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  2. BREVITIES.

    A northerly gale was blowing at Gabe Island this morning. The Customs revenue received in Sydney yesterday, was £5613. ...

    Article : 1,448 words
  3. Advertising

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    Advertising : 450 words
  4. THE BOER WAR.

    LONDON, December 22, 3.45 p.m.—There is sufficient food in Ladysmith to last three months. ...

    Article : 35 words
  5. LOYAL CANADA.

    LONDON, December 22, 3.45 p.m.—The Canadians are volunteering ten times in excess of the numbers required. ...

    Article : 22 words
  6. VOLUNTEERING IN LONDON

    LONDON, December 22.—The Lord Mayor of London is inundated with applications from persons who are anxious to join the volunteer corps he is raising. ...

    Article : 92 words
  7. CRUELTY TO THE WOUNDED

    LONDON, December 22, 3.45 p.m.—The English soldiers who were taken prisoners at Stormberg were compelled to march for 48 hours without food or water to Burghersdorp. ...

    Article : 74 words
  8. THE COLONIAL CONTINGENTS.

    LONDON, December 22.—Lord Roberts, in a message to the Americans (?Australians) and Canadians, expresses the warmest admiration for the spirit of the colonies, which forms a glorious ...

    Article : 56 words
  9. LINEAGE.

    The grand old gardener and his wife may smile at the claims of long descent, but there must, after all, be something in lineage, or many a worthy man would not rejoice that he is unable to say, ...

    Article : 487 words
  10. COMMUNICATION WITH KIMBERLEY.

    LONDON, December 22.—Lord Methuen nightly signals to Kimberley. ...

    Article : 13 words
  11. COLONIAL HORSES.

    LONDON, December 22.—The "Times" urges the War Office authorities to purchase Australian and Argentine grass-fed horses for cavalry, artillery, and transport purposes in South Africa, as the ...

    Article : 55 words
  12. THE FLAG OF TRUCE.

    LONDON, December 22.—Lord Methuen has protested against the arrest by the Boers of a British officer, who was protected by a flag of truce. Cominandant-General Cronje insolently replied ...

    Article : 48 words
  13. THE TRANSVAAL.

    Here in Australia we have hardly begun to realise what war means in loss and bereavement; but in Great Britain this Christmas will be a sad season for many, not quite as gloomy, but ...

    Article : 1,609 words
  14. MANUFACTURE OF AMMUNITION.

    LONDON, December 22.—Immense quantities of shrapnel shells and cartridges are being manufactured to the order of the War Office by Nobel's Explosives Company, Limited, Glasgow, and ...

    Article : 39 words
  15. THE BATTLE OF TUGELA.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 113 words
  16. LORD KITCHENER.

    LONDON, December 22.—Lord Kitchener performed the journey by rail from Omdurman to Cairo in 61 hours. The train was derailed at Luxor, but Lord Kitchener escaped injury. ...

    Article : 39 words
  17. THE RELIEF FUNDS.

    LONDON, December 22, 3.45 p.m.—The "Heroes of the Naval Brigade" war fund amounts to £44,000. The Queen has authorised collections to be ...

    Article : 91 words
  18. SEARCHING FOR WOUNDED.

    LONDON, December 22.—Colonel Bullock, three officers, and 40 men of the Devonshire Regiment were captured while searching for wounded after the battle of Tugela, despite the fact that a flag of ...

    Article : 43 words
  19. NATIVE TELEGRAPHY.

    During the progress of the present war reference has been constantly made to the marvellous rapidity with which the Kaffirs transmit news. The ability to do this, however, is not confined ...

    Article : 396 words
  20. THE IRISH TROOPS.

    LONDON, December 22, 3.45 p.m.—In the course ol a speech to-day, Mr. Herbert Gladstone, M.P. for Leeds West, said the volunteers had saved the country from a panic. It was Britain's duty to ...

    Article : 73 words
  21. TO HARASS THE BOERS.

    LONDON, December 22,.3.45 p.m.—It is proposed to recruit 1500 ho[?]men from lie British farmers in Cape Colony to harass the Free Staters. ...

    Article : 37 words
  22. THE MONEY MARKET.

    LONDON, December 22.—Consols are 3 lower on the week, at 98¼. The open market rate of discount for three months' bills has risen to 6? per cent The Bank ...

    Article : 51 words
  23. MORE REINFORCEMENTS.

    LONDON. December 22, 3.45 p.m.—Seven hundred men of the Naval Contingent are to leave Portsmouth at once for the Cape. A company of the Gibraltar garrison artillery ...

    Article : 55 words
  24. Advertising

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    Advertising : 15 words
  25. Family Notices

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    Family Notices : 441 words
  26. THE STEAMER DUKE OF WESTMINSTER.

    LONDON, December 22.—The steamer Duke of Westminster, of the Queensland mail line, which left London on November 29 for Brisbane, arrived at Aden on fire. The goods in the foretold were ...

    Article : 60 words
  27. A NASTY JAR.

    A COLLOQUIALISM at one time in great use, but now become somewhat musty and decadent, exactly describes the effect of the defeat of Mr. Sleath as a candidate for membership of the Public Works ...

    Article : 790 words
  28. MORE TRANSPORTS CHARTERED.

    LONDON, December 22.—The British Government has chartered the steamers Assaye, Umbria, Pomeranian, Parisian, Laurentian, and Braemar Castle for transports. ...

    Article : 24 words
  29. THE EGYPTIAN ARMY.

    LONDON, December 22.—Colonel Sir Francis R. Wingate, K.C.M.G., who commanded the Anglo Egyptian force which lately defeated the Dervishes and killed the Khalifa, has been appointed ...

    Article : 57 words
  30. THE SPEAKER'S CHAIR.

    The state of Sir Joseph Abbott's health has frequently led to speculation as to whether he could continue to occupy the Speaker's chair, and last night, for the first time, he took members into ...

    Article : 230 words
  31. BOER PREPARATIONS PRIOR TO THE WAR.

    LONDON, December 22.—The friends of Major General Sir William Butler, late Commander-in-Chief in South Africa, declare that he had fully advised the War Office of the Boer preparations. ...

    Article : 97 words
  32. FRANCE.

    LONDON, December 22;—The Naval Committee ol the French Chamber of Deputies has adopted the bill of M. Lockroy, the. late Minister for Marine, providing for the expenditure of £10,000,000 ...

    Article : 64 words
  33. BAR SILVER.

    LONDON, December 22.—Bar silver is quoted at 2s 15-16d per ounce standard. ...

    Article : 17 words
  34. MORE RIFLES FOR THE BOERS.

    LONDON, December 22.—The Boers have received 150,000 rifles via Delagoa Bay. In reply to the protest of the British Government Portugal stated that the Boers had been ...

    Article : 53 words
  35. Advertising

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    Advertising : 111 words
  36. CHINA.

    LONDON, December 22.—Li Hung Chang, the I Chinese statesman, has been appointed Viceroy of the province of Kwang Tung. ...

    Article : 20 words
  37. Advertising

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    Advertising : 62 words
  38. WRECK OF THE ISMORE.

    LONDON, December [?]—An official inquiry has been held into the loss of the transport Ismore, which went ashore at St. Helena Bay, near Capetown, while conveying Hussars and Artillery to ...

    Article : 58 words
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