Councillor Charles Jeffries, of Swanstonstreet, who was one of the candidates for the vacancy in the electorate of Melbourne East caused by the death of Mr. John ...
Article : 2,645 wordsSir J. Rose-Innes, K.C., formerly Attorney-General in the Cape Government, and recently appointed Chief Justice of the Transvaal, is at present in England, and ...
Article : 142 wordsFrance has notified China that, in addition to the French forces which are to be stationed in Peking and at the treaty ports, it is her intention to provide a ...
Article : 53 wordsThere is a general opinion that at the coronation of His Majesty the King, to take place in June next, some recognition will be made of the enormous growth in the ...
Article : 272 wordsThe situation, as far as the railway strike is concerned, is unimproved. A conference between the Premier and the Minister of Works, on one side, and the members of ...
Article : 589 wordsTheir Excellencies the Governor-General and the Countess of Hopetoun thoroughly enjoyed their stay in Tasmania, and express themselves much pleased with the visit. The ...
Article : 1,222 wordsIn the Essendon Town-hall last evening Mr. Reid, the leader of the Opposition in the Federal House of Representatives, delivered an address on "The Political ...
Article : 1,702 wordsLieutenant Tolmer, of the South Australian forces, who has been in hospital, is now convalescent, and has resumed duty. ...
Article : 27 wordsYesterday the Lieutenant-Governor received the following message from Cape Town:—"No. 903, Lance-Corporal A. E. Burley, of the 5th Victorian Mounted ...
Article : 136 wordsThe insurgent forces in the Philippines have been again weakened by the defection of a leader. One of the most important of the insurgent captains in the field since ...
Article : 62 wordsDuring the past few weeks we have intimated each day that the subscription opened by Mr. Marcus Beresford, with a contribution of £1,000, for the St. ...
Article : 245 wordsThe adoption by the French Senate of the Religions Associations Bill framed by M. Waldeck-Rousseau, the Premier, for the confiscation of the lands of the religious ...
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Article : 99 wordsGreat sorrow was felt here at the announcement in "The Argus" of the death of Lieutenant Stanley Reid, of the West Australian Contingent. Lieutenant Reid ...
Article : 108 wordsThe programme for the Royal visit to Canada has been drawn up, and there is every promise that the Dominion tour, and parcicularly the days spent in Quebec, ...
Article : 240 wordsThe transport Orient reached Albany at 8 o'clock yesterday morning with Australian troops on board from South Africa. She had on board 22 officers and 473 of other ...
Article : 593 wordsIn a raid made by the Boers on the railway at Naboomspruit, 106 miles to the north of Pretoria, it has already been announced that a train was wrecked, and ...
Article : 97 wordsOne of a series of trial races to select a defender of the America Cup was sailed at Newport, Rhode Island, on Saturday, over a course 15 miles to windward and ...
Article : 160 wordsThe first meeting of the Cabinet was held to-day. A general conversation took place on the measures to be brought forward in the forthcoming session. In a manifesto ...
Article : 644 wordsSome further details have been received of the engagement on the Pretoria Bay railway near Brugspruit, 28 miles south-south-west of Middelburg, which took place ...
Article : 170 wordsThe most serious tragedy which has taken place in the colony for many years came to light at Eyreton, some distance from Christchurch, on June 25. The ...
Article : 762 wordsThe Australian bowls team, who are at present on a visit to Scotland, played another game yesterday, their opponents on this occasion being the Kilmarnock club. ...
Article : 279 wordsThe Premier will accompany His Excellency the Governor to Port Adelaide to-morrow to meet the Royal party. Lord Tennyson will welcome the Duke and ...
Article : 453 wordsMr. Edgar Wallace, one of the special correspondents at the front for the "Daily Mail," gives, in a letter published this morning, a circumstantial account of a deed ...
Article : 175 wordsThe New Zealand bowlers played two games in Edinburgh yesterday. The first was against the North Edinburgh club, and after a very close contest ...
Article : 94 wordsArrangements are being made for the reception of the 800 soldiers returning by the troopship Orient. It is likely that the official dinner to the men will take place ...
Article : 69 wordsThe concerted movements, in progress for some time past for sweeping given areas of the Orange River Colony are proving very successful, and within the past ...
Article : 114 wordsThe soldiers who arrived from Albany by the steamer Wollowra on Sunday night landed yesterday, and were entertained at luncheon at the Victoria Barracks by the ...
Article : 113 wordsAccording to "The Times" a French syndicate is investing 60,000,000 francs in Hungary, where enterprise is now less dependent than formerly on the German ...
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Article : 22 wordsCaptain James Edwards, formerly of the Ballarat Battalion of the Militia Infantry Brigade, who returned to South Africa in the steamer Sophocles, after a short rest ...
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The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), Tue 9 Jul 1901, Page 5
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