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  2. SEARCH FOR A CAPITAL.

    This long pilgrimage was fairly launched this morning, for we were welcomed into Orange and cordially joined by the balance of the tourists, taken away out beyond the confines of the cty and up the ...

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  3. SECOND EDITION.

    Owing to the fall of drenching rain and hail the match between the Australian Eleven and the London County team has been abandoned. ...

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  4. THE WAR IN SOUTH AFRICA.

    Information has reached Pretoria that the Boer delegates to the commandos have been successful in securing their consent in favour of surrender now that the opportunity is ...

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  5. THE NAVY.

    The committee appointed by the Admiralty to inquire into the causes of the delay in shipbuilding for the Navy has presented its report. ...

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  6. INTERNATIONAL CRICKET.

    The match between the Australians and the London County team was resumed this morning. When st[?]aps were drawn on Monday the scores were: Australians, 117; ...

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  7. SPECIAL CABLES.

    Earl Beauchamp has commissioned Mr. J. H. Longstaff to paint a portrait of the King in his Coronation robes for presentation to the Art Gallery of New South Wales. ...

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  8. COMMONWEALTH NOTES.

    Included in the formal business of the Senate this afternoon was a motion by Senator O'Connor to make it a sessional order providing for the Chairman of Committees taking the chair in the absence ...

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  9. THE TALLOW SALES.

    At the periodical tallow sales to-day 1225 casks were offered and 800 casks were sold. Prices were as follows:—Fine mutton 37s 9d, medium mutton 32s 6d: fine beef 34s 6d, ...

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  10. SILVER.

    Bar silver is quoted to-day ¼d higher at 2s 0 13-16d per ounce standard. ...

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  11. THE COMMONWEALTH HORSE.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 380 words
  12. LORD KITCHENER'S REPORT.

    Lord Kitchener telegraphs to the War Office as follows:—" Since my last a week ago columns report 10 Boers killed, 122 prisoners, and 14 surrenders. ...

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  13. THE UNITED STATES.

    President Roosevelt has declined to allow Admiral Dewey and General Miles to accept the Legion of Honour proposed to be conferred on them by the President of France. ...

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  14. NOTES ON THE MATCH.

    The match stood, when play was adjourned on Monday evening—Australia, 117; London County, two wickets for 34. Had the weather remained dull, without rain, there would probably have ...

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  15. REMOUNTS FOR THE ARMY.

    The " Daily Mail " says that the War Office has abundoned its idea of breeding horses for remounts for the army. The system of registration is considered the ...

    Article : 95 words
  16. FRENCH AGGRESSION IN SIAM.

    The " Morning Post " states that Russia supports M. Klobukowski, the French Minister at Bangkok, in demanding the cession of Luang Prabang to France. The ...

    Article : 60 words
  17. EARTHQUAKES IN SOUTHERN EUROPE.

    Earthquakes have been experienced in Southern Europe. In a shock the tower of the Cathedral of Murcia, Spain, oscillated, and the facades of ...

    Article : 111 words
  18. CAPTURES IN SOUTHERN TRANSVAAL.

    A sweeping movement by the columns under Major-General Bruce Hamilton, south of Heidelberg to Standerton, in the Southern Transvaal, resulted in the capture of 87 Boers. ...

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  19. QUEEN WILHELMINA.

    Queen Wilhelmina passed a quiet night. Her Majesty's condition is fairly satisfactory. May 7. ...

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  20. COMMANDANT PRINSLOO.

    Commandant Prinsloo, who formerly was Governor of Bloemfontein, and who surrendered to Earl de la Warr, remaining on a farm on parole, was recently captured by Boers. He ...

    Article : 39 words
  21. PUBLIC SERVICE ACT.

    The Public Service Act received the Royal assent last friday, but comes into operation only upon the issue of the proclamation. Before issuing the proclamation, Sir William Lyne will confer with the ...

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  22. DISTURBANCES IN WARSAW.

    Twelve thousand Poles made a, demonstration in Warsaw. The cavalry and the police charged the crowd. Several people were killed and 100 others were wounded. ...

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  23. BATTALION OFFICERS.

    The appointment of Lieutenant H. B. L. Gipps and Lieutenant J. N. Shaw, of the Royal Australian Artillery, stationed at Queenscliff, to commissions in the sixth battalion of the Australian Commonwealth ...

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  24. THE OFFICIAL LANGUAGE.

    The Pretoria correspondent of the "Times " states that English will be the official language of the Transvaal and of the Orange River Colony, though Dutch will be tolerated. ...

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  25. BRITISH SHIPPING INTERESTS.

    It is reported that the Navigation Syndicate is offering an additional £1,000,000 for more first-class Liverpool steamers. Mr. A. J. Balfour, First Lord of the ...

    Article : 138 words
  26. YORKSHIRE V. MARYLEBONE.

    The match M.C.C. and Ground v. Yorkshire was commenced at Lords yesterday. Yorkshire disposed of Marylebone for 27 runs. Rhodes took six wickets for 15 runs. ...

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  27. GENERAL NEWS.

    The War Office has accepted tenders from New South Wales for 500 tons of flour and 75,0001b. of corned beef and mutton. May 7. ...

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  28. THE NEXT MATCH.

    The second engagement of the Australians, which will commence to-day, is with Notts County Eleven, at Nottingham. Ever since the 1878 eleven opened in England the fixture with this county has been ...

    Article : 695 words
  29. AUSTRALASIAN CASUALTIES.

    Private Robert Hanslow, of the Ninth New Zealand Contingent, has died of dysentery at Newcastle. Quartermaster-sergeant Donald Morton ...

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  30. THE WOOL SALES.

    The third series of this year's wool sales opened to-day. The market was strong, though irregular. Prices showed an advance of from 5 to 10 per cent, on the closing rates ...

    Article : 118 words
  31. CONCENTRATION OF ORES.

    Mr. Thomas Edison asserts that his magnetic process of concentration of ores has place at Great Britain's disposal Norwegian deposits sufficient for a century's work at the ...

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  32. MINERS' DIFFICULTY AT THE VALE OF CLWYDD.

    The Vale of Clwydd miners have for a considerable time been working nine hours per shift from bank to bank. Recently they determined to work only the same number of hours as the other miners ...

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  33. LIEUTENANT PICTON'S MEDAL.

    The award of a medal to Lieutenant Picton, of the late Bush veldt Carabineers, cashiered from the service on account of his connection with the murder of Boer prisoners, ...

    Article : 52 words
  34. PILGRIMS' TRAIN DERAILED.

    A train carrying Belgian pilgrims to Lourdes in France was derailed near Amiens. Nine people were killed and 11 others were injured. ...

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  35. AUSTRALIANS' SECOND INNINGS.

    Duff and Trumper opened the second innings of the Australians. Each had scored 1 when Duff was bowled by Llewellyn. 1-1-2. Hill followed. Trumper brought his score to ...

    Article : 254 words
  36. A HEAVY FALL OF STONE.

    This morning an accident happened to a man named Edward M'Kenzie, who was working a steam drill near the foot of the cliff at the Kiama Road Metal Company's Quarry, Pikes' Hill. A block of ...

    Article : 175 words
  37. THE BUSHVELDT CARBINEERS.

    Our London correspondent, writing on April 4, says:—" The execution of the two Australian officers of the Bushveldt Carbineers has caused the greatest possible sensation here, and has provided ...

    Article : 333 words
  38. OBITUARY.

    The death is announced of Rear-Admiral William Thomas Sampson, of the United States Navy, aged 62 years. [Rear-Admiral Sampson graduated at the United ...

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  39. MINISTERS AT GRAFTON.

    The Premier and party trsvelled up the Clarence River to-day in a small launch for about a dozen miles above Grafton. On the way note was taken of the state of the country, and evidences of the ...

    Article : 258 words
  40. DEAN COWPER.

    The Moderator of the General Presbyterian Assembly (the Rev. John Walker) announced to the assembly yesterday that he had received word of the very low condition of a great and good Christian worker, ...

    Article : 127 words
  41. ARCHBISHOP CORRIGAN.

    The death is Announced of Archbishop Corrigan, aged 62 years. The Rev. Michael Augustine Corrigan, D.D., was born at Newark, Now Jersey, on August 13, ...

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  42. AUSTRALIAN NATIVES' ASSOCIATION.

    The above branch met in the School of Arts, Homebush, on Monday evening. The vice-president (Bro. J. Patterson) was in the chair. The resignation of the president and vice-president was accepted, ...

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  43. DEATH OF MR. LE SŒUF.

    The death is announced of Mr. A. A. Le Sœuf, director of the Zoological Society's Gardens. Deceased was born in England, and was educated in Germany. He arrived in Australia in 1840. He ...

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  44. OLD-AGE PENSIONERS AND THE HOSPITALS.

    At the ordinary monthly meeting of the Wagga Hospital committee last night a communication was read from the Hay Hospital upon the subject of the Old-age Pensions Act as regarded its effect upon ...

    Article : 225 words
  45. BRET HARTE,

    The death is announced of Mr. Francis Bret Harte, the American author, aged 62 years. [Francis Bret Harte was born at Albany (U.S.A.) ...

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  46. THE OVERDUE STEAMER BOVERIC.

    The anxiety concerning the Bovoric is increasing, She is now 17 days overdue on the trip from Melbourne to Durban, having sailed from here on March 2. The Howard Smith Company have cabled to ...

    Article : 103 words
  47. WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

    Mr. Kingsmill, Minister for Railways, left yesterday for the eastern States. He will attend the Premiers' Conference. Good rain has fallen at several districts. The ...

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  48. WEDNESDAY'S PLAY.

    The match between the Australians and the London County Team was continued to-day. The weather is cold and raining. The Australians are feeling the exceptional cold ...

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  49. THE LATE MR. J. TANNER.

    On Monday last Mr. James Tanner died at his residence, Springwood, Blue Mountains. The deceased, who was a native of London, came to Sydney at an early age, and for many years was ...

    Article : 99 words
  50. NEW ZEALAND.

    Among the passengers from Fiji by the Taviuni in Sir Henry Berkeley, Chief Justice, who has been appointed Attorney-General at Hongkong. ...

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  51. LATE SHIPPING.

    PORT ADELAIDE.—Arrivals May 7, Corio s., from Newcast;e: Battin Island, barque, from Port Elizabeth; Port Dennison s., from London; Amazon, s., from Newcastle: Dapartures: May 7, Anglian, s., for Fremantle; ...

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