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  2. INTERNATIONAL CRICKET.

    The second test match entered upon its third stage to-day. When play closed yesterday the game stood —England, 61, Australia, 112, and nine wickets for 300. The home team's second innings closed for 353 ...

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  3. SECOND EDITION.

    The "Daily Express" advocates that concessions should be made to France in West Africa, or that full recognition of French rule in the New Hebrides should be given in ...

    Article : 58 words
  4. THE FEDERAL CONTINGENT.

    The Federal Contingent will not go to South Africa as a complete brigade, and a brigade staff will not be required. This Mr. Barton learned by cable yesterday. He was further informed by Mr. ...

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  5. THE WAR IN SOUTH AFRICA.

    Heavy cannonading has been heard southwards of the Frankfort-Tafelkop line of block-houses. Commandant de Wet had previously been reported at Leeuwkop. ...

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  6. CHINA.

    M. Blowitz, the Pans correspondent of the "Times," has published in that journal documents which he has received from Dr. Ular, a prominent student of Chinese affairs. ...

    Article : 241 words
  7. SPECIAL CABLES.

    The Bengal Chamber of Commerce has appealed to Lord Curzon of Kedleston, the Viceroy of India, in protest against "the interference of Australia with Asiatic labour ...

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  8. OUR VACANT GOVERNORSHIP.

    Our cables report that there is some difficulty about supplying a suitable candidate for the position of State Governor of New South Wales. It is stated that the trouble ...

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  9. THE NAVY.

    The Clyde Shipbuilding Works have been invited to tender for two British battleships of 10,500 tons each, which will be most powerfully armed, for five first-class cruisers, and ...

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  10. THE SWAZI RAID.

    The Boers who raided Inkanini, the residence of the Swazi Queen, withdrew when a strong impi (war force) appeared. ...

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  11. FURTHER LISTS TO BE ISSUED.

    Further lists will be issued later on. The above list conta[?]ns the names of the men who appeared to be most eligible. The roll of returned soldiers who have applied is by no means exhausted. Many of ...

    Article : 168 words
  12. THE JOHANNESBURG DISTRICT.

    Land seven miles from Johannesburg is selling at £50 an acre. ...

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  13. AMERICAN REPRESENTATIVE AT THE CORONATION.

    Mr. Grover Cleveland, an ex-President, will probably represent the United States at the Coronation of King Edward ...

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  14. SOLIDITY OF THE EMPIRE.

    M. Max Nordau, the leading litterateur, in an article in the "Neue Frei Presse" (Vienna), says that the tremendous exertions in the Transvaal have strengthened Great Britain in ...

    Article : 85 words
  15. DR. JOSEPH PARKER'S MESSAGE.

    At the service in his church on Thursday Dr. Joseph Parker, the Congregational divine, sent New Year's messages to the King, to President Roosevelt, to the ...

    Article : 71 words
  16. LISTS OF OFFICERS.

    A preliminary selection has been made of 25 candidates for commissions. They will be warned by post to attend for medical examination, and those who pass will be posted for probationary work at ...

    Article : 44 words
  17. NEW YEAR'S RECEPTION AT WASHINGTON.

    At the New Year's Day reception at Washington President Roosevelt shook hands with 80,000 people. ...

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  18. THE MELBOURNE PORTION.

    The work of enrolling the volunteers for service with the Federal Contingent is proceeding slowly but steadily. Twenty-four men were accepted to-day, and of these all except four had seen service in South ...

    Article : 79 words
  19. THE QUEEN'S HEALTH.

    It is uncertain whether Queen Alexandra will be well enough to participate in the caremony at the opening of the Imperial Parliament. ...

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  20. ANTI-FOREIGN INFLUENCES AT THE COURT.

    Although a decree has been issued ordering the punishment of those implicated in the murder of a missionary and native Christians at Ninghsia, in Kansu, the anti-foreign ...

    Article : 139 words
  21. AUSTRALASIAN CASUALTIES.

    Sorgeant C. Mercer, of the 6th South Australian Bushmen, has died at Kroonstad of enteric fever. Private R. Kimpton, of the Second New ...

    Article : 78 words
  22. THE GERMAN EMPEROR'S NEW YACHT.

    The German Emperor has invited President Roosevelt's daughter to christen his Majesty's new yacht, which is being built in America. ...

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  23. THE PRINCE OF WALES.

    Portsmouth newspapers announce that preparations are being made for the visit of the Prince of Wales to India in November next, in order to attend the proclamation of the ...

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  24. OVER 400 APPLICATIONS AT ADELAIDE.

    Over 400 applications for rank and file and 43 for commissions have been received for the Contingent in this State. About 150 men paraded tins morning, and were addressed by the Acting Commandant. ...

    Article : 48 words
  25. SILVER.

    Bar silver is quoted to-day ¼d higher at 2s 2[?]d per ounce standard. ...

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  26. PREPARATIONS IN QUEENSLAND.

    The first batch of 28 men were sent to Lytton camp to-day. Major Deacon has not yet applied for the command, but if he does it is thought he will obtain it. He was second in command of the Fourth ...

    Article : 126 words
  27. GENERAL NEWS.

    Nursing Sister Shappere, who was at Ladysmith throughout the siege, roturns to Melbourne by the R.M.S. Ophir. Jan. 3. ...

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  28. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    Mr. Pierpont Morgan has paid 500,000DOL. (£100,000) for Raphael's "Madonna" and "St Anthony of Padua." ...

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  29. THE LIBERAL PARTY.

    Mr. John Redmond, M.P., in an address at Sligo, advised Lord Rosebery to lead the ragged regiment of Liberal Imperialists into the Unionist camp, leaving the Radicals ...

    Article : 88 words
  30. THE VATICAN.

    The "Tablet" says that the Pope has appointed a Pontifical Commission to consider all questions and difficulties submitted by Roman Catholic scholars in connection with Biblical ...

    Article : 49 words
  31. THE PLAY.

    The two new men, Duff 71, and Armstrong 25, the not-outs, continued their innings to the bowling of Blythe and Barnes. The total was nine wickets for 300. Armstrong got ...

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  32. THE FIRST SELECTION.

    The following men have been selected for examination by medical officers. They have been notified to present themselves at the camp, Agricultural Grounds, on Monday. Each man must produce his ...

    Article : 630 words
  33. QUEENSLAND.

    A cable has been received from Mr. Chamberlain, stating that Lieutenant-General Chermside will leave London for Queensland on January 81 by the Ortona. ...

    Article : 116 words
  34. NEW SOUTH WALES TROOPERS.

    The following is a copy of a telegraphic despatch received by his Excellency the Lieutenant-Governor from the Chief Casualty Officer, Capetown, and forwarded to the State Premier:— ...

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  35. NORTHERN TERRITORY.

    The steamer Changsha, from southern ports, arrived yesterday with Mr. Ramsay, a passenger, and sailed this morning for Hongkong, taking from hero one Japanese, six Chinese, 27 cases pearlshell, ...

    Article : 42 words
  36. NEWFOUNDLAND FISHERIES.

    The "Daily Express" says that high officials in Newfoundland have no information that Great Britain is engaged in negotiations with France regarding the French shore ...

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  37. VENEZUELA.

    General Castro, the President of Venezuela, declares that the revolution against his authority has been crushed. Later. ...

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  38. THE PORT MELBOURNE TRAGEDY.

    The City Coroner resumed the inquest to-day concerning the death of Mrs. Jessie Chamberlain and her four children, whose bodies were recently recovered from the bay at Port Melbourne. ...

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  39. COMMONWEALTH NOTES.

    The Postmaster-General considers that the task of rectifying the anomalous system of allowances which obtains in the Postal Department is one that awaits the Federal Public Service Commissioner, ...

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  40. WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

    Nominations in connection with the Ministerial elections were received to-day. In West Perth Mr. Leake (Premier) is being opposed by Mr. Joseph Angus Thomson, who declares that he has been ...

    Article : 101 words
  41. DISEASES OF SHEEP.

    Mr. R. W. Hanbury, the President of the Board of Agriculture, has appointed a departmental committee of inquiry into the diseases of sheep known as louping ill and blaxy. ...

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  42. THE PERSIAN GULF.

    The cruisers Perseus and Fox, from Bombay, have started for "Koweyt, near the head of the Persian Gulf. They are carrying six small guns for the Sheik Marabonkh. ...

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  43. RETURNING TROOPS.

    The steamer Fortunatus arrived at Port Melbourne to-day from London, via Capetown, and brought six Australian officers and 111 non-commissioned officers and men, who had either completed their terms of ...

    Article : 223 words
  44. NEW ZEALAND.

    The Earl of Erne, Imperial Grand Master of the Orange Society, has promised to visit the colonies in the near future. ...

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  45. GERMANISATION OF POLES.

    The international meeting of socialists now being held at Brussels has condemned the hypocrisy of the Prussians for the barbarous methods they are pursuing for Germanisation ...

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  46. THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL.

    The Governor-General, accompanied by Sir Arthur Lawley, and Sir John Forrest, left Perth last night for a tour of the south-west districts. The party will visit the Bunbury and Collie coalfields, ...

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  47. THE WESTERN LANDS BOARD.

    A meeting of the State Cabinet, which lasted from 2 p.m. to 7 p.m., was held yesterday. The most important matter under consideration was the appointment of the Western Lands Board. ...

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  48. REVENUE RETURNS FOR DECEMBER.

    Mr. Barton received from the Federal Treasurer yesterday a brief telegraphic summary of the returns from Customs and excise during the month of December. The total amount collected was £672,133, ...

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  49. CONSUMPTIVES' SANATORIUM.

    The King has devoted £200,000, which has been[?]given to him anonymously, to the founding of a sanatorium for tuberculosis patients. It is proposed that the sanatorium shall be ...

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  50. A SOUTH AUSTRALIAN TRAGEDY.

    The tragedy at Towitta, in the Angaston district, is one of the cruellest and most mysterious in the criminal annals of South Australia. The police are handicapped by the distance of ...

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  51. THE TWEEFONTEIN DISASTER.

    Sir,—The volunteers for the South African contingent might learn a moral from the late Tweefontein disaster, and take a few sharp watchdogs for service with outlying picquets. ...

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  52. A MYSTERIOUS SHOOTING CASE.

    A man named Matthew Adams, residing at the northern end of Mount Morgan township, is alleged to have shot his daughter twice this afternoon. The police arrested the man. ...

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  53. THE MARQUIS ITO.

    Marquis Ito, ex-Premier of Japan, will visit the homes of Lord Salisbury and Lord Lansdowne. ...

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  54. DETAILS IN GENERAL ORDERS.

    A general order—the first of 1902—was issued last night, and contains details of the arrangement for the enrolment and concentration of the contingent. Much of the information has already been published. It is ...

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  55. THE LATE CAPTAIN LEE.

    Theie was a Large attendance yesterday afternoon at St. Thomas' Cemetery, North Sydney, on the occasion of the funeral of the late Captain John James Lee, whose death took place the previous day. ...

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  56. THE EDUCATION SYSTEM.

    The Moderates of the London School Board have appealed to the Duke of Devonshire (Lord President of the Council) for further help for voluntary schools with Imperial or ...

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  57. THE ENGLISHMEN'S SECOND INNINGS.

    MacLaren took in Hayward with him. The number of runs required to score a win being 404. The wicket was playing excellently. The bowling was entrusted to Jones and Noble, the ...

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  58. THE LATE REV. J. H. ARCHIBALD.

    Ihe funeral of the late Rev. John Howard Archibald took place yesterday, the cortege leaving Warrane. Burlington-street, North Sydney, about 10 a.m. for the Gore Hill Cemetery, in the Presbyterian ...

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  59. DEATH OF MR. CALEB HARDY, B.A.

    It will be learned with deep regret by a large circle of friends that Mr. Caleb Hardy, B.A., assistant libra[?]n at the Sydney University, died at Valley Heights, on the Blue Mountains, on ...

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  60. CASUALTIES.

    Charles Emmet, 34, who resides at Harris-street, and is employed as a point clencer at Darling Harbour, met with an accident yesterday morning. He was standing on the step of a brake van which ...

    Article : 125 words
  61. WELSH QUARRYMEN'S STRIKE.

    Troops have been sent to Bethesda (Wales), where the Penrhyn strikers have wreeked several houses. The strike at the Penhryn slate quarries has now ...

    Article : 61 words
  62. TO-DAY.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 222 words
  63. TRAMWAY EXTENSION.

    The State Minister for Works has had placed at his disposal by Parliament no less a sum than £90,000 for tramway extension. It is not so large a sum as ...

    Article : 174 words
  64. FALL FROM A HORSE.

    Ernest Barnes, a son of Mr. Thomas Barnes, of Orange Grove, Penshurst, was riding a horse on Thursday evening when he was thrown to the ground. He was picked up in an unconse[?] ...

    Article : 64 words
  65. OBITUARY.

    The death is announced of Lady Augustus Loftus, wife of Lord Augustus Loftus, who was Governor of New South Wales, 1879-85. [Lady Augustus Loftus was the second daughter ...

    Article : 52 words
  66. DEATH BY HANGING.

    At about 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon Edward William Reynolds, aged 65, was found hanging by the neck to a price of calico attached to a beam in a bedroom at his home in Bay-street. Life was ...

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  67. A SEVERED ARTERY.

    Whilst using an adze yesterday a shipwright named Joseph Swan, aged 65, made miss-hit, and severed an artery in his left leg. He was subsequently admitted by Dr. Gordon Davidson to the ...

    Article : 61 words
  68. PROFESSOR MORRIS.

    The death is announced of Professor Morris, of Melbourne, in his 59th year. De[?]h was due to pneumonia. [The death of Professor Morr[?] was announced by ...

    Article : 35 words
  69. HUDSON'S EUMENTHOL JUJUBES.

    For the Mouth, Throat, and Lungs. Suitable for old and young.—Advt. ...

    Article : 23 words
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