The return match between England and New South Wales entered upon its third day yesterday, and is still a long way from completion, provided no rain falls. When stumps were drawn on Saturday ...
Article : 444 wordsThe conference of Ministers of Agriculture now sitting at Hobart has arrived at the following resolutions:— That upon request by a majority of the federated ...
Article : 696 wordsA sharp engagement took place on January 25 at Leenwspruit, in the north-east of the Orange River Colony, between a portion of Commandant de Wet's force and ...
Article : 185 wordsThe four companies of the first battalion of the first contingent have been unable to get any combined drill yet, and are not likely to do so this week. The cause lies in the delay in completing a few articles ...
Article : 624 wordsThe Empress Dowager and the Emperor Kwang-hsu on Saturday gave an audience to the wives of the Foreign Ministers at Peking. Mrs. E. H. Conger, the wife of the United ...
Article : 147 wordsA party of Japanese infantry, numbering 210, were practising marching in the snow in the northern part of Nippon Island, when they lost their way. They burned their ...
Article : 82 wordsThe State Premier received a telegram yesterday from the Agent-General informing him that ViceAdmiral Sir H. H. Rawson, K.C.B., the new Governor, intends to leave London in April, and he ...
Article : 184 wordsCount von Bulow (the German Chancellor) is arranging a triangular bargain with the Reichstag to secure support for the tariff. The Conservatives threaten to revolt if the ...
Article : 42 wordsAn edict has been issued by the Imperial Court appointing Yung-lu First Grand Secretary and Wang-wen-shao Second Grand Secretary. ...
Article : 49 wordsThe King and the Queen attended the Lyric Theatre on Friday and on Saturday the Lyceum. On Sunday their Majesties were present at ...
Article : 40 wordsRear-Admiral Beaumont, when seen at Port L[?] to-day, said that the appointment of Vice-Admiral Rawson as Governor of New South Wales gave him the greatest personal delight. All sailors in the ...
Article : 84 wordsExcept for a few hundred Boers in the south of the Orange River Colony all the Free Staters in the field are confined to the northeastern portion of the colony. These show ...
Article : 63 wordsAn Imperial Edict has been issued directing the Manchu nobles and princes to study abroad. Another edict recommends the ...
Article : 108 wordsFifty thousand troops will take part in the Coronation celebrations, and will be commanded by General the Duke of Connaught. The colonial Premiers will stay at the Hotel ...
Article : 37 wordsThe mineral exports during January were of the value of £113,286, compared with £99,681 for the previous January. ...
Article : 26 wordsMr. Seddon will leave the colony for the coronation ceremonies about the middle of April. ...
Article : 26 wordsPrisoners report that the firing of a pom-pom killed 10 Boers on January 19 at Lichenbergsvlei. Fourteen Boers were captured at ...
Article : 32 wordsAn explosion has occurred in Hond's colliery, Coahuila, Mexico. One hundred persons were killed. Coahuila is a State of Northern Mexico, and has ...
Article : 47 wordsIt is announced that the Admiralty has ordered a submarine boat 100ft. long. It will be the largest and the finest boat of its class in the world. ...
Article : 37 wordsThe consolidated revenue for the quarter shows an increase of £66,972. ...
Article : 14 wordsThe enrolment of men for the Second Contingent is steadily progressing. Yesterday 36 were attested, making 156 sworn in to date. Fifty-seven candidates faced the doctors, 39 passing and 18 being rejected. ...
Article : 137 wordsThree young children named Mather were picking blackberries near Beaconsfield yesterday and a tree fell, killing one of them, a boy, 5 years of age. Death was instantaneous. The child was fearfully ...
Article : 44 wordsColonel Rimington on Thursday surprised a [?]ger in the north of Orange River Colony, capturing 22 Boers and 16 waggons laden with provisions. ...
Article : 33 wordsAt a few minutes past noon yesterday the international match was resumed in the presence of about 3000 spectators. When play ceased on Saturday the score of the Englishmen stood at 255 ...
Article : 2,170 wordsMr. John Morley, M.P., speaking at a dinner given by the Welsh Liberals, condemned the policy of "cleaning the slate," advocated by Lord Rosebery, and said he had more ...
Article : 57 wordsAt the monthly meeting of the Senate of the University of Sydney held yesterday letters were received from Mr. James Ingli[?] calling attention to certain newspaper letters and reports of a ...
Article : 135 wordsThe Chingtu, from Hongkong, via Munila and Singapore, arrived yesterday with three Chinese, and sailed this morning for southern ports, taking from here Mesdames Greenwood and Ward, and Messrs. ...
Article : 56 wordsThree hundred burghers have joined Vilonel's Scouts during the week. Many surrendering burghers are requesting to be permitted to retain their arms and horses for ...
Article : 33 wordsAt the wool sales on Saturday merinos were unchanged, and lower crossbreds were occasionally slightly cheaper. The following prices were realised:— ...
Article : 66 wordsMr. F. A. Govett, chairman of directors of the Lake View Consols mine, has despatched a cable to the London office stating that the amount of payable ore in sight justifies no more than 6000 tons per ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 140 wordsA serious accident occurred near the Ar[?]cliffe Railway Station shortly before six o'clock yesterday morning by which Mr. George Sackville Ridley lost his life. It appears that after passing the ...
Article : 546 wordsReports from Vienna state that the reply of the Marquis of Lansdowne, the British Minister for Foreign Affairs, to Dr. Kuyper, the Dutch Premier, who made certain ...
Article : 58 wordsOperations on the north-west frontier of India against the Wazaris are of an arduous character, and there has been hard fighting. The British casualties since November have ...
Article : 94 wordsThe Queensland Government on Saturday received a telegram from the federal Premier stating that the agreement between Japan and Queensland about the introduction of Japanese had been superseded. The ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 117 wordsThe State Premier had an interview with the Commonwealth Premier yesterday with reference to a number of State and other affairs. Amongst the questions discussed was that of the selection of a ...
Article : 182 wordsLoyalist opinion in Capetown deprecates the patching up of a peace for the Coronation and the amnestying of rebels. This, it is stated, would prove the severest blow ever ...
Article : 57 wordsThe Federal Commandant, Sir E. T. H. Hutton, paid an official visit to Langwarrin camp to-day for the purpose of inspecting the Victorian section of the Commonwealth Contingent. He was accompanied ...
Article : 629 wordsFor three days a violent north-easterly gale has raged over Europe. The gale was especially severe in the English Channel and suspended traffic. ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 220 wordsThe State Premier has received a cable from Capetown stating that the Whakatane, which left Capetown on January 24, has on board Major Barker, New South Wales Bushmen, and seven men of the various local ...
Article : 69 wordsMr. J. H. Rowe, a well-known builder of Paddington, who is shortly leaving on a trip to Europe, was entertained at a banquet at the Paddington Town Hall by a number of his employees and friends ...
Article : 391 wordsQueen Wilhelmina of Holland is greatly dissatisfied because Mr. Kruger is irreco[?]ilable. ...
Article : 22 wordsIt has been resolved by the Australian Natives' Association to hold a loyal demonstration in regard to the British policy in South Africa, at the Town Hall, on Monday evening next. At a meeting of the ...
Article : 186 wordsMr. Fischer, one of the Boer del [?]tes in Europe, has been interviewed respecting ex-President Steyn's recent order to the commandoes. In the course of the interview ...
Article : 55 wordsCaptain Sigsfeld and Dr. Lincke, German military aeronauts, ascending in a balloon from Berlin, were carried in a violent storm to Antwerp in five hours. ...
Article : 109 wordsThe revenue in January was £229,148, expenditure £2[?]3,959, as against £323,110 and £265,221 respectively for the same month last year. For seven months of the present financial year the revenue was ...
Article : 203 wordsPrivate Thomas Drenton, of the 7th New Zealand Contingent, has died of chloroform poisoning. Sergeant William Moore, of the 6th New Zealand Contingent, has died of ...
Article : 34 wordsMajor-General Sir Edward T. Hutton, K.C.M.G., C.B., Federal Commandant, will arrive in Sydney by the Melbourne express at 10.50 a.m. to-morrow. Arrangements have been made for giving the ...
Article : 437 wordsAt the last meeting of the Randwick Council a discussion took place on the action of the Board of Health in sending plague patients to the Little Bay Hospital, which is situated within the Randwick ...
Article : 222 wordsAt the concluding sitting of the annual conference of the Political Labour League held at the Trades' Hall last evening the question of the South African war was again discussed. It will be remembered ...
Article : 1,137 wordsMrs. Soffel, wife of a warder of the gaol at Pittsburg, chloroformed her husband, and armed two murderers (brothers), named Edward and John Biddle, inmates of the gaol, ...
Article : 124 wordsDrs. Hundhausen and Heim, two Swiss geologists, who are visiting New Zealand, collected a large number of geological specimens to be taken to Europe. They intend to publish the results of their New ...
Article : 68 wordsThe funeral of the late Mr. Frank Earp took place at the Waverley Cemetery yesterday, in the presence of a good attendance of friends of the deceased gentleman. The remains were encased in a ...
Article : 383 wordsThe "Fiji Times" states that the census statistics regarding the aboriginal population is being officially withheld. That is significant in view of the known decadence of the Fijian race under the present ...
Article : 141 wordsThe men and horses are ready for the embarkation of the Tasmanian portion of the Commonwealth Contingent's first quota, and nearly 40 men have passed all tests for the second quota. Nearly ...
Article : 44 wordsThe question of the resumption of the plague infected area at Rushcutter Bay, known as Reddy's Hill, was referred to at the meeting of the Paddington Borough Council last evening. Alderman J. ...
Article : 92 wordsSpeaking at the Nelson jubilee celebrations Mr. Seddon, the Premier, said that exclusive of the Eighth and Ninth Contingents New Zealand's contributions to the South African forces has been 5075 ...
Article : 275 words[?] Neil Lewis (Premier of Tas[?] allowed to retain the title of [?]. [?] saver, a time saver, a labour saver, a ...
Article : 45 wordsA report was received by the health authorities yesterday stating that all the patients suffering from bubonic plague are now doing well. No fresh cases have been reported. ...
Article : 74 wordsThe shipment of gold by the R.M.S. Himalaya was 100,000 sovereigns, and bullion to the value of £10,032 for India, and bullion to the value of £4849 for London. ...
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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Tue 4 Feb 1902, Page 5
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