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  2. Intercolonial Cricket.

    When the intercolonial match was resumed to-day there was a very small attendance of the general public. The not out men, Stuart and Hack, resumed ...

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  3. PEN-NOTES AND PENCILLINGS.

    Mrs. Britannia (through the London "Times"): "Don't you think you should up anchor and make a demonstration." Sailor John: "Plenty of time, Mum, you'll find they'll disperse all right the moment I am through this pipeful." ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 310 words
  4. The Suffolk's Reverse.

    London, Thursday—Further particulars concerning the attack on the Boer position near Colesberg by four companies of the Suffolk Regiment, under ...

    Article : 120 words
  5. THE WAR

    LONDON, Friday.—The Free Staters stuck to their positions until bayonetted in the ditch. The Transvaalers, in face of a counter attack during one of ...

    Article : 166 words
  6. DEPARTURE OF THE MAITLAND VOLUNTEERS.

    The farewell demonstration tendered to the volunteers who have been selected from the Maitland district for service in South Africa was worthy of the men and of ...

    Article : 900 words
  7. HOW AN EARLY-CLOSING ACT MAY WORK.

    The Early-Closing Act is like a young bear—all its sorrows are to come. The right of a government to regulate the hours at which a shopkeeper shall not sell certain ...

    Article : 447 words
  8. Methuen Making a Railway.

    LONDON, Thursday.—Lieutenant-General Lord Methuen, in command of the division near Modder River, is making a railway along his front in the ...

    Article : 45 words
  9. A Swift Turbine Vessel.

    LONDON, Friday.—A trial was made yesterday of a turbine torpedo destroyer built for the British navy on the lines of Mr. Parsons' Turbinia. A ...

    Article : 34 words
  10. A Yeomanry Corps.

    LONDON, Friday.—Hon. T. A. Brassey is raising a Yeomanry Corps for service in South Africa. He will accompany the body. ...

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  11. The Boers at Colenso.

    LONDON, Friday.—The Boers are laagered in strength, five miles east of Colenso. ...

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  12. The Total Casualties.

    LONDON, Friday.—The "Daily Mail's" correspondent in Ladismith states that the British losses in the day's fighting are estimated at 14 ...

    Article : 72 words
  13. Lord Methuen's Spine Injured.

    LONDON, Friday.—When General Methuen was slightly wounded at the battle of Modder River he was thrown from his horse, and sustained an ...

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  14. INTERCOLONIAL NEWS.

    The Premier received word to-day that no further cases of bubonic plague have been reported at Noumea. Mr. Herbert Doust committed suicide this ...

    Article : 499 words
  15. INTERNATIONAL NEWS.

    LONDON, Thursday—At the meeting of the Court of Directors of the Bank of England to-day, the rate of discount was reduced from 6 per cent (to which ...

    Article : 48 words
  16. Kruger and the Free Staters.

    LONDON, Friday.—The "Standards" correspondent at Frere telegraphs that prior to the recent attack on Ladismith, President Kruger asked the ...

    Article : 60 words
  17. TRACTION ENGINES FOR SOUTH AFRICA.

    Recently there was witnessed at Alder-shot one of the strangest military parades ever held in Great Britain. Fifteen of the twenty traction engines intended for ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 235 words
  18. French Insults to the Queen.

    LONDON, Thursday.—The editor of the Parisian illustrated journal the "Caricature" has been acquitted on a charge of publishing an obscene ...

    Article : 44 words
  19. The Situation in Ladismith.

    LONDON, Thursday.—Newspaper correspondents have heliographed from Ladismith a few details of the recent fight. The place swarms with spies ...

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  20. Cairo to Khartoum Railway.

    LONDON, Thursday.—The first train from Cairo has arrived at Khartoum. ...

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  21. IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBER.

    During the interval at the concert, the officers and volunteers (adjourned to the council chamber upstairs, and several toasts were honoured. Lieut.-Colenel ...

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  22. GENERAL CABLES.

    Mr. A. J. Arnott, electrical engineer, Melbourne, has been on a tour of inspection of the electric lighting arrangements in the United States, on ...

    Article : 147 words
  23. SOLDIERS' NIGHTINGALES.

    Mesdames Beeston and Morris, assisted by a large number of other Newcastle ladies have during the past few days been planning, collecting, band deftly plying needle ...

    Article : 194 words
  24. A Canadian Patriot.

    LONDON, Friday—Lord Strathcoma, the High Commissioner for Canada in London, has offered to equip and maintain 400 North-western rough riders at ...

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  25. Artists' War Fund.

    LONDON, Friday.—The Queen has contributed to the artists' war fund sale two works, one by her own hand, and the other by the Prince Consort. ...

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  26. "THE UNDER DOG."

    A certain class of papers, also persons, hold that it is iniquitous to suppress the Boers because they are "the under dog." Were they a great deal stronger than they ...

    Article : 397 words
  27. The Canadian Contingents.

    LONDON, Friday—The Canadian Government wishes to bear the whole cost of the contingents. ...

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  28. SALVATION ARMY.

    The officers and rank and file of the Newcastle corps of the Salvation Army have during the week had several special attractions at their meetings in ...

    Article : 323 words
  29. FOREIGNER'S DEFENCE OF GREAT BRITAIN.

    Professor Arminius Vambery tells in the "Humanitarian" for December "the origin and cause of his English sympathies." The conclusion of the ...

    Article : 325 words
  30. THE RAILWAY STRIKE IN WEST AUSTRALIA.

    The result of the strike of railway employees in West Australia justifies Mr. Plesse's estimate of its importance. It will be remembered that the cause of final ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 307 words
  31. The "Neutrality" of Delagoa Bay.

    LONDON, Friday.—Portugal has decided that nobody shall enter the Transvaal via Delagoa Bay without a passport, and a consular guarantee not ...

    Article : 43 words
  32. VICTORIA.

    Lord Brassey held his last Executive Council this afternoon and invited the Ministers to luncheon. He expressed his regret at leaving Victoria. ...

    Article : 132 words
  33. Supply of Food Stuffs.

    LONDON, Friday.—The British Government have determined that food-stuffs in neutral ships bound for neutral ports are not liable to seizure ...

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  34. Is the Empire Being Well Served?

    LONDON, Friday.—The Hon. St. John Brodrick, Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs, speaking in Maryle-bone last night, said that the Generals ...

    Article : 65 words
  35. EARLY CLOSING.

    Mr. Jas. F. Kerr, Platt-burg, writes sa follows:—By answering the following questions you would confer a great favour. Can any one business man having two shops, one ...

    Article : 140 words
  36. THE PRINCE AND THE COUNTESS.

    The House of Austria is as noted for its peculiarities as it is for its misfortunes. Were the Crown of Austria an autocracy it might be said that it was tempered by ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 335 words
  37. LADIES' PATRIOTIC LEAGUE.

    A meeting of the Newcastle Ladies' Patriotic League was held at the Council Chambers yesterday afternoon. The Mayoress (Mrs. Timbary) presided, ...

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  38. General French at Colesberg.

    LONDON, Thursday.—Lieutenant-General French is constantly making reconnaissances from his position near Colesberg. ...

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  39. LOCAL MOVEMENTS.

    Tom Bratten, of the Scottish Rifles, who has been chosen to go to the front with the second contingent, paid a hurried visit to his home at Merewether yesterday, ...

    Article : 1,008 words
  40. THE QUEEN WANTS HIS PHOTO.

    The Queen has a certain peculiarity in the way of photo collecting, which is certainly not without its merit. Whenever one of her subjects does something, or ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 178 words
  41. The Household Cavalry.

    LONDON, Thursday.—In the first reconnaissance made by the Household Cavalry near Colseberg on Sunday, Captain W. F. Ricardo (of the Royal ...

    Article : 38 words
  42. STOCKTON.

    During the heavy thunderstorm that broke over Stockton on Wednesday evening, at about dusk, Mrs. Wesche, residing in Church-street, a recent arrival in Stockton, ...

    Article : 144 words
  43. EGYPT'S "EVER-BURNING" LAMPS.

    A French writer informs us how to imitate the "ever-burning" lamps of the Egyptians. Take a cup, fill it nearly full of common salt, stick in the middle a wick of ...

    Article : 200 words
  44. FRUIT FOR THE SOLDIERS.

    A prominent fruit grower and merchant in Sydney has donated 300 cases of fruit for the use of the troops going to South Africa. Fruit growers around ...

    Article : 99 words
  45. London Press Strictures.

    LONDON, Thursday.—The "Times" and the "Daily News' remind Mr. Balfour of the answer given to Australia at the outset of the war, that ...

    Article : 93 words
  46. Advertising

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  47. SYDNEY TO NEWCASTLE.

    Copies of the "Newcastle Herald" may be obtained at the Railway Bookstall, Redforr station. ...

    Article : 21 words
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