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  2. THE WAY THAT HE[?]

    The general's flag still flew before his unstruc[?] t[?]nt, to amuse Boer binoculars, and local lying correspondents still telegraphed accounts of his daily work. But the general himself had gone ...

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  3. THE WAR THE BOER RAIDERS.

    During his recent attacks upon the railways between Honing Spruit and Kroonstad Commandant Do Wet captured and burnt the supplies of winter clothing ...

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  4. CHINA. RETURN OF ADMIRAL SEYMOUR.

    In the House of Commons last night Mr. St. John Brodrick, Parliamentary Secretary for Foreign Affairs, stated that a native servant of one of the legations at ...

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  5. SPECIAL CABLES.

    A financial crisis has arisen in Russia and there have been many failures. Vast sums have been withdrawn temporarily from the market. ...

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  6. The Sydney Morning Herald.

    During his recent attacks on the railways Commandant de Wet captured and burnt the winter clothing of the first British division. Pretoria is announced to be swarming with ...

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  7. SECOND EDITION. A TERRIBLE FATALITY.

    At the Greenmount quarries to-day the manager was killed by an explosion, his head being blown off his body. It is supposed that deceased was tamping a charge of dyn[?]mit[?] with an iron bar and it ...

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  8. UTILISING THE AUSTRALIAN SQUADRON.

    The Premier was seen at a l[?]t[?] hour last night with reference to the suggestion from the Imperial Government that some of the vessels of the Australian squadron should be sent for service on the ...

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  9. AUSTRALIAN CRUISERS FOR CHINA.

    Regarding Mr. Chamberlain's request for the despatch of vessels of the Australian Squadron, Mr. Philp stated that the Queensla[?]d Govermnent could see no objection whatever to the proposals conveyed ...

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  10. THE INVALIDED SOLDIERS.

    Last night the Sydney squadron of New South Wales Lancers extended a very cordi[?]l welcome by me[?]ns of a smoke concert to a number of the invalided soldiers who returned by the Australa[?]ian. ...

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  11. THE AUSTRIAN SUCCESSION.

    In view of their approaching morganatic marriage the Countess [?]hot[?]k, and the Archduke Franz, heir presumptive to the throne of ...

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  12. NEW SOUTH WALES OFFERS FOR SERVICE.

    The Minister for Defence, Mr. See, stales that he has received several offers from volunteers in the country districts for service in China if it is decided to send a contingent thit[?]er from this colony. Up ...

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  13. LATE MINING.

    The following cable from London has been received by the local office of the Tasmanian Copper Company:—"The Phœnix process preliminary test in the treatment of the company's complex ores is quite ...

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  14. NEW SOUTH WALES VOLUNTEERS FOR CHINA.

    Lieutenant-Colonel J. C. N[?]ild, M.L.A., the officer commanding thu 7th Volunteer Infa[?]try Regiment (St. George's Rifles), sent a letter to the Minister for Defence (Mr. John See) offering 300 officers ...

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  15. VICTORIA.

    Messrs. Powers, Rutherford, and Co., acting under instructions from the executor of the late Donald Wallace, sold Lerderderg Estate, situated near Bacchus Marsh, with all improvements ...

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  16. ENEMY NEAR VEREENIGING.

    Lieutenant-General Lord Methuen has expelled the Boera from a strong position near Vereeniging, the railway town on the Vaal. ...

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  17. IMPERIAL COMMERCIAL CONGRESS.

    The Imperial Congress of British Chambers of Commerce at its sitting yesterday passed a resolution that it was desirable that the Government should ...

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  18. MESSAGE FROM THE ADMIRALTY.

    The Premier, Mr. M'Lean, has received through the Lieutenant-Governor a copy of a c[?]ble forwarded by Mr Chamberlain, Secretary ot state for the Colonies, to the Australian Governors with ...

    Article : 298 words
  19. A PEREMPTORY ORDER.

    Owing to their insolence and treachery Lord Roberts has ordered the officials of the Netherlands Railway Company to leave the country within three days. ...

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  20. IMPERIAL COMMISSIONS TO COLONIALS.

    Lieutenant John Edmund Francis d'Apice, who has (our cables yesterday stated) received a commission in the Royal Artillery, Garrison Division, was born at Hunter's Hill, Sydney, and is 22 years of ...

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  21. NEW UNDERGROUND RAILWAY.

    Tho Prince of Wales formally opened to-day the Central Underground Electric Railway from Shepherd's Bush to the Bank of England. ...

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  22. I BOERS AND THE RAILWAYS.

    Tlie Boers have greased tho railway inclines. Lord Roberts has issued a proclamation that he will levy fines upon the farmers ...

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  23. THE POSITION OF THE AMBASSADORS.

    In the House of Lords last night the Marquis of Salisbury, the Premier, stated that nothing was known as to the position of the legations in Peking, though there ...

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  24. AN AUSTRALIAN MEDAL.

    Mr M'Lean has received a letter from Sir W. J. Lyne suggesting thit there should be a uniform medal for all the Australian troops serving in South Africa, and asking if Mr. M'Lean concurred in that ...

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  25. SIR ROBERT PEEL.

    Sir Robert Peel, who was committed for trial on a charge of libelling Mr. Von der Haydt, the husband of his sister and a trustee of the Peel Estate, has apologised, ...

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  26. SPIES IN PRETORIA.

    Pretoria is reported to be swarming with Boer spies. ...

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  27. PLACARDS DENOUNCING FOREIGNERS.

    This morning's cables announce that pl[?]cards denouncing foreiguera have been posted io the towns along the Grand Canal from Peking, that is, to Hangkow, a distance of over 600 miles. These ...

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  28. LETTERS FROM THE FRONT.

    Private H. Gates writes to Mr. A. Colless, of Penrith, from Smaldeel as follows:—"I left Bloemfontein on the morning of May I with the 83rd Battery of Field Artillery, to which Captain Pearce has been ...

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  29. THE LIBERATED OFFICERS.

    The British officers who were taken prisoners by the Boers, and who were liberated on the occupation of Pretoria, have been reinstated in their regiments ...

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  30. CHAMPION BICYCLE RACING.

    Owing to a dispute with the Exhibition authorities, the National Cyclists' Union will not allow its members to race in Paris. ...

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  31. THE BOMBARDMENT OF TIENTSIN

    Mr. St. John Brodrick, in the House of Commons last night, stated that the foreign settlement at Tientsin was bombarded from June l8 to June 23. Slight damage ...

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  32. SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    A cleverly executed burgl[?]ry was committed at the Shakespeare Hotel on Wednesday nihht. The burglars got away with an iron safe, which weighed 5[?]wt., and contained £17 and a ...

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  33. AUSTRALIAN AND CANADIAN MOUNTED INFANTRY.

    The Australian and Canadian Mounted Infantry, commanded by Major-General Hutton, and the force of LieutenantGeneral Baden-Powell have had a smart ...

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  34. RAILWAY ACCIDENT IN QUEENSLAND.

    The Toowoomba relief train which was sent out yesterday to the scene of the accident on the Crow's Nest line has returned. From further particulars of the accident obtained it appears that at ...

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  35. TSUNG-LI-YAMEN ALARMED.

    There are indications that the Tsungli-Yamen is alarmed at the preparations which the Powers are making, and that it has accordingly issued an order for the ...

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  36. OBITUARY.

    The death is announced of Mr. James Orr, of the Union Bank of Australia. ...

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  37. NEW ZEALAND.

    Goodwin's Hotel at Goldsborough has been destroyed by fire and the owner burned to death. The Empreza, from Newcastle, experienced a tempestuous voyage and was greatly battered. ...

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  38. SILVER.

    The hardening of tho Eastern Exchanges initiated the rise in silver. There is much speculative purchasing of the metal. ...

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  39. DESTRUCTION OF A MILITARY SCHOOL.

    The " Boxers " have destroyed the Military School at Mukden, the capital of Manchuria and an important missionary centre. ...

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  40. DELAGOA BAY RAILWAY DESTROYED.

    The report that the Delagoa Bay railway had been destroyed has been confirmed. Strathcona's Horse (Canada) landed at ...

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  41. PRIVATE M'GILL.

    The following are extracts from a letter written from Bloomfontein Hospital on May I by Private R. W. M'Gill, who left with the Second Contingent: —" We draw here 1[?] 5d per day, This, no doubt, ...

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  42. THE WEATHER. FURTHER SNOWFALLS IN THE COUNTRY.

    Bleak weather continues locally and in the country. In Sydney the warm intervals of sunshine in the forenoon were very acceptable, but later in the day the sweetness was found to cont[?]in the usual ...

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  43. ANTWERP WOOL SALES.

    The Antwerp wool sales have closed. Prices were unchanged, and slightly more animation was shown. ...

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  44. TASMANIA.

    The Governor, Viscount Gormanston, has informed his Ministers that he will probably leave Tasmania about the middle of August next His term of office expires next October, and Mr. ...

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  45. MASONIC INSTALLATION.

    The annual installation of the Worshipful Master [?]d investiture of officers of the Peel Lodge, No. 209, U.G.L., New South Wales, was held at the lodge room on Wednesday night. There was a large ...

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  46. THE STEAMER AGE MEETS BAD WEATHER.

    Our Melbourne correspondent last night wired: Captain Suewin, of the steamer Age, which arrived to-day, reports fierce gales, mountainous seas, i[?]y cold temperature, and blinding equalls of rain and ...

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  47. CONDITION OF THE HOSPITALS.

    Lord Roberts suggests that an independent inquiry be held in regard to the military hospitals. He admits that there were abnormal sickness and hardships on ...

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  48. JAPAN PREPARING.

    The Japanese Government has obtained authority to expend 50,000,000 ye[?] (£5,000,000), and is sending 20,000 troops to China. ...

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  49. PRIVATE STANTON.

    Mr. W. Stanton has received another letter from his son, Private O. Stanton, with the New South Wales Army Medical Corps, which was written at Bloemfontein on May 8. Private Stanton writes:— ...

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  50. AUSTRALIAN PARLIAMENTS.

    The Premier referred in the House this afternoon to the number of New Zealanders suffering from enterie fever in South Africa. If it were true that there was not adequate hospital ...

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  51. THE PILBARRA'S VOYAGE.

    The Pilbarra, as will be remembered, was reported overdue at Melbourne from Sydney. The Melbourne " Argus " reports of her vovage round the coast:— The steamer came into po[?]t a[?]ter[?] tempestuous passage ...

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  52. SIXTEEN THOUSAND TROOPS LANDED.

    The total number of foreign troops landed at Taku is 16,000. ...

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  53. TO-DAY.

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  54. R.M.S. AUSTRAL AT ALBANY.

    The R.M.S. Austral, A. J. Coad, commander, arrived from Colombo at 11 p.m. yesterday. The passengers, saloon, are:— For Albany: Mrs. Saunders, Mr. Abbott. ...

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  55. DEATH OF A QUEENSLANDER.

    Private G. E. Walker, of the Queensland Mounted Infantry, has died of enteric fever at Bloemfontein. ...

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  56. CANADIANS VOLUNTEERING.

    The Canadian Infantry are volunteering for service in China. ...

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  57. ANCIENT ORDER OF FORESTERS.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 162 words
  58. DENOUNCING FOREIGNERS.

    Placards denouncing foreigners have been posted in the towns along the Grand Canal. [The Grand or Imperial Canal extends from ...

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  59. THE SITUATION.

    Lord Robert is showing now that he is not to be trifled-with. Probably he has found out that the Boer farmers, whom he has been treating [?]o well, have abused his confidence. At any rate he ...

    Article : 222 words
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