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  2. CONCERNING PEOPLE.

    In consequence of to-day being the first anniversary of the death of Queen Victoria, His Excellency the Governor and Lady Tennyson will not be present at the ...

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  3. DAMAGE IN THE COUNTRY.

    A gale from the south-west burst suddenly about 2 o'clock, with squalls of hurricane violence. The ship Scottish Moors parted from the jetty after tearing out the ...

    Article : 146 words
  4. TUESDAY'S BLOW.

    When the wind is in a frolic it has no conscience, and is no respecter of persons. A gentleman stops to purchase a box of matches from a little barefooted urchin in ...

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  5. COLOMBIA.

    The revolution in the Central American republic of Colombia was responsible a day or two ago for a fierce battle in the Bay of Panama. Three revolutionary vessels the ...

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  6. CONDUCT OF THE WAR.

    In the House of Commons yesterday Mr. Frederick Cawley, Liberal member for the south-east division of Lancashire, moved to amend the Address-in-reply, by adding a ...

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  7. THE TRANSVAAL CAMPAIGN.

    Gen. Louis Botha is reported to be camped in the eastern Transvaal, in country 20 miles east of the Standerton and Ermelo line of blockhouses. The Transvaal ...

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  8. FRANCE IMPRESSED WITH ENGLAND'S DETERMINATION.

    In the Chamber of Deputies, Paris, an Anglophobia yesterday asked whether France, either alone or jointly with other rowers, would endeavour to bring the ...

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  9. AN INCH AND A QUARTER IN 30 MINUTES.

    The weather is exceptionally hot. The shade temperature is 117 deg., the highest we have had. A terrific thunderstorm occurred on Saturday right, when an inch ...

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  10. AMERICAN INTERVENTION ASKED FOR.

    Mr. Robert Webster Davis, one of the members for Florida in the House of Representatives at Washington, and a pro-Boer advocate, has presented to the ...

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  11. WHY THE STRUGGLE CONTINUES.

    In a recent interview Mr. Krugar declared that the Boers would never accept terms which would involve their subjugation, even though that were quickly ...

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  12. LORD ROSEBERY.

    Lord Rosebery, in the course of an address at Edinburgh yesterday, said that the Liberal Party, having had a run of disasters for the last 20 years, had better ...

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  13. ITALY.

    Prince Chigi-Albani, aa Italian notable, has been tried at Perugia, a city on the Tiber, on a charge of having sold to a, foreigner a famous painting by Sandro ...

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  14. THE ARIADNE CASE.

    Some interesting evidence was elicited to-day at the hearing of the Ariadne case, in which George Mumford, Erie Freke, and Thomas Caradoc Kerry are charged with ...

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  15. THE BRITISH NAVY.

    The Lords of the Admiralty have invited renders for the construction of 10 torpedo-boat destroyers. The specifications provide for heavier scantlings than were given ...

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  16. SMALLPOX IN AMERICA.

    Advices from Minneapolis, U.S.A., report that a grain operator in the north-west of that state on Monday developed an illness which was diagnosed as smallpox. The ...

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  17. WOMEN TILLING THE SOIL.

    Women are engaged cultivating the fields in tie district of Zoutpansberg, in the northern Transvaal. It is believed that they are thus employed with the view of ...

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  18. THE LIVERPOOL BANK FRAUDS.

    At Bow street police court yesterday, before Mr. Fenwick, Thomas Peterson Goudie, a ledger clerk, until recently in the employment of the Bank of Liverpool ...

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  19. TERRIBLE DISASTER IN BELFAST.

    Telegrams from [?] convey the news of the collapse of a flax mill belonging to the Smithfield Flax Spinning and Weaving Company, Limited. The building was an ...

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  20. AT PORT ADELAIDE.

    The full force of the hurricane was felt at Port Adelaide. Blinding clouds of dust blew along the streets from noon until evening, when some showers of the ...

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  21. A LAAGER SURPRISED.

    Col. R. G. Kekewich, who is operating with a mounted column in country west of Klerksdorp, made a surprise attack upon Commandant Klassen's laager at ...

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  22. LEGISLATING AGAINST STRIKES.

    In the Legislative Assembly this afternoon the Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration Bill was considered in committee. The crux of the measure is clause 107, the ...

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  23. A TOWN GUARD'S MISFORTUNE.

    Cape Town advises that Commandant Wessels's commando, by clover manoeuvring, surprised a patrol of 50 men. of the Cralock Town Guard. Fighting ensued, and ...

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  24. REINFORCEMENTS FROM INDIA.

    One thousand seasoned troops are leaving India for South Africa. Their duties in India will be taken over by young soldiers From the Cape. ...

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  25. COMMERCE AND FINANCE.

    Beetroot Sugar.—Mr. V. C. Licht, of Magdeburg, in his monthly circular, reports; that the production of beet sugar in Europe during September, October, November, and ...

    Article : 183 words
  26. LARGE CONTRACT FOR MEAT.

    It is understood in London commercial circles that a large contract for meat for the army in South Africa has been given by the War Office to a syndicate, which ...

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  27. KILLED IN A FIGHT.

    Thomas Allingham, alias Ryan, aged 37 was killed in a fight with another man in Flinders street, Townsville, yesterday. It is alleged that deceased was in an ...

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  28. THEFT OF A MAILBAG.

    An impudent and successful robbery took place this morning, when the mailbag booked from White Cliffs to Broken Hill was stolen from the mail coach. It continued 11 ...

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  29. EDUCATION IN NEW SOUTH WALES.

    The conference of state school inspector convened by the Minister for Public Instruction for the purpose of considering various subjects connected with the public ...

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  30. OVERSEA SHIPPING.

    At London or Channel—Emilie Galline, barque, from Sydney, October 2; Ras Mora; steamer, from Sydney November 13. DEPARTURES. ...

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  31. INOCULATING CATTLE FOR RINDERPEST.

    Lord Kitchener reports that the inoculation of oxen for the prevention, of rinderpest is enabling the troops to continue the ox transport service. The success of the ...

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  32. NOTES AND QUERIES.

    "R. J. B."—Mr. Darling, the cricketer, was born on November 21, 1870. "W. J. Cordor."—The Yongala estate will be opened for application at the end of this ...

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  33. THE MACLEAN TRAGEDY.

    Mrs. Dowling, who was shot by her husband at Maclean, five shots taking effect, died to-day. The immediate cause of death was pneumonia. ...

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  34. NEW ZEALAND'S NINTH CONTINGENT.

    The proposal to send a ninth contingent to South Africa is, generally supported by the press of the colony and the members of Parliament. ...

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  35. QUEENSLAND CIVIL SERVICE.

    The Government has decided that no increases in the salaries of civil servants shull be granted at the end of the year, and that where appointments to higher ...

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  36. BUBONIC PLAGUE.

    Another case of bubonic plague occurred to-day in the South Head road at Rushcutter's Bay in a house a few doors from the cottages in which the previous cases ...

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  37. FIRE AT BROKEN HILL.

    Early this morning a large fire broke out in the centre of Argent street, in the dining room occupied by Mr. J. Flanagan. The fire soon got a good headway, and when ...

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  38. IN THE GULF.

    The promise of a change in the weather was warmly welcomed at the Semaphore on Tuesday, but its fulfilment proved so [?] not to say abrupt, that it ...

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  39. PARLIAMENTARY CONTESTS.

    The members of the Victorian Parliamentary party now on a visit to Sydney engaged in a friendly cricket contest with a New South Wales team of the state ...

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  40. TEST MATCH INTERRUPTED.

    "Beautiful snow!" sarcastically murmured a portly gentleman at the Adelaide Oval on Tuesday afternoon, as an Australian "snowstorm", swept over the grounds. ...

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  41. NEW SOUTH WALES WOOL SEASON.

    Since the beginning of the wool season 565,000 bales has been received at Darling Harbour, Morpeth, and Newcastle, an increase of 40,000 compared with the ...

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  42. A FATAL FIGHT.

    Harry Clark and William Lee had a fight in the street at Rockhampton on Saturday last., Lee fell to the ground, and has since died from a fracture of the skull. Clark has ...

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  43. IN MEMORIAM.

    A mighty empire lifts its heart to God! A stricken people mourns until grief-bowed head! Alas! beneath yon fresh-turned, tear-stained sod, There rests its noblest queen, its best-loved dead! ...

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  44. ACCIDENT AT TOWNSVILLE.

    A terrible accident occurred at Rooney's mills, on the Ross River, on Monday. John Raftrey, aged 19 years, was engaged in repairing a belt beside the main shaft, under ...

    Article : 92 words
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