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  2. NEWCASTLE HARBOUR COLLISION.

    The officers and crows of the Ditton, Port Crawford, and Peeblesshire must have spent an anxious time on Friday night awaiting daylight to reveal the extent of damage caused by the impact of the ...

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  3. THE LATE MR. CECIL RHODES.

    Particulars of the will of the late Mr. Cecil Rbodes have been published. The will is dated July 1, 1899, and cod[?]cils, which relate to family and German bequests, are dated ...

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  4. THE WAR IN SOUTH AFRICA.

    A heavy running, fight has taken place in the Western Transvaal between the British column under Major-General Waller Kitchener and 1500 Boers under Commandants ...

    Article : 334 words
  5. THE SHOOTING OF UNARMED BOERS.

    An official statement has been made of the circumstances leading to the exceution of Lieutenant Morant and Lieutenatn Handcock on a charge of shooting unarmed Bo[?]rs. ...

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  6. COMMONWEALTH NOTES.

    Before the Easter adjournament the Treasurer said he hoped to finish the tariff in the Hosue of Representatives by Friday last. A little experience induced Sir George Turner to amend his anticipation, and he ...

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  7. SECOND EDITION.

    The International Association football match between England and Scotland at Ibrox Park, Glasgow, on Saturday, was the scene of a terrible disaster. ...

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  8. "TIMES" WANTS MORE INFORMATION.

    The "Times" demands information about the officers and their crimes. The details supplied by the War Office are meagre, the journal states, and the country has a right to ...

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  9. ADMIRAL MORANT'S DENIAL.

    Admiral Morant denies that Lieutenant Morant was his son or was related to him. ...

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  10. AN OFFICIAL COMMUNICATION.

    Mr. Burton, Federal Premier, recently asked Lord Kitchener, through the Governor-General of Australia, for information concerning the causes which led up to the execution of Lieutenant Morant ...

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  11. MR. RHODES'S WILL.

    Mr. Rhodes's will entailed his Newmarket estate on his brothers, on the stringent condition that no one should inherit it without ten years' occupation. ...

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  12. THE EDUCATION BEQUESTS.

    The details of the education bequests are:— Oriel College, Oxford, £100,000, including £40,000 for the extension of the college buildings. The reaminder is to be devoted to the ...

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  13. THE WAR IN SOUTH AFRICA.

    The following New South Wales casualties are reported:—Private W. M'Ken, Third New South Wales Bushmen, attached to Hesler's Scouts, killed; Sergeant-major P. J. ...

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  14. EXTRACT FROM SOUTH AFRICAN ARMY ORDERS.

    The Federal Commandant, Major-General Hutton, has received the following offcial report of the trial and the conviction of Lieutenants Morant, Handcock, Witton, and Picton, of the Bushveldt ...

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  15. THE MURDER OF UNARMED BOERS.

    An Aberdeen soldier, writing from Pretoria on February 27, said that Lieutenants Morant and Handcock were convicted on a number of charges of murder, including the shooting ...

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  16. OMINOUS PREPARATIONS IN NATAL.

    Lines of blockhouses now extend around Ladysmith, in northern Natal. Traffic north of the Tugela River has been suspended, and the town guards of Ladysmith, Dundee, and ...

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  17. RETURNING TROOPS.

    The transport Custodian has Railed from Durban, Natal, for Albany. She has on board 23 officers aud 400 men of the Fifth Victorian Contingent, Major Carroll, of the ...

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  18. A CORONATION ARCH.

    Mr. Copeland, the Agent-General of New South Willes, has cabled to Mr. Se[?], asking whether New South Wales intends to erect in London a Coronation Arch illustrative of the ...

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  19. MAJOR, LENEHAN DECLINES TO SPEAK.

    Major R. W. Lenehan, the late officer commanding the Bushveldt Carbineers, was made acquainted with the contents of the cable news published above by a "Herald" reporter yesterday evening, and ...

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  20. THE TROUBLE ON THE MANHATTAN.

    "I have no desire to say anything further about the unfortunate incident on the Ma[?]hattan at Sydney," said the Federal Commandant, Major-General Hutton, when interviewed this evening. ...

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  21. FIRE ON A COLLIER.

    About half-past 1 o'clock this morning a fire broke out on the collier Illaroo, lying at Parbury's Wharf, Miller's Point. The steward, H. Burwick, who was sleeping in the after cabin, was awakened ...

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  22. LIEUTENANT PICTON'S STATEMENT.

    Lieutenant Picton, who was a passenger by the Canada from South Africa, was interviewed by a representative of the "Daily Mail." ...

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  23. SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    The Treasurer states that the tax on oversea salt will prove a great benefit to South Australia, its the salt industry of this State is growing in extent and importance, and local manufacturers are sending ...

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  24. THE UNITED STATES.

    A disastrous fire, extending to three blocks, occurred at Atlantic City. Twelve hotels were burnt. The damage is estimated at 1,000,000 dollars (£200,000). ...

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  25. MR. BARTON IN SYDNEY.

    Mr. Barton reached Sydney on Saturday, and will return to Melbourne by to-night's express. Speaking yesterday he siad there was no truth in a statement which had been made that he intended calling ...

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  26. THE MILITARY PROCEEDINGS.

    A gentleman who recently arrived from South Africa, and who was in Pietersburg when the accused officers of the Bushveldt Carbineers were arrested and during a large portion of the sittings of the ...

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  27. THE WATER CONSERVATION CONFERENCE.

    The State Attorney-General, Mr. J. H. Gordon, who has been attending the Corowa conference, returned to Adelaide this morning. He stated that he had never gone to a coaference on behalf of South ...

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  28. WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY.

    An American company, with a capital of 6,000,000 dollars (£1,200,000), has bought Signer Marconi's wireless telegraphy patents for the United States. ...

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  29. LIEUTENANT-COLONEL WALLACE.

    Lieutenant-Colonel Wallance, of the Victorian Regiment R.A.A., arrived by the Melbourne express to-day to join the troopship Manhattan. ...

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  30. THE ANTI-WAR LEAGUE AND MUNICIPAL COUNCILS.

    Recently Messrs. Green and Holman, secretaries to the Anti- War League, sent to various municipal councils of the State a letter and petition, with a request that the petition might be placed ...

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  31. THE CAPE PARLIAMENT.

    The Parliament of Cape Colony has been further prorogued to August 1. ...

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  32. WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

    The following telegram was received on Saturday from Mr. Madden, the resident magistrate at Roeburne Bay, by the Under-Secretary of Mines: — "Reported from Pilbarra that a new gulley has been ...

    Article : 238 words
  33. THE BUSHRANGING EPISODE IN QUUNSLAND.

    News has reached the Commissioner of Police that three arrests have been made in connection with the recent supposed tragedy at Carnarvon station. When the encounter between the wanted men and ...

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  34. CHEAP POSTAGE FOR CHINA.

    The Chinese Maritime Customs has established 300 post-offices in China. The postage throughout China for a letter not exceeding half an ounce is one farthing. ...

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  35. SHIPPING MISHAPS.

    The steamer Norkoow[?] became disabled about 30 miles south of Sydney on Friday night. The vessel was bound with a carge of coal from New Castle to Melbourne when an accident occurred to a part of ...

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  36. THE RUSSIAN LOAN.

    The Russian loan of £15,000,000 has been subscribed one-hundredfold. The subscriptions were chiefly received from Germany. ...

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  37. NORFOLK ISLAND NEWS.

    The cable steamer Anglia arrived from Brisbane late on the evening of the 17th instant, and the next morning at midday the Queensland section of the new Pacific cable was successfully ...

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  38. DAYLIGHT ASSAULT IN CASTLEREAGH-STREET.

    On Saturday afternoon, about 4 o'clock, while Senior-constables Macintosh and Knutley were proceeding along Castlereagh-street, they noticed a party of four men jostling another man some distance ...

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  39. TASMANIA.

    The rumour from Melbourne that the Tasmanian Government intended getting the better of the Federal Postal authorities by taking over "Tattersall's" as a going concern and running it for the ...

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  40. COMMENTS OF THE PRESS.

    The "Daily Mail" states that the guilt of men of the irrengular forces does not east any stain on the conduct of the war by the Army. The "Daily News" says that the minimum ...

    Article : 182 words
  41. SHIPMENT OF HORSES.

    The steamer Olive Branch sailed yesterday with 320 horses for South Africa. Among those who withnessed the embarkation were Major-General Downes and Colonel Hotham. The Olive Branch ...

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  42. THE DISMASTED KETCH WAVE.

    The ketch Wave, which had a trying experience during the constal storms of last week, was towed into Sydney Harbour by the North Coast Company's steamer Macleay on Saturday afternoon. When the ...

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  43. MANLY ASSESSMENT.

    Messrs. D. Hogan (council elerk) and H. T Robey, the successful tenderers for the assessment of properties in the municipal district of Manly, have presented their report as under:—Total number of ...

    Article : 106 words
  44. TROOPS COMING HOME.

    The Defence Department is advised by cable that the St. Andrew left Capetown on March 27, with Captain Tatchell, Captain Carstairs, Veterinary Captain Sherlock, Surgeon Captain Patterson, ...

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  45. THE OUTRAGE NEAR BRISBANE.

    To-day passed without any arrest being made in connection with the murder of the girl Findlay. As many men of the different branches of the police as can be spared are working on the case. The ...

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  46. IT IS VERY EASY

    to be dec[?]ved. Take the wise pr[?]caution to ask for ARNOTT'S Milk Arrowroot Biscuits. Writo it down—ARNOTT'S—and see that you get them.— Advt. ...

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  47. ALWAYS ASK FOR ARNOTT'S

    MILK ARROWROOTS because they are espe[?]ly manufactured from the finest and purest ingredients for Children.—Advt. ...

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