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  2. AUSTRALIAN FEDERATION.

    Mr. Alfred Deakin and Mr. C. C. Kingston, two of the Australian Federal delegates, have arrived in London. They are both well. ...

    Article : 34 words
  3. FRENCH NEAR BLOEMFONTEIN.

    Major-General French was in the hills commanding Bloemfontein on Monday night. The British lost 60 men killed and 320 wounded. ...

    Article : 85 words
  4. BOER OFFICIALS.

    Mr. A. Fischer, of the Orange Free State Executive, and Mr. F. G. Wolmarans, the Chairman of the First Volksraad at Pretoria, are at Delagoa Bay. ...

    Article : 35 words
  5. BRITISH CASUALTIES.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 54 words
  6. INTERCOLONIAL.

    No action has yet been taken here towards raising funds for the Indian famine relief. Sir John Forrest suggests that £20,000 should be contributed by ...

    Article : 70 words
  7. THE BOER WAR.

    The British continue their rapid advance into the Orange Free State, and are now close to Bloemfontein. The forward movement was again entrusted to Major-General French, with his force of cavalry and horse artillery, with the result that the railway line has been seized six miles to the south of the Free ...

    Article : 450 words
  8. FRIENDLY SOCIETIES.

    The Oddfellows and Sons of Temperance held their annual sessions to-day at Bendigo and Baliarat respectively. ...

    Article : 20 words
  9. TREATMENT OF PRISONERS.

    In the House of Commons yesterday, Mr. G. Wyndham, Under-Secretary of State for War, said that the Government was verifying the reports which ...

    Article : 105 words
  10. QUEENSLAND.

    The office of the Torres Divisional Board has been destroyed by fire. All the books of the board were lost. ...

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  11. PERSONAL.

    Alderman Alfred James Newton, Lord Mayor of London, has had a baronetcy conferred on him in recognition of his valuable services in initiating the ...

    Article : 43 words
  12. ALLEGED EMBEZZLEMENT.

    To-day the detectives arrested Edwin William Nesbit Holloway (26), a clerk in the Public Trusts office, Auckland, on a charge of having stolen £772. ...

    Article : 65 words
  13. PEACE OVERTURES.

    Presidents Kruger and Steyn, in their overtures for peace, represent that British territory was occupied by the Boers only for strategic and defensive ...

    Article : 108 words
  14. TASMANIA.

    Parliament will meet on April 26. It is probable that the session, will be a short one. ...

    Article : 27 words
  15. SEIZURE OF THE RAILWAY.

    Lord Roberts having issued orders to capture as much rolling-stock as possible, Major-General French seized the railway at a point six miles to the ...

    Article : 61 words
  16. COLONEL FINN.

    Lieutenant-Colonel Harry Finn, of the at Lancers, who was recently appointed Commandant of the Queensland defence forces, is a passenger for Australia ...

    Article : 49 words
  17. FATAL ACCIDENT.

    At the Spring Vale wool-scouring works, Botany, last night, Walter Patrick Richards (38) was killed. He was caught in the machinery and dragged ...

    Article : 29 words
  18. THE BUBONIC PLAGUE.

    Samuel Bell, 18, reading in Union street, Pyrmont was reported to be suspiciously unwell today. The health authorities investigated the case, and ...

    Article : 130 words
  19. SHIPPING.

    Arrival.—Hermione, ship, 1,120 tons, from Timaru (November 6). Departures.—For Melbourne—Glooscap, ship, 1,860 tons; Star of England ...

    Article : 54 words
  20. SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    Mr. James Shakes, a member of the well-known firm of Bagot, Shakes, and Lewis, died to-day. The immediate cause of death was a paralytic stroke ...

    Article : 35 words
  21. ARMY ESTIMATES.

    Mr. G. Wyndham, Under-Secretary of State for War, explained the army estimates at some length in the House of Commons last night. ...

    Article : 132 words
  22. DEATH OF COLONEL UMPHELBY.

    Colonel C. E. Umphelby, of the Victorian Contingent, who was dangerously wounded in the abdomen at Driefontein on Saturday, has succumbed to his ...

    Article : 98 words
  23. HARROLD BROS.' ESTATE.

    In respect to the application of the Railway Commissioners, that a debt due by Harrold Bros. (£1,399) should rank as a preferential claim, Commissioner ...

    Article : 41 words
  24. GERMANY AND KRUGER.

    The German Government, in reply to President Kruger's request for intervention, has declined to accede to the petition ...

    Article : 45 words
  25. NATIONAL WAR LOAN.

    We have been supplied by the manager of the Bank of Australasia with the following prospectus of the National War Loan, which has been cabled to the head office of the bank ...

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  26. IN ADELAIDE.

    When asked to-day whether he had any information in regard to the alleged case of plague, the president of the board of health said that he had none. ...

    Article : 37 words
  27. A SECOND INQUEST.

    The reopened inquiry concerning the death of the late M. W. Judell was continued to-day. Professor Rennie deposed to having made an analysis of the ...

    Article : 132 words
  28. THE SOUTHERN FRONTIER.

    Major-General Sir W. F. Gatacre, who recently occupied Burghersdorp, now commands the road bridge over the Orange River at Bethulie. ...

    Article : 94 words
  29. IN BRISBANE.

    The municipal authorities yesterday collected 40 dead rats from various. parts of the city. One bore suspicious appearances, as did also one from a ...

    Article : 489 words
  30. THE TERMS OF PEACE.

    It is understood in Washington that President Kruger is inquiring through the United States Government as to the minimum terms of peace which will be ...

    Article : 77 words
  31. FINANCIAL.

    Imperial Consols are now quoted at £101 2s. 6d. ...

    Article : 15 words
  32. COMMERCIAL.

    At the London wool sales to-day, good competition prevailed in all classes at the highest prices. ...

    Article : 23 words
  33. VICTORIA.

    Messrs. J. T. Smith, Crown prosecutor, F. Prout Webb, Commissioner for Taxes, and E. Carlile, Parliamentary draftsman, have been made Queen's ...

    Article : 29 words
  34. AT ACHTERTANG.

    The following members of the Tasmanian contingent have been missing since the capture of Achtertang by Major-General Clements on the 5th ...

    Article : 47 words
  35. FEELING IN BRITAIN.

    It is premised by the British papers that the telegram of the Boer Presidents, and the prompt rejection of their proposals by the British Government ...

    Article : 106 words
  36. SPECIAL CLIP RATES.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 31 words
  37. THE INDIA'S PASSENGERS.

    It was stated in the press to-day that South Australia had released certain of the India's quarantined passengers, because Victoria had released a number ...

    Article : 64 words
  38. THE WESTERN FRONTIER.

    In connection, with the engagement at Driefontein on Saturday last, when the Boers were defeated and 40 of their number captured, it is reported that the ...

    Article : 79 words
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    Britain and France.—A new suggestion has been thrown out by M. Carol in the "Revue de Paris" about the future of the New Hebrides (writes a London ...

    Article : 281 words
  40. THE WAR LOAN.

    Sir Michael Hicks-Beach, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, consulted the British and colonial bankers respecting the issue of the £35,000,000 war loan ...

    Article : 40 words
  41. ASPENDALE PARK RACES.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 83 words
  42. A SPORTSMAN KILLED.

    Mr. M'Cautie, a well-known sportsman, who joined the mounted volunteer regiment raised in Cape Colony known as "Kitchener's Horse," was killed in the ...

    Article : 38 words
  43. JOHANNESBURG.

    The large Creusot gun which was taken from Johannesburg some time ago, and sent to the front, has been remounted at Johannesburg. ...

    Article : 30 words
  44. ROBERTS AT VENTERSOLEI.

    Lord Roberts has arrived at Ventersolei, which is only 15 miles from Bloemfontein. He has turned the position held by a ...

    Article : 55 words
  45. BOER PRISONERS.

    Further particulars concerning the recent attempt to escape made by the Boer prisoners at Simon's Town show that they had dug a tunnel 25 yards ...

    Article : 66 words
  46. ADVANCE OF ROBERTS.

    Lord Roberts is now within 20 miles of Bloemfontein. ...

    Article : 17 words
  47. ACCIDENT TO A FARMER.

    Mr. E. Long, a farmer living in the Longwood district, was killed to-day, through having been thrown from a spring-cart. ...

    Article : 24 words
  48. BOER TREACHERY.

    In connection with the abuse of the white flag by the Boers at Driefontein on Saturday, it is now stated that a large commando, in order to avoid the ...

    Article : 85 words
  49. AUSTRALIAN NATIVES' ASSOCIATION.

    The Australian Natives' Association's annual conference was opened in Geelong to-day. The annual report showed expansion, extension, and an all-round ...

    Article : 84 words
  50. BRITISH MILITIA.

    The remainder of the British militia is to be embodied in May. ...

    Article : 13 words
  51. Advertising

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