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  2. THE WAR. BATTLE AT EERSTE FABRIEKEN.

    Following the operations on June 11 at Eerste Fabrieken (Hatherley) the enemy on Tuesday checked the advance of the cavalry on the flanks. ...

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  3. FEDERATION. PRIVY COUNCIL APPEALS.

    In Committee of the Whole in the House of Commons on Monday, Mr. Chamberlain, the Secretary of State for the Colonies, will embody in the ...

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  4. CHINA. ATTACK ON THE LEGATIONS.

    The foreign legations at Pekin have been barricaded. June 17. All foreigners in Pekin are now ...

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  5. The Sydney Morning Herald.

    It in officially announced that General Botha retreated to Middelburg after his defeat at Eerste rabrieken, and that his rearguard was surprised and thoroughly routed by General Ian Hamilton's ...

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

    The "Times" correspondent at Delagoa Bay reports that it is a matter of notoriety that President Kruger is in favour of peace on almost any terms; but that he ...

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  7. BAD PLIGHT OF THE PRISONERS.

    The British prisoners at Nooitgedacht, whence they were removed by the Boers upon the evacuation of Pretoria, are without shelter, and are suffering terribly ...

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  8. PACIFYING THE WESTERN TRANSVAAL.

    Major-General Baden-Powell has been raised to the local rank of Lieutenant-General. He commands 800 men, and is engaged pacifying the Marico, ...

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  9. TROOPS JOIN THE BOXERS.

    The ten thousand troops outside Pekin, commanded by General Mung-fuh-siang, who was said to be entrenching to resist the advance of Vice-Admiral Sir E. H. ...

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  10. MANY BOER DESERTIONS.

    There are many desertions from the Boer forces at Machadodorp despite the colossal lies which President Kruger is daily printing in his bulletin of British ...

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  11. CLAUSE 74 AS NOW PROPOSED.

    The following is a copy of the telegram received by his Excellency the Governor, Lord Tennyson, from Mr. Joseph Chamberlain, Secretary of State for the Colonies, and which has been referred to in the ...

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  12. REPAIRING THE TELEGRAPH LINE.

    Lord Roberts has despatched a column to meet Lieutenant-General Baden-Powell and to repair the telegraph line between Pretoria and Rustenburg. ...

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  13. ADMINISTRATION OF ZEERUST.

    Major Lord Edward Cecil, D.S.O., has been appointed to administer Zeerust, in the Marico district, 125 miles west of Pretoria. ...

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  14. CONSTITUTIONAL QUESTIONS.

    Mr. B. R. Wise, Q.C., Attorney-General of New South Wales, and Mr. R. E. O'Connor, Q.C., of New South Wales, members of the Federal Convention, have ...

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  15. TROUBLE ON THE CONGO.

    The "Daily Telegraph " states that 23,000 natives in the Congo Free State, in equatorial Africa, have risen against the Belgians. ...

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  16. TAKU FORTS TO BE SEIZED.

    The Powers have resolved to seize the Taku forts on the south coast of the Gulf of Pe-chi-li and at the entrance of the highway to Pekin. The Russians have landed ...

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  17. GENERAL CRONJE'S SON SURRENDERS.

    When Lieutenant-General Sir Archibald Hunter summoned Klerksdorp, the officials and General Cronje, a son of General Cronje, captured by ...

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  18. SURRENDER OF KLERKSDORP.

    Klerksdorp, in the Potchefstroom district, surrendered to Lieutenant-General Sir A. Hunter on June 9. ...

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  19. A SUCCESSFUL STUDENT.

    Mr. A. M. Paton won a position in the first class at the Inter-collegiate Examinations for mechanical sciences at Cambridge University. ...

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  20. THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

    In anticipation of Western Australia entering the Commonwealth no one of the original States the Cabinet concluded the mapping out of Victoria into 23 electorates, that being the number of members ...

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  21. FRANCE'S SUCCESSFUL DIPLOMACY.

    Reuter's correspondent at Washington credits France with having by her diplomacy successfully secured the maintenance of an equilibrium amoug the Powers, ...

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  22. PUNISHMENT OF REBELS.

    Several local rebels who fought at Spion Kop have been fined £250 each, in addition to a sentence of five years' imprisonment. ...

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  23. DEATH OF A SOUTH AUSTRALIAN.

    Trooper H. E. Proises, of the South Australian Mounted Infantry, fell from his horse and has died. ...

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  24. OBITUARY.

    The late Mrs. W. E. Gladstone will be buried in Westminster Abbey. ...

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  25. CAPTAIN R. THOMPSON INVALIDED.

    Captain R. Thompson, the adjutant of the First Australian Horse, has arrived at Capetown from the front invalided with fever. ...

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  26. CHINA.

    The Government of Japan, in announcing the despatch of 1000 troops to Tientsin affirms that Japan intends to act inentire concert with the other Powers. ...

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  27. THE SHAH IN PARIS.

    The Shah of Persia (Mouzaffer ed-diue) has arrived in Paris. ...

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  28. "BOXERS" PREPARING TO FIGHT.

    The "Boxers" are openly exercising in drill and manœuvres at Tientsin. ...

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  29. SUPPOSED DARING ATTEMPT TO ENTER A BANK.

    What seems to have been a during attempt to enter the Bank of Australia was made last night. This office is situated in the Exchange-buildings, William-street, and the accountant, Mr. Macpherson, ...

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  30. DR. EDNA TERRY SAFE.

    Dr. Edna Terry, the American Methodists' women's medical missionary, who was reported to have been murdered at Tsun-hua-chau, is safe at Tientsin. ...

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  31. A QUEENSLANDER MISSING.

    Private Smith, of the Queensland Mounted Infantry, was reported missing from Kroonstad on June 5. ...

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  32. MR. RUTLEDGE'S OBJECTIONS.

    Mr. Rutledge, interviewed late to-night, stated that he had prepared, and had forwarded for submission to Mr. Chamberlain, a carefully worded protect specifying a number of reasons why clause 74, ...

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  33. THE EMPRESS-DOWAGER OF CHINA.

    The suggestion of the "Times" that Great Britain should, join Russia in putting an end to the "sinister' rule of the Empress-Downger of China draws attention once more to the career of ...

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  34. TERRIBLE RAILWAY COLLISION.

    A terrible accident has occurred at Slough Station, near Windsor. Despite the danger signal, the express going to Plymouth ran past it and came ...

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  35. CAPE POLITICS.

    Sir James Gordon-Sprigg, who was summoned by Sir Alfred Milner to form a Cabinet for Cape Colony, and who has consulted with Mr. W. P. Schreiner and ...

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  36. STATEMENT BY MR. BARTON.

    Mr. Barton considers that by the amendments which have now been agreed upon a happy solution of the difficulty has been arranged. ...

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  37. VIEWS OF THE SOUTH AUSTRALIAN PREMIER.

    When seen to-night Mr. Holder said, "Tnere is one mistake in the press cable. Instead of Sir John Downer and Mr. Symon sending a cable similar to that sent by Messrs. Wise and O'Connor, their ...

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  38. THE SITUATION.

    Further details of the engagement at Eerst[?] Fubricken of a week ago, when Lord Roberts inflicted a signal defeat on General Botha, show that this battle, like its predecessors, was a ...

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  39. THE UNITED STATES PRESIDENCY.

    Admiral Dewey has retired from the Presidential contest in the United States. ...

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  40. REFERENDUM IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

    Addressing his constituents at Bunbury on Friday night, Sir John Forrest referred at great length to federation. He favoured the adoption of the bill by the colony, and said that if they were to become a ...

    Article : 509 words
  41. THE FICKSBUEG DISTRICT.

    Lieutenant-General Sir H. M. Rundle has intimated to the Boers in the Ficksburg district, bordering Basutoland, that their farms will be confiscated if they do ...

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  42. ENGLISH RACING.

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  43. THE MUTINY ON THE ETHEL.

    The trial of the six Mauilamen charged with mutiny on the Ethel and with the murder of the captain, near Broome, in October last, was concluded at the Criminal Court on Saturday, after a hearing ...

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  44. FIGHTING AT RHENOSTER.

    The Boers again attacked the Engineers who were reconstructing the railway north of Rhenoster. Major-General Lord Kitchener dispersed the attackers, no ...

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  45. VICTORIA.

    For some time past the Customs authorities have had a suspicion that the revenue was being underpaid in excise duty by a suburban distillery. Officers belonging to the Customs ...

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  46. ISOLATING ORANGE RIVER BURGHERS.

    Lord Roberts, with a view of isolating the burghers of the Orango River Colony, has ordered General Sir Redvers Buller to proceed to Standerton, 61 miles ...

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  47. THE RIGHT OF APPEAL.

    Mr. J. R. Dickson (the Queensland Federal Delegate in London) has cabled to Mr. R. Philp, Premier of Queensland, that Mr. R. B. Haldane, M.P., the ...

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  48. SERIOUS OCCURRENCE AT BALMAIN.

    Just before midnight on Today it was reported in Balmain that two residents had been taken to the local Cottage Hospital, sufferings from serious wounds, the outcome, it was said, of a quarrel. The ...

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  49. GENERAL BULLER'S ADVANCE.

    Her Majesty the Queen has congratulated General Sir Redvers Buller on his brilliant strategy in the neighbourhood of Laing's Nek, culminating in the ...

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  50. DEPARTURE OF MR. BARTON AND MR. KINGSTON.

    Mr. E. Barton and Mr. C. C. Kingston will return to Australia in the R.M.S. Omrah, which leaves London on the 22nd instant. ...

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  51. WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

    In the course of a speech at Bunbury, Sir John Forrest said that the general elections would take place in May next. He also mentioned that the Government intended calling tenders for the ...

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  52. LORD BEAUCHAMP ON APPEALS.

    Referring to the question of Australia federation his Excellency, Earl Beauchamp, speaking at a banquet given in his honour in the Town Hall on Saturday evening, expressed the ...

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  53. BOERS DEMORALISED.

    The Boers are massing at Ermelo, 60 miles north of Volksrust and at Paardekop. They are in a very demoralised ...

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  54. INTERVIEW WITH THE PREMIER.

    The Premier was seen late last night with reference to the compromise come to, and being asked his opinion spoke as follows:—"I do not think that the clause is perfect by any means. So far as appeals on ...

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  55. THE BATHURST ELECTION.

    Mr. R. L. Gilmour, Mayor of Bathurst, has been nominated to contest the election for the Bathurst coustituency. He will stand in the liberal and freetrade interests. Mr. A. K. Warden is also in the field. ...

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  56. LATE SHIPPING. ARRIVAL.—June 17.

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  57. TO-DAY.

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  58. THE BOER FORCES.

    "Austral" writes enclosing it newspaper extrac[?] in which it is slated that: "Mr. Provost Battersb[?] has sent to the 'Morning Post' am estimate of the strength of the Boer forces, and pledged ...

    Article : 197 words
  59. PRESIDENT KRUGER'S CAR.

    President Kruger eats and sleeps in his special saloon ear at Machadodorp. An engine is attached to the car and its fire is always alight. ...

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  60. FATALITY ON A VESSEL.

    Information has been received by the city police to the effect that last night a man named William Sparkes was killed on board the ship James Kerr, moored in the steam, ...

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  61. IMPORTS.—June 17.

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  62. Advertising

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  63. Advertising

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