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  2. NEWS BY CABLE.

    LONDON, April 21, 1 p.m.—A cattle, coal, and forage train was captured by the Boers at night near Molteno, northern Cape Colony. The train was looted and then burned. The ront engine ...

    Article : 87 words
  3. NEWS BY CABLE.

    LONDON, April 20.—Vice-Admiral. Seymour, in H.M.S. Alacrity, dispatch vessel, starts for Nagasaki, Japan, to-day. The "Morning Post" says there are strong ...

    Article : 76 words
  4. Advertising

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    Advertising : 1,021 words
  5. MASSACRE IN NEW GUINEA.

    THURSDAY ISLAND (Q.), Sunday.—The Government Resident here has received the following letter from Maburag, New Guinea:— "The crew of the Dido report the murder of ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 720 words
  6. SOMALILAND.

    LONDON, April 21.—The "Mad Mullah," Abdullah Ashur, in Somaliland, with 40,000 men, including 8000 horsemen, with amunition obtained from an unknown source, is encamped at Lassa ...

    Article : 50 words
  7. THE AMBUSHED LANCERS.

    LONDON, April 21, 1 p.m.—The ambush into which a party of the 9th Lancers fell, a lieutenant and three men being killed and five wounded, was near Krugersdorp. ...

    Article : 33 words
  8. THE BRITISH BUDGET.

    LONDON, April 20.—The House of Commons, yesterday, in Committee of the Whole, authorised by 186 votes to 117, the issue of £60,000,000 in 2¾ per cent. Consols, or a further issue of war loan ...

    Article : 242 words
  9. IN THE TRANSVAAL.

    LONDON. April 20.—Major-General Kitchener is at Rietfontein, co-operating with Brigadier-General Plumer, Major-General Douglas, and Major-General Bindon-Blood, with a view to ...

    Article : 66 words
  10. AUSTRALIAN CASUALTIES.

    LONDON, April 21.—Trooper Isaac Wadley, of the Tasmanian Bushmen, has died at Pretoria from enteric fever; Bombardier S. May, of the New Zealand Contingent, has died at Kochmoer, ...

    Article : 70 words
  11. THE COAL DUTY.

    LONDON, April 20.—Sir Michael Hicks-Beach (the Chancellor of the Exchequer), in reply to questions in the House of Commons, promised to consider a suggestion that coal exported under ...

    Article : 72 words
  12. FURTHER HONORS.

    LONDON, April 21.—The list of South African honors covers the campaign to the date of Lord Roberts surrendering the command. Further distinctions to auxiliaries are promised. ...

    Article : 214 words
  13. LONDON THEATRICALS.

    LONDON, April 21, 12.55 p.m.—The comic opera "The Fortune Teller." which has just been produced at the Shaftesbury Theatre by Mr. George Musgrove, is a pronounced success. ...

    Article : 176 words
  14. ROUGH WEATHER ON THE COAST.

    KIAMA, Monday.—A man named William Elliott, late mate on the steamer Peterborough, now earning his living as a fisherman at Shellharbor, on Saturday went in a boat lobster fishing off ...

    Article : 427 words
  15. CABLE INTERRUPTION.

    The Postmaster-General has received the following communication:—"Hongkong advises direct communication with Canton and stations further on interrupted beyond Singtong." ...

    Article : 25 words
  16. PORTUGAL.

    LONDON, April 21, 1 p.m.—The Portuguese Government has issued a decree providing that religious associations must be directed by Portuguese citizens, except in the case of associations ...

    Article : 57 words
  17. CRICKET IN ENGLAND.

    LONDON, April 21, 1 p.m.—Dr. W. G. Grace states that the captains of county clubs shirked arriving at a decision on the question of throwing by bowlers. It is believed that the discussion ...

    Article : 54 words
  18. THE ROYAL TOUR.

    Mr. Warren, the manager of the Eastern Extension Telegraph Company, advises as follows: "H.M.S. Ophir and escort arrived at Singapore at 7 o'clock this morning (Sunday), all well; ...

    Article : 68 words
  19. A PARIS CRIME.

    LONDON, April 21.—Vero Gelo, a Russian girl, who fired at the father of M. Deschanel, the President of the Chamber of Deputies, fatally wounding a female friend, Alexandrine Zelenine, who ...

    Article : 52 words
  20. ANOTHER EDITOR CONVICTED.

    LONDON, April 20.—Mr. Alfred Cartwright, editor of the "South African News," a pro-Boer organ, published in English, at Capetown, has been convicted of libelling Lord Kitchener. ...

    Article : 758 words
  21. IRONCLADS IN COLLISION.

    LONDON, April 20.—H.M.S. Centurion, first class battleship, flagship of Vice-Admiral Seymour on the China Station, has been slightly damaged by fouling H.M.S. Glory, first-class ...

    Article : 32 words
  22. THE VICTORIA MEMORIAL.

    LONDON, April 21.—The fund of the national memorial to Queen Victoria amounts to £71,000. The Duke of Cornwall and York has contributed £500. An American list has been opened in ...

    Article : 36 words
  23. W. AND A. M'ARTHUR, LIMITED.

    LONDON, April 20.—W. and A. M'Arthur, Limited, are making a further issue of 10,000 ordinary shares and 10,000 preference shares. ...

    Article : 28 words
  24. THE AMERICA CUP.

    LONDON. April 21.—Sir T. Lipton's yacht Shamrock II., the challenger for the America Cup, has been launched at Denny's shipbuilding yard, Dumbarton. ...

    Article : 27 words
  25. BAR SILVER.

    LONDON, April 20.—Bar sliver is quoted at 2s [?] per ounce standard, an advance of ¼d since Thursday. ...

    Article : 22 words
  26. A HISTORIC PICTURE.

    The illustration, from a photograph taken at the time of the first annexation of New Guinea, on April 4, 1883, may be interesting. This annexation included the whole of the eastern part of ...

    Article : 354 words
  27. FROZEN MEAT.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 249 words
  28. BRITISH BROKEN HILL CO.

    LONDON, April 20.—The report of the directors of the British Broken Hill Proprietary Company shows a profit for the half-year of £23,012, from which it is proposed to pay a further ...

    Article : 44 words
  29. N.B. AND N.Z. INVESTMENT CO.

    LONDON, April 20.—The report and balance-sheet of the North British and New Zealand Investment Company show, a profit of £1198. A dividend of 4 per cent. is declared. The ...

    Article : 42 words
  30. SHEEPSKINS.

    LONDON, April 20.—At the sales of sheepskins yesterday, 3542 bales were offered, of which 2953 were sold. Merino and fine crossbreds advanced ¼d per pound, medium and short crossbreds ...

    Article : 37 words
  31. MINING SHARES.

    LONDON, April 21.—On the Stock Exchange yesterday, Associated closed at £2 13s 9d; Broken Hill Proprietary, at 46s; Great Boulders, at 26s 3d; Ivanhoe, at £8 18s 9d; Mount Lyell, at ...

    Article : 174 words
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    Open-air meetings were held by city and suburban corps on Saturday in connection with the Salvation Army Congress. Mr. J. W. Gosbell, record clerk in the ...

    Article : 89 words
  33. Advertising

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