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  2. THE CABLE QUESTION

    In connection with the scheme proposed hy the Eastern Extension Company for laying a cable from Capetown to Australia, the Hon. W. Mulock, Postmaster-General of ...

    Article : 119 words
  3. GABLE MESSAGES

    The Right Hon. Joseph Chamberlain, Secretary of state for the Colonies, replying to a question by Mr. J. F. Hogan da tho House of Commons last night, said he ...

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  4. The War.

    Advices just received from the seat of war state that Cronje's forces have been surrounded by the British troops ...

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  5. SOUTH AFEICA:

    It has transpired that after evacuating Magersfonteln, General Cronje on Saturday evening last, evading the notice of the British scouts, succeeded in crossing to the ...

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  6. A ANDGATE SEND-OFF.

    The send-off to the members of the Bushmen's Contingent, held in the ballroom of the Osbourne Hotel, Sandgate, last night was an enthusiastic one (writes our ...

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  7. LATEST FROM MAFEKING.

    The latest news received from Mafeking states that Colonel Baden-powell, the British officer in command of the garrison, has placed the Boer prisoners in the' ...

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  8. SECOND CANADIAN CONTINGENT.

    Notwithstanding the general public mourning for the men who were killed at Koodoosrand, there was a scene of Indescribable enthusiasm at Halifax (Nova Scotia) ...

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  9. THE JAMESON RAID.

    In the House of Commons to-day a resolution was introduced urging the Government to reopen tho inquiry into Dr. Jameson's raid into the Transvaal four years ago. The ...

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  10. INDUCEMENT TO BRITISH RECRUITS.

    With a view to providing for future emergencies, the War Office authorities are now offering a bounty of £22 to any exsoldlers who rejoin the Army Reserve for ...

    Article : 70 words
  11. MISS NELLIE STEWART.

    Mr. George Musgrove, of the firm of Williamson and Musgrove, and Miss Nellie Stewart, the well-known Australian actress, who has been appearing for some time past ...

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  12. ATTITUDE OF NEW SOUTH WALES.

    The Premier, Mr. Lyne, states that the outcome of his conference with Mr. Warren, the representative of the Eastern Extension Company, will be that the New South Wales ...

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  13. NOTES ON THE CABLES.

    The news that the Boers are raising the siege of Ladysmith, while not altogether unexpected, is extremely welcome, and cheering. Before the British under General ...

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  14. VIEWS OF CAIRNS AND MARYBOROUGH CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE.

    The Postmaster-General (the Hon, J. G. Drake) has received a communication from the secretary of the Cairns Chamber of Commerce, stating that the circular on the ...

    Article : 316 words
  15. OPERATIONS IN NATAL.

    News just to hand regarding General Buller's movements in Natal state that yesterday (Wednesday) he crossed the, Tugela on a pontoon bridge that had been constructed, ...

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  16. INVITATION TO THE SHAH.

    The British Government have invited the Shah of Persia (who, it is understood, intends lo visit the Paris Exhibition during tho present year) to pay a visit to England. ...

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  17. DEATH OF MR. HENRY TRAILL.

    The death, is announced of Mr. Henry D. Traill, a prominent Loudon Journalist and author, who has been the editor of the critical journal "Literature," published from the ...

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  18. THE THIRD CONTINGENT.

    The swearing in of the members of the Third Contingent was completed yesterday morning, and there has been corresponding elation and depression of spirits among the ...

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  19. OVERLAND PASSENGERS.

    The following passengers travelled by mail train to-day:- For Brisbane: Mr. and Mrs. G. Bryce, Mr. and Mrs. Kerr. Miss Brookes, Mrs. L. Evans, Miss ...

    Article : 81 words
  20. PUBLIC SERVICE EXAMINATIONS.

    The secretary to the Public Service Board advises that the undermentioned candidates at the examination held in January last have successfully passed in the following ...

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  21. VICTORIA.

    William Robert Jones was yesterday found guilty, of the murder of Olive R. Jones, of Broadford, on Boxing Day, and was sentenced to death. This was a case in which ...

    Article : 69 words
  22. CHAPLAINS FOR THE CONTINGENTNOT ACCEPTED.

    It will be remembered that a few days ago the Revs. Dr. M. Swaine and C. V. P. Day offered their services as chaplains to the Third Contingent, shortly to be ...

    Article : 127 words
  23. DR LEYDS'S EXPLANATION.

    In explanation of the retreat of the Boers from the Tugela River, Dr. Leyds, the Transvaal representative In Europe, declares that General Joubert, finding that his ...

    Article : 62 words
  24. THE PURSUIT OF THE BOERS.

    News has just bean received that the combined forces under Lord Kitchener (who is commanding Major-General Knox's brigade), General Kelly-Kenny, and Major-General ...

    Article : 109 words
  25. SHOCKING SHOOTING ACCIDENT.

    A shocking shooting accident occurred this morning at Gum's station, Penshurst, a man named William Ross being killed by his son. The youth was shooting parrots ...

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  26. WITHDRAWALS FROM NATAL.

    It is estimated that the Boer troops who are being withdrawn from Natal will number not less than 20,000. ...

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  27. NEWS FROM THE SOUTH.

    A parrot is being raffled at the Newcastle Railway Station bookstall in aid of the Patriotic Fund, the winner on each occasion handing over the bird to the promoters for ...

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  28. THE SIEGE OF LADYSMITH.

    Correspondence which was found at Greenhill when the Boer position there was captured by General Buller a few days ago, snows that the force besieging Ladysmith ...

    Article : 53 words
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  30. HEAVY LOSSES AMONG BRITISH OFFICERS.

    Further information shows that General Cronje when commencing his retreat from Magersfontein subdivided his force, which then traversed the Modder River in separate ...

    Article : 170 words
  31. MORE HORSES FOR THE CONTINGENT

    The steamer Arawatta, which has arrived from the North, has brought sixteen 'horses for the third Queensland contingent. ...

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  32. VOLUNTEERS FOR HOME DEFENCE.

    Two hundred men have volunteered for the proposed Scottish Rifle corps of 100, and it is now suggested that the authorities should form two companies of seventy-five ...

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  33. CAPE COLONY.

    The Australian troops are still continuing to perform good work in the north of Cape Colony. On Tuesday last a mixed force of 200 of the colonials, under Captain J. G. ...

    Article : 164 words
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  35. FAREWELL TO MEMBERS OF THE CONTINGENT.

    The commodious rooms of the Brisbane Bicycle Club presented a regal scene last evening, the occasion being a send-off provided by the members to a number of their ...

    Article : 526 words
  36. THE TASMANIAN BUSHMEX.

    Every effort is being made in Launceston to Induce the Government to increase the number of the Bushmen norn twenty-five to fifty, and the Minister for Defence has ...

    Article : 42 words
  37. N.S.W. BUSHMEN'S CONTINGENT.

    A good deal of dissatisfaction is [?] fested at the manner in which the officers have been selected for the Bushmen's Contingeut, and an influential deputation is to ...

    Article : 101 words
  38. MESSAGES FROM MR. CHAMBERLAIN.

    The Premier has received a cablegram from Mr. "Chamberlain, stating that at present no more meat is required for the army. A cablegram has also been received, ...

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  39. BATTLE STILL RAGING.

    Later information regarding the casualties reported among the officers ofy Lord Roberta's force shows that these relate only to the advance guard of the British troops. ...

    Article : 83 words
  40. CAPE DISLOYALISTS INCRIMINATED.

    Information is to hand that when Colonel Brabant occupied Dordrecht, in Cape Colony, a few days ago, a burgher roll-call which incriminated many disloyal Cape colonists ...

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  41. THE VICTORIAN BUSHMEN.

    It has been decided to divide the Bushmen's Contingent into two squadrons of 125 men each. Captain W. Dobbin is to lead A division, and Captain J. Ham B division. ...

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  42. TASMANIAN BUSHMEN.

    The Government have decided to send fifty men and horses to South Africa. Half that number are now ready, but it is doubtful if the remainder will be ready when the ...

    Article : 47 words
  43. A BOER REPORT.

    Commandant De Wet, one of the Orange Free State commanders, claims to have stormed several of the kopjes between Koodoosrand and Faardeberg, and compelled ...

    Article : 54 words
  44. NEW ZEALAND SECOND CONTINGENT.

    The stomer Waiwera, with the second contingent of New Zealand troops, has arrived at Durban, in Natal. ...

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  45. VICTORIAN PATRIOTIC FUNDS.

    The Empire Patriotic Fund now amounts to £18,444; the "Argus" list to £5040; and the Tommy Atkins Fund to 59,391[?] lings. A sum of about £15,000 has been ...

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  46. PATRIOTIC BENEFIT SHOOTING MATCH.

    The trophy generously presented by the Goldsmiths' Hall Company to the Brisbane Gun Club, to be shot for to-day on the Albion Park Racecourse, for the benefit of ...

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  47. DEATHS OF NEW ZEALANDERS.

    Trooper J. Paterson, one of the men of the first New Zealand Contingent, has died in the hospital at Rondebosch, near Capetown from enteric fever. ...

    Article : 67 words
  48. THE CANADIAN TROOPS.

    In the Canadian House of Commons at Ottawa last night, the Premier, Sir Wilfrid Laurier, announced that in the engagement at Koodoosrand between the British force ...

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  49. VICTORIAN CASUALTIES IN SOUTH AFRICA.

    The Premier received from Sir Alfred Milner a message as to the Victorians killed and wounded in South Africa, but as no mention is made of any further losses, it ...

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  50. THE RELIEF OF KIMBERLEY.

    The residents of Kimberley, in describing the slege of the town by the Boers, give accounts of harrowing privations that were suffered. Most of the women and children ...

    Article : 87 words
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