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  2. THE TRANSVAAL GENERAL BOTHA AT SPITZKOP.

    General Sir Redvers Buller, advancing from Lydenburg, yesterday crossed Mauchberg, which is 10 miles east by south of Lydenburg, and his guns fired on the ...

    Article : 65 words
  3. CHINA. POLICY OF GREAT BRITAIN.

    There are indications that the Marquis of Salisbury has assured the Emperor William that Great Britain will not withdraw from Peking. ...

    Article : 102 words
  4. LATE EDITION. HEEALD OFFICE, 5.30 a.m. THE SCULLING CHAMPIONSHIP.

    The race for the sculling championship of England and the " Sportsman's " Cup, between George Towns and James Wray, was rowed to-day, and resulted in a win ...

    Article : 561 words
  5. The Sydney Morning Herald.

    Commandant Theron's commando has been actively engaged in attempting to derail trains and to explode the railway lines by means of dynamite. It is believed that Commandant Theron was killed in the ...

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  6. PRIVATE ZIETSCH,

    Private Arthur Zietsch, of the Western Australian M. I., who was wounded in the right hip during a charge with bayonets by his squadron at the Vet River on 5th May, returned by the Porsic to ...

    Article : 131 words
  7. FIRE AT BALMAIN.

    At 1.30 this morning 13 horses were burned to death in a stable at Perry-street, Balmain. The animals were the property of Mr.R. Roberts, carrying on business as a carcase butcher at Globe Island. A ...

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  8. INVALIDED SOLDIERS BY THE WILCANNIA.

    The Wilcannia arrived this afternoon from London, via Cape Town and Adelaide, with 27 Australian soldiers invalided home from South Africa. With two or three exceptions, the men suffered from fever, ...

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  9. A CONSTABLE ASSAULTED.

    Constable C Taylor, of No.3 station, was admitted to the Sydney Hospital at an early hour this morning suffering from a large wound in the forehead. He stated that about an hour previously he ...

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  10. MR. KRUGER DESIRES TO SURRENDER.

    Natives report that ex-President Kruger is collecting the arms of the Boers with a view of surrendering. ...

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  11. LETTERS FROM THE FRONT.

    Corporal M. F. Collins, of the New South Wales Mounted Infantry, writing from Vredepoort, on July 30, says:—" We had a big rearguard action the other day, and only that ...

    Article : 142 words
  12. THE IPSWICH COLLIERY STRIKE.

    Another conference between the masters and the men was held at Ipswich to-day, and the miners' delegates submitted certain proposals, but these were rejected by the owners, who stated that ...

    Article : 147 words
  13. ENEMY DEFEATED NEAR KRUGERSDORP.

    The Beers are making incessant attempts to derail trains and destroy by explosions of dynamite the railway lines. These attempts are chiefly made by the ...

    Article : 88 words
  14. SPEECHES BY BRITISH MINISTERS.

    Sir Matthew White Ridley, the Home Secretary, speaking at Blagdon Park, Northumberland, on Saturday, referring to the situation in China, insisted on the ...

    Article : 126 words
  15. WRECK OF THE FUTAMI MARU.

    Mr. Y. Ohtsubo, assistant purser of the steamer Kasuga Maru, which arrived yesterday, gives some additional particulars regarding the wreck of the Futami Maru. He states that his vessel ...

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  16. TROOPER ALLAN CAMERON.

    Trooper Allan Cameron has written to his parents, who are at Glen Iunes, letters from which the subjoined extracts have been taken:—" Pretoria Hospital, June 24.—I am recovering rapidly from my ...

    Article : 570 words
  17. LANCE-CORPORAL RANSLEY.

    Lauce-corporal T. Rausley, of the Imperial Bushmen, writing to his parents from Buluwayo on July 19, says:—"We have been on the track from Marandellus for a month. We did 280 miles through the ...

    Article : 240 words
  18. GOLD FROM WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

    The R.M.S. Ortona takes from Fremantle for London 31 boxes of bullion, valued at £112, 160, also 25,000 sovereigus, and 153 tons of auifernous lead. ...

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  19. GUNBOAT PROTECTOR AT HONGKONG.

    The Governor has received the following telegram from Captain Creswell, in command of the gunboat Protector:—" Hongkong,—Arrived all well on Sunday, Destination not yet known," ...

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  20. WAKKERSTROOM OCCUPIED.

    Lieutenant-General Hildyard has occupied Wakkerstroom in the south-eastern portion of the Transvaal Colony, 15 miles east of Volksrust. ...

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  21. THE KING AND QUEEN OF SERVIA.

    Queen Natalie, mother of King Alexander of Servia, has sent through the Post Office an open post card grossly insulting her son, King Alexander, and his ...

    Article : 119 words
  22. A LETTER FROM MISS BAVIN.

    The Rev. Rainsford Bavia received letters from his daughter, Miss Bavia, on Saturday last, the latest of which is dated from Shanghai on August 9. Miss Bavin's letter, received by the August mail, which ...

    Article : 256 words
  23. THE NETHERLANDS RAILWAY COMPANY.

    Correspondence which has been seized at Pretoria shows that the Netherlands Railway Company, which controlled the Transvaal railways, transformed its ...

    Article : 90 words
  24. CRISIS IN CHINA.

    The steamer Tsiman, which arrived to-day from Hongkong brings mails to August 25. A refugee from Yunnan fu, the Rev. F. J. Dymond, of the Bible Christian Mission there, ...

    Article : 1,313 words
  25. PROPOSED NEGOTIATIONS FOR PEACE.

    Li Hung Chang is awaiting the receipt of the Imperial edict appointing additional negotiators for peace. The " Morning Post " affirms that the ...

    Article : 128 words
  26. LANCE-CORPORAL REYNOLDS.

    Lance-corporal Mark H. Reynolds, writing from Vredefort on July 30, says:—"I am with the column chasing De Wet. His forces are twice as large as our column. One morning we marched ...

    Article : 594 words
  27. INTERNATIONAL BUREAU OF ARBITRATION.

    Mr. Grover Cleveland, ex-President of the United States, who was nominated as one of his country's representatives on-the International Bureau of Arbitration at the ...

    Article : 41 words
  28. TRANSVAAL CONCESSIONS.

    The Capetown correspondent of the " Times " says that Sir Alfred Milner, the High Commissioner for South Africa, has issued a proclamation stating that ...

    Article : 69 words
  29. QUEENSLAND. NEW MAIL SERVICE.

    Speaking at a l[?]eon on board the steamer Stettin on Saturday in connection with the inauguration of the new direct mail service between Queensland and the East by the Norddeutscher ...

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  30. FUGITIVE BLACKS.

    The Colonial Secretary (Mr.See) has received a telegram from Superintendent Garvan, who is at Nuudle, dated Sunday, as follows:—"The blacks are now supposed to be making for the Callagan ...

    Article : 259 words
  31. MORE MISSIONARIES MURDERED.

    News has just been received that thirteen American, one British, and two Danish missionaries, working in the province of Chi-li, while proceeding to the ...

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  32. THE MINISTER FOR WORKS AT ARMIDALE.

    Mr. E. W. O'sullivan (Minister for Works), Messrs. Terry, Bennett, Wright, Piddington, and Norton, Ms.L A,, and the local member, Mr. Charles Wilson, arrived by mail train this morning, and after ...

    Article : 368 words
  33. HURRICANE IN THE UNITED STATES.

    A hurricane has occurred on the coasts of the States of Louisiana and Texas. Many vessels were wrecked. The bridges between Galveston, the ...

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  34. GENERAL BADEN-POWELL'S LETTERS.

    The Boers have captured a post-cart containing 2,000 replies from MajorGeneral Baden-Powell to letters which he received congratulating him on his defence ...

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  35. THE MURDER OF BARON VON KETTELER.

    Chung-li, a member of the Tsung-liYamen and President of the Board of Justice, arrested a few days ago on the representation of the Austrian Legation for ...

    Article : 59 words
  36. AUSTRALIAN CASUALTIES.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 79 words
  37. EXPEDITION TO RESCUE THE EMPEROR.

    The Shanghai correspondent of the " Standard " reports that Sung Fan, a Manchu, Viceroy of the Yunnan and Kweicliou provinces, in Southern China, ...

    Article : 59 words
  38. PLAGUE AT GLASGOW.

    Two fresh cases of plague have occurred at Glasgow. ...

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  39. THE TRAGEDY AT SOUTH YAN YEAN.

    The Coroner will on Wednesday commence an inquiry into the tragedy at South Yan Yean which involved the death of Rose Normoyle and Albert Bertram Gordon. The latter was alive when picked ...

    Article : 239 words
  40. PRIVATE FISHER.

    Private W. W, Fisher, of the New South Wales Mounted Infantry, writing to his parents at Guyong from Heidelberg on July 10, says:—" We have had a lot of fighting and some narrow escapes. We ...

    Article : 333 words
  41. NEW SOUTH WALES EXPORT OF FLOUR.

    Mr. Henry Copeland, the Agent-General for New South Wales, in addressing a meeting in connection with the International Exhibition of Confectioners and ...

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  42. THE LICENSING LAWS.

    A deputation, which is the outcome of a resolution passed at the recent annual conference of the Congregational Union, waited unon the Premier to-day to protest against any alteration of the licensing laws ...

    Article : 234 words
  43. THE EMPRESS DOWAGER.

    The Empress Dowager, on quitting Peking before its occupation by the Allies, intended to sojourn at Jehol. [The Empress Dowager was last reported to be ...

    Article : 64 words
  44. N.S.W. TROOPERS.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 108 words
  45. QUEENSLAND RIFLE ASSOCIATION.

    The twenty-third annual prize meeting of the Queensland Rifle Association commenced to-day. The number of entries was slightly below last year, fully 50 of these who took part then being now ...

    Article : 309 words
  46. BETTING ON THE ST. LEGER

    The betting on the Prince of Wales's be Diamond Jubilee for the St. Leger Stakes, to be run on Wednesday, is 3 to 1 on. ...

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  47. POSITION AT AMOY.

    The Chinese authorities have quelled the disturbances at Amoy, and the city is now quiet. The British and Japanese marines have therefore evacuated the ...

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  48. NEW SOUTH WALES BUSHMEN.

    Mr. G. C. Westgarth received yesterday the following cablegram from his son. Lieutenant Westgarth, now with the 88th battery of the Royal Field Artillery:—" Lieutenant Moore and nine ...

    Article : 77 words
  49. VICTORIA. EXPORT OF GOLD.

    The mail steamer Victoria, which sails for London to-morrow, will take 275,000 sovereigns for Indian ports. Of these, 150,000 are being shipped by the Bank of Australasia, 50,000 by the Commercial ...

    Article : 73 words
  50. FEDERATION.

    A largely-attended meeting of Mr. G. W. Fuller's friends was held at the Brighton Hotel on Saturday evening for the purpose of furthering his candidature for the Illawarra seat in the Federal Parliament. ...

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  51. NEW ZEALAND.

    Early yesterday morniug a large homestead, the property of a grazier named John Martin, of the Wairarapa district, was burned. A guest named Wilson Smith saved his eldest child, and finding his ...

    Article : 61 words
  52. THE AUSTRALIAN NAVAL CONTINGENT.

    The transport Salamis, with the Australian Naval Contingent, comprising 159 of all ranks, on board, arrived at Hongkong on Sunday morning, August 26. Captain Hixson immediately reported to the ...

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  53. TROOPER MOBERLY.

    Trooper George A. Moberly, formerly of Moree, of General French's Scouts, now attached to the 7th Dragoon Guards, writing from camp near Middelburg, 90 miles due east of Pretoria, under date of ...

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  54. LIEUT.-GENERAL BADEN POWELL.

    At a recent meeting of the sub-committee appointed in connection with the presentation of a sword to Lieutenant-General Baden-Powell, the question of carrying out the selected design was discussed, ...

    Article : 148 words
  55. A SPRANGE STORY.

    A strange case has been reported to the Sale police. A man, aged about 25 years, named James Dalley, arrived from Melbourne by train on Saturday night, and stayed at a Sale hotel. Next ...

    Article : 180 words
  56. A FATAL FIGHT.

    On Saturday night during a drinking bout at Nullagine two wen fought, one being knocked out, A third man challenged the winner, and after three rounds the third man, whose name was Sullivan, ...

    Article : 58 words
  57. TASMANIA.

    The King Island settlers will send 1OO0 fat cattle to Tasmania, mostly to the west coast during the coming season. The barque Glance arrived at Hobart this evening ...

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  58. TO-DAY.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 206 words
  59. LATE MINING.

    At Lennonville the Government battery during August crushed 832 tons of stone for 941oz, gold. Up to date 10 Government batteries have crushed 34,186 tons for 37,974oz. Four new batteries are ...

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  60. INDIAN FAMINE RELIEF FUND.

    The Grosvenor Dramatic Club produced the farcical comedy, " Hurly Burly," or "No. 728," at the Petersham Towa Hall on the 29th ultimo in aid of the Indian Famine Fund, and at the Excelsier Hall, ...

    Article : 192 words
  61. ANNEXATION OF THE TRANSVAAL.

    The Albert Hall was packed yesterday afternoon on the occasion of a thanksgiving service for the annexation of the Transvaal. ...

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  62. THE POLYNESIEN AT ALBANY.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 110 words
  63. ROCKDALE FREE PUBLIC LIBUARY.

    The committee of the Rockdale School of Arts have upon various occasions approached the Rockdale Municipal Council urging that the Council hand over the library books to the School of Arts, as ...

    Article : 135 words
  64. RETURNED SOLDIERS.

    Private Halliwell, who has recently returned from South Africa, was tendered a complimentary banquet on Saturday night by the officers and men of the Kiama Infantry Company. Major H. H. ...

    Article : 106 words
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