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  2. Advertising

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    Advertising : 615 words
  3. SENSATIONAL RESCUE.

    AUCKLAND, Saturday Morning.—A. A. Oxlade, of the N.S.W. athletic team, had a miraculous escape from falling into the boiling mud cauldrons at Tikitere, known as "Hell's Gates," on ...

    Article : 251 words
  4. NEWS BY CABLE.

    LONDON, December 27,3.10 p.m.—The death is announced of Sir Joseph Neel Paton, Kt-, B.S.A., the famous painter, at the age of 80. (Sir Joseph Noel Paton, R.S.A. L.L.D., born at ...

    Article : 537 words
  5. NEWS BY CABLE.

    LONDON, December 27, 6.27 p.m.—Major General Bruce Hamilton has surprised the laager of Commandant Pretorius, killing one of the enemy and [?] ...

    Article : 51 words
  6. BREVITIES

    Mr. diaries Schrimme, council clerk at died suddenly on Thursday. The total damage by the ire at Drya[?], Geelong (Vic), is estimated at £1200. ...

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  7. YEOMANRY RUSH.

    LONDON, December 27.—Lieutenant-General Sir H. M. Rundle reports that Commandant de Wet, at the bead of a considerable force, made a successful rush on the camp of the Imperial ...

    Article : 130 words
  8. A Smoke-Bound City.

    For the past two or three days a considerable quantity of smoke from mountain bush fires has been hanging over the metropolis. On Friday night it had so increased in density that the full ...

    Article : 257 words
  9. THE TAFELKOP ENGAGEMENT.

    LONDON, December 27.—Further particulars of the engagement at Tafelkop, east of the WilgeRiver, show that, owing to the Boers being clad in khaki, they were enabled to approach without ...

    Article : 140 words
  10. CAPTURES IN THE ORANGE RIVER COLONY.

    LONDON, December 27, 2 p.m.—Twenty-eight Boers nave been captured at Jagersfontein, in the south-west of the Orange River Colony. Among them is Field-Cornet Du To[?]t, who is ...

    Article : 41 words
  11. CHINA.

    LONDON, December 27. 2.10 p.m.—An Imperial edict dedicates a temple at Pekin to Li Huns Chang, with each honors as have heretofore been restricted to Manchus. ...

    Article : 32 words
  12. Family Notices

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    Family Notices : 436 words
  13. COMMANDO ATTACKS NATIVES.

    LONDON, December 27.—A large commando attacked the tribe of the Chief Linchwe at Bakhatla, on the Pilendsberg. A number of herdsmen were killed, and 60,000 cattle were seized ...

    Article : 59 words
  14. Breaking the Seals.

    The following are the official details of the armistice which, as reported in Friday's evening News," have been entered into between the shipping companies and the Federal Government, ...

    Article : 394 words
  15. RUSSIA AND MANCHURIA.

    LONDON, December 27.—China claims that Russia should evacuate Manchuria within three years. ...

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  16. SUPPRESSING PIRACY.

    LONDON, December 27.—The Viceroy of Canton, at the instance of Vice-Admiral Sir Cyprian Bridge, the Commander-In-Chief on the China station, is providing a fictilla of river gunboats, to be manned by Europeans, to ...

    Article : 44 words
  17. EXECUTION OF A BOER LEADER.

    LONDON, December 27.—Commandant Schalk Wyk was tried by court-martial at Krugersdorp on a charge of firing at a wounded trooper who had surrendered. Schalk Wyk was found guilty, ...

    Article : 38 words
  18. FRENCH SMUGGLERS.

    LONDON, December 27, 2.10 p.m.—De Robert, the leader of a gang of French smuggler. 225 in number, has been arrested at Pontarller, charged with defrauding the Customs to an enormous ...

    Article : 126 words
  19. CHRISTMAS CHEER.

    LONDON, December 27.—Lord Kitchener sent convoys with Christmas cheer, tobacco, and beer to all columns in the field, and to the remotest blockhouses and camps. Eighty-five thousand ...

    Article : 49 words
  20. REMITTANCES OF PAY.

    LONDON, December 27.—During the year the troops in South Africa have remitted £2,000,000 of their pay to relatives. ...

    Article : 24 words
  21. DENIED PAY.

    The Cabinet, it is announced to-day, has decided rot to admit the claim of the members of, what is known as the Second Contingent for the payment of a sum of money representing, as the ...

    Article : 308 words
  22. BOER CHILDREN AT SCHOOL

    LONDON, December 27.—Fifteen thousand children in the Transvaal and 8000 children in the Orange River Colony are attending the Government schools. No compulsion has been used to ...

    Article : 37 words
  23. CHILI AND ARGENTINA.

    LONDON, December 27. 2110 p.m.—The Governments of Chill and Argentina have asked Great Britain to expedite the sward upon the boundary dispute between the two republics. ...

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  24. AX ESCAPE FROM ST. HELENA.

    LONDON, December 27. 2 p.m.-A Boer prisoner at St. Helena smuggled himself into a box aboard tbe steamer Goth. When the steamer got to Ascension he was handed over to the British ...

    Article : 44 words
  25. HOLIDAY MAKING.

    Now that what has been called the "festive season"—and which is also the season for New Year accounts—is upon us, the means whereby^ we amuse ourselves in Australia has peculiar ...

    Article : 941 words
  26. ITALY AND RUSSIA.

    LONDON, December 27, 2.10 p.m.—Italy an-[?] Russia have signed die draft of a new commercial treaty. ...

    Article : 25 words
  27. THE SIERRA.

    The Oceanic mail steamer Sierra arrived at Sydney this morning soon after 9 o'clock. The vessel is in from 'Frisco, via ports, some hours before she was expected, haying made the run ...

    Article : 245 words
  28. KRUGER AND ROSEBERY.

    LONDON, December 27.—The "Pester Lloyd." a Hungarian journal, says that President Kruger's friends are trying io arrange that Lord Rosebery and President Kruger shall meet at ...

    Article : 33 words
  29. WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY.

    LONDON, December 27. 2.10 p.m.—Signor Marcoai is doubling the power of the wireless telegraphy station on. Lizard Point, Cornwall, and is establishing station at Cape Breton, the rocky ...

    Article : 49 words
  30. MORE DISTORTED FACTS.

    LONDON, December 27.—A Christmas letter to the women of Great Britain and Ireland has been signed by 43,615 Swiss women. The letter protests against what is termed the ...

    Article : 107 words
  31. A COUNTERBLAST.

    A few days ago there reached Australia, as if with a flourish of trumpets, a telegram which stated that five thousand two hundred and seventy Free Church ministers in Great Britain ...

    Article : 286 words
  32. THE PHILIPPINES.

    LONDON, December 27, 6.27 p.m.—A Urge force of Bolomen attacked, a detachment of United States troops at Hamar, In the Philippines, killing seven and wounding seven. ...

    Article : 33 words
  33. THAT MINIMUM BRICK.

    A little while ago, we had occasion to draw Attention to the establishment the Minister for Works of what may be called "the minimumbrick" scale, in connection with the building of ...

    Article : 474 words
  34. VENEZUELA.

    LONDON. December 27[?]—A German squadron, consisting of the second-class cruiser Vinets, the third-class cruiser Folks, and the training ahlpa Moltke and Stein, is at Puerto Cabello on the ...

    Article : 133 words
  35. AMERICAN WHEAT.

    LONDON, December 27. 6.27 p.m.—The visible supply of American wheat, according to "Brad- street's." is [?] ...

    Article : 21 words
  36. GOOD-WILL TO MEN.

    The Festive Season now draws near, A time of peace and mirth. And wishes for a bright New Year Will echo round the earth[?] ...

    Article : 147 words
  37. BAR SILVER.

    LONDON, December 27[?]2.50 p.m.—Bar allver Is quoted to-day at 23 [?] per ounce standard, a rise of [?] ...

    Article : 26 words
  38. COTTAGE BURNED AT BEXLEY.

    A four-roomed weatherboard cottage in George's roads, Bexlay, occupied by Mr. Goerge Gedge, was destroyed by fire, with its contents, at a late hour on Friday night. Detachments ...

    Article : 64 words
  39. SMALLPOX IN LONDON.

    LONDON, December 27. 2.10 p.m.—There are now [?] smallpox cases in London. ...

    Article : 55 words
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