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Article : 1,873 wordsThe House of Representatives met at 10 o'clock this morning, and will continue the morning sittings until the close of the session. On the motion of the Premier a select committee was set ...
Article : 185 wordsThe Coburg Council recently appointed a subcommittee, on the recommendation of their health officer, to visit and inspect a large number of boom-built houses that exist in that district. This ...
Article : 80 wordsThe Admirals of the allied fleets and the foreign Consuls in Crete are arranging a mission to the Cretan insurgents with the view of explaining to them the ...
Article : 64 wordsMatters in connection with the Federal Convention at Adelaide yesterday were quiet, but though there was a lull, the financial and State difficulties are not by any means near solution. ...
Article : 7,678 wordsThe Manchester Guardian states that the Government is prepared in the event of war to send an army corps to the Cape under the command of General Sir ...
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Article : 514 wordsActing on a suggestion by the immigration officer of the port, the Commissioner of Customs recently had the Premiers of the neighbouring colonies consulted as to the advisableness of ...
Article : 115 wordsThe Sultan of Turkey has sent an autograph letter to the Czar of Russia thanking his Imperial Majesty for defending the integrity of Turkey and for inducing ...
Article : 71 wordsA telegram has been received from South Africa stating that 1500 tons of artillery and war material have been landed at Delagoa Bay, in Portuguese ...
Article : 37 wordsThe actual receipts for the financial year exceeded the Treasurer's estimate by £312,000, the customs receipts exceeding the estimate by £148,500, the railway revenue by £86,000, stamps ...
Article : 154 wordsPresident Kruger has ordered a special court to deal with the case of Lieutenant Eloff, an officer of the Transvaal military, who was recently suspended for having ...
Article : 43 wordsThe kahkeo uniforms which came into use some years ago are now being discarded so far as the infantry is concerned in favour of the scarlet uniform. The officers, who no doubt ...
Article : 77 wordsTwo thousand Cretan insurgents surround Sitia, on the north-eastern coast of Crete, which is held principally by Moslems. The commander believes that an ...
Article : 40 wordsAt a meeting of the Institute of Naval Architects last night, the Earl of Hopetoun, who presided, said he trusted that a plan would be devised for converting the ...
Article : 47 wordsThe Cretan insurgents and tho Turks are fighting outside Heraklion, on the northern coast of Crete. ...
Article : 26 wordsThe Minister for Public Works has received a communication fiom the Minister for Public Works in New South Wales stating that the tender of Messrs. J. B. and W. Farquharson has ...
Article : 237 wordsActive steps have been taken by the minors employed at the Stockton colliery with a view to inducing the Government to modify the severity of the punishment inflicted on the manager and ...
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Article : 52 wordsAbout six months ago the provisions of the Fire Brigades Act were extended to the municipality at the request of the council, and shortly afterwards a Volunteer Fire Brigade was established, a site of ...
Article : 253 wordsMiss Elsie Stanley Hall, the young Australian pianist, gave a pianoforte recital last evening. It was a brilliant success. ...
Article : 260 wordsA man named James Miller was killed in a mine at Clermont yesterday afternoon. At the annual meeting of the Local Authorities Association the question of framing a joint ...
Article : 580 wordsThe United States Congress has assigned 200,000dol. for the relief of the sufferers by the disastrous floods in the valley of the Mississippi. ...
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Article : 212 wordsThe Mayoral elections in the State of Ohio have resulted in heavy Democratic gains. These results indicate a dislike to the new tariff proposals. Among the ...
Article : 54 wordsFour more cases of typhoid fever are reported to have broken out at Coopernook, making nine or ten cases altogether. ...
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Article : 73 wordsA conference of representatives of the various municipalities of the Newcastle district has been convened for 23rd instant to consider a letter from the Department of Mines and Agriculture in regard ...
Article : 89 wordsMr. G. W. Smalley, New York correspondent of the Times, telegraphs that Mr. Roosevelt has been appointed Assistant Secretary to the United States Navy. ...
Article : 43 wordsThe cricket match between the Parliamentary team and a local eleven was played on the oval to-day. The visitors batted first, and all went out for 67 (O'Reilly 24), Reedy's bowling being deadly. ...
Article : 53 wordsThe annual meeting of the Stockton Benefit Society, popularly known as the Goose Club, was [?]eld last evening. The annual report showed that during the period under review the receipts totalled ...
Article : 118 wordsSpeaking at the annual meeting of the Aborigines Protection Society lest night, Mr. John Morley, M.P. for Montrose Burghs, referred to the evidence given by ...
Article : 106 wordsThe Circuit Court opened this morning before the Chief Justice. The calendar was light. Mr. H. M. Lockshot prosecuted for the Crown. The following prisoners pleaded guilty, and were remanded for ...
Article : 2,225 wordsThe bill making it compulsory to mark imported agricultural produce to denote the port of origin was read the second time in the House of Commons this ...
Article : 167 wordsA meeting of the Newcastle Church of England Sunday School Union was held this evening at Christ Church Cathedral. Dean Selwyn presided. An address upon the management of Sunday schools ...
Article : 137 wordsMr. J. F. Hogan, M.P. for Mid-Tipperary, asked in the House of Commons this evening, according to notice, if the Emigrants' Information Office would be ...
Article : 103 wordsA largely-attended meeting convened for the purpose of forming a Scottish Rifle Corps for Newcastle was held in the Hunter River Hotel to-night. Mr. M'Donald presided. Nearly 80 men were enrolled ...
Article : 135 wordsThe Brennan's Bend murder case was continued before Mr. Justice Cohen to-day. The accused, Thomas Moore, gave evidence. He made a long, rambling statement. He admitted that he knew ...
Article : 188 wordsA meeting of the ladies' committee in connection with the movement organised for the purpose of making a presentation to the Rev. Dr. Dwyer on the occasion of his consecration as Coadjutor Bishop of ...
Article : 114 wordsThe annual meeting of the Baptist Union of Tasmania are now proceeding. The general report submitted shows an increasing membership and improving finances. The following ...
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Article : 253 wordsDr. William Gardner has died at Naples from paralysis. He was on his way to Melbourne. ...
Article : 19 wordsThe final meeting of the James Fletcher Memorial Committee was held under the presidency of the Mayor at the Town Hall to-night for the purpose of completing arrangements for the unveiling ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 205 wordsEarly this morning a fire broke out in a weatherboard cottage, in Mitchell-street, Alexandria. The occupants of the cottage escaped, but the building was destroyed. ...
Article : 30 wordsThe Convention only met for a few[?] minutes this morning and business was purely formal. Mr. Holder presented petitions in favour of the daily sessions of the Federal Parliament being ...
Article : 155 wordsOakland (s.), 500 tons Captain B. Alley, from Richmond River. Passengers—Mesdames Johnston, Fenwick, Davis and child, Carlile, Shannon, and Smith, Misses Johnston, Armbuster, and Foster, Messrs. Spain, Barlow, Macnamara, ...
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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Fri 9 Apr 1897, Page 5
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