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  2. VICTORIA.

    Two bodies were recovered from the water to-day. One, supposed to be that of Archibald Campbell, a steward, who disappeared from the mail steamer Ortona ...

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  3. CONCERNING PEOPLE.

    In the Assembly on Tuesday Mr. Batchelor gave notice of motion asking for two weeks' leave of absence for his [?] Mr. Denny, on the grounds of ill-health. ...

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  4. ENGLAND AND FRANCE.

    What is the plain unvarnished truth about the attitude of the French nation towards Great Britain? This is a question which his for months past engaged the ...

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  5. WAR NOTES.

    Mr. Kruger is still at Delagoa Bay, whither several hundreds of Boers are also hurrying for refuge, Mr. Bennet Burleigh learned in an interview that ...

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  6. THE COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA.

    All sections of the Press express gratification in regard to the Queen's signal act of favour to Australia in assenting to the proposed visit of the ...

    Article : 109 words
  7. THE TRANSVAAL CAMPAIGN.

    Correspondents at the front state that after General J. D. P. French's column entered into possession of the town of Barberton, the troops, when ...

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  8. TROUBLED CHINA.

    Despatches from Tientsin convey the news that a German naval force, assisted by the Bengal Lancers, have captured Liang Hing, a village about ...

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  9. BRITISH PARLIAMENT.

    The eagerly awaited announcement of an appeal to the country by the Salisbury Government was made to-day. Her Majesty will formally dissolve ...

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  10. THE CRISIS IN CHINA.

    The leading item from China is the news circulated by Reuter that the allies are about to withdraw from Pekin to Tientsin. The rumour is somewhat ...

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  11. BRISBANE, September 18.

    Lord Lamington, said that he was extremely glad that Her Majesty has been pleased to approve of Lord Salisbury's recommendation. The Premier expressed ...

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  12. NEW SOUTH WALES.

    E. Kearney, of Woodlands, near Narromine, fell from a horse last night, and suecambed to his injuries. The final meeting in connection with the ...

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  13. THE PROPOSED WITHDRAWAL FROM PEKIN.

    The Washington authorities have left General Chaffee free to decide when to withdraw the United States troops from Pekin. He is at liberty ...

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  14. PARLIAMENTS IN SESSION.

    The Federal Electorates Bill, with its new scheme for country and city electorates, was before the House to-day, and was briefly explained by the ...

    Article : 329 words
  15. THE TIDAL WAVE.

    Reports from Texas show that 10,000 persons are in a state of utter destitution at Galveston owing to the tidal wave catastrophe, and it is estimated ...

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  16. THE COTTON CROP.

    In consequence of the short supplies of cotton and the bad prosper of the American crops the majority of the Lancashire mills will be closed for a ...

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  17. NIGERIA.

    Telegrams from Lagos contain particulars of a severe encounter in Nigeria between 200 troops of the West African Frontier Force, under ...

    Article : 97 words
  18. INTERVIEW WITH MR. KRUGER.

    Mr. Bennet Burieigh, the veteran war correspondent of the "Daily Telegraph." reports by cable message that he sought an interview with ...

    Article : 186 words
  19. PRINCE CHING'S VIEWS.

    Although the Ambassadors at Pekin have informed Prince Ching that they are not empowered to treat with him for an armistice, he is still pressing for ...

    Article : 89 words
  20. DRIVEN MAD BY JEALOUSY.

    Telegrams from Naples contain particulars of a terrible domestic tragedy which was perpetrated yesterday at [?] a small town near that city ...

    Article : 69 words
  21. QUEENSLAND.

    At a mass meeting of miners in the Ipswich district to-day it was decided to accept the compromise suggested by the owners at yesterday's conference. ...

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  22. RUSSIAN ACQUISITIVENESS.

    The Russians have seized a railway property consisting of a valuable frontage to the Peiho River at Tientsin. They propose to convert it into a ...

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  23. SYDNEY, September 18.

    In the Legislative Assembly this evening Mr. Meagher asked the Premier a question regarding the Excise duties and too operation of the uniform tariff. He had seen ...

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  24. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    The employes of the Great Eastern Railway Company have secured the recognition of a six-day week. London, September 18. ...

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  25. COMMERCE AND FINANCE.

    Bectroot Sugar.—Mr. F. C. Lichi, of Magdeburg, reports that the production of beetroot sugar this season showed an increase of 303,000 tons, on account of the last ...

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  26. WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

    The revived agitation on connection with the proposed removal of the railway workshops at Fremantle to Midland Junction is becoming exceedingly warm. To-night a ...

    Article : 95 words
  27. MILITARY APPOINTMENTS.

    Brigadier-General A. R. P. Dorward, commander of the garrison at Wei-haiwei, has been appointed to the command of the British forces at ...

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  28. SPORT.

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  29. A COVETED PRIZE.

    Two members of Strathcona's Horse, a corps of roughriders who were raised from among the Canadian backwoods men, have been awarded the Victoria ...

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  30. NEW ZEALAND.

    A great gathering of native chiefs is taking place here for the purpose of influencing pending legislation regarding native lands. The native desire to obtain control of the ...

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  31. OVERSEA SHIPPING.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 61 words
  32. EPIDEMIC OF SUICIDE.

    During the troubles which attended the capture and occupation of Pekin by the allies 200 Chinese officials and their families committed suicide in the ...

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  33. LORD ROBERTS TO LEAVE SOUTH AFRICA SHORTLY.

    The "Mail" announces that Field-Marshal Lord Roberts has arranged to start on his return journey to England on October 3. His Lordship will visit ...

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  34. AN INTERNATIONAL POINT.

    In April of last year three natives of Mauritius, members of the crew of the American barque Carrolton, deserted at Newcastle, and the Customs authorities, in ...

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  35. TERRIBLE ACCIDENT AT TUNGCHOW.

    During the operation of destroying a Chinese powder factory at Tungchow, a town about ten miles east of Pekin, sixteen soldiers belonging to ...

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  36. AUSTRALIAN SOLDIERS.

    The Premier received a cable message from Cape Town to-day announcing that Lieutenant R. J. L. White and Lance-Corporal King, of the New South Wales ...

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  37. A BRITISH GARRISON BESIEGED.

    The small British garrison at the township of Schweizer Reneke, on the Hart River, about sixty miles east-south-east of Vryburg, in the ...

    Article : 74 words
  38. IMPORTANT MINING LAWSUIT.

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  39. SALTING OF GOLD QUARTZ.

    Three arrests were made at Ballarat today in connection with the alleged salting of the Glenline No. 1 crushing. A deputation representing the Board of Directors of ...

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  40. RUSSIANS IN PEKIN.

    A message from St. Petersburg states that arrangements are being made for a portion of the Russian force now at Pekin to winter in the city. ...

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  41. SYDNEY FREE OF PLAGUE.

    No ease of plague has occurred in the colony since August 9. Private advices received to-day form New Zealand state that Sydney has been declared a free port, but that ...

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  42. MR. DAVITT'S OPINION OF "BROTHER BOER."

    Mr. Michael Davitt, M.P., the Irish Nationalist, who went to South Africa to give the Boers his blessing, has confessed that his opinions regarding ...

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  43. THE RELIEF OF PEKIN.

    The steamer Airlie, which arrived today, brought Hongkong files to September S. The "Hongkong Weekly Press" published the following account from a special ...

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  44. MARINE MISHAPS IN THE WEST.

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  45. GRADING HOTEL LICENCE-FEES.

    A deputation of members of Parliament interviewed the Premier to-day on the question of hotel licences, and suggested that, instead of a general licence-fee of £30 ...

    Article : 85 words
  46. AN OUTSPOKEN GOVERNOR.

    Earl Beauchamp, who was present to-day at the meeting of the New South Wales Municipal Association, passed some not undeserved strictures on the condition of ...

    Article : 238 words
  47. LOCAL GOVERNMENT IN NEW SOUTH WALES.

    The eighteenth session of the Municipal Association of New South Wales was opened in the Town Hall to-day. The Mayor of Sydney presided, and the delegates ...

    Article : 113 words
  48. FEDERATION.

    Sir Robert Stout has [?] an article showing that of 64 Acts passed in New Zealand last year only three would have come under the powers of the ...

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  49. THE AUSTRALASIANS.

    The War Office yesterday published the following intelligence in regard to Australasian contingents:— RELEASED PRISONERS. ...

    Article : 75 words
  50. FROZEN TO DEATH.

    The discovery of another victim of the recent heavy fall of snow of the ranges in west coast country was reported to-day from Queenstown. A packer brought the ...

    Article : 112 words
  51. A STEPMOTHER'S CRUELTY.

    At the Police Court to-day a charge of cruelty of a revolting character was brought against Mary Harrington. The victim was her stepdaughter, fourteen years of age. ...

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  52. THE BREELONG MURDERERS.

    The Governors last evening broke into a house at Everella, at the head of the Williams River, twenty-five miles in a north-westerly direction from Dugog. The house ...

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  53. "HONOUR TO WHOM HONOUR IS DUE."

    Sir—Under this heading, "W. Cook calls attention to the services of Mr. W. J. Venning in bringing about the State Bank Act. I distinctly remember quite ...

    Article : 255 words
  54. Advertising

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