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  2. MAJOR MARCHAND.

    Thirty-eight of the soldiers who were sent by the French Government to reinforce Major Marchand at the time the "hero of Fashoda" was making his great ...

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  3. BRITISH ARMY.

    The new military scheme of the Government was explained in the House of Lords yesterday, by the Marquis of Lansdowne, Secretary of State for War ...

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  4. THE BOER WAR.

    The British Government has purchased 5,000 horses from Hungary for military purposes in South Africa. ...

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  5. MISSING TASMANIANS.

    The following are the names of the six Tasmanians who have been missing since the engagement at Rensburg on Friday last, when the Tasmanians ...

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  6. BRITISH POLITICS.

    A by-election took place yesterday for the London University to fill the position vacated by the elevation of Sir John Lubbock to the peerage. ...

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  7. BUSHMEN'S FUNDS.

    The Australian Bushmen's Fund which is being raised in England now amounts to over £11,000. Recent contributors have been:— ...

    Article : 106 words
  8. COURSING.

    The running for the great coursing event of the year, the Waterloo Cup, has been postponed for a week, owing to the hard frost prevailing. ...

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  9. ITEMS OF INTEREST.

    Lord Roberts says:—"Reports which indicate that disloyalty exists among Irish regiments are absolutely untrue. In the hour of danger my countrymen ...

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  10. INDIA.

    The fund opened at the Mansion-house by the Lord Mayor of London in aid of the sufferers by the famine in India has reached £21,000. ...

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  11. WAR MATERIALS.

    Twenty thousand men are working night and day at the Woolwich arsenal, turning out war material. The Japanese Government has ...

    Article : 69 words
  12. NEW SOUTH WALES LANCERS.

    A detachment of forty of the New South Wales Lancers, who will leave in the steamer Australasian, on Friday, ar­rived to-day from Parramatta. They ...

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  13. AT KOODOOSBERG.

    During the engagement at Koodoosberg on February 7, between the British under Major-General H. A. MacDonald and a force of Boers, Lieutenant ...

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  14. FRANCE.

    The French Government is feverishly completing an equipment of quickfiring guns. The ordnance factories are working ...

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  15. HANDSOME DONATION.

    Mr. Simon Fraser, M.L.C., has sent a cheque for £1,000 towards tie Bushmen's Corps, and he will be quite ready to give another £1,000 towards any ...

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  16. COLONEL WALLACK.

    Colonel Wallack will proceed to Africa to be attached to the Imperial forces. ...

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  17. WESTRALIAN CASUALTIES.

    The following is the list tit casualties sustained by the Western Australian Contingent at Slingersfontein, in the Colesberg district, in the recent ...

    Article : 206 words
  18. COMMERCIAL.

    Wheat is 6d. per quarter dearer than it was a week ago. ...

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  19. ROBERTS AT MODDER.

    Field-Marshal Lord Roberts, who is at Modder River, has reviewed the members of the Highland Brigade. Addressing the men, Lord Roberts ...

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  20. NEW ZEALAND TROOPS.

    There is little doubt that the third contingent will sail on Saturday. The work of the selection of the men is very difficult owing to the numerous ...

    Article : 59 words
  21. SHIPPING.

    Arrivals.—Itzehoe, steamer, 3,400 tons, from Sydney (December 17); Dunearn, steamer, 2,020 tons, from Sydney (November 19) ; Cornwall ...

    Article : 107 words
  22. LIFE ON THE FIELD OF ACTION.

    Writing from Rensburg on January 12, "Banjo" Paterson said:—Our troops and the Tommies do not fraternise much. They don't seem to take ...

    Article : 310 words
  23. COMFORTS FOR COLONIALS.

    Some weeks ago Lady Lamington, the wife of Lord Lamington, Governor of Queensland, asked for comforts and necessaries for the Queensland troops at ...

    Article : 52 words
  24. LITTLE NEWS FOR A FEW DAYS.

    The press censors indicate that there will be little news from the front dur­ing the next few days. This is interpreted to mean that Lord ...

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  25. THE FAR EAST.

    The Russian Government has issued an order prohibiting the Chinese from settling in, Manchuria or from colonising in that province. ...

    Article : 109 words
  26. NEWS FROM LADYSMITH.

    A Durban despatch states that a reassuring heliograph message has been received from General Sir George Stewart White, at Ladysmith. ...

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  27. THE BUBONIC PLAGUE.

    The French Consul has informed the Premier that from, noon on January 29 to February 4 four fresh cases of bubonic plague had occurred in Noumea. ...

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  28. MESSAGE FROM MILNER.

    A cable message giving the names of the Westralian killed and wounded was received yesterday morning by his Excellency the Governor, Sir Gerard ...

    Article : 95 words
  29. GALLANT VICTORIANS.

    Another engagement in which colonials have taken part is reported from Rensburg. A picket of five men belonging to ...

    Article : 87 words
  30. Advertising

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  31. A PROCLAMATION.

    The proclamation issued by Sir Alfred Milner, the High Commissioner for South Africa, in which he declines to recognise the forfeiture of Uitlanders' ...

    Article : 65 words
  32. Advertising

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  33. ISLAND NEWS.

    The steamer Kurrara returned from the Solomon Group to-day. Affairs were quiet when the steamer sailed. The British resident at Woodford had ...

    Article : 74 words
  34. BOER WOMEN IN THE TRENCHES.

    Spasmodically we shell the Boer trenches at Magrersfontein, but it is hard to tell whether we are doing them much damage (writes an Australian war ...

    Article : 337 words
  35. LATE PRIVATE CONWAY.

    The late Private Conway was in the employment of the Perth Tramway Company as a conductor previously to his departure for South Africa. All the ...

    Article : 66 words
  36. COMMANDANT VILJOEN.

    An instance of signal bravery on the part of one of the Boer commanders is reported from Natal. When Vaal Krantz was attacked by ...

    Article : 132 words
  37. WESTERN AUSTRALIAN BUSH MEN'S CONTINGENT.

    The work of enrolling volunteers for the Western Australian Bushmen's Contingent, which had to be unavoidably postponed from Monday evening. ...

    Article : 1,307 words
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