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  2. Telegraphic News.

    The houses in which the Boers who recently attacked Jacobsdal—a town about 35 miles south of Kimberley—were treacherously harbored, have been burnt to the ...

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  3. THE CHINESE CRISIS.

    Prince Su. who accompanied the Imperial Court to Taiyuan-fu, a town in Shansi, about 250 miles south-west of Pekin, has returned to the Chinese capital, and has ...

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  4. VICTORIA.

    Eight Saturday art classes, established for the benefit of State school teachers, and presided over by qualified drawing masters, have been established in Melbourne. The ...

    Article : 49 words
  5. SYDNEY SHOOTING CASE.

    Another arrest was made to-day in connection with the shooting of Constable Ward, the suspect being a mere lad. He was formally charged at the Central Police ...

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  6. AN UNSUCCESSFUL CLAIM.

    The hearing of the claim for salvage brought by Messrs. Huddart, Parker, and Co. against the owners of the ship Illawarra, was finished to-day. The plaintiffs ...

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  7. A THEATRICAL DISPUTE.

    Mr. J. R. Love, who represented Mr. McKee Rankin and Miss Nance O'Neil during their Australian theatrical season, has issued a writ against Mr. Rankin, claiming ...

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  8. THE DESIRE FOR PEACE.

    The efforts of the Pretorian burghers to persuade General Botha and the other Boer leaders still in the field to refrain from further fighting have failed. It is reported ...

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  9. INDUSTRIAL ARBITRATION BILL.

    In the Legislative Council this afternoon. Mr. Wise moved the second reading of the Industrial Arbitration Bill. He said the time was opportune to call upon ...

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  10. WARSHIPS AT CANTON.

    There are now stationed at Canton 10 warships belonging to the Powers. Five of them belong to the French fleet. It is stated that the Chinese are afraid that the ...

    Article : 122 words
  11. SENSATIONAL CHARGE OF PERJURY.

    Some sensational statements were made in a case heard before the City Court to-day. Joseph Hagan McGarry, a mining agent, of Albert Park, was summoned by ...

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  12. CASUALTIES TO COLONIALS.

    The following casualties to colonials are reported—Trooper G. W. Bolding, of the Victorian Bushmen's Contingent, has succumbed to enteric fever at Pretoria ...

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  13. AUSTRALIAN SOLDIERS.

    The following cable message has been received from the General of Communications at Cape Town, giving the names of the colonial soldiers who have left Cape Town ...

    Article : 109 words
  14. MASSACRE OF MISSIONARIES.

    Latest advices from China state that the allied troops have arrested the Governor of Paoting-fu and other prominent officials in the town, on a charge of complicity in ...

    Article : 47 words
  15. THE REVENUE.

    The revenue for October shows an increase of £117,916 on the corresponding month of last year, the total for the month being £910,123. Railways show an increase ...

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  16. SETTLING THE INDEMNITY.

    The allied Powers have decided that the indemnity to be paid by China should include provision for the losses of the Chinese recently employed by Europeans. ...

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  17. A BOER FICTION.

    The Boer leaders have industriously circulated a remarkable report to the effect hat General Sir Redvers Buller and 7,000 British soldiers were forced to surrender but ...

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  18. THE BRITISH CABINET.

    The London "Daily Telegraph""" states that, acting under medical advice, the Marquis of Salisbury will resign office as Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, but will ...

    Article : 75 words
  19. BROKEN HILL.

    The Orange lodges of Broken Hill have decided to erect a Protestant hall. A central site has been fixed on, and it is intended that the building shall be a ...

    Article : 153 words
  20. THE AMERICAN PRESIDENCY.

    Mr. William McKinley, President of the United Stages, has vigorously protested against the attempts of Mr. W. J. Bryan, the Democratic candidate for the ...

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  21. FATAL BURNING ACCIDENT.

    Albert Manning, aged 4 years, living with his parents at Balaclava, fell into a fire this afternoon and was shockingly burnt. The little fellow died in the hospital to-night in ...

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  22. BRITISH POLITICS.

    Mr. J. C. Wason, a Unionist, defeated Sir Leonard Lyell, a member of the Liberal Party, who previously represented Orkney and Shetland in the House of Commons, by ...

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  23. A PLUCKY RESCUE.

    On October 5, whilst the German ship, Constanz, was on her voyage from Cape. Town to Melbourne, where she arrived to-day, a seaman, Paul Arnold, aged 23, fell ...

    Article : 144 words
  24. PROSPECTS OF THE CANDIDATES.

    There is the greatest excitement throughout the United States over the forthcoming Presidential election. Mr. W. J. Bryan, the Democratic candidate, relies for support ...

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  25. SERIOUS MINING ACCIDENT.

    A trucker, Sydney Fitzgerald, was about to empty a truckload of ore down a chute at the 400-ft. level, Central mine, this afternoon, when the plank on which he was ...

    Article : 105 words
  26. A NEW ZEALANDER RETURNED.

    Mr. J. C Wason, who has been elected to represent Orkney and Shetland in the House of Commons, was recently a member of the New Zealand House of Representatives. ...

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  27. EXPLOSION IN NEW-YORK.

    A disastrous occurrence is reported from New York. An explosion occurred on the premises of Tarrant & Co., prominent druggists in the city, and a fire followed. The ...

    Article : 105 words
  28. WEST AUSTRALIA.

    At a meeting of the City Council last night it was decided to retain the services of Mr. Petheric, the town clerk, for another month. This decision was arrived ...

    Article : 124 words
  29. THE AUSTRAL WHEEL MEETING.

    A comparative return of the Austral entries allows that only 149 entries were received for the Austral Wheel Race this year, as against 217 last year. Over 100 ...

    Article : 70 words
  30. BOER TREACHERY.

    In connection with the recent attack by the Boers upon Phillipolis on the south-west frontier of the Orange River Colony, it is reported that a telegraphist escaped ...

    Article : 132 words
  31. THE WOOL SALES.

    There was good Competition-at the-wool sales to-day, and prices were firm. ...

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  32. PRICES REALISED.

    The following prices were realised at yesterday's wool sales:—Nangania, 7[?]d,; Berthong,, 7¾d.; Logan Downs, 8d.; Lansdowne, 7[?]d.; Moaffat, 8[?]d.; Benohau, ,6½d. ...

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  33. A RIDING FATALITY.

    A fatal riding accident occurred at Derrina[?], in the Heathcote district, to-day. Robert Story, an old and well-known resident, started for Ellesmere, and his horse ...

    Article : 59 words
  34. SILVER.

    Silver is now quoted at 2/5 11-16 per oz. ...

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  35. THE RABBIT PEST.

    The Chief Inspector of Stock says the only effective method of preventing rabbits from spreading Westward is the erection of a rabbit-proof, fence from the south ...

    Article : 127 words
  36. PRESBYTERIAN UNION.

    The agreement for the union of the Free United Presbyterian Churches has been finally adopted, almost unanimously. ...

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  37. ENGLISH, SCOTTISH, AND AUSTRALIAN BANK.

    The statement of accounts of the English, Scottish, and Australian Bank, for the year ended June 30, shows that after carrying £15,000 to the reserve fund, there remains ...

    Article : 119 words
  38. NEW SOUTH WALES.

    Plans and estimates for the North Snore-bridge, which were received by the Agent-General in London, were received by the Department of Public Works to-day. In ...

    Article : 68 words
  39. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    It is announced that the Imperial troops, under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel W. G. C. Wyndham, of the 21st Lancers, who are to be present at tie inauguration ...

    Article : 136 words
  40. HUNTER'S OPERATIONS.

    It is reported that General, Hunter has expelled the Boers from Ventersburg, a town in the Orange River Colony, between Winburg and Kroonstad, and near the ...

    Article : 123 words
  41. A SYDNEY FORGERY.

    On Saturday forenoon a fashionably-attired man entered the Bank of Australasia in George-street, and presented a cheque for something over £90. The cheque was ...

    Article : 61 words
  42. NEW ZEALAND.

    Mr. W. S. Reid, who for many year has been Solicitor-General, has retired from the Civil Service on a pension. He has been succeeded by Dr. Fitchett, law draftsman. ...

    Article : 98 words
  43. BUBONIC PLAGUE.

    A case of bubonic plague has been discovered in London, the patient being on board a steamer which recently arrived from the Philippine Islands. ...

    Article : 45 words
  44. THE CONDEMNED MAN SLEIGH.

    The case of the man Sleigh, who was sentenced to death for murder, was under the consideration of the Executive Council yesterday., Information was given by the Chief ...

    Article : 77 words
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