Much surprise was expressed here this morning when it leaked out that the 15 alluvial diggers who were arrested yesterday had been sent off in a ...
Article : 719 wordsFrederick M'Intosh has been tried for the manslaughter of his wife, Mary M'Intosh, on October 11. In a drunken quarrel he threw a plate at her ...
Article : 54 wordsPrince Henry of Orleans, a cousin of the Duke of Orleans, both of whom are pretenders to the throne of France, has issued a manifesto in which He reproaches ...
Article : 166 wordsA report which has been received from Ladysmith states that the town, on the 18th inst., was in a healthy condition. ...
Article : 93 wordsNews has been received to the effect that Wallace Ross, the well-known Canadian sculler, has been stricken with paralysis. ...
Article : 56 wordsAn additional 4,000 troops arrived at Cape Town from England yesterday. They are disembarking, and leaving with, wonderful celerity in the trains for ...
Article : 72 wordsThe commandant of the 700 Boers who have occupied Colesberg in Cape Colony besought the Dutch residents to fight for their independence. ...
Article : 68 wordsPeter Small, who lived a miserable life, and died in the Echuca Hospital, possessed a bank deposit receipt for £580. ...
Article : 24 wordsGeorge Bubear, the English professional sculler, has been sentenced to three months' imprisonment for fraud. [George Bubear, the ex-champion sculler ...
Article : 357 wordsJoseph Birtwistle, 70, a justice of the peace, committed suicide to-day at his residence, Royal Part. He cut his throat with a carving knife. He ...
Article : 40 wordsThe four Australasian Agents-General who have been spending some time in the United States and Canada, their visit having been made in connection ...
Article : 46 wordsArchdeacon Slattery, the state of whose health yesterday caused alarm, was much better to-day. ...
Article : 16 wordsColonel Byron and Captain Victor Sellheim, Australian officers, who were commissioned in England to proceed to South Africa, are attached to ...
Article : 45 wordsThe Emperor and Empress of Germany, with two of their sons, arrived at Portsmouth this morning in the Imperial yacht Hohenzollern. ...
Article : 45 wordsMrs. Parker disappeared mysteriously at Moonambel a day or so ago, and has not educe been heard of, nor has any trace of her been found. Owing to heavy ...
Article : 135 wordsThe annual balance-sheet of the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Limited, of Basinghall-street, E.C., shows that the earnings for the year were £211,272. ...
Article : 36 wordsSir Alfred Milner, the Governor of the Cape, has issued a proclamation, stating that the loyalists will be compensated for any loss they may sustain ...
Article : 42 wordsPresident Kruger is reported to be in a pitiable condition. He is suffering from nervousness, and is very irritable. ...
Article : 25 wordsThe Royal yacht Hohenzollern was escorted to Portsmouth by eight British torpedo best destroyers. On her arrival at Spithead, a ...
Article : 80 wordsA youth named John M'Gair was committed for trial to-day on charges of housebreaking at Alberton. ...
Article : 24 wordsSir Gosfrey Yeatman Lagden, the British Resident Commissioner in Basutoland, has had an interview with Lerothodi, the paramount Basuto chief, and ...
Article : 348 wordsThe Mansion-house War Relief Fund has now reached £270,000. Of this amount £24,000 was contributed by members of the London Stock Exchange. ...
Article : 59 wordsM. Bialliosteriski, of Antwerp, who alleges that David Witjas, alias Saleman Davit, stole some £3,500 worth of diamonds from him, arrived to-day, and ...
Article : 60 wordsLieutenant-General Lord Methuen, who is in command of the first division of the Army Corps, has 5,000 men in his column in the Orange River district, to ...
Article : 265 wordsAt the inquiry into the fire on the Sea Witch, the jury was of opinion that the ship had been maliciously set on fire, but there was not sufficient evidence ...
Article : 40 wordsThe monthly circular of Mr. F. O. Licht, the Magdeburg expert, states that the production of beet sugar in Europe during the month of October, the ...
Article : 70 wordsThe French Government is disposed to guarantee a loan of 10,000,000 francs (about £400,000) for the purpose of constructing a railway in New ...
Article : 67 wordsAn assault somewhat similar to that which was reported from Delegate was attempted at Portarlington. A man entered the room, of an elderly spinster ...
Article : 88 wordsThe Government has practically accepted the whole of the proposals of the Eastern Extension Telegraph Company in connection, with a cable from Africa ...
Article : 29 wordsMajor-General Sir William Forbes Gatacre, who is in command of the Third Division of the Army Corps, has been sent from Queenstown to East London. ...
Article : 45 wordsIn the Legislative Assembly to-day, on the motion of the Premier, it was resolved that the Speaker should be authorised to issue a writ for a fresh election ...
Article : 51 wordsThe quantity of colonial wool which has arrived in England since the conclusion of the last series of sales is 123,500 bales. Of this quantity ...
Article : 51 wordsThe death is announced of Lady Salisbury, the wife of Lord Salisbury, the British Premier. The cause of death was dropsy. ...
Article : 96 wordsThomas Humphreys, 73, choked himself at Avoca to-day while attempting to swallow a large piece of meat. ...
Article : 21 wordsThe intercolonial cricket match, Queensland v. New South Wales, was continued to-day. Queensland, in the first innings, scored 154, and in the ...
Article : 47 wordsA crisis in political matters is rapidly approaching. A division on the Household Suffrage Bill will take place in the Legislative Council to-morrow. ...
Article : 288 wordsMajor-General Sir C. F. Clery, the Commander of the Second Division of the Army Corps, is to command the column which is to be sent from ...
Article : 58 wordsDr. Bevan, of Melbourne, delivered an address on federation, at Auckland, to-night. He urged New Zealand to join, but not to go into it blindly. Western ...
Article : 271 wordsNews from Samoa, under date of November 15, states that Frank Cornwall a son of Mr. Frank Cornwall (deceased), who gained notoriety in the great land ...
Article : 276 wordsThe Divorce Court has been specially busy lately. Yesterday 12 cases were dealt with, and to-day 13 came on for hearing. ...
Article : 23 wordsHer Majesty the Queen and His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales have condoled with Lord Salisbury on the death of his wife. ...
Article : 49 wordsA sharp fight is reported to have taken place at Kulumons, as the result of which the Boers suffered severely. The New South Wales Lancers, who ...
Article : 52 wordsMr. W. P. Schreiner, the Premier of the Cape Colony, has announced that it is not intended to call oat the Cape burgher forces. ...
Article : 46 wordsThe Full Court has granted a new trial to the case Low v. Fairfax. Low had obtained a verdict for £294. The application was made by the defendants ...
Article : 40 wordsArrivals.—Silverhow, ship, 1,177 tons, from Lyttelton (August 8); Margaret Galbraith, ship, 841 tons, from Timaru (July 4); Ionic, steamer, 3,002 tons ...
Article : 104 wordsA leading Pitt-street frontage of ninety feet is reported to have been [?] for £36,000. It is proposed to erect on the site a new Stack. Exchange ...
Article : 33 wordsA message has been received to the effect that Mafeking was safe on the 12th inst. General Cronje's son was killed on the ...
Article : 93 wordsAt the battle of Elands Laagte, on October 20, the Boers resorted to a clever ruse. In the midst of the engagement, one ...
Article : 62 wordsThe women, have looted some thousands of pounds' worth of goods in Johannesburg machinery on two of the mines ...
Article : 41 wordsIn the Delegate Police Court to-day, Bartsch, alias Jas. Williams, was charged with having attempted to commit a criminal assault upon Margaret ...
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The Inquirer and Commercial News (Perth, WA : 1855 - 1901), Fri 24 Nov 1899, Page 1
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