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  2. AFFAIRS IN CHINA.

    "Reports have been received from China that a body of 700 of the "Boxer" insurgents made an attack on thirty foreigners, among whom were six ladies, who were making ...

    Article : 211 words
  3. SOUTH AFRICA.

    Lord Roberts, in a cable message to the War Office, despatched on Thursday morning, says:—General French, in his advance northward on Monday and Tuesday, was ...

    Article : 180 words
  4. NOTES ON THE CABLES.

    While disaffection, disorder, and defeat are wringing the heart of the Transvaal, the colonial rebels are ex[?]ting a v[?] that contrasts strungely with the expiring offorts ...

    Article : 1,282 words
  5. SOUTHERN SPORTING.

    The June Meeting of the Australian Jockey Club took place at the Randwick Racecourse to-day. Ideal weather was experienced, and the attendance was very good. ...

    Article : 921 words
  6. TASMANIA.

    A sum of £908 has been subscribed to the Indian Famine Relief Fund, and the Mayor will close the fund when it reaches £1000. ...

    Article : 38 words
  7. INTERCOLONIAL.

    At the City Police Court this morning three artillerymen, James Wilson, Harry Jones, and Wallace Cornwall, were each sentenced to seven days' imprisonment in ...

    Article : 67 words
  8. OUTLANDERS RETURNING.

    It is reported that hundreds of Outlanders from the Transvaal, now in England, are already returning to Johannesburg. ...

    Article : 25 words
  9. THE REVENUE.

    The revenue of Tasmania for the month of May amounted to £83,402, as against £77,014 for the corresponding month of the previous year. ...

    Article : 28 words
  10. SITUATION AT PRETORIA.

    though indirect confirmation has been received of the report that Pretoria, the capital of the Transvaal Republic, is ready to surrender to Lord Roberts, there is some ...

    Article : 53 words
  11. NEW-ZEALAND.

    The public schools throughout the colony were granted a holiday to-day in celebration of the surrender of Johannesburg and Pretoria. The post and telegraph offices were ...

    Article : 40 words
  12. NOMINATIONS TO THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.

    Twelve gentlemen have been nominated for appointment as members of the Legislative Council—namely, Messrs. T. M. Slattery, solicitor, of Sydney, and formerly ...

    Article : 181 words
  13. TELEGRAMS FROM THE AMERICAN CONSUL.

    Mr. Adalbert S. Hay, the United States Consul at Pretoria, has sent two telegrams to Mr. Joseph H. Choate, the American Ambassador in London. The first message ...

    Article : 131 words
  14. DOUBLE DROWNING FATALITY.

    A man named Roke was drowned in the Walpa district, and his brother while searching for the body met with the same fate. ...

    Article : 27 words
  15. INDIAN FAMINE FUND.

    The Indian Famine Relief Fund now amounts to £1657. ...

    Article : 12 words
  16. A COAL FAMINE.

    It is reported from Wellington that there is something like a coal famine there. The hulks in the harbour are nearly empty, and merchants' supplies are so low that orders ...

    Article : 36 words
  17. THE INVALIDED QUEENS. LANDERS.

    The five invalided Queensland soldiers who returned from South Africa were received at Government House on Saturday morning by his Excellency the Governor. ...

    Article : 865 words
  18. A MURDER TRIAL.

    The trial of the lad, James Murphy, on the charge of having murdered Cyrus M'Farlane at Grafton, by battering his head with a paling, on the 10th February, was ...

    Article : 92 words
  19. FOOTBALL IN MELBOURNE.

    The football matches were again played to-day on damp, heavy ground. The chief matches resulted as follows:—South Melbourne, 6 goals 8 behinds, beat Melbourne, ...

    Article : 79 words
  20. PANIC AND CONFUSION.

    Reports now received from Pretoria state that a condition of panic and confusion prevails there, and the crowds of refugees who have thronged the town are getting beyond ...

    Article : 40 words
  21. FIRE IN A BANK.

    News is to hand that a fire broke out on the premises of the Chartered Bank at Tientsin, in China, but it was extinguished before much damage was done. The fire is ...

    Article : 47 words
  22. LATEST FROM PRETORIA.

    The latest advices received from Pretoria are up to Thursday night last. At that time one Boer commando was attempting to harass the rear of Lord Roberts's force ...

    Article : 78 words
  23. A GAS EXPLOSION.

    An explosion of gas occurred to-night in a confectioner's ahop in Woollahra, kept by Mrs. J. Whelan. The shop was wrecksd, and two daughters of Mrs. Whelan and a ...

    Article : 36 words
  24. INTER-UNIVERSITY EIGHT-OAR RACE.

    The eight-oar contest between the Sydney and Adelaide Universities took place to-day, and was won by the Sydney crew by 54sec. The time was 17min. 1sec. ...

    Article : 33 words
  25. THE COMMONWEALTH BILL.

    Sir,—The "compromised" amendment of clause 74, as disclosed by cablegram of this morning, shows to the lay mind a piece of ambiguous drafting which one does not ...

    Article : 414 words
  26. SERIOUS TRAM COLLISION.

    By a collision in George-street to-night between a heavily-laden four-horse lorry and an electric tramcar, two passengers, named E. Palgrave and K. J. Brooks, were ...

    Article : 40 words
  27. RECENT NAVAL EXPERIMENT.

    Some interest has been aroused by the apparent inconsistency of the statements published concerning recent experiments conducted in firing upon an obsolete ...

    Article : 305 words
  28. INDIAN FAMINE FUND.

    The Indian Famine Relier Fund now amounts to £660. ...

    Article : 14 words
  29. ORANGE FREE STATE.

    The British force under General Sir Leslie Rundle has occupied Lindley, a town in the east of the Orange Free State, about forty-five miles south-east of Kroonstad, after ...

    Article : 139 words
  30. THE REVENUE RETURN'S.

    The total revenue of New South Wales for the month of May amounted to £990,409, as compared with £1,014,673 for the corresponding period of the previous year, the ...

    Article : 53 words
  31. SYDNEY, JUNE 3.

    The Government have received a cable message from the Agent-General in London, stating he has received £1000 from Lloyd's Patriotic Fund as a preliminary grant for ...

    Article : 61 words
  32. RAILWAY FATALITY.

    A railway employee named R. J. A. Watson, who was employed at Waterfall Station, on the Southern Coast Railway, was killed at 4 o'clock yesterday morning. An engine ...

    Article : 78 words
  33. DEATHS OF COLONIALS.

    Information has been received that Privates Freeman and E. A. Smith, of New South Wales, have died from enteric fever at Bloemfontein. ...

    Article : 31 words
  34. THE MILITARY AND THE LARRIKINS.

    The feud between the Engine-street " push" and the military men still continues, and great excitement occurred in George-street last night, owing to an attempt being ...

    Article : 132 words
  35. MANLY NOTES.

    The new hall at Manly, though still incomplete, was opened by the proprietors,, Messrs. Reynolds and Dobson, a week ago (writes our correspondent), and the patronage winch it has already received ...

    Article : 325 words
  36. GRIQUALAND REBELS.

    The rebels in Griqualand West are reported to have surprised a small British force at the town of Douglas, on the Orange River, to the south-west of Kimberley. ...

    Article : 48 words
  37. ATTEMPTS TO DESTROY THE RAILWAY.

    Reports have been received that the Irish-American brigade serving with the Boers in the Transvaal made two unsuccessful attempts to destroy the railway line between ...

    Article : 40 words
  38. Advertising

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    Advertising : 407 words
  39. EPSOM RACES.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 372 words
  40. CAPTURE OF LOCOMOTIVES.

    Lord Roberts has captured eight more locomotives near Johannesburg. ...

    Article : 18 words
  41. ADVANCES TO SETTLERS.

    The board appointed to make advances to distressed, settlers have afforded relief to 2100 persons, in sums ranging from £25 to £200, the total amount advanced being ...

    Article : 33 words
  42. GENERAL WARREN SURROUNDED.

    Further reports now to hand state that a strong force of rebels surrounded General Sir Charles Warren, who was recently appointed. Administrator of Griqualand, with ...

    Article : 68 words
  43. CUTTING THE TELEGRAPH WIRES.

    The Boers claim to have cut the telegraph wires near the Vaal River previous to their recent retreat so that no news of events transpiring in the Transvaal could ...

    Article : 42 words
  44. VICTORIA.

    The tramway receipts for last month amounted to £595,319, showing a decrease of £7746 compared with the month of May last year. ...

    Article : 28 words
  45. TRANSVAAL JUDGE ARRESTED.

    Judge A. Kock, one of the Judges of the Transvaal Supreme Court, has been arrested by, order of Lord Roberts at Johannesburg. It is stated that prior to the surrender of ...

    Article : 53 words
  46. ENGAGEMENT AT KHEIS.

    Further information has been received of the defeat by the British force under Colonel Adye of a body of Griqualand rebels at Kkeis, a place nearly 200 miles west of ...

    Article : 95 words
  47. THE REFERENDUM IN WEST AUSTRALIA.

    The Premier has expressed his surprise at the announcement made by Sir John Forrest, Premier of Western Australia, that he does not propose to have a referendum in that ...

    Article : 106 words
  48. Advertising

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    Advertising : 176 words
  49. LORD ROBERTS'S LATEST MESSAGE.

    A message sent by Lord Roberts from Johannesburg on Thursday night, and transmitted on Friday, gives a description of the satisfactory manner in which he was ...

    Article : 88 words
  50. Advertising

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    Advertising : 269 words
  51. MELBOURNE, JUNE 3.

    The Bendigo Municipal Council has passed a resolution urging the Premier to open communications with the Governments of the other colonies with a view to haying a body ...

    Article : 124 words
  52. MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

    Information is to hand that a goods train which arrived at Delagoa Bay brought F. Eloff, a son-in-law of President Kruger, and Dr. Hayman, the President's physician. ...

    Article : 65 words
  53. NEW TRANSVAAL CAPITAL.

    The town of Middleburg, on the Delagoa Bay-Pretoria railway line, about ninety miles from Pretoria, and to which President Kruger is now reported to have fied, ...

    Article : 42 words
  54. Advertising

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    Advertising : 158 words
  55. KRUGER'S MINING INVESTMENTS.

    It is reported that President Kruger, on the outbreak of the war in South (Africa, invested a sum of £140,000 in shares in the Rand mines, which he was able to ...

    Article : 44 words
  56. THE QUEEN'S CONGRATULATIONS.

    Her Majesty the Queen has telegraphed her congratulations to the Right Hon. J. Chamberlain, Secretary of State for the Colonies, on the occupation of Johannesburg ...

    Article : 37 words
  57. THE ST. ALBANS STUD.

    The late W. R. Wilson has left instructions that the racing and preeding stud at St. Albans is to be carried on until a suitable opportunity occurs for the disposal of it. ...

    Article : 39 words
  58. WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

    The consolidated revenue of Western Australia for last month amounted to £231,258, while for the corresponding period of last year it vas £203,509. ...

    Article : 33 words
  59. ADELAIDE RACING CLUB'S BIRTHDAY MEETING.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 314 words
  60. THE DELAGOA BAY RAILWAY.

    The Delagoa, Bay railway line, which the Portuguese authorities were yesterday reported to have closed to all goods traffic, has now been reopened. ...

    Article : 34 words
  61. FEELING IN ENGLAND.

    There is none of the delirious rejoicing throughout England over the news of the occupation of Johannesburg such as was manifested when the relief of Ladysmith ...

    Article : 42 words
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