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  2. INTERNATIONAL CRICKET.

    The fourth test match entered upon its third day yesterday. The weather was delightfully fine, the attendance was 18,000—a record for a Monday, and the interest in the play was sustained from ...

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  3. SECOND EDITION.

    A public meeting of citizens, convened by the Mayor of Melbourne, was held at the Town Hall this evening for the purpose of expressing appreciation of the policy had down by the Imperial Government in ...

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  4. THE WAR IN SOUTH AFRICA.

    Lord Kitchener reports that a battalion of the Malta Mounted Infantry, while reconnoitring at Zuikerboschrand on the 12th instant, engaged a considerable force of Boers ...

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  5. 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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  6. SPECIAL CABLES.

    The Russian newspapers calmly accept the treaty between Great Britain and Japan, and profess that it is identical with the fundamental principles of Russ a's policy. ...

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  7. COMMONWEALTH NOTES.

    Mr. Barton had something to say to-day with reference, to the cabled news that the question of the Australian squadron is to be discussed at the conference which he and Mr. Seddon will be invited to ...

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  8. THE FEDERAL CONTINGENTS.

    The first battalion of the Federal Contingent embarks today on board the transport Custodian, berthed at the eastern side of Woolloomooloo Bay, and lying astern of the G.M.S. Bremen. There will ...

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  9. VIEWS OF MR. SEE.

    The State Premier informed a representative of the "Herald" yesterday that owing to his absence in the country he had not been able to follow matters in connection with the Japanese treaty as closely as ...

    Article : 258 words
  10. LITERATURE FOR INVALID SOLDIERS.

    Recently Mrs. M. B. Cole made an appeal, through these columns, for books and general literature for the entertainment of soldiers who were in hospital in South Africa. ...

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  11. "DAILY NEWS" INCENSED.

    The "Daily News," the organ of the "Little Englanders," is incensed at Lord Rosebery demanding a new Liberal party, and at his statement that that party must abandon ...

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  12. DENOUNCED BY THE "FREEMAN'S JOURNAL."

    The "Freeman's Journal" of Dublin, denounces what it terms the "naked shamelessness of Lord Rosebery's apostasy." [Lord Rosebery in his speech at Liverpool on ...

    Article : 78 words
  13. THE SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR.

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

    Article : 152 words
  14. PRINCE HENRY AND ADMIRAL DEWEY.

    Prince Henry of Prussia denies that he wrote to Admiral Dewey in reference to German action at Manila. Prince Henry states that he remarked to Mr. A. D. White, the ...

    Article : 62 words
  15. A DEED OF VALOUR.

    Trooper W. Doak, 3rd New South Wales M.R., writing from Frankfort on January 3, says that Trooper T. Mullaly had been recommended for the D.S.M. He was with a party of five or six who ...

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  16. 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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  17. STRIKE AT TRIESTE.

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

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  18. TASMANIA.

    The Hon. F. W. Piesse, M.P., although not out of danger, is improving slightly. Dr. Philip Jones, of Sydney, has had a consultation with the local doctors attending the patient, and is hopeful that recovery ...

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  19. PYRMONT POLITICAL LABOUR LEAGUE.

    A meeting of the Pyrmont Political Labour League was held at Elder's Hall, Union-street, on Wednesday last, when a large number of new members were enrolled. The president (Mr. Allan M'Dougall), who ...

    Article : 164 words
  20. ENCOUNTER WITH SUPERIOR FORCE OF BOERS.

    A party of the South African Constabulary on the 10th instant encountered a superior force of the enemy at Vantondersback. The British repulsed the Boer attack with loss. ...

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  21. THE FEDERAL DIVORCE BILL.

    The Federal Divorce Bill, introduced into the Senate of the Commonwealth recently by Senator Dobson, contains provisions relating to obtaining divorce. A petition against the bill signed by the ...

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  22. CAPTURES OF BOERS.

    Brigadier-General Spens, operating in the south-eastern Transvaal, has captured 30 of the enemy. ...

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  23. THE RIVERINA DRAFT.

    A largo number of recruits for Major Carrington's Contingent left this afternoon by tram for Sydney, where they go into camp. ...

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  24. A LAAGER SURPRISED.

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

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  25. GREAT EARTHQUAKES IN RUSSIA.

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

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  26. LIEUTENANT MAYGAR, V.C.

    Colonel Price, commanding officer of the Victorian Mounted Rifles, has issued the following regimental order:—"The commanding officer congratulates the regiment on the honour it has gained in having ...

    Article : 73 words
  27. NEW ZEALAND.

    The Agent-General cables that the lamb market is weak. Australian lamb is in large supply; stocks of New Zealand beef me light. The butter market is very firm. ...

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  28. THE BRITISH FORCES.

    The Army Estimates provide for the maintenance of the full strength or the Army in South Africa until November next. ...

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  29. THE INTER-STATE MEDICAL CONGRESS.

    The sixth session of the Inter-State Medical Congress of Australasia opened in the Town Hall to-day with a business meeting. Nearly 200 members subscribed the roll. Dr. John Thompson, of ...

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  30. THE THIRD BATTALION.

    In consequence of a number of transfers from this battalion to the first yesterday, the following men, who have passed the necessary tests and have been waiting to slip into vacancies, were enrolled ...

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  31. BANISHMENT OF LEADERS.

    Five commandants, two members of the Volksraad, and 18 other leaders of the Boers have been banished from South Africa. ...

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  32. THE SUGAR BOUNTIES.

    The Vienna correspondent of the "Times" says that Germany is favourable to the abolition of bounties on sugar, but that Austria inclines to coming to an understanding on the ...

    Article : 149 words
  33. ATTEMPT TO FOSTER INTERVENTION.

    Mr. Wessels and Mr. Wolmarans, two of the Boer delegates in Europe, have suddenly sailed for America with the hope of fostering foreign intervention. ...

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  34. FATAL ATTEMPT TO ESCAPE.

    A sentry at St. Helena shot dead a Boer prisoner who was attempting to escape. ...

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  35. QUEENSLAND CONTINGENT.

    There are now 111 men in camp at Lytton and 16 are arriving from Townsville. This will be more than the number required, so that a selection can be made. Instructions have consequently been ...

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  36. FURTHER REFUTATIONS OF CALUMNIES.

    At a meeting of many Irishmen at Kimberley resolutions protesting against slanders on the army were passed. A meeting of 70 Danes at Capetown passed similar resolutions. ...

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  37. THE CAPTURED MISSIONARY.

    The State Department at Washington announces that the ransoms of Miss Stone, the American missionary, and her friend, Madame Tsilka, who were captured last year by ...

    Article : 71 words
  38. SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    The transport Manchester Merchant, which left Hobart on Sunday morning, is timed to arrive at Port Adelaide at noon on Wednesday, and the Seventh Contingent from this State will embark on ...

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  39. NEW SOUTH WALES CASUALTY.

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

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  40. THE CURE OF INEBRIATES.

    At a meeting of the Inebriates Cure Committee to-day the chairman (the Rev. Dr. Bevan) read a long letter from Dr. Creed, M.L.C., of Sydney, strongly recommending the treatment set out in his ...

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  41. RETURNED SOLDIERS.

    The troopship Sophocles, with returning New South Wales and Queensland soldiers on board, arrived from South Africa about noon yesterday. The men were met on arrival at the wharf by Mr. T. Godbolt, ...

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  42. THE CORONATION.

    The Premier of Victoria, Mr. Peacock, has res ceived through the State Governor a despatch inviting him to take part in the coronation ceremonies in June next. The despatch sets forth that it is the ...

    Article : 176 words
  43. 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 concealing ...

    Article : 74 words
  44. LATE SHIPPING.

    St. George, s., 4149 tons, from Townsville. Jedergrove, barque, 1271 tons. Cumberland, ship, 1740 tons, from London. Allinga, s., 2241 tons, from Cairns. ...

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  45. CONCORD SEWERAGE.

    Alderman W. Archer, M.L.A., has been notified by the Works Department that portion of Concord is included in the sewerage scheme to serve the western suburbs. The survey has been completed, and ...

    Article : 65 words
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