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  2. SPECIAL EDITION

    LONDON, Wednesday.--A sensational report has been received from China, materially affecting the situation, and again giving rise to, at least, a faint hope that the ...

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  3. THE WARSHIPS.

    The cruiser Mildura made a successful trim spin outside the Heads yesterday, and afterwards left for Jervis Bay in company with gunboat Boomerang. Both vessels will remain ...

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  4. THE EASTERN PROBLEM.

    Tien-tsin, where the allied forces to the number of about 15,000 are fighting against a horde of fanatical Chinese, is 80 miles from Pekin, the scene of the late horrible massacre. The river (Pei-ho) is navigable for light gun-boats to Tien-tsin, which is about 45 miles by water and 35 by road from the Taku forts at the river mouth. It is estimated that 80,000 allied troops will ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  5. BRITAIN'S FIRST DUTY.

    LONDON, Wednesday, Noon.--"The Times" insists that the protection of the valley of the Yang-[?]se-Kiang is the first and most important British interest in China. ...

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  6. THE BOER WAR.

    LONDON, Wednesday, Noon--The cavalry and mounted infantry columns commanded by Generals Ian Hamilton, French, and Hickman are forcing the Boers under ...

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  7. SYMPATHY WITH THE BEREAVED.

    ADELAIDE, Wednesday.--Mr. Matthew Goode has received a cablegram stating that his daughter, Mrs. Allardyee, whose husband, the Rev. J. M. Allardycee was killed in Pekin, will leave ...

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  8. LI HUNG CHANG ONCE MORE

    LONDON, Wednesday.--Li-Hung-Chang, who is still at Canton, on Monday asked the foreign Consuls there to ensure him a safe conduct to Pekin, with a view to saving the ...

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  9. SOME OF THE MURDERED MISSIONARIES.

    The Rev. Harry Vine Norman, who was murdered by the Boxers at Yung-Ching, received his theological training at St. Boniface Missionary College, Warminster, Wiltshire. He was ordained ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  10. KRUGER AND BOTHA.

    LONDON, Wednesday.--President Kruger is reported to have been much discouraged at the Boers having surrendered at Rustenburg in the Western Transvaal. ...

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  11. THE MAN OF THE MOMENT.

    LONDON, Wednesday. Noon.--Li-Hung Chang, who has been appointed Viceroy of the province of Chill (in which the present outbreak originated) has left Canton. ...

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  12. BATTLE OF BETHLEHEM.

    LONDON, Wednesday.--Three hundred Australian Bushmen of the South Australian and West Australian contingents brilliantly participated in the recent capture of ...

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  13. TO-DAY.

    Kensington Races: First event, 2.15. Canterbury Election: Mr. Sydney Smith, Campsie, 8.30. Institute ef Bankers, Equitable Buildings: ...

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  14. GALLANT JAPANESE.

    LONDON, Wednesday.--On Wednesday, the 11th inst., a large body of Chinese made a determined attack upon the railway station at Tien-tsin, where the position was ...

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  15. PERSONAL.

    His Excellency and Lady Mary Lygon entertained the following guests at dinner at Government House last evening:--Mr. Justice A. H. and Mrs. Simpson, Mr. Justice Cohen, Professor and ...

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  16. VAGRANTS AT PRETORIA.

    LONDON, Wednesday.-Pretoria is overrun with vagrant foreigners, who are causing considerable trouble. In all, 380 men of this class have been ...

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  17. SHANGHAI THREATENED.

    LONDON, Wednesday.--A force of 100,000 Chinese, armed with Mauser rifles and provided with modern artillery, is within 30 miles of Shanghai. ...

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  18. THAT LINDLEY PICKET.

    LONDON, Wednesday.--when the picket of 25 Yorkshiremen was surprised by the Boers near Lindley they fought desperately until their ammunition was exhausted, and ...

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  19. THE LATE DR. MORRISON.

    Dr. Morrison, who was one of the victims of the Chinese rising in Pekin a few days ago, was a native of Geelong (Victoria), where his fattier was principal of the Scotch College. His uncle is ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  20. THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL'S PRIVATE SECRETARY.

    ADELAIDE, Wednesday.--Captain Wallington, who has resigned his position as private secretary to Lord Tennyson, will leave to-morrow for London by the R.M.S. Britannia. He will return at ...

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  21. CHINESE MASSING.

    LONDON, Wednesday.--The Chinese in the densely-populated provinces of Chill, Shantung, and Shensi are apparently massing, with a view to defending Pekin from ...

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  22. THE MASSACRES.

    LONDON, Tuesday.--Three days' butchery of native converts has taken place in the provinces of Hu-peh and Hunan, where 20,000 persons have been killed by the ...

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  23. THE ALLIED TROOPS.

    LONDON, Wednesday.--The allied troops at Tien-tsin and Taku, 35 miles distant, at the mouth of the Pei-ho, on Wednesday, the 11th inst., numbered 21,000 officers and men ...

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  24. THE HOSPITAL COMMISSION

    LONDON, Wednesday, Noon.--Sir David Richmond, ex-Lord Provost of Glasgow, and Mr. J. Harrison, general manager of the North-Western Railway Company have been ...

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  25. BATTLE OF TIEN-TSIN.

    LONDON, Wednesday.--Hostilities continue in active progress at Tien-tsin. The detailed accounts show that the struggle was a remarkably fierce one, and that ...

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  26. REQUIEM SERVICES.

    LONDON, Tuesday.--Arrangements are being completed for shortly holding a national requiem service at St. Paul's Cathedral, in memory of the unfortunate persons who ...

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  27. MORE REINFORCEMENTS.

    LONDON, Wednesday.--The entire Japanese force of 22,000 men has landed, presumably at Taku. In addition to the two divisions of regular ...

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  28. DEATH OF THE REV ABBE SCUURR.

    CASINO, Wednesday.--Rev. Abbe Schurr died in Casino Hospital to-day. Hundreds of visitors from all parts of the district are flocking to see the body prior to burial to-morrow. ...

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  29. WAR OFFICIALLY DECLARED

    LONDON, Wednesday.--It is announced that the Chinese leader General Tzuen has, at Hallar, in Mongolia, near the Manchurian frontier, officially declared war against the ...

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  30. ANOTHER FEVER VICTIM.

    LONDON, Wednesday.--Captain H. C. Hamilton, of the Queensland forces, died of dysentery at the British camp at Marandellas, in Rhodesia, 50 miles south of ...

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  31. ASSISTANCE FROM INDIA.

    LONDON, Tuesday.--The Feudatory Indian Princes are offering Great Britain native troops for service in China. The relations of the native princes of India ...

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  32. SOUTH AUSTRALIAN L.M. AND A. CO.

    LONDON, Wednesday.--It has been decided to reduce the capital of the South Australian Land, Mortgage, and Agency Co., Ltd., to £1,400,000, by cancelling £2 of the nominal value of the shares. ...

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  33. THE LATE DR. MORRISON.

    LONDON, Wednesday.--"The Times" this morning publishes a highly laudatory biography of the late Dr. George E. Morrison (formerly of Geelong, Victoria), one of the ...

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  34. DR. ELLIOTT SMITH.

    Dr. G. E. Smith, who has been appointed Professor of Anatomy at the British Medical College, at Cairo, was formerly a student at the Sydney University, where he graduated in medicine, and ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  35. ENGLISH SPORTING.

    LONDON, Wednesday.--J. Hellings, the New South Wales swimmer, has won the 500 yards City of London Championship easily, in 3min. 40 1-5sec. ...

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  36. ADDITIONAL VICTIMS.

    LONDON, Wednesday.--Forty foreigners and 100 native converts have been killed by the Chinese in Ta[?]yen-fu, an important city in the province of Shensi. ...

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  37. FURTHER DEVELOPMENTS.

    LONDON, Wednesday.--The Chinese outbreak in Manchuria has reached assumed proportions. A large force of regular Chinese soldiers ...

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  38. TROTT'S 100[?] WICKET.

    LONDON, Wednesday.--A. E. Trott, the erstwhile Australian cricketer, yesterday secured his 100th wicket for the present season, while playing in the match, Gentlemen v. Players, at Lords. ...

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  39. CONGREGATIONAL MINISTER FOR AUCKLAND.

    LONDON, Wednesday.--The committee of the Congregational Union has unanimously selected the Rev. John Wikins, of London, to succeed the Rev. J. Parker, at Auckland. ...

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  40. THE DULLINGHAM PLATE.

    LONDON, Wednesday.--The Dulingham Plate, 500 sovs., was won yesterday by Mr. J. W. Larnach's three-year-old horse Strong Bow. ...

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  41. THE ROLL OF VICTIMS.

    LONDON, Tuesday.--An additional list of the victims of the terrible massacre at Pekin on the morning of Sunday, July 1, includes the following:-- ...

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  42. THE NAVAL BRIGADE OFFER.

    Sir. J. Fitzpatrick asked a number of questions in the Legislative Assembly yesterday in reference to the refusal of the Naval Brigade to qualify for service in China on the terms proposed ...

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  43. IMPRESSIONS OF THE SITUATION.

    Speaking to a "Daily Telegraph" representative yesterday, Mr. E. W. G. de Gyulay (Gibbs, Bright, and Co.), who returned from China aud Japan a few days ago, described the way the ...

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  44. PARIS CHAMPIONSHIPS.

    LONDON, Wednesday.--Stanley Rowley, the New South Wales pedestrian, yesterday ran-third in the sixty metres' championship at Paris. ...

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  45. THE NORTHERN TRAIN SERVICE.

    Some important alterations are promised when the summer time-table is introduced on the Northern line, commencing from the 1st October Next. At the present time the train for northern ...

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  46. CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR CONFERENCE.

    LONDON, Wednesday.--The International Christian Endeavor Conference, which will sit for a week, was inaugurated in London yesterday. ...

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  47. FALL IN CONSOLS.

    LONDON, Wednesday, Noon.--British, 2½ and 2¾ per cent. Consols have fallen to 9838. ...

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  48. THE RUSSIAN ANSWER.

    LONDON, Wednesday, Noon.--In connection with the Chinese outrages in Manchuria, the Russian Government is mobilising an army of 250,000 men for the Manchurian and ...

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  49. LONDON WOOL SALES.

    LONDON, Wednesday.--The following were among the lots sold at the wool sales yesterday:-- Annandale 638d, Lagmore 6 78d, Koorine 318d Dillalasten and Walhallow 1038d Condamine ...

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  50. SHAH'S VISIT TO EUROPE.

    LONDON, Wednesday.--His Highness the Shah of Persia, who is visiting Europe, has been officially welcomed into Russia at St. Petersburg. ...

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  51. AUSTRALIANS IN DISTURBED DISTRICTS.

    At the Instance of the Premier, a cable message was last night forwarded to the Governor of Hongkong, asking him to send such particulars as were available of the missionaries and others ...

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  52. SALES OF TALLOW.

    LONDON, Wednesday Afternoon.--At the weekly sales of Australasian tallow to-day 1476 casks were offered, and 325 casks were sold. Prices realised were as follow:--Mutton, fine 27s ...

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  53. COMMENTS BY "THE TIMES."

    LONDON, Wednesday.--"The Times," commenting on the Chinese invasion of Siberia, refers to the alarming spread of the principles or beliefs of the Boxers, and ...

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  54. OFFICIAL STATEMENTS.

    LONDON, Monday Afternoon.--Mr. W. St. John Brodrick, Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs, states that the Powers are consulting with a view to the ...

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  55. BOILERS FOR THE NAVY.

    LONDON, Wednesday.--It was recently announced that, despite numerous objections having been urged, the Admiralty, after considering the subject, had decided to retain the Belleville ...

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  56. THE PRICE OF SILVER.

    LONDON, Wednesday Afternoon.--Bar silver is quoted to-day at 2s 4¼d per ounce standard. Dr. and Mrs. Mills announce a course of eight open lectures on the "Higher Thought: Health and ...

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  57. VICTORIAN NAVAL BRIGADE.

    MELBOURNE, Wednesday.--Late to-night a cable was received from Mr. Chamberlain in regard to the proposed naval contingent from Victoria for service in China. When Victoria made ...

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