Further details continue to be published of the battle near Omdurman on Friday last, which resulted in the annihilation of the Khalifa's force by the Anglo-Egyptian ...
Article : 171 wordsThe "Pall Mall Gazette states that an agreement has been concluded by Germany and Great Britain in connection with the projected railway from Tientsin to ...
Article : 197 wordsSerious disturbances have occurred in the important town of Candia on the north coast of Crete. The admirals in command of the foreign ...
Article : 147 wordsIn the Legislative Assembly to-day almost immediately after the House met, Mr. Lyne sought to make a statement, presumably in connection with the federal debate, but was ...
Article : 780 wordsThe adjourned inquest on the death of Edith Lilian Gorrick, victim of the tragedy which took place in George-street on August 30, was held to-day by Mr. J. E. ...
Article : 903 wordsMr. A. E. Clarke, the vice president of the East Melbourne Cricket Club, in presiding at the annual meeting of the club last night, referred to the difficulties with which they ...
Article : 839 wordsMr. Deakin gave a notice of motion which opens up a much controverted subject. It is that our state school system should provide for elementary unsectarian religious ...
Article : 1,241 wordsThe recent discussion in Parliament on the advisableness of compulsory vaccination was considered at length by the Board of Public Health at its meeting yesterday. ...
Article : 515 wordsThe coronation of Her Majesty Wilhelmina Queen of the Netherlands,,who came of age on the 31st ult., took place to-day at Amsterdam. ...
Article : 65 wordsIt is reported that an agreement has been come to by England and Germany with regard to all disputes respecting their claims to territory and Spheres of influence in ...
Article : 146 wordsNothing further has been heard of the Khalifa, who fled from Omdurman as the British were entering the city, and was afterwards seen, accompanied by a force of ...
Article : 199 wordsA disastrous railway accident has occurred near Cohoes, in the state of New York. The Montreal and New York express came into collision with a trolly ear that ...
Article : 56 wordsThe final result of the general election of members of the Cape House of Assembly is now known, with the exception of Vryburg, which returns two memebers. ...
Article : 120 wordsMembers of the Ministry express no anxiety about the result of the motion of censure, but they do not display that jaunty air of satisfaction with which they used to ...
Article : 112 wordsThe list of Alpine fatalities, which is unusually large this season (44 deaths of tourists being already reported) has received an addition, the death of Dr. John ...
Article : 141 wordsAt the meeting of the Board of Public Health yesterday, the chairman (Dr. Gresswell) said that he had received a report from Mr. William Rettie, inspector of ...
Article : 536 wordsIt appears that Omdurman was not occupied by the British without fighting. Some of the dervishes defended themselves in the Khalifa's palace, and it was ...
Article : 140 wordsMr. Lyne, interviewed subsequent to the adjournment of the House, said:—"I did not think Mr. Reid would have received the amendment as a vote of censure. The ...
Article : 255 wordsA terrible disaster is reported from Canada. Two spans of the railway bridge across the St. Lawrence at Cornwall, in Ontario, ...
Article : 57 wordsThe entries of Australian cyclists for the international champion events At Vienna have not been accepted, as the Australian cycling leagues are not affiliated with the ...
Article : 245 wordsA charge of robbery in company at Collingwood on the early morning of August 7 last was preferred against two young men, Matthew Adams and Fergus ...
Article : 552 wordsThe cricket match which was commenced yesterday at Hastings between Stoddart's team who visited Australia last season and an eleven representing All England was ...
Article : 228 wordsDetails are published respecting the capture of the black standard of the Khalifa during the great battle on Firdya last. Yakub, the younger brother of the ...
Article : 97 wordsThe Speaker has issued a writ for the election at Hastings and Macleay. Nomination day will be fixed for September 15, and polling dav for September 23. Mr. Barton, ...
Article : 55 wordsMr. Reid has been chafing for a fight. The proceedings at the meeting of the Opposition to-day provided him with the looker-for chance. It did not need an excess of ...
Article : 618 wordsMr. T. H. Griffith, member for Albury, was entertained at a banquet to-night. Speaking in response to the toast of his health, he said he thought Mr. Lyne had ...
Article : 173 wordsAn important resolution has been come to by the British Government in connection with a further advance in the Soudan. It has been decided that five of the ...
Article : 99 wordsThe members of the borough council made an inspection of the Theatre Royal this afternoon, consequent upon a report received from the Board of Public Health ...
Article : 79 wordsQuotations compare with those of a fortnight ago as follows:— paid- Aug. Sept. up. 23. 6. ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 136 wordsAn important transfer of church property from one denomination to another is reported, the Sisters of Charity having acquired the property on Eastern Hill known ...
Article : 168 wordsThe English team made a disastrous start in their second innings, R. Abel (Surrey), W. Brockwell (Surrey), W. G. Grace, and C. L. Townsend (Gloucestershire) being all ...
Article : 91 wordsThe mayor and councillors of the borough of Queenscliff unanimously decided at their meeting last evening to forward a letter of congratulation ...
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Article : 434 wordsWhat was apparently a determined attempt at suicide was made by Mrs. W. J. Bickford, at Glenelg, this morning. Her husband had just left for work when he ...
Article : 114 wordsOn Tuesday night a public meeting was held at St. George's Hall, Footscray, convened by Councillors Fraser, Toohey, and Hills (the South Ward members of the ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 158 wordsMr. George Darrell, the Australian actor and dramatist, is appearing at the Surrey Theatre, London, in his play "The Sunny South." The performance is a ...
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Article : 137 wordsWheat and Flour.—The quantity of wheat and flour afloat for the United Kingdom is estimated at 1,269,000 quarters, as against 1,372,000 quarters last week, and 1,070,000 ...
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The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), Thu 8 Sep 1898, Page 5
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