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  2. TRANSVAAL WAR

    LONDON, Thursday.—Repeated and determined attacks were made by the Boers on Monday on Lieutenant-General Pole-Carew's position, near ...

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  3. Indian Famine Fund.

    A successful and enjoyable sacred concert was given in St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church last evening in aid of the Indian Famine Fund. There was a large ...

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  4. WAR IN CHINA.

    LONDON, Thursday.—Advices have been received from Cheefoo to the effect that Nishii, the Japanese Minister at Pekin, writing under date June ...

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  5. PEN-NOTES AND PENCILLINGS.

    Diagram showing the strength of the Navy, had it only the British Isles to defend. Also, Diagram showing the few ships the ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  6. What Li Hung Chang Says.

    LONDON, Thursday.—In bidding farewell to the Consuls, Li Hung Cluing promised to secure tranquillity in the south. He hoped that if the Legations ...

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  7. The Succour of Refugees.

    LONDON, Thursday.—Mr. St. John Brodrick, Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs, stated in the House of Commons last night, that vessels had been ...

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  8. Train-Wrecker Punished.

    LONDON, Thursday.—A young Boer has been sentenced to five years' penal servitude in Capetown for trying to wreck a troop train at the Paarl, a ...

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  9. Newcastle City Band.

    A special meeting of the supporters of the City Band was held at the council chambers last evening. There was a fair attendance, and the Mayor ...

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  10. Finds in Cronje's Laager.

    LONDON, Thursday.—The correspondent of the "Daily Chronicle" says that Australian Bushmen discovered quantities of ammunition, rifles, and ...

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  11. A WALLSEND LAD AT MAFEKING.

    The experiences in South Africa of Trooper L. Thomas, of Wallsend, have evidently been of a more than ordinary character. This much is gained from his ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  12. Proposed Joint Action.

    LONDON, Thursday.—M. Deleasse, French Minister for Foreign Affairs, has proposed an international agreement for joint action in China. ...

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  13. The Capture of Tientsin.

    LONDON, Thursday.—The German official report of the capture of the native city at Tientsin states that on the morning of July 13 twelve Russian ...

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  14. Transvaal Treason Bill.

    LONDON, Tuesday.—Sir J. Gordon Sprigg's High Treason Bill provides compensation for losses, a special court, with two judges and one ...

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  15. MAHOMETAN FANATICISM.

    LONDON, Thursday.—Mahometan fanatics in Turkish mosques are prophesying and praying for the defeat of the allies. Russia has warned the ...

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  16. An Important Arrest.

    LONDON, Thursday.—Mr. Wolmarans a member of a well-known Boer family, has been arrested at Hatherley with a quantity of arms and 6000 bars ...

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  17. MORE MASSACRES.

    LONDON, Thursday.—Several missionaries were killed and their houses plundered at Kinkiang. All foreign women and children ...

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  18. Australian Casualties.

    LONDON, Thursday.—Private O. King, of the Victorian Mounted Infantry, was dangerously wounded at Hatherley (Eerste Fabrieken), and ...

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  19. INTERNATIONAL NEWS.

    LONDON, Thursday.—Mr. Wyndham, Under-Secretary for War, yielding to appeals in the House of Commons last night, abandoned the clause in the ...

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  20. Commissions for Australians.

    LONDON, Thursday.—A commission in the Royal Artillery has been given to Private R. S. Waller, of the Tasmanian forces, and a commission in the ...

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  21. Operations on the Gold Coast.

    LONDON, Thursday.—The Imperial Government propose making a £200,000 grant in aid of the operations at the Gold Coast. ...

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  22. Gentlemen v. Players.

    LONDON, Friday.—In the cricket match between the Gentlemen and Players the former scored 297 and 339. The Players responded with 126 and ...

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  23. OUR FEDERAL VICEROY'S CONSORT.

    As everyone Knows, the Governor of an Australian colony is to a large extent a figure head. Though the centre of the political system, and entrusted with ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  24. CAPTAIN ROBERTSON AT HOME

    Captain Robertson, of the barque Doris, who played such a prominent part in the recent shipmasters' sports, competing in everything, but winning ...

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  25. N.S.W. TROOPS FOR CHINA.

    The Premier has not yet finally decided whether any members of the Naval Brigade will proceed to China by the troopship Salamis, which is now in Sydney ...

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  26. The Chinese Guns.

    LONDON, Thursday.—The "Standard" states that during the recent fighting at Tientsin the Chinese detained a number of Russian artillery ...

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  27. GENERAL CABLES.

    Bar silver is to-day quoted at 2s 4 3-16d per ounce standard. The visible supply of American wheat, according to "Bradstreet's," is ...

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  28. A PLACE OF WORLD-WIDE INTEREST

    The house depicted in the sketch is from a photograph. Though a bit tumble-down and quite unpicturesque, it should be full of interest because of the man who once ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  29. SCHOOL OF ARTS.

    A meeting of members of the Newcastle School of Arts was held in the lecture room of the institution last night to consider the advisableness of ...

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  30. More Allied Reinforcements.

    LONDON, Thursday.—The "Daily Telegraph" states that 18,000 Japanese troops have been landed at Shanhaikwan, in the Gulf of Liao-Tong, for ...

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  31. THE PREMIER AND THE COLLIERY PROPRIETORS.

    The colliery proprietors of the Northern district were to have met the Premier to-day to discuss the question of imme[?]tely advancing the price of coal by 6d per ton ...

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  32. Chinese Army near Tientsin.

    LONDON, Thursday.—There are 150,000 Chinese troops, with 220 guns, in the neighbourhood of Tientsin, and 430,000 Chinese militia, in the ...

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  33. SYDNEY CORPORATION BILL.

    The debate on the second reading of the Sydney Corporation Amendment Bill was continued in the Legislative Assembly, after our report closed this morning. An ...

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  34. Precautions by Germany.

    LONDON, Thursday.—Baron von Bulaoy, the German Minister for Foreign Affairs, has forbidden the Chinese Minister in Berlin (Lu-hai-houan) to ...

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  35. COURT OF MARINE INQUIRY.

    The Court of Marine Inquiry, consisting of Judge Backhouse and Captains Mark Breach and Arthur Hay (assessors), held an inquiry at Sydney yesterday concerning ...

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  36. BECAUSE AUSTRALIANS ARE HONEST.

    It is a fine compliment which the London "Times," perhaps unwittingly, pays to colonial honesty, when It offers to place in the home of anyone who may apply, a complete ...

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  37. The Outbreak in Manchuria.

    LONDON, Thursday.—The Russian Government professes to regard the Chinese incursion into Siberia as a local outbreak, although the ,officials ...

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  38. AN AUSTRALIAN MERCHANT PRINCE.

    The late Mr. M. C. Cowlishaw will be remembered throughout Australia as the man who attempted to smash a particular redcovered Sydney weekly which associated his ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  39. THE INDIAN FAMINE.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 68 words
  40. SIR R. HART'S SUCCESSOR.

    LONDON, Thursday.—Lin, the Viceroy of Shanghai, has appointed Commissioner F. E. Taylor to the office of Inspector-General of Customs, lately ...

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  41. THE BRITISH COMMAND IN CHINA.

    LONDON, Thursday.—General Sir Francis, Grenfe[?], formerly Sirdar in Egypt, has been appointed British commander in China. ...

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  42. OUR DUTY!

    Our duty is to be merciful, no less to the righteous than to the unrighteous. "Turning" the other cheek" was never meant to imply that the good should allow ...

    Article : 278 words
  43. Advertising

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    Advertising : 246 words
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