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COMMONWEALTH BILL
In regard to the remodelling of clause 74 (the appeal clause) of the Commonwealth Bill, the proposal to allow appeals to the Privy Council by consent, has been inserted ...
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SOUTH AFRICA.
Major-General French's cavalry force, which was yesterday reported to have crossed the Rhenoster River, has now reached Ihe town of Prospect, which is situated a few miles ...
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LYTTON ENCAMPMENT.
It was Dr. Johnston. I think, who said in his finely grandiloquent way that only an idiot would broach the weather as a topic of conversation. The present scribe would ...
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COLONIAL INTERESTS
replying to a question in the House of Commons, yesterday. with regard to the separation petition from the West Australian goldfields, Mr. Chamberlain stated ...
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CABLE MESSAGES
In the House of Commons last night a proposal was urged by Sir E. A. Sassoon, Conservative member for Hythe, for the appointment of a Salcct Committee to inquire ...
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INVALIDS FROM THE WAR
The invalided Australian soldiers who returned by the steamer Moravian from South Africa were the guests of the Governor at dinner at Parliament Houseto-day. They ...
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MAFEKING RAILWAY LINE.
It is expected that the Capetown-Buluwayo railway line between Kimberley and Mafeking will be repaired and open for traffic in about a fortnight. ...
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OPERATIONS IN NATAL.
The British Commander in Natal reports that there is now a largr Boer commando on the Buffalo River, which forms the northeastern frontier of Natal. ...
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AN AUSTRALIAN VOCALIST.
Miss Lalla Miranda, the Melbourne soprano, who, as was recently announced, has been engaged for the grand opera season at Covent Garden Theatre, made a successful ...
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BANK OF ENGLAND RATE.
The Bank of England rate of discount, which has stood at 4 per cent since the 25th January last, was nto-day reduced to 3½ per cent. ...
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THE ZULULAND COLUMN.
With regard to the recent disaster to a detachment of British troops under Colonel Golf, who were caught in ambush near Vryheid, the Boeis report that of the ...
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EASTWARD FROM KIMBERLEY.
The following letter from Mr. E. R. Starkey, of B Company, Q.M.I., has been received by Mr. R. M. Cooper, of Petrie's Bight:— ...
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PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION.
The election of a member of the House of Commons, for the Isle of Wight, in place of Sir Richard E. Webster, late AttorneyGeneral (who has been appointed Master ...
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SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.
Arrivals.—Nicolai d' Abundo, barque, from Brisbane; Persic, s., from Newcastle, via Sydney and other ports (at Liverpool); Trafalgar, ship, from Sydney; Loch Broom, ...
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THE TRANSYAAL.
The "Times" correspondent at Delagoa Bay telegraphs the statement that President Kruger is now in favour of surrendering to Great Britain, as he alleges that a ...
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LETTERS FROM THE FRONT.
The following is an extiact from a private letter received from a member of the First Queensland Contingent to South Africa:- A large proportionn of the Austi allan. ...
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PLAGUE AT DURBAN.
Reports are to hand that an Indian has died from bubonic plague at Durban, the principal port of Natal. ...
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MOVEMENTS IN THE TRANSVAAL.
Great activity now prevails on the railway lines in the Transvaal, and it is stated that thirty trains are passing daily to and from Pietoria and Pietersburg (the terminus ...
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THE RUSSIANS IN MANCHURIA.
It is stated that Russia is now making preparations for the defence of that portion of Manchuria which is adjacent to the frontier of Corea. ...
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OPINIONS OF THE NEW SOUTH WALES PREMIER.
Sir William Lyne has oeen in communication with Mr. Barton, the delegate in London, on the subject of the Commonwealth Bill. The New South Wales ...
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COLONEL ALBRECHT ON THE BRITISH ARMY.
Colonel Albrecht, the German officer who has been responsible for so much of the Transvaal strategy, when taken prisoner, expressed himself at a luncheon party very ...
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MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.
Newss has been received that Sergeant Herbert Brent, a member of the.Victorian Eushnien's Contingent, has been killed in a railway accident at Winhurg. ...
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COLONIAL CLUB DINNER.
The Colonial Club gave a dinner in the Hotel Cecil, London, last night. There was a large gathering present, including Sir R. G. W. Herbert, late Permanent Under ...
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LANDSLIP IN ANN-TREET.
At about, 7 o'clock last night a landslip occuirod in the Ann-street cutting near the Convent, gates. Owing to the persistent rains, a large mass of earth and rock ...
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KRUGER AND SIR JOHN BRAND.
The special representative of the London "Times" at Bloemfontein reports that he has examined the secret minutes of two conferences which took place in 1887 ...
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GENERAL METHUEN'S POSITION.
Reports received from Boer sources state that General Lord Methuen's force is now at Greyling's Drift, on the Vaal River. ...
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THE BOER DELEGATES IN AMERICA.
News from the United States, shows that the leading pro-Boer newspapers in America acquiesce in the pronouncement made by President M'Kinley after his unofficial ...
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NO NEWS FROM LORD ROBERTS.
Notwithstanding the reports received from either sources of the advance of the British troops in the Orange Free State, Lord. Roberts has remained silent as to his ...
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BOERS IN HEADLONG FLIGHT.
Latest reports from.the front in the Orange Free State are to the effect that the Boers are now in headlong flight to the northward. ...
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NOTES ON THE CABLES.
While the Boer forces are rapidly disintegrating, President Kruger, the "Times" correspondent at Delagoa Bay, reports, favours a surrender, alleging as the reason ...
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MOVEMENTS NEAR FICKSBURG.
It is reported that a force of 2000 Boers is now near Plcksburg, in the east of the Orange Free State, and they are advancing towards Clocolan. ...
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RELIEF OF MAFEKING.
Later details which have been received of the attempted storming of Mafeking by the Boers on the 13th instant show that General Snyman's attack on the garrison, ...
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"KARRI" DAVIES AT MAFEKING.
Further news from Mafeking states that Major "Karri" Davies, of the Imperial Light Horse, accompanied by eight of his troopers, entered Mafeking eight hours ...
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THE MAFEKING GARRISON.
Further news from Mafeking states that when the relief of the place had been effected, Colonel Baden-Powell allowed his garrison to have the last parting shot at the ...
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THE QUEBNSLANDERS.
The war correspondent of the "Morning Post" pays a high compliment to the Queensland Bushmen who took part in the relief of Mafeking. He states that they ...
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