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  2. NEW ZEALAND.

    Heavy rain and floods are reported in Otago. In the Southland district the railway lines have been damaged in all directions and the trains delayed. The ...

    Article : 49 words
  3. INTERCOLONIAL.

    In the Bathurst Gaol to-day a prisioner dealt Warder M'Bean a terrific blew on the head with a yard-broom. Other prisoners rushed up and took ...

    Article : 56 words
  4. MR. CHAMBERLAIN.

    The newspapers in the United States deprecate the remarks which were made by Mr. J. Chamberlain at Leicester last week in reference to the unwritten ...

    Article : 76 words
  5. A QUEENSLAND SOLDIER.

    The Chief Secretary has received a cable message from the Agent-General, stating that Captain V. C. Sellheim, of the Queensland Defence Force, was ...

    Article : 63 words
  6. THE BOER WAR.

    Many offers have been made by British ladies to nurse the wounded soldiers who are to be sent home to Britain. ...

    Article : 72 words
  7. SOUTH AUSTRALIAN POLITICS

    In the Legislative Assembly to-day Mr. Solomon stated the policy of his Government in regard to Household Suffrage. He said that and other ...

    Article : 266 words
  8. SHIPMENT OF OATS.

    The steamer Lynalder will leave tonight with 10,500 bags of oats for South Africa. ...

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  9. PARLIAMENT.

    The Legislative Assembly adjourned to-day owing to the illness of the Speaker. The consideration of the Estimates was completed in the Cabinet ...

    Article : 33 words
  10. THE DRUCE CASE.

    The appeal which was made by Mrs. Anna Maria Druce in connection with the claim of her son, Sydney George Druce, to the title and estate of the ...

    Article : 95 words
  11. THE PATRIOTIC FUND.

    The matinee arranged by Mr. J. C Williamson in aid of the Patriotic Fund and Lady Randolph Churchill's fund was held in Her Majesty's Theatre ...

    Article : 64 words
  12. MR. G. C. KLUG.

    Mr. G. C. Klug, who for tie past five yean has been connected with the Proprietary mine at Broken Hill, has resigned to accept an appointment as ...

    Article : 42 words
  13. PATHETIC LETTER FROM GENERAL BULLER.

    A white-haired old King's Royal Rifleman (Color-Sergeant Meek), who was in South Africa 48 years ago, was called upon to acknowledge the toast of ...

    Article : 358 words
  14. SAFE STOLEN.

    At Broken Hill last night burglars entered an upstairs room in the Commercial Hotel, where the landlord, Mr. Briggs, was asleep, and boldly carried ...

    Article : 78 words
  15. APROPOS OF THE WAR.

    Appropriately enough the last telegraphic message which came through from Johannesburg to the Cape announced that the "Star" newspaper had ...

    Article : 868 words
  16. SHIPPING.

    He wooden barque Johannes, 789 tons, which left Albany for London on August 14, is reported to have been abandoned in the Atlantic. ...

    Article : 130 words
  17. A RECONNAISSANCE.

    Some British infantry, accompanied by the 12th Lancers (Prince of Wales's Royal) and the detachment of New South Wales Lancers, under Captain C. ...

    Article : 84 words
  18. CLAIM FOR SALVAGE.

    In the Vice-Admiralty Court to-day a salvage claim, made against the ship Saint Louis, for £3,500, was heard. Judgment was given in favor of the ...

    Article : 38 words
  19. BRITISH ADVANCE.

    The Boers were hardly visible throughout the battle, their rifle pits being protected by bullet-proof breastworks. They had spent seven weeks ...

    Article : 151 words
  20. REMOVAL OF WHEAT.

    Major-General Sir William Forbes Gatacre, who is commanding the British forces in the Orange River districts of Cape Colony, has removed 1,000 bags ...

    Article : 62 words
  21. SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    There is still no trace of the missing captain of the ship St. Mirren. It is stated that a member of the crew had threatened his life. A telegram has been ...

    Article : 83 words
  22. QUEENSLAND POLITICS.

    When the Legislative Assembly met to-day Mr. Dawson announced the resignation of the Ministry, in consequent of the defeat of last week. He said that ...

    Article : 116 words
  23. TRANSPORT ASHORE.

    Most of the guns, arms, and ammunition which were on board the transport Is more, which went ashore while en route to the Cape, are reported to ...

    Article : 54 words
  24. OVERSEA NEWS.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 104 words
  25. IN BECHUANALAND.

    The Boers at Maretsani, some miles to the south of Mafeking, have sold by auction, horses, ploughs, and cattle belonging to the settlers, giving ...

    Article : 57 words
  26. WARM WEATHER.

    The weather is warming up. To-day the thermometer registered 96deg. in the shade. ...

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  27. VICTORIAN POLITICS.

    In the Legislative Assembly to-day the names of the members of the new Cabinet were announced as follow:— Premier and Chief Secretary, Mr. A. ...

    Article : 221 words
  28. CRIMINAL COURT.

    To-day John King Tucker, 37, who pleaded guilty to having forged and uttered, was sentenced to two years' imprisonment, with hard labor. Patrick ...

    Article : 61 words
  29. AT MODDER RIVER.

    The members of the British Staff consider that the British Army never faced a severer or more sustained fire than that of the Boers at Modder River. ...

    Article : 200 words
  30. ANOTHER STORY OF BULLER.

    Here is another little story of Sir Redvers Buller. On one occasion he was proceeding to Canada with a regiment of soldiers. Off the entrance to the St. ...

    Article : 189 words
  31. TELEGRAPH REPAIRED.

    The telegraph line between Aden and Zanzibar has been repaired, and news will now be received more freely from Natal. ...

    Article : 25 words
  32. SIXTH DIVISION.

    It has been finally decided that Major-General Thomas Kelly-Kenny shall command the Second Division of the Second Army Corps, instead of ...

    Article : 83 words
  33. QUEENSLAND.

    The gold yield for November was 83,774oz. ...

    Article : 14 words
  34. FINANCIAL.

    All the shares have been allotted in connection with the Briseis Tin-Mine, of Tasmania, which was recently registered with a capital of £600,000. ...

    Article : 43 words
  35. NEW ZEALANDERS AT NAAUWPOORT.

    The members of the New Zealand contingent, under Major A. W. Robin, who arrived at the Cape in the steamer Waiwera, have reached Naauwpoort ...

    Article : 61 words
  36. VICTORIA.

    While descending a shaft in his father's mine at Daylesford, Wm. Muir, 21, was overcome by foul air, and fell to the bottom. When help reached him ...

    Article : 39 words
  37. LARRIKINISM AT A THEATRE.

    Mr. Roe, P.M., has a penchant for Coming down heavily on anything savoring of larrikinism, and he was not slow in exercising his prerogative in ...

    Article : 202 words
  38. CRUSHED TO DEATH.

    A. Bailey, 11, a son of Mr. H. Bailey, of Curalulup, near Talbot, was watering a neighbor's horse to-day, when it trod on his chest and crushed him to death. ...

    Article : 33 words
  39. NATAL ADVANCE.

    Lieutenant-General C. F. Clery, Commander of the Second Division, who is operating with General Buller in the advance on Ladysmith, is endeavoring to ...

    Article : 48 words
  40. COMMERCIAL.

    The sixth of the series of London wool sales was continued to-day, when brisk business was done at top prices. ...

    Article : 27 words
  41. BANKRUPTCY COURT.

    The bankrupt was examined by the official receiver on a balance-sheet presented by him, showing the position of his affairs previously to the time of his ...

    Article : 138 words
  42. SHOOTING CASE.

    Wm. Sims, bootmaker, gave himself up to the police at Collingwood to-day, on a charge of having wounded Cornelius Shanahan. The latter, at about ...

    Article : 98 words
  43. MAFEKING.

    A report has been received from Mafeking to the effect that many of the Boers are leaving the vicinity of the town. ...

    Article : 39 words
  44. SPECIAL CLIP RATES.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 48 words
  45. COUNT GLEICHEN'S INJURY.

    Major Count Albert Edward Wilfred Gleichen, of the Grenadier Guards, who was severely wounded at the battle of Modder River, on November 28, is ...

    Article : 61 words
  46. STRENGTH OF THE BOERS.

    Uninterrupted fighting took place at Modder River from daybreak to dusk in the battle of Tuesday last. it is estimated that 11,000 Boers ...

    Article : 237 words
  47. SIEGE PRACTICALLY RAISED.

    The Cape "Times" states that the siege of Mafeking has practically been raised by the Boers. ...

    Article : 22 words
  48. THE LANGHAM HOTEL.

    The well-known Langham Hotel, in Bourke-street, was put up at auction to-day. The only offer was £12,000. The reserve being £17,000, the property ...

    Article : 30 words
  49. PRICE OF WHEAT.

    Wheat is sixpence per quarter cheaper than it was a week ago. ...

    Article : 18 words
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