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  2. AUSTRALIANS EXECUTED.

    LONDON, Friday.—"The Times," referring to the recent executions of officers in South Africa, says that naturally Australians feel the slur that ...

    Article : 80 words
  3. PEN=NOTES AND PENCILLINGS.

    Moral: The man who paddles his own canoe, should not go too far from land. Big trusts in commerce Uncle Sam approves of; those in international balances he views as snares. This was a ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 510 words
  4. SOUTH AFRICA.

    LONDON, Friday.—According to the "Standard" correspondent at Pretoria, despatch riders reached Klerksdorp, the terminus of the main line in the ...

    Article : 70 words
  5. THE CATHEDRAL CEMETERY

    Among the graves in the old churchyard there are many of peculiar interest, because of the association which cling around those whose memory is thus ...

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  6. THE FEDERAL PARLIAMENT

    The PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE, Sir Richard Baker, took the chair at half past ten o'clock this morning. Senator HIGGS asked the Minister ...

    Article : 223 words
  7. COLLISION IN THE HARBOUR.

    The squall which swept over the city between seven and eight o'clock last night was coincident with and in part responsible for the most serious collision which ...

    Article : 859 words
  8. QUEENSLAND BUSHRANGERS.

    Details of the bushranging in the Mitchell district are now coming to hand. The first crime perpetrated was on March 10, at Sunnydale ...

    Article : 379 words
  9. STEYN THE LEADER.

    LONDON, Friday.—Among the articles captured recently by Colonel Grenfell are addresses welcoming Mr. Steyn and Commandant De Wet signed ...

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  10. SIR ANDREW CLARKE.

    LONDON, Friday.—The funeral of Sir Andrew Clarke took place yesterday. An escort of the Royal Engineers and the Army Headquarters Staff ...

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  11. THE DAMAGES.

    So far as can be ascertained the Ditton sustained no damage beyond the loss of her spike boom, and head gear which can easily be replaced here. The damage done ...

    Article : 274 words
  12. THE RAILWAY ACCIDENT.

    LONDON, Friday.—Later details of the disaster to the railway train near Barberton state that six of the injured soldiers have died. The guard saved ...

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  13. SIR SAMUEL GRIFFITH.

    LONDON, Friday.—Mr. Geoffrey Drage, barrister, formerly Conservative member for Derby in the House of Commons, and a voluminous writer ...

    Article : 62 words
  14. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

    The SPEAKER of the House of Representatives (Mr. F. W . Holder) took the chair at half-past ten o'clock this morning. ...

    Article : 680 words
  15. NEGLIGENCE AT DURBAN.

    LONODN, Friday.—The Durban correspondent of the Paris "Temps" declares that heaps of preserved meats and other viands are left exposed in ...

    Article : 61 words
  16. ATTACK ON SOUTH AUSTRALIA

    LONDON, Friday.—The "Financial Times" is re-publishing the letters written to that journal by Mr. W. G. Mendell, a well-known Victorian ...

    Article : 62 words
  17. THE BEST POLICY.

    LONDON, Friday.—Both military and civilian opinion in Pretoria insists upon continuous energetic driven being maintained as the quickest and ...

    Article : 27 words
  18. THE DITTON.

    The Ditton is a steel ship of 2901 tons gross, built at Milford Hayen in 1891 by Messrs T. R. Oswald and Co. She is owned by Messrs R. W. Leyland and Co., and has ...

    Article : 56 words
  19. A CHINESE RAID.

    LONDON, Friday.—A party of armed Chinese crossed the Burmese frontier near Bhamo, and seized and beheaded a Chinese British subject. ...

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  20. GENERAL.

    The Boer surrenderers are increasing in the Eastern Transvaal. Colonel Colenbrander, when relieving Fort Edward, captured the ...

    Article : 28 words
  21. THE PORT CRAWFORD.

    The Port Crawford is an Iron vessel of 1660 tons gross, built at Port Glasgow in 1883 by Messrs Russell and Co., and owned by Messrs. Crawford and Rowat. Her ...

    Article : 82 words
  22. GERMANY AND SHANTUNG.

    LONDON, Friday.—In reply to inquiries by the United States Government, Germany admitted that the Chinese have granted important ...

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  23. THE MODERN MUNSHAUSEN.

    Mr. Loyds says that the Boer delegates who have gone to interview Messrs. De Wet and De La Ray do so as a result of a request from Lord Kitchener. Mr. Leyds ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  24. CASUALTIES.

    The following cable message has been received from the Chief Casualty Officer at Capetown:—"Dangerously ill of inflammation of the liver, 31st March, at ...

    Article : 39 words
  25. BIG OIL INDUSTRY.

    LONDON, Friday.—The "Morning Post" says that Mr. W. Knox D'Arey, the Australian millionaire, his obtained an important concession in the oil ...

    Article : 87 words
  26. THE PEEBLESSHIRE.

    The other injured vessel, the Peeblesshire, against which the Port Patrick was doubled off at the buoy, is an iron barque of 915 tons gross. She was built at Port ...

    Article : 85 words
  27. THE PROGRESS ASSOCIATION.

    The conference of the Progress Associations' Union of New South Wales was resumed to-day in the Town Hall. The debate was continued upon the ...

    Article : 358 words
  28. MURDER OF A GIRL.

    A girl known as Violet Findlay, whose real name was Violet Amedie, but who had taken the name of her step-father, in whose house she was living in ...

    Article : 130 words
  29. THE GALE.

    The strong south-westerly gale that prevailed yesterday, accompanied by moderate and heavy seas, caused masters of vessels on the coast a considerable ...

    Article : 207 words
  30. COLLIERY EXPLOSION.

    LONDON, Friday.—An explosion occurred in a colliery at Wigan yesterday. Eleven miners were entombed. Four of the men were rescued, ...

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  31. A QUESTION OF DISCIPLINE.

    The third Battalion of the First Federal Contingent to South Africa has fallen under the Federal Commandant's displeasure. There were certain desertions, ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  32. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    The liquor prohibition law in the province of Manitoba, Canada, has been repealed by a majority of 5000. A beautiful wreat, sent by Queen ...

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  33. FIRE IN HUNTER-STREET.

    At about 3 o'clock yesterday morning a fire was discovered in premises 197 Hunter-street West, occupied by Mr. D. Marks as a drapery and ...

    Article : 331 words
  34. AN OFFICER'S STATEMENT.

    Mr. Jones, chief officer of the Port Crawford, who was seen, said: "I was standing on the deck watching the Ditton coming along, and could see her quite ...

    Article : 131 words
  35. THE MARRICKVILLE TRAGEDY.

    At the Criminal Court the trial for murder of Charles Henry Lukins was proceeded with before Acting-Justice, Pring to-day. Lukins was charged ...

    Article : 270 words
  36. MY LADY NICOTINE.

    Tobacco is spreading its pall of smoke more and more over the civilised world. Sir Walter Raleigh, three hundred years ago, smoked in the Anglo-Saxon Empire a ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 339 words
  37. THE MINISTER FOR WORKS.

    The Hon. E. W. O'Sullivan, Minister for Public Works, and Mr. A. H. Griffith, M.P., will be banqueted at Gordon's Prince of Wales Hotel, Lambton, this ...

    Article : 280 words
  38. A MAN MISSING.

    Just as the Ditton was coming up the harbour a seaman named James Hobbs was ordered on to the jibboom to stow the flying jib. Several members of the ...

    Article : 242 words
  39. QUEENSLAND

    The Government has decided to issue Treasury bills for £530,000, at 4 per cent. interest. The bills will be issued at £102, and will be due on the 1st January, ...

    Article : 35 words
  40. VICTORIA THEATRE.

    There was a very fair attendance at the Victoria Theatre last night, the occasion being the last production of a "Soldier and a Man." The piece went smoothly, as, ...

    Article : 115 words
  41. SEAHAM MINERS' MEETING.

    At a special meeting of the Seaham miners, held on Thursday night, a resolution was carried to the effect that the manager be notified that the miners ...

    Article : 121 words
  42. LANDING THE CABLE.

    The Pacific cable connects with Australia at Southport, Queensland. The dragging of the Australian end ashore was nothing less than a great Imperial event, though ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 200 words
  43. ITALIAN CONCERT COMPANY.

    The Italian Grand Trio and Concert Company, which comprises some of the leading artists of Mr. J. C. Williamson's late opera company, will give an ...

    Article : 54 words
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