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  2. PEN-NOTES AND PENCILLINGS.

    With mantled face and sweeping hands, Shadowing what were sun-kissed lands, Effect on Cause no pity feels. In vain white Supplication kneels, ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 324 words
  3. VISITING MASONIC OFFICERS.

    Fourteen of the Grand Lodge officers of the Masonic Order paid an official visit, to Newcastle yesterday, the first time for about nine years. Among the ...

    Article : 413 words
  4. The Relief of Ladismith.

    Among the ship's company of the barque Port Sonachan, which arrived yesterday from Port Natal, was a former resident of the Hawkesbury district, who has had seven ...

    Article : 1,432 words
  5. The Johannesburg Explosion.

    LONDON, Friday.—Mr. Begbie has been remanded on a charge of murder in connection with the fatal explosion at Johannesburg foundry. ...

    Article : 28 words
  6. THE PLAGUE.

    The following case of plague was reported to-day :—Donald M'Lennon, 5 years, residing in Brisbane-street, one contact. No deaths were reported to-day. ...

    Article : 470 words
  7. THE WAR

    LONDON, Friday.—Latest news from the front states that the divisions under the command of Generals Tucker, Polo-Carew, and Hutton, have arrived ...

    Article : 69 words
  8. THE FLAMES ON THE SUN.

    A cable states as follows :—" The gigantic telescope erected at Paris in connection with the Exhibition reveal flame prominences on the sun's surface. These have ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 184 words
  9. Seizing the Horses of the Rebels.

    LONDON, Thursday.—It has been found that commandeering the horses of the rebels has proved an effective deterrent against them returning to the ...

    Article : 34 words
  10. INTERNATIONAL NEWS.

    LONDON, Friday.—The House of Representatives passed by a large majority the Nicaragua Canal Bill, providing for the protection, not the fortification, ...

    Article : 37 words
  11. The Boer Rout at Houtnek.

    LONDON, Thursday.—Lieutenant-General Ian Hamilton has dispersed the Boers from Houtnek, 12 miles north of Thabanchu. Twenty-six prisoners, ...

    Article : 96 words
  12. The Federal Delegates Banquetted.

    LONDON, Friday.—The National Union of Conservatives entertained the Federal delegates at luncheon at Windsor yesternight. The president, Mr. J. A. ...

    Article : 184 words
  13. A CONVICTION SUSTAINED.

    The case which had been specially stated by the Chief Justice on behalf of Launcelot Ernest Johnson and Norman Johnson was to-day before the Full Court. The ...

    Article : 317 words
  14. The British Advance.

    LONDON, Thursday. — Lieutenant-General Pole-Carew has gone north. The advance of the British troops in the direction of Brandfort is being ...

    Article : 86 words
  15. THE "SYMPATHY" OF THE AMERICAN SENATE.

    The vote of the United States Senate on a motion to express sympathy with the Beers was not an imposing one, nor was the majority against the proposal ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 248 words
  16. CAFE CHANTANT.

    Last, evening in the Masonic Hall the Cafe Chantant, in aid of St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, was brought to a successful close the financial ...

    Article : 152 words
  17. NEWCASTLE VIGILANCE COMMITTEE.

    At the first meeting of the Newcastle Vigilance Committee, held at the council chambers last night, there were present: The Mayor (in the chair), Dr. John Harris, ...

    Article : 345 words
  18. The Relief of Mafeking.

    LONDON, Friday.—Sir Alfred Milner wrote to the Mayor of Kimberley that everything is being done to secure the raising of the siege of Mafeking at the ...

    Article : 37 words
  19. The Coal Mine Disaster.

    LONDON, Thursday.—It is feared that the total deaths from the recent explosion in a coal mine at Schofield, Utah, will number fully 400. The ...

    Article : 44 words
  20. "WORSE THAN A PLAGUE OF FLIES."

    Dr. Frederick Treves describes the amateur nurses in South Africa as "worse than a plague of flies." Though not a very nice illustration, it may be a very apt end ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 257 words
  21. THE GOVERNOR AND HOLIDAYS

    The Full Court was this afternoon asked to decide whether his Excellency the Governor might or might not issue a proclamation from time to time as to the day to ...

    Article : 469 words
  22. The Free State Oathbreakers.

    LONDON, Friday.—Lord Roberts' decision to burn the oath-breakers' farms has impressed the burghers with the necessity for future surrenderers ...

    Article : 32 words
  23. GENERAL CABLES.

    The shipment of apples by the Oruba arrived in good condition. There was a general advance of 2s per case. Tasmanians realised 12s to 15s, Victorian ...

    Article : 77 words
  24. Foreign Mercenaries Killed.

    LONDON, Friday.—An official return of casualties states that the killed at the fighting at Houtnek included a German officer named Gunther, ...

    Article : 56 words
  25. THE COUNCIL'S SEWERAGE SCHEME.

    The bylaws recently passed by the City. Council in connection with the sewerage of the municipality provide that every person whoso premises are connected with the ...

    Article : 450 words
  26. A BUGLE FROM THE QUEEN.

    The bugle presented Bugler Dunn By the Queen is illustrated in the accompanying sketch. As will be seen, it is a handsome instrument with a shield bearing the ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 259 words
  27. INFLUENCE OF THE EARTH'S ROTATION.

    The influence of the earth's rotation upon railway trains moving, at a high velocity, however small it may appear at first sight, is really very appreciable. Take, as an ...

    Article : 162 words
  28. Steyn and Botha.

    LONDON, Friday.—Captured correspondence shows that there is friction between ex-President Steyn and Commandant Botha, the former protesting ...

    Article : 45 words
  29. FIRE IN WATT-STREET.

    Between 3 and 4 o'clock yesterday morning the kitchen of the Newcastle Hotel in Watt-street was destroyed by fire. Within five minutes of the ...

    Article : 161 words
  30. Escape of Boer Prisoners.

    LONDON, Thursday.—Twelve Boer prisoners escaped from Simonstown in a boat. They were rescued by a French steamer and landed at Delagoa ...

    Article : 46 words
  31. A RISE OF BRITISH TRADE.

    The grand fact about " British trade" is stated by Mr. Mulhall in his article in the "Contemporary Review." It is contained in the following ...

    Article : 140 words
  32. German Recruits in the Boer Army.

    LONDON, Thursday.—German recruits who had enlisted for the army of the Transvaal on the strength of promises of £1 per day and the gift ...

    Article : 42 words
  33. ONE OF "ROBERTS' MEN."

    General Brabant, who is doing such excellent work under Lord Roberts in the Orange Free State, is a man with a big reputation, both as a soldier and a ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 223 words
  34. LETTER FROM BLOEMFONTEIN.

    Writing to his mother, at Singleton, from Bloemfontein, under date March 16th, Trumpeter R. W. Papworth, of the Singleton Half-Squadron of Lancers. ...

    Article : 535 words
  35. "A HUMAN VULTURE."

    It may be wrong to speak ill of the dead, yet what that is good can be said of Isaac Gordon ? As every paper agrees, he is one of the most heartless scoundrels who ever ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 394 words
  36. The Boer Appeal to the Powers.

    LONDON, Thursday.—Mr. A. Fischer, the chief member of the Boer Peace Delegation, has issued a manifesto, in which has declares that the delegates' ...

    Article : 74 words
  37. A NEWCASTLE CASE.

    The case of the Queen against Stelious Patrick was before the Full Court to-day, on appeal. The prisoner, a foreigner, was tried before Judge Docker at the Newcastle ...

    Article : 469 words
  38. THE RECONSTRUCTION OF OUR ARTILLERY.

    " Engineering" says, we are on the eve of a great alteration in the artillery of all the military nations, and at the present moment the subject is receiving the ...

    Article : 436 words
  39. THE ROYAL COMEDY AND DRAMATIC CO.

    This well-selected dramatic company, which includes several performers favourably known here and in Sydney, and which has been successfully touring the colonies ...

    Article : 133 words
  40. The King of Sweden and the War.

    LONDON, Thursday.—The King of Sweden, who is on a visit to London, has authorised the "Express" (the new metropoliton daily paper) to publish ...

    Article : 92 words
  41. THE QUEENSLAND BUSHMEN.

    The troopship Manchester Port, which met with an accident on the eve of her departure from Brisbane, arrived in Sydney this afternoon. It will he remembered that ...

    Article : 174 words
  42. NEWCASTLE AND DISTRICT PATRIOTIC FUND.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 153 words
  43. Advice from General Macdonald.

    Major-General Hector Macdonald in forwarding to the Wellington (New Zealand) Caledonian Society on acknowledgment of the ...

    Article : 113 words
  44. Advertising

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    Advertising : 160 words
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