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  2. THE WAR THE VICTORIA CROSS.

    The decoration of the Victoria Cross has been bestowed on Major E. J. Phipps-Hornby, Sergeant Parer, Gunner Lodge, and Driver Glassock, all of Q ...

    Article : 370 words
  3. CHINA. ADMIRAL SEYMOUR'S FORCE.

    The latest message from Vice-Admiral Sir E. H. Seymour and his force of 2300 men, received in Tientsin was heliographed from the force. The message ...

    Article : 220 words
  4. SPECIAL CABLES.

    The Khedive, who recently arrived in England from Egypt, and who was detained on his landing by illness, has arrived at Buckingham Palace. ...

    Article : 40 words
  5. VICTORIA. THE WEATHER.

    The weather to-day was intensely bleak, the highest reading of the thermometer being only 46 and the lowest 38.6. A biting westerly wind prevailed all day with cold sleety showers at ...

    Article : 232 words
  6. IN PARLIAMENT.

    The only matter of importance dealt with by the Legilative Council last night was the considerntion of the Supply Bill, covering items in condection with the expenses of Mr. Barton in ...

    Article : 1,657 words
  7. THE SITUATION.

    Serious complaints come to hand as to the treatment of the sick in South Africa, and indeed similar murmurings have been heard in connection with our own men. The matter has now ...

    Article : 556 words
  8. THE VICTORIAN PARLIAMENT

    In the Legislative Assembly, Sir George Turner, resuming the debate on the Address in Reply,said that the success of Mr.Holden for Warrenneip must have been a relief to the Government, as otherwise ...

    Article : 800 words
  9. ASHANTI TROUBLE.

    Rains are delaying the advance of Lieutenant-Colonol "Willcocks and his force from Prahsu to the relief of Kumasi, where Sir F. M. Hodgson is besieged by ...

    Article : 87 words
  10. A CHARGE OF MURDER.

    The third trial of Isabella Elizabeth Downey on a charge of murder was conoluded at the Criminal Court to-day, before Mr. Justice s'Beckett. The presentment alleged that on ...

    Article : 373 words
  11. RUSSIA.

    The Czar of Russia has issued an Imperial ukase prohibiting the playing of baccarac everywhere in his dominions. The prohibition estends to private ...

    Article : 31 words
  12. IMPERIAL COMMERCIAL. CONGRESS.

    The Imperial Congress of British Chambers of Commerce continued its sittings yesterday. Mr. C. T. Ritchie, President of the ...

    Article : 57 words
  13. THIS RELIEF OF TIENTSIN.

    The Chinese troops desperately resisted the advance of the force to the relief of Tientsin until the 4.7 guns of H.M.S. Terrible silenced the Krupp guns which ...

    Article : 92 words
  14. THE ANTICIPATED REBELLTON IN CANTON,

    The news that Li Hung Chang finds it dangerous to leave Canton for Peking in thr present state of popular feeling only confirm what has long been su-dected about the province.Even before the ...

    Article : 199 words
  15. COLONIAL INSTITUTE CONVERSAZIONE.

    The conversazone of the Colonial Institute was held last night. There were 2000 guests present, among them being the Agents-General of the Australian ...

    Article : 58 words
  16. N0 TROOPS TO BE WITHDRAWN.

    It is officially, announced in Capetown that no troops will be withdrawn from South Africa until the end of the war. ...

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  17. SOLDIERS FROM THE WAR.

    The Aberdeen liner Australian, with the second detachment of 20 colonisl invalided soldiers from south Africa, entered the Heads shortly after 7 a.m yesterday, and as she proceeded ou her way up the ...

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  18. THE BOER PEACE DELEGATION.

    Messrs. Fischer, Wolmarans,and Wessels, the Boer peace delegates, who have been on a visit to the United States endeavouring unsuccessfully to induce the ...

    Article : 91 words
  19. QUEENSLAND. A YOUTH SCALDED TO DEATH.

    A youth named Ross, employed at Messrs. Birt and Co.'s, Petre's Bight, fell into a vat of boiling water yesterday, and was fearfully scalded. He died this morning. ...

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  20. LORD BRASSEY IN ENGLAND.

    Lord Brassey, Governor of Victoria, has arrived in his yacht the Sunbeam at Southampton. In the course of an interview he stated ...

    Article : 47 words
  21. STATUS OF MISSIONARIES,

    Over a year ago the peking Government formulated a men[?]n!,which received the Imperial asseat, as to offical intercourse between Chinese local authorities and Roman Catholic missionaries. This ...

    Article : 412 words
  22. THE AMBASSADORS TO PEKING

    The French consuls at Shanghai and at Chefu report that the foreign Ministers have left peingg with Chinese troops escorting them, and have prooeeded ...

    Article : 133 words
  23. THE SCHOONER CONFIDENCE.

    No news has yet been received concerning the schooner Confidence, which is supposed to have been wrecked. The Confidence was engaged in carrying oyster cultures between Bribie and ...

    Article : 102 words
  24. CONDITION OF MILITARY HOSPITALS.

    Great indignation prevails at Capetown at the condition of the military hospitals and at the absence of comforts. Mr. W. A. Burdett-Coutts, M.P., has ...

    Article : 121 words
  25. MARRIAGE WITH DECEASED WIFE'S SISTER BILL.

    In the House of Commons Mr. J. G. Talbot, M.P. (C.) for Oxford university, and Mr. W. E. M. Tomlinson, M.P.(C.) for Preston, have blocked the ...

    Article : 77 words
  26. THE A.M.P. SOCIETY.

    The following letter has been handed to us for publication. It is the reply of the chairman of the board of the A.M.P. Society to the Hon J. H. Want, who had written on the 14th instant submitting ...

    Article : 437 words
  27. ROYAL COMMISSION ON COLLIERIES.

    The report of the Royal Commission which was recently appoiuted to inquire into accidents in coal mines is now available. The commission state that as the Mining Act of 1898 only came ...

    Article : 120 words
  28. PROTESTANT MISSIONS DESTROYED.

    The rebels have destroyed the bulk of the Protestant mission buildings at Weihoien, on the Weiho River, in the province of Shansi. ...

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  29. PRIVY COUNCIL APPEALS.

    The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council has allowed with costs the appeals in the cases of Fleming versus the Bank of New Zealand and the Commissioners ...

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  30. LOSSES BY DROUGHT IN THE COLONY.

    At a special meeting of the Chamber of Commerce to-day, Mr. John Cameron, president of the Pastoralists' Association, delivered an address in connection with the pastoral industry and the ...

    Article : 244 words
  31. THE TROUBLE AT WEL-HAI-WEL.

    Describing the cause of the trouble at Wei-haiwei, the " North China, Herald" of May 9 suys:— "Whilst the British claim to have leased a certain strip of territorya, whilst their shows are never absent ...

    Article : 716 words
  32. A CAPE ASSEMBLY MEMBER ARRESTED

    Mr. J. N. P. Botha, member for Aliwal North in the Cape House of Assembly, has been arrested on a charge of high treason. ...

    Article : 40 words
  33. THE DEFENCE OF HONGKONG.

    The Emperor William has, in reply to their request, allowed the German residents of Hongkong to volunteer for the defence of the colony. ...

    Article : 34 words
  34. THE WOOL MARKET.

    The wool market is depressed. The consumption has fallon off in all the manufacturing centres. It is expected that at the next sales ...

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  35. ARTILLERY COMMISSIONS FOR AUSTRALIANS.

    Lieutenant J. E. Westgarth (New South Wales R.A.A.), who left with the Bushmen's Contingent, and Lieutenant D'Apice, of New South Wales, together ...

    Article : 113 words
  36. TAKU-TIENTSIN LINE DESTROYED

    The railway line from Taku to Tientsin has been completely destroyed by the Chinese. There are 10,000 foreign troops between the two cities. They are ...

    Article : 40 words
  37. WHEAT.

    Wheat has relapsed about Isa quarter. The American visible supply of wheat and flour east of the Rockies is 58,119,000 bushels. ...

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  38. PORT KEMBLA HARBOUR CONSTRUCTION.

    The Premier recently expressed his determination to the M.L.A. for the district to push on us rapidly as possible the ironworks at Port Kembla. He stated also that he intended to take an early ...

    Article : 174 words
  39. TASMANIA.

    The steamer Moorabool left yesterday for Sydney with 89 cages sheep, 2010 penned sheep, for the Sydney sales; also 2750 bales of straw and 299 bags of bark. ...

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  40. PROBABLE OFFER OF TROOPS BY NEW ZEALAND.

    At a semi-private gathering at Wellington tonight the Premier and that through the idea might be adversely eriticised, he had bad it in his mind for some days to send troops to china. They had a ...

    Article : 109 words
  41. RAILWAY ACCIDENT IN QUEENSLAND.

    A serions railway accident occurred on the Crow's Nest line near Peachey,shortly before 3 this afternoon.The first information received in Toowoomba was a wire from Crow's Nest, staling ...

    Article : 121 words
  42. BENEFIT TO THE AUSTRALIAN CONTINGENTS.

    The benefit performance organised by Messrs. G. Musgrove and T. Fitzgerald for the Australian contingents, held in the Alhambra Music Hall last night, ...

    Article : 33 words
  43. NEW ZEALAND.

    At a presentation of a portrait in oils of himself to Mr.John Plimmer, an old Wellington citizen, on his 88th birthday, the Premier (Mr. R.Seddon), who took part in the proceeding, in ...

    Article : 126 words
  44. GRAND SECRETARY KANG YI.

    The Peing Government has sent Kang Yi to Nanking with a view to the intimidation of the Vicerdy, whose offence was that be took means to maintain order on his province. THIS is not the first ...

    Article : 1,080 words
  45. PASTORAL INTELLIGENCE.

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  46. AUSTRALIAN CASUALTIES.

    Corporal A. Betts, of the Tasmanian Mounted Infantry, was killed at Donkerhoek; Bugler Hortle and Private G. Kingston, of the Victorian Mounted ...

    Article : 96 words
  47. R.M.S. AUSTRAL AT ALBANY.

    The R.M.S. Austral arrived at 10.45 p.m., from Colombo. ...

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