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  2. Unconsidered Trifles.

    THERE is a painful lack of unanimity among the business people of Wagga in respect to the weekly half-holiday. Now that Saturday has been decided upon, many of them ...

    Article : 1,180 words
  3. Queensland News.

    A Manila man from Thursday Island ran amock last evening with a tomahawk and struck a countryman on the head. Constables Tierney, Byrnes, and Holohan were ...

    Article : 185 words
  4. THE POSITION DEFENDED.

    A despatch fmm General Buller states that the British troops have made a success ful defence of the captured position at Spion Kop. and are expecting the hoisting ...

    Article : 174 words
  5. Advertising

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    Advertising : 273 words
  6. A BRISK ARTILLERY DUEL.

    Later messages have been received at the Modder River camp from Colonel Kokewich, the commander of the Kimberley garrison, who reports that the town is still ...

    Article : 133 words
  7. Coolamon Sports Carnival.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 328 words
  8. A NEW MOVE.

    It is officially announced that Sir Charles Warren, on Wednesday, abandoned Spion Kop. ...

    Article : 23 words
  9. THE ORANGE FREE STATE.

    The proclamation recently issued by President Steyn calling upon all foreigners in the Orange Free State to take up arms is now being put into force with extreme ...

    Article : 140 words
  10. SOUTH AUSTRALIAN CONTINGENT.

    The ceremony of farewelling the Second South Australian Mounted Contingent, took place to-day. Thousands of persons lined the slopes of the hills in thw blazing sun. ...

    Article : 76 words
  11. THE WAR.

    LONDON is in a ferment of excitement because the good news has just been received that Spion Kop has been successfully stormed. ...

    Article : 133 words
  12. Telegraphic News.

    The authorities of Westminster Abbey have offered to accord to the remains of the late Mr. John Ruskin, the eminent author, the honor of a public funeral and ...

    Article : 302 words
  13. THE KIMBERLEY WORKSHOPS.

    Not only have the De Beer's workshops been successfully converted into an arsenal for the manufacture of shells, but the artificers have constructed a powerful piece of ...

    Article : 68 words
  14. SITUATION IN JOHANNESBURG.

    Reports received from the Transvaal show that the Boers are still working some of the Witwatersrand miues for the benefit, of the state. Owing to the scarcity ...

    Article : 218 words
  15. BEFORE SPION KOP.

    This morning's papere, referring to the position of the British forces before Spion Kop, complain of the action of the War Office in keeping the public in a state of ...

    Article : 331 words
  16. THE NEW HEBRIDES

    PROBABLY acting under the erroneous impression that Great Britain has too much on hand in the Transvaal to make trouble about a small group of islands in the ...

    Article : 649 words
  17. STATE OF THE RIVER.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 25 words
  18. THE Wagga Wagga Advertiser

    THE abstract advantages of federal union—the increase of trade and commerce, the removal of intercolonial barriers, and the improved facilities ...

    Article : 1,011 words
  19. Wagga School of Arts.

    THE annual meeting of subscribers to the Wagga School of Arts was held last night. The President (Mr. J. Gormly), presided, and there were 32 members present. ...

    Article : 1,267 words
  20. ENGLAND AND AMERICA.

    Captain Alfred T. Mahan, the well-known American writer on naval subjects, has published an article on the Transvaal war, in which allusion is made to the relations ...

    Article : 124 words
  21. Sydney News.

    The Premier cannot yet definitely say whether or not parliament will be called together to discuss the appointment of a federal delegate. Another matter for possible ...

    Article : 528 words
  22. BOER'S POSITIONS STRENGTHENED.

    News in anxiously awaited with regard to the attack upon the Boer positions on Spion Kop, which, according to Sir Redvers Buller, was to have been delivered on ...

    Article : 80 words
  23. MR. MORLEY'S VIEWS.

    Mr. John Morley, the well-known Liberal statesman and writer, who was strongly opposed to entering upon the war, uddressed his constituents at Forfar, in Scotland, ...

    Article : 148 words
  24. GREAT HEAT ON THE TUGELA.

    According to nows received from the front, Sir Redvers Baller's troops are suffering severely from the extreme heat. The temperature on the Tugela River is ...

    Article : 153 words
  25. A TRAITOR'S DOOM.

    Soon after the battle, of Magersfoutein it was rumoured that one of the prisoners captured in the Boer trenches was none other than an ex-British sergeant-major of ...

    Article : 116 words
  26. IN THE CAPE COLONY.

    Reports received from both Sir W. F. Gataere, at Sterkstroom, and from General French, from the Colesberg district, show that great activity is being shown by both ...

    Article : 61 words
  27. THE LATEST CABLES.

    The Boer version of the ambush in which the Australians were killed, is that on receiving information of the presence of the English, a patrol was sunt there. The ...

    Article : 106 words
  28. THK BOERS KEPT BUSY.

    Another reconnaissance is reported from the Modder River, in a westerly direction towards Rooi Pan. Troops from Orange River assisted in the reco[?]issance. ...

    Article : 55 words
  29. ITEMS OF NEWS

    THE last two days have been fairly warm, particularly yesterday On Thursday this maximum temperature was 91 (a decrease of 2 as compared with the preceding day) ...

    Article : 1,862 words
  30. OPERATIONS BY LORD METHUEN.

    Although no news has been available for some time past from Lord Mothuen'e camp on the Molder River, it is now reported that Lord Methuen's troops have been kept ...

    Article : 87 words
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