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  2. SOUTH AFRICA.

    Information has been received that when General French's force was three miles north of the Zand River, threatening the rear of the retreating enemy, previous to the ...

    Article : 308 words
  3. CABLE MESSAGES

    It is now reported that 30,000 insurgent natives are besieging Kumassi, where the force under Sir F. M. Hodgson, Governor of the Gold Coast Colony, is located. It is ...

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  4. COMMONWEALTH BILL.

    A further discussion on the amendments proposed by the Imperial Government in the Australian Commonwealth Bill has taken place between the Federation ...

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  5. GALLANT MAFEKING.

    There's a shout upon the morning, Do you hear it, Baden-P.? Do you hear its mighty thunder As it leaps from sea to sea? ...

    Article : 225 words
  6. THE BOER DELEGATES.

    Later details have been received regarding the public welcome accorded to the Boer peace delegates at New York yesterday by the Irish aad Dutch Reception Committee. ...

    Article : 152 words
  7. A NEW SUBMARINE BOAT.

    It is reported that Mr. James Ellis Howard, a shipwright at Hobart, has offered to the Admiralty a submarine boat which he has invented. ...

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  8. THE NEWMARKET STAKES.

    The race for the Newmarket Stakes took place to-day, and resulted as follows:- THE NEWMARKET STAKES of 30 sovs. each, half forfeit, with 2000 sovs. added; ...

    Article : 151 words
  9. WEST AUSTRALIAN PARLIAMENT.

    A special session of Parliament was opened this afternoon to deal with the question of Federation. The Vice-regal Speech intimated that a bill would be presented ...

    Article : 85 words
  10. MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

    The London " Express" publishes the report that General Sir Archibald Hunter (who has been advancing northward from Kimberley) with a large force, which includes ...

    Article : 124 words
  11. PIGEON SHOOTING.

    Mr. Leslie Walford, a prominent Sydney sportsman, and a member of the Botany Gun Club, has won several prizes at a meeting of the Gun Club in England. ...

    Article : 36 words
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  13. NEW ZEALAND MIDLAND RAILWAY.

    The debenture-holders of the New Zealand Midland Railway Company are presenting a petition to Mr. Seddon, the New Zealand Premier, asking for a partial ...

    Article : 62 words
  14. COLONIAL CASUALTIES.

    Information is to hand of the following casualties among the Australian troops serving in South Africa:—Private W. G. Taylor, of New South Wales, severely wounded at ...

    Article : 92 words
  15. COLONIAL FRUIT.

    The shipment of apples by the R.M.S. Ormuz has arrived in excellent condition, and the Tasmanian apples have realised 10s. to 13s. per case. ...

    Article : 38 words
  16. CONDEMNED AUSTRALIAN RABBITS.

    Over 5000 crates of rabbits received by the steamer Salamis, from Sydney, have been found to be rotten, and were condemned by the sanitary authorities. ...

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  17. REPORTED RELIEF OF MAFEKING.

    The Portuguese officials at Delagoa Bay report that the British relieving force cut off a party of Boers who were in the act of storming Mafeking, and the town has now ...

    Article : 51 words
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  19. THE VTCTORIAN BUSHMEN.

    The Victorian Bushmen's Contingent, who recently arrived at Beira, have gone to Marandellas, in Rhodesia, some distance south of Salisbury. ...

    Article : 28 words
  20. FOOD AT MAFEKING.

    A melancholy report has been received regarding the daily bill of fare at Mafeking, the principal items of which consist of horse sausage, curried locusts, roast mule, and ...

    Article : 38 words
  21. NOTES ON THE CABLES.

    The most gratifying intelligence that has come from the seat of war for a long time is published to-day, and, although the information to hand is not official, yet there ...

    Article : 554 words
  22. STORY OF THE SIEGE.

    Mafeking is a smart little town on the Bechuanaland Railway, about eight miles from the Transvaal border, and 875 miles from Capetown. Its population, small ...

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  23. EMBARKATION OF TROOPS.

    Owing to the unfavourable weather conditions it was considered advisable to abandon the arrangements which had heen made for the men of the Fourth Contingent to march ...

    Article : 68 words
  24. QUEENSLAND ART SOCIETY.

    A meeting of the council of the Queensland Art Society was held at the Technical College last evening, at which were present —Messrs. R. Godfrey Rivers (president); ...

    Article : 113 words
  25. SANDGATE NOTES.

    On Wednesday the Mayor of Sandgate (writes our correspondent) issued a number of circulars to residents of Sandgate asking them to attend a meeting in his rooms this ...

    Article : 221 words
  26. THE RETREATING BOERS.

    It is reported that during the northern retreat of the Boers thirty-two guns passed through Kroonstad. One thousand Free State burghers have ...

    Article : 58 words
  27. INTERCOLONIAL OARSMEN.

    The remainder of the visiting oarsmen are leaving Brisbane to-day, the South Australians going by train, and the Victorian and New South Wales men by steamer. The ...

    Article : 141 words
  28. PRESIDENT STEYN AND THE ORANGE VOLKSRAAD.

    The London " Daily Telegraph" publishes the statement that when Lord Roberts's force was rapidly nearing Kroonstad, the remnant of the Orange Free State ...

    Article : 72 words
  29. HOLIDAY RAILWAY TIME-TABLE.

    The railway time-table for holiday traffic on the 24th May is published elsewhere. ...

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  31. ABUSE OF THE WHITE FLAG.

    A further instance of the abuse of the white flag by the enemy is reported. The outrage took place at a farm near Kroonstad. A party of sixteen Boers fired upon ...

    Article : 83 words
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  33. NEWS FROM THE SOUTH.

    The Premier has fallen in with a suggestion made by Mr. Philp, the Premier of Queensland, that the relief of Mafeking should be specially signalised in Australia, ...

    Article : 75 words
  34. OPERATIONS IN NATAL.

    Later reports from Natal regarding the entraining of a force of 2500 Boers at Glencoe for the northward show that they left the town early on Tuesday, taking with ...

    Article : 77 words
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