The Mayor (Mr. C. McKenzie) has received a long telegram from Mr. O'Connor, the Engineer-in-Chief, asking if the people of Albany would consent to the ...
Article : 232 wordsMr. David Grant Forbes, formerly a Judge of the District Court, died yesterday, aged 82. He was the son of the first Chief Justice of New South Wales. ...
Article : 178 wordsThe Lord Mayor of London has opened a fund for raising a national memorial to the late Queen. The London Corporation has voted ...
Article : 51 wordsMajor Hanbury-Tracy and Captain Cobbold are it is announced, proceeding to Adis Ababa, the capital of Abyssinia. The object of their mission is to advise ...
Article : 69 wordsDelarey's attack upon Lichtenburg has failed. In the defence of the town, the British garrison lost 16 killed and 20 wounded. ...
Article : 748 wordsIn the House of Commons yesterday Mr. Brodrick, Secretary of State for War, unfolded a great scheme of Army Reform. ...
Article : 544 wordsThe discovery of three definite cases of plague in Perth almost simultaneously, in the early [?]art of last week, naturally created a good deal of excitement, ...
Article : 733 wordsMr. C. Harper, who is again seeking the suffrages of the electors of Beverley, proposes to begin his campaign at Beverley on Thursday, the 21st instant, when ...
Article : 338 wordsDuring the whole of Saturday the members of the Sixth Contingent, now in camp at Karrakatta, were rigorously engaged in foot drill. Each parade shows ...
Article : 3,724 wordsOrders were issued a few days ago requiring the ship's company of the Ophir to be vaccinated prior to the steamer sailing for Australia with the Duke and ...
Article : 91 wordsA shipping disaster is reported from the Bay of Biscay. A tremendous wave dashed the Glasgow steamer Avlona on the rocks near ...
Article : 46 wordsThe question has been raised whether Mr. Kingston's nomination paper for the House of Representatives is valid, he having described himself as K.C., while ...
Article : 241 wordsChina will, it is announced, give Russia her final reply regarding the Manchurian Convention within a fortnight. ...
Article : 108 wordsEarl Beauchamp, late Governor of New South Wales, is paying a visit to Madras. ...
Article : 55 wordsAt the Geraldton Police Court yesterday morning Mardy, alias Jimmy, an aboriginal native, was committed for trial on a charge of criminally assaulting ...
Article : 34 wordsNow that the winter is approaching, the weather is becoming more endurable, although during the past week two or three muggy days were experienced. On ...
Article : 204 wordsThe Hurst Park Riverside Handicap, run yesterday, was won by the New Zealand bred gelding Levanter, by Captivator—Steel All. Zodiac finished second, ...
Article : 35 wordsThe Bank of Australasia has declared a dividend of 10 per cent. Of the balance of the profits for the half-year £50,000 has been placed to the credit of ...
Article : 201 wordsThe Wellington newspapers publish the following particulars of the Conway case:—"Early in February Conway, who was understood to have been a retired ...
Article : 520 wordsAn important decision was come to on Saturday at a special meeting of the Cabinet, which was called to consider the report of the Royal ...
Article : 638 wordsThe Court of Inquiry into the accident to the steamer Tambo gave its decision yesterday. It suspended the captain's certificate for three months, and the ...
Article : 32 wordsThe Australian Natives' Association had arranged to hold a sports gathering and art-union on the Fremantle Oval on January 26 and 28 last, but the death of ...
Article : 692 wordsThe will of the Rev. Dr. David Kay, formerly of Melbourne, but later of Otage, New Zealand, has been lodged for probate. He left personalty in ...
Article : 572 wordsThe third-class cruiser Phoebe, lately placed in commission for the Australian station, has sailed for Sydney. ...
Article : 28 wordsThe German Kaiser, who was lately wounded in the face with a piece of iron hurled at him by a lunatic named Wieland, is progressing satisfactorily. ...
Article : 40 wordsKauri Gum.—At last week's kauri gum sales 3,350 packages were offered, and 1,500 packages were sold. Prices were iregular. Three-quarter scraped realised ...
Article : 267 wordsMr. Reid spoke last night in support of the candidature of Mr. E. D. Millen. He contended that the Federal Ministry was guilty of grave constitutional offences in ...
Article : 369 wordsFor a hearty and prolonged laugh "A "Trip to Chicago," the second production of the Sheridan Company staged at the Theatre Royal on Saturday night, before ...
Article : 345 wordsThe following arrangements for the visit of the Duke and Duchess of York have been approved by Lord Hopetoun, and forwarded to Mr. Chamberlain:— ...
Article : 259 wordsThe hearing of the action brought against the Railways Commissioner by the next friend of William Lawrence Hamilton, an infant for damages, ...
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The West Australian (Perth, WA : 1879 - 1954), Mon 11 Mar 1901, Page 5
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