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  2. THE BUSHMEN'S CONTINGENT. CAMPED AT RANDWICK.

    The order of the day at Randwick is work! work!! work!!! and judging from the general demeanour of the Bushmen's Contingent, and the al[?]crity with which they carry out every order, they ...

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  3. THE TRANSVAAL WAR. GENERAL BULLER'S ADVANCE.

    General Sir Redvers Buller has cabled the following intelligence to the War Office:— "January 23. Evening.— ...

    Article : 226 words
  4. SPECIAL CABLES.

    The administration of the Caroline Islands, the Polew Archipelago, and the Marianne Islands, which were purchased by Germany from Spain, has been ...

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  5. LATE EDITION. HERALD OFFICE, 6.45 a.m. THE WAR.

    Owing to the advance of LieutenantGeneral Sir Charles Warren being checked by the steep hills towards Spion Kop the Boors have been enabled to bring ...

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  6. PREMIERS' CONFERENCE.

    The conference of Premiers culled to discuss matters of intercolonial importance was commenced at the Colonial Secretary's Department yesterday afternoon Before the proceedings began the visitors ...

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  7. A PRIVATE KILLS ELEVEN BOERS.

    Private St. John, a champion boxer, serving with the First Battalion of the Grenadier Guards, killed 11 Boers at Belmont, on November 23, before he was ...

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  8. LIEUTENANT-COLONEL EAGER.

    Lieutenant-Colonel Eager, of the Royal Irish Rifles, who was wounded in the leg in the attack on Stormberg, when General Gatacre met with a serious reverse, has ...

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  9. THE LATE MR. JOHN RUSKIN.

    The body of the late Mr. John Ruskin is lying in State in Coniston Church, Lancashire. ...

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  10. BALLOON STRUOK'BY A SHELL.

    During the operations of Major-General Lyttelton's brigade facing Potgieter's Drift, a shell hit a balloon which closed automatically. ...

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  11. BEDFORDSHIRE YEOMANRY.

    Mr. R. S. Sievers raised a company in Bedfordshire to serve with the Imperial Yeomanry. The company was disbanded owing to War Office difficulties. ...

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  12. THE NEW HEBRIDES.

    The French newspapers insist on the necessity of settling the fate of the New Hebrides on the pretext of the existence of anarchy. They also allege that ...

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  13. BOER MAGAZINE EXPLODED.

    During a reconnaissance of Lord Methuon's force on Tuesday a lyddite shell exploded a Boer powder magazine and silenced a big gun. ...

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  14. THE IMPERIAL YEOMANRY.

    Two sons of Mr. David Tweedie, of Adelaide, have joined the Imperial Yeomanry. ...

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  15. AN IMMENSE COMMISSARIAT DEPARTMENT.

    The British have an immense commissariat department at the Wagon Ford, on the north of the Tugela River. ...

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  16. ASSUMPTIONIST FATHERS.

    Twelve of the Assumptionist Fathers and Father Bartley, director of the newspaper "St. Croix," are being presecuted at Paris for belonging to ...

    Article : 31 words
  17. WAR EXCITEMENT IN INDIA.

    The war excitement in India is eclipsing that produced by the famine. Five hundred men have volunteered for service in South Africa with Lumsden's Mounted ...

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  18. CONSTRUCTION OF A GUN AT KIMBERLEY.

    A 28-pounder gun has been constructed at Kimberley, and has been christened Long Cecil. It has a range of 8000 yards. ...

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  19. SIR JULIAN SALOMONS.

    Sir Julian Salomons, Agent-General for New South Wales, for personal and private reasons, resigns his post in April. He sails for Sydney early in May. ...

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  20. CONTRABAND OF WAR.

    An injunction has been granted by the Supreme Court at Philadelphia, at the instance of a British subject, for the detention of the American steamer ...

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  21. HEAT ON THE TUGELA RIVER.

    Frightful heat is being experienced at the Tugela River by the British troops. ...

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  22. THE FAMILY OF VILJOEN.

    Commandant Viljoeu, who is reported as being injured by the bursting of a lyddite shell, is a member of a well-known family in South Africa. Indead the very drift that crosses the Vaal from the ...

    Article : 136 words
  23. ROBBERIES IN JOHANNESBERG.

    Wholesale robberies are taking place at Johannesberg. The cattle are grazing in the streets of the city. ...

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  24. PROFESSOR GREGORY.

    Dr. Gregory, a Victorian and professor of geology, is a passenger by the R.M.S. Britannia for Melbourne. ...

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  25. CABLE TO THE NEW ZEALAND GOVERNMENT.

    The Agent-General's war cable to the Government states in reference to General Buller's operations that nothing decisive has yet been achieved. General Warren, with Generals Clery, Hart, ...

    Article : 109 words
  26. LORD ROSEBERY AT CHATHAM.

    Speaking at Chatham last night Lord Rosebery said that the present war in South Africa was in some respects the most formidable that Great Britain had ...

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  27. THE TRANSVAAL MINES.

    At the mines which are being worked by the Transvaal Government the rich ore only is being crushed. Mr. Butch, a solicitor, has induced ...

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  28. THE BATTLE OF MODDER RIVER.

    Trooper Charles Webster, with the New South Wales Lancers at the front, thus writes to his sister (Miss Josephine Webster, of Ballina) from Modder River, under date November 30:— ...

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  29. KINDERGARTEN ORGANISER.

    Miss Eva Hooper, organiser for Kindergarten work in Victoria, is a passenger by the R.M.S. Australia for Melbourne. ...

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  30. SUICIDE OF CAPTAIN BURKITT.

    Captain W. A. Burkitt, formerly master of the s.s. Jumna (British-India liner), committed suicide on the R.M.S Golconda at Malta. ...

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  31. BUSHMEN'S CONTINGENT FUND.

    Mr. A. A. Dangar, of Now South Wales, has given 1000 guineas to the Bushmen's Fund. ...

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  32. THE ENEMY'S COMMANDERS IN THE FOREMOST RANKS.

    Commandants Pretorius, Botha, and Cronje (a relative of the Boer commandant on the western frontier) are engaged in the fighting. President Steyn ...

    Article : 43 words
  33. LONDON WOOL SALES.

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  34. AMERICA'S ATTITUDE TOWARDS GREAT BRITAIN.

    Captain Alfred T. Mahan, of the United States Navy, warns the Americans that the problems of the future render the necessity of a good understanding with ...

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  35. THE BOER CASUALTIES.

    The Boers admit that their casualties in the recent fighting were heavier than at the battle of Colenso. ...

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  36. AUSTRALIAN BLOOD STOCK IN ENGLAND.

    The Australian thoroughbred stock,— Australian Star, by The Australian Peer from Colours; two-year-old gelding Clach na Cuddin, by Captain Webb; a ...

    Article : 66 words
  37. A BOER COMMANDANT RENDERED INSENSIBLE.

    Commandant Viljoen, of the Boar forces, was rendered temporarily insensible from the effect of the bursting of a lyddite shell during the attack made by ...

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  38. THE SURREY AT ADELAIDE.

    The troopship Surrey, with the detachment of the New South Wales Mounted Infantry aboard, arrived at the Semaphore late this evening. Her arrival was eagerly anticipated, and quits a crowd ...

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  39. BRITISH INTERESTS IN THE TRANSVAAL.

    Mr. Montague White, the ConsulGeneral in London for the South African Republic, has had an interview with Mr. A. Hay, the United States Consul at ...

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  40. COMFORTS FOR LADYSMITH.

    The people of Pietermaritzburg and Durban are organising for the raising of supplies of comforts for the beleaguered garrison of Ladysmith when the relief is ...

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  41. OBITUARY.

    The death is announced of Professor David Edward Hughes, F.R.S., in his 69th year. Professor Hughes was the inventor of the ...

    Article : 56 words
  42. THE SITUATION.

    Sir Charles Warren is on the same ground which he occupied after successfully turning the right wing of the enemy located near Trichard's Drift. The Boers are now in force at two places ...

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  43. SOUTH AFRICAN LIGHT HORSE.

    Two additional regiments of South African Light Horse are being raised in Capetown. One regiment will be named after Field-Marshal Lord Roberts ...

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  44. THE TALLOW MARKET.

    At the auction sales of Australasian tallow to-day 1950 casks were offered and 775 sold. Fine mutton realised 29s 9d; medium mutton, 28s; fine beef, 28s 3d; ...

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  45. THE LATE MR. JOHN RUSKIN.

    The late Mr. John Ruskin's relatives have declined to allow his romains to be interred in Westminster Abbey. The body will be interred at Coniston Church, ...

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  46. A WORD OF WARNING.

    To the one who ia blessed with ordinary observance, the idea of the people of these colonies emigrating to South africa after "the war" must be a matter ot extreme regret, since there are a great ...

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  47. SILVER.

    Bar silver is quoted to-day at 2s 3½d per ounce standard. ...

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  48. WOOD AND COAL MERCHANTS' GRIEVANCES.

    A largely attended meeting of the wood and coal merchants of Sydney and suburbs was held at the Engineers' Arms Hotel, Hay-street, last night, for the purpose of deciding what notion should be taken ...

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  49. LIBERAL WAR SUBSCRIPTIONS.

    The subscriptions to the War Funds are so liberal that the widow of every soldier who dies during the war ia South Africa will receive a pension of 10s a ...

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  50. LORD BRASSEY IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

    Lond Brassey arrived to-day in the Sunbeam at Rottnest, where his Excolloney and Lady Brassey and purty are the guests of the Governar. Lord Brassey, on being interviewed, said as regards ...

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  51. A SUPPOSED WRECK.

    A bottle has been found on the beach near Dongarra, the contents of which indicate that a wreck has occurred, but the locality or the name of the vessel is not clear. It was first thought that the ...

    Article : 61 words
  52. THE HOSPITAL SHIP MAINE.

    The hospital ship Maine, fitted out by American ladies, has arrived at Capetown from London. She proceeds to Durban. ...

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  53. FIRE AT RANDWICK.

    A five-roomed weather-board cottage, situated in La Perouse-road, Rand wick, occupied by Mr. John smith, cab proprietor, was totally destroyed by fire thortly after 2 o'clock this morning. The outbreak ...

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  54. WILLIAMSTOWN PIER RAILWAY STATION.

    At a late hour to-night a fire broke out at the goods sheds attached to the Williamstown Pier railway station. The sheds, two in number, were each 100ft. by 80ft., and contained wool and fodder, ...

    Article : 71 words
  55. BOERS IN RHODESIA.

    The Boers have crossed Portuguese territory and entered Rhodesia. A battery of Portuguese artillery has been sent to the frontier in order to ...

    Article : 43 words
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