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  2. GREAT FIRES IN THE CITY. THE PALACE EMPORIUM CONFLAGRATION.

    Further particulars with regard to the fire at Messrs. Anthony Hordern and Sons' Haymarket Emporium transpired yesterday. The saddest feature was that four men were missing. They have not ...

    Article : 235 words
  3. SECOND EDITION THE EUROPEAN SITUATION.

    It is reported that the Russian Imperial Bank, and other accounts state that the Russian Government, is advancing to Bulgaria 8,000,000fr. to avert her insolvency. Under ...

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  4. THE WAR IN SOUTH AFRICA. FIGHTING IN THE EASTERN TRANSVAAL.

    The " Express " correspondent at Delagoa Bay, reports that a fight took place between Machadodorp and Lydenburg. The Boers were defeated, losing heavily. ...

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  5. SPECIAL CABLES.

    The " Times " states that Sir John Forrest's Defence Bill is thorough without laying excessive burdens on the people, and anticipates that the measure will be ...

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  6. THE TRANSVAAL.

    Major-General Sir Bindon Blood's three columns marched from Middelburg to Springs. The Boers slipped between the columns. ...

    Article : 92 words
  7. THE LIBERAL PARTY.

    There are many fresh adherents to the proposal lo give a banquet to Mr, H. H. Asquith, the Liberal Imperialist. ...

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  8. COMMONWEALTH NOTES.

    Senator O'Connor laid on the table of the Senate this afternoon complete figures of the population quota, &c., on which the numbers of the members of the House of Representatives for the various ...

    Article : 507 words
  9. GERMANY AND SPAIN.

    The Berlin correspondent of the " Morning Post" states that Germany has acquired the right of pre-emption in respect of Fernando Po (in the Gulf of Guinea). ...

    Article : 93 words
  10. CASUALTIES IN SOUTH AFRICA.

    His Excellency the Lieutenant-Governor, Sir Frederick M. Darloy, has received the following telegraphic despatches from the chief casualty officer, Capetown:— ...

    Article : 126 words
  11. RAIDERS IN CAPE COLONY.

    Commandant Scheepers, who in the absence of the British garrison recently burned the houses and public buidings in Murraysburg and extorted money from the Standard Bank ...

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  12. FURTHER OUTBREAKS OF FIRE.

    Two small outbreaks of fire, which demanded the attention of the brigades, occurred in the suburbs last evening, but in neither instance was the damage extensive. The first call received by ...

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  13. THE DAY AFTER THE BLAZE.

    The ruins of the Palace Emporium constituted the principal show-place of the city yesterday. All day long crowds invested the barriers, scores deep, wherever the burnt-out area was approachable. In ...

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  14. RAILWAY DISASTER IN AMERICA.

    A railway collision has occurred between Norton and Missouri, United States. Fourteen persons were killed and 25 injured, chiefly from burning wreckage. ...

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  15. THE BOER LOSSES.

    Lord Kitchener's despatches show that between March and May 6 the British captured 35 guns, including two Long Toms, one 4'7, and one Creuzot. In the last four months ...

    Article : 45 words
  16. OFFICIAL REPORT OF THE DAMAGE.

    The following official report of the damage has been compiled:— Anthony Hordern and Sees, universal providers, Gipps, George, and Parker streets, three blocks of ...

    Article : 409 words
  17. RETURNING TROOPS BY THE ORIENT.

    A meeting was held in the Hotel Arcadia last night to consider the advisability of making arrangements to welcome the troops, numbering about 400, who are exected to return by the Orient from South Africa ...

    Article : 367 words
  18. BAPTIST JUBILEE IN NEW ZEALAND.

    The Rev. Dr. Greenhough, President of the National Council of the Evangelical Free Churches, has sailed to participate in the Baptist Jubilee, New Zealand. ...

    Article : 141 words
  19. EXECUTION OF A REBEL.

    A rebel named Marais has been executed at Middelburg, Cape Colony. The lending inhabitants were ordered to witness the execution. ...

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  20. VICTORIA.

    Owing to the advance in the market price of live stock, ratail butchers propose to increase the price of beef by a halfpenny per pound. Robert Reid, 64, met with a shocking accident ...

    Article : 132 words
  21. DEMONSTRATION AT THE GUILD HALL

    A great city meeting took place last night at the Guild Hall. The stockbrokers held a procession, which was carried out with singing and cheering. ...

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  22. A MELANCHOLY SPECTACLE.

    All the brickwork was seared, inside and out, where it was not smoked, with a dun-coloured tint which indicated exposure to an extreme of heat. Cracks appeared here and there in the towering ...

    Article : 201 words
  23. WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY.

    Americans have utilised wireless telegraphy for the transmission of pictures. ...

    Article : 19 words
  24. SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    In the council chambor of the Town Hall yesterday, the Mayor, Mr. Ware, entertained at luncheon members of the council and the Mayors of the suburban and country corporations and a few ...

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  25. ALLEGED SYDNEY LARRIKIN SOCIETIES.

    Mr. H. Copeland, Agent-General for New South Wales, has contradicted Mr. Ambrose Pratt's sensational article respecting Sydney larrikin " push " societies, published in ...

    Article : 45 words
  26. WESTERN AUSTRALIAN RAILWAY STRIKE.

    The debate on Mr. Leake's strike motion regarding the settlement of the strike was not concluded in the Assembly until half-past 2 this morning. An amendment was moved by Mr. Diamond, representing ...

    Article : 407 words
  27. SOLDIERS BY THE PERSIC.

    Yeeterday the steamship Persic arrived from the Cape, having amongst her passengers two or three men who had been engaged in the war in South Africa. Lieutenant Chaseling, representing the ...

    Article : 77 words
  28. SPEECH BY MR. ST. JOHN BRODRICK.

    Mr. St. John Brodrick, Secretary of State for War, in the course of a speech at a meeting of the National Union of Conservatives, said that at all hazards and at all risks the ...

    Article : 66 words
  29. THE TRAGEDY OF THE EIRE.

    The burnt bridge from the contral rain to Hordorn's corner shop in George-street challenged consideration because it was said to have been the means of carrying the flames in a westerly direction. ...

    Article : 215 words
  30. ACTION BY THE WORKS DEPARTMENT.

    Mr. See (the Premier) was waited upon yesterday afternoon by Mr. M'Lachlan, Secretary for Railways, as representing the Railway Commissioners, and he asked that the officers of the Works Department ...

    Article : 116 words
  31. CONDITION OF MR. BORTHWICK.

    Inquiry at the Sydney Hospital yesterday showed that Mr. C. M. Borthwick, manager of one of the departments in the ironmongory and creckery building, who sustained a facture of the night unkle in ...

    Article : 62 words
  32. CRICKET.

    Maclaren, who is organising a cricket team to visit Australia, has engaged C. B. Fry (Sussex and Oxford University), R. E. Foster (Oxford and Worcestershire), and J. T. ...

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  33. LIEUTENANT DIGBY JOHNS.

    We have received information that Mr. Digby Roy Johns, who went from Sydney to South Africa in February, 19[?], as Lance-corporal in the Citizens' Bushmen's Contingent, ofter being promoted ...

    Article : 299 words
  34. THE ROYAL TOUR.

    This morning the Duke and the Duchess of Cornwall and York visited the Art Gallery and unveiled the bust of the late Poet Laureate, Lord Tennyson, which had been obtained from the widow of Mr. T. ...

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  35. MESSRS. MERRIMAN AND SAUER.

    Mr, J. X. Merriman, ex-Treasurer of Cape Colony, and Mr. J. W. Sauer, Commissioner of Public Works in the Schreiner Ministry, the Boer delegates, have returned from England ...

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  36. MESSAGES OF SYMPATHY.

    Mr. Samuel Hordern has received between 200 and 300 messages of sympathy in regard to the fire which occurred at the Palace Emporium on Wednesday. The following are the principal ones:—His ...

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  37. THE MEAT EXPORT TRADE.

    In an action brought by the Pastoral Finance Association against the China Traders' Insurance Company for the recovery of £750 for damages claimed to be due in ...

    Article : 81 words
  38. THE WORK OF DEMOLITION.

    The city building surveyor, amongst others, inspected the ruins yesterday morning. Whatever steps he intends to take to provide for the early resumption of traffic about the block and the safety of the citizens ...

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  39. FOUR EMPLOYEES MISSING.

    The chief topic of conversation throughout yesterday by those who were engaged at work among the ruins was the whereabouts of four of the employees all of whom were engaged in the furniture buildings. ...

    Article : 1,940 words
  40. RETURNING TROOPS.

    Major J. Rose and 70 Western Australians, and the fourth contingents of Queensland, Victoria, Tasmania, South Australia, and New Zealand, have sailed from East ...

    Article : 30 words
  41. COLONIALS PROMOTED.

    All the following colonials have been mentioned in despatches and promoted:— Sixth Imperial Bushmen: Corporal W. Fyfe. 4th Imperial Bushmen: Sergeant ...

    Article : 208 words
  42. WOOL SALES.

    At the sales to-day prices were firm and there was better competition. July 11. The following prices were realised at the ...

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  43. THE FATAL LEAP.

    The City Coroner (Mr. J. C. Woore) initiated as inquest at the North Morgue yesterday into the circumstances connected with the death of Harry Clegg, lately residing at Park-avenue, Ashfield, who met ...

    Article : 152 words
  44. THE WEATHER.

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  45. A SETTLEMENT ARRIVED AT.

    The settlement of the strike has just been formally announced at the Governor Broome Hotel, the headquarters of the Association Strike Committee. Mr. Dooly, one of the executive, addressing the men, said ...

    Article : 155 words
  46. WHEAT.

    The shipment of wheat per the Lota from Geelong March 25, realised 27s per quarter. ...

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  47. THE RAILWAY STRIKE IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA. MOTION BEFORE PARLIAMENT.

    Mr. Leake moved in the Assembly to-night,— "That this House deplores the existence of the present strike of railway employee, and is of opinion that the men should at once return to work, ...

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  48. SYMPATHY FOR THE LATE HENRY CLEGG.

    The late Mr. Hunry Clegg, who perished in the great fire was first coinetist in the Ashfield Borough Brass Band, his father, Mr. Junies Clegg, also being a member of the band. The half-yearly meeting of ...

    Article : 102 words
  49. TIN.

    Straits tin for cash is quoted at £130, and for three months' delivery at £116 10s per ton. ...

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  50. STATION REPORTS.

    Messrs. Dalgety and Company, Limited, were in receipt of the following reports yesterday:— Keepit station, Gonnedah, 9th instant,—Fifty points of nice soaking rain fell last night, and it is ...

    Article : 323 words
  51. DEATH OF MR. J. J. WALSH.

    After a long illness, Mr. J. J. Walsh, an Australian acter who in his time played many parts, died at Prince Alfred Hospital on Wednesday. Few playgoers of the present day clearly remember the ...

    Article : 201 words
  52. THE TERMS OF SETTLEMENT.

    The settlement, in short, is that the question of wages be referred to the Mayors of Perth and Fremantle, who will sit to-morrow. The men commence work at 7.30 a.m. ...

    Article : 37 words
  53. ATTEMPTS TO WRECK A TRAIN.

    Three attempts were made to-day to wreck the Coolgardis express by putting sleepers across the line. It is rumoured that the Carters and Drivors' ...

    Article : 43 words
  54. THE TRAMWAY TRAFFIC.

    When it was discovered on Wednesday ovening that there was no possibility of tramway communication in George-street being restored by the following morning the superintendent (Mr. J. ...

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  55. A BARQUE AGROUND.

    The barque Solglyt, which had completed loading a cargo of tumber at Bunbury for Durban, and which was ready for [?], dragged her anchors during the heavy aquall from the northward last evening, and ...

    Article : 63 words
  56. TRAGEDY AT CHARTERS TOWERS.

    The man Brown who, after shooting Mr. Haygarth at Charters Towers, wounded himself, can now speak. The bullet went through his tongue, and broke his nose and forehead. ...

    Article : 160 words
  57. MORE COLONIALS DISTINGUISHED.

    Distinguished conduct medals based upon enlogistic mention in despatches for bravery have been awarded for Privates Angel (since dead) and W. George (Western Australians), ...

    Article : 362 words
  58. LATE MINING.

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  59. WRECK OF A BARQUE.

    News received from Fiji states that the Norwegian barque Norden, bound from Capetown to Fiji in ballest, took a load of copra to Europe, and was wrecked on a reef at the entrance to Suva Harbour on June ...

    Article : 64 words
  60. THE WRECK OF THE THISTLE.

    Our correspondent at Nambucca Heads yesterday reported that the heavy sea knocked the Thistle about a lot, and she has sanded up to the covering boards, and is likely to become a total wreck. ...

    Article : 39 words
  61. LATE SHIPPING.

    H.M.S. Sparrow, from New Zealand. ...

    Article : 11 words
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