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  2. THE PARLIAMENT.

    Both Houses sat last night. ...

    Article : 11 words
  3. THE TAXATION OF THE MINES.

    THE action taken by the mining companies consequent upon the recent municipal assessment and rate came before last night's council meeting, having been referred for ...

    Article : 1,444 words
  4. THE WAR. [REUTER'S MESSAGES.] CHASING DE WET.

    Lord Roberts states that he believes that General De Wet, after burying the majority of his guns, has recrossed Magaliesberg and is now again making ...

    Article : 156 words
  5. THE FAR EAST. [REUTER'S MESSAGES.] How the Allies Work Together.

    Admiral Seymour, in the course of a letter to the Admiralty narrating the result of his futile expedition for the relief of Pekin, says:—"We admired ...

    Article : 89 words
  6. Advertising

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    Advertising : 109 words
  7. THE COUNCIL.

    Mr. Suttor, in reply to Mr. Cox, said that it was a most unusual thing to arrest blacks for vagrancy. The Municipalities Act of 1897 Amendment ...

    Article : 65 words
  8. THE ASSEMBLY.

    Sir William Lyne, in reply to Mr. Piddington, said he would not promise to take immediate steps to allow the House to decide whether members of the State Parliaments ...

    Article : 254 words
  9. TROUBLE AT HETTON COLLIERY.

    A serious industrial disturbance has occurred at the Helton colliery, resulting in 500 hands being thrown out. As to the cause of the trouble Mr. Mathieson, the ...

    Article : 320 words
  10. The Taking of Pekin.

    A Japanese semi-official despatch states that the Dowager Empress, Emperor, and Ministers, escorted by 3000 Kansa troops, started for Shen-si four ...

    Article : 170 words
  11. METEOROLOGICAL.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 27 words
  12. CALLS AND DIVIDENDS.

    SOUTH.—Of 1s. (contributing shares), payable September 12. DIVIDEND. NORTH.—The fourth, of 9d., payable September 14. ...

    Article : 28 words
  13. Advertising

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    Advertising : 91 words
  14. GENERAL CARRINGTON IN ACTION.

    It is believed at the front that the whole of the Boers now contemplate retreating on a place called Bush Veldt. ...

    Article : 55 words
  15. THE RAILWAY ASSOCIATION IN THE WEST.

    It is officially announced that the resignation of Mr. F. H. Piesse, Minister for Railways, has been accepted. The Premier has sent a letter to Mr. ...

    Article : 179 words
  16. Family Notices

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    Family Notices : 23 words
  17. IN THE EASTERN TRANSVAAL.

    General Buller and Lieutenant-General French, operating in the eastern Transvaal, have advanced from Teufel Aar to Vanwyks Vlei, having had much ...

    Article : 92 words
  18. Barrier Miner.

    A LITTLE over 10 years ago a great wave began to sweep over most of the world—the English-speaking world, at any rate. Its first important ...

    Article : 1,121 words
  19. Anarchy in Pekin.

    The United States Government has informed Li Hung Chang, who is negotiating from Shanghai, that it is unable to consider proposals for peace ...

    Article : 122 words
  20. MUNICIPAL COUNCIL.

    THE fortnightly meeting of the council was held last night, all the aldermen being in attendance. WELCOMING A NEW ALDERMAN. ...

    Article : 2,204 words
  21. THE GILGANDRA BLACKS.

    A telegram from Mudgee states that the report that the Governors fired at the occupants of Bradford's hut, Yarraman Creek, has been confirmed. Some police were in the ...

    Article : 146 words
  22. THE LIBEL LAW.

    In reply to a deputation asking for an amendment of the libel law, Sir William Lyne said he proposed to consult Mr. Wise about the matter. He felt he had to ...

    Article : 130 words
  23. COLONIAL CASUALTIES.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 164 words
  24. A RIOT IN CAWNPORE.

    A riot recently arose in Cawnpore, in India, owing to measures which the British authorities had taken to prevent the spread of the plague. Twenty-five ...

    Article : 68 words
  25. ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

    At the Lake View Consols mine, Kalgoorlie yesterday, the body of an old man was found jammed in a tunnel used for carrying the cable for hauling the trucks. Deceased ...

    Article : 81 words
  26. POLITICAL.

    It is uncertain now whether the third party in the Assembly will support the Government or not. This leaves the issue of the no-confidence motion much in doubt. ...

    Article : 105 words
  27. GREAT STRIKE IN WALES.

    A strike has occurred on the Taff Vale railway in Glamorganshire, in Wales, owing to the refusal of the management to reinstate a dismissed ...

    Article : 58 words
  28. INTERCOLONIAL NEWS. [BY TELEGRAPH.] South Australia.

    A telegram baa been received from the clerk of works at the Anacoora bore, 60 miles east of Charlotte Waters, stating that the contractor, J. Bailes, had struck arte[?]ian ...

    Article : 120 words
  29. THE TREASON BILL.

    Mr. Wessels, a member of the Cape Legislative Assembly, speaking on the Treason Bill now before the House, said that 90 per cent. of his constituents ...

    Article : 79 words
  30. SPORTING; [BY TELEGRAPH.] Championship Billiards.

    The state of the Roberts Smith billiard match now is:—Roberts, 7002; Smith, 8836. Roberts scored 103 in five minutes 35 seconds last night. ...

    Article : 51 words
  31. GENERAL CABLE NEWS. [REUTER'S MESSAGES.] Outrage in Armenia.

    The Sultan of Turkey has promised to punish the authors of the outrage at Spaghauk, in Armenia, where a body of Turkish soldiers massacred the residents ...

    Article : 51 words
  32. INCIDENTS OF THE CAMPAIGN.

    London Truth has published letters sent by Mr. H. Labouchere, M.P., to Sir Montagu White, the Transvaal agent in London, and found in Bloemfontein, also ...

    Article : 94 words
  33. The Turf.

    The Victorian Club holds a race meeting at Caulfield to-morrow. Races will also take place at Rosehill (Sydney). Commenting on the weights for the ...

    Article : 423 words
  34. Queensland.

    Townsville reports two fresh plague case[?] —John Satchell, 29, storeman, and Ah Wah, camped in a humpy at Acacia Vale. Ah Wah says he has been alone, without food or ...

    Article : 38 words
  35. West Australia.

    G. Featherstone, whom the police were looking for to arrest for forgery, stabbed himself yesterday with a knife when n constable approached him. He is in a critical ...

    Article : 39 words
  36. An Indian Rajah Dethroned.

    Viscount Curzon, Viceroy of India, has dethroned the Maharajah of Bharatpur, one of the third-class Indian States, for intemperance and for haring shot ...

    Article : 44 words
  37. Tasmania.

    Mr. Lyne, father of Sir William Lyne, is still indisposed; his condition is very changeable. ...

    Article : 21 words
  38. The Price of Silver.

    Bar silver (standard) has fallen a point, and is now quoted at 2s. 4l-8d. per ounce. ...

    Article : 23 words
  39. LETTER FROM AN EXBARRIERITE.

    Mr. Thomas M'Cormack, late of Broken Hill, is now "Trooper Thomas M'Cormack, of the 8th Reserves, Mounted Irregulars, Cape Town." "Tom" M'Cormack will be generally ...

    Article : 525 words
  40. New Zealand.

    Numerous letters have been stolen lately from the post box of Messrs. Mackay, Logan, and Steen, Auckland. The letters contained cheques, some of which amounted to £1000, ...

    Article : 104 words
  41. France and American Coal.

    The French naval authorities are importing coal from the United States. ...

    Article : 19 words
  42. The Samoan Question.

    King Oscar of Sweden has been appointed to arbitrate on the international claims for compensation in Samoa. ...

    Article : 24 words
  43. THE JUNCTION NORTH.

    PROSPECTS are brightening considerably in this mine's northern drive at the 950ft. The attenuated body cut in the main west crosscut and driven on for some 28 or 30 feet has ...

    Article : 130 words
  44. Obituary.

    Mr. Thomas Faed, R.A., the eminent artist, is dead, aged 74 years. Deceased was a Scotchman, and many of his pictures were of Scotch subjects. "The ...

    Article : 65 words
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