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  2. [BY SUBMARINE TELEGRAPH.] [Received October 29, 1.45 a.m.] THE DUKE OF CORNWALL. NEARING HOME.

    Great preparations are being made in England for a fitting reception to their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall, who are now in mid-Atlantic on ...

    Article : 186 words
  3. THE FEDERAL TARIFF.

    The Ministerial proposals are framed, first, to raise necessary revenue, and secondly, to protect existing industries which, from their magnitude and suitability to ...

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  4. LATEST CABLES. [BY SUBMARINE TELEGRAPH.] [Received October 29, 2.30 a.m.]

    It is reported from Lisbon that the municipal doctors at that place have, after numerous experiments, succeeded in exterminating the rats there by inocluating some of ...

    Article : 78 words
  5. [BY SUBMARINE TELEGRAPH.] [Received October 29, 1.45 a.m.] THE CAPE RISING.

    For the last few weeks Sir John French has been making but slow progress in the quelling of the rebellion at the Cape. It is stated that this ia due to the fact that ...

    Article : 352 words
  6. VICTORIA.

    John Irvine, living at Dollar, was chopping down a dry tree, when a large lim[?], 20 ft. lond, broke off, and struck him on the head and shoulders. He still lies in a ...

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  7. [BY SUBMARINE TELEGRAPH.] [Received October 29, 1.45 a.m.] THE BOERS.

    Intelligence has been received that a British column which has been scouring the country to the south-west of Rustenberg, in the Transvaal Colony, has collected 250 ...

    Article : 104 words
  8. PERSONAL.

    The Premier (Hon. J. G. Jenkins) leaves an Thursday for Melbourne to take part in the conference between Federal and State Ministers on the State Properties ...

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  9. THE ALDERSHOT COMMAND.

    Our London correspondent, writing under date September 27, quotes the following from the "St. James's Gazette" with regard to General Buller's appointment:— ...

    Article : 557 words
  10. THE WAR.

    Two [?]echuanaland rebels have been sentenced by the Treason Court at Vryburg to ten years' transportation for serving with Boer commandoes. ...

    Article : 29 words
  11. CHINA.

    Mr. P. L. Warren, the British Consul at Hankow, has sent a report to the Foreign Office, which shows that the great floods in the Yangtse-Kiang Valley have had a ...

    Article : 103 words
  12. SUSPECTED MURDER.

    On October 8, some neighbors of Mrs. Laffy, residing on a small farm a couple of miles from Currabubula, near Tamworth, heard a great noise and screams coming ...

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  13. THE COMMONWEALTH.

    The "Times" correspondent at Ottawa, the political capital of the Dominion of Canada, telegraphs that recent utterances by Canadian Ministers imply that the ...

    Article : 96 words
  14. LORD MILNER.

    Lord Milner, Governor of the Transvaal and Orange River Colonies and High Commissioner in South Africa, is now paying his promised visit to Natal. His lordship ...

    Article : 100 words
  15. THE PHILIPPINES.

    General Smith, who is in command of the American troops, is taking severe measures to punish those implicated in the recent attacks on the United States soldiers ...

    Article : 117 words
  16. CHINA.

    In the Paris "Matin" are published what purport to be copies of letters sent by General Voyron, who commanded the French forces in China, to Count von Waldersee, ...

    Article : 105 words
  17. EXPLOSION OF A GUN.

    A British field gun accidentally exploded near Harrismith, two men being killed and one wounded. ...

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  18. A SOUTH AUSTRALIAN WOUNDED.

    Private J. Brown, of the 5th Contingent, of South Australian Bushmen, has been slightly wounded at Kaffir-stad, in the Orange River Colony. ...

    Article : 30 words
  19. NEW SOUTH WALES.

    The hearing of appeals dependent upon the decision of the Privy Council in Mr. James Wilson's appeal, generally known as the Mercadool case, was commenced at the ...

    Article : 491 words
  20. ANTARCTIC EXPLORATION

    It is announced that the South Polar expedition, under Dr. Otto Nordenskjold, which left Gothenburg on October 18, in the steamer Antarctic, will operate chiefly ...

    Article : 70 words
  21. GENERAL BOTHA'S WHEREABOUTS.

    It is reported that General Louis Botha has succeeded in completely evading his pursuers in the south-eastern corner of the Transvaal, and has got away northward to ...

    Article : 66 words
  22. DARING BOER EXPLOIT.

    Information has been received that a number of Boers at Houtjes (?) Bay recently attempted a most daring exploit. The steamers Sussex and Kent were lying at ...

    Article : 210 words
  23. THE ALLEGED MUTINY.

    With reference to the alleged mutiny of Private J. Steele and two other members of the Victorian Fifth Contingent, the general consensus of opinion is that Colonel Beatson ...

    Article : 108 words
  24. AMERICA.

    The notorious Kentucky murder case, in which Caleb Powers was charged with being an accessory before the fact with regard to the murder of Mr. William Goebel, ...

    Article : 171 words
  25. THREE LAAGERS CAPTURED.

    Major C. T. Dawkins, of the Shropshire Light Infantry, has met with conspicuous success at Nylstroom, in the Waterberg district of the Transvaal. Just lately he has ...

    Article : 59 words
  26. DEPORTING BOER LEADERS.

    Thirteen more Boer leaders, captured since September 15, have been exiled for life from South Africa for refusing to obey Lord Kitchener's proclamation, calling on ...

    Article : 37 words
  27. AN ACCOUNT OF THE "MUTINY."

    A member of the Sixth West Australian Contingent, who returned recently from the Transvaal, says the Victorians of the Fifth Contingent, which was cut to pieces in a ...

    Article : 282 words
  28. GENERAL BULLER.

    The pro-Boer newspapers in England are nearly all siding with General Buller, and condemning the Government for dismissing that officer from his command of the First ...

    Article : 161 words
  29. THE BROEKSMA CASE.

    Reuter's correspondent at The Hague states that, at the instance of Great Britain, the Dutch Consul at Pretoria has been given "indefinite leave of absence." This, ...

    Article : 77 words
  30. ST. PETERS SCHOOL BOARD.

    A meeting of the St. Peters School Board of Advice was held on Friday last at the East Adelaide school, there being present Messrs. R. E. E. Rogers (chairman), E. W. Richardson, H. H. Ind, J. C. ...

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  31. SMALLPOX IN LONDON.

    The smallpox outbreak in London is causing much alarm in the metropolis. The epidemic shows no signs of abating; in fac[?], 19 fresh cases were reported on Saturday ...

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  32. A SUGGESTED BOYCOTT.

    At a meeting of the Rouen Dockers' Union it has been decided to, if possible, arrange for the convening of a congress of European waterside workers. It is urged ...

    Article : 72 words
  33. WEST AUSTRALIA.

    At Northam to-day an inquest was held as to the death of John Norman, a clerk, who died as the result of a recent explosion on the Coolgardie pipe track. The jury ...

    Article : 66 words
  34. THE MEETING AT EXETER.

    A great meeting was held in the Town Hall, Exeter last night, to protest against the dismissal of Sir Redvers Buller. It was convened by the mayor of the borough, ...

    Article : 90 words
  35. NEW ZEALAND.

    Carl Tritt, a laborer living at Kaiofoi, has been arrested on a charge of murdering his wife, who was internally and externally injured through ...

    Article : 112 words
  36. SHOOTING NIAGARA.

    A daring and successful attempt to shool the Niagara Falls is reported. It is stated that Mrs. Anna Taylor, of Bay City, Michigan, with a view to raising ...

    Article : 106 words
  37. MR. CHAMBERLAIN'S SPEECH.

    The speech delivered by Mr. Chamberlain ale Edinburgh on Friday, in the course of which the right hon. gentleman said that the time was coming when greater severity ...

    Article : 134 words
  38. QUEENSLAND.

    Two Syrians were charged at the Police Court, South Brisbane, to-day, with the murder of a countryman of theirs at Mount Cotton during a quarrel. They were ...

    Article : 34 words
  39. BRITISH GUIANA.

    The Government of Great Britain and Brazil have jointly requested King Victor Emmanuel III. of Italy to ace as arbi[?]rator to settle the disputed boundary between ...

    Article : 39 words
  40. Advertising

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    Advertising : 1,030 words
  41. THE PHILADELPHIA FIRE.

    It is estimated that it will take 500,000 dollars to repair the damage wrought by the fire which broke out in a nine-storey building in Philadelphia, occupied as an ...

    Article : 46 words
  42. PRIZE WINNERS

    At the Bendigo Fire Brigade Competition. "During our preparation for the Bendigo Fire Brigade Demonstration we received some very severe strains, and almost broke ...

    Article : 131 words
  43. TO-DAY'S ENGAGEMENTS.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 155 words
  44. FRANCE AND TURKEY.

    The apparent disinclination of France to go to extremes in dealing with the recalcitrant Sultan of Turkey seems to be inducing that monarch to defy the Paris ...

    Article : 108 words
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