In the House of Representatives to-day, Sir J. L. Bonython asked Sir Wm. Lyne If his attention had been called to a report that it was proposed to create a special ...
Article : 1,612 wordsIn an address at Vereeniging to the Boor delegates who conducted the negotiations for peace Lord Kitchener congratulated them upon the conclusion of peace, and ...
Article : 172 wordsThe Right Hon. Sir Michael Hicks-Beach, Chancellor of the Exchequer, announced in the House of Commons that the Government intended to adhere to their ...
Article : 63 wordsMr. Barton, the Commonwealth Premier, and Sir John Forrest, Minister for Defence, who are on their way to England to attend the Coronation, have arrived at Port Said, ...
Article : 61 wordsThe Australian cricketers commonccd a match against Lancashire at Manchester to-day. The teams are composed as follows: ...
Article : 147 wordsIn his report on irrigation for the year 1901, Mr. J. Hughes, Registrar-General, says:—This question is forcing itself rapidly upon the attention of persons ...
Article : 1,053 wordsHis Majesty King Edward has given orders for thanksgiving services for the close of the war in South Africa to be hold in all British military centres on Sunday ...
Article : 40 wordsThe colonial Agents-General have been invited to attend the thanksgiving service to be held in St. Paul's Cathedral on Sunday morning, at which the King and Queen ...
Article : 39 wordsSir Michael Hicks-Beach stated in the House of Commons last night that he intended to devote the surplus next year, which he estimated at £10,500,000, to the ...
Article : 155 wordsThe University of Oxford has conferred the degree of Doctor of Divinity on Bishop Mercer, the recently-appointed Bishop of Tasmania. ...
Article : 29 wordsThe Loan Appropriation Bill circulated to-day provides £25,000 for the Post and Telegraph Buildings at Brisbane, the additional amount required to complete the ...
Article : 491 wordsReuter's correspondent at St. Petersburg states that there is a unanimous feeling of deep disappointment in Russia at the successful close of the war in South Africa, ...
Article : 123 wordsIn the appeal case Payne and others v. King, judgment has been reserved by the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council. ...
Article : 31 wordsThe balance-sheet of the South Australian Company for the past year shows a profit of £31,963. It is proposed to declare a dividend of £2 l6s. per share and carry ...
Article : 40 wordsA meeting of citizens convened by the Mayor was held in the Council Chambers yesterday afternoon to take into consideration the question of the celebration of ...
Article : 1,154 wordsThe shipment of apples by the R.M.S. Australia has been sold at 4s. 6d. to 8s. 6d. per case, the average being about 7s. 6d. Prices were affected through the market ...
Article : 63 wordsEx-President Kruger is reported to be ill, and confined to his bed. ...
Article : 20 wordsAt the great naval review to be held at Spithead on Saturday, 28th June, in connection with the King's Coronation, the British warships assembled there will lead off ...
Article : 99 wordsDr. Smart, who recently resigned the position of Commissioner of Public Works in the Cape Ministry, states that he fears that if the Parliament of Cape Colony is ...
Article : 51 wordsA conference, at which representatives of fifty-two Boards of Trade in Canada are present, has been opened at Toronto. The object of the conference is to adopt ...
Article : 106 wordsCongratulatory messages on the successful close of the war in South Africa have been sent to Lord Kitchener by the Marquis of Salisbury, the Earl of Minto ...
Article : 65 wordsThe Earl of Selborne, First Lord of the Admiralty, speaking in the House of Lords to-day, stated that he was convinced the water-tube boiler had come to stay, and ...
Article : 50 wordsThere is a strong feeling among Ministerialists in favour of the cost of education under the new Education Bill being made an Imperial charge, and not a charge ...
Article : 42 wordsHis Majesty tho King has conferred a Viscountey on Lord Kitchener, and raised him to the rank of General in the army. (Lord Kitchener was raised to the ...
Article : 97 wordsIt was at first supposed that ex-King Behanzin, late ruler of Dahomey, who was deported to Martinique after his capture by the French, was among those who lost ...
Article : 56 wordsThe Maharajah of Jaipur, who has arrived in London to attend the Coronation, has brought with him jewels to the value of £200,000. ...
Article : 49 wordsThere are reported to be many indications that the racial animosity between the Boers and British will be shortlived. The majority of the 9300 Boer prisoners ...
Article : 54 wordsMr. Borchgrevink, the Antarctic explorer, claims that he has obtained data in Martinique which will enable him to foretell volcanic eruptions. ...
Article : 34 wordsA much larger quantity than usual of local produce came forward to-day. Lucerne cha[?] reached a record price in the local market, some farmers obtaining as much as £10 10s. per ton for their ...
Article : 1,021 wordsIn the House of Commons to-day the Right Hon. A. J. Balfour, Leader of the Government, submitted a message from his Majesty the King, recommending that a ...
Article : 174 wordsH.R.H. the Duke of Connaught has been installed as Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Freemasons of England. ...
Article : 28 wordsGeneral Louis Botha, the Commandant-General, has addressed an open letter to tlie Boers, in which he thanks them for their past obedience, and exhorts them now ...
Article : 42 wordsThe race for the Derby Stakes was ru[?] at the Epsom Summer Meeting to-day, with the following result:- THE DERBY STAKES of 6000 sovs., by ...
Article : 317 wordsThere has been an alarming outbreak of smallpox in the city of Belfast. ...
Article : 18 wordsIt has been arranged by the British Government to lodge and ration the surrendering Boor commandoes on the Pretoria Racecourse. ...
Article : 32 wordsThe Hon. Michael Henry Herbert, British Minister at Lisbon, has been appointed Ambassador at Washington in succession to the late Lord Pauncefote. Sir Martin Le ...
Article : 49 wordsIn connection with the bringing in of the Boer commandoes now in the field, it is announced that a British General will accompany each Boer commando. ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 260 wordsMessrs. Hudson and Co.'s new biscuit factory at Dunedin was destroyed by fire to-day, everything being lost. The machinery was valued at £10,000, and the ...
Article : 59 wordsIt is stated that at the final ballot of the Boer delegates at the conference at Vereeniging fifty-four voted in favour of surrender and only six against. ...
Article : 169 wordsAbout fifty-seven men of the Fifth and Sixth Contingents returned to Queensland by last night's mail train from Sydney at which port they landed from the troopship ...
Article : 404 wordsThe balance-sheet of the Government Life Insurance Department for the year shows that new pemiums totalled £20,290, against £20,145 for the previous year. The renewal ...
Article : 72 wordsDr. Macnamara was hurriedly called to a house in Peterson-street, Woolloongabba, yesterday, to attend a case of apparent ptomaine poisoning. On arrival the doctor ...
Article : 211 wordsAn ordinary fortnightly meeting of the Transit Commission was held yesterday, presided over by Alderman Proe, chairman of the Commission. Accounts were passed ...
Article : 304 wordsB. Mountcastle and Sons, Hat Manufacturers and Importers, are celebrate throughout the whole of Australia for Fashionable, Hats—silk Hats, Stiff Felt ...
Article : 61 wordsWhen the news of the conclusion of peace was received in the concentration camps at Mafeking and at Maseru, on the Basutoland border, the Boer refugees in ...
Article : 106 wordsCotton Lace Ankle, 10½d., 1s., 1s. 3d.; Lisle, Lace Ankle, ls. 6d., 1s. l1d.; All Lace Lisle, 1s. 6d.; Cashmore Hose, Lace Ankle, 1s. l1d. Also in children's sizes. T. C. ...
Article : 39 wordsCharles Gilbert has a few remnants of tailor's All-wool Tweeds, &c., at half the usual prices. A few Gent's Shirts in various makes and qualities, slightly soiled ...
Article : 129 wordsCharles Gilbert has just opened another shipment of his famous woaded black materials for Gents' Evening Dress Suits, warranted thoroughly shrunk, colour, fit, and ...
Article : 67 wordsGreat Sale at T. C. Beirne and Co.'s, the Valley. See front page advertisement.* Smoke YANKEE DOODLE Tobacco.* Smoke YANKEE DOODLE Tobacco.* ...
Article : 55 wordsCommandant Bezuidenhout ia now, at Aliwal North, in the north-east of Cape Colony, and states that probably the whole of his commando will probably surrender ...
Article : 73 wordsWhite or Black Suede, 2s. 11d.; Silk Gloves, 1s. l1d.; Silk Lace Tops, 2s. 6d. pair. T. C. Beirne and Co., the Valley.* For Children's Hacking Cough at night, ...
Article : 59 wordsThe following subscriptions have been received for the reception of the Sixth Contingent:—Lieutenant-Colonel Irving, P.V.O., £1 1s.; W. V. Ralston (Q.N. ...
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The Brisbane Courier (Qld. : 1864 - 1933), Fri 6 Jun 1902, Page 5
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