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  2. QUEEN'S SOLICITUDE.

    On the receipt of the news at Windsor of the British reverse at Stormberg Her Majesty at once sent Sir Arthur John Bigge, her Private Secretary and ...

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  3. DENMARK.

    Denmark has offered to sell its possessions in the West Indies to the United States. The price asked for the three islands ...

    Article : 63 words
  4. INTERCOLONIAL.

    The detectives think that the St. Kilda tram explosion was probably caused by a dynamite cap having been accidentally dropped by the workmen ...

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  5. THE BOER WAR.

    Further particulars which, have been received concerning the reverse suffered by Major-General Gatacre's forces at Stormberg show that when the British ...

    Article : 237 words
  6. GERMANY.

    The Kaiser's new Naval Bill was introduced in the German Reichstag yesterday by the Imperial Chancellor, Prince Hohenlobe-Schillingfurst. The ...

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  7. NEW SOUTH WALES

    The result of the military inquiry into the conduct of the New South Wales Lancers who failed to accompany their comrades ...

    Article : 118 words
  8. LISTS OF PRISONERS.

    At the instance of the Boer belligerents, the British Government has agreed to furnish lists of the prisoners taken during the war, together with particulars ...

    Article : 64 words
  9. LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION.

    Letters of administration have been granted in the estate of Sarah M. J. Fitzgibbon, who died intestate. The estate is valued at £48,126, which will ...

    Article : 43 words
  10. PERSONAL.

    Mr. Geoffrey Sullivan, of Queensland, has passed his third examination at the Sandhurst Military College, with sword honors. ...

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  11. THE GUILDFORD FIRE.

    The nurse Emma Draper, who displayed bravery in connection with the burning of the railway station buildings at Guildford, was brought up in court ...

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  12. CORNWALL ARRIVES.

    The steamer Cornwall has arrived at Port Elizabeth with, the remainder of the New South Wales contingent. ...

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  13. CHRISTIAN BROTHERS' COLLEGE.

    The results of the examination in connection with the Adelaide University, which were held in November last, have been received. The pupils of the ...

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  14. ARRIVAL OF A MISSING VESSEL.

    News received from the signal station at the South Head to-day stated that the barque Aberystwith Castle was off the port in tow. Much anxiety had ...

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  15. OBITUARY.

    The death is announced of Lord Penzance, who resigned his position as judge of the Court of Arches in March last. Lord Penzance was born in 1816, his ...

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  16. BOERS AT COLESBERG.

    Two thousand Boers are reported to be breaking up the railway line near Colesberg. The Australian Lancers, when ...

    Article : 61 words
  17. BOERS AND BASUTOS.

    A telegram received from Maseru on November 15 said:—The Boers are making frantic efforts to get the Basuto laborers to go and reap their crops. They ...

    Article : 219 words
  18. ALLEGED EMBEZZLEMENT.

    As a meeting of the committee of the Old Colonists' Association it was stated that the audit showed that £310 had not been accounted for. The committee ...

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  19. A PAINFUL MISHAP.

    A Frenchman named Samuels, while helping to thatch a haystack at Ivanhoe today, fell on the upturned prongs of a hayfork, which penetrated upwards ...

    Article : 62 words
  20. A BOY SHOT.

    Annie and Michael Doyle, a brother and sister, 12 and 10 years old respectively, were shooting sparrows this evening, when a saloon rifle went off ...

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  21. BOER PLANS DIVULGED.

    General Sir George Stewart White has sent plans of the Boer position around Ladysmith to General Sir Redvers Henry Buller by means of carrier pigeons. ...

    Article : 70 words
  22. PARLIAMENT.

    In the Legislative Assembly to-day, in reply to a question, the Premier stated that the proposal to pay the New Guinea Syndicate out of a subsidy ...

    Article : 138 words
  23. SORTIE FROM LADYSMITH.

    On Friday last, some of the troops comprising the Ladysmith Garrison made a sortie to the north of the town, their objective being the Boer position ...

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  24. SHOOTING FATALITY.

    Alexander Tidyman (15) was found unconscious on the Barnawartha-road to-day with a bullet wound above his left ear. He expired while being ...

    Article : 88 words
  25. COMING DIVAS.

    The furore which happened on the occasion of Miss Amy Castles's debut and subsequent appearances will be still fresh in the minds of many who viewed ...

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  26. SHIPPING.

    Arrivals.—Indramayo, steamer, 2,709 tons, from Wellington (October 14); Buteshire, steamer, 3,636 tons, from Wellington (October 11); Salamis ...

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  27. MAFEKING SAFE.

    News has been received from Colonel Baden-Powell at Mafeking, to the effect that the town was safe on November 30. ...

    Article : 117 words
  28. SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    Mr. Holder met the Legislative Assembly to-day. He had a good reception. His policy is practically that of the Kingston Ministry, except that the ...

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  29. LIEUT. COLONEL EAGAR.

    Lieut.-Colonel Eagar, who was in command of the second battalion of the Royal Irish Rifles, and reported to be missing, is well known in Melbourne. ...

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  30. SACKING OF DUNDEE.

    Mr. J. S. Dunn, representing the Central News Agency in London, telegraphed from Umsinga, after the battle of Glencoe:—I was taken prisoner by the Boers at Dundee ...

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  31. TRAIN WRECKERS.

    The arrest of Lovering and Johnston has not stopped attempted train wrecking, for this afternoon a fishplate was placed on the rails on the Oakleigh line. ...

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  32. VICTORIAN CONTINGENT.

    A firm of Collins-street cordial manufacturers has presented the Defence Department with 25 cases of limejuice for the use of the Victorian ...

    Article : 48 words
  33. ALLEGED INCENDIARISM.

    A daring attempt has been made to burn out Mr. C. A. M'Kenzie's Warrough Station. A fire was lighted on Sunday morning in six different places on the ...

    Article : 72 words
  34. COURT OF INQUIRY.

    A court of inquiry has been held in connection with the collision between the R.M.S. Orizaba and the steamer Clar Mackay, in the Red Sea, in August ...

    Article : 101 words
  35. CRIMINAL COURT.

    To-day Jacob Eden, 18; was sentenced to 12 months' imprisonment, with hard labor, for having indecently assaulted a girl. ...

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  36. WESTERN AUSTRALIANS IN AFRICA.

    Albany sent one man, named Brown, lately of the Customs Department, with the Western Australian unit to Africa, but another Albanian named Prideaux ...

    Article : 255 words
  37. PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS.

    All the Ministers in the Legislative Assembly have been returned unopposed, with the exception of Mr. M'Coll, Minister of Mines, Education ...

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  38. BOERS AT COLENSO.

    The Boer commando which is stationed at Colenso has six guns mounted. It is stated that German officers are advising General Schalk Burger in ...

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  39. QUEENSLAND.

    Colonel James Foord Hilton has been appointed commandant of the Queensland Defence Forces. In China carrier pigeons are protected ...

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  40. BOERS AT SPYTFONTEIN.

    The Boers who retreated to the northwards after the battle of Modder River are now entrenched in a semi-circular hilly position, which extends across the ...

    Article : 143 words
  41. COMMERCIAL.

    The sixth of the season's series of London wool sales closed to-day. The closing rates were fully 5 per cent. above the opening prices. ...

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  42. EXPORT OF BUTTER.

    Already the butter exports for this year have exceeded those for the whole of last year by nine and a half million pounds. ...

    Article : 26 words
  43. OCCUPATION OF ARUNDEL.

    Further particulars concerning the occupation of Arundel by the British show that the Imperial force consisted of the New South Wales Lancers, the New ...

    Article : 127 words
  44. Advertising

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    Advertising : 150 words
  45. INTERCOLONIAL CRICKET.

    The team to represent Victoria in the match with New South Wales at Melbourne on December 22 is as follows:—Ross, M'Leod, Trumble, Bruce ...

    Article : 46 words
  46. BRITISH DEFENCE.

    Earl Grey, who was Administrator for the British South Africa Company in 1896 and 1897, states that the burgher principle adopted in the ...

    Article : 56 words
  47. SEASON'S RATES.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 96 words
  48. MINISTERIAL POLICY.

    Mr. M'Lean, speaking at Bairnsdale this evening, explained the Government's policy. At the outset he made it plain that the Government meant to ...

    Article : 177 words
  49. NEWS FROM PRETORIA.

    A message has been received from Pretoria to the effect that 672 British were captured by the Boers in the recent engagement at Stormberg. ...

    Article : 37 words
  50. OUR NAVAL BRIGADES.

    In an article entitled "The Navy in the Present War," the "Navy League Journal" says:—So much for the general situation, which reminds us of the ...

    Article : 298 words
  51. VOLUNTEER RESERVE.

    The Earl of Wemyes, who was formerly Lord Elcho, and is a great volunteer enthusiast, is enrolling half-a-million volunteers, who are ready to form a ...

    Article : 32 words
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