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  2. CHINA.

    Dr. Morrison, correspondent of the "Times," has published in that journal twenty columns of an account of the siege of the Peking legations. ...

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  3. THE TRANSVAAL

    Senator Hanna charges Mr. Webster Davis, who was formerly a member of President M'Kinley's Cabinet but who is now a Democratic supporter, with ...

    Article : 166 words
  4. The Sydney Morning Herald.

    Lord Roberts and other Generals are conferring at Pretoria with Sir Alfred Milner. Sir Redvers Buller has been formally thanked by Lord Roberts for the great services he rendered in ...

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  5. SPECIAL CABLES.

    The polling in the undermentioned constituencies has taken place, and has resulted in the return of the following gentlemen: ...

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  6. IN PARLIAMENT.

    The Legislative Assembly yesterday held what might be called a fill-up sitting. The Premier was absent from the chamber, his engagements in the Northern districts not having terminated, and ...

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  7. VICTORIA.

    Parliament will be prorogued to-morrow afternoon, and will be dissolved on Thursday. ...

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  8. CONGREGATIONAL UNION ANNUAL SESSION.

    The annual session of the Congregational Union and Mission of Victoria was opened to-day. The Rev. E. Handel Jones was formally installed as president for the ensuing year. On the motion for the adoption ...

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  9. LETTERS FROM THE FRONT.

    Trooper Kelvedon Gulson, of the Imperial Bushman, who was wounded at Elands River, in a letter to his parents at Goulburn, gives an account of the defend of the position. He says the horse lines were ...

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  10. THE OPERA SEASON.

    After the remarkably fine performance of "[?] Trovatore" Mr. George Musgrove withdrew Verdi's work, and to-night introduced to the Melbourne public his second company of principal artists by ...

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  11. THE PHILIPPINES.

    Captain Shields, of the United States forces, and 51 infantry, who while marching from Santa Cruz to Torrijos in Marinduque, one of the Philippine ...

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  12. HELP FOR THE BOERS.

    Documents which were found in a captured Dutch ambulance have been submitted to the Concessions Committee, now sitting at Capetown. ...

    Article : 201 words
  13. SCRIPTURAL LESSONS IN STATE SCHOOLS.

    The Premier has announced that he intend, next season to ask Parliament to pass a bill enabling a referendum of the electors of the Assembly to be taken at the federal elections in March on the ...

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  14. THE EMPRESS FREDERICK.

    The bulletin of the physicians concerning the health of the Empress Dowager Frederick, who is at Kronberg, stated that she suffered from acute weakness of ...

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  15. THE GLENFINE NO. 1 SALTING.

    At the sitting of the Criminal Court at Ballarst to-day, Lleweliyn R[?]cliffe, Joseph [?]adtcliffe and Benjamin Morgan were placed on trial on a charge of conspiracy in connection with the Glo[?] No. 1 ...

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  16. THE NAVAL CONTINGENT.

    Lost night the Australian Naval Cintingent[?] numbering 454 officers and men, received instruction[?] from Vice-Admiral Sir E. H. Seymour, K.C.B., [?] British Commander-in-Chief in China, to proceed ...

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  17. GOVERNMENT SUBSIDY TO THE BOXERS.

    Documents which have been discovered by the Allies in the Yamen of the Viceroy of Chii-li prove that the Chinese Government largely subsidised the Boxers. ...

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  18. THE POSITION OF THE IMPERIAL COURT.

    The Empress Dowager has reached Ping Yang, 200 miles north-east of Singan-fu. Advices from Shanghai foreshadow that ...

    Article : 44 words
  19. H.M.S. SPARROW.

    H.M.S. Sparrow, scr[?]w gunboat of the first class, will be commissioned in November for the Australian station. H.M.S. Sparrow was launched in 1889. She is ...

    Article : 75 words
  20. FEDERATION.

    It has come to the knonwledge of the Federal Electoral Commisioners that the clerk of petty sessions of Newcastle, acting as electoral registrar, has sent out 4000 circulars to electors of Newcastle East and ...

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  21. THE FUTILITY OF RESISTANCE.

    Influential burghers of the Transvaal Colony are trying to convince Geueral Louis Botha, Commandant Delarey, and Commandant do Wet of the futility of further ...

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  22. PAO-TING-FU EXPEDITION.

    The Boxers are in great strength east and west of Pao-ting fu. Colonel Lorne Campbell's British horse artillery will make a detour south ...

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  23. SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    The Commissioner for Public Works, Mr. R. W. Foster, who returned from the north on Monday night, states that the crops in the far north have suffered very severely during in the last fortnight in ...

    Article : 183 words
  24. LORD ROBERTS.

    In answer to a letter from the city of Liverpool, Lord Roberts states that he will be unable to receive the freedom of the city until January next. ...

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  25. GERMAN STATION IN THE RED SEA.

    Reuter's correspondent states that Turkey has leased to Germany for 30 years the island of Uroan, in the Red Sea. The island is to be used as a coaling ...

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  26. LORD ROBERTS THANKS SIR REDVERS BULLER.

    Field-Marshal Lord Roberts, in an Army Order, has thanked General Sir Redvers Buller for the great services which he rendered in Natal and in the ...

    Article : 36 words
  27. THE SOUTHERN REBELLION.

    The reform parties led by Kang-yu-wei, the old reformer, and Sun-yat-sen, the new reformer, who recently hoisted his flag at Whei-chau on the East River to ...

    Article : 74 words
  28. THE RITUAL QUESTION.

    A four-days' private round table conference has been held at Fulham Palace (the residence of the Bishop of London) by 15 representative clergy and laity in ...

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  29. RAIDING BOERS.

    A force of Boers threatens Philipolis. [There is a town Philipolis in the south-western portion of the Orange River Colony, about 20 miles north of the Orange River.] ...

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  30. PUBLIC LIBRARIES ASSOCIATION.

    At Friday's session of the conference of the Public Libraries Association of Australasia a resolution was carried expressing regret that Mr. H. C. L. Anderson, M.A., formerly general secretary to the ...

    Article : 227 words
  31. WOOL SALES.

    The wool sales are marked by a good tone. Prices remain unchanged. Oct. 16. At the wool sales yesterday the ...

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  32. CONFERENCE AT PRETORIA.

    Field-Marshal Lord Roberts, the other generals, and Sir Alfred Milner are conferring at Pretoria. ...

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  33. THE ANNEXATION OF MANCHURIA.

    The Czar has conferred a gold sword, resplendent with brilliants, on General Grodekoff for his operations in Manchuria. ...

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  34. GENERAL NEWS.

    Lord Roberts has cabled to Lord Curzon, Vicoroy of India, stating that though the war in South Africa is nearly over, it is essential that Lumsden's Horse, ...

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  35. AUSTRALIAN PARLIAMENTS.

    The Legislative Council spent the afternoon over the Early Closing Bill, which was again recommitted and amended in several particulars. The Labour party unsucessfully attempted to substitute Saturday for ...

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  36. WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

    The annual business session of the Congregational Union opened at Perth to-day. It was decided to raise a century fund of £5000, the effort to extend over two years. The chairman of the union elected ...

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  37. THE PAINTERS' STRIKE.

    The trouble between the journeymen painters and their employers has now assumed the proportions of a regularly organised strike. A committee, of which Mr. T. Woolnough is chairman, has charge of the ...

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  38. DEATH OF A VICTORIAN.

    Private J. Kiley, of the Victorian Bushman, has died of pneumonia at Marandellas. ...

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  39. WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

    In the Assembly to-day the Attorney-General moved the second reading of the Patent Act Amendment Bill. The object of the measure is to regulate the extension of patents. ...

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  40. CAMMARA ELECTORATE.

    A meeting was held on Monday night in the Oddfellows' Hall, Darling-street, Balmain North, for the purpose of forming a branch of the Cammara Federal Labour League. There was a good ...

    Article : 164 words
  41. THE BASIS OF NEGOTIATIONS.

    Germany and Japan, with some reservations, have agreed to the note of M. Delcase, the French Minister for Foreign Affairs, proposing a basis for the ...

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  42. NEW SOUTH WALES VOLUNTEERS.

    The Colonial Secretary has received from his Excellency the Governor a copy of a cable message sent to him by the High Commissioner of South Africa, stating that 4113, Keelan, and 1901, M'Bride, have ...

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  43. THE BALLARAT MUSICAL FESTIVAL.

    The principal feature of to-night's proceedings at the Ballarat musical competition was a test for male charmes of 16 voices with "Comrades in Arms." The competition resulted as follows: ...

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  44. PRIVATE RICH'S COMMISSION.

    News has been received from head-quarters that Private W. S. Rich, 392, 0 Company, New South Wales Mounted Infantry, formerly of Mount Victo[?]a and now serving in South Africa [?] ...

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  45. GENERAL NEWS.

    The staff of Field[?]Marshal Count von Waldersee has arrived at Peking. Only two American warships have been Ordered to remain at China. ...

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  46. FEDERAL CAPITAL SITES.

    The claims of Orange to selection as the site of the federal capital are receiving cordial support throughout the west, and large numbers of representative western men have intimated their intention of being ...

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  47. TASMANIA.

    Customs returns for September show imports valued at £194,648; experts, £197,317; duties, £42,003. The aggregate increase from the three sources compared with the September receipts of last ...

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  48. THE SOUTHERN COLLIERIES.

    In connection with the difficulty at the Bulli mines over the deficiency-places rate, Mr. Johnston, the manager, states that the practice does not exist of giving allowance for hard coal, of which there is some ...

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  49. COLONIAL SOLDIERS FOR ENGLAND.

    The Premier has addressed a communication to the Premiers of the other colonies with a view to arriving at some common understanding on the subject of Australian soldiers visiting England at the close of ...

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  50. NEW ZEALAND.

    The stonswell on the Rebate in Rent to Crown Tenants Bill collansed at 8 a.m. The bill, as passed, grants a rebate of 10 per cent, for prompt payment. Several democratic members denounced the measure ...

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  51. THE CRISIS IN CHINA.

    Nothing of real importance has occurred since the last Australian mail left here, when I gaye you the details of event to date. Since the capture of Peking there seems to have been a general "stand ...

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  52. PEACE CELEBRATIONS.

    With reference to the proposal that a high holiday should be observed in Australia in celebration of the termination of the war in South Africa, the Premier states that he thinks there should be one day ...

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  53. SOUTHERN AGRICULTURAL SHOW.

    The Southern Tasmania Agricultural Show opens to-morrow. The sheep were judged to-day. It was the best show of Shropshiree, Lincolns, and Leicesters ever held. In Shorpahires, Mr. Burbury, who was ...

    Article : 134 words
  54. BUBONIC PLAGUE.

    An old man named Jackson, head warder of the [?]ral hospital, who recently contracted plague, [?]ed to-day. ...

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  55. MINISTER FOR WORKS AT LIVERPOOL.

    Mr. E. W. O'Sullivan, Ministr for Works, arrived by the afternoon train yesterday, and was driven to Glenfield, where be made inquiries relative to the proposed road through Macquarie Fields Estate. ...

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  56. TO-DAY.

    Town Hall: Organ Recital and Concert, 3 p.m. St. John Ambulance Association: Home Nursing Lecture, Protestent Hall, D[?] 4.30. Wesley Church, Regent-street: Limelight Service, 8 ...

    Article : 131 words
  57. MOVEMENTS OF P. AND O. TRANSPORTS.

    The A[?]yo left Southampton on September 22 for Capetown. The Manila, from Capetown, arrived at Durban on September 4. ...

    Article : 59 words
  58. PETITION TO MR. BARTON.

    A petition is being largely signed throughout this division of Calarie or Ca[?]las federal electorate, asking Mr. Edmund Barton to contest this seat for the first Federal Parliament. ...

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  59. QUEENSLAND.

    At the City Police Court to-day Madame Delessy, described as a pal[?]st, was committed for trial on a charge of pretending; and undertaking to tell Constable Prowles his future fortunes. ...

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  60. AUSTRALIAN CASUALTIES.

    His Excellency the Governor has received the following telegraphic despatches from the High Commissioner for South Africa:—"October 4.—No. 60, Private B. A. Halley, No. 116, Private D. Willis, ...

    Article : 236 words
  61. INDIAN FAMINE FUND.

    The central committee have forwarded a further remittance to Calcutta of £1000, making in all £16,000 to date. They have received intimation from the other colonies showing the respective ...

    Article : 62 words
  62. LETTER FROM DR. JACK.

    The Government Gelolgist has just received a letter [?] Dr. Jack, late Government [?]gist[?] who went to [?]uan [?] the interests of an English[?] [?]dicate. The letter was written from Ningy[?]an, ...

    Article : 180 words
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