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  2. AUSTRALIAN RESERVES.

    Lord Brassey, late Governor of Victoria, speaking in the House of Lords yesterday, called attention, and referred in most eulogistic terms, to the resources of Australia ...

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  3. LONDON WOOL SALES.

    The fourth series of colonial wool auctions for the present year closed to-day, with a firm market, at tho top prices of the series. ...

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  4. SOUTH AFRICA.

    Mr. Wolmarans, whose arrest at Hatherley has been announced, was one of the three Boer peace delegates who recently visited Europe and America, and was ...

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  5. THE PEKING MASSACRES.

    'A report has been received giving an account of the recent massacres at Peking, as related by a Chinese merchant of repute, who was an eye-witness of the ...

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  6. SOUTHERN TELEGRAMS.

    In a number of the city and suburban churches in memoriam services for the missionaries and native Christians who have fallen in the masacres in China were ...

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  7. WRECKING A TRAIN.

    Reports have been received that the Boers wrecked a train that was conveying twentyone sick men between Krugersdorp and Potchcfetroom. ...

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  8. THE PLAGUE.

    The absence of further developments, which is the best of news, continues with regard to the plague in Brisbane. Neither on Saturday nor yesterday were any fresh cases ...

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  9. RUSSIAN SUCCESSES.

    Reports are now to hand that the Russian troops have occupied all the important positions on the right bank of the Amur River after some severe conflicts with the Chinese. ...

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  10. ALL AUSTRALASIAN MISSIONS SAFE.

    News of a most satisfactory nature regarding some of the staff of the London Missionary Society stationed in China has been received in Sydney. It is stated that ...

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  11. VICEROY LI HUNG CHANG.

    It is stated that LI Hung Chang, before leaving Canton, added 5000 men to the force garrisoning the Bogue forts at that place. ...

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  12. LATEST BULLETIN.

    The bulletin from Colmslie, issued at 4 p.m. yesterday, was as follows:—" Plague area: Stella Flood's temperature is normal. All other patients doing well. ...

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  13. NAVAL VOLUNTEERS IN SYDNEY.

    The call for volunteers for service in China made by private circular to members of the Naval Brigade has been responded to by between sixty and seventy men, but ...

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  14. INDIGNATION AT HONGKONG.

    There is intense indignation expressed at Hongkong at the honours paid by the British authorities there to the Chinese Viceroy, LI Hung Chang, who, while ...

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  15. REPORT FROM AN AMERICAN CONSUL.

    Mr. J. Fowler, the American Vice-Consul at Chifu, has forwarded a report, in which he states that he questioned the Chinese Governor of Shantung as to the rumours of ...

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  16. REMEDIAL SERUM.

    The pleasing news with regard to the condition of Stella Flood may be taken as yet another testimonial to the virtues of the new remedial serum which has been used ...

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  17. WOMEN AND CHILDREN ORDERED TO LEAVE PRETORIA.

    Lord Roberts has issued an order that the wives and children of burghers in arms against the British are to rejoin the Boers who are fighting at Plonaarspoort. By ...

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  18. BOWEN-STREET PROPERTIES.

    The work of demolishing the condemned house in Bowen-street is practically completed, and, providing that the weather be dry, the material will be burnt to-day. The ...

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  19. LI HUNG CHANG AS A HOSTAGE.

    The "Times'' correspondent at Shanghal hints that the Viceroy Li Hung Chang is likely to be detained as a hostage by the Powers until the situation at Peking has ...

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  20. GENERAL RAINFALL.

    The following memorandum was issued by Mr. A. W. Anderson, Acting Government Meteorologist, at 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon:—The wires received and recorded at 3 p.m., on Saturday how ...

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  21. CABLE MESSAGES

    The Queen's Federation momento will be shipped to Australia by the steamship-Medic. (A cable message, under dace 11th July, stated that the pen, table, and Inkstand used ...

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  22. NEWS BY MAIL.

    The Canadian-Australian liner Warrimoo arrived from Vancouver, via Honolulu, on Saturday, and berthed at the Pinkenba wharf. From the files to hand we extract ...

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  23. PUNISHMENT OF BOERS

    News is to hand that fifteen burghers at Zeerust, in the west of the Transvaal, have been tried and sentenced to be banished to Ceylon, and their property confiscated, for ...

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  24. THE PEKING LEGATIONS.

    M. Pichon, the French Minister at Peking, in a letter to the French Government, written on the 12th June last, and which has only just been received, states that obscure ...

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  25. DENIAL BY THE GOVERNOR OF SHANTUNG.

    It is reported that the Governor of Shantung now denies that he ever announced that there had been a massacre at the Legations in Peking, but he apparently mixes ...

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  26. LI HUNG CHANG AT SHANGHAI.

    The Viceroy Li Hung Chang has now arrived at Shanghai on his way to Peking. He states that his appointment as Viceroy of Chi-li has been signed by the Empress ...

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  27. DR. TURNER'S REPORT ON TOWNSVILLE,

    At the meeting of the Joint Epidemic Board yesterday Dr. Turner submitted a strong report upon the state of the town, one sentence in the report reading, "The ...

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  28. MOVEMENTS OF BRITISH TROOPS.

    Latest information from the front in the Transvaal states that the British troops under General Lord Methuen have occupied Heckspoort, without opposition. ...

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  29. A (MUNIFICENT GIFT.

    It is announced that Sir James Chance has given a donation of £50,000 to the endowment fund of the Birmingham-University, which has recently been, established. ...

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  30. SATURDAY MORNING'S REPORTS.

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  31. MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

    Rear-Admiral Reney, the American Naval Cammander, has cabled to Washington that the allied forces will advance against Peking on the 15th August. ...

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  32. CHINESE EMPEROR APPEALS TO M. DELCASSE.

    The Chinese Minister in Paris has presented to M. Delcasse, the French Minister for Foreign Affairs, an appeal from the Emperor of China, asking France to mediate ...

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  33. SANDOWN ECLIPSE STAKES.

    The race for the Eclipse Stakes was run at the Sandown Park Eclipse Meeting to-day, With the following result:- The Thirteenth Renewal of the ECLIPSE ...

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  34. DEATH OF PRIVATE KING.

    Private O. King, of Victoria, who was recently dangerously wounded at Hatherley, has since died. ...

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  35. ATTITUDE OF TURKEY.

    The "Times" has published a report that the Mahometan, clergy at Constantinople have issued a protest, based upon the Koran, against any sympathy being ...

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  36. THE FIGHTING AT TIENTSIN.

    Further particulars of the recent operations at Tientsin, which resulted in the capture of the native city by the allied force, state that the losses sustained by the ...

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  38. NEW ZEALANDERS CAPTURED.

    Information has been received that the British force under General Pole-Carew had a stiff action with the Boers at Rietvali. The Boers, who were using Creusot guns ...

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  39. THE FRENCH PRESIDENT'S REPLY.

    M. Loubet, the French President, has telegraphed to M. Pichon, French Minister at Peking, that any mediation by France will depend upon the foreign Ministers ...

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  40. SULTAN'S ASSISTAINCE REQUESTED.

    Advices have been received from Vienna. stating that the Russian Government have requested the Sultan of Turkey, Abdul Hamid [?] as Ca[?]ph of Islam, to ...

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  41. FRENCH SUCCESS IN WEST AFRICA.

    News has been received from West Africa that the Mahomedan chief 'Rabah, who had for a long time past exercised a dominating Influence in the Western Soudan, but was ...

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  42. FURTHER JAPANESE TROOPS FOR CHINA.

    Information is to hand that the Japanese Government are embarking another division of troops for China, together with a large siege train of artillery. ...

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  43. THE VICTORIA CROSS.

    It is announced that the Victoria Cross has been awarded to Captain Meiklejohn and Sergeant-Major Robertson, of the Gordon Highlanders, for gallantry displayed by ...

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  44. DESPATCH FROM THE AMERICAN MINISTER.

    News from Washington states that on the 11th instant the Chinese Minister there despatched a message in cipher from Mr. Hay, United States Secretary of State, to ...

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  45. THE CHINESE EMPEROR AND THE MIKADO.

    It is reported that the Emperor of China wrote to the Mikado on the 3rd instant, urging that Japan and China should make common cause against the European Powers, ...

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  46. THE QUEEN'S PRIZE AT BISLEY.

    Private Ward, of the 1st Battalion, Devonshire Regiment, is the winner of the Queen's Prize at the National Rifle Association meeting at Bisley, with a score of 341 ...

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  47. LOSSES ON A SHIPMENT OF HORSES.

    News has been received that the steamer Annerley, which left Melbourne on the 9th June, has arrived at Durban, in Natal. She was bringing a large shipment of horses to ...

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  48. BRAVERY OF THE CHINESE.

    The "Daily Mail's" correspondent at Chifu has reported that in the recent fighting at Tientsin the Chinese soldiers and insurgents bravely encountered a perfect hail ...

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  49. AN APPEAL CASE.

    In the appeal case, Melbourne Tramways Company v. the City of Fitzroy, judgment has been reserved by the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council. ...

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  50. CAPE REINFORCEMENTS FOR CHINA.

    It is reported from Capetown that, in anticipation of British reinforcements being sent to China, which may require the withdrawal of troops from South Africa, ...

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  51. THE CAPE PARLIAMENT.

    The Parliament of Cape Colony was opened yesterday, and the Governor (Sir Alfred Milner), in his opening speech, stated that he anticipated an early close to the present ...

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  53. A FRIENDLY VICEROY.

    The correspondent of the London "Times" at Shanghai states that Liu, the Chinese Viceroy at that city, has forbidden the strengthening of the Woosung forts at the ...

    Article : 75 words
  54. ALLEGED RUSSIAN ATROCITIES.

    The Yokohama correspondent of the London "Daily Mail" reports that the Japanese accuse the Russians of callous, wholesale massacre of Chinese, including women and ...

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  55. THE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT, WRECKED.

    Shanghai, June 22.—Foreigners and commercial men and residents of the treaty; port are of opinion, that the Chinese Government has been wrecked beyond repair, ...

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  56. BRISBANE RAINFALL.

    On inquiry last night, we learned that the total rainfall at the Brisbane Observatory for the thirtysix hours ended at 9 p.m. yesterday amounted to 2.4Sin.; this with 0.24in. registered at 9 a.m. on ...

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  57. BOERS REPULSED NEAR LINDLEY.

    A British force under Colonel Little met and fought the Boers under Commandant De Wet near Lindley, in the Orange River Colony. The Boers were repulsed and ...

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  59. TIENTSIN EVACUATED BY THE CHINESE.

    Admiral Seymour, the British Commander on the China station, has telegraphed that Tientsin and its neighbourhood have now been entirely evacuated by the Chinese ...

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  60. BELGIAN MISSIONARIES MISSING.

    Eighty-two, Belgian missionaries, who were engaged in mission work in various parts of China, are reported as being missing, but their fate is unknown. ...

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  61. QUEENSLANDERS' CASUALTIES.

    News is to hand that Sergeant F. Maxwell, of the Queensland Contingent, was killed at Hornankraal. Private D. Gardiner, of Queensland, was ...

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  62. PROHIBITION OF EXPORT OF ARMS TO CHINA.

    It is announced that the various Powers have agreed to a proposal made by M. Delcasse, French Minister for Foreign Affairs, to prohibit the exportation of arms ...

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  63. CHINESE INVASION OF SIBERIA.

    Energetic movements on the part of the Russian troops on the Russo-Chinese frontier are reported, but the Chinese operating there are stated to have been reinforced. ...

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  64. SUPPOSED FORGED TELEGRAM.

    The English newspapers are unconvinced that Mr. Conger, the American Minister at Peking, is still alive, and they suggest that the official American [?]ipher code has fallen ...

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  65. TROOPS FOR SOUTH AFRICA.

    Mr. George Wyndham, Under Secretary for War, stated in reply to a question in the House of Commons yesterday that 12,203 troops had been sent to South Africa ...

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  66. CAPE GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES SENTENCED.

    An employee of the Cape Government, who was Implicated in the rebellion in Cape Colony, has been convicted, and sentenced to five years imprisonment; and ...

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  67. THE NATIONAL MEMORIAL SERVICE.

    The national memorial service, which was to have been held in St. Paul's Cathedral in connection with the supposed massacre at the British Legation in Peking has, now ...

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  68. THE WAR IN SIBERIA.

    Reports have been received from St. Petersburg that the Russian Government now admits that a state or war exists in Eastern Siberia, but hopes to restrict it to ...

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