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  2. SECOND EDITION THE WAR IN SOUTH AFRICA.

    Lieutenant-General French, who commands in Cape Colony, has 34,000 men. It is considered that the number is insufficient to expel marauders from Cape Colony, since out of the ...

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  3. THE WAR IN SOUTH AFRICA. THE ENGAGEMENT AT ELAND'S RIVER.

    Particulars of the engagement fought at Eland's River Poort, west of Tarkastad, where the Boers rushed a squadron of the 17th Lancers, under Major V. S. Sandeman, ...

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  4. THE COBRA WRECK. A STARTLING REPORT.

    The "Globe" says that the torpedo-boat destroyer Cobra sank in seven fathoms of water, and that there was no rock in her vicinity. ...

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  5. SPECIAL CABLES.

    King Edward and Queen Alexandra have left Elsinore, Denmark, and are proceeding to England on the Royal yacht Osborne. They are voyaging via Kiel. ...

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  6. COMMONWEALTH NOTES. (FROM OUR SPECIAL REPORTER.) THE FEDERAL TARIFF.

    Mr. Barton hopes to be in a position to make a statement in the House of Representatives to-morrow legarding the introduction of the Pacific Island Labourers Bill and the Tariff Bill. The ...

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  7. THE CITY SURVEYOR'S DEPARTMENT.

    The City Council is scarcely to be congratulated on its attempt to deal with the state of things which has arisen, largely if not wholly in consequence of municipal ...

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  8. SOUTH AUSTRALIA. THE TEACHERS' CONFERENCE.

    At the Teachers' Conference to-day Mr. R. Kyfin Thomas (president of the Royal Geographical Society in South Australia) presided at the morning session, and delivered an interesting speech, in which ...

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  9. FUNERAL OF VICTIMS.

    The funeral of those of the Cobra's victims whose bodies were recovered took place at Grimsby yesterday, and was witnessed by 50,000 people. ...

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  10. THE ROYAL TOUR.

    The Duke and the Duchess of Cornwall and York, now in Ottawa, yesterday spent a holiday among the river lumbermen, and had a trip on a raft down the rapids. ...

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  11. SUSPECTED TREASON AT CAPETOWN.

    The magazine rifles entrusted to the Capetown Town Guards have been recalled, and in the place of those weapons Martini rifles have been issued. ...

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  12. ESCAPE FROM ADELAIDE GAOL.

    Two men named Hutchison and Graham, who were committed for trial last week on charges of having been unlawfully on the premises of W. P. Weller, in Rundle-street, succeeded in escaping from Adelaide ...

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  13. THE CZAR'S VISIT TO FRANCE.

    Diplomatists contrast the pacific principles proclaimed by the Czar and President Loubet, in the toasts which were honoured at entertainments during the Czar's visit, with the ...

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  14. THE LATE PRESIDENT M'KINLEY. TRIAL OF CZOLGOSZ.

    The trial of Czolgosz on a charge of murdering President M'Kinley has begun. Czolgosz refuses to speak. Dr. Gaylord stated that the actual eause of ...

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  15. NOTES IN THE STATE PARLIAMENT.

    There were 42 questions on the paper of the Legislative Assembly last night, and they dealt with the usual miscellaneous matters of business which are from time to time brought to the notice of the ...

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  16. BOER PRISONERS.

    One thousand Boer prisoners have left Durban for Bombay. ...

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  17. CRICKET ASSOCIATION MEETING.

    At the annual meeting of the Cricket Association to-night it was reported that during the year the debt had been reduced to £482, besides which extensive improvements had been made and paid for. ...

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  18. ESCAPE OF PRISONERS.

    The nephew of the late General Joubert. and two other prisoners at Bermuda, with the assistance of local sympathisers, escaped into the bush. ...

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  19. STATE PARLIAMENTS. VICTORIA.

    In the Legislative Council the Old-age Pension Further Provision Bill was further debated, and the debate was adjourned. A bill providing for the purchase of Eurack Estate was passed through all ...

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  20. A VESSEL ASHORE.

    A telegram has been received at Port Adelaide stating that the ship Acainis is ashore on Tuesday Island, in Spencer's Gulf. The vessel is on sandy bottom, and is in no danger. ...

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  21. THE CZAR AND THE GERMAN EMPEROR.

    The German Emperor himself carried the Czar's gift of 6000 roubles (£500) to the Russian frontier town of Wysztzten, which is on the borders of East Prussia, and which ...

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  22. CZOLGOSZ'S REVOLVER.

    Chemical and bacteriological examinations of Czolgosz's revolver did not reveal any trace of poison. [The autopsy showed that every point along the ...

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  23. LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY.

    The Legislative Assembly continued its sitting after the first edition of the "Herald" went to press. The Tied-Houses Bill was under discussion, and the question before the House was the acceptance of ...

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  24. THE UTRECHT REVERSE.

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  25. NEW ZEALAND.

    A fire has destroyed the principal business block of eight buildings at Winton, near Invercargill. An old Maori at Napier has been convicted of practising pretended witchcraft and sentenced to one ...

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  26. MOST AGAIN ARRESTED.

    Johann Most has again been arrested for haranguing crowds. [Most was previously arrested for his publication of an inflammatory article in the "Freiheit," and ...

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  27. FRANCE AND TURKEY. CZAR AND PRESIDENT IN CONFERENCE.

    At their recent meeting the Czar and President Loubet discussed the difficulty between France and the Sultan, also the recent Armenian massacres. ...

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  28. MESSAGE OF CONDOLENCE.

    A message of condolence with Mrs. M'Kinloy and the people of the United States in connection with the death of President M'Kinley has been forwarded by the Manly Municipal Council. ...

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  29. VICTORIA.

    In the Supreme Court to-day Maggie Phillips, residing at Marcus Hill with her parents recovered from a dairyman named Johnston £100 damages for breach of promise of marriage. Mr. Justice Hood ...

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  30. NAVAL DEMONSTRATION.

    A French naval demonstration is expected to take place in Turkish waters. ...

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  31. DERAILMENT OF A TRAIN.

    The railway line at Paardekop was damaged by the enemy, and a number of trucks were derailed. In the derailment six men were killed, ...

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  32. FEDERAL IMPORTS.

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  33. CHINA.

    The distress caused by the floods on the Yangtsze-Kiang is harrowing. Ten million people are homeless. Civil disturbances are feared owing to the ...

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  34. AMERICAN PACIFIC CABLE.

    The Commercia Pacific Cable Company, with a capital of 100,000dol. (£20,000), has been formed at Albany, United States, to connect by a cable California with Honolulu and ...

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  35. QUEENSLAND.

    In the Legislative Assembly to-day the Appropriation Bill for £350,000 passed all its stages. The Premier's motion providing for the House-sitting on Fridays, making four days a week, was carried after ...

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  36. NEWCASTLE. A WEATHERBOARD BUILDING BURNT.

    A small outbreak of fire occurred at 5.30 this afternoon in a four-roomed weatherboard building situated in Hannell-street, Wickham, and occupied by Ernest Green as a pickle factory. The premises were closed as usual at 5 ...

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  37. WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

    Surprise and regret were expressed in many quarters this morning when a telegram appeared in the newspapers announcing that Mr. Miles, of South Melbourne, had declined to assume the duties of the ...

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  38. CAPE RAIDERS.

    The raiders in the north-east of Cape Colony are gradually working to the southwards. ...

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  39. THE APPEAL FOR ARBITRATION.

    The Council at the Hague of the International Court of Arbitration has declared that it is incompetent to move in the matter of the Boer appeal. ...

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  40. THE FEDERAL CAPITAL SITE.

    Mr. Fridham, an officer of the Public Works Department, under instruction from the Minister, renched Albury to-day for the purpose of making investigations with regard to opportunities available for ...

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  41. IMMIGRATION TO AMERICA.

    The Immigration Officers of the United States of America are deporting steerage passengers who are not provided with passports and papers of citizenship. ...

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  42. CONSOLS.

    Goschen's Consols are quoted at 93¼ on the London Stock Exchange—a fall of ½. ...

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  43. A TRAMWAY FATALITY.

    The city coroner, Mr. G. C. Martin, conducted an inquest at Wallsend to-day on the body of a single man named William Gough, 52 years of ago, lately residing at Teralba, who died in the Wallsend Mining District Hospital last ...

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  44. PLAGUE ON A TOURIST STEAMER.

    A steamer with 180 tourists on board has returned to Marseilles. Two of the crew are suffering from the plague. The steamer has been quarantined. ...

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  45. YANKO CREEK AND MURRUMBIDGEE RIVER.

    The State Minister for Works (Mr. O'Sullivan) is in receipt of a report from Mr. L. A. B. Wade (principal engineer of water supply) upon the Yanko Creek and Murrumbidgee River. The ...

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  46. DUTCH COLONISTS.

    The Hague correspondent of the "Daily News" states that General Botha and Commandant do Wet are confident the Dutch colonists in Natal and Cape Colony will rise ...

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  47. THE QUEENSLAND METEOROLOGIST.

    In the Legislative Assembly to-day, when the item meteorology, £4739, came on while the Estimates were being discussed, the Premier said that this vote had hitherto been under the Post and ...

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  48. THE LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR.

    A pleasing function took place at the conclusion of the business of the Executive Council yesterday, when the Premier (Mr. John See) invited the Lieutenant-Governor (Sir Frederick Darley, G. C. M. G.) ...

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  49. THE COAL EXTORT TRADE.

    The barque Invercauld arrived to-day from Melbourne to load a full cargo of coal from the Seaham Colliery for San Francisco, and the schooner Alice M'Donald arrived from Table Bay to load Duckenfield coal for Honolulu. The ...

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  50. SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    In the Legislative Assembly to-day the debate on the budget was resumed. The trend of the criticisms was favourable to the Treasurer's estimates being realised. The House sat until shortly after 10 ...

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  51. DISAPPOINTING COPPER DIVIDEND.

    The Amalgamated Copper Company of New York has declared a dividend which is disappointing. There has been a great break in the price ...

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  52. PASTOR MURRAY'S MISSION.

    The farmers in the Graaf Reinet district (Cape Colony) are irritated at Commandant de Wet and Mr. Steyn's reception of Pastor Murray, and have become loyalists. ...

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  53. WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

    In the Legislative Assembly this afternoon eulogistic reference was made to the late Mr. Richarde Speight by the Premier and the leader of the Opposition. ...

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  54. THE BANK OF AUSTRALASIA.

    The report of the Bank of Australasia shows that the deposits amount to £13,971,890; cash securities, £5,605,607; bills, £13,793,426. ...

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  55. NEW ZEALAND CASUALTIES.

    Lieutenant J. Freeth, of the Sixth New Zealand Contingent, was slightly wounded at Wepenor, in the Orange River Colony. Private George Styles, of the Seventh New ...

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  56. LATE SPORTING. SOUTH AUSTRALIAN HORSES.

    Mr. J. Rowen has received a telegram stating that while galloping last week Footbolt struck himself. Although the injury is not serious his trainer has deemed it advisable to throw the horse out of work ...

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  57. WOOL SALES.

    At the wool sales to-day biddings were spirited. Prices for merinos showed an upward tendency. Medium and low crossbreds were very firm. ...

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  58. "INDULGENCE PASSENGERS" PER HARLECH CASTLE.

    Numbers of applicants who obtained "indulgence passages" for South Africa par the steamer Harlech Castle left insufficient addresses with Lieutenant Chaseling, Victoria Barracks, and consequently will ...

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  59. ADJUTANT FOR THE STATE FORCES.

    Yesterday morning Captain Sinclair-MacLagan, who had arrived from South Africa on the previous day by the steamship Sophocles, reported himself for duty to Major-General French. Captain ...

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  60. BILLIARDS.

    The senior billiard tournament under the auspices of the Waverley Bowling Club is drawing to a close. The defeat of Mr. W. Carter Smith by Mr. S. O. Irvine leaves Messrs. Irvine Reed, and Begg to ...

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  61. THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL.

    Lord Hopetoun left Brisbane at 12.30 to-day by special train for Melbourne. He was warmly cheered all along the route from Government House to the railway station, where he was hidden farewell by the ...

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  62. THE STATE GOVERNOR'S PROPOSED RESIDENCE.

    The Government has decided to lease Cronbrook, at one time the residence of the late Hon. James White, as the residence for the Governor of the State of New South Wales. Cranbrook is delightfully ...

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  63. THE SMOKE NUISANCE.

    The City Council is taking active measures for the suppression of the smoke nuisance in Sydney. There are numerous chimney stacks in all quarters of the city that belch forth dense volumes of coal smoke, ...

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  64. ENGLISH RACING.

    At the Windsor September Meeting on Saturday last the Castle Selling Nursery Handicap was von by Mr. Lionel Robinson's ch. f. Etra-Weenie, by Carnage from Lady Halle. ...

    Article : 182 words
  65. PROPERTY ACQUISITION BILL.

    In the Legislative Assembly yesterday Mr. Meagher asked the Premier if his attention had been directed to a statement apparently made by the Vice-President of the Executive Council of the Commonwealth in ...

    Article : 518 words
  66. TO-DAY.

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  67. EXTENSION OF THE RAILWAY INTO THE CITY.

    In the Legislative Assembly last night Mr. O'Sullivan gave the preliminary notice relating to the city railway. He stated that he intended to move that it be referred to the Parliamentary Standing ...

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  68. RETURNING AUSTRALIAN TROOPS.

    Messrs. Dalgety and Co., Limited, managing agents of the Aberdeen line, have received a cable announcing the departure of the steamer Salamis from Cape Town on Monday last, for Australia, with 220 troops ...

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  69. TAILORESSES' UNION.

    At a meeting of the Tailoressea' Union, held at the Trades Hall last night, it was stated that the union had a paying membership of 800, and it was hoped that at the next meeting the secretary would be able ...

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  70. RETURNED FROM SOUTH AFRICA.

    The following is the nominal roll of officers, noncommissioned officers, and men who returned to the State of Now South Wales by the steamship Sophocles:—Captain T. J. Lynch. C.B.C., ...

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