this evening present the library scholarship certificates in connection with the West Maitland School of Arts, arrived ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 652 wordsAt the police court a Chinaman was remanded on a charge of obtaining £236 from a countryman by allowed false pretences. ...
Article : 35 wordsVery little interest was exhibited in the municipal election for West Maitland, which, took place yesterday. There were fourteen, candidates for the twelve seats. The number ...
Article : 511 wordsFifteen members of the Irish Land League have been arrested at Carrow on a charge of having prevented the Congested Districts' Board from allotting grazing lands at French ...
Article : 64 wordsAt the instance of the [?] G. N. Barnes will move in the House of Commons that the status of Ministerial portfolios remain unaltered until it has been ascertained ...
Article : 60 wordsA portion of the stone wall enclosing the terrace at Milson's Point fell into the roadway. The contractor, James Donnelly, with a horse and cart, was standing on top of the terrace way at the time of ...
Article : 57 wordsThe headman of Chabaroosk, with relations totalling five men, seven women, and five children have been assassinated. The assassins secured 18,600 roubles. ...
Article : 26 wordsLord Brassey, in the course of a speech at Cambridge, said that Great Britain's navy was falling below the two-Power standard, but the hoped that in time the rivalry between Great ...
Article : 58 wordsMr. W. M. Hughes, interviewed on the wharf labourers' strike to-day, said : "The seamen will not come out on strike, but they will refuse to handle cargo which ...
Article : 192 wordsTHE "Daily Chronicle" publishes an amazing diary consisting of several columns, being the "History of a Bible presented to her by the Duchess of Gloucester." The history is ...
Article : 41 wordsMr. H. H. Asquith, Chancellor of the Exchequer, the "Daily Telegraph" states, aims at setting aside £8,000,000 for old-age pensions. The amount will be 5s a week, and the ...
Article : 53 wordsMrs. Mary linker Eddy, head of the Christian Scientists, has left Concord, and now resides in a splendid mansion in Boston. ...
Article : 25 wordsSir Arthur Vicars, Ulster King-of-Arms, and Registrar of the Order of St. Patrick, has refused to relinquish office, claiming that he has not been notified according to law, but his ...
Article : 54 wordsIt is reported at Washington that when the American battle fleet is on its way home from the pacific Coast, Rear-Admiral Evans will leave at Manila four powerful cruisers or four ...
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Article : 15 wordsSir Edward Grey, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, in reply to Mr. Mackarness, said that, the Denshawi prisoners were released on January 7, by the clemency of the Khedive of ...
Article : 42 wordsThe Judicial Committee of the Privy Council granted special leave to appeal from the decision of the High Court of Australia in the case of Jones and others versus. Holms and ...
Article : 19 wordsThe Special Licensing Court delivered judgment upon a number of points raised during the hearing of matters relating to convictions of licensees. The court held ...
Article : 81 wordsEighty deaths have occurred from influenza in London since December. The number of deaths last week was 32. ...
Article : 21 wordsThe United States is building, a submarine of the Lake type, with a steaming radius of 3000 miles and a speed of 16 knots. ...
Article : 4 wordsAt the wool sales there was improved competition in crossbreds, but no change in merinos. ...
Article : 19 wordsThe Royal Commission (Mr. Robertson, President, and Messrs. A. H. James and Fulman), appointed to enquire into and report upon the creeps at Newcastle, met this morning at the Council Chambers ...
Article : 495 wordsAt the wool sales, clips realised the following prices:—Trawalla, 15 [?]d; Yanko, 11 1/4d; Shaw 24 3/4d; Barenya, [?]d; Boologooro [?]d; Mango 8 1/4d. ...
Article : 13 wordsA peculiar action was heard in the District, Court to-day. Eveleigh Buckley sued Frederick Coates, to recover £30, which she alleged had been retained by defendant, and ...
Article : 133 wordsThe Countess of Yarmouth has obtained a nullity of her marriage in London. The case was heard in camera, and was undefended. ...
Article : 25 wordsWhen the prosecution of Mary Robinson was resumed at Bow-street. Sire Charles Mathews, who appeared to prosecute, informed Sir Albert de Rutzen, the presiding magistrate, that ...
Article : 6 wordsThe municipal elections failed to arouse any great amount of excitement or interest except among a few of the more active participants. This was mainly due to a large number of ...
Article : 196 wordsDamages and costs in the Glenaheiry outrage case amount to £500, or a tax of one shilling in the £ on lands in the affected area. ...
Article : 30 wordsAmerica's latest type of submarines are provided with a compartment forward with a door of exit as a last resort. ...
Article : 23 wordsMr. J. W. Taverner, Agent-General for Victoria, interviewed Mr. Lloyd George, President of the Board of Trade, yesterday in connection with the Port of London Bill. He ...
Article : 110 wordsA deputation representing the Northern Collieries Association interviewed the Promier to-day, requesting additional berthing accommodation at Newcastle wharves. It ...
Article : 210 wordsOn the motion of the Marquis of Ripon, Lord , Privy Seal, seconded by the Marquis of Lansdowne, Leader of the Opposition, the House of Lords, in silence yesterday voted an ...
Article : 239 wordsAn accident resulting in the death off Richard Osborne, a driver, occurred on South Bulli Colliery's tramline this afternoon. An unusually heavy load of ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 190 wordsAt a meeting of the National [?] Association, Major P. W. Richardson, shooting captain of the English rifle team, described the tour through Australia. He expressed ...
Article : 78 wordsM. Schollaert, Premier of Belgium, has asked the Government of the Congo Free State to open fresh negotiations regarding the annexation of the State to Belgium. This action is ...
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Article : 235 wordsSir Mathew Nathan, Governor of Natal, announced at an indabe of 250 chiefs at Nqutu that the Government intended to pursue a policy pf "forgive and forget," and therefore ...
Article : 55 wordsThe Consul for Portugal (Mr. William Clarke) has received from the Premier of New South Wales the following letter, which he has communicated to the Minister for Foreign Affairs ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 55 wordsThe committee of the Marylebone Cricket Club has adopted new rule 1, declaring that a cricketer may not play for more that one county within a calender year. The penalty ...
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Advertising : 222 wordsThe repeated isolated strikes that have taken place since the Special Court began its labours, and which, in fact, are still occurring, have caused the colliery ...
Article : 144 wordsThe weather information received at 9 a.m. to-day at the West Maitland Telegraph Station reports all fine, generally cloudy. ...
Article : 35 wordsThe debate on the amendment to the Address in-Reply, moved by Mr. W. H. Long, regretting the omission of any reference in the Speech from the Throne to ...
Article : 223 wordsNew South Wales: Unsettle and muggy generally, especially inland ; rain slowly approaching from the north-west of Central Australia; southerly winds and showers on the coast ; east to north-east ...
Article : 269 wordsA meeting held in London of the creditors of W. and A. McArthur and Co. unanimously accepted the reconstruction scheme. Mr. A. Whinney, the liquidator, in a revised ...
Article : 151 wordsA sad drowning accident occurred at Wellington on Saturday night. Alexander John Spilsbury left Wellington about 11 p.m. for his father's farm, about four miles out of Wellington, after doing ...
Article : 245 wordsThe 50 fillers who struck yesterday at the Newcastle Company's "A" pit went back to work this morning. ...
Article : 22 wordsBurwood Colliery which was thrown idle yesterday on account of a strike by youths employed as horse drivers, is still "out," and at a late hour this afternoon there was little ...
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The Maitland Daily Mercury (NSW : 1894 - 1939), Thu 6 Feb 1908, Page 3
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