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  2. THE BOER WAR.

    News is to hand that the British force under General Knox, together with additional bodies of troops under Colonels Barker, Pilcher, and White, is now ...

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  3. CHINA.

    News from Peking states that the Chinese envoys are urging the Throne to accept the terms of the joint note presented by the allied Powers, embodying the ...

    Article : 92 words
  4. KRUGER AND THE DUTCH GOVERNMENT.

    It is stated that ex-President Kruger has ceased to confide in the Netherlands Government, and now refuses to disclose his intentions with regard to the future. ...

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  5. THE COMMONWEALTH.

    There is absolutely nothing fresh to report in connection with the Federal political situation. One point awaiting decision has not yet been adjusted. Mr. ...

    Article : 83 words
  6. SYDNEY GETTING READY.

    The time is drawing very close to the long-expected 1st January, 1901, and Sydney, for the last three weeks on her very best behaviour with regard to wind and ...

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  7. ODE FOR COMMONWEALTH DAY.

    Awake 1 Arise! The wings of dawn Are beating at the Gates of Day! The morning star bath been withdrawn, The silver vapors melt away! ...

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  8. AUSTRALIAN CONTINGENTS.

    In connection with the suggestion that the Australian contingents in South Africa should be kept up to their full strength by fresh drafts, Sir George Turner has ...

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  9. FEDERAL CHIEF JUSTICESHIP.

    Advices from private but usually wellinformed circles in Sydney state that Sir Samuel Griffith, C.J., is to be offered the Federal Chief Justiceship. ...

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  10. OPERATIONS AGAINST THE BOXERS.

    Count von Waldersee, the allied Commarider-in-Chief in China, has sent a force of 1600 men to scour the country between Tientsin and Yang-[?]un, eighteen miles ...

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  11. CYCLING CARNIVAL IN SYDNEY.

    The cycling carnival of the League of Wheelmen was continued on the Sydney Cricket Ground to-night, with the following results: ...

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  12. AUSTRALIAN TROOPS WANTED FOR SOUTH AFRICA.

    His Excellency the Governor is in receipt of a cable message from the Secretary of State for the Colonies, similar to that reported as having been received by ...

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  13. PROPOSALS FOR SURRENDER.

    It is reported that Commandant De Wet, ex-President Stoyn, and Commandant Haasbrock recently held a conference, at which they decided to surrender to the British ...

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  14. SOUTH AUSTRALIA'S REPLY.

    The Government have replied to the request for the despatch of more troops to South Africa, stating their willingness to send men; but nothing will be done in the ...

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  15. GREAT BRITAIN.

    It is announced that her Majesty the Queen is about to establish a new order of knighthood on similar lines, to that of the Star of India. The new order will ...

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  16. AN EFFECTIVE GUN.

    Whilst General Clements's force was engaged in expelling the Boers from the Magaliesburg Ranges useful work was done with a cow gun (a 6in. gun) at a range ...

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  17. CHINESE OPERATIONS ON THE YANG-TSZE.

    It is stated that there are now a number of Chinese junks at Wusung, at the mouth of the Yang-tsze River, near Shanghai, laden with stores, and that it is intended ...

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  18. WARWICK.

    The annual installation of officers of St. George's Masonic Lodge, E.C., took place last night, when the following were duly installed by Wor. Bro. C. Twisden Bedford, ...

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  19. CAPE COLONY INVASION.

    A report has been received that a small party of Boers made an attack upon Burghersdorp, in the north of Cape Colony, on Monday last, and after some heavy fighting ...

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  20. CHEQUE BANK STOPPED PAYMENT.

    The Cheque Bank in London has stopped payment. (A cable message on Wednesday last stated that the directors of the Cheque ...

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  21. STOCK PASSINGS.

    The following stock passed through Roma yesterday namely:—9700 [?] from Emmet Downs, travelling to Springsure for grass, Bu[?]by Bros. and Royds owners, F. H. H. Wagstaff in charge; 372 ...

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  22. THE CAPE REBELS.

    Information has been receivel that a commando consisting of Cape rebels, who have been in arms with the Boers, anticipating the defeat of Commandant De Wet ...

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  23. CABLE MESSAGES.

    It is reported from Constantinople that a party of Turkish soldiers at Stamboul made a serious assault on several members of the British Embassy on the ground ...

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  24. THE DREYFUS CASE.

    Colonel Plequart, who was prominently connected with the Dreyfus case, and made revelations implicating high officers in the French army, which involved him in ...

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  25. FIRE IN A THEATRE.

    During the performance of the Christmas pantomine at the Grand Theatre, Islington, London, last night, the scenery caught fire, and the blazing mass fell upon ...

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  26. SHIPPING TELEGRAMS.

    SYDNEY, December 28.—Arrivals: Peregrine, s., from Melbourne; Moresby, s., from the South Sea Islands; Alcestes, from New Zealand; Cronsay, from Port Pirie; ...

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  28. RETREAT OF THE INVADERS.

    General Grenfell, who has been following a Boer commando consisting of 700 men under Commandant Kruitzmger, in the north of Cape Colony, reports that the ...

    Article : 104 words
  29. APPEAL BY CAPTAIN DREYFUS.

    News from Paris states that a violent article published by M. Henri Rochefort in connection with the recent arrest of Commandant Cu[?]gnet, for referring to secret ...

    Article : 98 words
  30. DEATH OF LORD ARMSTRONG.

    The death is announced of Lord Armstrong, formerly Sir William George Armstrong, chairman of the Elswick Works, Limited, near Newcastle, aged 90 years. ...

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  32. THE COLONIES AND THE FRENCH TARIFF.

    It is announced that the application of the maximum French tariff to tea, coffee, &c., imported into France from British colonies has been postponed for six months. ...

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  34. YEOMANRY ENTRAPPED.

    Unofficial telegrams have been received stating that a portion of the Yeomanry squadron which was pursuing the Boer invaders in the direction of Prieska, in the ...

    Article : 72 words
  35. DISASTROUS GALES.

    News is to hand of a severe gale having been experienced on the Island of Lewis, the largest of the Hebrides Group, off the west coast of Scotland. At the Flannan ...

    Article : 65 words
  36. DOCK STRIKE AT ANTWERP.

    The whole of the Civic Guard at Antwerp has been called out to suppress the disorders arising out of the strike of dock labourers. ...

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  38. LORD KITCHENER ON THE SITUATION.

    Lord Kitchener, who has now returned to Pretoria from Cape Colony, in an official report regarding the Boor raid into the colony, states that the enemy's eastern ...

    Article : 61 words
  39. A MILITARY MATTER.

    The inquiry held some time ago into the connection of Major-General Colville with the loss of the 13th Battalion of Imperial Yeomanry, which was captured by the ...

    Article : 141 words
  40. SHIPPING TELEGRAMS.

    Arrival.—Sussex, s., from Brisbane, via ports. Departures.—Pass of Balmaha, ship, from Liverpool. For Newcastle: Montebello. ...

    Article : 32 words
  41. PROCLAMATION OF MARTIAL LAW.

    Martial law has now been proclaimed in the districts of Beaufort West and Carnarvon, in Cape Colony, in addition to those districts in which the proclamation of ...

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  43. OTHER ITEMS.

    Lord Kitchener, British Commander-in-Chief in South Africa, has issued a proclamation to the Boers in the Transvaal and Orange River colonies, announcing that ...

    Article : 77 words
  44. H.M.S. DIANA.

    H.M.S. Diana, second-class cruiser, now at Chatham, is under orders to proceed to the Mediterranean station. ...

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  46. MILITARY EQUIPMENT.

    The Dragoon Guards, who are now being sent out as reinforcements to South Africa, will take with them saddles of the colonial pattern instead of the regular military ...

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