ENGLISH news political is chiefly contained, this month, in the telegrams of Feb. 5th, published in our supplement on Thursday last. From the summary of the conservation programme, so far ...
Article : 3,851 wordsParliament was opened to-day by the Queen in person. Her Majesty's Speech from the Throne, of which the following is a summary, states that the present ...
Article : 398 wordsThe steamers with the English mails from Galle arrived during the night, and the branch mail-boat to Adelaide left early this morning. I have not heard the result of the analysis of the ...
Article : 106 wordsAPPOINTMENT OF COMPTROLLER GENERAL.—Information reached the Government by the late mail that the appointment of Comptroller General has been conferred upon H. Wakeford, Esq.—a gentleman ...
Article : 797 wordsOn the evening of January 5 a "number" of the Republicans in the House of Representatives met in Washington to discuss the project of impeaching the President. A resolution was adopted that no ...
Article : 2,244 wordsYesterday afternoon an accident, involving a serious loss of human life, occurred through the breaking of the ice on the ornamental water, in the Regent's Park. As nearly as could be ascertained ...
Article : 855 wordsThe Statistics of the Colony for the Year 1865 have been issued. They show that the population was at the end of the year 626,639; the number of births. 35,915; deaths, 10,461; marriages, 4,497; immigrants, 30,976; emigrants ...
Article : 231 wordsThe barque Zanoni, of 338 tons register, recently took in a cargo of wheat at Port Wakefield, for London, and was returning to the Lightship at Port Adelaide, when she was struck by a cyclone and foundered in seven minutes. No ...
Article : 231 wordsThe ships Jason, Paramatta, and Australian, sailed for London on the 25th Feb. They intend to have a race home. There is a considerable sum of money bet on the result. The limbs of a human being have been found floating in ...
Article : 203 wordsThe Queen has approved the appointment of the Rev. Robert Milman, Vicar of Marlow, to the Bishopric of Calcutta. The Bishop of Exeter is dead. ...
Article : 2,332 wordsWESTERN AUSTRALIAN AWARDS.—The following is a list of the medals for West Australian exhibits awarded by the Jurors at the Intercolonial Exhibition:—Soap. F. Glaskin; Natural History, Rev. G. Bostock and A. ...
Article : 87 wordsThe Tasmanian salmon let loose in their younger days in a tributary of the Derwent have returned from the sea, and in good time to justify the prophecy of Mr. Ramsbottom, who told ail concerned ...
Article : 160 wordsThe Treasurer of Tasmania made his financial statement on the 16th Feb. He showed that for some years past there had been an annual deficiency, after allowing for transfers from the land fund, of between £25,000 and ...
Article : 123 wordsOn the afternoon of Sunday, December 30, an alarming fire broke out at the Crystal Palace, threatening at one time the destruction of the entire fabric. The fire was discovered in the northern ...
Article : 940 wordsA case is now being investigated by the police which, I believe, for daring effrontery, is without parallel and has caused a considerable amount of public indignation. The facts, as nearly as I can ...
Article : 445 wordsOn the the 3rd of October last the Penitentiary of the Levant, the largest of the group of islands known as the Islands of Heyeres (a reformatory where young boys are trained to husbandry), rose in open revolt ...
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The Inquirer and Commercial News (Perth, WA : 1855 - 1901), Wed 20 Mar 1867, Page 3
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