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  2. WAR INCIDENTS.

    Mr. R. Harding, guide to Lord Methuen, is responsible for the following:—On the morning of the Magersfontein battle, the two highly-trained pointers belonging to Mr. ...

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  3. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

    The session of the Imperial Parliament was opened yesterday, with the usual ceremonies. The Queen's Speech, read by the Lord ...

    Article : 221 words
  4. SOUTH AFRICA.

    Additional details have now been received of the battle at Spionkop on Wednesday last, the 24th instant. It appears that when they became aware that the British force ...

    Article : 232 words
  5. CABLE MESSAGES

    In consequence of the wide extent of the famine now prevailing in India, the Lord Mayor of London has opened a fund for the relief of the sufferers. ...

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  6. QUEENSLAND.

    The Weather is now warm and dry, and unless rain comes very shortly the late crop of maize will suffer considerably. The early crop is good, and farmers anticipate a bountful return. The ...

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  7. APPOINTMENT FOR LIEUTENANTCOLONEL BYRON.

    It is announced that Lieutenantm-Colonel Byron, of the Queensland Regiment of Royal Australian Artillery, who was sent to South Africa as a special service officer, ...

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  8. PROBABLE RUPTURE BETWEEN ITALY AND TURKEY.

    It is reported that a rupture in the relations between Italy and Turkey is probable, owing to the action of the Turkish Government in refusing to surrender an ...

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  9. THIRD QUEENSLAND CONTINGENT.

    The intimation made in camp yesterday, that the third Queensland contingent had been officially accepted, and that the number of men to be sent was 250 instead of 150. ...

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  10. A FRENCH STRATEGIST.

    It is reported that Colonel de Villebols Mareuil, the French strategist, who is serving with the Boer army, has now gone to Colesberg to assist in the operations against ...

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  11. "COURIER" PATRIOTIC FUND.

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  12. NEW SOUTH WALES.

    The official return shows that the collieries produced last year 4,596,903 tons coal, valued at £1,325,774. This is a decrease of 109,348 tons on the output for 1898, but an ...

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  13. COMBATANTS UNDER THE RED CROSS.

    News is to hand that a number of men, ostensibly connected with French and German ambulances, have arrived at Pretoria by way of Delagoa Bay, and immediately on ...

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  14. JOHANNESBURG SHELL FACTORY DESTROYED.

    A refugee from Johannesburg, who has arrived at Durban, reports that an explosion occurred on the 20th inetant at the great shell factory at Johannesburg. The ...

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  15. THE PLAGUE PATIENT.

    The patient at the quarantine station is progressing towards recovery, and no other cases of bubonic plague have come under notice. The authorities have decided to ...

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  16. WELL DONE, THURSDAY ISLAND.

    A telegram from the Hon. J. Douglas states tha over £100 have been collected at Thursday Island, and will be forwarded shortly. The donation acknowledged yesterday as from ...

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  17. THE PLAGUE AT NOUMEA.

    The Premier has been notified that from the 25th to 26th January one fresh case of bubonic plague occurred at Noumea, but no deaths took place. From the 26th to the ...

    Article : 44 words
  18. BOER CONDITIONS OF PEACE.

    Dr. W. J. Leyds, Transvaal Diplomatic Agent in Europe, declares that the initial conditions of peace which will be required by the Transvaal Government will be the ...

    Article : 223 words
  19. VICTORIA.

    A party of five persons—namely, John Mills and Edward Mills, his son, W. M'Car[?]on, William Howard, and William Smith— were in a boat fishing on Loch Garry, about ...

    Article : 65 words
  20. QUEENSLAND PATRIOTIC FUND

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 59 words
  21. SPEECH BY LORD SALISBURY.

    In the House of Lords yesterday, on the adoption of the Address in reply to the Queen's Speech being moved, the Earl of Kimberley criticised the action of the ...

    Article : 403 words
  22. BUSHMEN'S FUND.

    We have received £10 10s. from the Hon. Alexander Raff, M.L.C., towards this fund, which will be handed to the hon. treasurer, his worship the Mayor. ...

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  23. LETTERS FROM THE FRONT.

    The following extracts are from a private letter received by last mail from a member of the first contingent:— Orange River, S.A., ...

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  24. INTERCOLONIAL CRICKET.

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  25. SING-SONG AT THE EXHIBITION.

    There is to be another sing-song at the Exhibition Grounds to-night. The Programme is being arranged by Mr. C. E. Daniels, who will act as accompanist ...

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  27. NOTES ON THE CABLES.

    The military situation in South Africa is again looking hopeful, as General in addressing the troops under General Warren on Monday last (according to the ...

    Article : 943 words
  28. ADDITIONAL LIST OF CASUALTIES.

    Additional lists of casualties sustained by the British force in Natal have been received by the War Office, but these refer to the fighting previous to the battle at ...

    Article : 101 words
  29. REPORTS FROM THE SOUTH

    The Premier, Mr. Lyne, has received a report, which shows that there are now 25,270 rifles in the colony, all being useful weapons, and about 8000 first-class. ...

    Article : 47 words
  30. SPEECH BY GENERAL BULLER.

    The correspondent of the "Daily Mail" at Capetown has cabled the information that on Monday last General Buller, the commander in Natal, read to General Warren's ...

    Article : 119 words
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  32. THE BUSHMEN'S CONTINGENT.

    It is expected that by the end of this weel or the beginning of next week, four units of the Bushmen's Contingent for South Africa will be completed, so far as the men ...

    Article : 75 words
  33. DUNDONALD AND LITTLELTON.

    Reuter's correspondent at the front in Natal forwards the information that the British force under Colonel the Eari of Dundonald, which has been operating between ...

    Article : 56 words
  34. THE HOUSE OF COMMONS.

    In the House of Commons, on the motion for the adoption of the Address in reply, Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman, Leader of the Liberal party, made an attack on the ...

    Article : 216 words
  35. COMPLAINT OF NEW SOUTH WALES. OFFICERS.

    The complaint of the New South Wales officers in the first contingent sent to South Africa, that their claims to positions befitting their rank are made subservient to the ...

    Article : 77 words
  36. A BOER FICTION.

    News has been received that the Transvaal authorities at Pretoria informed the Transvaal Consul at Delagoa Bay that in the engagement at Spionkop 2000 British troops ...

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  37. VICTORIA

    Mr. E. D. Millar, a contractor, has promised £1000 to the Bushmen's Corps Fund, and £100 towards equipping Cameron.'s scouts. ...

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  38. VICTORIAN DEFENCES.

    In the Legislative Assembly to-day, during a discussion on the Defence Estimates, the majority of the members urged the Government to arm the Defence Force with the ...

    Article : 99 words
  39. PATHETIC MESSAGES FROM LADYSMITH.

    Pathetic messages by heliograph have been received by General Buller from the garrison at Ladysmith. The messages state that the soldiers and townsfolk are ...

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  40. NEW COMMANDANT, Q.D.F.

    The Chief Secretary is in receipt of information from the Agent-General that Lieutenant-Colonel Finn, of the 21st Hussars, has been selected as Commandant of ...

    Article : 195 words
  41. CAMPAIGN IN CAPE COLONY.

    News is to hand that Lord Roberts, the Commander-in-Chief in South Africa, has recalled to Capetown two transport steamers, conveying artillery and cavalry which had ...

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  42. MESSAGE FROM THE NEW ZEALAND AGENT-GENERAL.

    The Agent-General has cabled that it is estimated: that the British losses at the Tugela during the last fortnight have bean 1400. The total British loss to date is ...

    Article : 144 words
  43. AMENDMENT BY THE IRISH PARTY.

    Mr. J. E. Redmond, leader of the Parnellite section of the Irish Nationalist party, will move, as an amendment on the motion for the adoption of the Address in reply, a ...

    Article : 74 words
  44. GENERAL KELLY-KENNY.

    Major-Genoral Kelly-Kenny, who is in command of the sixth army division in South Africa, has established his headquarters at Rosmead Junction, about ...

    Article : 92 words
  45. THE IRISH PARLIAMENTARY PARTY.

    It is announced that the various sections of the Irish Nationalist party have now reunited on the basis of holding themselves aloof from any connection with the political ...

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