The epidemic of crime recorded lately at Kalgoorlie has apparently reached its natural culmination, and what looks very much like a case of robbery and ...
Article : 1,089 wordsIt is believed in Cairo that Major Marchand will shortly evacuate Fashoda. The officers from Fashoda report that ...
Article : 106 wordsThe Government entomologist has imported from Western Australia a number of the celebrated lady-birds, for the destruction of scale and other noxious ...
Article : 65 wordsThe Government Labor Bureau began operations to-day. The names of over 100 men were registered for employment. ...
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Article : 481 wordsOwing to the recent disturbances at Peking, a detachment of British marines has been ordered to proceed from Wei-hai-wei to the capital in order to protect ...
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Article : 66 wordsReuter's Press Agency reports that negotiations between Britain and France regarding Fashoda commenced immediately on the receipt of the news of the ...
Article : 43 wordsTenders for £13,950 worth of credit foncier bonds were opened to-day, The public subscribed £2,425, and the Savings Bank commissioners took the ...
Article : 28 wordsThe Criminal Court was opened to-day. James Ryan pleaded guilty to a charge of Larceny, and was sentenced to six months' imprisonment. Frederick ...
Article : 105 wordsFurther disturbances are reported from Peking, and during one of the popular demonstrations drunken crowds threw mud at the Europeans. ...
Article : 43 wordsA widow named Elizabeth Murris was found dead in her bed at Fitzroy to-day. She had apparently been dead for three weeks. She had been in destitute ...
Article : 39 wordsThe dervishes attempted to retake Gedarif, but were badly repulsed. A contingent of Anglo-Egyptian troops from Omdurman is to reinforce ...
Article : 126 wordsOn September 27 the London "Daily News" said that the revision of the Dreyfus trial would be likely to explain the mystery connected with the ...
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Article : 37 wordsExtensive forest fires have been raging in the state of Wisconsin, U.S.A. The damage is estimated at 3,000,000 dollars (about £600,000). ...
Article : 34 wordsA deputation from the Council of Churches waited on the Chief Secretary to-day and urged him to modify some of the provisions of the Children's ...
Article : 91 wordsAlfred Archer, charged with the murder of William Matthews, at Ulupna Creek, near Strathmerton, was remanded to Wednesday. He had nothing to ...
Article : 107 wordsMr. Bradshaw, the foreman fitter at the railway workshops, has received notice of his transfer to Fremantle. His successor will arrive this week. ...
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Article : 92 wordsThe American commission which was appointed to deal with the position of Hawaii has recommended a proposal that the islands should be administered ...
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Article : 245 wordsA youth named Stock, working in his father's flux quarries at Stansbury, was killed to-day by a rock falling on him. ...
Article : 23 wordsThe finance committee has recommended the corporation to petition against the Early Closing Bill, as it would operate against business in the ...
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Article : 65 wordsThe Opposition in the Austrian Parliament has abandoned its obstructive tactics in connection with the Ausgleich Bill. ...
Article : 53 wordsThe official receiver (Mr. H. Wainscot) returned from Coolgardie in the train which reached Perth yesterday morning, and, shortly after his arrival ...
Article : 291 wordsIn the Banco Court to-day the hearing of the appeal by Harrold Bros.' solicitors against the refusal of the Insolvency Court to grant their costs in ...
Article : 44 wordsThe action brought by the Union Steamship Company of New Zealand, the owners of the steamer Manawatu, against the owners of the steamer Edina ...
Article : 76 wordsParticulars of the drowning fatality near. Port Pirie show that the victims were two boys named Walls and Duthie, 14 years oft age. They were caught in a ...
Article : 100 wordsThe Czar of Russia is about to proceed to Copenhagen, in order to be present at the funeral of his maternal grandmother, the Queen of Denmark. ...
Article : 38 wordsThe Powers have informed the Porte that unless it complies with the demand contained in the last ultimatum, that the Turkish troops on the island be ...
Article : 42 wordsMr. Edward John Gibson, accountant at the Broken Hill South mine, an old identity of Broken Hill, died to-day from consumption. ...
Article : 28 wordsThe Adelaide Hunt Club closed the season with a credit balance of £700. The season was one of the most successful since the inception of the club. ...
Article : 31 wordsA rebellion has broken out in Damaraland, and the Germans have been compelled to go into laager for protection. ...
Article : 161 wordsThe directors of the New Zealand Shipping Company, Limited, of 138 Leadenhall-street, London, E.C., propose to carry forward £8,126, and ...
Article : 51 wordsIt is now stated that the reported out break in Jamaica has been exaggerated. It was alleged last week that the maroons were in open revolt, and that ...
Article : 63 wordsMessrs. E. T. Hooley, M.L.A., and L. H. Darlot have arrived en route to Melbourne to attend the racing carnival. ...
Article : 23 wordsMr. Jacobsen has been challenged by Mr. E. N. Wallace to play for the Australian chess championship. The challenge has been accepted. Messrs. ...
Article : 40 wordsMr. John Dillon, of Dublin, has cabled to Mr. Thynne his deepest grief over the death of Mr. Byrnes. He states that Ireland has joined in Queensland's ...
Article : 62 wordsThe steamer Macleay, which went ashore on the Port Macquarie bar, has been re-floated. Only slight damage was done to the vessel. ...
Article : 24 wordsThe committee of the London County Council has recommended the purchase by the council of the London tramways for a sum of £850,000. ...
Article : 30 wordsMr. Walter James, of Messrs. James and Darbyshire, solicitors, was interviewed last night, and stated that he understood that Mr. Wainscot had laid ...
Article : 57 wordsMr. J. W. Fimister has consented to contest the election for the mayoralty, rendered vacant by Mr. M'Keazie's retirement. Mr. T. F. Brimage also ...
Article : 46 wordsThe colonists at the Cape are said to be greatly delighted at the rebuff which has been experienced at Berlin by Dr. W. J. Leyds, the Transvaal ...
Article : 78 wordsEight Hours Day was celebrated to-day with the usual procession and trades sports, which were held on the Agricultural Society's ground. There were ...
Article : 32 wordsAt a meeting of the Chamber of Commerce to-day the sub-committee appointed to consider the death duties reported that the present duties were ...
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Advertising : 47 wordsEight Maoris, arrested for having illegally ploughed land at Taranaki, have been bound over to keep the peace for a year. ...
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Article : 112 wordsIt is reported that fourteen Ministerialists in the Legislative Assembly have promised to support Mr. Philp as Premier, and that from twenty to thirty ...
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Article : 46 wordsThe South British Insurance Company has made a profit on revenue for the year of £5,955. A dividend of 2s. per share is recommended. ...
Article : 30 wordsMr. Dickson, the Premier, informed a deputation to-day that the Government did not intend to countenance any attempt to repeal the Suppression of ...
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Advertising : 27 wordsThe position of the steamer Mapouika, which was wrecked on the Greymouth bar, has improved. Hopes are entertained of getting her off. ...
Article : 25 wordsMr. William Coote, well known in North Queensland, and a great writer in favor of separation, is dead. ...
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The Inquirer and Commercial News (Perth, WA : 1855 - 1901), Fri 7 Oct 1898, Page 14
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