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  2. CABLE MESSAGES

    It is announced that Mr. Chamberlain, Secretary of State for the Colonies, is sending Mr. Basil Thomson to Tonga, to explain to the native authorities there the terms of ...

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  3. NEW SOUTH WALES.

    The Governor, Earl Beauchamp, left Sydney to-night for Melbourne, en route to Tasmania and New Zealand. His Excellency will probably be absent for a month. ...

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  4. SOUTH AFRICA.

    Reports from the front in Natal state that the Boers are now showing less tenacity against the British attack, and are seldom using their cannon. It is ...

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  5. SCENE OF OPERATIONS IN NATAL.

    In the above map the leading positions of the British and Boar troops respectively, as reported by recent cablegrams, are indicated by flags. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  6. DEPARTURE OF THE QUEENSLANDERS.

    The transport Maori King, with the Queensland contingent, left Port Melbourne at [?] o'clock this morning, amidst-ringing cheers from people on the wharf. The Moravian, ...

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  7. MARRIAGE AT ST. MARY'S.

    St. Mary's Cathedral was packed this morning by a congregation who assembled to witness the marriage of Miss Mary Slattery, only daughter of Mr. T. M. Slattery, ...

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  8. THIRD NEW ZEALAND CONTINGENT.

    Preparations for the despatch of the third contingent have been commenced at the camp of the second contingent at Wellington, which remains intact. ...

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  9. DEATHS FROM INFLUENZA.

    The deaths of his Highness the Duke of Teek, Mr. Richard Doddridge Blackmore, the novelist, and Mr. John Ruskin were all caused by Influenza. ...

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  10. PAYMENT FOR SEED WHEAT.

    The Department of Agriculture are taking; steps to recover the amounts due to the Government by various persons in different parts of the colony on account of seed wheat ...

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  11. "DUCKING" A BOER SYMPATHISER.

    A man at Nowra, who expressed strong pro-Boer sentiments somewhat freely on Saturday night, was promptly." "ducked" in a horse-watering trough. ...

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  12. AUTOMATIC RAILWAY COUPLINGS.

    The Royal Commission appointed last year to inquire into and report uron the question of automatic railway couplings has now drawn up its report. Among the ...

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  13. WEST AUSTRALIA AND THE BUSHMEN'S CONTINGENT.

    The Acting Premiker, while not giving any guarantee as to the action of the Government in connection with the sending of a bushmen's corps to South Africa,, ...

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  14. FREMANTLE AS A PORT OF CALL.

    The committee of the Sydney Chamber of Commerce to-day passed a resolution favourable to the proposed deviation of the English mail steamer from Albany to ...

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  15. EXTENSION OF ELECTRIC TRAMWAYS.

    The Railway Commissioners are taking in hand the work of the conversion of the present steam tramways to the electric system. An endeavour will be made to have the ...

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  16. A GOOD FEDERALIST.

    As has been previously announced in these columns, Mr. A. H. Hasell, of Queen-street, Melbourne, very generously donated a sufficient quantity of gypsum for disinfectant ...

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  17. PREPARATIONS IN BRISBANE.

    For the second time in the preparatory work for sending troops to the Transvaal the scene of the encampment has bec[?] changed. The Exhibition Building though ...

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  18. A MUNIFICENT GIFT.

    Mr. Thomas Aitken, who is connected with the London and Edinburgh Shipping Company, has made a gift of £40,000 to the Edinburgh Infirmary. ...

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  19. A FATAL ACCIDENT.

    An engine-driver named Robert Jones was caught by the flywheel of the machinery at Block No. 10 mine at Hrokon Hill this morning, and frightfully mangled, death being ...

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  20. CHURCH DISCIPLINE.

    Professor St. George Mlvart, a prominent scientist and author of a number of works on biological and other subjects, has been formally inhibited by Cardinal Vaughan, ...

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  21. QUEENSLAND.

    The local Patriotic Fund was to-day increased by £100, donated by the Jondaryan Estates Company, through their manager, Mr. Charles Williams. ...

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  22. ORDER BY LORD ROBERTS.

    Field-Marshal Lord, Roberts, the Commander-in-Chlef of the British forces in South Africa, has ordered cash payments to be made for all supplies ...

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  23. LATEST SCRATCHINGS.

    The following sciatchings in connection with the Anniversary Meeting of the Sydney Turf Club are aunounced:- Challenge Stakes.—-Influenza and ...

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  24. THE UNION BANK.

    The balance-sheet of the Union Bank of Australia for the six months ended 31st August last, to be presented at the half-yearly meeting of shareholders, shows that ...

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  25. THE FEDERAL DELEGATES.

    Mr. J. H. Want, ex-Attorney-General presided to-day over a meeting of anti-blllites which was convened for the purpose of expressing disapproval with the proposal to ...

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  26. LORD ROBERTS'S BODYGUARD.

    Lord Roberts, the Commander-in-chief, as a compliment to the colonies, has chosen a number of colonial troops to act as his personal bodyguard. ...

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  27. BEET SUGAR PRODUCTION.

    Herr Licht, ot Magdeburg, in his monthly circular, states that the production of beet sugar for the current campaign shows an increase of 268,000 tons, as compared with ...

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  28. MAJOR-GENERAL MACDONALDS COMMAND.

    It is now definitely announced that Major-General Hector Macdonald has succeeded the late Major-General A. G. Wauchope (who was killed ...

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  29. THIRD QUEENSLAND CONTINGENT.

    The Government have requested his Excellency the Lieutenant-Governor (Sir S. W. Griffith) to submit to the home authorities an offer of a third contingent of mounted ...

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  30. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

    Arrivals.—Wakanui, s., from Wellington; Weimar, s., from Sydney, via ports (at Bremen); Bielefeld, s., from Sydney, via ports (at Hamburg); Damascus, s., from ...

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  32. COLONEL PLUMER.

    News is to hand that Colonel Plumer, who is advancing fiom Rhodesia towards Mafeking with three armoured trains, has defeated a Boer patrol at ...

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  33. MR. KIDSTON AT ROCKHAMPTON.

    Mr. W. Kidston, M.L.A. for Rockhampton, addressed a large meeting of electors in the School of Arts to-night, the Mayor presiding. Mr. Kidston spoke for an hour and ...

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  34. FURTHER REINFORCEMENTS.

    Three further batteries of artillery and 5000 soldiers have arrived-at Capetown from England since Friday last. ...

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  35. VIEWS OF THE GOVERNMENT.

    The Chief Secretary, answering some questions yesterday afternoon as to the manner in which the Government viewed the proposal to send a (Bushmen's Contingent to ...

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  36. THE DRAKENSBERG PASSES.

    Colonel the Earl of Dundonald, with the force under his command, has advanced further to the westward, and now holds the approach to Olivier's ...

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  37. TENDING THE WOUNDED.

    Sir William MacCormac, Bart, the eminent surgeon, who is with the British army in South Africa as consulting surgeon, has made a report in which he ...

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  39. ARRANGEMENTS FOR TRANSPORT.

    The Chief Secretary (Mr. Dickson) has received a telegram from the Premier of New South Wales (Mr. Lyne), intimating that the latter has recived a cablegram from the ...

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  40. BRITISH STRATEGY IN NATAL.

    The British generals commanding the various brigades of General Bullers force are now echeloned (that is, occupying, a seiies of steps, or with one ...

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  41. FORSES FROM QUEENSLAND OWNERS.

    The suggestion that Queensland pastoralists might render valuable help at the present juncture by contributing horses for service in South Africa has already borne ...

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  42. BARQUE MARIE RELEASED.

    The barque Marie, which, had on board a cargo of Australian Hour for the Transvaal, and was seized by a British cruiser at Delagoa Bay, and taken to ...

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  43. MEETING OF THE COMMITTEE.

    A meeting of the Citizens' Committee appointed in connection with the proposal to send a bushmen's contingent to South Africa was held yesterday afternoon in the Brisbane ...

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  44. "COURIER" PATRIOTIC FUND

    The subscription list opened by the proprietors of the "Courier" for the benefit of those of the Queensland contingents who may suffer during the war in South Africa ...

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  45. NOTES ON THE CABLES.

    The British forces in Natal are now closing in upon, the enemy around Ladysmith in a manner which presages the early smash up of General Joubert's command, and the ...

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  46. "TRADE UNION TYRANNY."

    No little indignation has been aroused by the treatment meted out to the eleven members of the Shipwrights' Union who, as reported in our issue of Wednesday last, were ...

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  47. LATEST MOVEMENTS.

    Latest reports from Natal show that the various brigades of General Buller's force are slowly but surely converging upon the centre of the enemy's position, ...

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  48. AUSTRALIAN ASSISTANCE.

    It is expected that the Bushmen's Contingent, to which all the colonies will contribute, will number about 1100 men. Of this total 525 will come from Now South ...

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  49. BRITISH CASUALITIES.

    Reports now to hand show that in the fighting on Sunday between General Warren's force and the Boers, the total British casualties were less than 100. ...

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  50. PATRIOTIC FUND IN THE COUNTRY.

    A large meeting of residents of the town and country was held in the Town Hall this afternoon to consider the question of holding a patriotic demonstration and dealing with the Patriotic Fund. ...

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