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  2. THE ATTACK ON PROTESTANTISM.

    Never perhaps before in the history of the city of Sydney has such an enormous gathering assembled in the Sydney Town Hall as that which filled it last night in response to the invitation of the Evangelical ...

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  3. THE TRANSVALL

    The British have occupied Komati Poort, the railway town on the Portuguese East Africa border. The bridge over the Komati, which ...

    Article : 133 words
  4. CHINA.

    Tung-fuh-siang has been appointed Generalissimo of the Chinese armies. He declares that he will oppose Field-Marshal Count von Waldersee, the ...

    Article : 103 words
  5. SECOND EDITION

    A meeting of the miners' union was held at Bundamba to-night to take into consideration the position of affairs at the Whitwood Colliery. The two men who it is declared had not been reinstated ...

    Article : 310 words
  6. THE BRITISH GENERAL ELECTIONS.

    The Marquis of Salisbury, the Premier, has issued an address to the electors of Great Britain and Ireland. Lord Salisbury utters a grave warning ...

    Article : 234 words
  7. SPECIAL CABLES.

    The Earl of Clarendon has been appointed Lord Chamberlain of her Majesty's Household in succession to the Earl of Hopetoun. ...

    Article : 49 words
  8. FLOODS IN BENGAL.

    Heavy rains have fallen in Bengal. At Calcutta 35in. fell in four days. Hundreds of miles of country are flooded. ...

    Article : 37 words
  9. THE WEATHER.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 149 words
  10. PLAGUE AT GLASGOW.

    Six deaths from the plague have accurred at Glasgow. The Local Government Board has directed that rigorous precautions to ...

    Article : 41 words
  11. BRITISH OCCUPY VRYHEID.

    Lieutenant-General Hildyard occupied Vryheid, in the South-eastern Transvaal, after Colonel Gough and LieutenantColonel Bethune had turned a strong ...

    Article : 33 words
  12. VICTORIA.

    About half-past 8 on Sunday night Mr. Russell's hotel and store at Barrapoort, a township about 12 miles from Boort, was stuck-up by an armed man. A lad named Brough, aged 17, and a man named ...

    Article : 218 words
  13. PEACE NEGOTIATIONS.

    The United States Government, in replying to the proposal of the Emperor William that the instigators of outrages in China should be surrendered before ...

    Article : 99 words
  14. A FRENCH MAYORAL BANQUET.

    President Loubet yesterday presided at a successful banquet, which was attended by 22,000 Mayors, According to Mr. J. E. C. Bodley, ia France ...

    Article : 50 words
  15. THE HOSPITAL INQUIRY COMMISSION.

    Dr. W. S. Church, Dr. D. Cunningham, Lord Justice Romer, Sir David Richmond, and Mr. F. Harrison, the committee appointed to inquire into the state of the ...

    Article : 109 words
  16. STATION REPORTS.

    Messrs. Goldsbrough, Mort, and Co. are advised:— Tugslands, Gilgandra, 20th: The weather is close and thundery, looking very much like a change. Blairmore, Boggabri, 19th: Seventy points rain ...

    Article : 400 words
  17. MR. CHAMBERLAIN'S SPEECH.

    Mr. Chamberlain's address to the electors of West Birmingham on Saturday night was a notable fighting speech. Mr. Chamberlain insisted that the task ...

    Article : 98 words
  18. POSITION OF THE UNITED STATES.

    Reuter's correspondent states that the United States is reducing its military contingent at Peking to a strong Legation Guard, but that Rear-Admiral G. C. ...

    Article : 68 words
  19. OBITUARY.

    The death is announced of the Spanish statesman, General Arsenio Martinez Campos, aged 66 years. Arsenio Martinez Campos was born in 1834, ...

    Article : 256 words
  20. GIPPSLAND COLLIERIES DISPUTE.

    There is a feeling of intense disappointment among the men employed in the Gippsland collieries at the refusal of the directors to refer the matters in dispute to arbitration. ...

    Article : 89 words
  21. AUSTRALIAN CASUALTIES.

    The names of the following Australians appear in the casualty list:- VICTORIA. Died of enteric fever at Enkildoorn: Private ...

    Article : 37 words
  22. THE BRUNSWICK TRAGEDY.

    In the Criminal Court to-day, before Mr. Justice Hodges, John Pridmore was charged with the murder of his wife, Annie Jane Pridmore, at Brunssick, on July 16. The case for the Crown was that ...

    Article : 109 words
  23. ATTACK ON PEITANG FORT.

    The Allied force which participated in the attack on the Peitang Fort comprised 4000 Russians, 4000 Germans, 1000 French, and a detachment of Austrian ...

    Article : 125 words
  24. LORD ROSBERY'S VIEWS OF THE GOVERNMENT.

    Lord Rosebery, in writing to Captain Lambton, one of the Liberal candidates for Newcastle-on-Tyne, said that in the present situation of the world he would ...

    Article : 88 words
  25. N. S. W. TROOPERS.

    The Premier is in receipt of the following telegrams from South Africa:- "September 19.—Referring to your telegram September 17, Watt, Webber, Woodley, prisoners of ...

    Article : 195 words
  26. QUEENSLAND.

    During the voyage of the staamer Peragrine from Sydney to Brisbane J. Crawford, a fireman, jumped overboard. Three lifebuoys were thrown to him. One of the boats was immediately lowered, and the ...

    Article : 68 words
  27. MANCHESTER SEPTEMBER MEETING.

    At the Manchester September Meeting, held on Friday and Saturday, the contests for the principal events resulted as under:- ...

    Article : 314 words
  28. GRIEVANCES OF PASTORALISTS.

    Intelligence has been received from London referring to a complaint made by the pastoral lessees, through the chairman of the Uuion Mortgage and Agency Company, that they ...

    Article : 218 words
  29. SIR MICHAEL HICKS-BEACH.

    Sir Michael Hicks-Beach, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, in his address to the electors of West Bristol, emphasizes the soundness of the finances. ...

    Article : 32 words
  30. MEASURES AGAINST THE BOXERS.

    A proclamation issued by Li[?] Hung Chang has been published at Paoting-fu and elsewhere. The proclamation orders the Chinese soldiers to fight and ...

    Article : 60 words
  31. RETURNED SOLDIERS.

    Troopers E. Wolpert and W. Bond, invalided home from South Africa, received a splendid welcome this afternoon. The Mounted Billes, the Town Band, and a large number of citizens in buggies met ...

    Article : 182 words
  32. MR. G.J.GOSCHEN.

    Mr. G. J. Goschen, First Lord of the Admiralty, who represented St. George's, Hanover-square in the last Parliament, in claiming relief from his onerous duties ...

    Article : 99 words
  33. LATE MINING.

    To-day's Exchange sales were:—Bonnie Dundee, 7s 9d; Clark's Brilliant, Worcester, mid Victory, contributiug, 5s 3d; Moonstone Treasure Block, paid, 4[?]d, New Queen, 2s 9d: No. 2 South-east ...

    Article : 720 words
  34. BOXERS' HEADQUARTERS CAPTURED.

    Peitachu, which was captured by an Allied force under Brigadier-General Wilson, was the recent headquarters of the Boxers. ...

    Article : 25 words
  35. SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    His Excellency Admiral Pearson landed from H.M.S, Royal Arthur at midday to-day to pay an official visit to his Excellency Lord Tennyson. An inquest was held to-day into the cause of the ...

    Article : 75 words
  36. COUNT WALDERSEE.

    Field-Marshal Count von Waldersee reviewed 5000 troops at Shanghai. The Bengal Lancers formed his escort. Count von Waldersee after the review ...

    Article : 34 words
  37. THE LATE REV. J. G. FENTON.

    The remains of the late Rev. J. G. Fenton rector of St. Peter's Church. St. Peters, were buried yesterday afternoon in the Woronora Cemetery, Sutherland. A few minutes ...

    Article : 516 words
  38. THE LATE LIEUTENANT HARRIOTT.

    The tablet erected to the memory of the late Lieutenant W.R. Harriott was formally unveiled at the offices of the A.M.P. Society yesterday in the presence of members of the directorate and the staff. ...

    Article : 651 words
  39. WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

    Five seamen of the steamer Windsor, who were imprisoned for refusing duty on board their ship, were this morning, on the application of the master, ordered by the committing magistrate to go aboard ...

    Article : 71 words
  40. GENERAL NEWS.

    The Russsians have seized Chinwan-tao. Cheng, an anti-foreigner, has been appointed the Taotai of Shanghai, in succession to Sheng, who has been appointed ...

    Article : 35 words
  41. THE SITUATION.

    The position taken by the United States Government would be defensible on all points if it were not for the character of Chinese diplomacy. Mr. M'Kinley's Cabinet informs Germany that ...

    Article : 652 words
  42. NORTHERN TERRITORY.

    Long Peter, an aboriginal, charged with the murder of another native, at the Criminal Court today was found guilty of manslaughter with a recommondation to mercy owing to the quarrel ...

    Article : 51 words
  43. NEW ZEALAND.

    Mr. Donald Macdonald, " S. M. Herald " war correspondent, who had a most succeastul tour in the North Island, opened here to-night to a packed house, including [?] his Excellency the Governor, ...

    Article : 145 words
  44. TASMANIA.

    With reference to the Great Western Railway Sir Richard Baker has telegraphed to the Premier that the requisite money is ready in London, but that financiers insist on official approval being ...

    Article : 107 words
  45. TO-DAY.

    Miss Elsie Hall and Dr. Ennis: P[?]noforte Duo Recitals, Y. M. C. A. Hall, at 8 p. m. Professional Musicians' Benefit Association: Smoke Concert at 8.45 p. m. ...

    Article : 223 words
  46. SOUTHERN COLLIERIES.

    The coalowners' reply has caused great dissatisfaction among the minors throughout the district, and a motion from the South Bulli branch giving 14 days' notice to demand 3d per ton advance on the hewing ...

    Article : 229 words
  47. THE PACIFIC CABLE.

    Neither the Premier nor the Postmaster-General has received any message from the Imperial authorities confirming the information received by the Queensland Government to the effect that a tender ...

    Article : 123 words
  48. MASTER CARRIERS' ASSOCIATION.

    A largely attended meeting of the members of the lately reorganised Master Carriers' Association was held at Fullerton's Schoolhall last evening. The report of the committee stated that circulars had ...

    Article : 96 words
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