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  2. CABLE MESSAGES

    The leading French newspapers are insisting upon the necessity for at once settling the fate of the New Hebrides group, which is now under the joint control of ...

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  3. SPEECH BY LORD ROSEBERY.

    The Earl of Rosebery delivered a stirring speech at Chatham last night, in which he dealt principally with the war in South Africa. In the course of his speech Lord ...

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  4. WAR EXCITEMENT IN INDIA.

    News from India states that the excitement there in connection with the war in South Africa has reached an extraordinary pitch, and quite eclipses that ...

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  5. SOUTH AFRICA.

    A cable message seat by General Sir Redvers Buller on the evening of the 23rd instant (Tuesday) has been received by the War Office, and is to the ...

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  6. AN INSUBORDINATE QUEENSLANDER.

    Just before the transport Maori King left here one of the Queensland contingent was put ashore without belt or accoutrements. It is stated that he had been insubordinate, ...

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  7. PROSECUTING A RELIGIOUS ORDER.

    It is reported from Paris that twelve members of the order of Assumptionist Fathers, together with Father Ba[?]ey, director of the religious newspaper "La Croix," ...

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  8. PREPARATIOSN IN THE SOUTH

    The medical officers have had 105 bushmen and seventeen men for the third contingent for South Africa under their hands to-day. In all 651 bushmen have now been ...

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  9. A VALIANT GUARDSMAN.

    It transpires that Private St. John, of the first battalion Grenadier Guards, and a champion boxer (known as the Welsh giant), killed eleven Boers at the ...

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  10. GERMANY'S LATEST ACQUISITIONS.

    It is announced from Berlin that the German Government have decided, for administrative purposes, to attach the Caroline, Pelew, and Marianne (or Ladrone) Islands ...

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  11. CONFERENCE OF PREMIERS.

    The Premiers' Conference began the first sitting about 3 o'clock this afternoon, but owing to the volubility of the representatives not much business was done before ...

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  12. LIEUTENANT-COLONEL EAGER.

    Lieutenant-Colonel H. A. Eager, of the second battalion Royal Irish Riffles, who was wounded in the engagement at Stormberg, where General Gatacre met ...

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  13. DEATH OF PROFESSOR HUGHES.

    The death is announced, in his 69th year, of Professor David Edward Hughes. Professor Hughes was the inventor of the Huges printing telegraph instrument, which ...

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  14. NURSES FOR SOUTH AFRICA.

    The Governor has received a cable message from the Secretary of State for the Colonies, accepting the services of nurses for South Africa. It is probable that half-a-dozen ...

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  15. DEATHS AT LADYSMITH.

    A cable message received from the Agent-General states that about 110 deaths from disease have occurred at Ladysmith since the 1st January. ...

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  16. COLONIAL INTERESTS

    It is announced that Sir Julian Salomons, Agent-General for New South Wales, will, for personal and private reasons, resign that position in April next, and he will sail on ...

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  17. BOERS CROSSING PORTUGUESE TERRITORY.

    Information has been received that a Boer force has crossed Portuguese territory (which adjoins the Trausvaal on the east), in order to enter Rhodesia, ...

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  18. "COURIER" PATRIOTIC FUND.

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  19. ROUGH-RIDERS FROM NEW ZEALAND.

    The Premier has informed the Imperial authorities that a third contingent of rough-riders, numbering 200 men, is to be sent to South Africa. ...

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  20. THE LATE JOHN RUSKIN.

    The body of Mr. John Ruskin, the eminent art critic and author, who died a few days ago, is now lying in state in Coniston Church, near his late residence. ...

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  21. LATEST NEWS BY MAIL.

    The steamer Ruahine arrived to-day from the Cape, and the following items are taken from Cape flies:- A letter from Kimberley, under, date 5th ...

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  22. NEW SOUTH WALES.

    A domestic tragedy is reported from Bodangarry, near Parkes. A man named Alfred Schnavel is reported to have shot his wife, killing her instantly. The parties ...

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  23. SOUTH AFRICAN LIGHT HORSE.

    Two additional regiments of South African Light Horse, a colonial, force that has done excellent service during the present war, are now being raised ...

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  24. PASSENGERS FOR AUSTRALIA.

    Miss Eva Hooper, who is proceeding to Victoria to organise the kindergarten system of instruction in that colony, is a passenger for Melbourne by the R.M.S. Australia. ...

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  25. THIRD QUEENSLAND CONTINGENT.

    The preparatory work for the sending away of another contingent is now well in hand, and not since the original camp was shifted from Pinkenba have the Exhibition ...

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  26. SUICIDE OF CAPTAIN BURKITT.

    News has been received that Captain Burkitt, formerly master of the British-India Company's steamer Jumna, running between Brisbane and London, and latterly captain ...

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  27. HORSES FOR SOUTH AFRICA.

    The horses shipped from Sydney by the steamer Damascus for the Imperial authorities in South Africa have arrived at Capetown in excellent condition. ...

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  28. QUEENSLAND PATRIOTIC FUND.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 148 words
  29. AUSTRALIANS IN THE IMPERIAL YEOMANRY.

    Two sons of Mr. David Tweedie, of Adelaide, who have been in England for some time past, have joined the force of Imperial Yeomanry which is being ...

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  30. VICTORIAN PARLIAMENT.

    In the Legislative Assembly to-day, it was announced that the Government intend to enrol 100 men for the Bushmen's Contingent for South Africa, and will gradually ...

    Article : 174 words
  31. WORKMEN'S TRAINS.

    A deputation from the Cleveland Divisional Board and the residents of Cleveland waited upon the Chief Secretary (Hon. J. R. Dickson) yesterday, to bring under his ...

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  32. A LABOUR CONFERENCE.

    A conference of Labour men, at which Queensland, New South Wales, and Victoria were represented, was held in the Trades Hall to-night, to adopt a federal platform. ...

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  33. VOLUNTEERS RAISED AND DISBANDED.

    It has transpired that Mr. Robert Standish Sievier, who is married to a sister of the fourth Marquis of Ailesbury, recently raised a company of ...

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  34. INFERIOR FLOUR FOR SOUTH AFRICA.

    A small scandal in regard to a large quantity of flour shipped by the troopship Surrey has been disclosed. The Government appointed a board of master bakers to ...

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  35. A SUGGESTION.

    Mr. F. E. Forrester, of New Farm, writes: —May I offer a suggestion whereby I believe the Patriotic Fund could be considerably augmented? It is to hold a fair, or Bruce ...

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  36. THE WAR RELIEF FUND.

    The subscriptions to the Mansion House Fund in connection with the war in South Africa have been so liberal that the trustees of the fund are able ...

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  37. Advertising

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  38. Advertising

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  39. WAR INCIDENTS.

    A correspondent of the Associated Press at Chievely Camp ways the Boers excuse themselves for firing on the stretcher hearers by asserting that two squads of ...

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  40. A TRANSVAAL REPRESENTATIVE IN AMERICA.

    News from Washington states that Mr. Montagu White, who until the outbreak of the war an South Africa was Consul-General for the Transvaal in ...

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  41. Advertising

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  42. THE NEW CABLE SCHEME.

    Our Auckland correspondent telegraphs as follows:—The Premier has protested to the Australian Premiers against the acceptance of the Eastern ...

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  43. THE BOER CASUALTIES.

    It is stated that the Boers admit that their casualties in the fighting on Saturday and Sunday last were heavier than in the battle at Colenso on the ...

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  44. REPLY FROM SECRETARY OF STATE.

    His Excelleney the Lieutenant-Governor has telegraphed to the Chief Secretary that the Secretary of State for the Colonies has telegraphed to him stating that he has ...

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  45. CONTRABAND OF WAR.

    The United States Court at Philadephia, at the instance of a British subject resident there, has granted an injunction detaining the steamer ...

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  46. COMPLAINTS FROM ROCKHAMPTON.

    The Minister for Railways (Mr. Murray) has received a letter sent on behalf of the saddlers of Rockhampton, complaining that in connection with the previous contingents ...

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  47. CHARGE OF DISLOYALTY AGAINST A J.P.

    A communication has reached the Home Secretary's Department to the effect that at a meeting attended by twenty-seven justices of the peace at Charters Towers, it was ...

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  48. COMMANDANT VILJOEN.

    In connection with the recent operations of the British force in the vicinity of Ladysmith, it is stated that Commandant Viljoen, one of the Boer ...

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  49. NOTES ON THE CABLES.

    The Boer stronghold at Spionkop has now been ascertained to be one of great importance. The hill has a considerable altitude, and its rugged and precipitous sides form ...

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  50. UNITED STATES HOSPITAL SHIP.

    The American hospital ship Maine, which was equipped by means of funds raised by Anglo-American, ladies, headed by Lady Randolph Churchill, who is ...

    Article : 539 words
  51. Advertising

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  52. RECRUITS IN THE WEET.

    A telegram has been received by the "Western Champion" from Major Tunbridge, district officer at Rockhampton, asking for suitable volunteers for South Africa. The ...

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  53. COMPORTS FOR THE LADYSMITH GARRISON.

    In the expectation that the relief of Ladysmith will very shortly be effected by General Buller's force, the residents of Pietermaritzburg and Durban are ...

    Article : 68 words
  54. ENROLMENT IN ROCKHAMPTON.

    Up to the present time between thirty and forty men have offered themselves here in connection with the third contingent for South Africa, exclusive of several bushmen ...

    Article : 131 words
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