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  2. NEWS BY CABLE.

    LONDON, August 27, 1.45 p.m.—The general tendency of the Boer raiders in the midland district of Cape Colony is to shift westwards. Brigadier-General Beatson is driving ...

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  5. NEWS BY CABLE.

    LONDON, August 27, 1.45 p.m.—The "Times" correspondent at Shanghai unders-tands that the French are demanding concessions in the province of Nganhwei (An-hui). ...

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  6. ISSUE OF TREASURY BILLS

    LONDON, August 27.—The issue of Treasury bills of £1,000.000 to replace bills which have matured has been covered, sevenfold at the lowest interest during the course of the war. ...

    Article : 38 words
  7. THE YANGTSE IN FLOOD.

    LONDON, August 27.—Floods have occurred in the Yangtsze Valley, and have caused much loss of life and destruction of property. Intense distress among the inhabitants of the inundated ...

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  8. FRANCE AND TURKEY.

    LONDON, August 27, 1.45 p.m.—Owing to the Sultan not fulfilling his promise to purchase the French Quays at Constantinople, and settle the claims of the French bankers, M. Delcasse, the ...

    Article : 72 words
  9. THE QUELPART MASSACRES

    LONDON, August 27.—France has demanded from Corea 5080 yen (about £500) for losses sustained by French subjects during the riots in Quelpart in June last, and also the punishment ...

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  10. AN AIR SHIP.

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  11. BOERS IN THE DRAKENSBERG.

    LONDON, August 27, 1.45 p.m.—Small bands of Boers are wandering about the Drakensberg, Natal. (The Drakensberg is the range of mountains ...

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  12. PARRAMATTA WEIR.

    The members of the Harbor Trust (Messrs. Hickson, Beaton, and Waller) visited Parramatta on Tuesday, for the purpose of inspecting the upper reaches of the salt-water portion of the ...

    Article : 251 words
  13. THE GREAT STEEL STRIKE MORE MILLS REOPENED.

    LONDON, August 27, 1.45 p.m.—More of the steel mills at Pittsburg, Pennsy-lvania, which were closed in consequence of the strike, have been reopened. ...

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  14. CRICKET.

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  15. BRITISH TROOPS CAPTURED.

    LONDON, August 27.—Three officers and 65 men on the right of Major-General Elliot's column, northwards of Ladybrand, in Orange River Colony, were surrounded on unfavorable ...

    Article : 66 words
  16. MALTA.

    LONDON, August 27, 1.45 p.m.—The anti-English newspapers in Malta are denouncing Mr. Chamberlain's policy in regard to the island. In view of the agitation, the authorities have ...

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  17. AN DOVER ELECTION.

    LONDON, August 27, 1.45 p.m.—Mr. Faber, Conservative, has been elected to the House of Commons for Andover (West Hants), beating Mr. Judd, the Liberal candidate',-, by 223 votes. ...

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  18. BOER AMMUNITION FAILING.

    LONDON, August 27.—The correspondence captured from Commandant Haasbrock at Doornberg, Cape Colony, showed that he had received the last dynamite and ammunition that President Steyn had. ...

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  19. STEYN AND DE WET.

    LONDON, August 27.—President Steyn and Commandant de Wet are now near Basutoland. ...

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  20. SUICIDE IN A CAB.

    A strange case of suicide occurred on Tuesday night, when an unknown man, apparently of good position, shot himself in a cab. According to the story of the driver, Robert M'Clintock, he was ...

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  21. RUSSIA.

    LONDON, August 27.—The harvest in many districts of Russia is largely a failure. The only hope is that there will be average crops in the southern and south-western provinces. Stocks ...

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  22. IN BANKRUPTCY.

    Re Henry James O'Brien: Adjourned to September 3, the affidavit in reply to the report of the official assignee having only been filed that morning. ...

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  23. THE BOER LOSSES.

    LONDON, August 27.—Lord Kitchener, in his weekly report, says:—Our columns report the Boer losses as follows: 32 Boers killed, 24 wounded, 139 prisoners, aud 185 surrenders. The ...

    Article : 93 words
  24. AGREEING TO BET.

    At the Glebe Police Court on Tuesday, before ; Mr. F. S. Isaacs, S.M., James Young was proceeded against by George Thomas Law (inspector i of nuisances for the Glebe), for frequenting and ...

    Article : 411 words
  25. SUBSIDENCE IN FIFESHIRE

    LONDON, August 27.—Owing to the moorland subsiding 14 colliers have been buried in the workings of a colliery in Fifeshlre. ...

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  26. THE WHEAT MARKET.

    LONDON, August 27.—The New Zealand wheat, ex barque Inveresk, from Timaru, August 24, has been sold at 26s 7 1/2d, and 8500 quarters Wellington (N.Z.) wheat, May shipment, at about 26s 9d ...

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  27. AUSTRALIAN CASUALTIES.

    LONDON, August 27.—Lieutenant S. Selman and Private J. Matheson, of the 5th Victorian Contingent, were severely wounded at Pivaanspoort. The following telegraphic despatch has been ...

    Article : 67 words
  28. BAR SILVER.

    LONDON, August 27, 2.25 p.m.—Bar silver is quoted today at 2s 3d per ounce standard, a rise of l-16d. ...

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  29. RAILWAY SPELLING.

    Mr. Holtnan, M.Li.A., has given notice that he will ask the Colonial Secretary the following questions on September 3: (1.) Has his attention been called to the highly ...

    Article : 331 words
  30. THE MELBOURNE SENSATION.

    MELBOURNE, Wednesady Morning.—The detectives who have been investigating the circumstances connected with the alleged shooting and robbery of Mrs. Stephens at Carlton on Monday ...

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  31. CAPTAIN THOMPSON.

    LONDON, August 27, 1.45 p.m.—Captain R. R. Thompson, of the 1st Australian Horse, has been appointed to the Remount Department, with the rank of captain in the army. ...

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  32. DARLINGHURST SESSIONS.

    At the Darlinghurst Quarter Sessions on Tuesday, before Judge Gibson, a young married woman named Phoebe Branche, pleaded not guilty, to a charge of having, at Woollahra, on July 2, ...

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  33. LORD MILNER.

    LONDON, August 27, 1.45 p.m.—Lord Milner, the Governor of the Transvaal and Orange River Colony, and High Commissioner for South Africa, bas arrived at Capetown on his return from his ...

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  34. SHOWERS OF SULPHUR.

    A Drouin (Vic.) telegram says: On Sunday morning those persons who were out were somewhat astonished to find a peculiar powder very much resembling sulphur falling from the clouds. So ...

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  35. CARING FOR CONVALESCENTS.

    LONDON, August 27, 1.45 p.m.—Princess Beatrice (Princess Henry of Battenburg) has given a number of convalescent soldiers trips to sea in ber yacht the Shelia. ...

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  36. THE PROCLAMATION.

    LONDON, August 27.—Lord Kitchener has received a long letter from President Steyn, arguing the Boer cause, and stating that he would continue to fight. ...

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  37. THURSDAY'S MAILS.

    Mails close at the G.P.O. to-morrow: For Thursday Island, Manila, Hongkong, and Japan; per the Yawata Maru, at 11 a.m.; for Auckland; etc., N.Z., per the Zealandia at 11 a.m.; for ...

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  39. PROTECTION OF STATE INTERESTS.

    In the Assembly on Tuesday Mr. Scobie asked the Secretary for Lands: It having been decided to extend the Victorian railway system to a point known as Yelta, on the River Murray, and ...

    Article : 111 words
  40. PRESIDENT KRUGER.

    LONDON, August 27.—President Kruger in the , course of an interview with a correspondent of the "Daily Telegraph," said:— The proclamation issued by lord Kitchener, ...

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