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  2. [BY SUBMARINE T[?]APH.] [Received October 2, [?] p.m.] BRITON AND BOER.

    Major Anstruther-Thomson, of the 2nd Life Guards, who was aide-de-camp to the Earl of Kintore during a portion of the latter's term as Governor of South ...

    Article : 136 words
  3. [BY SUBMARINE TELEGRAPH.] [Received October 2, 10.20 p.m.] THE ANGLICAN CHURCH.

    The forty-first annual congress of the Church of England is being held at Brighton, Sussex, this year. Yesterday the principal subject set down for discussion was ...

    Article : 145 words
  4. WORK IN PARLIAMENT.

    The matter of fact manner in which petitions are treated in Parliament would rather surprise the suppliants who prayerfully and respectfully approach the ...

    Article : 738 words
  5. FEDERAL POLITICS.

    The Senate listened to a speech by Senator Dobson on the exercise of political influence in connection with the post-office. He complained that Senator Drake ha[?] ...

    Article : 694 words
  6. NEW SOUTH WALES.

    A billiard match for £100 a side between Roberts and Weiss was commenced to-day. The game is one of 21,000 up, the Englishman conceding his opponent 5,500 po[?]nts. ...

    Article : 61 words
  7. VICTORIA.

    The dead body of John Perry was found on the Balochile-road. At the inquest it was ascertained that he was found lying dead with his face in the mud, and a bottle ...

    Article : 168 words
  8. KITCHENER'S WEEKLY REPORT.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 81 words
  9. PROPERTY ACQUISITION BILL.

    A telegram was received to-day from the Federal Premier, suggesting to Mr. Philp that the proposed conference of State Premiers to consider the Property Acquisition ...

    Article : 125 words
  10. THE YOUNG TRAGEDY.

    Horace Watt, a young man, was placed on trial at Young to-day on a charge of murdering Nicholas [?]prezza. The deceased's widow, in her evidence, said the ...

    Article : 81 words
  11. QUEENSLAND.

    Mr. Wragge conducted further trials with the Stiger V[?]tex to-day, and was highly successful. A small cloud overhead was fired at, and after three shots it was ...

    Article : 68 words
  12. A MUCH-TRIED MAN.

    Albert Osgood, alias Dort, a native of Sw[?]zerland, who was recently found guilty on a charge of forging Senator Walker's [?]ame to a cheque for a large amount, was ...

    Article : 81 words
  13. NEW VICTORIAN DIOCESES.

    The Anglican Church Assembly to-night passed the new dioceses bill, the only amendment being [?]at each diocese should receive endowments of 16 per cent. instead ...

    Article : 64 words
  14. AUSTRA[?]AN FORCES.

    The Melbourne "Age" says:— Pressure is being brought to bear on the Government to postpone the Defence Bill until next session. From the Minister of ...

    Article : 573 words
  15. AUSTRALIAN SOLDIERS.

    Lieutenant Halse, of the Queensland Contingent, has been invalided to England. ...

    Article : 17 words
  16. A RAILWAY ENQUIRY.

    The charges against the railway officials held responsible for the recent Princes[?] bridge [?]on were heard to-day by a Railway Appeal Board, consisting of ...

    Article : 128 words
  17. DROUGHT IN ENGLAND.

    In consequence of a prolonged drought in Lancashire and Yorkshire a number of large cotton and other mills have had to temporarily close, with the result that ...

    Article : 105 words
  18. HORSES FOR SOUTH AFRICA.

    The steamer Mo[?]yshire, which left for South Africa via Newcastle, [?]k five hundred horses from Brisbane, and will ship[?] number at Newcastle. The Ba[?]ffshire, now ...

    Article : 58 words
  19. COMMERCIAL NEWS.

    Breadstuffs.—The quantity of wheat and flour afloat for the United Kingdom is 2,095,000 quarters, as against 2,170,000 quarters a week ago, a decrease of 75,000 ...

    Article : 284 words
  20. REVENUE RETURNS.

    The revenue of Que[?]land for September after deducting £62,233 for Commonwealth expenses [?] £496,212. The total revenue for the corresponding month last year, ...

    Article : 116 words
  21. THE FACTORIES ACT.

    The most interesting evidence before the Factories Act Commission to-day was that given by Mr. T. Holdsworth (president of the Furniture Employes Union). He said ...

    Article : 126 words
  22. CHINA.

    Prince Chun, who was hastily recalled [?]o Pekin, just as he was setting out on an extended tour of Europe, has sailed for China with his suite. ...

    Article : 36 words
  23. BOER PRISONERS AT CEYLON.

    Advices have been received from Colombo, the capital of Ceylon, to the effect that several of the Boer prisoners at Ragama Camp [?]ately made an attempt to escape, and had ...

    Article : 101 words
  24. NEW ZEALAND.

    The finding of the Royal Commission on the subject is that the delays in granting pr[?]tique to vessels from Sydney arose from want of tack on the part of the ...

    Article : 62 words
  25. THE PERSIAN GULF.

    Latest advices with reference to the trouble in the Persian Gulf, state that a force, under Sheikh Maraboukh, the ruler of the small Arabian province of El Kuweit, ...

    Article : 151 words
  26. THE PENTRIDGE ESCAPEES.

    The convict O'Connor, who was brought back from Sydney yesterday, after his sensational escape from Pentridge Gaol, is to be tried at the gaol by one of the visiting ...

    Article : 69 words
  27. TASMANIA.

    The third annual show of the Tasmanian Agricultural and Pastoral Society was held to-day. The attendance exceeded 9,000, amongst those present were General Sir ...

    Article : 145 words
  28. A SHOCKING AFFAIR.

    A [?]rill of [?]orror ran through the community to-day at the news of a most revolting crime on the part of a fiend upon a little gi[?], 8 years of age, residing with ...

    Article : 705 words
  29. THE UTRECHT DISASTER.

    It is stated that the Boer women of Vryheid lined the streets of that town after the disaster to the British forces under Colonel Gough at Utrecht and watched for ...

    Article : 88 words
  30. ASSAULTS ON WOMEN.

    Last night Mrs. Kate Murray was passing through Fawkner Park when a young man ran up and knocked her down. The terrified woman had to struggle hard ...

    Article : 90 words
  31. DEATHS AT SEA.

    Two deaths occurred on board the steamer Afric during her outward voyage Both persons were victims to consumption, [?]eir names being Mr. Woodward, o[?] ...

    Article : 39 words
  32. "THE UNENDING WAR."

    The leading newspapers are beginning to be very restive regarding the failure of Lord Kitchener to put an end to the resistance of the Boers. The "Standard," ...

    Article : 108 words
  33. BULGARIA.

    It is reported that the Bulgarians in Macedonia have captured. Miss Stone, a well-known American missionary. The United States Consul is now ...

    Article : 58 words
  34. RATING MINING COMPANIES.

    A special meeting of the Municipal Council was held last night to consider the decision of the Judge in Equity in the mines' rating case. ...

    Article : 316 words
  35. STATE PARLIAMENTS.

    In the Legislative Council to-day Mr. Wise moved the second reading of the Arbitration Bill. He said he had based the Bill on the view that it was desirable in the ...

    Article : 337 words
  36. THE KANAKA BILL.

    The Premier, Mr. Philp, when interviewed to-day on the subject of the Kanaka Bill, said that [?]o measure could be more drastic. The Government had never thought ...

    Article : 545 words
  37. HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY.

    There were but six persons in the upper gallery of the Assembly on Wednesday when the Speaker took the chair, while the attendance in the gallery below was even ...

    Article : 2,357 words
  38. FIRE IN A COLLIERY.

    Intelligence has been received that a fire has broken out in a colliery at Vancouver Island, and that 15 men who were working in the lower levels at the time have ...

    Article : 70 words
  39. BOTHA'S DEFEAT.

    It appears that the a[?]ack by the Boers on Fort Itala, on the Zululand border, which was repulsed with such heavy loss to the enemy, was of the most determined ...

    Article : 122 words
  40. THE NEW TARIFF.

    Although the Federal tariff will be laid on the table of the House of Rep[?]esentatives on Tuesday next, it will not come into operation in this State until the ...

    Article : 146 words
  41. Advertising

    {No abstract available}

    Advertising : 968 words
  42. RAID ON ZULULAND.

    Lord Kitchener has reported that the Boers have again raided the Nqutu district of Zululand, the narrow portion lying between the Transvaal and Natal. The raiders ...

    Article : 57 words
  43. FRIENDLY SOCIETIES.

    On Saturday, September 28, the officers of the Albert District, I.O.R., and a party of members and friends paid a visit to the three branches of the order at Clarendon. The party, numbering ...

    Article : 286 words
  44. BROKEN HILL.

    At the Circuit Court to-day William Hill and James Collins, charged with horsestealing at Milperinka, were acquitted. Ernest Williams, who was accused with ...

    Article : 44 words
  45. VICTORIA.

    In the Legislative Assembly to-day the second reading of the Mines Development Bill was moved. The Minister of Mines explained that of the expenditure allowed ...

    Article : 220 words
  46. RAIDERS IN NATAL.

    It is reported that on September 27 a [?]ody of 50 Boer marauders attacked a small British outpost near Glencoe Junction (where the short railway line to Dundee ...

    Article : 101 words
  47. A CONVOY LOST.

    In his latest report, Lord Kitchener mentions that a party of Boers captured a large British convoy at Melmoth on Sunday last, killing six native policemen, who were ...

    Article : 42 words
  48. A BOER REPULSE.

    It is reported that Colonel R. G. Kekewich, who i[?] operating to the north-west of Rustenburg, in the Transvaa[?], was attacked on September 25 by a strong force ...

    Article : 53 words
  49. BOTHA'S WHEREABOUTS.

    Lord Kitchener reports that the last that was heard of General Louis Botha was that [BY SUBMARINE TELEGRAPH.] [Received October 2, 10.20 p.m.] ...

    Article : 46 words
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