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  2. Advertising

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    Advertising : 358 words
  3. THE TRANSVAAL CAMPAIGN.

    In connection with the enemy's attack upon Honing's Spruit and the destruction of three railway culverts, it is stated that at an opportune moment 400 ex-British ...

    Article : 153 words
  4. IMPERIAL COMMERCIAL CONGRESS.

    The Imperial Congress of Chambers of Commerce was opened yesterday in London. Of the 400 delegates who attended 50 were from Australia. ...

    Article : 170 words
  5. TROUBLED CHINA.

    The German community in Hongkong have asked the Emperor William to permit them to volunteer for service with the British defence force in the settlement, so ...

    Article : 974 words
  6. HOW THE OFFICERS ROUGH IT.

    Lieutenant G. J. Waiter, junior lieutenant of the South Australian Mounted Rifles (second contingent), writes to a friend in Adelaide, under date Winburg ...

    Article : 657 words
  7. PARLIAMENTS IN SESSION.

    The last session of the seventeenth Parliament of Victoria was opened by the Lieutenant-Governor this afternoon with all the frill, military display, and social ...

    Article : 692 words
  8. VICTORIA.

    Despite the fact that over 1,300 miles of country railways are being run at a loss, Mr. Lockhead, Acting Chief Traffic Manager, states that the country passenger ...

    Article : 537 words
  9. BOERS REPULSED NEAR SENEKAL.

    Despatches from Bloemfontein state that Central Sir Leslie Rundle's rearguard have had a hard fight near Senekal, a town ninety-five miles to the north-east. The ...

    Article : 92 words
  10. GOVERNORS AND POLITICS.

    In the House of Commons yesterday Mr. W. K. Redmond referred to Mr. C. C. Kingston's letter in the "Times" complaining of what he styled as the "ineptitude" ...

    Article : 123 words
  11. WITH THE FIRST CONTINGENT.

    Mrs. Holland received three letters from Captain Howland on Monday evening. The first one was dated "Leeuwreil, seven miles from Winburg, May 8," in which he ...

    Article : 2,100 words
  12. LOUIS BOTHA'S DESPERATE COURAGE.

    The latest news from Pretoria is to the effect that General Louis Botha's advance guard has returned to the mountainous region about eighteen miles cast of the ...

    Article : 36 words
  13. "DR. JIM" IN THE CAPE ASSEMBLY.

    Dr. L. Jameson, who led the notorious raid into the Transvaal and served a sentence of imprisonment for the offence, has been elected, without opposition, to ...

    Article : 51 words
  14. THE COMMONWEALTH BILL.

    In the House of Lords yesterday, on the motion of the Earl of Selborne, Undersecretary for the Colonies, the Commonwealth of Australia Bill was read a first ...

    Article : 54 words
  15. BRITISH PRISONERS AT MACHADODORP.

    Five hundred British prisoners, including Imperial Yeomanry and Highlanders, have arrived at Machadodorp, on the Delagoa Bay Railway. President Kruger went to ...

    Article : 66 words
  16. LETTERS FROM THE FRONT

    Private J. H. Shearer, of the First Contingent, writes from near Winburg under date May 8:—Our brigade, known as the 4th, numbering about 10,000 men, left ...

    Article : 1,131 words
  17. WITH THE BUSHMEN.

    Trooper Cecil E. Ewens, in a letter from Beira dated April 23, says:—"Nearly every horse caught a cold after landing. The sooner we ...

    Article : 524 words
  18. THE SOUTH POLE.

    Before the Royal Geographical Society yesterday Mr. Borchgrevink read a paper descriptive of the recent voyage of the Southern Cross to the Antarctic regions. ...

    Article : 46 words
  19. GENERAL BULLER'S PROGRESS.

    Sir Redvers Buller advises that the Royal Engineers have made such excellent progress with the work of repairing the railway north of Ladysmith that the whole ...

    Article : 71 words
  20. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    Mr. E. Barton, the New South Wales federal delegate, is indignant at the statement made in the Sydney Assembly that he is financially stranded in London and ...

    Article : 181 words
  21. BENEFIT DRAMATIC PERFORMANCE.

    The dramatic entertainment organized by Mr. Frank Gerald in aid of the families of sick and wounded Australasian soldiers, was held last night in the Alhambra ...

    Article : 38 words
  22. NEW SOUTH WALES.

    Janet Hart Small, a widow, of North Sydney, died to-day from severe burns received at a late hour last night. A son of deceased hearing screams proceeded to his ...

    Article : 388 words
  23. AUSTRALIAN LOSSES.

    His Excellency the Governor has received the following cable message from Sir Alfred Milner:—"I regret to report that Private J. Pope (65) was reported missing at ...

    Article : 148 words
  24. SYDNEY, June 27.

    In the Legislative Assembly the question of overcrowded tramcars was discussed, on a motion for adjournment, and it was pointed out that if more firmness was not shown ...

    Article : 672 words
  25. COMMERCE AND FINANCE.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 109 words
  26. MELBOURNE, June 27.

    The Defence Department has received a cable message from the military authorities at Cape Town saving that Bugler F. W. Hortle, of the Second Victorian Contingent ...

    Article : 109 words
  27. THE PLAGUE.

    There were no cases of plague reported to-day, but two of the patients who had been, very ill at the Quarantine Station for, some days. Elizabeth Carter and David ...

    Article : 229 words
  28. INVESTMENT STOCKS.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 132 words
  29. LORD ROBERTS'S ADVANCE.

    At Leuwkiel Farm we spelled a day, and right welcome the rest and cleaning were to the weary, dusty soldiers. The second night found us in merry spirits, and the still air ...

    Article : 2,452 words
  30. NEW ZEALAND.

    Trooper N. Anderson, of the Third Contingent, has died at Pretoria of enteric fever. Professor Thomas is of opinion that the ...

    Article : 89 words
  31. AN OPPORTUNE "PROPHECY."

    A correspondent wrote from Pekin last month:—A most opportune prophetic tablet of the Ming dynasty has been found by the Boxers in a coal mine, in which, among ...

    Article : 90 words
  32. TROUBLE IMMINENT IN THE YANGTSZE VALLEY.

    The following (says the "North China Herald" for May 16) is a translation of a letter to a Hankow resident from his native agent at Wuchang:—"The Imperial ...

    Article : 334 words
  33. ACTION AGAINST A MINING COMPANY.

    The action Palmer v. Mount Bischoff Tinmining Company was commenced in the Supreme Court to-day. Plaintiff, who is a miner, was severely injured by an explosion ...

    Article : 83 words
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