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  2. COLONIAL INTERESTS

    The Earl of Hopetoun, who has been appointed first Governor-General of Australia under the new Commonwealth, will be entertained at a banquet at the Hotel Cecil ...

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  3. BRITISH PARLIAMENT.

    The Imperial Parliament was prorogued yesterday. The Speech from the Throne stated that the relations between Great Britain and the various foreign Powers ...

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  4. The Boer War.

    Lord Roberts, in a message to the War Office, states that he fears that the British garrison at Elands River, under Colonel Hoare, have been captured by the Boers ...

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  5. COLONIAL OFFICER INVALIDED.

    Lieutenant Reid, a Tasmanian officer serving in South Africa, has been invalided to England. ...

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  6. Latest China News.

    A message, which is believed to have been sent at the beginning of August, has been received at Washington from Mr. E. H. Conger, the United States Minister at ...

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  7. EXHIBITION.

    The jumping events were watched with as much eagerness as ever, and that is saying a good deal. At the same time, it must he said that the jumping itself was not up ...

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  8. FEDERAL DELEGATES.

    Messrs. Barton, Kingston, and Dickson, the Australian Fetloral delegates, arrived from England by the R.M.S. Ortona to-day. They were met on board the steamer by the ...

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  9. RETURNED INVALIDS.

    The steamer Persic arrived to-day from Capetown with a large number of invalided soldiers on board. The men were entertained at luncheon at the barracks by the ...

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  10. REDUCTION OF CAPITAL.

    Mr. Justice Wright, the judge who deals with company matters, yesterday authorised the reduction of the capital of the New Zealand Trust and Loan Company to ...

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  11. BY THE STEAMER DAMASCUS

    His Excellency the Governor has received a message from the High Commissioner in South Africa stating that the steamer Damascus left Capetown on 2nd August ...

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  12. ENTERTAINMENTS.

    The last two performances of "A Royal Divorce" will be given this and to-morrow evening. On Monday evening next "The Only Way," a diamatic version by ...

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  13. COLONIAL STOCKS BILL.

    The Colonial Stocks Bill has now been finally passed. The "Financial Times" to-day, commenting on the bill, expresses the opinion that ...

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  14. MR. DAVIS'S INVESTIGATIONS.

    Mr. Davis, M.L.A., of Sydney, has visited Glasgow and other centres of population in Great Britain and made inquiries into the methods adopted for the destruction of ...

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  15. MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

    It is announced that General Count von Waldersee, late Chief at the General Staff of the Germany Army, has been appointed generalissimo of the allied forces in China, ...

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  16. NEWS FROM SIR C. MACDONALD.

    Sir Claude MacDonald, the British Minister, on the 3rd August, sent a cipher message through the Chinese Minister in London, in which he states that ...

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  17. SERIOUS RAILWAY ACCIDENT.

    News has just been received of a fearful railway accident, involving serious loss of life. A collision took place on the railway line between Clifton Hill and Merri ...

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  18. GREAT BRITAIN.

    In view of the recent anarchist outrages, special precautions were taken to ensure the safety of the Prince of Wales on the occasion of his visit to Coburg to attend the ...

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  19. THEATRE ROYAL.

    There was again a holiday autiience at the Theatre Royal last evening, when the double combination repeated their attractive programme. The Valdares" clever ...

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  20. THE MASSACRE OF MISSIONARIES.

    It has been admitted officially that since the outbreak of the Boxer insurrection 124 European missionaries, including women and children, have been massacred in ...

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  21. CABLE MESSAGES.

    Reports received from India state that ample rains have now fallen in Gujerat, Bajputann, and Central India, and the general situation with regard to the famine ...

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  22. OTHER OFFICIAL REPORTS.

    The Secretary of the German Legation at Peking, in a message dated the 4th Instant, states that there had been no sheiling or general attack on the Legations since ...

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  23. MAJOR WALLER'S FATE.

    It was announced yesterday that documents had been found at Tientsin which showed that the Chinese Viceroy had paid the Boxels a sum of 100 ...

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  24. THE SUPPLEMENTARY WAR LOAN.

    The portion of the British Supplementary War Loan at £13,000,000 which was allotted to lAtnerican tenderers was covered twice over. The gold thus received has ...

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  25. CARRINGTON'S SCOUTS SHOT.

    It is reported that two of the scouts attached to General Carrington's Rhodesian force which has lately been operating in the west of the Transvaal, were captuied ...

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  26. DAIRY CATTLE.

    All Dairy Breeds.—Cow yielding from one milking the largest quantity of butter fat (Babcock tester): W. T. Bick's Mona 1 P. J. O'Shea's Nellie 2, J. M. Mitchell's ...

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  27. GENERAL MURAVIEFF'S SUCCESSOR.

    It is now announced that Count Lamsdorff has been appointed Russian Minister for Foreign Affairs in succession to the late Count Muravieff. ...

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  28. FITZGERALD'S CIRCUS.

    There was a big crowd at the circus last night, representative of all parts of Queensland. There was an odour of maize and pumpkins, of sheepskins and wool, of ...

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  29. BRITISH TRADE RETURNS.

    The Board of Trade returns for the month of July show that the value of the exports from Great Britain increased by £1,345,000, compared with the ...

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  30. DE WET'S OPERATIONS.

    Commandant De Wet, who has been recently operating in the north-west of the Orange River Colony, crossed the Vant River Into Transvaal territory on Monday, ...

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  31. ADVANCE OF THE ALLIES.

    News is now to hand that the Japanese troops foring part of the allied force advancing from Tientsin on Peking, captured Pei-tsang (the scene of the fighting of ...

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  32. NEW SOUTH WALES.

    A frightful fatality is reported from Burraga. Two young women,'named Lillie Bell, aged 20 years, and Jane Staines, aged 21 years, were living together in a small ...

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  33. PRECAUTIONS AT SHANGHAI.

    News is to hand that naval guns from H.M.S. Terrible have 'been mounted at the British Consulate at Shanghai as a precautionary measure against an attack by the ...

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  34. KING HUMBERT'S FUNERAL.

    It is announced that the Duke of Argyll (lately the Marauis of Lorne, son-in-law of the Queen), who will tie attended by the Earl of Kintore, Lord-in-Waiting to the ...

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  35. H.M.S. LIZARD.

    The British gunboat Lizard, which was despatched to China from the Australian station, is now at Hongkong. ...

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  36. LATEST SCRATCHINGS.

    Pearl Skipper has been scratched for the A.J.C. Derby. ...

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  37. MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

    Information has been received that General Buller's force occupied Ameersfoort, a place about twenty-five miles due north of the most northerly point of the Natal ...

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  39. THE PLAGUE.

    Yet another chse of plague was reported to the authorities late yesterday afternoon, the victim being a lad named Percy Smith. The case has some more than usually sad ...

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  40. MAN BOILED TO DEATH.

    A single man named James Kirby, aged 26, while taking the temperature of a quantity of "wort" in the Esk Brewery, by some unexplained means fell into the vessel, ...

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  41. ANALYSIS OF DISINFECTIONS.

    The Mayor reports having received the results of the analysis made by the Government Analyst on disinfectants submitted to him by the Epidemic Board. He ...

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  44. GENERAL WARREN RETURNING.

    Lieutenant-General Sir Charles Warren, who was recently appointed military governor of Bechuanaland and all the other portions of Cape Colony north of the Orange ...

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  45. LAWN TENNIS.

    Arrangements for the coming tournament are now well forward, and the meeting should prove a splendid success if favoured with fine weather. The Brisbane Cricket Ground is in fine order ...

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  46. CENTRAL BOARD OF HEALTH.

    The ordinary weekly meeting of the Central Board of Health was held yesterday afternoon, there being present—the Hon. B. B. Moreton (chairman), Messrs. J. ...

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  47. CONDITION OF PATIENTS.

    Last night the Colmslie bulletin stated that the patients were all progressing favourably, and the patient Hutchison was better than when he had arrived in the ...

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  48. ILLNESS OF MR. STEYN.

    Reports received from Bloemfontein state that Mr. Steyn, the President of the late Orange Free State, who has taken an active part in the recent military operations of ...

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  49. THE HUTCHISON CASE.

    Further information with secard to the Hutchison case, reported in our issue of yesterday, is to the effect that the patient was carting for a city hotel, ...

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  50. DAIRY HERD-BOOK SOCIETY.

    The Hon. A. J. Thynne will preside at the adjourned meeting of the Queensland Dairy Herd book Society, to be held at the Department of Agriculture at 10 o'clock this morning for the purpose of ...

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  51. ANOTHER CASE AT TOWNSVILLE.

    Bernard Christopherson, aged 33 years, who says he deserted from the ship Pass of Brender at Gladstone, called at the hospital this morning, and Dr. Bacot ...

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  52. TRANSVAAL CONSTABULARY FORCE.

    A force of mounted constabulary, numbering 5000, is now being organised in the Transvaal for the maintenance of order, and many, members of the colonial contingents ...

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  53. THE RECENT SUDDEN DEATH.

    It has been ascertained that the sudden death of Miss Alice E. Daniels, of Bowen Hills, which took place on Wednesday afternoon, was due to (1) valvular disease of the ...

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  54. FRESH CASE IN SYDNEY.

    After a lapse of over three weeks another case of plague was discovered this morning at the Sydney Hospital, the patient being William Montague, aged 36 years, and ...

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  56. TRAITOROUS CANADIANS.

    News is to hand from Pretoria that two men belonging to the Canadian Mounted Infantry have been each sentenced to ten years' imprisonment for commandeering ...

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  57. HINT TO EXHIBITION VISITORS

    If you want a Suit in a hurry call on Charles Gilbert, Queen-street (near bridge). He can supply you with a first-class Tailor-made Suit from his Ready-made. Clothing ...

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  58. THE CUSTOMS DISMISSALS AT DELAGOA BAY.

    It is reported that a panic has been created amongst the various Boer agents at Delagoa Bay by the dismissal of the Portuguese Customs officials at that place ...

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