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  2. A STRANGE INCIDENT

    An extraordinary incident occurre[?] June 4, in Toronto, Canada. A constable was taking three burgla[?] the lockup in a cab. As they were [?] ...

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  3. MURDER IN LAUNCESTON.

    A murder was reported in Launceston on Monday. From information supplied to the police it appears that John Francis Manning, ...

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  4. BATTLE WITH DE LA REY.

    News has been received that a Boer force, under General De la Rey, attacked Colonel H. G. Dixon's column at Vlaakfontein, in the Western Transvaal, on May 29. After ...

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  5. A CANADIAN OFFER DECLINED.

    Canada has offered to furnish another mounted infantry corps for service in South Africa. The offer use been declined by the British Government. ...

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  6. TURKEY AND ITALY

    During the recent mails' disput[?] Italian postal agent at Prevesa, a [?] town in the Turkish province of Al[?] was arrested, and the mails in his [?] ...

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  7. GENERAL CABLES.

    The Hong Kong correspondent of "The Times" states that France intends to carry out the annexation of the island of Hainan, about 300 miles south of Hong ...

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  8. PROBATES AND LETTERS.

    Probate has been granted by the registrar (Mr. Singleton) to the wills of Wm. Jas. Sykes, £265; Charles Last, £948; Richard Sinclair, £431; Robert L. Hodgson, £994; Elizabeth Fry, £100; ...

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  9. MURDER OF MISSIONAR[?]

    A serious outbreak, directed agains[?] Christians, has occurred in the K[?] island of Quelpart, 52 miles from [?] southernmost point of Korea, the p[?] ...

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  10. FRACAS AT TIENTSIN.

    A serious fracas has occurred among some of the foreign troops at Tientsin, the soldiers concerned being French, British, and German. ...

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  11. KRUITZINGER CAPTURES JAMESTOWN.

    News has been received that Commandant Kruitzinger has made a determined attack upon Molteno, in Cape Colony, but been repulsed by the local force, which ...

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  12. A COMMANDO DISPERSED.

    The column commanded by General S. B. Beatson, of the Indian Staff Corps, consisting of Victorian troops, which is operating on the Pretoria-Delagoa Bay railway, has ...

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  13. NEW JAPANESE MINISTER

    The Ministerial crisis in Japan, [?] by the resignation of the Marquis Its Premier, a month ago, in conseque[?] dissensions in the Ministry, is now en[?] ...

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  14. THE REFUGEE CAMPS.

    The number of Boers, men, women, and children, who are being maintained in the British refugee camps in Natal and the Orange River Colony is now 20,000, in ...

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  15. A MEXICAN SCANDA[?]

    A Mexican priest named Espa[?] has been arrested in Madrid on the [?] of having stolen £12,000, belonging [?] archbishop and clergy of Guadalaj[?] ...

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  16. A TURKISH MISSION.

    A mission despatched by the Turkish Government has arrived at Shanghai. Its intention is to pacify the Mohammedan population in the event of a disturbance ...

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  17. AMBUSCADING A CONVOY.

    Further details of the recent attack on the British convoy between Potchefstroom and Ventensdorp show that the Boers occupied a well-concealed position on the ...

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  18. THE WAR.

    Private Herbert Williams, of the New Zealand Mounted Rifles, has died of enteric fever at Springfontein, in the Orange River Colony. ...

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  19. THE WAR IDEMNITY.

    The Chinese Court has ordered each of the provinces of the empire to devise its own method of raising its share of the war indemnity to be paid to the powers. ...

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  20. PRESENT TO THE DUCH[?] OF FIFE.

    Mr. H. W. Venn, M.L.A., of W[?] Australia, has presented H.R.H. [?] Duchess of Fife with a necklet for[?] West Australian nuggets, and a ca[?] ...

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  21. FRENCH IN CAPE COLONY.

    In consequence of the activity recently shown by the Boer raiders, Lord Kitchener has placed General Sir John French, the famous cavalry commander, in charge of the ...

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  22. GREAT FIRE IN PEKING.

    Telegrams from Peking state that a great fire is raging in the Forbidden City, and that Japanese and American troops are protecting that part of the Chinese ...

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  23. MAIL STEAMERS.

    The R.M.S. India arrived at Fremantle [?] past 8 this morning from Colombo, with [?] lowing passengers in the saloon:—For Fremantle.—Sir George and Miss [?] ...

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  24. A BOER FORCE EXPELLED.

    A force of 250 Boers who had taken up a strong position near the Bushman's Hoek range, between Sterkstrom and Molteno, has, after a desperate fight lasting all day, ...

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  25. QUEEN WILHELMINA AND THE WAR.

    The Boers in Brussels have circulated a report that Queen Wilhelmina, of Holland, who, with her husband, Prince Henry of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, is at present on a ...

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  26. WALDERSEE EMBARKS.

    Count Waldersee sailed on June 5 for Europe by the German cruiser Hertha. He is of opinion that the allied forces ought to remain at Tientsin for five years. ...

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  27. VILJOEN IN STRAITS.

    General Ben Viljoen is, according to the latest accounts, between Carolina and Erraelo, some distance north-east of the scene of his fight at Bethel. ...

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  28. RUSSIAN TROOPS REMAIN.

    Russia has decided not to withdraw her troops from the various points between Peking and the coast which are to be garrisoned by the allies. ...

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  29. THE TEMPER OF THE BOERS.

    British columns which have pushed into outlying parts, and fought engagements, report that the Boers, wherever they have been brought to battle, fight with desperate ...

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  30. CAPTURE OF STOCK.

    The column commanded fay Sir Henry Rawlinson, which has been operating between the Brakspruit and Klerksdorp, in the South-western Transvaal, has captured ...

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  31. RUSSIA IN MANCHURIA.

    Centres of Russian administration have been established at Harbin, Kirin, Hunchu, and Moukden. The people of Manchuria have been ...

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  32. SIR BINDON BLOOD.

    Sir Bindon Blood, one of the generals engaged in the movement for clearing the Transvaal to the south of the Delagoa Bay railway, reports that considerable numbers ...

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  33. GERMANY AND FRANCE

    The Emperor William has now given orders that certain of the restrictions hitherto imposed on French officers visiting the ceded provinces of Alsace and ...

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  34. BOER PRISONERS.

    In addition to the Boer prisoners already sent to Bellary, in the Madras Presidency, and to Ahmednagar, in the Bombay Presidency (500 to each), another batch of 500 ...

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  35. G.M.S. DARMSDADT.

    The G.M.S. Darmstadt arrived from Colo[?] 8 a.m. to-day, with the following passenge the saloon:- For Adelaide.—Mr. and Mrs. Amen[?] and ...

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  36. THE COLONIAL TROOPS.

    At the request of Mr. Henry Copeland, the Agent-General for New South Wales, the War Office has directed the authorities in South Africa to return all troops ...

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  37. GHASTLY DISCOVERY.

    A horrible discovery has been made at Birmingham. The dead bodies of 35 infants hare been found on the premises of an undertaker in the city. ...

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  38. PRISONERS FOR BARBADOES.

    Arrangements have now been completed for the deportation to Barbadoes, in the West Indies, of a number of Boer prisoners. ...

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  39. PLAGUE AT CAPE TOWN.

    The total number of cases of bubonic plague reported at Cape Town to the 25th inst., is 666, and the number of deaths 300. ...

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  40. THE CAPE RAIDERS.

    On June 1 Commandant Scheepers with 700 Boer raiders, made a determined attack on Willowmore, in the south of the Cape Colony, 82 miles south-east of ...

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  41. A NEW SOUTH WALES V.C.

    The award of the Victoria Cross to Cantain N. R. Howse, of the New South Wales Medical Corps, has been gazetted. The exploit for which the Victoria Cross ...

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  43. AN IMPORTANT CAPTURE.

    A detachment of the South African Mounted Constabulary has captured, near Pretoria, a small party of Boers, including Abram Malan, a son-in-law of the late ...

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  44. ITALIAN PRINCESS BORN.

    Her Majesty Queen Helena of Italy has given birth to a daughter. [The King and Queen of Italy were married on October 24, 1896. This is their ...

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  45. BRITISH HIT BACK.

    After leaving Jamestown the Boers under Commandant Kruitzinger were attacked and defeated near the town by Colonel White's column. The British ...

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  46. ZEERUST RELIEVED

    Zeerust, in the Western Transvaal, which has for some time past been blockaded by the Boers, has been relieved by Lord Methuen, who has entered the town with a ...

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  47. THE BETHEL FIGHT.

    Details of the severe fighting which took place between Bethel and Standerton, in the south-eastern Transvaal, state that General Plumer's convoy was escorted by ...

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  48. THE VLAAKFONTEIN FIGHT.

    Additional particulars of the engagement at Viaakfontein are given in a report received by the War Office from Lord Kitchener. ...

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  49. GERMAN EMPEROR'S SPEECHES.

    The German Emperor has taken steps to provide against his own indiscretions. He has given orders that before his speeches are handed to the press for publication they ...

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  50. GENERAL SNYMAN.

    General Snyman, who succeeded General Cronje in command of the operations against Mafeking, hus, with 100 followers, crossed the Orange River into the Cape ...

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  51. KAISER AND CZAR.

    The "Daily News" states that the Emperor William will visit the Czar in August next. ...

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  52. ANOTHER CONVOY ATTACKED.

    Liebenberg's commando, which consists of 400 men, having lost its supplies, and been reduced to great straits for want of food, has made two desperate attacks on a ...

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  53. POTGIETER SURRENDERS

    The column commanded by Colonel E. C. J. Williams, of the East Kent Regiment (The Buffs), which has been operating from Klerksdorp, in the South-western ...

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  54. GERMANY AND HOLLAND.

    Queen Wilhelmina of Holland and her husband, Prince Henry of Macklenburg Schwerin, have arrived in Germany on a visit to the Emperor William. They have ...

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  55. BOER LEADER'S PLIGHT.

    Mr. Bennet Burleigh, the war correspondent of the "Daily Telegraph," says it is reported that General Botha und the members of the nominal Boer Government ...

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  56. LYNCH LAW.

    Charges of horse-stealing having been brought against a farmer in the county of Modoc, California, the populace lynched the father, his three sons, and an employe. ...

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  57. A CAPETOWN MEMORIAL.

    It is proposed to erect the eastern portion of the new cathedral at Cape Town as a memorial tothe Ca[?] who have fallen in the war, and a thank offering for ...

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