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  2. THE VOTING POWER OF THIS DISTRICT.

    The whole of the rolls for the six electorates in this immediate district have not yet been revised. Revision courts are to be held next week. On ...

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  3. THE IMPERIAL TROOPS IN QUEENSLAND.

    The banquet at Parliament House tonight in honour of the officers of the Imperial troops and of the Queensland and New Zealand contingents was a very ...

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  4. POLITICAL ITEMS.

    At paragraph appeared in a Sydney paper to-day to the effect that Mr. Holder, the South Australian Premier, was unable to see Mr. Barton on coming to Sydney, but ...

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  5. DISTRICT NEWS.

    The annual meeting of this lodge was held in St. Augustine's Schoolroom on Monday evening. The secretary read the annual report and balance-sheet, which was ...

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  6. WAR IN SOUTH AFRICA.

    LONDON, Tuesday.—Further details of the reverse near Lindley, in the Orange River Colony, when Colonel Laing, two other officers, and 15 men ...

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  7. INTERNATIONAL NEWS.

    LONDON, Tuesday.—The first series of colonial wool sales for the year opened this evening. Business was brisk, and merinos ...

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  8. QUEENSLAND.

    The Britannic, with the Imperial troops, and the Orient, with the returned Queenslanders, arrived at Moreton Bay early this morning. The Government steam yacht ...

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  9. WICKHAM COUNCIL.

    The fortnightly meeting of the Wickham Council was held lad evening. There were present: The Mayor (Alderman John Kidd), and Aldermen Frith, Baskerville, Bond, ...

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  10. THE SURPRISE AT ZUURFONTEIN.

    LONDON, Tuesday.—Later reports of the attack by the Boers upon Zuurfontein, 27 miles south of Pretoria, state that a Kaffir led the Boers to the ...

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  11. OCEAN TELEPHONY SOLVED.

    LONDON, Wednesday.—Dr. Pupin, of Columbia University, claims to have solved ocean telephony, thus enabling people to communicate from ...

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  12. AN ALLEGED NIHILIST.

    LONDON, Wednesday.—Prince Nakachine, a Nihilist, has been arrested at Nice, on documents found at Paris. The evidence showed that he ...

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  13. INQUEST AT WALLSEND.

    Mr. Coroner Martin held an inquest at Mr. W. Smith's Albion Hotel yesterday forenoon concerning the death of the unfortunate man whose body was found in ...

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  14. BOERS AMBUSHED AT THE RAND.

    LONDON, Wednesday.—A squadron of Johannesburg Mounted Rifles ambushed a party of Boers at Holfontein on Sunday, killing five, including ...

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  15. CARRINGTON.

    A meeting to recognise the services of Senior-constable O'Meara was held last night, when a considerable number of residents attended. Alderman G. Marsden, ...

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  16. BOER REFUGEES IN CAMP.

    LONDON, Wednesday.—One thousand Boer refugees detained at the camps at Pretoria, Kroonstad, and Rhenoster Spruit declare that they ...

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  17. SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    An attempt has been made recently to bring about the closing of the City Markets on Saturday afternoons and evenings in conformity with the practice adopted by the ...

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  18. THE RELIGIOUS ASSOCIATIONS BILL.

    LONDON, Wednesday.—The debate on the Religious Associations Bill, a measure which is causing great excitement in France, has been opened ...

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  19. ARREST OF SUSPECTS.

    LONDON, Tuesday.—Nine hundred suspects have been arrested at Vryburg, and removed to Kimberley. ...

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  20. AN OFFER TO HEER KRUGER.

    LONDON, Wednesday.—Milholland, an American millionaire, has invited Heer Kruger to visit and lecture in America. ...

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  21. PROMENADE CONCERT.

    An enjoyable concert was held on board the four-masted barque Routenburn last night in aid of St. Thomas' Mission to Seamen. Patrons of the concert were ...

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  22. WALLSEND COUNCIL.

    The fortnightly meeting of this council was held on Tuesday evening, there being present Aldermen Rushton, Harris, Bowling, Timmins, Maddison, Wills, and the Mayor ...

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  23. DESTITUTE FOREIGNERS.

    LONDON, Tuesday.—Many destitute foreigners from the Transvaal are in Durban and are appealing to the police for food and shelter, as their respective ...

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  24. THE SNOW-BOUND RUSSIAN TRAVELLERS.

    LONDON, Wednesday.—The survivors of the thousands of passengers who were detained, suffering dreadful hardships in the snow-bound trains ...

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  25. THE FEDERAL CONTINGENT.

    The great rush of applicants for enrolment in the Military Contingent for South Africa has necessitated the making of satisfactory arrangements regarding ...

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  26. ANOTHER BOER ATTACK.

    LONDON, Wednesday.—Reuter's correspondent at Capetown states that 500 Boers attempted to cut the water-mains at Touws River, with the object ...

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  27. GENERAL CABLES.

    Mr. Arthur Nickson, of Melbourne, has been appointed a Fellow of the Royal College of Organists. The directors of the Associated ...

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  28. EMPLOYMENT OF BRITISH YEOMANRY.

    LONDON, Wednesday.—The War Office is enlisting 5000 Yeomanry for a year or the duration of the war. ...

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  29. THE DEFENCE OF CAPETOWN.

    LONDON, Wednesday.—One hundred and twenty German farmers have joined the Cape Subunban Guard. The Cape Cyclist Corps numbers 300. ...

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  30. RETURNING RAIDERS.

    LONDON, Wednesday.—Lord Kitchener reports that several small parties of raiders are returning to the Orange River. Some Cape rebels ...

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  31. THE MINING SITUATION.

    The wheeling difficulty seems destined to go round from one colliery to another. Trouble occurred unexpectedly at Brown's collieries ...

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  32. A SHARP ENGAGEMENT.

    LONDON, Wednesday.—A sharp fight took place at Murraysburg on the 11th inst. Six British were killed, 17 wounded, and five missing, chiefly ...

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  33. THE INDIAN CONTINGENT.

    On Saturday last Sir William Lyne sent to the Viceroy of India the following cablegram:—"We would be glad if Indian Government would allow the members of ...

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  34. BUSHMEN WOUNDED.

    LONDON, Wednesday.—Wounded dangerously, Sergeant-Major Weir; and Private Logan, New South Wales Bushmen, severely, at Vlakfontein. ...

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  35. RETURNED TO DUTY.

    LONDON, Wednesday.—Major Dobbin, Pretoria Bushmen, and Captain Butterworth, Queensland, have returned to duty. ...

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  36. VICTORIA THEATRE.

    Next Saturday night Mr. William Anderson's dramatic company, after a successful tour of 12 months, during which Melbourne, Brisbane, and Adelaide were visited, will ...

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  37. THE ORMUZ-ISMAILA COLLISION.

    The Marine Court inquiry into the collision between the Ormuz and the Ismaila was continued to-day. Mr. Crober, who appeared for Pilot Emerson, who was in charge of the ...

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  38. AUSTRALASIAN TRADE WITH LONDON.

    A London paper of December 5, commenting on a report issued by the port sanitary authority, remarks: Penhaps the thing that stands out most prominently in the report ...

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  39. CHURCH PRECEDENCE.

    At a meeting of the Evang[?]cal Council of New South Wales, the following resolutions were unanimously adopted:— 1. "That this council declares that under ...

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