The Australian Commonwealth Bill, which had previously been passed by the House of Commons, passed its final stage in the House of Lords yesterday. ...
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Article : 44 wordsThe Democratic Convention in connection with the forthcoming Presidential election in the United States has now issued its manifesto, which protests against the ...
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Article : 61 wordsIt is reported from Berlin that the Powers have decided to forward large reinforcements to China. Russia and Japan are each to send 100,000 troops, while Great ...
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Article : 57 wordsThe Hon. John Hay, the United States Secretary of State, has informed the Powers that the policy of the United States Government with regard to the present ...
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Article : 22 wordsThe casualties sustained by the Chinese insurgents and troops in their recent engagements with the allied forces at Tientsin are stated to have numbered 800. ...
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Article : 41 wordsThe London "Daily Mall" publishes a report with regard to recent affairs at Peking, which states that at a meeting of the Council of State, Yung-lu, one of the principal ...
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Article : 152 wordsIt is reported that the German Emperor has notified to the various Chinese Viceroys that he will pay a sum of 1000 taels (about £125) for every foreigner rescued at Peking. ...
Article : 39 wordsMalor Bayley, of the New South Wales Mounted Infantry, has been captured by the Boers while out on a foraging expdition near Kroonstad. ...
Article : 29 wordsHorrible reports are in circulation at Shanghai as to butcheries committed by the Boxer insurgents, but these appear to be based chiefly upon mysterious hints thrown ...
Article : 61 wordsThe Viceroy of Nanking has issued a proclamation denouncing the Boxers. ...
Article : 18 wordsIt is reported that 800 British prisoners, consisting of imperial Yeomanry and Derbyshire Militia, who had been captured by the Boers, have been put over the Natal border ...
Article : 54 wordsThere are now 12,000 international troops within Tientsin, but it is estimated that at least 50,000 will be required before a march on Peking can be commenced. ...
Article : 36 wordsArrivals.—Buteshire, s., from Auckland; Elbing, s., from Adelaide (at Hamburg); Meissen, s., from Sydney, via Brisbane and other ports; Diana, barque, from Kalpara ...
Article : 63 wordsNews is to hand that Lieutenant R. J. B. Keyes, Commander of the British torpedoboat destroyer Fame, has captured and destroyed the Chinese forts on the Pei-ho ...
Article : 53 wordsSpeaking in the House of Commons last night, the Right Hon. A. J. Balfour stated that the Government had no intention of modifying their policy with regard to South ...
Article : 50 wordsFurther information received from Peking states that when Baron Von Ketteler, the German Minister, was shot by the insurgents, one of the guards of the British ...
Article : 48 wordsReports received both from Berlin and Vienna state that the Russian Government declines to accede to a proposition made by the British Government that the Powers ...
Article : 43 wordsInformation has been received that a son of Mr. Justice Bigham, who was an attache of the British Legation at Peking, succeeded in effecting his escape. ...
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Advertising : 199 wordsLieutenant Rundle and a patrol of Carbineers have been captured by the Boers in the vicinity of Pretoria. ...
Article : 26 wordsCorporal Stewart, of the Australian Horse (New South Wales) has received a commission in the Fourth Dragoons. ...
Article : 25 wordsA Chinese runner, who left Peking on the 3rd instant, has informed the British Consul at Shanghai that two of the foreign Legations had not been captured by the ...
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Article : 82 wordsIt is reported that the Transvaal Boers are asking the permission of the Portuguese authorities to trek into Gazaland. ...
Article : 28 wordsItaly is preparing to send 7000 troops to China. The total American force in China is now 6500 men. ...
Article : 89 wordsThe Right Hon. J. Chamberlain, Secretary of State for the Colonies, has informed the Government of New Zealand that he regrets the temporary difficulties which have ...
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The Brisbane Courier (Qld. : 1864 - 1933), Mon 9 Jul 1900, Page 5
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