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  2. SOUTH AFRICA.

    Later details concerning the capture of Brandfort by the British troops under Lieutenant-General Tucker, Major-General Hutton, and Major-General Pole-Carew show ...

    Article : 240 words
  3. CABLE MESSAGES

    In connection with the large fund raised in Germany for the relief of the sufferers from the famine in India, the Emperor William, who personally initiated the fund ...

    Article : 127 words
  4. ACADEMY BANQUET.

    The annual banquet of the Royal Academy was held last night at Burlington House, a distinguished gathering being present. Among the guests were King Oscar Of ...

    Article : 264 words
  5. THE MANCHESTER PORT.

    The injuries to the Manchester Port are rather more extensive than wag anticipated—at any rate, the repairs will take longer than was at first expected. By ...

    Article : 205 words
  6. THE PLAGUE.

    " There is absolutely nothing under observation," was the official information received from the town clerk last evening, relative to the state of affairs in ...

    Article : 80 words
  7. OCCUPATION OF SMITHFIELD.

    Information has been received that a British force, under Major-General Hart, occupied Smithfield on Wednesday last. Twenlty-five Boers were captured, and 125 ...

    Article : 66 words
  8. COLONIAL CASUALTIES.

    News is to hand that Private Seely, of the Victorian Mounted Rifles, has died from enteric fever at Bloemfontein; and Gunner W. Edwards, of the Australian Artillery, ...

    Article : 89 words
  9. RAT POISONING.

    The Mayor, Alderman J. Nicol Robinson, is most anxious that during what may prove to be only a lull in respect to the plague outbreak, householders, and others ...

    Article : 116 words
  10. WESTERN FRONTIER.

    Lord Roberts has telegraphed to the War Office that Major-General Sir Archibald Hunter, who is advancing northward from Kimberley with a strong force, reports the ...

    Article : 52 words
  11. THE GERMAN CROWN PRINCE.

    The coming of age of Prince Friedrich Wilhelm, eldest son of the Emperor William, and Crown Prince of Germany and Prussia (who has now attained his 18th ...

    Article : 58 words
  12. THE BUSHMEN'S CONTINGENT.

    The morning parade at Lytton Camp on Saturday was followed by a very pleasant function of a social character. It was the presentation to Sergeants-major Raymond ...

    Article : 299 words
  13. THE MARANOA RELEASED.

    It was decided that the Maranoa, which has been quarantined for several days, should be released at noon on Saturday. This was accordingly done. ...

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  14. CHARGE AGAINST MR. BEGBIE.

    News has been received from Pretoria that Mr. William Begbie, who was arrested on a charge of murder in connection with the recent disastrous explosion at Begbie's ...

    Article : 64 words
  15. ENGAGEMENT AT FOURTEEN STREAMS.

    Information has been received that the British force at Fourteen Streams, on the railway, line forty-eight miles from Kimberley, and on the northern side of the Vaal ...

    Article : 89 words
  16. GERMAN NAVAL PROGRAMME.

    It is reported from Berlin that a compromise which has been arranged between the Agrarian and Clerical parties in the German Reichstag has resulted in a considerable ...

    Article : 333 words
  17. WARNING TO HOUSEHOLDERS.

    The clerk of the Booroodabin Divisional Board received a letter from Mr. Blair Cunningham, of the Montpelier-road, on Saturday, giving particulars of an occurrence ...

    Article : 307 words
  18. NOTES ON THE CABLES.

    Events which are now transpiring in the centre of the Orange Free State indicate that Lord Roberts has begun his march for Pretoria. Following closely behind the ...

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  19. AFFAIRS IN NATAL.

    In connection with the operations in Natal, it is reported that the severe cold weather now being experienced in the Biggarsberg Range, to the north of Elandslaagte, is ...

    Article : 59 words
  20. COMMONWEALTH BILL.

    It has been announced that the Right Hon. J. Chamberlain, Secretary of State for the Colonies, will receive the Australian delegates on Tuesday next, when he will ...

    Article : 73 words
  21. FINANCIAL HELP FOR NATAL.

    The British Government has decided to accede to the request of the Government of Natal for temporary financial assistance, which has been rendered necessary by the ...

    Article : 382 words
  22. LETTERS FROM THE FRONT.

    The following is an extract from a private letter from Captain Spencer Browne, of the First Queensland Contingent, dated Bloemfontein, 25th March: ...

    Article : 320 words
  23. MESSAGES FROM MR. BARTON.

    The Premier, Mr. Lyne, is in receipt of cable messages from Mr. Barton with regard to the Commonwealth Bill. The contents of the messages are confidential, but Mr. ...

    Article : 70 words
  24. REPORTS FROM THE COUNTRY.

    The Criterion Hotel was released from the quarantine restrictions,to-day. TOWNSVILLE, May 5. No report was received from the ...

    Article : 62 words
  25. PLAGUE AT PORT SAID.

    Information has been received of an outbreak of bubonic plague at Port Said, and the troops at that place are stringently guarding the steamers by which Mahomedan ...

    Article : 44 words
  26. OVERLAND PASSENGERS.

    The following passengers travelled by mail train to-day:- For Brisbane: Mr. and Mrs. Croft, Miss Bell, Miss Whereat, Mrs. Cole, Mr. and ...

    Article : 127 words
  27. THE GREAT FIRE AT OTTAWA.

    The fund initiated by the Lord Mayor of London (Sir A. J. Newton, Bart.) in aid of the sufferers by the recent disastrous fire at Ottawa has now reached £30,000. ...

    Article : 43 words
  28. REPORTS FROM THE SOUTH.

    Fifteen persons were fined at the Central Police Court to-day, in sums ranging from £1 to £5, for neglecting to keep their places clean. The magistrate remarked that it ...

    Article : 342 words
  29. MISS OLGA NETHERSOLE.

    Miss Olga Nethersole, the well-known actress, is suing a Presbyterian clergyman for alleged libel, uttered in the pulpit, in connection with the recent crusade in New ...

    Article : 109 words
  30. COLONIAL PATRIOTISM.

    "Bushman writes:—I recollect, a many years ago, when Lord Stanley was Foreign Minister in the British Government, it came up, somehow—I forget the particulars—as ...

    Article : 88 words
  31. ROBERTS'S DESPATCHES.

    A debate on the war in South Africa, arising out of the recent publication by the Government of Lord Roberts's despatches censuring General Buller, ...

    Article : 246 words
  32. Advertising

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  33. LONDON BANK OF AUSTRALIA.

    The London Bank of Australia, Limited, has declared a profit for the half-year of £135,269, which is distributed as follows:— Interest on transferable deposit receipts, ...

    Article : 83 words
  34. LORD ROBERTS AT THE FRONT.

    Advice has been received that Field-Marshal Lord Roberts, Commander-in-Chief of the British forces in South Africa, has proceeded to Brandfort. ...

    Article : 29 words
  35. Advertising

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  36. HILLS AT THABANCHU EVACUATED.

    It is reported that the Boers have evacuated all the hills in the neighbourhood of Thabanchu, where Chey have been engaged during the past week in resisting the ...

    Article : 47 words
  37. THE ONE THOUSAND GUINEAS.

    The race for the One Thousand Guineas Stakes was run at the Newmarket First Spring Meeting to-day, with the following result: ...

    Article : 118 words
  38. BRITISH ADVANCE.

    A British force under Colonel Broadwood has arrived at Hagelfonteln, a place situated ten miles to the north of Hautnek, from which position the Boers, under ...

    Article : 46 words
  39. COLONEL HAMILTON'S FORCE.

    The troops under Colonel Ian Hamilton. (who were recently reported to be resting at Jacobsrust, after a week of incessant fighting) reached Welkom, on the Vet River, ...

    Article : 61 words
  40. PRECAUTIONS IN NEW ZEALAND.

    A conference of sanitary commissioners was held to-day, under the presidency of the Colonial Secretary, for the purpose of devising the best methods of dealing with ...

    Article : 196 words
  41. OBITUARY.

    The death is announced of the Rev. W. Peter Pearce, late of Melbourne. ...

    Article : 18 words
  42. Advertising

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  43. FURTHER ADVANCE NORTHWARD.

    Reports are to hand that since the occupation of Brandfort, Major-General Hutton, with his colonial brigade, has already gone on to the Vet River (which crosses the ...

    Article : 66 words
  44. MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

    News has been received from Mafeking to the 29th April, reporting " All well" on that date. ...

    Article : 25 words
  45. CHARGE OF THE GORDONS.

    As already reported, fifteen Gordon Highlanders, under Captain Towse, were on Tuesday last surrounded by a large party of Boers under Commandant De Wet, and, ...

    Article : 79 words
  46. THE NEW ZEALANDERS COMPLIMENTED.

    The despatches sent by General French in connection with his operations at Colesberg, in the north of Cape Colony, in January last, have just been published. In ...

    Article : 125 words
  47. TO THE EDITOR.

    Sir,—Of the seven cases of plague reported in Queensland five occurred amongst persons by occupation steward (including one stewardess), on board vessels running to ...

    Article : 348 words
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