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  2. THE WAR IN SOUTH AFRICA.

    The larger of the Orange Free State commandoes, and especially Commandant Delarey's, are the most irreconcilable. ...

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  3. INTERNATIONAL CRICKET.

    The match between the Australian Eleven and Nottinghamshire was commenced to-day at Nottingham. Trumble, Carter, and Saunders were omitted ...

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  4. GREAT VOLCANIC ERUPTION.

    The eruption of Mount Pelee, Martinique, West Indies, has had disastrous consequences. The town of St. Pierre has been totally destroyed, with its inhabitants and all ...

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  5. LATE EDITION.

    In the match between the Australian Eleven and Notts, after Trumper was bowled Hill went to the wickets. He commenced scoring at once, but his life was short. After scoring ...

    Article : 363 words
  6. COMMONWEALTH NOTES.

    To-day the Federal Parliament entered upon the second year of its first session, and the Senato held its 119th sitting, with the heavy work of the tariff still to be disposed of ...

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  7. THE RIVAL ART SOCIETIES.

    Those who take an interest in the concerns of local art-study find it a matter of regret that two societies should be in a manner competing with each other in Sydney. ...

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  8. MR. POLDEVIN.

    It is stated that L. O. S. Poidevin, of New South Wales, intends qualifyingg for Gloucestershire. [L. O. S. Poidevin voyaged to England with the ...

    Article : 85 words
  9. CAPTURES OF BOERS.

    In addition to the captures reported yesterday, 13 more Boers were captured in the sweep in the north of the Orange River Colony. ...

    Article : 47 words
  10. NOTES ON THE MATCH.

    The bad weather has followed the Australians from London to Nottingham. Rain had evidently already fallen, for the wicket was slow, and it was threatening when the contest began. However, as ...

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  11. RAILWAY FATALITY.

    An armoured train was derailed at Pretoria. An officer and 10 soldiers were killed. ...

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  12. THE STATE PARLIAMENT.

    A good deal of headway is being made in connection with the improvements in the Legislative Assembly Chamber, and it is anticipated that everything will be in readiness for the opening of the session on ...

    Article : 540 words
  13. COMMANDANT BOWERS KILLED.

    Commandant Bowers was killed in the fighting at Ookiep. ...

    Article : 16 words
  14. AUSTRALIAN CASUALTIES.

    Private F. J. Jeffrey, of the Commonwealth Regiment, has died of pneumonia at Pine town Bridge. Private A. Mason, of the 3rd New South ...

    Article : 44 words
  15. THE COMMONWEALTH HORSE.

    Lieutenant-Colonel Macarthur Oaslow (the officer commanding the 5th Battalion) yesterday afternoon made his final inspection of the detachment of 25 men, under Lieutenant Bathgate, who will embark ...

    Article : 340 words
  16. SHIPPING CORPORATION.

    The provisional agreements between the Shipping Corporation and the various companies which it absorbs have been published. The corporation is under American laws ...

    Article : 454 words
  17. VOLCANIC ACTIVITY IN THE WEST INDIES.

    A St. Thomas cablegram states that thousands of people were killed at St. Pierre, Martinique, by the eruption of Mount Pelee. A stream of boiling mud, which has been ...

    Article : 114 words
  18. THE S.S. BOVERIC.

    No tidings have so far been received of thee where-abouts of the steamer Boveric, which is helplessly drifting in the wide expanse of the Indian Ocean. Information reached Sydney yesterday to the effect ...

    Article : 352 words
  19. A TROOPER ILL.

    The following is a copy of a telegraphic despatch received by the Lieutenant-Governor from the chief casualty officer, Capetown:—"Dangerously ill of dysentery, at Elandsfontein, on May 3, Australian ...

    Article : 102 words
  20. THE CORONATION.

    The King and Queen will reside at Aldershot for three days in June, and will witness the review of the troops there on June 16. ...

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  21. THE PHILIPPINES.

    Reuter's Agency states that Mr. E. Root the United States Secretary for War, considers that General Jacob Smith's methods at Samar and Batangas were most humane and ...

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  22. AN HISTORICAL ACCOUNT.

    The King has commissioned Mr. J. E. C. Bodley to write an historical record of the ceremony of Coronation in Westminster Abbey. ...

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  23. A NEW GUINEA MATTER.

    Mr. Deakin, acting as Federal Prime Minister, has received from the Administrator of British New Guinea, a copy of an ordinance which has just been issued, under which the exports of human skulls from ...

    Article : 64 words
  24. THE EDUCATION BILL.

    The County Councils' Association has approved the Education Bill, provided that a majority of the Educational Committee be county councillors. ...

    Article : 61 words
  25. SILVER.

    Bar silver is quoted to-day at is 11 9-16d per ounce standard. ...

    Article : 17 words
  26. QUEENSLAND.

    Some human remains were found near Townsville yesterday. From the bleached appearance of the skull bones death must have occurred two or three years ago. A medical examination proved that the ...

    Article : 45 words
  27. QUEENSLAND WEATHER BUREAU.

    The attention of the Federal Governmant has been directed to the contemplated closing of the Queensland Weather Bureau, and it is suggested that the Commonwealth should take over the work. Mr. ...

    Article : 50 words
  28. COLLISION IN THE HARBOUR.

    A collision occurred in the harbour shortly before midnight between the steamers Macleay, of the North Coast Steam Navigation Company's fleet, and the Sydney, belonging to the Newcastle and ...

    Article : 142 words
  29. RETURN OF SIR WILLIAM LYNE.

    Sir William Lyne Minister for Home Affairs, returned to Sydney yesterday, and when seen at his residence last night by a "Herald" representative, granted an interesting interview dealing with ...

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  30. FRIDAY'S PLAY.

    Duff and Trumper opened the innings of the Australians. The weather is cool and the wicket is faster than yesterday. The attendance is small. Duff has scored one run, ...

    Article : 254 words
  31. RUSSIA.

    The officials savagely suppressed the demonstration at Poltava. Artillery was used. Seventy six peasants were killed, and 200 were wounded. Three hundred were brutally ...

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  32. THE CONDEMNATION OF FRUIT.

    The matter of the condemnation in Sydney of certain oranges fioin the Maryborough district on account of the disease said to be "Melanose" is attracting a gread deal of attention from those directly ...

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  33. THE CREW AND STOCKMEN.

    There were 85 persons on board the Boveric when she left Melbourne on March 21, comprising 35 officers and crew and 50 stockmen in charge of horses. The chief officer and three of the crew have ...

    Article : 291 words
  34. ANGLOPHOBIA IN GERMANY.

    The Berlin merchants' guild blames the pre-Boer press for German firms losing the order for contracts in Great Britain and the colonies to amounts of hundreds of millions ...

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  35. CHINA.

    The Government has ordered that the British forces in China be reduced to 2000. The German garrisons in China have not been reduced. ...

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  36. IRELAND.

    The Duke of Connaught and Prince Henry of Prussia had an enthusiastic reception at Cork on their visit to the Exhibition. At a luncheon given in their honour the Lord ...

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  37. QUEEN WILHELMINA.

    Queen Wilhelmina is feverless, and her condition is satisfactory. ...

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  38. VICTORIA.

    An impression prevails in political circles that in his policy speech at Clunes to-morrow might the Premier (Mr. Peacock) will suggest a reduction of the members of the Legislative Assembly from 95 ...

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  39. FOUNDING OF A CANCER HOSPITAL.

    Mr. J. K. Caird, a merchant, will give to Dundee a cancer hospital which will cost £18,000. Attached to the hospital will be a laboratory of research, which will be endowed ...

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  40. TASMANIA.

    DR.J.T. Wilson, cattle superindent of the Launceston abattoirs, state that tuberculosis is common among the norther hers Yesterday the curcase of a three-year-old heifer was condemend the ...

    Article : 54 words
  41. SUPPRESSION OF TERRORISM.

    The peasantry of Roscommon are pleased at the action of Mr. G. Wyndham, the Chief Secretary for Ireland, in suppressing terrorism. A number of grazing farms have been let ...

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  42. AWAITING UNDERWRITERS' INSTRUCTIONS.

    No practical steps were taken to-day in the direction of despatching assistance to the disabled steamer Boveric. The delay is due to the fact that the Howard Smith Company, Limited, are awaiting ...

    Article : 277 words
  43. TRAGEDY IN BROOKLYN.

    Malcolm Ford, an athlete of Brooklyn, while ill, shot his brother Leicester, a novelist, dead. The crime was committed in a moment of aberration. Malcolm Ford subsequently ...

    Article : 39 words
  44. THE GROUNDING OF THE PAROO.

    When the Court of Marine Inquiry into the grounding of the Paroo a few weeks ago suspended Captain Medley's certificate of competency for six mouths, the President of the Court (Mr. Panton, P.M.) was ...

    Article : 355 words
  45. NEW ZEALAND.

    The Wellington, rateplayers have rejected by a large majority a proposal to borrow £230,000 for water supply purposes. The Northern Steamship Company, of Auckland. ...

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  46. THE UNITED STATES

    Senator Hoar has introduced a bill into the United States Senate authorising President Roosevelt to select the route of the Isthmian Canal. The cost of the construction is limited ...

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  47. THE WOOL SALES.

    At the wool sales to-day competition was brisk. Prices for all sorts were firm. May 9. At the wool sales yesterday the following ...

    Article : 58 words
  48. TO-DAY.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 166 words
  49. S. BARNES'S INJURY.

    S. Barnes bowled at Lord s Ground to-day, His knee, which was injured at Adelaide, gave way in the third over. May 9. Barnes went to see a specialist after his ...

    Article : 216 words
  50. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    Mr. Wolf Harris, of New Zealand, has purchased Sir Edward Poynter's Academy picture "Ihe Storm Nymphs." At the Old Bailey to-day the trials of ...

    Article : 121 words
  51. THE IMPERIAL CONFERENCE.

    Mr. Chamberlain, in reply to a question in the House of Commons last night, said that at the conference with the Premiers of the colonies it was not proposed to discuss the ...

    Article : 51 words
  52. A NEW STEAMSHIP COMPANY.

    The steamship company, Est Asiatique Francaise, has been formed in Paris, with a capital of £400,000. The capital has been partly subscribed in Sweden, Norway, and ...

    Article : 64 words
  53. MINISTERS IN THE NORTH.

    The Premier and party left Grafton this morning in the Kyogle for Sydney. A large number of residents took the opportunity of a run down the river in the new steamer. ...

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  54. HUDSON'S EUMENTHOL JUJUBES.

    The great Antiseptic for old and young. Ask for HUDSON'S. In Tins, 1s 6d. —Advt. ...

    Article : 20 words
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