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  2. INTERNATIONAL CRICKET.

    The great test match—the fourth of the present series—was resumed at the Sydney Cricket Ground on Saturday. The attendance, notwithstanding that rain threatened, reached the record number of 40,[?]00. ...

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  3. THE WAR IN SOUTH AFRICA.

    The recent drive demoralised the Boers, who hid in the grass, the dongas, and the beds of rivers. Many shot their horses. The country is being systematically searched by the ...

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  4. THE SEARCH FOR A CAPITAL.

    Leaving Goulbarn by special train on friday night, the members of the Senate who are inspecting the proposal federal capital sites arrived at Orange at 10 o'clock on Saturday morning. The railway ...

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  5. THE NAVY ESTIMATES.

    The statement of the First Lord of the Admiralty explanatory of the Navy Estimates for 1902-3, with the Estimates, was laid upon the table of the House of Commons last ...

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  6. SECOND EDITION.

    Colonel Kekewich's mounted infantry surprised a laager at Koffyfontein, and captured 10 Boers, including Lieutenant Barnard, in command of Commandant Kemp's body. ...

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  7. COMMONWEALTH NOTES.

    On learning of conclusion of the Anglo-Japaness treaty, Mr. Barton sent the following telegram to Mr. H. Eitaki, Acting Consul-General for Japan:—"I have to express my sincere ...

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  8. SPECIAL CABLES.

    The Earl of Rosebery addressed an enthusiastic meeting of 4000 people at Liverpool last night. Lord Rosebery said that he regretted the ...

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  9. NEW SOUTH WALES CASUALTY.

    Private Hector Black, of the 3rd New South Wales Bushmen, died of enteric fever at Pretoria. ...

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  10. THE SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR.

    In the House of Commons on Friday Viscount Cranborne, the Parliamentary Under-Secretury for Foreign Affairs, said that in regard to the question of European ...

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  11. BOER FIELD FORCE.

    Boer prisoners estimate that there are 12,000 Boers in the field. They also state that Commandant de Wet has some Krupp guns hidden. ...

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  12. CALUMNIES ON BRITISH TROOPS.

    Eighty of the leading German residents of Capetown have forwarded to Sir J. Gordon Sprigg, the Premier of the colony, a resolution condemning the calumnies which have ...

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  13. THE AUSTRALASIAN SQUADRON.

    The memorandum of the First Lord of the Admiralty states that the future composition of the Australasian Squadron will be discussed with the Australian and New Zealand ...

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  14. THE ANGLO-JAPANESE TREATY.

    Official circles in Russia profess to re-echo the opinion that the Anglo-Japanese treaty is consonant with Russia's declared programme for the integrity of China and the ...

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  15. TO THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD.

    Sir,—The Minister for Home Affairs has caused to be issued to the picnic senators a book of photographs of the proposed sites to be visited, as well as a small book with the following title:—" Summary of ...

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  16. LORD ROSEBERY'S CAMPAIGN.

    Lord Rosebery, speaking at Liverpool on Saturday, said he believed that a scandal graver even than that of the remounts would be unfolded in regard to the supply ...

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  17. MRS. DE WET.

    Mr. St. John Brodrick, the Secretary of State for War, stated in the House of Commons last night that Mrs. de Wet, the wife of Commandant de Wet, was in a ...

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  18. THE ARMY ESTIMATES.

    The Army Estimates were laid on the table of the House of Commons last night. The proposed expenditure is £69,310,000, providing for 219,700 officers and men in the ...

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  19. THE PLAY.

    M'Gahey (18) and Lilley (10), the not out men of the previous day, continued the Englishmen's innings, Trumble commencing the attack from the northern end, whilst Saunders was entrusted with the ...

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  20. AUSTRALASIAN CASUALTIES.

    Lance-Corporal Hadley, of the 5th Victorian Contingent, has died of enteric fever at Wokkerstroom. Private Albert Davidson, and Private ...

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  21. GREAT EARTHQUAKE IN RUSSIA.

    Earthquakes have destroyed Shemakha, a town in the Transcaucasia Government of Russia. Two hundred bodies have already been dug from the rains, and hundreds more ...

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  22. GERMANY AND THE UNITED STATES.

    The " New York Herald " says that Prince Henry of Prussia has written a friendly letter to Admiral Dewey. Prince Henry admits in the letter that the German naval officials, at ...

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  23. THE ARMY MEAT CONTRACT.

    Though the revision of the contract for the supply of meat to the army in South Africa is considered impracticable, the Agents-Goneral of the Australian States and New ...

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  24. AUSTRALIAN OFFICERS.

    Captain Collin, of the 5th Queensland Bushmen, and Lieutenant J. Nicholson, of the New South Wales Mounted Rifles, are convalescent, and have resumed duty. ...

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  25. STRIKE AT TRIESTE.

    There is a general strike among the work-people at Trieste, on the Adriatic. The mob on Saturday paraded the streets and smashed many windows. ...

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  26. NEW ZEALAND PRODUCE.

    The War Office is purchasing largely of New Zealand meadow hay for South Africa. ...

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  27. THE NEXT AUSTRALIAN ELEVEN FOR ENGLAND.

    "Observer," the cricket writer of the "Argus," writes that although the next Australian Eleven will not be finally chosen until the end of the month, in Melbourne matters are being so advanced that there ...

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  28. DEPARTURE OF PRINCE HENRY.

    Prince Henry of Prussia is a passenger by the Kronprinz Wilhelm, which has sailed from Bremerhaven for New York. [Prince Henry proceeds to New York in connection ...

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  29. TROOPS COMING HOME.

    The Defence Department has been advised as follows by the General of Communications at Capetown:—The following ships left Capetown for Australia on February 6: The Bungaree, which has on ...

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  30. WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY.

    Conditional upon Canada contributing to the cost of the erection of a station, Signor Marconi has reduced his rates for wireless telegraphy to 10 cents a word. ...

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  31. CANADIAN TRADE.

    The Earl of Minto (Governor-General of Canada) has announced that a direct line of steamers will be established between Canada and South Africa to assist Canadian ...

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  32. GERMANY.

    The Tariff Committee of the Reichstag has decided by a majority of 28 votes, despite the Government, that the new tariff for the Empire shall be enforced not later than ...

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  33. GERMAN DIRECTORS SENTENCED.

    Herr Hermann Sumpf, a director of the Trebertrocknung Company, Cassel, has been sentenced to seven months' imprisonment, and other directors to less terms, for concealings ...

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  34. FIRE AT THE GENERAL POST OFFICE.

    The General Post Office was the scene of a fire at an early hour on Saturday morning, and although the outbreak was extinguished before it assumed destructive proportions, it ...

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  35. A TRAIN ROBBERY.

    Three residents of Adelaide who were passengers by the night express from Paris to Marseilles were chloroformed and robbed by two men. The thieves escaped. ...

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  36. THE UNITED STATES.

    A shooting affray occurred in Kentucky. A sheriff, with a posse of 40 men tried to seize a saloon-keeper's property. A party of 22 mountaineers, sympathisers of the owner, ...

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  37. DINNER TO GENERAL HUTTON.

    General Sir Edward Hutton was the guest of the Commonwealth Government at dinner at Parliament House last night. Mr. Barton occupied the chair, and the company included the principal naval and ...

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  38. DERAILMENT NEAR MAROONA.

    An accident occurred on Friday night to the Portland mixed train, the engine of which ran off the rails whilst travellingg at full speed on top of a high embankment neal Maroona. Thanks, however, to ...

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  39. SUPPOSED CASE OF MURDER.

    A man named Robert Wilkes discovered the remains of a child in Taylor's Arm Mountain, on the Nambucca River. Senior-constable Reynolds proceeded to the spot and found the remains were those ...

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  40. AERIAL NAVIGATION.

    M. Santos Dumont, who has been making aerial navigation experiments at the Bay of Monaco, met with a mishap. In the fifth ascent, owing to the gas escaping from the ...

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  41. MINISTERS ON TOUR.

    Mr. Perry, Minister for Education, and Mr. Kidd, Minister for Agriculture, arrived at noon yesterday, and were entertained at a banquet. They were then interviewed in regard to public matters. In the ...

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  42. OBITUARY.

    The death is announced of Mr. Archibald John Scott Milman, C.B., late Clerk of the House of Commons. He died suddenly in his sleep. Mr. Milman had only resigned from ...

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  43. ARRIVAL OF THE TAGLIAFERRO.

    The disabled steamer Tagliaferro, Captain Winslade, in tow of the steamer Norkoowa, arrived in port last night, and anchored in Watson's Bay at 11 o'clock. The Norkoowa proceeded to Newcastle. ...

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  44. THE AGAPANTHUS DISABLED.

    The commander of the R.M.S. India, which arrived to-day, reported that when the steamer was about 600 miles from Cape Borda she passed the steamer Agapanthus bound for Adelaide. The ...

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  45. THE BARRIER.

    The Premier (Mr. John See) has communicated with the Mayor (Alderman Jackson) accepting the invitation of the council to visit Broken Hill next mouth. Mr. See says he has perused the programme ...

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  46. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    Miss Lilian Wheeler, the Australian actress, has been engaged for the role of Madge Lorrabee in the drama "Sherlock Holmes " at the Lyceum Theatre. She will be a ...

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  47. A SHIPPING MISHAP.

    The M'Ilwraith, M'Eacharn Company's steamer Tagliaferro, with a broken shaft and propeller, was towed into port early this morning by the Adelaide S.S. Company's steamer Ramazan. The M'Ilwraith, ...

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  48. LATE SHIPPING.

    MELBOURNE.—Arrivals: February 15, H.M. ships Royal Arthur, Wallaroo, Mildura, Phœbe, Karrakatta, from Portland. ...

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  49. TAKE IN HEALTH

    as you take in air—through the mouth ARNOTT'S MlLK ARROWROOTS will sust[?] and satisfy the most delicate organisms.—Advt. ...

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  50. DO YOUR BEST

    to give the children light, nourishing food, and plenty of it—it's cheap enough. Try ARNOTT'S MILK ARROWROOT BISCUITS.—Advt. ...

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