After quieting somewhat, the eruptions at Mr. Pelee, on the island of Martinique, are again more violent. On Wednesday, the 7th inst., the ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 1,038 wordsAlmost every Senator was present when the President took the Chair in the Senate this afternoon. This was probably owing to the fact that a caucus ...
Article : 744 wordsAt the Police Court yesterday, before Dr. Charles Lovegrove, R.M., the police charged Wm. Miller, an employee of the Jarrahdale Jarrah Forests and Railways, ...
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Article : 32 wordsIn the House of Commons yesterday, Sir William Harcourt's amendment to the Finance Bill was negatived by 296 votes to 188. ...
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Article : 123 wordsWe are waiting anxiously for rain, which still seems as far off as ever. A few showers that fell a fortnight ago started the grass, but it wants more to ...
Article : 87 wordsThe cable ship Puyer Quertier at great risk, rescued 1,300 persons from Le Precheur, on the island of Martinique. ...
Article : 206 wordsIn the Canadian House of Commons yesterday, the Premier (Sir Wilfrid Laurier) announced, amid cheers, that he was prepared to arrange with Mr. ...
Article : 112 wordsAn address "to men only" by Mr. Geil, an American evangelist, attracted eight thousand persons to the Exhibition Building last night. Mr. Geil made a ...
Article : 120 wordsM. Langlois, a Paris Notary, employed by the missing Madame Humbert, whose gigantic swindles have created such a sensation in the French capital, has been ...
Article : 36 wordsSome of the American newspapers are in favour of the Panama route for the Isthmian Canal, in preference to the Nicaraguan route, on the ground that ...
Article : 47 wordsMr. Throssell addressed his constituents this evening, at the Town Hall. There was a large attendance, and the speaker received an appreciative hearing. ...
Article : 468 wordsThe Rome correspondent of the "Manchester Guardian" states that it is expected that Cardinal Moran, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Sydney, will ...
Article : 55 wordsAt a meeting of the Womanhood Suffrage League this evening, a letter from the Premier was read, stating that a Womanhood Suffrage Bill would be one ...
Article : 41 wordsMr. Alfred Holt, the well-known shipowner of Liverpool, has offered to purchase the issued shares of the China Mutual Steam Navigation Company for ...
Article : 38 wordsMr. Archibald McDonald, Surveyor-General, and Mr. T. R. Pearse, chief clerk of the Survey Branch, are retiring on pensions. It is understood that the ...
Article : 67 wordsThe directors of the Manchester Ship Canal deny that Mr. J. Pierpont Morgan is arranging to secure control of the canal. ...
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Article : 236 wordsThe London "Daily Telegraph" states that the Admiralty has decided to adopt the boiler system approved by Germany, whose warships are fitted one-fifth with ...
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Article : 132 wordsReports from the British island of St. Lucia, in the windward group of the West Indies, state that 1,600 persons have perished on the island of St. Vincent, ...
Article : 201 wordsSheng, the Chinese Governor of the province of Shensi, has declined to abolish the likin tax, and has submitted counter proposals. ...
Article : 33 wordsThe Port Melbourne Liberal and Labour parties held a meeting last evening, to discuss certain charges that had been made against Mr. Geo. Sangster, M.L.A. ...
Article : 142 wordsThousands of starving peasants in Central Russia are flocking to Moscow. The expelled University students are conducting an active revolutionary ...
Article : 43 wordsThe Joint Committee of both Houses of Parliament, to which the London Water Bill was referred, has, under pressure by the Government, agreed to abandon its ...
Article : 54 wordsThe Acting-Prime Minister and his colleagues to-day entertained the Treasurer of Tasmania, Mr. Bird; the Western Australian Minister for Railways, Mr. ...
Article : 120 wordsAn investigation was held to-day by the Court of Marine Inquiry into the stranding of the barque Strathgryfe on April 8, and into a charge of misconduct ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 126 wordsJapan proposes to build ten additional warships at a cost of 100,000,000 years (about £10,000,000). The expenditure is to be spread over ...
Article : 32 wordsSenator Drake, Postmaster-General, stated to-day that arrangements were gradually being made to carry on the Queensland mail services, abandoned by ...
Article : 75 wordsIt is understood in financial circles here that the New South Wales Government will seek an early opportunity to place a £4,000,000 loan on the London ...
Article : 42 wordsDr. and Mrs. Victor Black arrived in Perth, on Tuesday. Dr. Black is starting medical practice in Brisbane-street, Perth, at once. ...
Article : 62 wordsMr. John Christmass announces that he has purchased the Parade Hotel, Bunbury, and invites people wanting a nice home by the seaside to visit it. He ...
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Advertising : 473 wordsLord Monson, the British Ambassador at Paris, has informed M. Delcasse, the French Minister of Foreign Affairs, that all the British resources and ships in the ...
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The West Australian (Perth, WA : 1879 - 1954), Thu 15 May 1902, Page 5
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