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  2. THE WAR. GENERAL BULLER'S ADVANCE.

    It is officially reported that the enemy has evacuated Laing's Nek. General Sir Redvers Buller is four miles north of Volksrust, the town just over the ...

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  3. CHINA. SIR CLAUDE MACDONALDS RESIDENCE BURNT.

    The " Boxers " burnt the new summer residence of Sir Claude Macdonald (the British Ambassador at Pekin) in the hills, though it had been placed under the ...

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  4. SPECIAL CABLES. FROM THE "HERALD'S" LONDON CORRESPONDENTS.

    Lord Curzon, the Governor-General of India, cables that the famine is far worse than that of 1807. The Government, he says, is supporting ...

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  5. SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    An application has been forwarded to the Government by the board of management of the Australian Natives' Association for permission to form a third corps in connection with the ...

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  6. LATE EDITION. HERALD OFFICE, 8 a.m. THE WAR.

    Field-Marshal Lord Roberts, telegraphing on June 12 from Pretoria, reports that Johannesburg is quiet, and that the inhabitants are thankful for peace and ...

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  7. IN PARLIAMENT.

    A quorum of members of the Legislative Council having assembled shortly before 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon, they proceeded with the President to Government House, where the Address in ...

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  8. The Sydney Morning Herald.

    Laing's Nek and Majuba were evacuated on Monday night by the Boers, and General Sir Redvers Buller occupies a position north of Volksrust. ...

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  9. RECONSTRUCTION OF THE CAPE CABINET.

    It was reported some days age that the Cabinet of Cape Colony was equally divided on the question of supporting Mr. Schreiner, the Premier, in his ...

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  10. BRITISH CASUALTIES.

    The total casualties of British forces in action in South Africa, computed to the 9th instant, are as follows:— Officers.. 1,276 ...

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  11. A WELCOME RAINFALL.

    There has been a monsoon on the Malabar coast and northwards. Rain has fallen in Decean and in the Central Provinces. ...

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  12. QUEENSLAND. INQUIRY INTO SHIPPING CASUALTIES.

    At a meeting of the Marine Board yesterday the case of the steamer Ripple, which stranded on the Barrier Reef on May l8, came under discussion. The master inserted that he gave the ...

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  13. ASSISTANCE BY GLEN INNES.

    A representative meeting of citizens was held last evening in the council-chambers, after the termination of the usual meeting of the council. The Mayor (Alderman J.J. Whyte) occupied the chair, and ...

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  14. THE FOREIGN TROOPS FOR PEKIN.

    As the Viceroy of Chi-li refused, permission for the naval contingent from the H.M.S. Aurora to proceed, Captain E. H. Bayly, her commandor, commandeered the ...

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  15. ROUT OF THE BOERS AT RHENOSTER RIVER.

    Lieut.-General Lord M[?]thuen routed the Boers under Commandant De Wet at Rhenoster River, north of Kroonstad. ...

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  16. VICTORIAN OFFICER INVALIDED TO ENGLAND.

    Captain Jenkins, of the Victorian Mounted Infantry, who was invalided to England, has arrived. He is now convalescent. ...

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  17. THE TYSON ESTATE.

    An application was made to the Chief Justice in Chambers this morning in the matter of Mulholland v. John Tyson Doneley, the Queensland Trust and Agenoy Company, Limited, and Hon. ...

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  18. THE FUND IN QUEENSLAND.

    The Indian Famine Fund now amounts to £1436. ...

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  19. CHINA.

    Two thousand "Boxers," who were trying to isolate 16 British marines ahead of the leading train conveying marines to Pekin, were repulsed with Maxim guns, ...

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  20. THE TROUBLE IN ASHANTI. A SEVERE ENGAGEMENT.

    Colonel Carter has had a severe engagement with the Ashantis, who were entrenched at Dompoassi, about 30 miles south of Kumasi. There were 97 ...

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  21. BRITISH COMMUNICATIONS.

    It is officially stated by the War Office that a column operating southwards has defeated the Boers and has reoccupied Honing Sprait, on the railway line ...

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  22. SIR WALTER BULLER.

    The University of Cambridge has conferred the honorary degree of Doctor of Laws (L.L.D.) upon Sir Walter Lawry Buller, who has been for many years ...

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  23. SPEECH BY M. DELCASSE.

    M. Delcasse, the French Minister for Foreign Affairs, in the course of a speech in the Chamber of Deputies, declared that the " Boxers " were a ...

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  24. NORTHERN TERRITORY.

    The Chinglu, from southern ports, arrived on Sunday and sailed for Hongkong on Monday. The Airlie, from Hongkong, arrived to-day. Her passengers were-Mr. and Mrs. St. Aubyn, ...

    Article : 73 words
  25. A VICTORIAN KILLED.

    Private F. Suttie, of the Victorian infantry, reported to have been taken prisoner at Rensburg five months ago, was killed at Blastershoek. ...

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  26. LIEUTENANT-COLONEL WILLCOOKS DELAYED.

    Lieutenant-Colonel Willcocks, who was last reported at Fesu with a relief column of 250 is now at Prahsu, 50 miles south of Kumasi. Floods are ...

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  27. THE CAPTURED MILITIAMEN.

    The men of the Derbyshire Militia (4th) battalion captured near Roodewal on Thursday have been taken to Vrede, in the north-eastern portion of the Orange ...

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  28. THE SITUATION.

    The Boers have evacuated Laing's Nek, and General Buller occupies a position four miles north of Volksrust. This is the satisfactory news announced this morning, and it will be received ...

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  29. AN AUSTRALIAN ATHLETE.

    Mr. Stanley Rowley, the New South Wales athlete, ran second in the Glasgow 100 Yards (handicap) Footrace. He was beaten by l8 inches, and ran the distance ...

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  30. THE P. AND O. COMPANY'S ANNUAL MEETING.

    At the annual meeting of the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company yesterday, the chairman (Sir Thomas Sutherland, M.P.) stated that two-thirds ...

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  31. TASMANIA.

    The Campbelltown Show to-day was very successful. The exhibit of merino sheep was admitted to be the best seen in Tasmania. The veteran ram President was shown for exhibition ...

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  32. MR. STEYN.

    Mr. Steyn, the ex-Prosident, is near Reitz, 75 miles east of Kroonstad. ...

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  33. PUBLIC ACCOUNTS.

    The public accounts for the year ended June 30. 1899, accompanied by the twenty-ninth report of the Auditor-General, were laid upon the table of the Legislative Assembly last night. In his report Mr. ...

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  34. PRINCE RANJITSINHJI.

    Prince K. S. Ranjitsinhji the cricketer, in consecutive innings, scored 222 runs against Somersetshire, and 215 (unfinished) against Cambridge. ...

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  35. LARGE RUSSIAN FORCE FOR PEKIN.

    The Tsung-li-Yamen announces that Russia is bringing a large force to Pekin. Nine hundred British troops now at ...

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  36. LIEUTENANT CECIL LAMB.

    Lieutenant Cecil Lamb, of the New South Wales Regiment of Royal Australian Artillery, has been appointed an assistant commissioner at Jagersfontein, ...

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  37. SIR H. B. LOCH.

    Sir Henry Brougham Loch, formerly Governor of Victoria, Governor of Cape Colony and High Commissioner for South Africa from 1889 to 1895, is ...

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  38. NEW ZEALAND.

    Captain Hayhurst, Sergeant Bond, and Corporal Symes, invalided New Zealanders, returned by the Paparoa, which arrived at Wellington today without calling at Hobart. ...

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  39. IMACHADODORP THE TRANSVAAL CAPITAL.

    Machadodorp, 156 miles east of Pretoria, has been proclaimed the capital of the Transvaal. The majority of the inhabitants of the ...

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  40. JAPAN DEMANDS A SPHERE OF INFLUENCE.

    Japan is ordering 4000 troops to embark. Japan demands a sphere of influence in China, comprising the provinces of Chekiang, Fo-kien, and Kiang-si, in the ...

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  41. THE TALLOW MARKET.

    At the sales of Australian tallow to-day 775 casks were offered, of which 264 were sold. Mutton, fine, realised 27s; mutton, medium, 25s 6d; beef, fine, 26s; and ...

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  42. WESTERN AUSTRALIAN PARLIAMENT.

    The select committee on Mr. Robson's charges concluded its inquiry this morning, and reported to the House this afternoon that the charges had not been substantiated. The report was ordered ...

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  43. THE GERMAN NAVY BILL.

    The Navy Bill in the German Reichstag, providing for a large increase in the Navy, has been road the third time by 201 votes to 103. ...

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  44. JOHANNESBURG POLICE SURRENDER TO GENERAL HUNTER.

    Sixty of the Johannesburg police, with a Maxim, surrendered to LieutenantGeneral Sir A. Hunter, who, according to latest reports, was at Ventersdorp. ...

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  45. SILVER.

    Bar silver is quoted to-day at 2s 3 11-16d per ounce standard. ...

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  46. BRITISH SHIPS ON THE CHINA STATION.

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  47. THE PHILIPPINES.

    It is reported that the American troops in the Philippines have captured Delpilar, the most daring general of the Filipinos. ...

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  48. THE COMMONWEALTH BILL.

    In the course of his statement regarding the proposed conference of Premiers, Mr. Rutledge, the Attorney-General, said that he had received a telegram from Mr. Lewis, which he had also sent to' ...

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  49. A BRITISH MISTAKE.

    The British shelled a train conveying prisoners to Nooitgedacht, believing that it carried fugitive burghers. ...

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  50. THE FEDERAL DELEGATES.

    The federal delegates are on a visit to Mr. Chamberlain at Highbury, Birmingham, and are inspecting the works of Birmingham and Sheffield. ...

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  51. BOER COMMANDANTS KILLED.

    Commandant Olivier was killed, and Commandant De Villiers mortally wounded, at an engagement at Rookrantz. ...

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  52. THE THIRD CONTINGENT.

    The Third Coutingent, or rather the remnant of it, consisting of men who had remained to the very last stage in the hope of Matting to South Africa, was dishauded yesterday. The men had the ...

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  53. DEATHS FROM SUNSTROKE.

    At a review at Aldershot on Monday 300 cases of sunstroke occurred. There were four deaths. ...

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  54. BOERS IN SWAZILAND.

    H.M.S. Doris conveyed a number of whaleboats to [?]osi Bay, in Zululand, intending to land a force which should operate in Swaziland. ...

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  55. SIR JULIAN SALOMONS.

    Sir Julian Salomons, the ex-AgentGeneral of New South Wales, sails from London in the R.M.S. India, which leaves on the 14th instant. ...

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  56. THE STEAMER CORAKI.

    The steamer Coraki at midday was high and dry, and had moved towards Crowdy Hend[?]. The vessel is lying on an oven keel, broadside on to the sea, and is in no danger. it is expected she will be got off if ...

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  57. THE RHODESIAN FIELD FORCE.

    The Victorian Scouts, organised by Councillor Cameron, of Bairnsdale, have gone to Mnrandellas. ...

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  58. COMFORTS FOR OUR TROOPS.

    Miss A. Grecnway, secretary of the St. John Ambulance Association, has receive—from Mrs. Vandeleur Kelly, for the New South Wales troops in South Africa, 3 pairs of knitted socks; from Mrs, ...

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  59. NEW BILLS IN PARLIAMENT.

    Notices of motion were given in the Legislative Assembly last night of intention to introduce the following new bills:—By Mr. Edden, to re-introduce the Labour Unions' Emplayees Protection Bill at the ...

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  60. DEATH OF BISHOP LANIGAN.

    Dr. William Lauigan, Roman O[?]tholic Bishop of Goulburn, died at a quarter-past 8 to-night. Dr. Lauigan had been ill five weeks, but it was not expected that the end would come so soon. He was 81 ...

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  61. WHEAT CARGO.

    The cargo of wheat by the ship Guiseppe has been sold off the coast at 29s 6d ...

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  62. TO-DAY.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 94 words
  63. INVALIDED NEW SOUTH WALES OFFICERS.

    Major W. T. Bridges, of the New South Wales Rogiment of Royal Australian Artillery, and Major P. T. Owen, of the New South Wales General Staff, Special ...

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  64. WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

    In the Boulder Police Court to-day the case of alleged diamond robbery was continued. T. W. Wheatley was committed for trial. ...

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  65. PLAGUE AT ROCKHAMPTON.

    A Chinaman at North Rockhampton, named Ab Chow, has been pronounced to be suffering from the plague. ...

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  66. Advertising

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