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  2. SHIPPING COMBINATION.

    The leading American, British, and Continental steamship lines have entered into an arrangement by which they will avoid the existing ruinous competition in the ...

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  3. A GANG OF SWINDLERS.

    The London police have arrested four men, who are alleged to be members of a gang of 12 swindlers, and to be well known to the police in Sydney and Adelaide. ...

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  4. GENERAL CABLES.

    Mr. Chamberlain, at the request of the Agents-General, will consult the King as to whether he will receive a colonial address. ...

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  5. THE STATE OF RUSSIA.

    Private letters have been received from Russia which show that the condition of affairs throughout the empire is very serious. ...

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  6. THE WAR.

    The following casualties to New South Wales Bushmen at Rooival are reported:— Private B. Byrnes, severely wounded; Privates W. Linton and P. E. Stokes, slightly ...

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  7. IMPORTANT CAPTURE OF BOERS.

    The column under Colonel A. N. Rochfort, of the Royal Artillery, by a night attack at Schweizerrenneke, in the South-Western Transvaal, recently surprised a ...

    Article : 102 words
  8. ENGLISH LANGUAGE TO BE USED.

    It is announced that the language to be used in the new law courts established by Great Britain in the Transvaal will be English. The Roman-Dutch law will, ...

    Article : 58 words
  9. THE PEACE OVERTURES.

    The "Standard" of April 20 publishes important statements concerning the negotiations for peace in South Africa. It confirms the statement made ...

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  10. COSSACK BRUTALITY.

    A shocking case of barbarity by Cossacks is reported from Helsiugfors, the capital of Finland. A number of youths having jeered at ...

    Article : 66 words
  11. AN HONOUR CANCELLED.

    His Majesty the King has cancelled the Companionship of the Distinguished Service Order which was conferred on Gaptain W. Butler, of the 6th New South ...

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  12. AMERICAN EARTHQUAKES.

    A Reuter's telegram from the Central American Republic of Guatemala reports that the country has been visited by three violent earthquakes. ...

    Article : 56 words
  13. A WEEK'S RECORD.

    Lord Kitchener reports the following Boer losses during the past week:—Killed, 18; wounded, 19; prisoners, 325; surrendered, 10; or a total of 372. ...

    Article : 69 words
  14. THE BELGIAN CRISIS.

    Six thousand of the miners who are on strike at Charleroi were marching to Brussels, when they were stopped by the troops and compelled to turn back. ...

    Article : 216 words
  15. SALE OF BOER FARMS.

    In accordance with the terms of Lord Kitchener's proclamation of August 6 last, a number of farms belonging to leading Boers in the Orange River Colony who are ...

    Article : 82 words
  16. TRANSVAAL COURTS.

    Police courts with resident magistrates have been established in various districts of the Transvaal. ...

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  17. A CORNER IN EGGS.

    The Beef Trust in the United States, formed recently by Mr. Armour, of Chicago, and other capitalists, is now trying to establish a corner in eggs and other ...

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  18. A SHARP FIGHT.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 92 words
  19. THE ORIENT DIVIDEND

    The report and balance-sheet of the Orient Steam Navigation Company for the year ending December 31 last has been issued. Tne profit was £57.601. A ...

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  20. AN ARISTOCRATIC DIVORCE.

    The Divorce Court has granted an application by the Marquis of Downshire, captain in the Derbyshire Yeomanry Cavalry, for divorce from his wife, on the ground ...

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  21. FRENCH ELECTIONS.

    The election campaign in France has begun, and there is much public excitement. The Republican Radicals in their manifesto advocate two years' military service ...

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  22. THE PANAMA CANAL

    A treaty has been signed at Washington between the United States and the republic of Colombia, with a view to the completion by the former of the Panama ...

    Article : 116 words
  23. THE RAILWAY ACCIDENT.

    Details have been published of the disastrous railway accident on Saturday, April 14, at Machavie, between Klerksdorp and Potchefstroom, on the south-western line ...

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  24. A SYDNEY PROFESSOR'S VIEWS.

    The "Manchester Guardian," one of the few pro-Boer journals in England, publishes an article by Mr. G. Arnold Wood, Challis professor of history in the ...

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  25. THE BUDGET PROPOSALS.

    In the House of Commons on April 22 the proposed corn and flour duties (3d. per cwt. on imported corn and grain, and 5d. per cwt. on Hour and Meal), were finally ...

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  26. CANCER.

    The Duchess of Bedford and other leaders of London society have appealed to the public for £100,000, to institute a fund for the investigation of the disease of cancer. ...

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  27. GREAT FIRE IN LONDON.

    A great fire occurred, in London on April 22, which recalled the Jewish-street coflagration in the same locality about ten years ago. ...

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  28. THE SUPPRESSED DESPATCHES.

    In consequence of the recent correspondence between Mr. Balfour, the First Lord of the Treasury, and Sir Redvers Buller, with regard to the conduct of the ...

    Article : 383 words
  29. A SOUDANESE MUTINY SUPPRESSED.

    After four months hard fighting, the British have suppressed a band of 170 Soudanese mutineers, who, in alliance with the Langos, a native tribe north of Unyoro, had ...

    Article : 60 words
  30. QUEEN OF HOLLAND ILL.

    It is announced that the illness from which Her Majesty Queen Wilhe[?] suffering is typhold fe[?] The bulletins of April [?] that Her ...

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  31. DE LA REY'S BROTHER A PRISONER.

    Among the prisoners recently captured by Colonel Rochfort in the Bioemhof district, in the south-western Transvaal, is a brother of General De la Rey. ...

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  32. A MONGOLIAN RAILWAY.

    A singular discovery has just been made in connection with the Siberian railway. It has been found that Russia is building a railway, which starts from the ...

    Article : 54 words
  33. BOER LOSSES.

    The returns show that this year, 457 Boers have been killed, 186 wounded, 4,202 captured, and 1,038 surrendered. ...

    Article : 20 words
  34. A ROYAL LEVEE.

    His Majesty the King held a levee at St. James's Palace on April 21. There was a large attendance, among those present being H.R.H. the Prince of Wales, H.R.H. ...

    Article : 28 words
  35. CORONATION CLEMENCY.

    It is expected that King Edward will release all the military prisoners held by the British as a mark of his grace at the Coronation. ...

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  36. AMERICAN SHIPPING SUBSIDY.

    It is announced that the Republican leaders in Congress have decided to abandon the Shipping Sub[?] Bill. Mr. C. [?] ...

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  37. GENERAL MERCIER STONED.

    General Mercier, formerly Minister of War, who made himself notorious by his [?]ution of and determined hostility to Captain Drey[?] has had an unpleasant ...

    Article : 5 words
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