His Excellency the Governor will preside at the annual distribution of prizes to-night in connection with the St. John's Ambulance Association. ...
Article : 737 wordsAn interesting report on the Australia Commonwealth by Dr. A. Scheidel, the Austro-Hungarian Consul in Sydney, has been published in Vienna. ...
Article : 30 wordsA question affecting the administration of the licensing laws at Kalgoorlie has been brought under the notice of the Government. It appeals that a man named ...
Article : 251 wordsThe State Treasurer, referring to the telegram from. Mr. Drake regarding penny postage in Victoria, says that the question whether penny postage in Victoria will ...
Article : 149 wordsAmong the witnesses who gave evidence against Earl Russell, who has been committed for trial for bigamy, was Judge Curlew, who performed the marriage ceremony ...
Article : 75 wordsThe deaths are announced of Private John M'Cann, of the 5th Victorian Mounted Infantry, from enteric fever, at Pretoria, and Private S. Depscombe, of the 6th New ...
Article : 44 wordsThe election for Wallaroo resulted in the return of Air. J. Verran, the Labor candidate, by a majority of 43 votes over Air. Allen, Independent. ...
Article : 35 wordsAt the request of the Tasmanian Senators, Mr. O'Connor has agreed to postpone his motion with respect to the rotation of Senators for throe weeks. ...
Article : 29 wordsThe Prime Minister's attention was to-day directed to the statements recently, made by the Preach Consul in Sydney regarding the New Hebrides. Mr. Barton ...
Article : 77 wordsFurther particulars hare been received in connection with the campaign by the British against the Mad Mullah in British Somaliland, near the frontier of Abyssinia. ...
Article : 140 wordsThe Minister of Labor has asked the Factories Commission to consider the advisability of expunging from the records the extraordinary statement as to the ...
Article : 62 wordsPrivates EL Smuchan, A. J. Thorn, and A. C. M'Farlane, of the Seventh New Zealand Mounted Infantry, have been accidentally wounded near Standerton. ...
Article : 30 wordsMr. Adalbert S. Hay, lately American consul at Pretoria, has been accidentally killed at Newhaven, Connecticut, U.S.A. He fell from the window of an hotel, and ...
Article : 70 wordsThe Ministerial party left Geraldton on Monday morning at 9 o'clock by the ordinary train, and reached Northampton at half-past 11, where they were ...
Article : 872 wordsMajor Vialls, who went to South Africa in command of the Third West Australian Contingent, but has since been appointed to a command under General Plumer, has ...
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Article : 258 wordsThe will of Robert Alexander Wright, the late Williamstown dock owner, was lodged for probate to-day. The estate is valued at £23,000. Among the bequests ...
Article : 52 wordsLieutenant Langley, of the South Australian Mounteds, has been made a member of the Distinguished Service Order (D.S.O.), for gallantry. ...
Article : 31 wordsA terrible disaster is reported from Virginia, one of the eastern States of America. A large dam burst at Pocahontas in the middle of the night and devastated a track ...
Article : 64 wordsConstable Wm. Fitzgerald (43) committed suicide late last night at the North Fitzroy police-station by shooting himself in the head with a revolver. The deceased ...
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Article : 39 wordsThe Trafalgar progress committee has passed the following resolution:—"That this committee views the granting of a licence to Mr. O'Leary, on the northern portion of the Lake View areas, as a ...
Article : 125 wordsMessrs. J. X. Merriman and J. W. Sauer, ex-Ministers of Cape Colony, who have been on a visit to England as Afrikander' delegates, have sailed for South ...
Article : 32 wordsGeneral De Wet is to the west of Kroonstad, in the north of the Orange River Colony. General Louis Botha is at Amersfoort, to ...
Article : 45 wordsGeorge Henry Froshite, who for months past has been waiting his trial on the charge of stealing £1,820 in cash and jewellery from Mrs. Sarah Payne, a widow, ...
Article : 98 wordsSignor Zanardelli, who recently succeeded Signor Saracco as Premier of Italy, has obtained a vote of confidence in the Chamber of Deputies by a majority of 80 votes. ...
Article : 51 wordsGeneral Adna R. Chaffee, who commanded the recent American expeditionary force in China, has been appointed Military Governor of the Philippines, in succession to ...
Article : 43 wordsFifty-five Boer families have crossed into Khama's country, in Bechuanaland, and have surrendered to the British. They complain bitterly of the treatment they ...
Article : 33 wordsMr. G. Buchanan, inspector under the Insects Pests Act, has supplied for publication extensive reports on the inspection of orchards conducted by officers of the ...
Article : 343 wordsA deputation of representatives of the Victorian Chamber of Manufactures, Employers' Union, Master Builders' Association, Boot Manufacturers' Association, ...
Article : 479 wordsThe Clarke medal for the beet case presented to the Royal Humane Society of Australasia during the year has been, awarded to Jno. Robinson, of Wyndham, ...
Article : 49 wordsEight members of the Midlands Mounted Rifles were killed at Waterkloof, Gape Colony, on Thursday. Six others' were wounded, including the commander, whose ...
Article : 60 wordsAfter attending the children's demonstration at Christchurch in the morning, the Duke of Cornwall and York reviewed 11,000 volunteers and cadets. ...
Article : 104 wordsSince Friday there have been six cases of plague at Gape Town, and two at Port Elizabeth. { ...
Article : 25 wordsMatters in connection with the ironworkers' strike are unchanged, and both sides are equally determined to told out. The employers declare that if the demands ...
Article : 109 wordsGeneral Brace Hamilton's clearing movement in the west of the Orange River Colony has resulted in the capture of 350 Boers, many of whom voluntarily ...
Article : 96 wordsThe French Senate have passed the Religious Associations Bill by 173 votes to 99. ...
Article : 21 wordsThe Governor-General, Lady Hopetoun, and suite will leave for Tasmania on Wednesday, and will accompany the Duke and Duchess during the celebrations there. ...
Article : 81 wordsPatrick Gregor M'Mahon, night officer at the Kalgoorlie railway station, was arrested this morning on a charge of having stolen money belonging to the department. ...
Article : 61 wordsMr. Linnett, the Ministerial candidate for Rockhampton, who was only one vote behind Mr. Turner, the labor candidate, has lodged a protest against several votes ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 36 wordsThe retail traders of Fremantle bold a meeting last evening at the Cleopatra Hotel, to discuss the approaching Royal visit. Mr. F. M'Donald, M.L.A., ...
Article : 88 wordsThe voyage of the ship Auraurus from London to Melbourne was marked by many incidents. Shortly after passing the Leeuwin, a north-east hurricane blew the ...
Article : 94 wordsThe Coolgardie Town Council has resolved to write to the Minister for Lands pointing oat that the Kurrawang Company are still pushing themselves over ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 63 wordsThe lively nor'-west gale blowing early yesterday morning raised a big sea at Fremantle, and caused a subsidence of 12ft. of the North Mole extension works. ...
Article : 237 wordsDr. Morrison, the Peking correspondent of the "Times," states that Russia has intimated to China that she will require the resumption of the Manchurian. negotiations ...
Article : 41 wordsTwenty-six orchards have been examined by the inspectors under the Insect Pests Act during the period to which this report refers. Of these 19 hare been declared ...
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Advertising : 307 wordsSir,—In your issue of to-day is an article headed "Freetrade and Protection." Being a native of Victoria and a freetrader I fully endorse what the census discloses, and I ...
Article : 200 wordsAt a meeting of the electors of Broome, held on Saturday evening a resolution was passed—"That there should be forwarded to Mr. Alex. Forrest's family a ...
Article : 156 wordsFifty-seven automobiles, constituting the tourist division, started in a race from Paris to Berlin, and have reached Luxembourg. Several accidents took place during ...
Article : 92 wordsIf the Postal Bill be carried through both Houses Tasmania will be obliged to I give up Tattersall's sweeps and the large revenue they bring, despite the attempts ...
Article : 148 wordsIt is understood that the Address-in-Reply to the Governor's Speech will be moved in the Legislative Assembly on Friday next by Mr. J. Gardiner, and second ...
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The Inquirer and Commercial News (Perth, WA : 1855 - 1901), Fri 28 Jun 1901, Page 11
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