Most members saw Revenue win his Cup, but the indulgencies of the holiday produced no material effect on the attendance in the House. When the bells ceased ringing at ...
Article : 348 wordsThe Government has finally adopted the scheme of suburban fares which was submitted recently by Mr. Fitzpatrick, Acting Commissioner of Railways. Mr. Fitzpatrick ...
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Article : 1,954 wordsThe Deutsch prize of 100,000 f. (£4000) has been at length awarded to M. Santo Dumont, the Brazilian aeronaut, who recently made two brilliantly successful aeronautical trips ...
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Article : 66 wordsHis Majesty King Edward gave a dinner on board the Royal yacht Victoria and Albert to the suite of the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall in Portsmouth Harbor last ...
Article : 95 wordsThe attitude, objects and expectations of the Boer guerillas in Cape Colony have been clearly explained to fourteen men of the Worcester District Mounted Volunteers who ...
Article : 176 wordsThe driver and guard of the 6.35 p.m. goods train from Ballarat to Ararat on Monday have been suspended by Mr. M'Laren, station master at Ararat, on the grounds ...
Article : 278 wordsThe large attendance from Government House gave the great racing event of the year quite an official air. The vice-regal party drove to Flemington in three open ...
Article : 184 wordsIndian telegrams report that an Indian frontier survey party, escorted by 32 sepoys, has been attacked in the mountains by the Mahsuds, a turbulent hill tribe on the ...
Article : 58 wordsHerr Schmidt, assistant editor of the Stuttgart "Beobachter," a daily paper in Wartemburg, has been sentenced to imprisonment for one month on a charge of ...
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Article : 119 wordsA "surprising" announcement, the Premier states, will be made in the Legislative Assembly this evening by Mr. Trenwith in regard to the appointment of a new ...
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The Age (Melbourne, Vic. : 1854 - 1954), Wed 6 Nov 1901, Page 5
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