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  2. SERIOUS BRITISH REVERSE.

    Details have now been received of th[?] serious reverse sustained by General Clements's force, which occurred near Krugersdorp, and not at Nooitgedacht, a[?] ...

    Article : 448 words
  3. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

    In the House of Commons yesterday, Mr. J. Bryn Roberts, member for the Ef[?]on division of Carnarvonshire, created a stormy scene by asserting that a number ...

    Article : 194 words
  4. CHINA.

    News has been received that the viceroys of the Yang-tsze provinces in China, with their troops, are gradually strengthening the Emperor's hands, now that General ...

    Article : 100 words
  5. BOER METHODS OF WARFARE

    The tactics adopted by the Boers in the present war with Great Britain formed the subject of a particularly interesting paper read before the United Service Institute ...

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  6. QUEENSLAND DREDGES.

    Mr. Lindon Bates, the dredging expert, who is proceeding to Queensland, is now inspecting the Suez, Canal, with a view to determine the prospects of the Canal ...

    Article : 458 words
  7. TERMS CONCEDED BY THE EMPEROR.

    Reuter's correspondent at Tientsin telegraphs that reports received from a credible Chinese source state that the Emperor of China has agreed to the payment to the ...

    Article : 197 words
  8. INTERCOLONIAL CRICKET.

    The intercolonial cricket match between New South Wales and South Australia was commenced on the Adelaide Oval on Saturday, in perfect weather for cricket. The ...

    Article : 267 words
  9. TREATMENT OF COLONIAL INVALIDS.

    The matter brought up in the House of Lords by Earl Carrington a few days ago with regard to tho treatment of invalided colonial soldiers was again discussed ...

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  10. TROUBLE NEAR CANTON.

    There have been a number of arrests made of insurgents at Hoi-fing, in the Canton district, for offering rewards for the heads of foreigners. Twenty of the ...

    Article : 55 words
  11. MORE TROOPS FOR SOUTH AFRICA.

    Orders have been issued for 800 Mounted Infantry, who are now at Aldershot, and 200 men of the Royal Army Medical Corps, to prepare to proceed to South Africa. ...

    Article : 51 words
  12. COLONIAL INTERESTS.

    Legislation having been recently passed permitting trustees to invest trust funds in colonial Government stocks, the conditions governing such investments have now been ...

    Article : 43 words
  13. RETURNED QUEENSLAND OFFICERS.

    Notwithstanding that the mail train from Sydney on Saturday arrived at Roma-street Station an hour and a-half behind the advertised time, there was a large ...

    Article : 264 words
  14. CHINESE STEAMER CAPSIZED.

    A Chinese steamer is reported to have capsized in the West River, near Canton, and 200 people were drowned. ...

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  15. THE POSTAL CONFERENCE.

    The conference of permanent heads of the Postal Departments of the various colonies, which has been sitting in Sydney for the last two or, three weeks, completed ...

    Article : 101 words
  16. CABLE MESSAGES.

    Reports from Livadia state that the Czar Nicholas has now so far recovered from his recent severe illness that he is able to take the open-air on the veranda of his ...

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  17. IMPERIAL AUSTRALIAN WINE COMPANY.

    The Imperial Australian Wine Company, with a capital of £80,000, has been announced, and is issuing 20,000 shares to the public. Viscount Hampden, late ...

    Article : 45 words
  18. NEW SOUTH WALES.

    Mr. Justice Walker to-day delivered his reserved decision in the suit in which Philip Jenkins sought to set aside the will of Elizabeth Jenkins, his aunt, in which ...

    Article : 122 words
  19. DEATH OF LADY DARLING.

    The death is announced of Lady Darling, widow of Sir Charles Henry Darling, who was Governor of Victoria from September, 1863, till April, 1866, when he was ...

    Article : 60 words
  20. THE NICARAGUA CANAL.

    Commencing upon the amendment made by the American Senate in the Hay-Paunceforte treaty, the effect of which is to reserve to the United States the defensive ...

    Article : 73 words
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  23. THE BREELONG MURDERERS.

    At a meeting of the Executive Council to-day the cases of Jacky Underwood and Jimmy Governor, who were condemned to death in connection with the Breelong ...

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  24. MUNIFICIENT BEQUESTS.

    Mr. Robert Arthington, of Leeds, who, as already announced, bequeathed a sum of £250,000,to the London Missionary Society, has also bequeathed £750,000 for the ...

    Article : 60 words
  25. VERDICT AGAINST THE RAILWAY COMMISSIONERS.

    Mrs. Francis Biddell, widow of the late Edward Francis Biddell, who was killed in a tramway accident at Enmore, obtained a verdict for £425 from the Railway ...

    Article : 39 words
  26. WELCOME AT THE UNITED SERVICE INSTITUTE.

    More than usual interest centred in the meeting at the United Service Institute on Saturday evening, the occasion being the reading of an important paper by Major ...

    Article : 1,924 words
  27. THE WHEAT YIELD.

    Mr. Cognian, the (government Statistician, has published an official estimate of the wheat harvest. The yield is put down at 17,105,000 bushels from 1,357,643 acres of ...

    Article : 52 words
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  29. FIRE ON A STEAMER.

    The steamer Willyama, belonging to the Adelaide Steamship Company, took fire at Newcastle to-day, while cattle and fodder were being loaded for Western Australia. ...

    Article : 58 words
  30. QUEENSLAND TROOPS FOR SYDNEY.

    In further reference to the contingent of Queensland troops who are to proceed to Sydney under the command of Major King, Q.M.I., to take part in the Federal ...

    Article : 106 words
  31. SYDNEY, DECEMBER 16.

    At the East Sydney Swimming Club's carnival yesterday F. Lane made an attempt to lower the 120 yards record, held by W. J. Gormley, of Sydney, at 1min. 20½sec. ...

    Article : 46 words
  32. YACHTING CHALLENGE CUP.

    The third race for the challenge cup, presented to the Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron by Dr. M'Cormick, was won yesterday by the Isea, which beat the Petrel in a course ...

    Article : 47 words
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