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  2. SECOND EDITION.

    The price of bar silver to-day is 2s per ounce standard. ...

    Article : 18 words
  3. THE WAR IN SOUTH AFRICA.

    Lord Kitchener in his report to the War Office states:—"Since my last a week ago there have been 18 Boers killed, 19 wounded, 325 taken prisoners, and 10 ...

    Article : 70 words
  4. GOULBURN-CROOKWELL RAILWAY.

    The Goulburn-Crookwell railway was opened by Mr. Perry, Minister for Public Instruction and Labour, to-day, in the presence of a large number of residents and visitors. Mr. Perry, who was ...

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  5. IMPERIAL POLITICS.

    The Cobden Club has issued a manifesto stating that the new grain and flour tax is equivalent to £4,000,000 wrested from the consumer. ...

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  6. SPECIAL CABLES.

    The Emperor of Germany has unveiled a monument to General Rosenberg, the famous cavalry leader. Count Von Waldersee, who was ...

    Article : 60 words
  7. COMMONWEALTH NOTES.

    Mr. Barton presented to the House of Representatives this afternoon a petition from James Cromwell Whitelaw, one of the defeated candidates at the late Tasmanian bye-election, against the return of Mr. ...

    Article : 1,498 words
  8. AN HOTEL DESTROYED BY FIRE.

    The Prince of Wales Hotel at Townsville, the property of Mr. David Buchanan, and occupied by Mr. W. H. Livingstone, was completely destroyed by fire this morning. The whole of the inmates of the ...

    Article : 131 words
  9. RETIREMENT-OF COLONEL HUGHES.

    Colonel Edwin Hughes, M.P. for Woolwich, has retired on account of his health. Rear-Admiral Lord Charles Beresford is a candidate in the Unionist interest. ...

    Article : 33 words
  10. THE NORTHERN TRANSVAAL.

    A detached portion of Colonel Colenbrander's force engaged a superior body of the enemy in the difficult country at Haenertsburg (about 145 miles N.E. by E. of ...

    Article : 63 words
  11. FIRE AT INVERELL.

    A disastrous fire occurred in Otho-street this morning and resulted in the loss of two lives. Mr. and Mrs. C. Wilson both perished in the flames, and a few charred remains were found in the rains. ...

    Article : 1,127 words
  12. RUSSIA.

    Youths jeered the police at Helsingfors, capital of Finland. Cossacks brutally charged and knouted injuring many women, children, and cripples. The crowd refused ...

    Article : 41 words
  13. THE INCOME TAX VOTED.

    The proposed increase in the income tax was voted in the House of Commons last night by 290 votes to 61. Some of the Unionists have confessed that ...

    Article : 84 words
  14. THE R.M.S. HIMALAYA AT FREMANTLE.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 182 words
  15. CAPE COLONY.

    A force of Beers in the Western Cape Colony surrounded Ookiep (170 miles northwest of Calvinia) and made an unsuccessful attack on the town, British reinforcements ...

    Article : 33 words
  16. CORPORAL SENTENCED FOR TREASON.

    A corporal of the Russian army at Sebastopol has been sentenced to 20 years' imprisonment for printing a socialist manifesto for distribution among the garrison on a machine ...

    Article : 43 words
  17. THE COURT.

    The King has held a numerously-attended levee at St. Jumes's. The Prince and the Princess of Wales, King Christian of Denmark, and the Duke of ...

    Article : 76 words
  18. FARMS SOLD.

    Farms belonging to A. Prinsloo, P. A. Venter, W. S. Smit, Ex-Judge Hertzog, Commandant Lotter, and other of the Orange River Colony leaders have been sold, ...

    Article : 51 words
  19. THE UNITED STATES.

    The Republican leaders are abandoning the Shipping Subsidy Bill. Mr. C. H. Cramp, of Philadelphia, declares that unless it is passed the Morgan's ...

    Article : 165 words
  20. VICTORIA.

    The mail steamer Australia sailed to-day to time on the homeward voyage, but with a shortage of 200 tons of coal, due to the interference with coaling operations on Eight-hour Day. Mr. Kingstone ...

    Article : 291 words
  21. THE SPION KOP INCIDENT.

    Mr. St. John Brodrick (Secretary of State for War) stated in the House of Commons last night that the Government is not prepared to publish the explanatory and ...

    Article : 57 words
  22. IMPERIAL CABLE SERVICES.

    Following is a continuation of the report of the Inter-departmental Committee appointed to inquire into the Imperial cable services. ...

    Article : 316 words
  23. TROOPS FOR THE FRONT.

    One thousand men of the Royal Engineers are sailing to relieve the men at the front. ...

    Article : 23 words
  24. THE SHIPPING UNION.

    The international combination includes the following lines:—White Star (Ismay, Imrie, and Co.), Dominion (Mississippi and Dominion S.S. Company, Limited, Leyland (F. Leyland ...

    Article : 78 words
  25. ESTABLISHMENT OF THE COURTS IN THE TRANSVAAL.

    Resident magistrate courts have been established in various districts of the Transvaal. ...

    Article : 25 words
  26. THE CONCENTRATION CAMPS.

    The death rate in the concentration camps during March was 45 per thousand. ...

    Article : 19 words
  27. THE P. AND O. COMPANY.

    Mr. F. White, Melbourne agent for the P. and O. Company, has been advised by the London office as follows:—"We have contracted with Harland and Wolff, of Belfast, for two steel twin screw steamers ...

    Article : 70 words
  28. DEATH OF A NEW ZEALANDER.

    Private David Whitehead, of the Eighth New Zealand Contingent, has succumbed to the injuries he received in the Machavie railway disaster. ...

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  29. THE CORONATION CONTINGENT.

    The undermentioned men have been provisionally selected for the N.S.W. detachment of the Coronation Contingent. The men, who have all seen service in South Africa, have been instructed to ...

    Article : 429 words
  30. THE PORT PATRICK SALVAGE CASE.

    The Chief Justice mentioned to-day that in awarding the salvage in connection with the Port Patrick case he inadvertently added £750 to the amount due to the owners of the tug Champion. ...

    Article : 148 words
  31. THE LINES OF DEVELOPMENT.

    The shipping combination has closed its subscription books. The combination proposes to develop such port along the lines which are best adapted for ...

    Article : 60 words
  32. THE COMMONWEALTH HORSE.

    The medical examination of the provisionally chosen applicants for the New South Wales battalion of the Commonwealth Horse was continued yesterday at the Agricultural Ground, Moore Park. Up ...

    Article : 802 words
  33. RIOTS IN JAMAICA.

    Coolie riots occurred at Annotta Bay, Jamaica. Encounters took place between the mob and police. Numerous arrests have been made. ...

    Article : 89 words
  34. QUEENSLAND.

    The Government has had a return prepared from each department of the public service showing the number of officers and the various grades of salary, mid considerable anxiety has been caused in the ...

    Article : 303 words
  35. FIRE IN LONDON.

    A fire occurred this morning recalling in its magnitude the Jewin-street outbreak. The conflagration gutted three warehouses on the south and two on the north side of the ...

    Article : 63 words
  36. INTERNATIONAL CRICKET.

    Messrs. J. Darling, C. Hill, M. A. Noble, E. Jones, R. A. Duff, V. Trumper, W. Armstrong, H. Carter, and A. J. Hopkins, Australian cricketers, have arrived overland, and ...

    Article : 197 words
  37. EARTHQUAKE CALAMITIES.

    Router's Agency states that three earthquakes destroyed the towns of Quezalteriango and Amatillan, Guatemala, Central America. Five hundred persons were killed. ...

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  38. MR. SEE OFFERS ASSISTANCE.

    Mr. See, the State Premier, has telegraphed to the Mayor of Inverell expressing the sympathy of himself and the Government with the sufferers by the fire. He has also authorised the Mayor to ...

    Article : 55 words
  39. SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    The Chief Secretary received a telegram from Albany this afternoon from Captain J. A. Watt, officer commanding the returning South Australian 5th Contingent, announcing the arrival of the ...

    Article : 73 words
  40. GERMAN NEW GUINEA.

    Dr. Hintze, Government Medical Officer of German New Guinea, was a passenger by the N.D.L steamer Tanglin, which arrived in Sydney on Monday. Dr. Hintze, who hails from Hamburg, ...

    Article : 369 words
  41. NEW ZEALAND.

    A collision occurred to-day at Otago on the Central Railway. Two passenger trains were derailed and a fireman and several passengers injured. The collision was caused by the guard and driver mistaking ...

    Article : 52 words
  42. THE GAUSS.

    The German Antarctic exploring vessel Gauss arrived at Kerguelen on January 2. ...

    Article : 20 words
  43. MEMORIAL TO QUEEN VICTORIA.

    The Queen's Home, erected at Rose Park as a memorial to the late Queen Victoria, is now nearing completion. Mrs. Chennell, who lately had temporary charge of the Clayton Hospital, Victoria, and has ...

    Article : 59 words
  44. A MAORI MODEL VILLAGE.

    The Government have decided to establish a Maori model village at Koroniti, Wanganni River. The settlers will consist of educated Maoris. They will be required to live in European style. Free technical ...

    Article : 163 words
  45. PLAGUE IN CAPE COLONY.

    Ten fresh cases of plague and five deaths from the disease have occurred at Port Elizabeth. ...

    Article : 24 words
  46. TO-DAY.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 193 words
  47. SERIOUS RAILWAY COLLISION.

    A serious collision occurred on the railway line half a mile from the Niagara side of the Kooky[?]ie station this morning. A ballast train was backing slowly towards Niagara and was engaged in ...

    Article : 212 words
  48. THE STANDARD FOR BUTTER.

    Mr. R. W. Hanbury, the President of the Board of Agriculture, has announced that the butter regulations providing for a definite standard of 16 per cent. of moisture in ...

    Article : 76 words
  49. TASMANIA.

    The Premier, Mr. Lewis, has suggested to the Premiers of the other States that the proposed conference on May 19 be deferred until a later date— even to June—as being a more convenient time. ...

    Article : 77 words
  50. VICTORIAN FEDERAL CIVIL SERVANTS.

    Prior the establishment of the Commonwealth, letter-carriers employed in the General Post Office, who were in the general division of the service, could upon passing the specified ...

    Article : 819 words
  51. REMOUNTS.

    Yesterday 150 army remounts passed through for Underbank and Salisbury for grass. The horses will be kept there till the transports are ready for the next contingent. ...

    Article : 31 words
  52. HUDSON'S EUMENTHOL JUJUBES.

    The great Antiseptic for old and young. All Chemists. Tins, 1s 6d.—Advt. ...

    Article : 17 words
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