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  2. THE RAILWAY DISASTER.

    The disaster which occurred on the Illawarra railway line a few hundred yards beyond Sydenham station on Friday evening was the chief topic of conversation on Saturday. Throughout the railway ...

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  3. SECOND EDITION

    The British authorities have commandeered 4000 horses in the Harrismith district of the Orange River Colony, and 2000 horses in the Standerton district of the Transvaal Colony, ...

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  4. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

    In the House of Commons on Friday Mr A. J. Balfour, First Lord of the Treasury, stated that the Government did not intend to introduce a bill altering the Coronation Oaths ...

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  5. THE WAR IN SOUTH AFRICA.

    Three hundred and fifty of Commandant de Wet's force occupied Philipstown, in the northern part of Cape Colony, on Tuesday. A small garrison of Yeomanry defended ...

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  6. SPECIAL CABLES.

    According to present arrangements the Duke and the Duchess of Cornwall and York will embark at Portsmouth on March, 16 for their voyage to Australia and Canada. ...

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  7. INTERVIEW WITH ALDERMAN J. G. GRIFFIN.

    Alderman J. G. Griffin, speaking with regard to the statement made as to the condition of the line where the accident occurred, said that he had travelled by the fast trains almost daily for the past ...

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  8. GENERAL NEWS.

    Mr. G. Pott, who was the Netherlands Consul at Delagoa Bay, returns to that territory in his private capacity. [Portugal, which withdrew its exequatur from Mr. ...

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  9. MANY THEORIES ADVANCED.

    Speculation is rife as to the cause of the accident. Many theories have been advanced to throw light on what in offcial circles is shrouded in mystery. Numbers of people are under the impression that there ...

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  10. THE FEDERAL CONTINGENT.

    Matten in connection with the enrolling of members to complete the contingent of 2000 men for service in South Africa were quiet on Saturday, operations at the Royal Agricultural Society's ...

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  11. THE RAIDERS IN CAPE COLONY.

    The raiders in Cane Colony possess splendid maps of the colony provided by Mr. Steyn before the war broke out. ...

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  12. STATEMENT BY MR. HENNINGHAM.

    Mr. Alfred Henningliam, of Railway-parade, Hurstville, when seen by our reporter yesterday at his residence, was suffering from several abras[?] and severe shock. He attributes his escape fro[?] ...

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  13. HEALTH IMPROVING.

    The condition of the Duke of Cornwall and York has improved. ...

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  14. BOER ATTACK ON RAILWAY PREVENTED.

    A force of Boers, while attempting to cut the railway line at Bank station, near Johannesburg, had three men killed and 23 wounded. ...

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  15. CHINA.

    Dr. Morrison, the "Times" correspondent, at Peking, states that the fact of the Imperial Court not returning to Peking is not inexcusable, in view, of the decision of the ...

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  16. THE AUSTRALIAN TOUR.

    As the result of much consideration, the conclusion has been arrived at that, instead of their Royal Highnesses the Duke and the Duchess of Cornwall and York making Sydney their second port of call within ...

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  17. COLONIAL OFFICIERS.

    Captain Berry, of the Queensland Bushmen, and Lieutenant Levin, of the New Zealand Rough Riders, have been discharged from hospital and have resumed duty. ...

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  18. THE KILLED.

    The following is a complete list of those who were killed or who have died since:- WILLIAM MORT, aged 14[?] years, a messanger, residing with his parents at Short-street, Carito[?] ...

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  19. CHINA.

    Li Hung Chang has informed the Imperial Court that Ministers of the Powers have consented to the suspension of the sentence on Tung-fuh-siang until the Imperial Court has ...

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  20. DE WET'S WESTWARD MARCH.

    The "Daily Mail" reports that Commandant do Wet and Mr. Steyn crossed the western railway between Houtkraal and Potfontein on Thursday, and that they destroyed two ...

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  21. THE LATE QUEEN VICTORIA.

    A sum of £250,000 has been subscribed in India for erecting a memorial to the late Queen Victoria in Calcutta. ...

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  22. ATTACK ON RUSSIANS.

    A force of Chinese troops attacked some Russians beyond Shan-hai-kwan. Four Russian officers and 40 men were killed. Reinforcements have been sent to the Russians. ...

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  23. THE DUKE OF CORNWALL AND YORK.

    The Orient Steam Navigation Company's steamer Ophir will be commissioned on February 26, and will then proceed to Ports-mouth. Her complement will be 460 officers ...

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  24. THE QUEEN.

    Major C.A. Wilson, Grand Secretary of the Grand Lodge of the United Ancient Order of Druids (New South Wales), has forwarded the following address to his Excellency the Governor-General on behalf of ...

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  25. THE WESTERN RAIDERS.

    Before the Boers left Calvinia they flogged several officials for refusing to reveal where arms had been placed. They flogged Mr. Buk, a magistrate, and shot a native ...

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  26. THE LATE EX-KING MILAN.

    The remains of the late ex-King Milan of Servia were buried quietly in the Kruschedol Monastery, at Gross-Karlowitz, despite the wish of his son, King Alexander, that the ...

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  27. FRANCE.

    Several people have been frozen to death at Paris. ...

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  28. THE CARRINGTON CENTENNIAL HOSPITAL.

    At the monthly meeting of the board of directors of the Carrington Centennial Hospital Home for Convalescents on the 13th instant the followings resolution was adopted:—"The board of directors of the ...

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  29. SPAIN.

    The wedding of the Infanta Maria de las [?]cedes, Princess of the Asturias, with [?]nce Charles, second son of the Count [?]f Casert[?], of the Neapolitan Royal ...

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  30. THE INJURED.

    The following is a complete list of those who were injured:- AT FRINGE ALFRED HOSPITAL. Charles Lake, aged 23, single, bootmaker, [?]iding ...

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  31. THE QUEEN OF SWEDEN AND NORWAY.

    The Queen of Sweden and Norway, who was reported to be ill, is now recovering. ...

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  32. CHAPLAIN TO THE FORCES.

    The Rev. Henry J. C. Foreman, B.A., Wesleyan minister, at present stationed at Chatswood, has been nominated by the president of the Wesleyan Conference as chaplain to the federal contingent ...

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  33. THE POSTAL CONFERENCE.

    The permanent heads of the Postal Departments of the States who met in conference in Melbourne last week to make arrangements for the handing over of the postal servies to the Commonwealth have ...

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  34. A SOCIETY MARRIAGE.

    The Duke of Westminster has been married to Miss Clodagh Cornwallis West. ...

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  35. NEW ZEALAND TROOPS.

    The troopship Cornwall, with the New Zealand Contingent, arrived from Sydney early on Friday. On Wednesday evening the vessel met with a heavy blow, and the horses were knocked about a little, ...

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  36. THE EMPRESS DOWAGER FREDERICK.

    The Empress Dowager Frederick is suffering from disease of the kidneys, and dropsy has supervened. The physicians strive to postpone the inevitable end. ...

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  37. HEAVY SENTENCE FOR BRIBERY.

    Police Commissary Thiel, of Berlin, has been sentenced to three years' penal servitude and to deprivation of civil rights for a period of five years for having accepted bribes in the ...

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  38. WHOLESALE ARRESTS.

    All the male inhabitants of the Grasfontein district have been arrested for having assisted the invaders. ...

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  39. CAUSE OF THE ACCIDENT.

    Mr. Oliver, Chief Railway Commissioner, was seen on Saturday by a "Herald" reporter, and asked whether he could give any information which was likely to throw light on the cause or causes of the ...

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  40. THE PLAGUE.

    Dr. Edington, the Government Bacteriologist, now admits that the rats whose bodies have been examined at Capetown have died from bubonic plague. The blacks of ...

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  41. RECRUITING PROPOSAL.

    The Premier states that the Government has received a cable from the authorities in South Africa similar to that sent to the other States asking if there was any objection to men being recruited here for ...

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  42. BOERS ALIENATE DUTCH SYMPATHY.

    Commandant de Wet's shooting of the peace envoys, and the Boer raiders looting friends in Cape Colony are alienating the Dutch from the enemy. ...

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  43. THE PLAGUE AT CAPETOWN.

    One thousand native labourers in the docks at Capetown have struck work, fearing the plague. The steamship Warrigal, bound for ...

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  44. A ROYAL COMMISSION.

    The Premier, when spoken to yesterday, stated that he regarded the accident as one of the most disastrous experienced for years. He bad a couference with the Chief Commissioner for Railways on ...

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  45. DESTRUCTION OF THE RAILWAY FRUSTRATED.

    A force of Boers endeavoured to destroy with explosives the railway line near Edenberg, south of Bloemfontein, at night. Troops in an armoured train discovered the Boers' ...

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  46. DISASTER IN VANCOUVER.

    A fire has broken out in a colliery in Cumberland, Vancouver. Sixty miners had their escape cut off, and they are imprisoned in the colliery. ...

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  47. RETURNED SOLDIERS.

    The following troops returned yesterday by the Aberdeen line steamer Nineveh from Capetown:- For Sydney: Captain Conroy, Sergeant-major Sullivan, Sergeants Stauson, Raymond, ...

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  48. QUEENSLAND.

    The Bulimba election resulted as follows:—W. H. Barnes, merchant, 1065; E. J. Sydes, barrister, 462; J. R. Dickson, 145. All the candidates are Ministerialists. Two small returns are to come, but ...

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  49. SAN FRANCISCO MAIL SERVICE.

    The R.M.S. Sonoma, the second of the three new sister ships built expressly for the Pacific service between San Francisco and Sydney, via Honolulu, Samoa, and Auckland, in the A. and A. line, armed ...

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  50. FIGHTING IN THE TRANSVAAL.

    Major-General Smith-Dorrien has occupied Amsterdam, 40 miles east of Ermelo, in the Eastern Transvaal. Lieutenant-General French has captured a ...

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  51. PRIVY COUNCIL APPEALS.

    The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council has granted leave to appeal in the case of Bensusan v. the Perpetual Trustee Company of New South Wales, and in the ...

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  52. AN EXPERT'S OPINION.

    A representative of the "Herald" interviewed an export yesterday regarding certain matters which have beeu made public as affecting the accident. The opinion had been expressed in prominent circles ...

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  53. A SPLENDID RAINFALL.

    The weather report states that a storm broke over Longreach yesterday, and that two inches fell outside the town. Hughenden reports 68 points last night, and from halt an inch to an inch and a half all round ...

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  54. CONDITION OF THE INJURED.

    Upon inquiry at the Prince Alfred and Merrickville Cottage hospitals regarding the condition of the injured persons, it was ascertained last evening that in most canes satisfactory improvement had been ...

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  55. COLONIAL OFFICERS.

    Colonel G. C. Knight, of New South Wales, who was wonnded in December, and Colonel A. Aytoun (Queensland Bushmon), have been discharged from the hospital, and have ...

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  56. REDUCTION OF SOLDIERS' PAY.

    The question of the reduced pay to members of New South Wales contingents who have returned from the war is being taken up by the men. A meeting has been called of all the returned soldiers ...

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  57. TO-DAY.

    Federal Elections.—Socialist Labour Party: Opining the campaign, Protestant Hall, 8 p.m. Mr. Thomas H. Loxton at Ryde Council-chambers at 8 p.m. Meetingo f Mr. M'Gowen's commitee at Schoolroom, Raglan-street, ...

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  58. AUSTRALIAN CASUALTIES.

    Private D. K. M'Donald, of the Queensland Mounted Infantry, has died of tubercle of the lung at Preteria. Feb. 17. ...

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  59. LIEUTENANT STEVENS.

    A private message reached Sydney on Saturday, advising that Lieutenant Stevens, of the New South Wales Naval Artillery Volunteers, who went away with the Imperial bushmen to South Africa, was ...

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  60. NEW ZEALAND.

    The Imperial troops bad a splendid reception at Auckland. Fine weather has attended their whole progress through the colony. In the Supreme Court in Banco, in the case to ...

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  61. PHOTOGRAPH OF LORD ROBERTS.

    In acknowledgment of a letter from four Victorian children residing at Christmas Hills, Field-Marshal Lord Roberts has sent them a photograph of himself. MOREE, Saturday. ...

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  64. STRATHCONAN HORSE.

    King Edward and [?] Queen inspected Strathcona's [?] ([?] troops) at Buckingham Palace, and presented medals to the soldiers and the colours to the regiment. ...

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