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  2. CABLE MESSAGES

    At yesterday's sitting of the Imperial Congress of Chambers of Commerce, which is now being held in London, a resolution was passed affirming that it was desirable that ...

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  3. WAR IN CHINA.

    Mr. Brodrick, Under Secretary for Foreign Affairs, made a further statement in the House of Commons last night with regard to the situation in China, giving the latest ...

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  4. CANADIAN VOLUNTEERS FOR CHINA.

    Numbers of Canadian infantry are stated to be volunteering for service with the British troops in China. ...

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  5. SOUTH AFRICA.

    Information is to hand that a British force under General Lord Methuen has expelled the Boers from a strong position which they had occupied near Vereeniging, ...

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  6. FEDERATION OF AUSTRALIA.

    The Premier has received a telegram from Mr. Holder, Premier of South Australia, pointing out that it will he advantageous to have Federation established on the 1st ...

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  7. THE NEWS FROM CHINA.

    The Boxers continue to carry matters with a pretty high hand in China. Placards denouncing the foreigners have been posted throughout the towns along the Grand Canal ...

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  8. THE QUEENSLAND GUNBOATS.

    The offer of one of Queensland's twin gunboats should prove acceptable, as they are admittedly very effective for harbour and river work. They are of steel, having a ...

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  9. LONDON ELECTRIC RAILWAY.

    The Prince of Wales to-day formally opened the new Central London underground electric railway, which runs from Shepherd's Bush Station to the Bank of England. ...

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  10. STATEMENT BY A LADY MISSIONARY.

    At a special service held under the auspices of the combined missionary societies, Sister Garland, who has been engaged in the mission fields in the North-west ...

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  11. A SUCCESSFUL SKIRMISH.

    News is to hand that the Mounted Infantry force under Major-General Hutton, acting with Lieutenant-General Baden-Powell, has had a smart skirmish with the ...

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  12. VIEWS OF MR. LYNE.

    The Premier, when interviewed on the subject, stated that he had proposed 1st October or 1st November as the date for the Federal elections In New South Wales. ...

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  13. SIR ROBERT PEEL'S CASE.

    Sir Robert Peel, who was charged with libelling Mr. Von der Haydt, has tendered an apology, and given sureties to the amount of £1000. ...

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  14. TASMANIAN OPINION.

    The Premier has informed Mr. Holder the Premier of South Australia, that the Government consider 1st January next a suitable day for holding the Federal ...

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  15. THE LIBERATED OFFICERS.

    The British officers who were captured by the Boers during the war, and were liberated of the occupation of Pretoria by the British troops, have now been reinstated in theird ...

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  16. THE QUEENSLAND PREMIER INTERVIEWED.

    Mr. Philp, when interviewed on this subject last evening, said the Queensland Government did not think it possilble to have the Federal elections held before January. ...

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  17. INTERCOLONIAL.

    The Chief Justice and forty, other prominent members of the Australian Mutual Provident Society have requistioned the directors to call a meeting to consider the ...

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  18. THE AUSTRIAN SUCCESSION.

    The Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir-presumptive to the throne of Austria-Hungary, in view of his approaching morganatic marriage with the Countess Cotek, has ...

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  19. PRETORIA FULL OF SPIES.

    It is reported that Pretoria, the Transvaal capital, is at present swarming with Boer spies. ...

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  20. GLASSFORD CREEK COPPER MINE.

    The "Bundaberg Mall" to-day authortatively announces that the Glassford Creek Copper Syndicate, whose mine has just been floated on the home market for a million ...

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  21. DELAGOA BAY RAILWAY CUT.

    News has been received, and is officially confirmed, i that the British force which recently landed at Kosi Bay, In Amatongaland, consisted of Strathconan Horse (the ...

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  22. FINANCIAL CRISIS IN RUSSIA.

    News from Russia states that a serious financial crisis has occurred there. Many failures of business firms are reported, and vast sums of money have been withdrawn ...

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  23. MEDALS FOR THE SOUTH AFRICAN CONTINGENTS.

    The Premier has communicate with the other colonies in order to ascertain their views regarding the presentation of medals to the members of the colonial contingents ...

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  24. MELBOURNE BETTING MARKET.

    The only straight-out wager of note over the V.R.C. Grand National Hurdle Race to-day was the acceptance of 500 to 30 about Rackstraw, but the price afterwards was 100 ...

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  25. ASSISTANCE FROM AUSTRALIA.

    Mr. M'Lean, the Premier of Victoria, has received through the Lieutenant-Governor a copy of a cable forwarded by Mr. Chamberlain to the Australian Governors, with ...

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  26. THE RAILWAY LINES.

    It has transpired that in the recent attacks by the Boers on the railway line in the Orange Free State, to the north of Kroonstadt, Commandant Do Wet succeeded in ...

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  27. FIRE ON A STEAMER.

    News has been received from Capetown that a fire broke out in the No. 2 hold of the steamer Kensington, which left Melbourne in March last for Durban with a ...

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  28. A CYCLING DISPUTE.

    Owing to a dispute between the National Cyclists' Union and the Paris Exhibition authorities, the union has decided not to permit its members to race in the forthcoming ...

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  30. CYCLING RECORDS.

    Arthur Smyth was successful to-day in creating a few mere amateur cycling records for New South Wales. Although a strong wind blew across the Sydney Cricket Ground ...

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  31. TAMRERING WITH THE RAILWAY.

    The Boers are reported to be attempting to hamper the British military authorities by greasing the inclines on the railway line an order to prevent the progress of trains. ...

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  32. ACTIVE MEASURES BY LORD ROBERTS.

    Lord Roberts is taking above measures to suppress the Boer attacks on the railways. He has Issued a proclamation notifying that fines will be levied on all farmers in ...

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  33. A RUSSIAN REPORT.

    Admiral Alexieff, who is in command of the Russian fleet at Port Arthur, has sent a cable message stating that four companies of Russian troops, commanded by Colonel ...

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  34. SHEEPBREEDERS' ASSOCIATION.

    The annual shaw of the Sheephreeders' Association of New South Wales was opened to-day by his Excellency the Governor, who was afterwards entertained at luncheon. ...

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  35. ACTION OF NEW ZEALAND.

    The Premier, referring in the House of Representatives to-day to the number of New Zealanders suffering fiom enteric fever in South Africa, said that if it were true ...

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  36. THE MILITARY HOSPITALS.

    With reference to the complaints that have heen made as to the condition of the military hospitals in South Africa, and the alleged absence of necessary comforts for the ...

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  37. OBITUARY.

    The death is announced of Mr. James Orr, of the Union Bank of Australia. ...

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  38. THE PEKING LEGATIONS.

    Replying to a question in the House of Lords last evening, the Marquis of Salisbury stated that nothing was definitely known regarding the position of the foreign ...

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  39. THE NORTHERN MAILS.

    From the beginning of July the Northern mail service by the Barcoo will be altered It is proposed that the vessel ehall be delayed at Townsville from 5 p.m. to 10 p.m. ...

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  40. DEATH SENTENCE COMMUTED.

    The death sentence passed on James Murphy, who was convicted of the murder of Cyrus Macfarlane at Grafton, has been commuted to imprisonment for life. ...

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  41. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

    Arrival.—Silverstream, barque, from Wellington. Departures.—For Sydney: Chipperkyle, barque, from Hamburg; Warrnambool, s.; ...

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  42. FALL FROM A TRAM.

    In the Supreme Court yesterday, Mrs. Louisa Lawson, editress of "Dawn," obtained a verdict for £450 as compensation for injuries sustained by her through a fall from ...

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  43. THE RELIEF OF MAFEKING.

    This is the description that some writers have not hesitated to apply to the roar of jubilation with which the news of the relief of Mafeking was received in England. The ...

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  44. QUEENSLAND'S OFFER.

    The Hon. R. Philp, in reply to inquiries last night, stated that the Government see no objection whatever to the proposals conveyed in Mr. Chamberlain's cablegram. They ...

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  46. VICTORIA.

    At the ordinary general meeting of Goldsbrough, Mort, and Co., Limited, held to-day, the report of the directors, which was adopted, showed that, notwithstanding ...

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  48. FOREIGN SETTLEMENT SHELLED.

    The foreign settlement at Tientsin was shelled by the Chinese from the 18th to the 23rd instant, but only slight damage was done, except in the French and British ...

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  49. OVERLAND PASSENGERS.

    The following passengers travelled by mail train to-day:- For Brisbane: Mrs. Cush, Mr. and Mrs. Fletcher, Miss Williams, Messrs. F. George, G. Cush, R. ...

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  51. NEW SOUTH WALES VOLUNTEERS FOR CHINA.

    The Seventh Volunteer Infantry Regiment (St. George's Rifles) have offered three companies, officers and men, including Lieutenant-Colonel J. C. Neild, M.P., the officer ...

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  52. MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

    The combined movement on the part of the British troops, which is intended to crush the Orange Free State commandoes under Commandant De Wet, has commenced, ...

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  53. WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

    Writs for the referendum on the Commonwealth Bill were issued to-day, and voters' rights are being distributed. The voting is to take place on 31st July. ...

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  54. MILITARY SCHOOL DESTROYED.

    A report has been received that the Boxer insurgents have destroyed the military school at Mukden (Fing-tien-fu), the capital of the province of Sheng-King, or ...

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  55. INTERVIEW WITH MR. LYNE.

    The Premier, when interviewed, stated that he received a cablegram from Mr. Chamberlain on Thursday night with reference to permitting Australian gunboats to ...

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  57. TASMANIA.

    His Excellency Lord Gormanston has informed the Ministers that he will probably leave Tasmania about the middle of August. His term of office expires in October, but ...

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  58. NETHERLANDS RAILWAY OFFICIALS.

    Reports from the Transvaal state that, in consequence of ihe insolence and treachery, shown by the officials of the Netherlands Railway Company, which,owns the ...

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  59. DENUNCIATION OF FOREIGNERS.

    Placards denouncing foreigners are stated to have been posted up in all the towns along the route of the Grand Canal of China. ...

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  60. JAPANESE ACTION.

    The Japanese Government has obtained authority for the Legislature to expend 50,000,000 yen in despatching 20,000 troops to China to assist the other Powers in ...

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  61. VESSELS TO BE SENT.

    The Australasian Auxiliary Squadron consists of five fast cruisers and two torpedo gunboats. For the maintenance of these vessels the Australasian Governments pay an ...

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  62. NEW ZEALAND.

    In answer to a question in the House of Representatives to-day, the Government intimated that they would consider the advisableness of appointing a Parliamentary ...

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  63. DEATH OF A QUEENSLANDER.

    It is announced that Private G. E. Walker, of the Queensland Mounted Infantry, has died from enteric fever at Bloemfontein. ...

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  64. THE FOREIGN TROOPS.

    Latest reports from China state that the number of troops landed at Taku by the various foreign Powers now totals 16,000. ...

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  65. PROGRESS OF THE CAMPAIGN.

    The amount of ingenuity which the Boers have developed during the present campaign in order to hoodwink and harass the British is really astonishing. They have shown an ...

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  67. THE TSUNG-LI-YAMEN ALARMED.

    There are indications that the Tsung-il-Yamen (Chinese Foreign Department) has become alarmed at the extensive military and naval preparations that are being made ...

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