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  2. COMMONWEALTH ELECTORAL LEAGUE.

    The following is a list of the Common-wealth Leagues established-throughout the State, together with the names of the respective secretaries: ...

    Article : 344 words
  3. THE FEDERAL CABINET.

    A meeting of the Federal Cabinet was held to-day, at which all the Ministers, with the exception of Sir George Turner, were present. Mr. Barton, when seen at ...

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  4. DUKE OF YORK'S VISIT.

    It has been announced that his Majesty the King and Queen Alexandra will lunch on board the Ophir prior to the departure of their Royal Highnesses the Duke and ...

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  5. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

    Replying to a question in the House of Commons last night, Lord Cranborne (Under Secretary for Foreign Affairs) stated that so far as Great Britain was ...

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  6. CHINA.

    It is stated that the Tartar general, Tseng-chi, Commander-in-Chief of the Chinese troops in Manchuria, was dismissed from his post by the Imperial Court for ...

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  7. THE BOER WAR.

    Lord Kitchener, who has returned to Pretoria, after being present at the Hout-kraal action in Cape Colony on the 15th instant, reports that Commandant De Wet, ...

    Article : 123 words
  8. RETURN OF A WOUNDED OFFICER.

    Lieutenant Higson, of the Fourth (Imperial Bushmen) Queensland Contingent for South Africa, has returned to Brisbane, and is in very much better health and ...

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  9. Y.M.C.A. IN CAMP.

    The men of the Fifth Contingent speak in the highest terms of the efforts of the Y.M.C.A. to make life in camp more pleasant. The large tent, which will seat ...

    Article : 196 words
  10. ADMINISTERING THE NEW COLONIES.

    Questioned as to the measures to be taken in connection with the government of the annexed colonies of the Orange River and the Transvaal in the House of ...

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  11. A SUPPLEMENTARY PROPOSAL.

    The Peking correspondent of the London "Times," Dr. Morrison, has informed his paper that Yang-yu, the Chinese Minister at St. Petersburg, has telegraphed a series ...

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  12. BAND FOR THE TRIP.

    It has been decided that thirty members of the band of the Royal Marines (Chatham division) shall accompany the Duke and, Duchess of Cornwall and York on board the ...

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  13. HIS THREATS TO SHOOT.

    Commandant De Wet is said to have threatened to shoot all Dutch colonists in Cape Colony who have refused to fight with the Boers. ...

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  14. THE BUDGET SPEECH.

    In the House of Commons last night the Chancellor of the Exchequer (Sir Michael Hicks-Beach) stated that at the present time he was unable to indicate on which ...

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  15. HIS FORCE RE-MOUNTED.

    It is stated that Commandant De wer has obtained remounts for his force in the district to the westward of Hopetown, on the northern borders of Cape Colony. ...

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  16. CABLE MESSAGES.

    A dissension has arisen between the Royal Society and the Royal Geographical Society with regard to the question of command of the National Antarctic ...

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  17. TEMPLEMORE ARRIVED AT SYDNEY.

    The transport Templemore, which is to convey the Queensland Contingent to South Africa, arrived in Sydney to-day. She will be docked here, and take in coal before ...

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  18. MEETING OF THE GENERAL COUNCIL.

    A meeting of the general council of the Commonwealth Electoral League was held at the League's Rooms, in George-street, last evening, the Hon. A. J. Thynne ...

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  19. EFFORTS TOWARDS PEACE.

    In reply to Piet De Wet's suggestion that the Afrikander Bond should send a deputation to Commandant Christian De Wet and ex-President Steyn, intimating ...

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  20. REFORMING THE ARMY MEDICAL CORPS.

    During the debate on the Address in reply, the Right Hon. W. St. John Broderick (Secretary of State for War) made a promise that there should be a frank ...

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  21. ELECTION NOTES.

    Mr. William Castles will, it is understood, become a candidate for election for the Oxley division. A meeting of the Redcliffe Progress ...

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  22. THE ACTIVITY OF THE ALLIES.

    The united States Government is objecting very strongly to the activity displayed by General Count von Waldersee, who is in command of the allied forces in China, ...

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  23. THE SIXTH CONTINGENT.

    The Government are in receipt of a cable message from South Africa, stating that Lord Kitchener is very grateful for the offer of troops which the Queensland ...

    Article : 98 words
  24. ISSUE OF TREASURY BILLS.

    In connection with the war loan, for which tenders were opened by the Bank of England on Monday week last, the Imperial Government are now issuing ...

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  25. SCENE IN THE HOUSE.

    A scene occurred in the House of Commons last night, occasioned by the efforts of Mr. John O'Donnell, the Nationalist member for South Roscommon, to address ...

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  26. BOSTOCK AND CO., LIMITED, IN LIQUIDATION.

    The firm of Messrs. Bostock and Co., Limited, who were recently involved in litigation arising out of the supply by them of arsenicated material to English brewers, ...

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  27. QUEENSLAND.

    During the last few days three of the candidates for the Moreton—namely, Messrs. Darvall, Neilsen, and Kellett—have visited this district on election business. There is at present but little interest ...

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  28. AT THE FRONT.

    A cable message has been received by his Excellency the Governor from Sir Alfred Milner, dated Capetown, 19th February, stating that No. 39, Wilson; No. 116, ...

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  29. GENERAL POLE-CAREW MARRIED.

    Brigadier-General Reginald Pole-Carew has been married to Lady Beatrice Butler the oldest daughter of the third Marquis of Ormonde. ...

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  30. COURT AGREES TO INFLICT PUNISHMENTS.

    Li Hung Chang and Prince Ching, the peace plenipotentiaries, have announced to the foreign Ministers at Peking that the Imperial Court has now agreed to inflict ...

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  31. THE FIFTH CONTINGENT.

    Approval was given yesterday to the appointment of the officers of the Fifth Contingent for South Africa, as follows:- To command: Lieutenant-Colonel J. F. ...

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  32. THE THIRD CONTINGENT.

    The undermentioned members of the Third Queensland Contingent have been appointed lieutenants in the contingent from the dates mentioned in connection ...

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  33. SCHALK-BURGER AND PEACE.

    Mr. Schalk-Burger, who was deputed to act as President of the Transvaal during Mr. Kruger's absence in Europe, is reported to be still in the northern portion of the ...

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  34. PERSONAL.

    Lord and Lady Lamington paid a visit to the Brisbane General Hospital on Tuesday, and made a comprehensive tour of the institution, in which they evinced a deep ...

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  35. CLEARING THE NORTHERN TRANSVAAL.

    The correspondent of the "Daily Mail" at Pretoria reports that an extensive expeditlon is being organised there to expel the Boers from Pretersburg (which is about ...

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  36. COUNT VON WALDERSEE'S EXPEDITION.

    It is understood at Shanghai that the expedition to Tai-yuen-fu, or further, during the spring, to prepare for which Count von Waldersee issued a General Order a ...

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  37. THE DANISH WEST INDIES.

    The Government of Denmark has refused the offer to purchase the Danish West Indian islands, St. Croix, St. Thomas, and St. John, for 12,000,000 kroner (about ...

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  38. A TRAIN DERAILED.

    The Boer train-wreckers, who have of late been particularly active on all the Transvaal lines, derailed a train on the main trunk line between Vereeniging and ...

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  39. MEETING AT SANDGATE.

    A public meeting called by the Sandgate branch of the Queensland Commonwealth Electoral League was held in the lecture hall of the local School of Arts on Tuesday ...

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  40. APPEAL CASE DISMISSED.

    The appeal case Parsons v. New Zealand Shipping Company has been dismissed by the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council. ...

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  41. SURRENDERS TO GENERAL FRENCH.

    A report has been received that as General French pushes forward through the Eastern Transvaal there have been continual surrenders of Boers. ...

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  43. VACCINATION IN GLASGOW.

    Owing to an outbreak of smallpox which has occurred in Glasgow, 250,000 people there have been revaccinated. ...

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  44. HOW THE BOERS WERE SUPPLIED.

    All stores in Komatlpoort and Barberton have been closed by the British military authorities owing to the discovery that they were supplying the Boers engaged in ...

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  46. ARMING THE CONTINGENT.

    It has been decided that the members of the Fifth Contingent shall be armed on arrival at the Cape with the Lee-Metford rifles. They will take sufficient other ...

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  47. W.C.T.U. SAILORS' MISSION.

    A very enjoyable concert was given on Tuesday evening in the Mission Hall by Mrs. Dawson Edwards and her pupils, in behalf of the mission funds. There was a ...

    Article : 318 words
  48. PROPOSED CYCLING SECTION.

    Fifteen cyclists, under Mr. A. Wynyard Joss, attended at Headquarters at 4 p.m. yesterday, and were served with rifle, bandolier, and fifty ...

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  49. MATERIAL FOR BADEN-BOWELL'S CONSTABULARY.

    A hundred members of Lord Strathcona's Horse, who are at present in London on their way home from South Africa, have signified their intention of joining General ...

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  50. QUEENSLANDERS REJOINED REGIMENT.

    It is reported that Privates L. C. Wilson, C. B. Horne, and L. R. Rawson, of the second Queensland Contingent, who were taken prisoners by the Boers at Schwartz ...

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  53. AUSTRALIAN CASUALTIES.

    Private Albert Abbott, of the New South Wales Bushmen, is reported as having been slightly wounded during a skiamisc at Cypherfontein. ...

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