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  2. THE TRANSVAAL WAR.

    On Novembor l8 Ladysmith was imported to be in a healthy state, and it was considered that it would be able to held out for two months. ...

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  3. SPECIAL CABLES.

    The death is announced of Lady Salisbury, wife of the Premier, the Marquis of Salisbury. The immediate cause of death was dropsy. ...

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  4. SECOND EDITION.

    Ladysmith reports that ammunition is plentiful. The Boer trenches have been transformed into vertitable quagmires, owing to ...

    Article : 44 words
  5. IN PARLIAMENT.

    When the Assembly met yesterday Mr. Crick gave notice of his motion respecting the limitation of speeches in Parliament. In some cases it is proposed to make 40 minutes the utmost length of ...

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  6. The Sydney Morning Herald.

    We print to-day the official despatches of Sir G.S.White reporting the disaster at Ladysmith on October 30, when two British battalions and a mountain battery surrendered to the enemy. ...

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  7. BOER CASUALTIES AT BELMONT.

    The Boor casualties in the recent fighting at Belmont, 56 miles south of Kimberley, numbered 200. ...

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  8. THE BOERS AT COLESBERG.

    The Boer commandant at Colesberg, which was recently occupied by the enemy, besought the residents of the town to fight for their independence, pointing ...

    Article : 71 words
  9. LOOTING BY THE ENEMY.

    Seven hundred Boers are looting to the southwaid of Estco[?]. Six thousand of the enemy are foraging towards Graytown, about 30 miles to the ...

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  10. ANNEXATION OF GRIQUALAND.

    The enemy has occupied Campbell, and proclaimed the annexation of Griqualand West, with the exception of Kimberley and Mafeking. ...

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  11. EMPEROR OF GERMANY IN ENGLAND.

    The Emperor of Germany arrived at Portsmouth to-day, and was accorded a great reception. Nov. 21. ...

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  12. DISLOYALTY AT EAST LONDON.

    Major—General Sir William Gatacre, K.C.B, Commandant of the Third Division of the British Army Corps, has been sent to East London, Cape Colony, ...

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  13. AN OBJECT LESSON TO THE AFRIKANDERS.

    The British troops who lately landed at Capetown, and who are now traversing Capo Colony, have produced an important moral effect upon the burghers, and are ...

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  14. THE QUEEN'S CHRISTMAS GIFT TO THE TROOPS.

    Her Majesty the Queen has ordered 100,000 tins of chocolate as a personal Christmas gift for the soldiers in South Africa. ...

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  15. THE DISAFFECTED DISTRICTS.

    The order issued by General Sir Redvers Buller for the recording of the names of the disloyalists, with a view to subsequent proceedings, has caused a strong ...

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  16. THE LADYSMITH RELIEF COLUMN.

    Major—Genernl Sir Cornelius F. Clery, K.C.B. Commandant of tho Second Division of the British Army Corps, has been appointed to the command of the ...

    Article : 59 words
  17. "DIVIDING THE WORLD."

    Prince Henry of Orleans reproach[?]s France with romaining impassive while Great Britain, Germany, and other nations are dividing world between ...

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  18. THE DISASTER AT LADYSMITH.

    The following cable messages relating to the British disaster at Ladysmith appeal in the San Trancisco papers of November 1 received by the R.M.S. Moana to-day:— ...

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  19. WAR RELIEF FUND.

    The War Relief Fund now amounts to £270,000, including £24,000 subscribed by the members of the London Stock Exchange. ...

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  20. LATER WAR NEWS.

    The officials at Ladygrey, in the Aliwal North district, near the Free State frontier, have been ordered by the Free Staters to leave the town. ...

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  21. RAILWAYS IN NEW CALEDONIA.

    The French Government is disposed to guarantee a loan of 10,000,000 francs for the construction of a railway from Noumea to Bourail, in New Caledonia, ...

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  22. THE NEW SOUTH WALES LANCERS.

    The New South Wales Lancers, who were reported to have been well received at Naauwpoort, about 35 miles south of Colesberg, proceeded to the western ...

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  23. PRESIDENT KRUGER.

    The strain of the situation is telling on President Kruger. It is reported that he is in a pitiable condition of nervous irritation. ...

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  24. THE AVAR RELIEF FUND.

    Ladies of the English aristocracy have organised a movement for aiding the war relief fund by the use of 300 dogs with collecting boxes suspended from their ...

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  25. CAPE BURGHER FORCES

    Mr. W. P.Schreiner (Premier of Cape Colony) has announced that it is not intended to call out the Burgher forces in Cape Colony. He added that they must ...

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  26. THE AGENTS-GENERAL.

    The Agents—General, Sir Andrew Clarke (Victoria), Dr. Cookburn (South Australia), Mr. W. P. Reeves(New Zealand), and Sir H. Tozer (Queensland) who ...

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  27. QUEENSLAND OFFICERS.

    Lieut.—Colonel Byron and Captain Sellheim, special officers from Queensland, have been attached to the staff of LieutenantGeneral Lord Methuen, who is advancing ...

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  28. PARLIAMENT OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    When the Assembly met to-day rumours were current of a no-confidence motion, but the leader of the Opposition took no action, and the proceedings went on as usual. It ...

    Article : 230 words
  29. LOYALISTS AT COLESBERG.

    The loyalists of Oolesberg, which is in the hands of the Boers, cut a halyard, leaving the Free State flag stuck halfmast high. ...

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  30. BOERS' RUSE AT ELANDS LAAGTE.

    At the battle at Elands Laagte the Boers adoptod the ruse of imitating the British bugle. They sounded "Cease firing," causing confusion among the ...

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  31. ARRIVAL OF REINFORCEMENTS AT CAPETOWN.

    Additional reinforcements—4000 men— have arrived at Capetown from Southampton. The arrangements in connection with ...

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  32. EUROPEAN BEET SUGAR.

    Herr F. 0. Licht, the Magdeburg expert, in his monthly circular states that the production of beet sugar in Europe to date shows an increase of 105,000 tons. ...

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  33. FREE STATERS AND THE NATIVES.

    While tho Free State troops holding Aliwal North were absent on an expedition in search of lost transport waggons, the natives who were left in charge of the ...

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  34. THE BASUTOS CALM.

    Sir Godfrey Y. Lagdon, K.C.M.G., Resident Commissioner in Basuteland, who has interviewed Lerothodi and the Basuto chiefs, has calmed the Basutos. ...

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  35. LONDON WOOL MARKET.

    The arrivals of wool for the next series of sales amount to 123,500 bales, of which 25,500 bales have been forwarded direct to manufacturers; 106,000 bales, ...

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  36. THE POSITION.

    It would appear as if we must shortly hear of a decisive battle in one or other or all of the points of contact between the British and the Boers. From the Natal frontier comes the gratifying news to-day ...

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  37. LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY.

    The Legislative Assembly contiuued its sitting alter the first edition of the "Herald" went to press. The business before the House was the consideration of the Gold and Mineral Dredging Bill in committee. ...

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  38. N.Z. LOAN AND MERCANTILE AGENCY COMPANY.

    The earnings of the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Ageney Company, Limited, for the past year aggregated £211,272. After payment of interest on prior lien ...

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  39. EASTERN EXTENSION TELEGRAPH COMPANY.

    The Government has accepted the following proposals of the Eastern Extension Telegraph Company:—1. To at once reduce the telegraph rates to the whole of Australia, including Tasmania, to a ...

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  40. COMPENSATION FOR LOSSES.

    Sir Alfred Milner (High Commissioner for South Africa) has issued a proclamation stating that all loyalists will be compensated for losses sustained by their ...

    Article : 44 words
  41. WALLACE ROSS.

    Wallace Ross, the English sculler,has been stricken with paralysis. ...

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  42. EXCESSES AT JOHANNESBURG.

    Serious excesses have been perpetrated at Johannesburg. Women looted goods in the shops to the extent of several thousands of pounds. ...

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  43. QUEENSLAND.

    Colonel Pennyeuick, who is here under arrangement with the Government for the purpose of formulating some scheme for flood prevention in the Brisbane River, states that it is probable that ...

    Article : 110 words
  44. A BOER REVERSE.

    A sharp fight has taken place between the British and the Boers at Kulumons, in the northern portion of Cape Colony. The Boers suffered badly. ...

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  45. SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    Mr. P. M'Mahon Glynn, member for North Adelaide, and a member of the Federal Convention, was the victim of a nasty riding accident on Monday evening, whereby he sustuined a broken ...

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  46. NEW ZEALAND.

    Dr. Bevan, who is a passenger by the Moana, delivered an address on federation this afternoon. Referring to the attitude of the public men of New Zealand on the subject he, said it seemed as ...

    Article : 101 words
  47. TO-DAY.

    Y.M.C.A. Hall: Miss Hilda Devege's Concert 8 p.m. Gas Cooking Demonstrations: [?]aleigh's New Faragon, School of Arts, 2.30 p.m. No.16 [?].O.L.: Meeting,Palmer-street Hall,7.30 p.m. ...

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  48. RELIEF OF KIMBERLEY.

    Lieutenant-General Methuen's column (at the Orange River), comprising 5000 troops, is awaiting the arrival of the Naval Brigade, and will advance towards ...

    Article : 31 words
  49. SAMOA.

    News from Samoa states that politically matters are quiet. A tragic murder is reported from Aana, Upolu, Frank Cornwall, a youug man of 25, ...

    Article : 110 words
  50. ANOTHER ACCOUNT.

    None of the war correspondents in their accounts of the lighting at Ladysmith made any mention of the miasing battalions, reference to them having evidently been excised by the consor. The following ...

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  51. MAFEKING HOLDING OUT.

    The latest advices to hand state that Mafeking was safe on the 12th instant. The son of General Cronje was killed while directing the assault on Mafeking on ...

    Article : 88 words
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