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NEWS BY CABLE.
LONDON, July 31.—Lord Hawke, president of the club, states that the wish of the committee of the Yorkshire County Cricket Club that Rhodes should decline the invitation of Mr. A. C. ...
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NEWS BY CABLE.
LONDON, July 31.—Brigadier-General Gilbert Hamilton surprised Potgieter's laager at Wolma-ranstad, South-western Transvaal, and captured all the waggons. The Boer casualties numbered ...
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THE DUKE AND DUCHESS
The following has been handed to us for publication:— "Government House, Melbourne, July 29, 190L "Sir,—I have the honor to transmit to your Excellency a copy of a letter which I have ...
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NEWS BY CABLE.
LONDON, July 31.—The number of culprits designated for punishment for instigating outrages on foreigners has dwindled from 160 to 54. ...
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THE FOREIGN OFFICE.
LONDON, July 31.—An edict issued by the Emperor assigns to the Foreign Office the highest rank of all the great offices in China. This is taken to imply that occasionally the Emperor will ...
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THIBETAN ATTACK ON RUSSIANS.
LONDON, July 31.—Two thousand Thibetans attacked the Russian expedition in Thibet commanded by Major Kasloff. Ten of the Russians were killed; and 10 wounded. ...
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FRANCE.
LONDON, July 31, 2 p.m.—In consequence of the passage of the Religious Associations Bill, the Jesuits have decided to leave France. The Benedictines will migrate to Luxembourg, ...
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THE FIGHT AT NQUTU.
LONDON, July 31.—The fight at Nqutu, Zululand, When 400 Boers attacked a small British column, was exceedingly fierce. It lasted all Sunday. ...
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IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.
LONDON, July 31.—Supplementary Estimates, amounting to £7,000,000, were submitted to the House of Commons last night. The amount is chiefly to cover the civil administration, the ...
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THE CAPE RAIDERS.
LONDON, July 31, 2 p.m.—Further details of the attack made by the raiders under Commandant Kruitzinger upon 300 British under Colonel Eyre Crabbe among the mountains near Cradock, ...
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AN IRISH MEMBER SUSPENDED.
LONDON, July 21.—In the House of Commons last night Mr. J. J. O'Shea, Nationalist, was suspended for referring to what he termed "the blackguardly conduct" of Irish judges. ...
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THE EDUCATION BILL.
LONDON, July 31, 2 p.m.—The Education Bill has been read a third time in the House of Commons. ...
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AUSTRALIAN CASUALTY.
LONDON, July 31.—Private J. Johnson, of the Fifth QueenEland Bushmen, was severely wounded at Palmiefontein. ...
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GREAT STRIKE AT SAN FRANCISCO.
LONDON, July 31.—A general strike has taken place at the San Francisco Docks. Fifty-five thousand men are idle in consequence, and all shipping business is paralysed. ...
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BOER LOSSES.
LONDON, July 31.—Lord Kitchener reports that since the 22nd instant 24 Boers have been killed, 29 wounded, and 223 taken prisoners; while 80 have surrendered. During the same time 184 ...
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THE STANDARD EXPLORATION COMPANY.
LONDON, July 31, 2 p.m.—At the meeting today of the shareholders, etc., of the Standard Exploration Company, Limited, one of the companies connected with the London and Globe ...
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CANADA.
LONDON, July 31.—The harvest in Canada is unprecedented. In Manitoba the wheat yield exceeds 60,00,000 bushels. Twenty thousand English harvesters are required in the ...
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LIEUTENANT M. W. THOMPSON.
LONDON, July 31.—Lieutenant M. W. Thompson, of the New South Wales Mounted Infantry, has sailed from South Africa for England. ...
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RANDWICK TRAINING.
Benedick commenced the work on the grass track by running a mile in lmin 49½sec. Duke of Kent took lmin 53sec for a like distance, beating Webbe over the last six furlongs. Ariana ...
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THE WAR MEDALS.
LONDON, July 31.—The names of the West Australians who were presented with war medals by the King yesterday, but whose names were not then published in the daily papers, were ...
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THE TURKISH FORT NEAR ADEN
LONDON, July 31.—The British and Indian troops which left Aden to occupy a Turkish fort 70 miles inland, erected upon British protected territory, have destroyed the fort. ...
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KING AND KAISER.
LONDON, July 31, 2 p.m.—King Edward and the Emperor William will meet at Homburg, and proceed to Wilhelmshohe, Prussia, after August 15. ...
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CANADIAN PRODUCE.
LONDON, July 31.—Since the beginning of the war the Canadian shipments of hay to South Africa have amounted to 68,000 tons. ...
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FRENCH SUBMARINE BOATS.
LONDON, July 31, 2 p.m.—M. de Lanessan, the French Minister of Marine, has ordered twenty additional submarine boats. ...
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THE MINISTER AND "THE MAIL."
LONDON, July 31.—The House of Commons last night passed a resolution declaring that the article in the "Daily Mail" denouncing Mr. St. John Brodrick, Secretary of State for War, was ...
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FOREST FIRES IN SWEDEN.
LONDON, July 31, 2 p.m.—Forest fires covering twenty square miles are raging in Sweden. ...
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CONSOLS.
LONDON, July 31.—Consols closed yesterday at 93¼. ...
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MINING SHARES.
LONDON, July 31.—On the Stock Exchange yesterday, Chillagoe Railway and Mines closed at 11s 3d; Mount Lyell, at £4 5s; and North Mount Lyell, at £2 5s. ...
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THE TALLOW MARKET.
LONDON, July 31.—At the sales of Australasian tallow held to-day, 1575 casks were offered, of which 850 casks were sold. Prices were unchanged as follows: Fine mutton, 28s 6d; medium ...
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THE RAILWAY REPORT.
The report of the Railway Commissioners for the quarter ended June last shows that the business done on both railways aud tramways was in excess of that for the corresponding ...
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NETHERLANDS RAILWAY EMPLOYEES.
LONDON, July 31.—The commission appointed to report on the claims of foreigners in the Transvaal and Orange River Colony to compensation has decided that employees of the ...
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THE PACIFIC CABLE.
LONDON, July 31.—In the House of Commons last night, in Committee of Ways and Means, a resolution, sanctioning an expenditure of £2,000,000 for the Pacific cable, was adopted by a ...
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GENERAL VILJOEN.
The General Viljoen who engineered the Boer success against the 300 Victorians recently is a dashing, plucky fellow, quite young, and hotheaded enough to rush in where veteran ...
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COUNT VON WALDERSEE.
LONDON, July 31, 2 p.m.—Count von Waldersee, late Commander-in-Chief of the Allied Forces in China, who is on his way home to Germany, was feted on his arrival at Algiers yesterday. ...
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BRAIDWOOD DISTRICT NEWS.
BRAIDWOOD, Wednesday.—The Minister for Works declines to send a special officer to report on the proposed deviation of Clyde-road, from Backhouse's, by which it is said that the present ...
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THE STRATHMORE.
LONDON, July 31, 2 p.m.—The steamer Strathmore, which was signalled off Mauritius disabled, has arrived at Mauritius damaged. She had jettisoned 3600 tons of cargo. ...
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TO PROTEST AGAINST FEDERAL BILLS.
A meeting is to be held in the Town Hall tonight to protest against the Interstate Commission and Postal Bills now before the Federal Parliament. Among the speakers will be ...
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THE COUNTESS COWLEY.
LONDON, July 31.—The House of Lords, in its appellate jurisdiction, has held that the Countess Cowley, who obtained a divorce from Earl Cowley in 1897, though re-married to a commoner is ...
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THE REVENUE.
The revenue returns for July amount to £718,735. For the corresponding month last year the revenue was £778,385. There is, therefore, a decrease of £59,650. The ...
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DR. J. A. DICK.
LONDON, July 31, 2 p.m.—Dr. James Adam Dick, of Randwick, has been elected to a Fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh. ...
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HOUSING THE WORKING CLASSES
LONDON, July 31.—Mr. H. Copeland, Agent-General for New South Wales, has forwarded to his Government elaborate reports on the housing of the working classes. ...
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